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Wyrd Mountain Gals episodes

May 23, 2021 Pink Petunias In A WhiteToilet - Wyrd Mountain Gals Podcast
Pink Petunias For A White Toilet And A Tire Cut Like A Flower
Episode Airs Sunday, May 23 2021 7pm EST

The gals have an animated conversation about everything on their minds...you know, gardening, crows, technology, toilets, divination...

There was lots of music weaving through their casual talk along with a few stories too. We hope you enjoy this episode..

Here are 2 ways to listen to the radio on you cell:
IOS
https://apps.apple.com/.../simple-radio-live.../id891132290

Android Procedure:
Open the phone app
Dial *#*#4636#*#* to access the Android testing screen.
Tap Phone information.
Scroll down to Cellular/Mobile Radio Power.
If toggled off, tap the slider to turn the radio on. Wait a few moments to ensure that the setting remains on.

Gas Buddy
https://www.gasbuddy.com/

Waze
https://www.waze.com/

The Wayback Machine
https://archive.org/web/

Site about Artificial Intelligence
https://www.intel.com/.../artificial.../overview.html...

Rook (the card game) explained:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_(card_game)

Sen Sen
Billy Joel - Keeping The Faith
"A fresh pack of Lucky's & a mint called Sen Sen"
https://youtu.be/ph7oZnBH05s

Stewart Cabin
https://www.flickr.com/photos/greer82496/5723334675

Ashoken Farewell
https://youtu.be/3eeqtPxKX1M

Bonnie Portmore
https://youtu.be/pLtVxQpXQtY

On the Road Again - Willie Nelson
https://youtu.be/dBN86y30Ufc

Asheville Pagan Supply
https://www.ashevillepagansupply.store/

Prince - Purple Rain (Original Cut-entire album)
https://youtu.be/eCM2dEWGf-o

Alicia misses Tom Petty & Prince!

While My Guitar Gently Weeps
https://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y

The gals want to know--What kind of incense do you like? Byron likes pine-ish, frankencence, & grandmas cone incense. Alicia likes medieval smells.

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49 min
May 16, 2021 A Tupperware Shed - Wyrd Mountain Gals Podcast
A Tupperware Shed
Episode Airs Sunday, May 16 7pm EST

Things have finally quieted down a bit, & the gals have a conversation that could almost pass for normal. Almost.
Byron finally admits that sometimes she would like to secede from Asheville. Alicia defends the good ol boy network (what??) & shares a secret from that one time at band camp... They somehow manage to use the word "lobotomy" in the same sentence with the word "children". Oy!

Enjoy!

New Wyrd Gal phrase-
Spiritually Peopled ie: haunted

Live Cams Here:
https://www.earthcam.com/

In Search Of Sasquatch ... With Leonard Nimoy (1978)!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ852lCpsTY

American Gods
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gods_(TV_series)
*Trigger Warning-graphic medical procedure
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50 min
May 09, 2021 Time Is Wyrd - Wyrd Mountain Gals
Time is Wyrd
Episode airs Sunday, May 9 2021 7pm EST
The birds are singing, the kettle is on, & the gals are on the porch talking about all manner of things. They both agree that the Flat Earth Society folks have the right to believe whatever they want...even if it's wrong. We find out Byron thinks Benedict Cumberbatch kind of looks like Big Bird & that Big Bird can be sort of...sexy. Then on to hair...yes, Byron still likes a man with alot of it. We learn that her nickname as a baby was Rooster...then we find out how she got that nickname...
We finally hear one of the "Grandma songs". (Lyrics below)
There's a short progress report on the Revelator deck.

Wondering How - by Dave Selby
Performed by The Current Residents Band

The Beatles - Rain
https://youtu.be/cK5G8fPmWeA

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wrinkle_in_Time
The Hobbit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit

I’m Wondering How
By Elsie Barnette 1945,
Music by David Selby 2016
Performed by The Current Residents Band
So you fell in love again
And now we are only friends
You say that you’ll be happy now
But when I think of the past
Something tells me it won’t last
And if it does, I’ll still be wondering how
Chorus:
Wondering how I’m gonna face tomorrow
It seems there’s nothing to live for now
And as long years come and go
You’re the one I love you know
And I’ll get by but dear I’m wondering how
You are the only love I know
And I thought you loved me too
But one by one you’ve broken every vow
All the things you seemed to be
Fooled a dozen more than me
I could be wrong but dear I’m wondering how

Now I hope that fate is kind
And contentment you will find
May sorrow never cause your head to bow
But you know what people say
For every wrong we all must pay
I’m sure you will but dear I’m wondering how
Bridge:
If you still think that you are right
When you read this note tonight
I’ll never bother you again I’ll vow
But dear I’m so afraid
That you’re happiness will fade
Your bound to suffer and I’m wondering how
Chorus

Stay Wyrd Yall...
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49 min
May 02, 2021 Granny's In Your Head - Wyrd Mountain Gals Podcast
Granny's In Your Head...
Episode Airs May 2, 7pm EST

We learn that Byron corrects the phone sales gal's pronunciation & she talked for 45 minutes to a credit card salesman from Dublin. Who would have guessed that she liked talking on the phone so much? lol...
Alicia has decided that somebody will be offended at everything they say. Byron declares she's at that age...

Ernest T Bass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtmZKy_XXVU

Country Song:
Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtmZKy_XXVU

Another Angry Woman Song:
Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPcyTyilmYY

Helen Reddy - I Am Woman (1971)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rptW7zOPX2E
47 min
April 25, 2021 Telling Tales Out Of Church - Wyrd Mountain Gals
The Gals wax loquacious with special guest Judy Rhodes, sharing stories about old timey church & the music they remember. Along the way they talked a bit about wild strawberries, morels, & (of course), ramps.* Alicia declares herself "bi-technical" & confesses she uses a robot vacuum. It's all fun & games till she accidentally flashes the other gals on Zoom....

*Pro tip: save & dry the tops of your ramps e for winter. Crumble & use in soups.

The Body Farm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_farm

Fathers, Now Our Meeting Is Over
Funeral hymm thought to have originated in the mountains of Western North Carolina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu2vqXU-caw

Lyrics
Fathers* now our meeting is over,
Fathers* we must part;
And if I never see you anymore,
I'll love you in my heart;
And we'll land on shore,
Yes, we'll land on shore,
Yes, we'll land on shore,
And be safe forevermore.
*substitute Mothers, Brothers, Sisters for subsequent verses

Where The Soul Never Dies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmlDfdiEYgM

Lyrics
To Canaan's land, I'm on my way
Where the soul of man never dies
My darkest night will turn to day
Where the soul of man never dies
No sad farewells (Dear friends there'll be no sad farewells)
No tear dimmed eyes (There'll be no tear dimmed eyes.)
Where all is love (Where all is peace and joy and love)
And the soul never dies (And the soul of man never dies)
The rose is blooming there for me
Where the soul of man never dies
And I will spend eternity
Where the soul of man never dies
No sad farewells (Dear friends there'll be no sad farewells)
No tear dimmed eyes (There'll be no tear dimmed eyes)
Where all is love (Where all is peace and joy and love)
And the soul never dies (And the soul of man never dies)
The love light beams across the foam
Where the soul of man never dies
It shines and lights the way to home
Where the soul of man never dies
No sad farewells (Dear friends there'll be no sad farewells)
No tear dimmed eyes (There'll be no tear dimmed eyes)
Where all is love (Where all is peace and joy and love)
And the soul never dies (And the soul of man never dies)
No sad farewells (Dear friends there'll be no sad farewells)
No tear dimmed eyes (There'll be no tear dimmed eyes)
Where all is love (Where all is peace and joy and love)
And the soul never dies (And the soul of man never dies

Barney & Gomer sing in the choir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SminUcY0c-s

Ralph Stanley Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEdEIN1HIWI...

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53 min
April 18, 2021 Eating Chickweed Like A What? Wyrd Mountain Gals
Eating Chickweed Like A....What?
Episode Airs Sunday, April 18 7pm EST
The gals are on a tear, declaring that it's better to run out than run off (you know, R U N D - O F T). Don't worry, they're just spring feverish for this episode. Talk ranges from Charles Taylor to local real estate, to the groundhog. Alicia wonders if anybody ever uses Selby's first name & reveals the origins of the nickname "Huggy Bear".
Question: what do Real Estate Developers, Groundhogs, & stupid people have in common?

Charles Taylor: Taylor was the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, on the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations.[citation needed]
Taylor served on the advisory board of the National Wilderness Institute, a "deceptively named" pro-timber group which worked to promote timber companies' private property rights and reduce environmental safeguards.*
*Source-Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_H._Taylor

The Best of Lurch | The Addams Family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYQkudsfgwc
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43 min
April 11, 2021 Dandelion Greens and Pork Sushi - Wyrd Mountain Gals
Dandelion Greens & Pork Sushi
Episode Airs Sunday April 11, 2021 7pm EST
Spring has sprung & the gals are confessing all their sins...(sure, & if you believe that...).
Ok. They're confessing most of them.
Ok. They're confessing a few of them.
Ok. They're not really telling yall anything much, but it should make for an entertaining hour or so. Here are their "confessions".
1. Byron will eat anything
2. Byron forgot to use self-rising flour
3. Alicia eats biscuits, but doesn't make them
4. We all love a bandwagon
5. Byron is actually a city person (She said it!)
So there you have it. Don't be too shocked.
There was also more ladylike chat about death, developers, Eric Rudolph & how to really support a friend when they're angry*.
*hint-offer to drive the getaway car
How to identify Elm Oysters:
https://youtu.be/-G4osnMMOPc
Eric Rudolph
Why the Hunt for the Real Atlanta Bomber Took Nearly 7 Years
https://www.history.com/news/atlanta-bombing-richard-jewell-domestic-terror-investigation
The Body Farm
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-body-farm-knoxville-tennessee
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1 hr
April 04, 2021 Feeling Springy - Wyrd Mountain Gals Podcast
Feeling Springy
Episode Airs Sunday, April 4 2021 7pm EST

Byron is contemplating building herself a chicken house & they both agree that a dog is needed first (to scare off the bears, groundhogs, squirrels, etc.) They meander through a conversation about everything from urban chickens to Gomez & his continuing groundhog battle. It's all fun and games till it's not anymore..
Extra Credit question: What did the gals NOT talk about for the first time since the show started?
Hee Haw Gossip Girls
https://youtu.be/q-6HjI7Fv1k

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50 min
March 28, 2021 They Just Get Wilder And Wilder - Party Line Edition - Wyrd Mountain Gals
They Just Get Wilder & Wilder - Party Line Edition
Episode Airs Sunday March 28th 7pm EST

Well, Byron is at the point of eating potato chips during the podcast. That's right, she's eating chips & she doesn't care! She's got her red white & blue card, had her first vaccine, & is raring to go now...
Alicia is dreaming of bio beds & toilets (what?). We learn that Byron has met many famous people, including Otto Preminger. The gals finish with a lively party line conversation with their fellow Wyrdlings-Sonya, Casimera, & Ilsa. Thanks gals!

Here's an article about sleep apps:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317816

"You're Otto Preminger!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Preminger

"He felt like someone with gravitas" ~Byron Ballard

Party Line Participants:
Casimira Davie-Some call me Mama Juju cause I have been known to talk to spirits and Diety, and have done some work on occasion for those that needed it. Mostly I share my experiences and observations about wandering the misty places with those that want to hear them, often around a fire, with some rum and Dr Pepper and a pack of smokes, and during the year of our Lord Covid, on the interwebs. Grandmother Spider says to just keep spinning, and so I shall.

Ilsa Plaisance-is a wife, an animal mother, a witch, a Heathen, a Druid, and a former goat farmer. She was born and raised in beautiful Desoto Parish. Her family has been in Northwest Louisiana for more than 160 years, where she and her husband still reside.

Sonya Hamrick- is an author, social activist and co host of my pod cast, Rootworkers Round the Table, where we discuss community, magic and current events. My practice derives from both Pentecostal and Pagan roots. I currently live in Park City, Kentucky, with my husband, family and numerous animals.

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1 hr 24 min
March 21, 2021 Byron Needs Revival
Byron Needs Revival
Episode Airs Sunday March 21 2021 7pm EST
The gals are anticipating getting the vaccine & starting the WMG World tour.
Byron is planting onions (of course, what else?) & dreaming of Purple of
Sicily Cauliflower. Alicia wants us all stop breeding so much. The latest
groundhog is particularly obnoxious & Gomez calls him out. Byron is plotting
squirrel murder (via slingshot). All in all, a nice ladylike conversation--we
hope you enjoy!

The IT Crowd
https://youtu.be/M2wQhs4YVvU
Absolutely Fabulous
https://youtu.be/6IE8hX2v3_4
Black Books
https://youtu.be/-X5oCV7hWgs

Burton Street Community Peace Garden
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/burton-street-community-peace-gardens.
*Mother Grove Goddess Temple is once again asking for donations of shelf-
stable food or gift cards for groceries. Donations can be dropped off at
Asheville Raven & Crone - 555 Merriman Avenue Thank yoU!

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56 min

About Wyrd Mountain Gals

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Byron Ballard and Alicia Corbin discuss everything under the moon & stars in Appalachia. Old ways, new times & life lived in-between. Irreverent humor, not for the easily offended..