I invite my favorite Norwegian occultist acupuncturist veterinarian, Are Thoresen, back on the show to encounter materialism and see where it falls short. Time, space, physics, animal communication, healing... nothing is off the table in this episode.

I turn to my favorite money-worker, Pilar Lesko, for a spiritual perspective on quantities, financial integrity, and spiritualizing money beyond "abundance."

I talk with Duncan Barford and Alan Chapman - authors of the Baptist's Head trilogy and co-hosts of the WORP FM spirituality/magick/paranormal podcast - bout misunderstanding magick, spiritual development, and practice...and how to re-connect to destiny and peace.

I talk with scholar and author Mitch Horowitz about why the occult matters in a time of chaos. We talk about the radical possibilities it might offer today, the ethics (and the unethical) of esotericism, and more.

To cap off my episodes on music, here's a mix tape for you of some of my favorite songs and some stories about them, too. It includes rarities, songs you might not know, live performances, and more.

TRACK LIST

Persevere by Dave Le'Aupepe/Gang of Youths (live/acoustic) from AEWCH 31

Purple Haze by Ris Paul Ric from Purple Haze

Before You Go by Sarah Jaffe (live/a cappella)

When the Breakers go Back on Fulltime by Daoirí Farrell

As Long As I Live by Bruce Penninsula

Absence by Antarctica

Josh Has A Crush on a Femme from Reed by The New Bad Things

Swan Swan H by REM (early version)

Jesus Christ by The Pupils

The Rest of the Day by Bedhead

Here Comes the Flood by Peter Gabriel from the 1979 BBC Xmas Special

Special Diamonds by Geoff Farina

Oscillator by Satisfact

People Die by Travis Morrison

Now You Are Free by Augustines

I talk with my favorite live singer, Nina Persson of The Cardigans, about earworms, songs we sing at home, the power of singing, and more in the third episode in my series of eps on musicians talking about music.

In the second episode in my series talking about music with musicians, Ian Lynch (LANKUM + FIRE DRAW NEAR podcast) and I discuss how traditional Irish music pulls from the earth and horror and rebellion to vitalize itself and its listeners, both boozy and sobered.

Kicking off my series of episodes talking about music in our lives and world with musicians is prolific musical artist Will Oldham AKA Bonnie "Prince" Billy!

Concluding my series on HORROR, I talk about horror's offerings to the world - which go much deeper than most people (even horror scholars!) suggest.

In the fourth of my episodes on horror, I talk with new horror star CJ Leede (Maeve Fly) and seasoned master Paul Tremblay (The Cabin at the End of the World, The Beast You Are) about the burdens and pleasures of writing such dark material.