JAWBONE with Martin Shaw
Martin Shaw · Isaiah Smallman
Show overview
JAWBONE with Martin Shaw has published 19 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode during 2025. That works out to roughly 7 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 17 min and 25 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.
There hasn’t been a new episode in the last ninety days; the most recent episode landed 11 months ago. Published by Isaiah Smallman.
From the publisher
Acclaimed storyteller and author MARTIN SHAW invites us into his study where he freewheels his ferocious imagination into everything he's learnt about life over half a century. He asks: how do we become a real human being? Using myth, storytelling and his own unique form of philosophizing, Shaw reveals what he calls 'archaic technologies' and shows how we can use them today.
Latest Episodes
WILD CHRIST | The Man of No Shelter
Support the Show on PayPal | (https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/PYR6HWRK8BRYA) Jesus speaks to the ancient in us. He is talking to the mud in us. He is talking to the Holy breath in us. He reminds us of a garden we almost remember. He tells us we are the salt of the earth, but we risk losing our essential tastiness. He tells us we are the light of the world. But do we want to hear what he has to say? Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A! CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced by Isaiah Smallman Edited by Paul Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Additional Music by Maya Belsitzman & Matan Ephrat Additional music by Andy Aquarius | @AndyAquarius Additional Music by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Thumbnail Painting | "Christ Driving the Money Changers Out of the Temple" (1618) by Valentin de Boulogne Branding by Sam Ragland Martin Online | (https://martinshaw.substack.com)/ & (https://DrMartinShaw.com)
SO, YOU WANT TO BE A STORYTELLER?
Support the Show on PayPal | (https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/PYR6HWRK8BRYA) So, you want to be a storyteller? In this episode, Martin gives some practical tips for those wishing to enter the wild world of storytelling and he also tells a story. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A! CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced by Isaiah Smallman Edited by Paul Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Additional music by Andy Aquarius | @AndyAquarius Thumbnail Painting | "Aiding a Comrade" (1890) by Frederic Remington Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Martin Online | (https://martinshaw.substack.com)/ & (https://DrMartinShaw.com)
WE HAVE A HEALING CRISIS | An Initiatory Moment For the Church
Support the Show on PayPal Martin Online | (https://martinshaw.substack.com)/ & (https://DrMartinShaw.com) If we won't allow ourselves to be wholly swallowed by the whale, we will never see the world in its fullness. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A! CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Additional music by Andy Aquarius | @AndyAquarius Additional Music by Maya Belsitzman & Matan Ephrat Additional Music by Enzo Bellomo Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream
SHE MARRIED A BEAR | The Raw and the Cooked
Support the Show on PayPal This week Martin tells the story of a girl who married a bear (a rather common experience in the old world, it seems). Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A! Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & (https://DrMartinShaw.com) CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck Additional music by Andy Aquarius Additional Music by Maya Belsitzman & Matan Ephrat Additional Music by Enzo Bellomo Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream
ANGELS IN LIMOUSINES
This week Martin's recounting the time he met an angel, reciting some poetry and encouraging us to behold, rather than to see. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A! Support the Show on PayPal | https://bit.ly/JAWBONE_PayPal CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Additional music by Vinicius Barbosa | https://www.themusicgiant.com/ Additional Music by Maya Belsitzman & Matan Ephrat Additional Music by Enzo Bellomo Cover art featuring " The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt, c. 1695" by Sebastiano Ricci Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & https://DrMartinShaw.com
Ep 13THIS IS WHAT WE WERE BORN FOR | Iain McGilchrist & Martin Shaw
Psychiatrist, literary scholar, philosopher and neuroscientist Iain McGilchrist joins Martin for something new. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A! Support the Show on PayPal CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & https://DrMartinShaw.com
Ep 12DISORDER IS NOT INITIATION | Moving From the Little "I" to the Big "We"
Thoughts on form and the way that structure creates space for us to become who we really are. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A! Support the Show on PayPal CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Additional music by Vinicius Barbosa | https://www.themusicgiant.com/ Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & https://DrMartinShaw.com
Ep 11THE TROUBLE WITH BEAUTY | What Do We Really Love?
What are the things that we really love? What actually claims us? What are not just sophisticated pleasures we develop? What are the things that innately call to our own soul? Support the Show on PayPal Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A! CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced by Isaiah Smallman Edited by Paul Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Additional music by Vinicius Barbosa | https://www.themusicgiant.com/ Additional music by Maya Belsitzman and Matan Ephrat Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & https://DrMartinShaw.com
Ep 10THE DREAMING BELL | St Kieran & St Brendan
Saint stories of Hidden Countries, Animal Disciples & God's Disclosures. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A! Support the Show on PayPal CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Additional music by Vinicius Barbosa | https://www.themusicgiant.com/ Additional music, Enzo Bellomo Additional music by Maya Belsitzman and Matan Ephrat Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & https://DrMartinShaw.com
Ep 9SHAVIANISMS (2) with MARTIN SHAW
Martin responds to questions.
AND WHERE THE DESERT?
"There are many who live in the mountains and behave as if they were in the town; they are wasting their time. It is possible to be a solitary in one's mind while living in a crowd; and it is possible for those who are solitaries to live in the crowd of their own thoughts." – Amma Syncletica Link to the PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NaZ7IjV3rFynIKCsaIuQ7dGUCKj8fYRO/view?usp=sharing Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A! Support the Show on PayPal | https://bit.ly/JAWBONE_PayPal CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Additional music by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & http://DrMartinShaw.com
SPIRITUAL EXPOSURE | The Woman At the Well
From the Woman at the Well to a Mongolian folktale. Encountering divine ground and its consequences. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A! Support the Show on PayPal | https://bit.ly/JAWBONE_PayPal CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Additional music by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Additional music by Vinicius Barbosa | https://www.themusicgiant.com/ Additional music by Maya Belsitzman and Matan Ephrat Additional music by Vaughan Williams | The Lark Ascending Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & http://DrMartinShaw.com
TATTERHOOD: Part Two
The Genius of a Fairy Tale (part two). Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A! Support the Show on PayPal | https://bit.ly/JAWBONE_PayPal CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Additional music by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Additional music by Vinicius Barbosa | https://www.themusicgiant.com/ Additional music by Maya Belsitzman and Matan Ephrat Additional music by Vaughan Williams | The Lark Ascending Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & http://DrMartinShaw.com
TATTERHOOD: Part 1
The Genius of a Fairy Tale (part one). Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A! Support the Show on PayPal | https://bit.ly/JAWBONE_PayPal CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Additional music by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Additional music by Vinicius Barbosa | https://www.themusicgiant.com/ Additional music by Maya Belsitzman and Matan Ephrat Additional music by Vaughan Williams | The Lark Ascending Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & http://DrMartinShaw.com
QUESTION AND RESPONSE with Martin Shaw
Martin fields his first round of questions from the JAWBONE community. Sincere apologies to all those who submitted questions that were not answered in this video! Keep sending them in and Martin will get to as many as he can. Support the Show on PayPal | https://bit.ly/JAWBONE_PayPal CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & http://DrMartinShaw.com
WILD CHRIST: The Strangest God of All
Wild Christ: a wild, not savage or feral Christ. What does that look like? Shaw reacts to some of the provocative teachings of what he calls, 'the strangest God of all.' WATCH ON YOUTUBE Support the Show on PayPal | https://bit.ly/JAWBONE_PayPal CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Additional music by Vinicius Barbosa | https://www.themusicgiant.com/ Additional music, "The Lark Ascending" by Vaughan Williams, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra Additional music by Maya Belsitzman and Matan Ephrat Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & http://DrMartinShaw.com
FABLES OF NECESSITY: Tricksters & Saints
Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A! In "Fables of Necessity: Tricksters & Saints" Martin talks about the relationship between persona and presence. Shaw suggests we will have to have some experience of saints & tricksters to make the transition from fables of necessity to stories of the essential. How do we engage artfully with a world on fire? Support the Show on PayPal | https://bit.ly/JAWBONE_PayPal CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold Open 0:45 Beginning 2:16 An Encounter at Newark Airport 5:51 The Legend of Joseph Beuys 11:04 The Legend of Mochae CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck Additional music by Vinicius Barbosa | https://www.themusicgiant.com/ Additional music, "The Lark Ascending" by Vaughan Williams, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra Additional music by Maya Belsitzman and Matan Ephrat Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & http://DrMartinShaw.com
Ep 1HOW A STORYTELLER'S MADE: The Salmon, The Crocodile & The Selkie
In this episode Martin recounts stories from folk traditions that tell us something of the conditions of what creates a storyteller. He claims a teller is a scarecrow of words: someone that dwells between the wild darkness and the hearth fire, understanding the job of translation that goes on between them. Submit questions for our monthly Q&A at [email protected] Support the show! Watch on YouTube CREDITS: Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck | YouTube Additional music by Vinicius Barbosa | themusicgiant.com Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream Martin Online | The House of Beasts and Vines Substack & DrMartinShaw.com
Welcome to Jawbone | Trailer
trailerAcclaimed storyteller and author MARTIN SHAW invites us into his study where he freewheels his ferocious imagination into everything he's learnt about life over half a century. He asks: how do we become a real human being? Using myth, storytelling and his own unique form of philosophizing, Shaw reveals what he calls 'archaic technologies' and shows how we can use them today.