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.


160 Pieces

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Nasruddin & Other Holy Fools
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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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Empty Churches For Fun & (Non) Profit
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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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A Hymn To Sekhmet, Creator of the Desert
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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
  • Purchases: 1
The Light Saw Me
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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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Run for the Desert Hills
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Like the beaver, we can change parts of our environment. Like the birds, we can move to other lands or at least try. And sometimes those Other Land...

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2021
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
Huehuecoyotl & the Canine Gods
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Looking for God in the world? Watch the coyote. Huehuecoyotl, that’s its Holy name. Old, old coyote. Lord of the arts, god of music and dance, our ...

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
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The Witching Hour
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Remember when they said on the news or whatever how Halloween was finished, because this was no time for a holiday that, uh, remembers the dead? To...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2021
  • Length: 28:01
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The Jaws of Darkness Do Devour
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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....

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
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The Time of Mourning
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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. Host...

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Harvest of Souls
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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 ...

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  • Added: Oct 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
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The Autumn Beatitudes
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Congratulations, you people! It is Fall. You made it. Might take another month or two, until you really notice, but summer is officially over. It'...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
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Twentynine Palms, Twelve Dollars & Change
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Tonight we come to you from Theatre29 in sweltering Twentynine Palms, California. Flash floods, heat domes, weird animals, RedBlueBlackSilver, what...

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  • Added: Jul 20, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
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Summer Dream, Crooked Rain
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Heat domes and sultry Palm Springs mornings, weird ravens and odd dreams of wildlife appearances. The brain boils in the desert summer. It boils ou...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
Straight To Hell
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Night has fallen on the desert, the desert at its most brutal. The punishing desert, the earthly purgatory, the sun-blasted wilderness so many hero...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
When Everything Goes Wrong
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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 vu...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
The Heat Monster
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Well it finally happened, just like every year. All the sudden, it’s hot again. A week ago, it was pleasant out. Now, we cry in the frying pan. Or ...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
Watch the Skies
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There's lots of chatter in the media about some Navy encounters with some sort of mystery drones, but meanwhile in the Western United States we've ...

  • Added: May 28, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
Under the Hood with the Wood Rats
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Seasons change in the desert, but it's always Rat Time. Kangaroo rats, wood rats, deer mice full of hantavirus, it's just a feast for the rats all ...

  • Added: May 21, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
Medicine Show
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We have been sick, and we need the medicine of the show. Campfire stories, tent revivals, Shakespeare in the Park, knife fights at the honky-tonk, ...

  • Added: May 07, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
Try Not To Die
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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 becomi...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 28:00

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