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August 05, 2024 S1E0 - The Order Rides Anew
The Sword & Staff Podcast lives again! In this introductory episode, Coleman talks about high strangeness, re-enchantment, and our favorite things about The Order of The Sword and Staff with Ward Hiney of Dark Holler, Jim “The Presbyterian” Parkin, and Rich Tuttle of bardic fame. Welcome to the Sword & Staff: Revenant!

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1 hr 24 min
July 15, 2024 Teaser: The Order Rides Anew
In the heart of Appalachia where darkness dwells
From hills and hollers, heroes hail
An order was formed to fight the darkness
Riders driven; Evil dispelled

They fought and built and sowed a seed
The order grew with might and speed
Becoming Sunset silhouettes of valor and glory
With one last ride on their mighty steeds

Looking back on all they'd built
With Staff and Sword by brandished hilt
Thrust in the earth of lands yet conquered saying
"Take up this Sword and Staff, now ride, now tilt!"

With heroes beyond the sunset veil
The work once thought dead is now our own
So take up Sword and Staff for Christ the King!
We ride and fight unconquered lands
The sign of the Revenant boldly brandished

The two have become many
The order is reborn
Our heroes can rest
Hail the Sunset Riders!

Welcome to Sword and Staff: Revenant
2 min
December 08, 2023 Return to Shadow Appalachia
This is the latest episode of the reborn Order of the Sword and Staff podcast, wherein the Shadow Appalachia crew talk spiritual warfare, the delay in Shadow Appalachia, share individual strange encounters since standing on the head of the Logan County Serpent Mound a year ago, plans going forward and talk Southern Death Cult symbolism and mythology that seems to be reoccurring among each of us as a number of odd synchronicities.
We hadn't talked about many of these things prior as they were happening to each of us, and so connections are made in real-time as we're figuring it out and sharing experiences that will likely shape the direction of Shadow Appalachia, which resumes shooting in March of 24.
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1 hr 53 min
September 15, 2023 Reviewing Planet Weirds "The Unbinding"
Join us for this comeback edition of The Sword & Staff. For the first time in 9 months, Rev. Josh and Sketchy Ritchie sit down for a conversation to discuss Planet Weirds newest documentary titled "The Unbinding" and the weird state of the world.
The guys are joined by a panel of friends to discuss the resurrection of The Sword & Staff and Shadow Appalachia, which will resume filiming in just a few weeks. Thanks to our friends Ward Hiney from Dark Holler, Bo Kennedy from The Bump Podcast, and Travis Turner of New Haven Church for joining us!
Links
Ward Hiney
Dark Holler Film
The Shape of Shadows
Werewolves Unearthed: Facebook
Bo Kennedy
The BUMP Podcast
Josh Robinson
The Narnian by Josh Robinson | Substack
The Narnian - YouTube
1 hr 16 min
April 24, 2023 Tales From Below The Earth with Travis Turner (Uncut)
NOTE: S&S is beginning to release its back catalog of Uncut Editions for the world to hear! Revisit some of your favorite episodes with 30 minutes to an hour's worth of more conversation that wasn't available to anyone else except Patrons!
In this week's edition, Josh and Ritchie sit down and have a conversation with their friend Travis Turner. In this edition, they discuss myths and lore from deep beneath the earth in the WV coalmines. They talk about Blue Cap Elves, and the ghost of deceased miners. In the Uncut edition, they broaden out the reach and discuss general weirdness in Logan, WV.

Please excuse the subpar audio in this episode. Ritchie and Travis were sharing a single microphone while Josh had his own.

Let us know your thoughts on this weeks edition!

1 hr 35 min
April 24, 2023 The Legendary Cryptids of Appalachia with Bo Kennedy from The Bump (Uncut)
NOTE: S&S is beginning to release its back catalog of Uncut Editions for the world to hear! Revisit some of your favorite episodes with 30 minutes to an hour's worth of more conversation that was only available to Patrons!
In this week's Spooky Month edition of S&S, the guys get together with Bo Kennedy from The Bump Podcast and have a discussion on the legendary cryptids of Appalachia and some of the folklore surrounding them. They also spend some time connecting their folklore into the folklore of other cultures that may be somewhat surprising to listeners, and towards the end they sum up their thoughts on them. Are they angels? Demons? Something in between?
In the Uncut portion they talk for the first time about their new upcoming documentary called Shadow Appalachia with Ward Hiney, and the discuss a super secret lost serpent mound in their own back yard that they will be venturing to!
Let us know what you think about this first spooky month edition! Also make sure to check out Bo Kennedy's The Bump Podcast and add it to your rotation!

The Bump
- Facebook: The BUMP Podcast | Facebook
- Instagram: @thebumpodcast
- Patreon: The BUMP Podcast is creating Podcasts and videos | Patreon
The Mothman Prophecies by John Keel - The Mothman Prophecies: A True Story: Keel, John A. + Free Shipping (amazon.com)
The Silver Bridge by Gray Barker - Amazon.com: The Silver Bridge: 9781517692179: Barker, Gray, Moseley, James W., Greenfield, Allen: Books
Hellier Season One - (240) Hellier Season 1: Episode 1 | The Midnight Children - YouTube
Hellier Season Two - (240) Hellier Season 2: Episode 1 | Noise and Signal - YouTube
Show Notes (Books and Shows Mentioned):
1 hr 27 min
April 24, 2023 Our Strange Planet with Appalachian Intelligence (Uncut)
NOTE: S&S is beginning to release its back catalog of Uncut Editions for the world to hear! Revisit some of your favorite episodes with 30 minutes to an hour's worth of more conversation that wasn't available to anyone else except Patrons!
In this week's edition, Rev. Josh and Sketchy Ritchie have a conversation with the guys at Appalachian Intelligence! The conversation is free-flowing and broad in scope, and they talk about everything from Shadow Appalachia to the Sons of God and Genesis 6, psychedelics, mythology, flood myths, treasure hunting, the nature of reality, epistemology, and synchronicity, and finally the Gospel.
This conversation is full of sketch, so we hope you guys enjoy this uncut version of the podcast! The edited version will go up Friday everywhere!
Follow Appalachian Intelligence:
Podcast: AI: Appalachian Intelligence on Apple Podcasts
Instagram: @appalachianintelligence

1 hr 49 min
April 24, 2023 The Cross & The Serpent: The Secret History of Kansas (Uncut)
NOTE: S&S is beginning to release its back catalog of Uncut Editions for the world to hear! Revisit some of your favorite episodes with 30 minutes to an hour's worth of more conversation that was only available to Patrons!
In this week's edition of S&S, Josh and Ritchie are joined by one of their long time Patrons Coleman Barbour.

In the episode, the guys discuss the secret history of Kansas that covers Native Americans, serpent effigies cut into the earth, Native Americans using limestones for pharmakia, various petroglyphs with mythic spiritual beings, and the cross planted by one of the first American missionaries that essentially stopped the spread of the serpent's reign in Kansas. This is the secret history of Kansas you never knew!

The guy also continues the conversation for about a half an hour in the Uncut section. Also, there are some connection issues in the Uncut section, and we apologize for them!

1 hr 42 min
February 17, 2023 One Last Ride To Re-Enchant The World
Join us for the final episode of The Sword and Staff! In this episode Josh and Ritchie discuss the current UFO phenomena, train derailments, and give some final words on how to live a re-enchanted life! Let us know what you think of this final episode. We hope it blesses you.

For those interested in following the work of Josh and Ritchie and their projects in this new season, you can find them here.
Josh
www.joshrobinson.substack.com
www.newhavenwv.com

Ritchie
@ritchiebrock
@shadowappalachia
1 hr 20 min
January 06, 2023 Jewish Messiah, End Times, Revelation, and Christendom
Join us for this week's Chinwag edition of S&S!

In this week's edition, Josh and Ritchie get into a conversation about the news in Jewish news outlets about the supposed modern messiah. They also get into end times and Bible interpretation. They also get into a conversation on Christian Nationalism and Christendom and why they prefer the language of Christendom.

Let us know what you think about this week's Chinwag edition of S&S!
1 hr 35 min