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This week, Portland's own Sean Croghan from THE MISTONS  joins me to discuss many things.  We talk about ghosts, consciousness, the violent history of our world that could lead to dark spirits & how they could attach themselves to people or places, how to not be susceptible to these attachments, how to live life in a positive way to leave a legacy of love & not a web of darkness that affects generations to come and much more.  It sounds like a lot but at the heart of it all, the message is simple...live a good, positive life & make sure that is how you are remembered.  If you are a negative person & leave a negative legacy, that could manifest itself into a negative spirit that not only influences those you knew but could possibly haunt physical places you were attached to & affect vulnerable strangers.  So live well & just be a good person, for the sake of us all!

THE MISTONS:

https://themistons.bandcamp.com/

CHECK OUT SEAN'S ART:
 
https://www.facebook.com/SeanCroghanArt/
                                                            https://www.instagram.com/sdcroghan/?hl=en

LISTEN TO:

Electric Youth
Lana Del Rey
Show Me The Body
Neko Case
A$AP Rocky
Vince Staples

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:
 
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/23sTybPoqGnD9sjLqntoFm?si=xWBVvvTaTCuzQOt0mWtgyQ&utm_source=copy-link


NEW WORD OF THE NITE:

de·terge

/dəˈtərj/

verb

1. cleanse thoroughly.

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Animal Lovers Rejoice! We've got the 1st ever Pet-centric & wholesome (but still weird as hell) episode of the show.  Suzanne Hogan from the band NATURE BOYS & the podcast A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF KANSAS CITY joins me to tell the story of Jim The Wonder Dog.  He truly was wonderful.  A mysterious Llewellyn Setter that, during the Depression Era 20's & 30's, wowed crowds with marvelous feats of out of this world genius.  He could not only find the girl wearing the red dress, or the pastor, or doctor in the room...he could also find cars after being shown the license plate number, take commands in morse code & many different written languages, identify trees by species, predict Kentucky Derby & World Series winners & well...just make people happy.  We not only discuss his life but the possibilities of where he came from & if there was a missed opportunity to learn more from him while he graced us with his presence on Earth.

NATURE BOYS: https://natureboysrocknroll.com/

A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF KANSAS CITY: https://www.kcur.org/podcast/a-peoples-history-of-kansas-city

JIM THE WONDER DOG: https://www.jimthewonderdog.org/

MOMO THE MISSOURI MONSTER: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/momo-monster/

LISTEN TO:

John Moreland
Regional Justice Center
Fake Fruit
Phoebe Bridgers

THE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7xU2giLMDYRGy8WFgKGZyO?si=5CJDai2tRwGKbC4vs17hLA&utm_source=copy-link

NEW WORD OF THE NITE:

be·nig·nant

/bəˈniɡnənt/

adjective

1. kindly and benevolent.

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This week Matt Wittman from WREATH returns to discuss what on Earth is happening under Dulce, NM.  Before he abruptly & surprisingly departs mid-conversation for "prior podcasting commitments", we dig into a couple theories about the supposed battle that took place at the base beneath the soil of Dulce that is shared by humans & aliens.  Paul Bennewitz believed the base was real, but was he the victim of Air Force disinformation efforts?  Phil Schneider claims to have accidentally drilled straight into the base then shot 2 Greys, which sparked the battle that took 66 secret service men's lives...a battle that still rages TO THIS DAY.  After Matt departs, I briefly run through another theory that the battle started as a super covert black ops effort to free tens of thousands of women who were held captive as sex slaves of the evil Greys.  The looming question is, does this base even exist? Or is it all  some strange fiction concocted as a diversion from the real alien agenda?

CHECK OUT WREATH:

https://wreathfl.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-ep

PAUL BENNEWITZ & THE DISINFORMATION EFFORT:

http://www.greatdreams.com/Falcon-Richard-Doty.htm

PART 1 OF A PHILIP SCHNEIDER PRESENTATION:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnlfhePC7zc

THE ABRIDGED "BATTLE REPORT":

https://msuvictor.pixnet.net/blog/post/33078000

LISTEN TO:

Nopes
Brainiac
Oryx
Heavy Medical
Charley Crockett
James Hand

THIS WEEKS SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7mhnkvDU17w9YksFjUCr54?si=M7Q0i8rvRK2nSPyD6vUdBA&utm_source=copy-link

THE NEW HEAVY MEDICAL EP:

https://heavymedical.bandcamp.com/album/anxiety-frustration

NEW WORD OF THE NITE:

men·da·cious

/menˈdāSHəs/

adjective

1. not telling the truth; lying.
2. "mendacious propaganda"

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Jack Parsons was a weird guy.  He had an equal passion for rocketry & occult magic, which he felt were not mutually exclusive.  His life was wild, his exploits are legendary...but his legacy is complicated.  Despite his achievements in the field of rocket science & key roles in creating innovative companies that still exist today, like Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), he has been pretty much erased from the history books.  Perhaps it had something to do with his heavy involvement in the Aleister Crowley created religion of Thelema & his beyond excessive habits.  Grace Bigler & I discuss his life & try to understand where a man with such talent & progressive ideas went horribly astray.

I HIGHT DON QUIXOTE, I LIVE ON PEYOTE and other writings by Jack Parsons  can be found here:

https://hermetic.com/parsons/i-hight-don-quixote-i-live-on-peyote

LISTEN TO:

Show Me The Body
Socioclast
16
First Aid Kit
Nathaniel Rateliff
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
House of Harm
Mogwai

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QEYyQ1ohzfgZYKxr5c7Hb?si=fEpV5nTbRc-q5L9iI8fMKA&utm_source=copy-link


NEW WORD OF THE NITE:

re·ful·gent

/rəˈfəljənt/

adjective

1. shining brightly.

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The Money Pit on Oak Island in Nova Scotia sure has people excited.  So excited that they have been digging there FOR CENTURIES trying to find what could be pirate treasure, proof that Shakespeare didn't write any of his famed works, French Naval treasure or even THE HOLY GRAIL!  Who knows though, maybe it's just a big sinkhole.  Either way,  the artifacts that have been found by many different dedicated groups throughout the years have kept the dig alive with hopes that someday the mystery will be solved.  Jesse Gee returns to the show to help me make some sense of it all. We eventually get into a couple fun stories of possible treasures buried in the Los Angeles area, where he resides.  We also reminisce over our personal childhood treasure hunting adventures & tell some buried treasure stories we've heard in our lives.

CHECK OUT JESSE'S ARTWORK ON INSTAGRAM:

 https://www.instagram.com/jessegeearts/?hl=en

THE MAIN SOURCE FOR THE EPISODE:

https://www.oakislandmoneypit.com/

THE TREASURE FOUND IN 2020:

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/08/944255590/finder-of-treasure-chest-hidden-in-rocky-mountains-reveals-his-identity#:~:text=His%20name%20is%20Jack%20Stuef,offering%20clues%20to%20its%20location.

LISTEN TO:

Umbra Vitae
The Chats
Andrew W.K.
Neon Bone
Charley Pride

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Ms6DXXac8KHhWwATiydkS?si=dj8IzZkmRrCRWlyadN2YKQ&utm_source=copy-link

NEW WORD OF THE NITE:

ruc·tion

/ˈrəkSHən/

noun
INFORMAL

a disturbance or quarrel.

1. "she acted as if there'd been no earlier ruction"

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Psychedelics are a huge mystery to me. How to approach them. How to use them. How to learn from them. How to trust them. Cody Klewin seems to have spent a lifetime trying to understand psychedelics & it has paid off.  He's had a rough but somehow rewarding life experimenting with a lot of synthetic psychedelics because he spent the whole time scheming on how to learn & capitalize from his experiences. His companies HERB STOMP & THE GREEN SUNSHINE COMPANY are proof of that. He wrote a book that has yet to be published about his life.  I read that book & we had a conversation about it.  There's a lot to glean from his story. Maybe that kid that you see fucked up on the street isn't fucked up at all...OK, he's definitely fucked up. But maybe he's in the middle of figuring out how to conquer the world...and he just might do it.

CHECK OUT CODY'S COMPANIES

HERB STOMP:

https://www.herbstomp.com/

THE GREEN SUNSHINE COMPANY:

https://thegreensunshineco.com/

CHECK OUT HIS OLD (BUT NOT DEAD) BAND, ROLLING THROUGH THE UNIVERSE:

https://rollingthroughtheuniverse.bandcamp.com/album/lethe

CHECK OUT HIS PODCAST DEGENERATE LIFE:

https://youtu.be/qonAgdemUZY

HE WAS AN ASSOCIATE PRODUCER ON THIS SICK ASS FILM:

https://youtu.be/LDaRv1IkUsg

READ SOME TRIP REPORTS:

https://www.erowid.org/

WHAT I'M LISTENING TO:

BILL WITHERS
JACQUES BREL
CHARLIE MEGIRA

THIS WEEKS SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/42urhdQqszmpxOYWhe5EGB?si=X56ueAnqTy6G2lPrwKkxGw&utm_source=copy-link

NEW WORD OF THE NITE:

be·strew

/bəˈstro͞o/

verb

verb: bestrew; 3rd person present: bestrews; past tense: bestrewed; gerund or present participle: bestrewing; past participle: bestrewn

1. cover or partly cover (a surface) with scattered objects.
2. "the bride's train was bestrewn with rose petals"
   • (of objects) lie scattered over (a surface).
   • "sweeping away the sand and rubbish that bestrewed it"

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The mysterious interstellar object known as "Oumuamua" was discovered in October of 2017 & has been baffling scientists ever since. Harvard's top astronomer, Avi Loeb, believes it could actually be an Alien Probe & he even wrote a book about his theory.  Tamir Rawlings joins me to discuss his ideas about where this object possibly came from, what it is made of (spoiler: it's poop!) & what it could be doing in our neighborhood.

TAMIR:

https://instagram.com/tamirrawlings?igshid=1dvp6oop2p8yd

AVI LOEB & OUMUAMUA:

https://www.cnet.com/news/harvard-astronomy-professor-avi-loeb-more-sure-than-ever-we-were-visited-by-alien-spacecraft/

SCIENTISTS SEARCHING FOR METAL METEORITES IN ANTARCTICA:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50549855

LISTEN TO:

John Carpenter
Wake
Pounder
Cannibal Corpse

THIS WEEKS SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LtRsKsLrFUf1A5qRz2nO7?si=mpSttlvgS8uPdn_1ve9VyQ&utm_source=copy-link


NEW WORD OF THE NITE:

neology

 noun

ne·​ol·​o·​gy | \ nēˈäləjē \

plural -es

Definition of neology

1
a: the use of a new word or expression or of an established word in a new or different sense : the use of new expressions that are not sanctioned by conventional standard usage : the introduction of such expressions into a language

b: NEOLOGISM sense 1a

2: a new doctrine
especially : a new method of theological interpretation

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Hotel Cecil AKA Hotel Death AKA The Suicide is a historical landmark now in the city of Los Angeles but it is most known for its history of violence & death. This week, Stuntman Mike from the Post Rhetoric Podcast joins me to discuss its sordid history. We can't really offer any explanations, we can only tell the stories of those that have perished in or around the Hotel grounds. The Hotel was considered home by a couple of serial killers  & it's where violent people have found solace in the shadows throughout the last century.  "Cursed" seems a more fitting descriptor of the property than "haunted". Death seems to be creeping around every corner of the building & it has taken its toll.

POST RHETORIC PODCAST:

https://postrhetoricpodcast.buzzsprout.com/

LISTEN TO:

Soft Kill
Darkest Hour
Molchat Doma
Miley Cyrus

THIS WEEK'S SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0JZ8YdE92yLgZE82V736hB?si=QbREf7JfRZ2iLiir04PIxA


GHOST ADVENTURES: CECIL HOTEL TRAILER -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zg459icjUk

CRIME SCENE: THE VANISHING AT THE CECIL HOTEL TRAILER -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkoboFsY9_g

NEW WORD OF THE NITE:

dolor

 noun

do·​lor | \ ˈdō-lər  also ˈdä- \

: mental suffering or anguish : GRIEF

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Tonite, Dave Angiolini from HEAVY  MEDICAL & SHIT CITY joins me to discuss the topic on everyone's mind...Are Extra Terrestrials abducting human beings to make them take part in their hybrid breeding programs? If so, some human participants are rightly upset about it but some, it turns out, actually love it.  We focus on telling the stories of a few of the willing participants who have had years of experience breeding with or just mingling with aliens to bring you the most entertaining episode about the subject we could muster.  This topic is not always light, it is very often dark & tragic...but these folks (for the most part) accept it, enjoy it & downright get off on it. 

HEAVY MEDICAL:

https://heavymedical.bandcamp.com/album/problems

SHIT CITY:

https://shitcity.bandcamp.com/

LISTEN TO:

Pylon
Black Pumas
Terminal Bliss

and the PODCASTS "It Did Happen Here" & "Murder In Oregon"

CHECK OUT THIS EPISODE'S SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ofNQVMl0sKZUOLZ8IVRl3?si=1ZAiQhoeQ4Kl-FWm-J8Atg

SIMON PARKES (you can find part 1 of interview here & that will lead you to part 2:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/mar/27/whitby-councillor-alien-mother-simon-parkes

THE INTERGALACTIC DIVA ON THE COUNT SMOKULA SHOW (skip ahead to 19:00):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hE1aABW_FQ

LOVE & SAUCERS TRAILER:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9XoWl3ewag

PETER KHOURY:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6n8nmw

MENG ZHAOGUO:

https://metro.co.uk/2015/04/08/this-chinese-lumberjack-had-sex-with-a-10-foot-alien-while-his-wife-slept-5139755/

NEW WORD OF THE NITE:

um·bo·nate

/ˈəmbənət,ˈəmbəˌnāt/

adjectiveBOTANY

1. having a rounded knob or protuberance.
2. "the figures show an umbonate form"

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Tonite, Paul Barfo from GODSTOMPER joins me to discuss not only common & accepted ideas about what the holy grail is but we dig into what he thinks it is & what it means to him.  He's definitely helped open my eyes to a new way to look at this undying mystery. It was a good conversation that led me to ponder, what's YOUR holy grail & what does it mean TO YOU?  We all have something to search for...

Check out GODSTOMPER:

https://godstomper.bandcamp.com/

LISTEN TO:

Moral Crux - I was a Teenage Teenager
Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - The Helm Of Sorrow
Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs
Nothing - The Great Dismal

LISTEN TO SONGS FROM THOSE ALBUMS ON THE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/590IT7BBdAu4lhNgHg4Kdw?si=Kapb2Xi2RRS5d1dN6XC3jw

NEW WORD OF THE NITE:

nidify

nid·​i·​fy | \ ˈnidəˌfī \

-ed/-ing/-es

Definition of nidify

: to build a nest

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