262 – Tarot (Part 1)

MonsterTalk begins its second season and its weekly release schedule with a look at the surprisingly mundane origin of the Tarot deck and how the practice of divination emerged in the late 1700s steeped in pseudo-antiquity.

#230 – Otter King & Other Things

Karen and Blake are joined by the hosts of MonsterFuzz, Eamonn O’Neill and Rob Billington, to discuss monsters and folklore of Ireland. Well, that’s what we were supposed to talk about but we wandered a bit because it was obvious we all loved talking about monsters. So… that’s on brand right?  Giant Otter Irish cryptid/folklore Human occupancy of Australia is […]

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 […]