This place is a message…and part of a system of messages…pay attention to it!

Sending this message was important to us. We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture.

This place is not a place of honor…no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here…nothing valued is here.

What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.

The danger is in a particular location…it increases towards a center…the center of danger is here…of a particular size and shape, and below us.

The danger is still present, in your time, as it was in ours.

The danger is to the body, and it can kill.

The form of the danger is an emanation of energy.

The danger is unleashed only if you substantially disturb this place physically. This place is best shunned and left uninhabited.

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You Only Guide Me by Surprise is written, produced and edited by Landry Ayres.

Clips from the following pieces are included:

The Regulation of Atomic Radiation, courtesy of the U.S. National Archives

The nun who broke into a US nuclear-weapons facility, The Washington Post

The Doomsday Clock, explained, Vox

Nuclear Waste: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

The Nuclear Radiation Series, CENCO and Periscope Films

How an 85-Year Old Nun, Activists Infiltrated Top U.S. Nuclear Site, Exposing Dangers & Urging Peace, Democracy Now!

Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing, The Christophers

Atomic Blast!, First Pictures (1946)

Atomic Alert, Elementary Version (1951), courtesy of the Prelinger Archives

Duck And Cover, a Civil Defense Film (1951)

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

The sacred texts included in this piece are:

שמות 26 1:5 (WLC)

שמות 27:21 (WLC)

Isaiah 2:4 (KJV)

שמות26:31-37 (WLC)

ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 27 (TR 1550)

מלכים א 8:6-12 (WLC)

All Western Leningrad Codex texts were read by Abraham Shmuelof. Greek texts courtesy of Anton Tasos. Isaiah read by David Suchet.

FURTHER READING:

Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert MacFarland

99% Invisible - Ten Thousand Years

The Nuclear Priesthood by Paul Farley

Reducing the Likelihood of Future Human Activities That Could Affect Geologic High-level Waste Repositories: Technical Report, May 1984 by the Human Interference Task Force, prepared for the Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation, U.S. Department of Energy

Communication Measures to Bridge Ten Millennia: Technical Report, May 1984 by Thomas Sebeok, prepared for the Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation, U.S. Department of Energy

I Think I Am a Verb by Thomas Sebeok

Measures: Monastery for an Atomic Priesthood; Hanford, WA

Radioactive Waste Management and Constructing Memory for Future Generations:  Proceedings of the International Conference and Debate, 15-17 September 2014, Verdun, France

The Atomic Priesthood Project by Bryan McGovern Wilson

Cumbrian Alchemy by Robert Williams and Bryan McGovern Wilson

Lessons From Chernobyl for Japan by Ellen Barry - The New York Times

A transcript of this episode can be found here.

Treasure hunters, adventurers, and artists; gather and hear tell of sacred rites and rituals, practices and preparations, for finding and founding fortunes and favor. Drama and discourse collide in a confounding conflux for creative catalysis. 

You Only Guide Me by Surprise is written, produced, and edited by me, Landry Ayres.

Special thank you’s to Matthew Colville, MCDM Productions, Dan Hinderliter, Sam Abney, Ryan Aguirre, Sam Hood, and Alex Hetrick.

Further Reading/Watching:

Matt’s YouTube Channel

Running the Game 1 - The Delian Tomb

The Delian Tomb

Running the Game - The Dungeon

MCDM Productions

Mapping Laputa - a Castle in the Sky Essay by John Battle

A transcript of this episode can be found here.

A guided meditation by committee. Embrace your inner child, play with fo̵͉̘͛͊͑r̶̞̠̕͝ṁ̴̡͎,̷̣̓̇ and move through other p̷̫̻̙̤̣͗́̈́͂l̶̡͓̳̗̠̦͕̅̔a̵̛̱̱͇̅̕͝n̴͇͂̈́͌͆e̵͔̲̹͔̬͊̽́͗͠ŝ̴͇͚̩͌̊͐ ̶̛̲̂̿͌̐̀͝͠o̵̻̹̐̑f̸̛̯̜͋̎̈́̃ ̵̛͖̭͉̲͎̝̃̓̾͆́e̷͚͇͕̺̖̓̈́̌̈́x̸̢̛͕͖͙̝̱̿̀̎̑̕i̸͉̼͙̤̻͍̎͒̃͆͝s̴̨͈͉̙̹̠̔t̸̨̺̖̲̰͎̹̞͐̋͋e̶̡̡̛̦̥̿̾̅̅̌̆n̸̩̳̼̥̫̙̹̓͂̑̃̚ç̶͇̗͎̏̌ē̷̻̟̪͇ ̴̠͑̅͗̀with the aid of an i̴m̷a̷g̷i̷n̶a̷l̴ ̴b̸o̶d̸y̶,̵ ̶v̵i̴o̶l̴e̸t̶ ̶t̷r̶a̷n̴s̴m̶u̸t̵i̸n̴g̶ ̴f̴l̴a̵m̸e̷s̷ and the chorus of multidimensional experts  with a scientifically grounded neurophysiological method for Ò̵̧̢͚͙̼͍̣̟̹̯̣̮͚̳͇͉͇̘͎͚̥͈̇̎́́̈́̋͛̇̚͜͜͠Ç̴̡̞̙̝̮̣̫̥̼̹̣͕͌̐͑ͅͅͅT̵̨̨͎̮͚̻͙͈̤͉̼͎̠̟̦̫̪̜́̽̈̀̀͊̋̍̃͊̅̀̽̓͗̈̉̎̓̂̓̐̌̐̉̀̍̿͘̕͝͠͠͝A̷̢̨̢̧̛̛̛̛̜̗̭̝̱͓̝͕͉̼̤̣̼̜͚̝͚̦͎̖̜̬͇̫̺͗̋͗̎̾̈́͂̓̍͂̒͗̔͋̎̿̊̏̂̍̓̾͌́͒͑̀̉̋͜͜͝ͅV̸̡̧̢̧̡̧̨̢̛̗̪̻̰̙͓̪̰̹͚̲̝͕̳̘̞̬̫̙̝͉̱̲̟͍̳̓͑̔͑̓́͌̈́̋̾̂̓̋̃̔̅̆̌̍̈́̀̈́̍̎̈́͘͘͜͝͠ͅͅͅͅĘ̴̧̭̱͉̼̠̺̻̺̲̠̥͈̲̣͙̰͗̋̄̄̉̂̂̈́̾͛͑̕ ̴̢̢̢̟͎̬̘͔̟͙̻̻̺̳͙͔͓̞̮̜̠̺̺͇͖̱̯̓̈́͋̐̈́͘͠T̴̨̢̨̢̡͉̯̠̝̭̳̥͈͙̲̦̻̞̝̳̦̙̠̙̠̙̦̺̹͇͙̣̣̗͈̻̙̺̱͗͆͑̔̈̒̓͆̃̏̅̅R̷̢̛̝͕͎̥̮̬̲̲͎̘̠͉̓̅̓̇̿̀̋̾̀̌͌̋͆̐̐̑̍́̈́̆̓̐͜Ǎ̶̢̨̢͚͉̖̮̟̝̺̰͉͉͎͇̞̝̼̰̖̓̿̽͒̿̈̎́̿̑̆͋͒̈́͌͊̉̐̈́̚̕͜Ṅ̶̨̡͍̻̰̜͇͕̪̰̭̝̮͚̙̼̺̭̤̯̰͙̗̮̠͚̗̙̯̝̾̍̅̌̔̎͋̅̇́̽͂̃̊̚͠ͅŞ̷̡̡̧̛̰͍͓̤͇̳̈́͛̋̍͗̆̒̈́͌͋͗̊͗C̷̡̩̤̼̠͚͇͎͉͖̫̐̉̋̿͑̒̎̌̋̑̓͛̃̕͜͠E̵̢̛͚̟̬͕̐̊̂̓̿͒̆̍̏́͋̿̍̏̾̆̈́̈́̽̅͋̂̀̄̾̉͌͘̕͠͝͠͝N̴̛͇͕̯̞͔̩͓̫̞̾̄̐́̒̏͌̾̎̒̏̽͂̔̋̐͊̂͒̅̓͌̀̀͂̉̌͑̀͝͠D̷̢̨̢̛̞̹͇̻̝͍̪̦̝͔͖̞͉̦͔̭̟͓̙̭̹̖̜̩̯͇͔̪̟̠̰̲̃̉̑̏́̓̌̑̾̐̑̎̄̚͘͠E̴̢̛̜̠̱̔̍͐̅́͛̊̉̿̓̍̊̂̈́̓̐̀͑̓̓̈́̾̇͠͝͝N̴̡̨̢̨̛̠̠̫̘͉̲̠̞̩̳̞̥̠͔̪͔͎͈͉̺̱̤̭̹̞̥̯͈̱͔̠̼̑̉̐̆̉̓̏̌̽̈̿̑̐͛͂̿͒̍̋̒͜͠͝͠Ç̶͉̲̙͚̺͖̜̯̥̰̖̥̭̫̪͓̦̟̠̲̙̫͔̫͖̀̑̔͒͑̈́̀̇̔̿̆͒̿̽̕͘Ȩ̴̢̰͖͉̰͕͓̯͙͙̫̩̰͔̥̟͎̳͎̝̩̫̗̲͚̬͓͎̘̹͎̝̜̐̿̎́̄͆̊͛̒̋̀̄̀̒͆͒͌̈́̑̃̌̊̉̉͑̕̕͘̚͘̕͜͠͠

Featuring:

Quest.. The Possible Human.. Imaginal Body, By Jean Houston - 1982

Stop Drinking Subliminal Series by Barrie Konicov - 1978

Dr Burke Hypnosis Tape (date unknown)

The Weight Reducing Tape and Standard Self Hypnosis Dick Sutphen, Hypnotist (1976)

The Creative Self By Chris Griscom (19XX)

Memory Power Tape 1 by Harry Lorayne (1988)

Freedom From Stress By Steven A. La Velle (1995)

Relieve Insomnia With The Aid Of Self Hypnosis (1984)

Learning To Say No! By Dr. Paul Tuthill (1984)

Anybody Can Write A Magic Journal by Jean Bryant (1986)

A transcript of this episode can be h̴̫̳͝ẽ̷͚͖ŕ̷͍̤̐e̴̘̘̋.̴̫̱̍͌

Two award winning performances speak to another across time. Special appearances by Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat, Josh Groban, and Don Quixote.

Written, produced, and edited by Landry Ayres.

A transcript for this episode can be found here.

Two roads diverged in a digital wood.

Music courtesy of epidemic sound.

A transcript for this episode can be found here.

A charming gnome throws a birthday party for a brooding rogue, with epic and emotional results.

Special thanks to Critical Role, Critrolestats, and Matthew Colville of MCDM.

Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

A transcript for this episode can be found here.

A collection of emotionally echoic polaroids, an impressionist’s musical scrapbook, a folder of melodic memory tags. Listen along with this: The Playlist

Music includes:

Paving Stones and Mood Unit by Blue Dot Sessions

Sound effects courtesy of Zapsplat.com

Further reading and listening:

Echoic Memory - Reasonably Sound

The Abyss: Music and Amnesia by Oliver Sacks

A transcript for this episode can be found here.

A mysterious man appears in a photographer's picture.

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Produced by Landry Ayres, with introduction by Caleb Brown.

Music:

Time Passes by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4530-time-passes

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Unease by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4562-unease
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Spy Glass by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4410-spy-glass
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Sound effects from zapsplat.com

The car is just a vehicle--but for two brothers, a contract entangles them in the tricky business of family.

Music by Blue Dot Sessions:

Hash Out

Pxl Htra

TwoPound

Our Only Lark

Chai Belltini

Highway 430

Calisson

Kallaloe

Cach PKL

Taoudella

Come As You Were

The Consulate

Smooth Move by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4380-smooth-move

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

A transcript of this episode can be found here.

The story of one of the last great american outlaws and his attempt to preserve his way of life. 

CW: This piece discusses the topic of suicide. If you’re in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) (USA) or you can find a helpline at https://findahelpline.com/i/iasp.

Further Reading: 

This is the Last Dam Run of Likker I’ll Ever Make

Buy “The Moonshiner Popcorn Sutton” by Neal Hutcheson

Daddy Moonshine: the Story of Marvin Popcorn Sutton

Popcorn Sutton The Making and Marketing of a Hillbilly Hero

Chasing the White Dog

Music by Blue Dot Sessions:

Coal Baron Blue

Feathersoft

Kallaloe

Down by the Bank

Waterbound by Shake That Little Foot 

Good Ole Mountain Dew by Lulu Belle and Scotty Wiseman

Good Ole Mountain Dew by the Stanley Brothers

A transcript of this episode can be found here.