Hana the Suburban Witch is a psychic, professional tarot reader, natal astrologer and eclectic witch based in Australia. The focus of Hana's work is to make witchcraft and spirituality fun, and after our conversation, I can see why.  She grew up with a lot of fear and trauma in the Pentecostal church, and she now runs a course on Psychic Divination, hosts her own podcast called ‘Witch Talks’ and has a YouTube channel with videos on spellcrafting, tarot, and her journey to becoming a proud witch.

We talked about the social aspects of shame, what it's like to distrust your instincts, and how her mom left the church and became a style guru on Instagram.

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Logan Dean is the tabletop RPG designer behind The Company, and the ENnie-nominated EXTRACTION FROM DEMON-FUCKED CLEVELAND 1996.  This is just an excerpt from our conversation back in January, where Logan talks about his experiences growing up in a haunted house.

Voting for the ENnie's goes until midnight PST on July 24, 2022.  Be sure to vote for Logan's game in the Best Adventure and Best Free Game/Product categories!

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Jack Brewer is a UFO blogger and researcher and the author of two books, The Greys Have Been Framed and Wayward Sons.  Jack sat down with me to talk about the emotional draw of UFOs as well as the danger of chasing down facts about a slippery phenomenon.  We discussed what drives people to believe above all else, the failures of memory, and the trouble with the ongoing involvement of the intelligence community in UFO circles.  We also talked about scientific protocols, and what we should expect from people who claim they're doing scientific work.

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The UFO Trail - http://ufotrail.blogspot.com/

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Holly Laurent is a writer, filmmaker, comedian, performer, and the host of Mega, a completely improvised podcast satirizing the world of a  fictional mega church.  She is also one of my favorite people.  This is part 2 of our near 2-hour conversation where we talk about setting boundaries, recovering from being raised a people-pleaser, Terrence McKenna, whether the world is hell or not, and about how grief changes the fabric of a person's life.  

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Holly Laurent is a writer, filmmaker, comedian, performer, and the host of Mega, a completely improvised podcast satirizing the world of a fictional mega church.  She is also my friend.  Holly and I talked about growing up Evangelical, dealing with hateful trolls online, curses, and the knowledge of scripture as a guiding force.  We also talked about imitation, the nature of consciousness and how we can reprogram ourselves as well as the nature of the divine and what we're really talking about when we talk about god.  This was a deeply thoughtful, vulnerable conversation, and this is just part one!  The second part will be released tomorrow.

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Red Pill Junkie (Miguel Romero) is a Fortean blogger and artist.  He's a writer for The Daily Grail and the visual artist behind the Ufology Tarot.  I initially reached out to him to talk about the Ufology tarot, but we ended up talking about so much more.  From the adaptability of the human condition and the absurdity of doing mundane things during the apocalypse, from the benefits of being an outsider to the nature of UFO experiences, from psychic surgery to Mass Effect to the gnostic battle against corporate archons, I had an incredible time talking with RPJ about all of his ideas about the universe.

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Amelia Cotter is a writer, poet, and storyteller.  She's written multiple books about the paranormal such as Where the Party Never Ended: Ghosts of the Old Baraboo Inn, This House: The True Story of a Girl and a Ghost, Maryland Ghosts: Paranormal Encounters in the Free State, and the children’s book Breakfast with Bigfoot.  She also writes poetry about trauma and healing and is a contributor to The Feminine Macabre, which is how we met.

I initially asked Amelia on the show to talk about her writing and about ghosts, but this turned into a much deeper and broader conversation.  We talked about the shifting landscape of the paranormal community, the importance of empathy and listening when speaking with experiencers, the dangers of conspiracy thinking, and why it's important to be careful of judging people based off of what we see on social media and on television.  This was a wonderful conversation and I hope you enjoy it.

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Tonight's guest is Dr CS Matthews (a.k.a Professor WHAM). She recently wrote a book about paranormal reports in the Hudson Valley called Mysterious Beauty: Living with the Paranormal in the Hudson Valley. She's studied religion, new religious movements, occultism and paranormal experiences for over 4 decades, and her dissertation was on ethnic and racial tropes in UFO abductions in the US. She's also been teaching in a college setting for 35 years.

I asked her on the show after watching her speak on The Magickal Solution about fascism in the occult. For this episode, she gave an overview of fascism and white supremacist ideas in paraweird spaces, and shows the fact that the roots of it go back very far. She described the ways in which racist ideas have been woven into spiritual movements for centuries and make their way into UFO reports today. She talked about the dangers of accelerationist ideologies. We ended the conversation talking about the history of Iroquois women and what it takes to make real social change in a society. Get ready to take some notes for this episode.

More information on fascism in the occult:

A Discussion / How White Supremacy is Hijacking Paganism

In Plain Sight: NAZI Occultism in America

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Tonight's episode features Melaninated Magician, a writer and occultist with lots of spicy things to say about diversity and inclusion in paranormal and occult spaces.  I don't think I've ever laughed so hard talking about such difficult issues.  We talked about structural oppression and the inner alchemy of interrogating your own biases.  We also discussed the ways in which we're limited by only talking to the same types of people about paranormal experiences.  They talked to me about Thelema as religion, philosophy, and magickal technology, and how if every person is a star, we need to work to make sure marginalized people can feel safe in occult spaces.

We talked about the dangers of thinking that we have everything figured out when it comes to occult beliefs and practices and how diversity leads to innovation in occult ideas.  We also had some spicy takes about paranormal television.

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This ADHD-inspired conversation features Erica Davis, writer, editor, and intuitive tarot reader behind Dork Witch.  We talked about channeling creative ideas and feeling like we're giving form to things that already exist, whether characters or creative pieces.  We also talked about working with ADHD in daily life.  We also talked about how intense grief changes a person, inspiring pure honey badger energy.  We also talked about tarot and reading for other people. 

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