As 2024 draws to a close, it seemed only appropriate to enjoy a Twilight Zone marathon as a sort of New Year's Eve ritual. Joining AP as he explores the dimension between light and shadow is none other than writer, artist, and host of the 6 Degrees of John Keel Podcast Barbara Fisher!
Barbara and AP discuss their favorite episodes, in particular focusing on ones which seem to illustrate elements of real-life reports of high strangeness, as well as the social messages which are eerie in their continuing relevance today. It's the kind of chat that was bound to go on for a while, and easily could have gone on much longer! Fans of the Zone will enjoy this episode, but it also serves as a good primer for those who never really watched it and points to a handful of the really classic ones to look up.

Check out Barbara's website and podcast here: https://6degreesofjohnkeel.com/about

Magic practitioner, sometimes actress, small business owner and experiencer Lindsey Sokol drops by to discuss a variety of cool things- her recent appearance in the short film "Monochrome Menace", her journey with magic and the books that inspired her, her own personal encounters with anomalous entities, and her business venture Roadside Apothecary. 
It was a fun conversation, and even has some bathroom ghosts at the end!
More about Monochrome Menace here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31104208/
(We had mentioned during the show that you could view the film through the film festival website, but unfortunately that was only available for a limited time- still, check out the Waterford Film Festival here: https://www.waterfordfilmfestival.net/

And of course, check out Lindsey's shop here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RoadsideApothecary

Douglas Batchelor of the What Magic Is This? podcast brings his wealth of knowledge and perspective to the show for a rather philosophical discussion about the weirdness out there in the world and how that's actually a pretty cool thing. He and AP get into the nitty gritty of what constitutes intellect, truth, and belief; fictional realities and how they relate to magical and material reality; approaches to magic and initiation, important books, World Peace, and more!

Douglas is an amazing voice and champion for all things magical, and you are highly encouraged to check out his show here if you haven't done so already!

https://whatmagicisthis.com/

Peter C. Hine, co-host of the Vayse Podcast, drops by to discuss the third movie of the Ghostbusters franchise with AP... They chat about nostalgia, the annoying tropes that tend to appear in modern reboots and late sequels, and generally geek out about the best parts of the franchise. Also discussed is some of the real-life weirdness which may have inspired elements of the movies, or are just eerily similar to them, and also ideas about how to revisit some of these properties in a fun and imaginative way.

It's a fun conversation with plenty of laughs and even a bit of paranormal intervention...

You can find Peter's podcast here: https://www.vayse.co.uk/

Author, paranormal investigator, UFOlogist, and witch Susan Demeter joins AP in a discussion about a dizzying array of fun and paranormal topics- pop culture influences on high strangeness, varying approaches to magic, tea time with demons, the Phillip Experiment, J. Allen Hynek, and more!
Susan brings a wealth of knowledge and a refreshing outlook on the weird.

You can check out some of her investigations here : https://paranormalstudiesintuition.wordpress.com/
And check out her book here! https://www.amazon.com/COSMIC-WITCH-magic-witchcraft-supernatural/dp/B08FP12XFR

It's another Third Time's the Charm (3xtC) edition of the AP Strange Show, with Steve Berg joining AP to discuss 1983's Superman III. Steve is an actor, comic, and Fortean weirdo up there with the best of them, and hosts the Hi, Strangeness podcast. Recorded the day after election day, Steve and AP soldier on to bring you some laughs in the form of nostalgia, super heroes, and the comedic acting of Richard Pryor. We also discuss Superman as an archetypal ideal, the accident-pronedness of the citizens of Metropolis, and the legacy of Christopher Reeve.

Steve's entertaining and wonderful podcast Hi, Strangeness can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hi-strangeness/id1690998245

Fortean artist, writer, thinker, and podcast personality Red Pill Junkie drops in for a freewheeling discussion about a variety of subjects, chief among them UFOs. He and AP talk about those numinous saucers in relation to politics and culture, in terms of art, and humor, and how they relate to consciousness in a world increasingly drawn to "AI".

Be sure to keep up with RPJ at https://www.dailygrail.com/
If you need to commission some awesome artwork, like the image used for this very podcast, contact Red Pill at https://absurdbydesign.wordpress.com/

The Most Reverend StarDoG Steve Mills drops in to discuss a Third Time's the Charm selection, namely Halloween III: Season of the Witch. StarDoG and AP are both time travelers, and have used their technology to extend Halloween this year for the listeners in order to showcase this cult classic.
StarDoG focuses on the writer of the Myers-less installment of the Halloween franchise, who chose to go uncredited: British sci-fi and horror writer Nigel Kneale. The conversation covers a good deal of his career, the Quatermass movies, and his influence on both the fiction genres he worked in and the greater conversations around wyrdshit. 
Also: John Carpenter's influences from the Hammer movies! Gef the Talking Mongoose's secret connection to this movie! Mechano-Men and Stone Tape Theory!
Enjoy!

AP and Sequoyah Kennedy discuss the influential and profoundly stupid book Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon & the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream by David McGowan. This episode might ruffle a few feathers, but with cast iron bullshit detectors firmly in hand Sequoyah and AP navigate the weird scenes only to find that they really ain't that weird.
Sequoyah is a musician, writer, and had been the co-host of the mind-expanding podcast The Nonsense Bazaar and has a uniquely fine-tuned mind for untangling ill-conceived narratives. This chat ran a bit long, but there's just so much to say...

Blackwolf John Oates drops by to discuss RoboCop 3 in this edition of the Third Time's the Charm series of episodes, but he and AP got a little carried away talking about the whole original trilogy. They discuss Paul Verhoeven and his non-involvement with the sequels, interesting casting choices, RoboCop religious imagery, fictional drugs, and of course RoboCop commandeering a pink Cadillac from a pimp.
This is Blackwolf's first podcast appearance, and you can find him writing about his hair metal trading card collection on Twitter or Instagram (@BlackwolfOates and @blackwolf_john_oates respectively).