{"podcast":{"title":"Fabulous Folklore with Icy","slug":"fabulous-folklore-with-icy-14744","podcast_index_feed_id":14744,"rss_url":"https://feed.pod.co/fabulous-folklore-with-icy","website_url":"https://www.icysedgwick.com","image_url":"https://images.pod.co/ZN2rfpdZp_71_t8gU6ttJcmIM8RLUK62PNgB6eZOuZU/resize:fill:1400:1400/plain/artwork/7c4ee937-3f0a-4fc5-84dc-62c675fc8b8e/fabulous-folklore-with-icy.jpg","author":"Icy Sedgwick","episode_count":453,"summary":"Fabulous Folklore will give you your weekly fix of fabulous folklore in fifteen minutes (or less)! Hosted by fantasy and Gothic horror writer, Icy Sedgwick, the podcast explores folklore, legends, superstitions, mythology, and all things weird, occult and unusual.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T08:18:26.018563+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fabulous-folklore-with-icy-14744"},"episode":{"title":"Elizabeth Blackwell: Pioneering Herbalist and Botanical Illustrator","slug":"elizabeth-blackwell-pioneering-herbalist-and-botanical-illustrator","published_at":"2026-06-06T08:30:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fabulous-folklore-with-icy-14744/elizabeth-blackwell-pioneering-herbalist-and-botanical-illustrator","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fabulous-folklore-with-icy-14744","url":"https://www.icysedgwick.com/elizabeth-blackwell/","audio_url":"https://downloads.pod.co/80ce0ddf-6f2a-494c-9d58-e93863be0df3/7be1e5f5-bcd0-4170-a1bb-a8e23e735aa9.mp3","summary":"If you’re interested in herbalism or plant lore, chances are that you’ve perused a herbal or two in your time. Culpeper's Complete Herbal: A Compendium of Herbs and Their Uses, Annotated for Modern Herbalists, Healers, and Witches is a particularly well-known title, even if the contents have been surpassed with scientific advancements. Yet did you know that one of the most well-regarded herbals of the 18th century was created, and marketed, by a woman? And that she even got endorsements from the Royal College of Physicians for the book, used by apothecaries for decades? Let’s go and meet Elizabeth Blackwell in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore! Find the blog post with all the images and references here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/elizabeth-blackwell/ Join Herbaria here: https://school.rowanandsage.com/courses/herbaria?affcode=437598_3qokpyep From St Cuthbert to the Wizard of the North: The Magical Legends of the North East talk: https://www.newcastlecastle.co.uk/events-activities Get your free guide to home protection the folklore way here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/fab-folklore/ Become a member of the Fabulous Folklore Family for bonus episodes and articles at https://patreon.com/bePatron?u=2380595 Get weekly articles and bonus content at Substack: https://fabulousfolklore.substack.com/ Buy Icy a coffee or sign up for bonus episodes at: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick Find the Fabulous Folklore Bookshop, Icy's social media links, and other useful bits at: http://icysedgwick.com/start-here","meta_description":"If you’re interested in herbalism or plant lore, chances are that you’ve perused a herbal or two in your time. Culpeper's Complete Herbal: A Compendium of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1161,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fabulous-folklore-with-icy-14744/episodes/elizabeth-blackwell-pioneering-herbalist-and-botanical-illustrator/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fabulous-folklore-with-icy-14744/elizabeth-blackwell-pioneering-herbalist-and-botanical-illustrator.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}