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19K to 72K🎙 ~2x weekly·84 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
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39K to 143K🇦🇺70%🇬🇧21%🇮🇪7%+1 more - Active Followers
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Anna Brones’ Scandinavian saltwater idyll
Jun 11, 2026
1h 02m 24s
Alice Vincent’s joyful soundscape of human togetherness
Jun 4, 2026
56m 29s
Joycelyn Longdon on imagining an abundant future
May 28, 2026
48m 36s
Yasmin Khan’s warm seas and verdant greens
May 21, 2026
54m 55s
Kate Bowler’s Bridge of Absurdity
May 14, 2026
51m 46s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/11/26 | ![]() Anna Brones’ Scandinavian saltwater idyll✨ | Scandinavian culturecreative processes+4 | Anna Brones | The ClearingThe Leaf Library+6 | — | Anna BronesKatherine May+6 | — | 1h 02m 24s | |
| 6/4/26 | ![]() Alice Vincent’s joyful soundscape of human togetherness✨ | soundscapehuman togetherness+4 | Alice Vincent | The ClearingAcast+2 | — | Alice Vincentsoundscape+5 | — | 56m 29s | |
| 5/28/26 | ![]() Joycelyn Longdon on imagining an abundant future✨ | ecologyart+4 | Joycelyn Longdon | University of CambridgeThe Overstory+1 | woodlandriver+1 | ecologyart+8 | — | 48m 36s | |
| 5/21/26 | ![]() Yasmin Khan’s warm seas and verdant greens✨ | food culturetravel+5 | Yasmin Khan | Risingup.substack.comwww.theclearingpod.com+7 | — | Yasmin Khanfood culture+6 | — | 54m 55s | |
| 5/14/26 | ![]() Kate Bowler’s Bridge of Absurdity✨ | coping with cancerfinding joy+4 | Kate Bowler | Kate BowlerJoyful Anyway+3 | CanadaAcast | Kate Bowlercancer survivor+5 | — | 51m 46s | |
| 5/7/26 | ![]() Jeffrey Boakye’s city path to peace✨ | city explorationphilosophy+4 | Jeffrey Boakye | BBCAcast+6 | London | Jeffrey BoakyeKatherine May+6 | — | 1h 04m 40s | |
| 4/30/26 | ![]() Jackie Morris & Robert Macfarlane ‘dream of nest’✨ | naturerest+4 | Jackie MorrisRobert Macfarlane | The ClearingMoma+5 | — | naturerest+6 | — | 1h 01m 20s | |
| 4/23/26 | ![]() Season Two Trailer✨ | restretreat+3 | — | The Leaf LibraryAcast+4 | UKUS | Katherine MayThe Clearing+5 | — | 0m 57s | |
| 3/21/26 | ![]() Carissa Potter’s hot springs artist retreat✨ | restself-reflection+4 | Carissa Potter | InstagramThe Clearing+4 | CaliforniaIndian Springs Calistoga | Carissa Potterrest+6 | — | 1h 03m 24s | |
| 3/14/26 | ![]() Elissa Altman on the beauty of impermanence✨ | impermanencefamily+4 | Elissa Altman | The ClearingDevotions+2 | Owl’s Head, MaineConnecticut | impermanenceElissa Altman+5 | — | 1h 00m 46s | |
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| 3/7/26 | ![]() Jen Hatmaker’s escape from the hate lane✨ | divorceself-discovery+3 | Jen Hatmaker | Jen’s websiteInstagram+6 | — | Jen Hatmakerdivorce+3 | — | 1h 06m 02s | |
| 2/28/26 | ![]() Daisy Buchanan’s Swiss mountain glamour✨ | luxury travelliterature+4 | Daisy Buchanan | MortificationThe Diary of a Provincial Lady+13 | — | Daisy BuchananKatherine May+6 | — | 1h 01m 48s | |
| 2/21/26 | ![]() Poorna Bell’s New Zealand vista✨ | griefself-improvement+4 | Poorna Bell | Poorna’s SubstackPoorna’s website+6 | — | griefself-care+5 | — | 1h 00m 42s | |
| 2/14/26 | ![]() Emma Gannon’s year of desert rest✨ | burnoutself-care+4 | Emma Gannon | The HyphenThe Clearing+3 | Palm Springs | Emma Gannonburnout+6 | — | 59m 21s | |
| 2/7/26 | ![]() Mike Sowden’s island of curiosity✨ | creativitycuriosity+4 | Mike Sowden | The ClearingWhere Good Ideas Come From+4 | Corfu | curiositycreativity+6 | — | 1h 02m 24s | |
| 1/31/26 | ![]() Season One Interlude | Katherine explains why we are heeding our own advice and taking a tiny break this week. She also previews some exciting, listener-led bonus content that will be coming your way next season. We’ll be back next week with another wonderful guest for you. Meanwhile take care everyone.Visit The Clearing website www.theclearingpod.com for a full transcript and to discover how to enjoy the episodes ad freeBuy Katherine’s books: Enchantment | Wintering | The Electricity of Every Living Thing: UK / USFollow Katherine on InstagramVisit Katherine’s WebsiteProduction CreditsGuest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan HutchinsSubstack Manager - Rebecca ArmstrongProducer - Alice LloydMusic - The Leaf Library @theleaflibrary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/24/26 | ![]() Ece Temelkuran’s landscape of belonging | A modern sage who forewarned the world of the rise of fascism, writer Ece Temelkuran explains why she ‘put her heart in the freezer’ ten years ago when she fled her country of birth and how finding traces of home all around are helping her to heal. From a beloved old cardigan to episodes of Downton Abbey, from being surrounded by Turkish food in Berlin to talking to her three favourite trees in the park; in this moving conversation Ece reveals the power of finding joy in the little things, as we collectively go through what she calls our ‘winter of humanity’. A powerful call to arms and a must-listen for those of us searching for hope in difficult times.Links from the episode:Ece’s InstagramBuy her latest book Nation of Strangers hereBuy How to Lose a Country hereVisit The Clearing website www.theclearingpod.com for a full transcript and to discover how to enjoy the episodes ad freeBuy Katherine’s books: Enchantment | Wintering | The Electricity of Every Living Thing: UK / USFollow Katherine on InstagramVisit Katherine’s WebsiteProduction CreditsGuest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan HutchinsSubstack Manager - Rebecca ArmstrongProducer - Alice LloydMusic - The Leaf Library @theleaflibrary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/17/26 | ![]() Kaitlin Curtice’s sanctuary of the subconscious | Author, storyteller and enrolled citizen of the Potawatomi nation, Kaitlin Curtice, shares her beautiful image of the perfect retreat, created by her own consciousness during the Covid pandemic. Exploring this space together, Katherine and Kaitlin discuss the little-appreciated power of ageing, looking for stories beneath the stories, the art of listening, feeling the presence of the ancestors and asking permission from the stones and shells before you bring them home. A wonderful episode of Indigenous wisdom, stillness and calm - the perfect moment of retreat. Kaitlin’s LinksKaitlin's website where you can find her booksKaitlin's Substack Authors mentioned by KaitlinAlastair McIntoshClarissa Pinkola Estés John O'Donohue Billy Collins Musicians’ mentioned by Kaitlin Gregory Alan Isakov Glen HansardVisit The Clearing website www.theclearingpod.com for a full transcript and to discover how to enjoy the episodes ad freeBuy Katherine’s books: Enchantment | Wintering | The Electricity of Every Living Thing: UK / USFollow Katherine on InstagramVisit Katherine’s WebsiteProduction CreditsGuest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan HutchinsSubstack Manager - Rebecca ArmstrongProducer - Alice LloydMusic - The Leaf Library @theleaflibrary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/10/26 | ![]() Martha Beck and Rowan Mangan on the magic of communing with every living thing | This episode of The Clearing with renowned, Oprah-endorsed American life coach Martha Beck and her wonderful wife and podcast co-host Rowan Mangan skips the small talk and delves right into the mysteries and wonder of life and death. From the consciousness of stones to the nonsensical hierarchy of different sentient beings on earth. From the spiritual repression of our age to the societal need for a shaman. From the realities of living in a liminal space as an autistic person, to parenting neurodivergent children to each of their own unique ‘awakenings’.With uncannily similar experiences of the world, Martha, Ro and Katherine roll through a dizzying array of mind-expanding subjects and shared interests, resulting in a truly captivating and enriching episode.Martha and Rowan’s LinksMartha’s website where you can find her booksRowan’s websiteMartha’s InstagramRowan’s InstagramMartha and Rowan’s Bewildered podcast Things mentioned in the showPoet Andrea Gibson’s website and movie Come See Me in the Good LightNisargadatta Maharaj wiki The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis hereVisit The Clearing website www.theclearingpod.com for a full transcript and to discover how to enjoy the episodes ad freeBuy Katherine’s books: Enchantment | Wintering | The Electricity of Every Living Thing: UK / USFollow Katherine on InstagramVisit Katherine’s WebsiteProduction CreditsGuest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan HutchinsSubstack Manager - Rebecca ArmstrongProducer - Alice LloydMusic - The Leaf Library @theleaflibrary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/3/26 | ![]() Melissa Hemsley’s calm chaos | Chef and cookery writer Melissa Hemsley shares her bucolic, Darling Buds of May-esque fantasy of ‘safe’ escape with Katherine. Filled with wild and domesticated animals roaming freely, Chi Gong, nudity, a hammock, friendly neighbours who are close but not too close, the sea, also close but not too close; it’s a warm hug of a landscape where everything is chaotic but controlled. Wild but safe. With people but alone. Calm chaos.A chance to escape the anxiety that accompanies her daily life, Melissa fully embraces the opportunity to imagine a place where her brain could take a rest from the worry and conjures something very beautiful in the process. Melissa’s linksMelissa’s website where you can buy her booksMelissa’s SubstackMelissa’s InstagramThings mentioned in the showThe Darling Buds of May TV Show wikiVisit The Clearing website www.theclearingpod.com for a full transcript and to discover how to enjoy the episodes ad freeBuy Katherine’s books: Enchantment | Wintering | The Electricity of Every Living Thing: UK / USFollow Katherine on InstagramVisit Katherine’s WebsiteProduction CreditsGuest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan HutchinsSubstack Manager - Rebecca ArmstrongProducer - Alice LloydMusic - The Leaf Library @theleaflibrary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 12/27/25 | ![]() Sam Baker on the challenges of letting go | Writer and former magazine editor Sam Baker is dragged kicking and screaming into this getaway as she admits she can never let go of her internal chatter and is not someone who ‘does rest’. Giving us a fascinating insight into the brain of someone who has dedicated their life to hard work and busy-ness, we come to understand how different our visions of escape can be. Needing to be ‘at the edge’ of somewhere, looking out to sea with mountains nearby, and her faithful, tail-less cat Sausage, Sam only truly rests when entering the world of her favourite anime box set. Sam’s discomfort with the concept of retreat and the realisation she doesn’t like having to choose will be utterly relatable and ring the truest for many.Sam’s LinksSam’s Substack The ShiftSam’s podcast The Shift podcast Sam’s InstagramBuy her book in the UK hereThings mentioned in the showYou can watch The Apothecary Diaries here on Crunchyroll Visit The Clearing website www.theclearingpod.com for a full transcript and to discover how to enjoy the episodes ad freeBuy Katherine’s books: Enchantment | Wintering | The Electricity of Every Living Thing: UK / USFollow Katherine on InstagramVisit Katherine’s WebsiteProduction CreditsGuest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan HutchinsSubstack Manager - Rebecca ArmstrongProducer - Alice LloydMusic - The Leaf Library @theleaflibrary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 12/20/25 | ![]() Andy J. Pizza’s magical, moving ADHD landscape | The ADHD and autistic tendency to rest in motion is fully realised in American author and illustrator Andy J. Pizza’s vision of the ideal retreat. Choosing an extraordinary fictional setting which incorporates an ingenious method of travelling the world, this episode showcases the wonder of a brilliantly creative, neurodivergent brain. Along the way, and with many fascinating tangents, Andy and Katherine discuss the power of Miyazake films, their shared love of Fraggle Rock and longing for direction from the universe. A meticulously thought out and fully realised world that accommodates his own personal experience of ADHD, Andy unveils the most beautifully zany and imaginative dreamscape. An absolute treat.LinksAndy’s website where you can find his booksAndy’s InstagramAndy’s Creative Peptalk podcast Mentioned in the showFraggle RockLast of the Summer Wine WikiThe Master and his Emissary book about left and right brainThe Little PrinceVisit The Clearing website www.theclearingpod.com for a full transcript and to discover how to enjoy the episodes ad freeBuy Katherine’s books: Enchantment | Wintering | The Electricity of Every Living Thing: UK / USFollow Katherine on InstagramVisit Katherine’s WebsiteProduction CreditsGuest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan HutchinsSubstack Manager - Rebecca ArmstrongProducer - Alice LloydMusic - The Leaf Library @theleaflibrary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 12/13/25 | ![]() Oliver Burkeman’s art of the non-retreat | Kicking off the episode with an existential crisis, the inimitable Oliver Burkeman joins Katherine to explore his own, unique take on rest and retreat. A familiar name to many in both the US and the UK, Oliver’s book Four Thousand Weeks has put him at the heart of the global conversation around building a meaningful life. As you might expect, Oliver turns the concept of the podcast on its head whilst taking Katherine on a wild ride through topics from whether we should use AI as a creative tool to favourite notebooks to whether TS Eliot was on the path to spiritual enlightenment. A wonderful, brain-stretching conversation that reaches way beyond the confines of an imagined cabin in the woods to explore wider ideas around what it really means to get away from it all and if we should even try.Oliver’s LinksOliver's website to buy his books and sign up to his newsletterThings mentioned in the programmeKendra Allenby’s New Yorker beach cartoon NYC stationery store Goods for the StudyShinzen Young on T.S. Eliot Visit The Clearing website www.theclearingpod.com for a full transcript and to discover how to enjoy the episodes ad freeBuy Katherine’s books: Enchantment | Wintering | The Electricity of Every Living Thing: UK / USFollow Katherine on InstagramVisit Katherine’s WebsiteProduction CreditsGuest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan HutchinsSubstack Manager - Rebecca ArmstrongProducer - Alice LloydMusic - The Leaf Library @theleaflibrary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 12/6/25 | ![]() Laura Pashby's lighthouse at the end of the world | In this episode Katherine chats to Laura Pashby, author of the incredible book Chasing Fog and master of ethereal photography, about her vision for the perfect retreat when things get tough. A magical dreamscape unfurls of a fog-bound lighthouse on an island in the Arctic circle; a liminal space filled with books and a favourite painting which acts as a portal through which Laura can step whenever she needs to escape. The perfect, escapist listen for anyone needing to give their mind and body a fleeting moment of rest and retreat.Laura’s LinksLaura's website where you can buy her book Chasing FogLaura's Instagram Things mentioned in the episodeThe Light Alone Instagram Hammershoi's Interior, Sunlight on the Floor paintingVisit The Clearing website https://katherine-may.co.uk/the-clearing-podcast to discover how to enjoy the episodes ad freeBuy Katherine’s books: Enchantment | Wintering | The Electricity of Every Living Thing: UK / USFollow Katherine on InstagramVisit Katherine’s WebsiteProduction CreditsGuest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan HutchinsSubstack Manager - Rebecca ArmstrongProducer - Alice LloydMusic - The Leaf Library @theleaflibrary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 12/6/25 | ![]() Cariad Lloyd’s mossy, mythical retreat | Katherine launches her new podcast The Clearing with British actor, comedian, author and 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction judge Cariad Lloyd. Together they explore Cariad’s vision of a dream retreat; a place she would conjure given the opportunity, and of course the privilege, to rest and retreat. The result is pure joy. A Tolkien-esque riot of ancient oak trees, moss and mythical creatures merging into a Brambly Hedge world replete with tiny mice making jams and apple crumble.At a time when the world feels more uncertain than ever, allowing ourselves to dream of hope and rest feels indulgent but also vital and restorative. Cariad does not hold back in letting her imagination run wild, dancing her way through the chaos and sharing with us, briefly, the blissful, joyous and often hilarious inside of her brilliant mind.Cariad’s LinksCariad's InstagramCariad's Substack Cariad's website where you can order her booksSara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club - PodcastThings mentioned in the episodeEmpire - PodcastBrambly Hedge (@bramblyhedgeofficial) • Instagram photos and videos Blue - Album by Joni Mitchell | SpotifyMothers Who Write Winterfold candlesVisit The Clearing website https://katherine-may.co.uk/the-clearing-podcast to discover how to enjoy the episodes ad freeBuy Katherine’s books: Enchantment | Wintering | The Electricity of Every Living Thing: UK / USFollow Katherine on InstagramVisit Katherine’s WebsiteProduction CreditsGuest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan HutchinsSubstack Manager - Rebecca ArmstrongProducer - Alice LloydMusic - The Leaf Library @theleaflibrary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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5 placements across 4 markets.
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5 placements across 4 markets.

























