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Into the Greenwood
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Taking aim at the figure of Robin Hood to consider what life was really like during the middle ages, what lessons we can learn from an outlaw hero, and how we reinterpret our legends through the centuries.
As an American living in the UK I have legit needed to set people straight about s'mores!
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Can I remotely afford this 90💷 Lego set?
Nope!

Do I want it just for the sake of assembling a mini-figure of Guy of Gisbourne that is accurate to his appearance in the medieval poem?
Yep.
🐴
November 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Starting to think about your holiday shopping?
You can find some great shirts, stickers, mugs and more at into-the-greenwood.dashery.com.
It's a great place to find gifts for the Robin Hood fan in your life AND support your local independent podcast! 😉
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Fans are rightly pointing out that the new Robin Hood TV series is rife with anachronisms.
However, some of the most popular Robin Hood adaptations of all time have PLENTY of anachronisms of their own!

They can be distracting, but they're not what makes or breaks a RH adaptation for me.
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
You can use this link, or find the discussion in the Into the Greenwood podcast feed, to hear some Robin Hood nerds on three different continents give their initial thoughts on the first two episodes of the new Robin Hood series from MGM+. (Contains Spoilers) www.buzzsprout.com/1727735/epis...
November 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Last night was the premier of the MGM+ Robin Hood series w/ Jack Patten as Robin, Lauren McQueen as Marian, & Sean Bean as the Sheriff.

Unsurprisingly, I have a LOT of thoughts & will release an episode of the podcast later this week to share them.

Have you watched it?
What's your take?
November 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
We're especially in the Halloween spirit this year with TWO new episodes now available in the podcast feed that highlight two EXTREMELY different takes on how to tell a spooky Robin Hood story! 👻🐺
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
In honor of International Robin Hood Day, AND in celebration of the spooky season, we've released part 4 in our review series for the 70th anniversary of The Adventures of Robin Hood television show!

Will rationality win the day when Robin confronts a viking ghost on All Hallow's Eve? 🏹👻
October 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Into the Greenwood has 64+ episodes.

So far we've used the figure & legends of Robin Hood to discuss:
- Archaeology
- Medieval History
- Social Bandits
- Novel Writing
- Play writing
- Board games
- Video games
- ttrpgs
- Ecology
- Hunting
- Archery
- Folklore
- And 70 years of film adaptations
October 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
HAPPY ROBIN HOOD DAY! 📯🏹🎉
Here's a few ways to celebrate:
Listen to a RH podcast 🎙
Read a RH novel 📚
Make your watch plans for the new RH show 📺
Take a walk in the woods 🌳
Volunteer at a food pantry 🥪
Support a charity ❤️‍🩹
Take advantage of the Into the Greenwood sale!
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October 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is why people need to stop using ChatGPT for answers.

There is no "Gnat the Weaver" in Pyle's book.

But there is Midge the Miller & Wat the Tinker. It's the sort of thing that seems to fit & that's what AI does. It guesses at what fits the pattern.

Stop asking the guess machine for answers.
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Did we get everything right in the 80s and 90s?
Absolutely not.

But deciding that Maid Marian needed to be a redhead wreathed in flowers like the Queen of the May wasn't our worst call.
October 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A tease for the subject of the interview that was conducted today for an upcoming episode of Into the Greenwood...

Art by Howard Pyle.
October 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Episode 64 is out!
I cut more material from this episode than any other, and it STILL ended up being the longest episode ever of Into the Greenwood!!! 😳

Evidently @schweizercomics.bsky.social, @erroneousbosch.bsky.social, and I had a LOT to say about this movie.
October 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I can't claim credit for making the meme, but I couldn't NOT share it...
October 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
A little preview for the next Splitting Arrows episode of Into the Greenwood...

"I like the Robin Hood movie from 1991. No, not the one with Costner. The *other* Robin Hood movie from 1991.
You've probably never heard of it."
October 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
For every hour of recorded content for the podcast, several additional hours get spent editing the content for clarity, quality control, and relevance.

The vast majority of that editing time happens during my workday commutes on the train.
October 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Mail call!!! 😁📫

I've been wanting to dig into both of these books for a LONG time! 📚💚
October 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Last night I watched The Flame and the Arrow w/ Burt Lancaster.
It's about an outlaw and archer who leads a band in the forest where they steal the taxes collected by the oppressive nobles. Oh and there's a romance with a noble lady.
It's more of a Robin Hood movie than several Robin Hood movies.
October 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In our recent release celebrating the 70th anniversary of the 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' we watched three episodes that especially featured Maid Marian.

Marian was initially played by Bernadette O'Farrell & appeared in 48 episodes. Patricia Driscoll took over the role & appeared in 37 episodes.
October 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Part 2 of our 70th anniversary celebration of The Adventures of Robin Hood television series is out!

You can find it in the feed for the Into the Greenwood podcast!

This time we take a look at three Marian-centric episodes with special guest Emily Rich.
October 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
2025 is shaping up to be a *banner* year for new Robin Hood media! 🏹

At least three novels, a ttrpg, and a new television series! 📚📺
October 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I can't claim credit for the post, but it's exactly spot on!
September 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Episode 63 is out!
It features my interview with professor Anna Czarnowus about the 15th biennial conference from the International Association For Robin Hood Studies and its theme of "Robin Hood and other Social Bandits in Folk and Popular Culture".

Listen wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
September 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM