A Gather of Gatherings
What do you call a group of hawks? A kettle. Rattlesnakes? A rhumba. Orangutans? A buffoonery.
Welcome to A Gather of Gatherings, a story-rich, curiosity-fueled podcast exploring the wild and whimsical world of collective nouns. Each episode begins with a single phrase—like a murder of crows—and unfolds into something much bigger: interviews with experts and artists, imagined conversations with historical voices and animals, immersive soundscapes, folklore, poetry, and plenty of animal facts along the way.
From language and literature to nature, culture, and the mysteries of meaning, this podcast is your invitation to wander where words take flight.
Hosted by Kellie Raines—a writer, artist, and lover of linguistic oddities—this show celebrates the poetic strangeness of how we gather, name, and know the world and each other.
Episodes
4 episodes
04: Gatherlings: Full Tour of Save the Snakes — Rattlesnakes, Pythons, and a Green Unicorn
Step inside Save the Snakes in Rancho Cordova, California, for a rare, unfiltered behind-the-scenes tour at Save the Snakes with host Kellie Raines and venomous snake coordinator and expert Amy Brumbaugh. This Gatherlings bonus ...
03: A Gather of Gatherings: A Rhumba of Rattlesnakes – Reckonings and Rhythms
What do you call a group of rattlesnakes? A rhumba.And what do you call a podcast episode that blends snake encounters, medieval language, legendary women, and the soulful beat of an Afro-Cuban dance? This one.In this immersiv...
02: A Gather of Gatherings: A Kettle of Hawks – Feathers and Figures of Speech
What do hawks have to do with language, myth, and medieval manuscripts?In this debut episode of A Gather of Gatherings, we take flight with a fun collective noun—a kettle of hawks—and explore the stories it stirs up....
01: A Gather of Gatherings Begins – Collective Nouns and Creative Curiosity
Why is it a murder of crows? A dazzle of zebras? A rhumba of rattlesnakes?Welcome to A Gather of Gatherings, a poetic, playful, and story-rich podcast exploring the curious world of collective nouns—and the surprising stories ...
