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Mystery of the Desert
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Second season premiere: These strange experiences upon the deserts should be studied with an open heart and an open mind, because these events contain a code. Episode #036.
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Second season premiere: These strange experiences upon the deserts should be studied with an open heart and an open mind, because these events contain a code. Episode #036.
Lost Cities of the Desert Giants
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Strange and unusual tales from Death Valley, where the Mojave meets the Great Basin and mysterious subterranean cities of gold were supposedly found by various explorers.
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Shoshone legends speak of UFOs flying out of the Panamint Mountains—one of several strange and unusual tales from Death Valley, where the Mojave meets the Great Basin and mysterious subterranean cities of gold were supposedly found by various explorers.
Welcome To Dirt-Pile City
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
The aftermath of the Great Hi-Desert Deluge of Autumn 2018. In fact, officials at Joshua Tree Town Hall are considering renaming the village "Dirt-Pile City." Plus: Skeletons on the sand in an abandoned and unmarked Phoenix cemetery for Latino ranch workers.
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We are still digging out from the Great Hi-Desert Deluge of Autumn 2018. In fact, officials at Joshua Tree Town Hall are considering renaming the village "Dirt-Pile City," in honor of the scenic and massive dirt piles piled alongside every road. Also: Skeletons on the sand in an abandoned and unmarked Phoenix cemetery for Latino ranch workers.
Welcome To Dirt-Pile City
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
The aftermath of the Great Hi-Desert Deluge of Autumn 2018. In fact, officials at Joshua Tree Town Hall are considering renaming the village "Dirt-Pile City." Plus: Skeletons on the sand in an abandoned and unmarked Phoenix cemetery for Latino ranch workers.
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We are still digging out from the Great Hi-Desert Deluge of Autumn 2018. In fact, officials at Joshua Tree Town Hall are considering renaming the village "Dirt-Pile City," in honor of the scenic and massive dirt piles piled alongside every road. Also: Skeletons on the sand in an abandoned and unmarked Phoenix cemetery for Latino ranch workers.
Culmination of the Pleiades
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Many wonders over the desert skies—both known and unknown—give reason to be out on cool autumn nights, celebrating rituals.
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Campfire stories and astronomical delights. There are many wonders over the desert skies—both known and unknown—giving reason to be out on cool autumn nights.
Of Fire and Monsters
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
When there’s trouble on the edge of civilization—where the wilderness meets what mankind makes—well, here we encounter fierce things both natural and supernatural.
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When there’s trouble on the edge of civilization—where the wilderness meets what mankind makes—well, here we encounter fierce things both natural and supernatural. Guest: rock writer Jason P. Woodbury on the accidental monuments of exurban Arizona.
Shutdowns & Date Shakes
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Welcome to the Shutdown. Chaos in the national parks. No toilets in Joshua Tree. Trouble abounds. Guest: Food writer/editor Katherine Spiers of Smart Mouth, on the desert date shake.
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Welcome to the Shutdown. Chaos in the national parks. No toilets in Joshua Tree. Trouble abounds. Guest: Food writer/editor Katherine Spiers of Smart Mouth, on the desert date shake. PLUS: More air-traffic radio from the UFO invasion of Edwards Air Force Base, 1965.
Travel Options for the Collapse
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
What happens when a civilization collapses? You can't go camping in Joshua Tree, that's what.
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What happens when a civilization collapses? You can't go camping in Joshua Tree, that's what.
Death Valley Days
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Two weird trips to Death Valley: 1849 and 1949. Giants, aliens, underground cities of gold!
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Two weird trips to Death Valley: 1849 and 1949. Giants, aliens, underground cities of gold! At least that's what the miners claimed.
An Estimate of the Situation
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Bloodshed on the desert highway.
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It's an old story in the desert: Boy loses girl, boy lures girls to a lonesome desert crossroads at night, boy kills girl, sheriff's deputies kill boy, etc.
UFOs and the Jungian Desert
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
What's going on over the desert? Why is everybody going nuts about UFOs again, anyway?
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What's going on over the desert? Why is everybody going nuts about UFOs again, anyway?
Wildflowers!
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
The superbloom is upon us, as is the superbloom mob. St. Minerva help us all!
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The superbloom is upon us, as is the superbloom mob. Instagram mobs. Trampled lillies. St. Minerva help us all!
The Goofball Factor
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Every weird story that you almost want to believe is required, by cosmic law, to have a Goofball Factor.
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Every weird story that you almost want to believe is required, by cosmic law, to have a Goofball Factor.
High Weirdness
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Author Erik Davis takes us on a weird, wild ride through the gnostic/network experiences of Philip K. Dick and Robert Anton Wilson in the early 1970s, subject of his new book "High Weirdness." Hosted by Ken Layne.
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Author Erik Davis takes us on a weird, wild ride through the gnostic/network experiences of Philip K. Dick and Robert Anton Wilson in the early 1970s, subject of his new book "High Weirdness." Hosted by Ken Layne.
The Invisible Friend
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:01
When times are strange, shall we gather in the desert? Well that depends. It depends if you're bringing the Invisible Friend.
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When times are strange, shall we gather in the desert? Well that depends. It depends if you're bringing the Invisible Friend.
Battlefield Earth
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Well you'll never guess who joined us all the way from Whitesburg, Kentucky, to talk about the particular desert landscape of SE New Mexico and East Texas. But we will tell you anyway: Tarence Ray from Trillbilly Workers Party. Oh and we're dealing with the matters at hand, as best we can. Fitting new soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.
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Well you'll never guess who joined us all the way from Whitesburg, Kentucky, to talk about the particular desert landscape of SE New Mexico and East Texas. But we will tell you anyway: Tarence Ray from Trillbilly Workers Party. Oh and we're dealing with the matters at hand, as best we can. Fitting new soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.
Tales From Wonder Valley
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 01:00:00
Tonight we bring you strange & terrible tales from Wonder Valley, California: the very edge of Southern California civilization, last outpost of humanity before the vast Mojave Wilderness. It’s a one-hour show recorded at the Wonder Valley Community Center.
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Tonight we bring you strange & terrible tales from Wonder Valley, California: the very edge of Southern California civilization, last outpost of humanity before the vast Mojave Wilderness. It’s a one-hour show recorded at the Wonder Valley Community Center.
Ode to the Old Gods
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
A weird new episode for our weird new decade, featuring some real talk (real strange talk) from George Van Tassel out at Giant Rock, 62 years ago—from the dawn of the UFO contactee movement in the Southern California desert.
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A weird new episode for our weird new decade, featuring some real talk (real strange talk) from George Van Tassel out at Giant Rock, 62 years ago—from the dawn of the UFO contactee movement in the Southern California desert.
Primal Surprise
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Let’s go rambling with Ambrose Bierce on this new episode of Desert Oracle Radio. We shall get a few travel tips, too, in case we want to stop off in Arizona for a few weeks.
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Let’s go rambling with Ambrose Bierce on this new episode of Desert Oracle Radio. We shall get a few travel tips, too, in case we want to stop off in Arizona for a few weeks.
Bless Us, St. Minerva
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Have you heard the Good News about St. Minerva, patron goddess of the desert wilderness? Maybe she is Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, mother of Joshua Tree National Park. And maybe she's something more, like the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and war.
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Have you heard the Good News about St. Minerva, patron goddess of the desert wilderness? Maybe she is Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, mother of Joshua Tree National Park. And maybe she's something more, like the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and war.
These Enchanted Lands
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Are places such as Sedona, Arizona, truly "magical"? Is the desert enchanted? Well it can't be proven one way or another, but from Moses to Jesus to Mohammad to Mary Hunter Austin, a lot of intense and intelligent people have found it to be the case.
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Are places such as Sedona, Arizona, truly "magical"? Is the desert enchanted? Well it can't be proven one way or another, but from Moses to Jesus to Mohammad to Mary Hunter Austin, a lot of intense and intelligent people have found it to be the case.
No Face Masks On Mars
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:01
There will be no coughing on the spaceship. The quarantine lasts for many months. If everyone's healthy, well then the spaceship may be allowed to land at the Martian colony. Them's the rules.
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There will be no coughing on the spaceship. The quarantine lasts for many months. If everyone's healthy, well then the spaceship may be allowed to land at the Martian colony. Them's the rules.
From a P.O. Box
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
A tarnished brass key, a small locked box, a sequence of magical numbers, a charmless old block building in the desert. It is here that we visit in the night, keeping our distance, looking for sustenance. It is here we receive your offerings of words and other treasure.
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- From a P.O. Box
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A tarnished brass key, a small locked box, a sequence of magical numbers, a charmless old block building in the desert. It is here that we visit in the night, keeping our distance, looking for sustenance. It is here we receive your offerings of words and other treasure.
Look, all we mean is, tonight is all letters from you, letters from our listening community, letters and their replies.
Back to the Barrooms
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
We’ve about had it with the cabin fever and now we’ve got the ramblin’ fever. So let’s pour a couple of drinks and enjoy some saloon time on this fine desert night, with Episode #089, “Back to the Barrooms.” Maybe get a beer back, too. And six more for the road. Our Phoenix friend Jason P. Woodbury of Aquarium Drunkard joins us at the bar.
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We’ve about had it with the cabin fever and now we’ve got the ramblin’ fever. So let’s pour a couple of drinks and enjoy some saloon time on this fine desert night, with Episode #089, “Back to the Barrooms.” Maybe get a beer back, too. And six more for the road. Our Phoenix friend Jason P. Woodbury of Aquarium Drunkard joins us at the bar.
Campfire Nightmares
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 01:00:00
Remember campfires? We sure do. Standing around a campfire telling stories and socializing used to be a big part of the Desert Oracle "workflow," as they say over in corporate. And it will be again. But while we ride the storm out, here's our most recent Campfire Stories night, from January 2020, with a brand-new RedBlueBlackSilver soundtrack and some other weird stuff. And it's an hourlong special episode, too. Life ain't always empty.
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Remember campfires? We sure do. Standing around a campfire telling stories and socializing used to be a big part of the Desert Oracle "workflow," as they say over in corporate. And it will be again. But while we ride the storm out, here's our most recent Campfire Stories night, from January 2020, with a brand-new RedBlueBlackSilver soundtrack and some other weird stuff. And it's an hourlong special episode, too. Life ain't always empty.
Wizards & Critters
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
When it’s Snakesgiving Time in the Mojave, everybody’s just a little more careful. Goes well with these weird new times, being careful. So please make an effort to not run over any tortoises or coyotes or bobcats or gopher snakes when you’re racing through the re-opened national park.
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When it’s Snakesgiving Time in the Mojave, everybody’s just a little more careful. Goes well with these weird new times, being careful. So please make an effort to not run over any tortoises or coyotes or bobcats or gopher snakes when you’re racing through the re-opened national park.
The Ranger's Life
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
What does it mean to be a ranger? It means you are married to the mission, a soldier for your planetary home, armed with a moral compass and a Smokey Bear hat—a park-ranger style, by the way, that was introduced by the first generation of national park rangers, the Buffalo Soldiers black Calvary regiment, who began duty as Yosemite’s park rangers in 1899.
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What does it mean to be a ranger? It means you are married to the mission, a soldier for your planetary home, armed with a moral compass and a Smokey Bear hat—a park-ranger style, by the way, that was introduced by the first generation of national park rangers, the Buffalo Soldiers black Calvary regiment, who began duty as Yosemite’s park rangers in 1899.
If It's Broke, Fix It
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Fifty years ago, there was a radical plan to completely remake a county sheriff’s department in an iconic western town. It almost worked, they almost won. The job still needs to be done.
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Fifty years ago, there was a radical plan to completely remake a county sheriff’s department in an iconic western town. It almost worked, they almost won. The job still needs to be done.
Omen of the Raven
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Well here we are, still alive, July in the American Desert. Good enough, we guess. When the Mojave is cooking that's when we start figuring out a way to escape to Iceland, somewhere with cool summertime weather and maybe a place that has kicked the Coronavirus.
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Well here we are, still alive, July in the American Desert. Good enough, we guess. When the Mojave is cooking that's when we start figuring out a way to escape to Iceland, somewhere with cool summertime weather and maybe a place that has kicked the Coronavirus.
This is the Border Radio
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Thanks to the Time Loop we all seem to be stuck in, our 99th episode is here . . . . directly following our 100th. The border used to be a lot of fun, back before the prison walls went up around our country. And guess what, now we can't leave. PLUS: Jason P. Woodbury joins us with the wild tale of Arizona's own Giant Sand.
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Thanks to the Time Loop we all seem to be stuck in, our 99th episode is here . . . . directly following our 100th. The border used to be a lot of fun, back before the prison walls went up around our country. And guess what, now we can't leave. PLUS: Jason P. Woodbury joins us with the wild tale of Arizona's own Giant Sand.
Mountain of the Stars
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
We are back in the scorching hot radio studio with an all-new episode of the radio show that Palm Springs Life magazine named the "Best Freaky Radio Program." Sure, fine, we'll take it. Tonight, it's all about the mysterious place names of the desert southwest, in particular the 1.6-billion-year-old 30-mile-long slab of rock called Sierra Estrella. The Estrellas. Home of the "Estrella Lights."
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We are back in the scorching hot radio studio with an all-new episode of the radio show that Palm Springs Life magazine named the "Best Freaky Radio Program." Sure, fine, we'll take it.
Tonight, it's all about the mysterious place names of the desert southwest, in particular the 1.6-billion-year-old 30-mile-long slab of rock called Sierra Estrella. The Estrellas. Home of the "Estrella Lights."
Message Deleted
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
It was 27 years ago this month—at the Ariel School in Ruwa, Zimbabwe—that 62 students witnessed a miracle. Of the biblical variety. Several strange, wise entities appeared in their bizarre vessel at the edge of the playground. And they had a message. We did not heed the message.
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How are we doing out there? Pretty bad? Well nobody likes to hear "the ultraterrestrial entities told you so," but, the ultraterrestrial entities told you so.
It was 27 years ago this month—at the Ariel School in Ruwa, Zimbabwe—that 62 students witnessed a miracle. Of the biblical variety. Several strange, wise entities appeared in their bizarre vessel at the edge of the playground, hovering over the brush the way the White Goddess and the Queen of the Universe and the Virgin of Guadalupe always appear, so often to the relatively pure eyes and hearts of the children.
And they had a message. We did not heed the message.
Strange new soundscapes from RedBlueBlackSilver tonight, a fitting musical environment for tonight's tales of environmental terror.
The Eighth Tower
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Is it UFO season in the desert again? People have sure been seeing a lot of strange things up here around Joshua Tree, and "military flares" is never a good enough answer for all the odd activity in the skies.
Tonight we bring you a campfire story about a particular strange sight in the sky we experienced a few years ago, and as our special guest we have the interesting and engaging Michael Hacker, narrator of eight audiobooks by the late, great John Keel. This means we will be talking about the superspectrum and VALIS and The Eighth Tower.
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Is it UFO season in the desert again? People have sure been seeing a lot of strange things up here around Joshua Tree, and "military flares" is never a good enough answer for all the odd activity in the skies.
Tonight we bring you a campfire story about a particular strange sight in the sky we experienced a few years ago, and as our special guest we have the interesting and engaging Michael Hacker, narrator of eight audiobooks by the late, great John Keel. This means we will be talking about the superspectrum and VALIS and The Eighth Tower.
The Great Conjunction
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Prepare for the Great Conjunction of 2020, which you can watch happen in real time, by watching Saturn and Jupiter grow ever closer together in our night sky. When the solstice arrives, December 21, you'll sure know it. With guest C. Del Desierto telling tales of counting eagles in the Anza-Borrego wilderness.
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Prepare for the Great Conjunction of 2020, which you can watch happen in real time, by watching Saturn and Jupiter grow ever closer together in our night sky. When the solstice arrives, December 21, you'll sure know it. With guest C. Del Desierto telling tales of counting eagles in the Anza-Borrego wilderness.
The Secret Desert
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Tonight we share the tale of the Krill Papers, strange legends of Cold War space-alien conspiracies, located right in the very heart of the Nevada desert wilderness.
Speaking of, we are also joined by Patrick Donnelly, Nevada state director of the Center for Biological Diversity, which along with Nevada native tribes and desert lovers everywhere is celebrating a victory. Ever been to the Desert National Wildlife Refuge? Well whether you ever set foot there or not, it's safe again, for the desert bighorn and desert tortoise and a true wonderland of rare wild lands. For now. Let's keep it that way.
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Tonight we share the tale of the Krill Papers, strange legends of Cold War space-alien conspiracies, located right in the very heart of the Nevada desert wilderness.
Speaking of, we are also joined by Patrick Donnelly, Nevada state director of the Center for Biological Diversity, which along with Nevada native tribes and desert lovers everywhere is celebrating a victory. Ever been to the Desert National Wildlife Refuge? Well whether you ever set foot there or not, it's safe again, for the desert bighorn and desert tortoise and a true wonderland of rare wild lands. For now. Let's keep it that way.
And happy book publication week to us! Our new book is available everywhere, please enjoy responsibly.
Owens Valley and the Accidental Miracle
From Desert Oracle | 28:00
What made the Owens Valley the way it is, in our time? An accident of history, of water grabs, of one group of humans using easy money to buy out another group of humans, that's what preserved the most beautiful place in the world from the fate of the Central Valley. The same sort of accidental miracle that saved so much of the American southwest's mountains and deserts from wide-scale development, agriculture, housing booms, industrialization, speculation. Here is a heretical prayer.
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What made the Owens Valley the way it is, in our time? An accident of history, of water grabs, of one group of humans using easy money to buy out another group of humans, that's what preserved the most beautiful place in the world from the fate of the Central Valley. The same sort of accidental miracle that saved so much of the American southwest's mountains and deserts from wide-scale development, agriculture, housing booms, industrialization, speculation.
A heretical prayer, is what we offer you tonight. With new (and classic) tracks from RedBlueBlackSilver. Find out more about our book, our periodical, and all the other desert creations we make for you at DesertOracle.com.
Try Not To Die
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
As we come out of our holes and return to our beloved American Desert, it's time to remember a dozen simple rules to keep your day hike from becoming a disaster.
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As we come out of our holes and return to our beloved American Desert, it's time to remember a dozen simple rules to keep your day hike from becoming a disaster.
Try Not To Die
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
As we come out of our holes and return to our beloved American Desert, it's time to remember a dozen simple rules to keep your day hike from becoming a disaster.
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As we come out of our holes and return to our beloved American Desert, it's time to remember a dozen simple rules to keep your day hike from becoming a disaster.
When Everything Goes Wrong
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
What happens when the perfect solo day hike becomes the ultimate disaster? How do we arrange things better, so that we don't wind up feeding the vultures? Author Claire Nelson joins us to talk about her harrowing fall and long, long wait for help -- a story of fear and bravery and figuring out your life, told in her new memoir, Things I Learned From Falling.
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What happens when the perfect solo day hike becomes the ultimate disaster? How do we arrange things better, so that we don't wind up feeding the vultures? Author Claire Nelson joins us to talk about her harrowing fall and long, long wait for help -- a story of fear and bravery and figuring out your life, told in her new memoir, Things I Learned From Falling.
Harvest of Souls
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
We're back from the road with a new episode to celebrate the most glorious time of year: October, Autumn, Harvest, Fall, whatever you all it. With new nocturnal gospel music from RedBlueBlackSilver and strange tales phoned in from our listeners, recorded live in Chicago at Illuminated Brew Works Lodge #1.
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We're back from the road with a new episode to celebrate the most glorious time of year: October, Autumn, Harvest, Fall, whatever you all it. With new nocturnal gospel music from RedBlueBlackSilver and strange tales phoned in from our listeners, recorded live in Chicago at Illuminated Brew Works Lodge #1.
The Time of Mourning
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Rain on the ground, a chill in the air, ghosts on the prowl. We're back from the Midwest with strange tales from the desert to the cornfields. Hosted by Ken Layne with soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver, with some of our Pygmalion Festival appearance for good measure.
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Rain on the ground, a chill in the air, ghosts on the prowl. We're back from the Midwest with strange tales from the desert to the cornfields. Hosted by Ken Layne with soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver, with some of our Pygmalion Festival appearance for good measure.
The Jaws of Darkness Do Devour
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
The ill counsel of a desert place, that would be howled out in the desert air . . . . Night has fallen on the desert, in this spookiest of seasons. Tonight we travel by the power of darkness and disinformation to Archuleta Mesa, in the Jicarilla Apache town of Dulce, New Mexico. We're going down, beneath the mountain, to see if the reptilian aliens and the gray aliens and the Air Force disinfo agents are really having gunfights down there, again.
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The ill counsel of a desert place, that would be howled out in the desert air . . . .
Night has fallen on the desert, in this spookiest of seasons. Tonight we travel by the power of darkness and disinformation to Archuleta Mesa, in the Jicarilla Apache town of Dulce, New Mexico. We're going down, beneath the mountain, to see if the reptilian aliens and the gray aliens and the Air Force disinfo agents are really having gunfights down there, again.
Strange new soundscapes from RedBlueBlackSilver, plus the first announcement of our November/December tour dates from California to Tennessee and back again.
The Light Saw Me
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Jason Boland joins us from Texas to talk about "The Light Saw Me," the tale of a cowboy taken up into the sky—a tale told by Jason Boland and the Stragglers on their new record, which features some narration from our host Ken Layne.
As Hank Williams sang, "I saw the light." But what are those strange illuminations seen from Joplin, Missouri, to Marfa, Texas? And what crashed in Aurora a century ago. And what did they bury up on Boot HIll?
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Jason Boland joins us from Texas to talk about "The Light Saw Me," the tale of a cowboy taken up into the sky—a tale told by Jason Boland and the Stragglers on their new record, which features some narration from our host Ken Layne.
As Hank Williams sang, "I saw the light." But what are those strange illuminations seen from Joplin, Missouri, to Marfa, Texas? And what crashed in Aurora a century ago. And what did they bury up on Boot HIll?
Empty Churches For Fun & (Non) Profit
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
Sure are a lot of mostly abandoned churches out here in the California desert. A lot of good community real estate. How do you take over churches? Like the little old run-down church—a religious non-profit—just sitting there. Nobody’s using it. Maybe all you’ve got to do is find the person who runs the joint. Maybe it’s down to the last person, the organist or whoever. The fourth deacon ....
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Sure are a lot of mostly abandoned churches out here in the California desert. A lot of good community real estate. How do you take over churches? Like the little old run-down church—a religious non-profit—just sitting there. Nobody’s using it. Maybe all you’ve got to do is find the person who runs the joint. Maybe it’s down to the last person, the organist or whoever. The fourth deacon ....
That It Will Never Come Again
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
We are meditating upon some various facts and figures here in the Mojave High Desert this week, from the weather in Twentynine Palms to which apostle was crucified upside down and is now remembered with an immense phallic monument to the Egyptian sun god, Ra.
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We are meditating upon some various facts and figures here in the Mojave High Desert this week, from the weather in Twentynine Palms to which apostle was crucified upside down and is now remembered with an immense phallic monument to the Egyptian sun god, Ra.
That It Will Never Come Again
From Desert Oracle | Part of the Desert Oracle Radio series | 28:00
We are meditating upon some various facts and figures here in the Mojave High Desert this week, from the weather in Twentynine Palms to which apostle was crucified upside down and is now remembered with an immense phallic monument to the Egyptian sun god, Ra.
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- That It Will Never Come Again
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- Desert Oracle
We are meditating upon some various facts and figures here in the Mojave High Desert this week, from the weather in Twentynine Palms to which apostle was crucified upside down and is now remembered with an immense phallic monument to the Egyptian sun god, Ra.