Desert Oracle Radio

Series produced by Desert Oracle

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DESERT ORACLE RADIO 

A moody road trip through the mysterious American desert. Weekly series hosted by Ken Layne, 28 minutes.

Created by the acclaimed Desert Oracle magazine in Joshua Tree, California, Desert Oracle Radio deals with the history and mystery of the American Southwest.


156 Pieces

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An interesting thing about a raging flash flood is how quiet it is, for the most part. Sometimes you’ll hear a pinyon log sort of bonk against a bo...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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It sure has been a wild week or two, especially here in the Mojave. Just a few days after massive flash floods washed out a number of roads within ...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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The Hoover Dam, already dealing with a severe lack of water on the reservoir side, suffered an explosion and fire this week. And somebody predicted...

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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What has horns and flies overhead at night? The Great Horned Owl, that's who. Although they're horn shapes and not actual horn material. As far as ...

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  • Added: Jul 08, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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Now that it's good & hot outside, let's wander the high desert boulder-strewn hills of Nevada's Lincoln County. Home to Pahranagat Man, a very spec...

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  • Added: Jun 24, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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In wintertime, in springtime, and in the magic months of late Autumn, the desert is the finest place in the world. But now we are coming to the oth...

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  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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Tonight we are joined by Kid Congo Powers, legendary guitarist from the Golden Age of The Cramps, The Gun Club, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and hi...

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  • Added: May 20, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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We are back with a new episode, all about the wonders of the High Desert, and the various aerial portents we call Wonders in the Sky. PLUS: If you'...

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  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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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 apost...

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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Happy Earth Day, people of Earth. Here's an episode about the desert in winter, appropriate for our spring blast of rain and snow and cold, cold te...

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2022
  • Length: 28:01
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What happened to Army Private Gerry Irwin on a Utah two-lane? There was no plane crash, no passengers, nothing by Pvt. Irwin unconscious in the Uta...

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  • Added: Apr 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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What is the life philosophy of the pinyon jay? To eat pinyon nuts and somehow make pinyon-jay eggs. The rest is easy, especially with a hundred-and...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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In tribute to the Druids who were canceled by Saint Patrick, we will tell some stories. Ghost stories. From those ancient Celtic lands that gave us...

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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One good thing about wandering the wilderness is you can escape the despair of society. Walt Whitman did it, as did Georgia O'Keeffe. Did you reali...

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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Tonight we visit with the friendly ghost of John Muir, specifically regarding his many excursions in the California deserts. New soundscapes by Red...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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It's the prettiest time of year in the High Desert, with longer days and the last winter precipitation setting it all up for springtime. What will ...

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  • Added: Feb 18, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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Back from our brief convalescence to bring you desert prayers in the night — Ancient Egyptian prayers & psalms, in this case. And some tales of Mul...

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2022
  • Length: 28:01
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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? ...

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  • Added: Jan 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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How long has Sekhmet ruled over humanity? Five-thousand years! That’s when She is first known to us, appearing in something like her current form, ...

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  • Added: Jan 14, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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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 S...

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  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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