From the Weston A. Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions podcast for wise traditions in food, farming, and the healing arts.

We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health.

And now here is our host and producer, Hilda Labrata Gore.

Hey, Hilda here.

A mythical island known as the other Atlantis.

Another island where monks once dwelt.

And foods that ensured that you'd live to see

another day. This is episode 508 and our guest today is Stephen Kavanaugh. You might remember Stephen

from episode 499 where we talked about oysters as a superfood. Stephen is a marine biologist

with over 30 years of experience, producing,

and processing shellfish. He's also the head of marine health foods. While we do touch

on oysters on today's episode, for example, we talk about the restoration efforts underway in

Ireland. We also zoom out for a broader view of wise traditions in Ireland.

Stephen shares lessons learned from Skellig Michael, where monks lived in the 5th century.

He also discusses mystical Irish myths like that of the island of high Brazil, along with touching on the importance

of art and beauty in Irish culture. Before we get into the conversation, I want to invite you

to subscribe to this podcast, Wise Traditions, wherever you get your podcast, so you don't miss a thing.

And we're also on YouTube.

Go to the Weston A Price Foundation channel and subscribe there too. And thank you for listening.

This is Hilda Labrador and you're listening to Wise Tradition.

Welcome to Wise Tradition, Stephen. Thank you for having me.

Stephen Kavanaugh is a native Irish man

...