November 29, 2020

221 – They Are Already Here – with Sarah Scoles

Download the episode (Right-click, Save as MP3) Author Sarah Scoles joins us to discuss her amazing book They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers.  It’s a terrific ride through UFO culture and the fallout from the 2017 New York Times front-page article about the US Government Program to examine unidentified objects in the sky. Links/Additional Reading/Terms: AATIP – the […]

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November 12, 2020

220 – Monster Manual

Download episode (Right-Click/Save-As) Roll for initiative as Karen and Blake discuss the history of roleplaying games and the Monster Manual with Jon Peterson. Jon Peterson (@docetist)  is the author of PLAYING AT THE WORLD A HISTORY OF SIMULATING WARS, PEOPLE, AND FANTASTIC ADVENTURES, FROM CHESS TO ROLE-PLAYING GAMES. He was also a contributor to the recent retrospective volume looking at the […]

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October 19, 2020

218 – Season of the Witch

Download this episode as MP3 (right-click, save-as) Peter Bebergal returns (previously on episode #180 with his book Strange Frequencies)  to discuss magic, witchcraft, and the occult and how those things impacted the world of Rock & Roll music.  Check the attachment to this episode for a bunch of music links relevant to the show and Peter’s book Season of the Witch. Speaking of books – Karen has […]

Regular Episode 5 min read
October 11, 2020

217 – The Unidentified

Download as MP3 (right-click, save as) Author Colin Dickey is back with another fantastic book – this time it’s taking a look at the culture of the weird including UFOs, doorways to Atlantis, cryptozoology, and jarring Fortean events.  The Unidentified is available in paper, and audio via audible. Colin’s previous episode was #149 and covered his fantastic book Ghostland. Discussed in this episode:  Mt. […]

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September 19, 2020

216 – Cane Toads

Download this episode (Right-Click, Save As) In this episode, we talk with Dr. Steven Johnson of the University of Florida about invasive species and specifically focus on the cane toad.  This incredibly robust and prolific toad excretes poison fluid from glands on its back and has been introduced from its native habitat into several locations around the world, most notably (and destructively) in Australia. Mentioned […]

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September 2, 2020

215 – Chinese Ghosts

Download as MP3 (Right-click, Save As) We are joined by Ph.D. student Minwen Huang, who shares with us the history of the literary genre of Chinese Ghosts called Zhiguai, and how such beings (and literature) are viewed from ancient times to the present. A wiki page about the character for “ghost”: 鬼 Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture: Writings from the Pre-Qin […]

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June 2, 2020

213 – Ghosts and Sociology

Download MP3 (Right-Click, Save As) We interview Dr. David Aveline about his new project studying people who see or experience ghosts.  He’s just getting started, but it’s a really interesting conversation about how one puts together research into such a strange and complicated topic. Notes:An article about Dr. Aveline’s research   The Thomas Theorem (1928) by William Isaac Thomas and Dorothy […]

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May 22, 2020

209 – Strange but True

Download MP3 (right-click, Save As) We are joined by author Kathryn Hulick, author of the new book Strange but True: 10 of the World’s Greatest Mysteries Explained. The book introduces 10 weird topics covering everything from Atlantis to Zombies and meshes it all with skepticism and critical thinking. It’s a great way to introduce a curious teen to the strange […]

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