The Folium Diary
The Folium Diary begins as the playful audio journal of Cherie Hazzard, a brilliant, elusive young woman documenting her “internship” with a mysterious project called the Folium. Through books, banter, flirtation, philosophy, and small-town drama, Cherie gradually reveals that the diary itself is part of a larger performance: an attempt to introduce a long-term social vision rooted in ecological wisdom, affectionate anarchy, and the nurturing of better humans. As the story unfolds, family secrets, doppelgängers, hidden rooms, and shifting narrators widen the world. By the end of season one, the Folium emerges as both idea and experiment: a strange, loving nudge toward a better civilization.
The Folium Diary
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Cherie, thank you for letting me make my first (and probably last) podcast episode!
- Prof B.
Seven Sevens:
- Feast of the Seven Fishes
- Life in Seven Songs
- Seven Pillars of the Circular Economy
- Seven Samurai
- Seven Perceptual States
- New Seven Wonders of the World
- Dance of the Seven Veils
(Cherie said 'Folium' is actually spelled with seven letters, like Ffynnon, but the second 'f' is invisible. Was she kidding? With Cherie, you never really know 🫥)
Stay tuned for the fourth trimester of The Folium Diary:
- 9/15 Daisy spills the sand about her summer vacation.
- 10/15 Stuart spins a spooky yarn from the Grand Lodge Theater.
- 11/15 Something about cats 🐈 people like cats.
- 12/15 The Return of the Cherie Hazzard!
The Folium collaborated with Maple Whispers ASMR to create a lovely new video: The Girl Who Could Not Sleep
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