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Junk and Disorderly: Art • Myth • Oddities From Real and Imagined Worlds
By Michael deMengArts
Junk and Disorderly: Art • Myth • Oddities From Real and Imagined Worlds episodes
- Medusa - Sympathy for the Gorgon
In this episode Michael explores the snake haired villain Medusa...but, the question is, was she really so bad?
Additional insight and resources about the topic can be found at Michael deMeng's blog: www.michaeldemeng.com/blogFollow Michael deMeng on social media for updates and behind-the-scenes content:
• Instagram: @michael_demeng_art
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaeldeMeng
• TikTok: @michaeldemeng30 min - Mythological Plants - Magic, Murder and Mayhem in the Botanical Kingdom
In this episode Michael explores strange plants of fable and lore, including the hungry grass of Ireland, the man-eating Madagascar tree and vampire pumpkins.
Additional insight and resources about the topic can be found at Michael deMeng's blog: www.michaeldemeng.com/blogFollow Michael deMeng on social media for updates and behind-the-scenes content:
• Instagram: @michael_demeng_art
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaeldeMeng
• TikTok: @michaeldemeng30 min - Davy Jones and Booze Cruises from Hell
In this episode Michael explores the legends of Davy Jones, the Flying Dutchmen and the Chilean Ghost Ship the Calueche.
Additional insight and resources about the topic can be found at Michael deMeng's blog: www.michaeldemeng.com/blogFollow Michael deMeng on social media for updates and behind-the-scenes content:
• Instagram: @michael_demeng_art
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaeldeMeng
• TikTok: @michaeldemeng28 min - The Danse Macabre - A Boneyard Boogie
In this episode Michael deMeng explores the Danse Macabre and other stories of Death, ditties and dancing. He will examine everything from the Death shimmying folks to the afterworld, the boney Inuit dancer, dances to ward off tarantula bites, and more.
Additional insight and resources about the topic can be found at Michael deMeng's blog: www.michaeldemeng.com/blogFollow Michael deMeng on social media for updates and behind-the-scenes content:
• Instagram: @michael_demeng_art
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaeldeMeng
• TikTok: @michaeldemeng31 min - The Loup Garou - A French Werewolf in Canada
In this episode Michael deMeng explores the Loup Garou and the werewolf legends of French Canada.
Additional insight and resources about the topic can be found at Michael deMeng's blog: www.michaeldemeng.com/blogFollow Michael deMeng on social media for updates and behind-the-scenes content:
• Instagram: @michael_demeng_art
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaeldeMeng
• TikTok: @michaeldemeng30 min - Irish Vampires
In this episode Michael deMeng explores the vampires of Ireland and how some of these legends may have come to influence Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.
Additional insight and resources about the topic can be found at Michael deMeng's blog: www.michaeldemeng.com/blogFollow Michael deMeng on social media for updates and behind-the-scenes content:
• Instagram: @michael_demeng_art
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaeldeMeng
• TikTok: @michaeldemeng31 min - Pixies - Woodland Tricksters
Michael deMeng explores the legends of the woodland creatures called Pixies. Little magical folk who spend most of there time dancing by moonlight and playing pranks on humans
Additional insight and resources about the topic can be found at Michael deMeng's blog: www.michaeldemeng.com/blogFollow Michael deMeng on social media for updates and behind-the-scenes content:
• Instagram: @michael_demeng_art
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaeldeMeng
• TikTok: @michaeldemeng27 min - The Golem - Clay Defender or Muddy Monster
Michael deMeng explores Jewish legends surrounding a clay monster called the Golem; a mystical servant and protector to the Jewish people...but sometimes things go a little haywire. Learn about the legend that inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein along with some of the strange variations of the tale.
Additional insight and resources about the topic can be found at Michael deMeng's blog: www.michaeldemeng.com/blogFollow Michael deMeng on social media for updates and behind-the-scenes content:
• Instagram: @michael_demeng_art
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaeldeMeng
• TikTok: @michaeldemeng24 min - The Buso Devils - Bringers of Spring
Michael deMeng explores the Buso devils of Mohacs. A strange Hungarian festival where devils run amok...but don't fear...they're not all bad. In fact when you hear about them you'll be wanting to throw a few spiced wines back with them.
Additional insight and resources about the topic can be found at Michael deMeng's blog: www.michaeldemeng.com/blogFollow Michael deMeng on social media for updates and behind-the-scenes content:
• Instagram: @michael_demeng_art
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaeldeMeng
• TikTok: @michaeldemeng24 min - La Llorona - The Weeping Woman
Michael deMeng explores the legends and stories about La Llorona, the Weeping Woman. Discover her sad tragic tale and how other ghost stories might relate. You'll also take a trip to the very haunting Isla de las Munencas, Doll Island, and find out how this place might relate to the legends of la Llorona.
Additional insight and resources about the topic can be found at Michael deMeng's blog: www.michaeldemeng.com/blogFollow Michael deMeng on social media for updates and behind-the-scenes content:
• Instagram: @michael_demeng_art
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaeldeMeng
• TikTok: @michaeldemeng24 min
About Junk and Disorderly: Art • Myth • Oddities From Real and Imagined Worlds
From the publisher's feed
Junk and Disorderly is your backstage pass to art, myth, oddities, and the strange little sparks that fly between real and imagined worlds. Hosted by Michael deMeng — artist, author,…
instructor, and professional rummager of the beautifully peculiar — this podcast wanders through the stories, symbols, films, folklore, objects, and creative misadventures that inspire his work.
Some episodes dig into the art of transforming found objects into something mythic. Others follow the trail of legends, monsters, rituals, strange histories, haunted places, favorite films, and curious cultural debris. Along the way, Michael talks with fellow artists, makers, collectors, travelers, organizers, and creative oddballs who know that the best stories often hide in the cracks, cupboards, alleys, attics, and junk drawers of the world.
With humor, curiosity, and a healthy dose of artistic anarchy, Junk and Disorderly invites you to embrace the odd, the handmade, the haunted, and the half-forgotten — and to find beauty in the discarded, the mysterious, and the gloriously out of place.
Whether you’re an artist, a maker, a mythology nerd, a film lover, or just someone who enjoys a good tale from the weirder side of the road, this podcast may leave you inspired, entertained, and possibly itching to rummage for your next masterpiece.
Formerly home to Strange Tales of Myth and Magic, the show continues to explore legend, lore, and the stories from around the world that inspire Michael’s art — now with a wider lens and a bigger junk drawer.