Episode 96: The Psychopomp, the Fae and the Owl with Deb Fate-Mental
Deb Fate-Mental, trained herbalist, shamanic practitioner and witch, visits with Barbara to tell the stories of she and her family involving ghosts, lots of fae, a nightmare creature, and an owl who led her to a very magical place by a river.
Episode 95: The Darkening of the Light: Fall Things with Chad Redding
Chad returns to visit with Morganna and Barbara while the three talk about the spiritual changes that occur in the fall. Myriad topics are covered, including harbingers of autumn, shadowy figures near the woods, pawpaws and persimmons,Morganna's goblins, and a mysterious voice that appeared from nowhere.
Episode 94: Owls and Orbs with Drew Demler
Barbara talks with Drew Demler, about his meaningful experiences with owls, lights in the sky, and orbs in the woods. He talks about how these visitations have changed him as a person, and have broadened his life.
Episode 93: The Haunted Trivette Clinic with Alex Matsuo
Alex Matsuo, author, ghost hunter and all-around wonderful person, visits with Morganna and Barbara to talk about her new book, the ethics of ghost hunting and shares some of her favorite haunted experiences in the field.
Episode 92: Spirits, Blood and Hecate with Octavian
Octavian of the Strange Dominions Podcast talks magic with Barbara. A wide range of topics including Western Ceremonial Magic, the conjuring of spirits, Traditional Witchcraft and folk magic, Bigfoot the Fae, blood, Hecate and more are discussed in this meeting of magical minds.
Episode 91: They Come in Threes: Owls, UFO's and Synchs with Mike Clelland
Author, artist, avid hiker and folklorist Mike Clelland talks with Barbara about the mystical connection between owls, UFO's and synchronicities.
Episode 90: Understanding the Mind of Gaia with David Perkins
Morganna and Barbara talk with David Perkins who has been studying the paranormal in the context of Gaia for decades. The three discuss Gaian consciousness, communication, and cattle mutilations.
Episode 89: Nope!
Barbara and Morganna and special guest Stephanie Burnham settle down to talk about Jordan Peele's new film, "Nope." It's not just another UFO movie, but it's still a UFO movie, so of course, we had to see it. Movie nerding commences.
Episode 88: The Medieval Roots of Modern Conspiracy Theories, Part One
Morgannna leads the episode with what she's been learning in her history classes in regards to conspiracy theories, and she and Barbara show how the same motifs with slight variation appear over and over and over up to the modern day.
Episode 87: The Enchanted World of Graham Joyce
Your friendly neighborhood book nerds, Barbara and Morganna talk about one of their favorite novelists, Graham Joyce. His deft and folkloric treatment of The Other in his works is very similar to how the book nerds both experience weirdness in their lives. They describe 4 books that listeners may want to read.
Episode 86: The Rain Bringer: Zora Neale Hurston with Allison Jornlin
Allison Jornlin comes back and talks about another unsung woman in paranormal history: anthropologist, author, actress and educator, Zora Neale Hurston. Listen for literary history, ghost stories, the Frog Whisperer, descriptions of where zombies come from and what is laundry bluing and what it was used for!
Episode 85: Appalachian Bigfoot with Dr. Russ Jones
Barbara and Morganna get to chat with Dr. Russ Jones, a local Bigfoot researcher who investigates in West Virginia and Appalachian Ohio.
Episode 84: The Ecology of Souls with Joshua Cutchin
Joshua Cutchin talks with Barbara about his new book, The Ecology of Souls, which is available this week in both print and as on Kindle.
Episode 83: Dancing with the Solstice Sun With Susan Demeter and Kiki Dombrowski
Susan Demeter and Kiki Dombrowski join Barbara for another Witchy conversation, this time on the energies of the Summer Solstice, and what sorts of magicks are best woven on this day!
Episode 82: Science, Gaia and Archetypes with Darwin
Barbara talks with Darwin--that's the pseudonym of a fellow paranormal podcaster--and the two discuss how James Lovelock's Gaia Hypothesis may be the key to understanding paranormal phenomena.
Episode 81: Anomalous Light Phenomena With Dr. Massimo Teodorani and Susan Demeter
Barbara talks with an astrophysicist and a witch who have teamed up to investigate anomalous light phenomena.
Episode 80: Transgression and Co-Creation with Tad
Barbara talks with Tad; in 1989, he and his wife had a high-strangeness experience in Wales that involved anomalous lights, a strange mist and various orbs and solid craft. The details are fascinating and hold bits to the puzzle of the UFO enigma.
Episode 79: Science Fiction and the Other: What's Up With That?
Barbara and Morganna nerd hard on science fiction and its relationship to and treatment of the idea of the Other.
Episode 78: Fiction, Imagination and the Other
Barbara and Morganna discuss the intersection between fiction, folklore, imagination and the Other.
Episode 77: The Seer and the Sphere with Paul
Paul talks with Barbara about his lifetime of mysterious experiences that include a three dimensional shadow person, fairies, ghosts, time slips, magick and a UFO.