Two Crones and a Microphone
Two Crones and a Microphone
Betty deMaye-Caruth, Linda Shreve, Sally Rothacker-Peyton
Pour a cup. Tune in. Get grounded.Stories, rituals, and real-life wisdom from three seasoned crones.Whether you're seeking a deeper connection to the world around you or just need a good dose of perspective, you’re in the right place. Pour a cup of something warm, pull up a chair, and settle in. It’s time for real talk about how we live, how we heal, and how we show up when the world feels like it’s on fire.Subscribe now and join the conversation on social media—we're building something ancient and new, one story at a time.
Season Five: Walking Sacred Paths
Two Crones and a Microphone is back for its fifth year. This season, Betty, Linda, and Sally are walking sacred paths together, exploring personal pilgrimage, practical wisdom, and the ways we keep moving through complicated times. New episodes begin September 2026. #TwoCronesAndAMicrophone #WalkingSacredPaths #SeasonFive #FindYourGlimmer #TimelessWisdom Tell us what you think! We love to hear from you! Support the show Remember, wisdom knows no age, and our crones are here to inspire and emp...
Sep 3
5 min
Podcast 81: Herbal Helper or Weed?
What exactly makes a plant a “weed”? In Podcast 81 of Two Crones and a Microphone, Crone Linda and Crone Sally take another look at some of the plants we routinely pull, mow, or try to banish from our gardens—and the long history of people using those same plants as food, medicine, and teachers. Dandelion, cleavers, chamomile, mugwort, yarrow, jewelweed, plantain, mint, kudzu, and goldenrod all make an appearance as Linda and Sally explore the line between herbal helper and unwanted weed. The...
Aug 27
38 min
Podcast 80: Unseen Helpers in Your Garden
What if some of the most important helpers in your garden are the ones you cannot see? In Podcast 80, Linda and Betty explore their relationships with plants, trees, fairies, nature spirits, and the living energies they experience in gardens and wild places. They discuss talking with plants, Reiki and blessed water, plant-spirit traditions, caring for trees, making offerings before harvesting, forest bathing, and paying closer attention to the land where we live. The episode also includes rea...
Aug 13
33 min
Podcast 79: My Near-Death Experience Shaped My Life : A Conversation with Christina Walker
Christina Walker, RN, MA, joins Linda, Betty, and Sally to discuss the near-death experience she had at nineteen and the decades-long journey that followed. She shares her experience of survivor’s guilt, her study of forgiveness and spiritual psychology, her work with meditation and energy medicine, and her effort to reconnect her spiritual life with her physical body. Christina also discusses her forty-year nursing career, her interest in genetics and precision medicine, and the private prac...
Jul 23
31 min
Podcast 78: Labyrinths: Ancient Paths Alive Today
A labyrinth is not a maze. There are no dead ends. No tricks. No wrong turns. Just one winding path inward, and one path back out again. In Episode 78, we talk about labyrinths as ancient tools for meditation, intuition, healing, sacred geometry, Earth wisdom, ceremony, and community. We share stories from Chartres Cathedral, Alaska, retreat centers, finger labyrinths, portable labyrinths, and a 150-foot mown grass labyrinth on Ohio farmland. Find a labyrinth. Walk it. Trace it. Dance it. Sit...
Jul 9
31 min
Podcast 77: Drop the Seed: Gardening as Spiritual Practice, A Conversation with Libby Clarke
In this episode of 2 Crones and a Microphone, Linda, Betty, and Sally welcome Libby Clarke: podcast producer, designer, artist, teacher, seminarian, and lifelong grower. The conversation begins in Libby’s New Jersey yard, once a lawn and now a small food forest, and opens into something much larger: gardening as spiritual practice, relationship with place, food sovereignty, humility, seed saving, compost, worm bins, fertilizer tea, neighborhood connection, and the stubborn generosity of the e...
Jun 25
41 min
Podcast 76: Victory Gardens Then and Now: Growing Food, Community, and Hope
What can Victory Gardens teach us today? In this episode of Two Crones and a Microphone, we explore the remarkable history of Victory Gardens and the growing movement toward community gardening, food resilience, and heritage seeds. From stories of grandparents who canned vegetables for winter to modern community gardens that donate fresh produce to local food banks, we discuss how growing food connects us to one another, to the earth, and to generations of wisdom. Whether you garden on acr...
Jun 11
31 min
Two Crones and a Microphone Podcast Support Us Podcast 75: Managing Grief with Grace: Charlotte Starfire (Part 2)
Grief is one of the few universal human experiences, and yet many of us are taught to carry it quietly and alone. In Episode 75 of Two Crones and a Microphone, we welcome back grief educator and spiritual teacher Charlotte Starfire for a deeply honest conversation about loss, healing, ritual, and transformation. Charlotte shares the story behind her upcoming chakra-based grief deck, Grief and Grace Through the Chakras, and reflects on what it means to move through grief with support, communit...
May 28
37 min
Podcast 74: Courage — The Heart of the Matter
What does courage actually look like? Not just heroic moments. Sometimes courage is: • getting out of bed after loss • walking into a room where you know no one • rebuilding your life after divorce or grief • retiring and asking, “Who am I now?” • taking one small step forward while afraid In Episode 74 of Two Crones and a Microphone, we talk about courage as “the heart of the matter” — and how intuition, community, and purpose help us move through change. We’d love to hear your stories, t...
May 7
37 min
Podcast 73: You Already Have Intuition — Now Use It! (Part 2 of our Intuition Series)
Ever ignored your gut… and regretted it? We’ve all been there. In this episode, we share real stories, hard lessons, and practical ways to trust what you already know. Your intuition isn’t missing. It’s waiting. #intuition #innerknowing #trustyourgut #mindfulnesspractice #spiritualgrowth #selftrust #emotionalawareness #groundingpractice #intuitiveliving #healingjourney #natureconnection #personaldevelopment Tell us what you think! We love to hear from you! Support the show Remember, wisdom ...
Apr 23
37 min
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