Author, Witch, Teacher, Filmmaker and UFO Researcher, Cheryl Costa settles in for a long talk with Barbara, touching on Witchcraft, Magick, Buddhism, History, UFOs, UFOlogy and many other topics besides.

Mike Clelland returns to the podcast to talk about how he mined his own UFO related experiences to create his first novel, which is a project that took over a decade to finish. Lots of topics are covered: mystical owl and light experiences, synchronicity, shamanic initiation, the role the subconscious plays in creative endeavors and the mythos of the American West.

In light of the horrifying events in Israel, instead of a new episode this week I’m reposting the episode Morganna and I did on the medieval roots of antisemitism. Next week, look forward to hearing from Mike Clelland.

Simon and Thomas visit with fascinating tales of high strangeness and UFOs from Denmark. We rarely get to hear stories from our Scandinavian friends, so this episode is really special.

Professor WHAM comes back to the podcast to elaborate on some of her experiences living on a haunted piece of land in Kansas known as Buck Creek. Strange weather, invisible people talking, unusual animal behavior and a large guardian spirit that doesn't much care for humans.

Kate Ray visits with Barbara and the two discuss the Wollaton Gnomes, writing books with non human intelligences, ghost hunting, seances and more.

Nathan visits with Barbara and they share tales of growing up in Appalachia full of ghost hunting, hidden cemeteries, the Rapture, Satanists, and Camden Park.

Alexandra returns to the podcast, bringing her experience as an academic to and a practitioner of modern core shamanism to discuss with Barbara the similarities between traditional practices of ecstatic spirit and initiation and modern experiences of alien abduction.

Jason, Todd, Dasos and Barbara all sit down and talk about their personal experiences of mental health and how paranormal weirdness impacts or doesn't impact their psyches.