Son of Fire - The Hearth Tales Sessions

In this episode, The Harrower is spoken aloud as a short story.
What begins as an ordinary evening walk between two brothers becomes an encounter with something ancient, deliberate, and watching. One runs. One remains. Between them, fear, witness, and transformation take hold.
Told through shifting perspectives — human, witness, and other — The Harrower explores initiation, terror, mercy, and the burden of knowledge that cannot be shared. It asks what it means to be chosen, what it costs to see, and how the wild marks those it touches.
This is not folklore remembered, but myth happening now.
A story of the field where worlds meet.

We talk to painter Alice Power about inspiration, balancing motherhood, her journey, process and philosophy

The Telling of the Keeper is a modern myth spoken from the edge of the sea.
A lighthouse, a storm, and a man charged with holding the light steady as unseen forces move through the night. This episode explores duty, witness, and the cost of looking without intervening.
Nothing is explained. Everything is illuminated.

In this episode of HeARTh Tales on Fresh FM, host Rich McCoy sits down with photographer Steve Ford of Wise Dog Studios to explore the emotional heart of photography. From growing up as a solitary youth in a mining town to serving as a ship’s photographer in the Royal Navy, Steve shares how punk music, travel, and personal loss shaped his artistic eye. They discuss the mythopoetic power of the image, the tension between emotion and technique, and why the most powerful photograph Steve ever took wasn’t technically perfect — but perfectly human. It’s a moving, grounded conversation about seeing, feeling, and capturing moments that matter.

In this episode of HeARTh Tales, Rich McCoy speaks with artist, gardener, and third-generation Riverside Community member Che Vincent, whose creative journey bridges sculptural metalwork and the living, evolving art of bonsai. Che shares insights into his deep connection with place, his fascination with growth patterns and fractals, and how native New Zealand species are shaping a unique bonsai style. From shaping flame-cut copper chandeliers to planting immersive forest cathedrals, Che’s work is as much about ecological intimacy as it is about personal expression. A rich, thoughtful conversation about time, patience, creativity, and the quiet protest of growing a tree in a pot.