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Thru-Hiking With Tahquitz
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Where is she, tonight? It has been a month and ten days since she mailed this postcard from Idyllwild to Joshua Tree. All we can do is hope that th...

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Grouse and the Goddess
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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It's Thanksgiving time in America and we are talking turkeys, and sage grouse, and taking your calls on our scary-story line. What does the arrival...

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Desolation Peak
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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We are back in Joshua Tree with tales of desert creatures, snowy mountains, and the secret journals of Jack Kerouac newly published as Desolation P...

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  • Added: Nov 04, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Famous For Nothingness
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Sometimes we go astray. But that’s all right, that’s our opposing nature, and we know how to get back on the right road. Not the “straight and narr...

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  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Phantom Plane Crash on a Utah Highway
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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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
  • Purchases: 1
John Muir in the Wild Desert
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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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
  • Purchases: 1
Settle Down With Purpose
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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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
  • Purchases: 1
Nasruddin & Other Holy Fools
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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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
  • Purchases: 1
A Hymn To Sekhmet, Creator of the Desert
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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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
Huehuecoyotl & the Canine Gods
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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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
  • Purchases: 1
The Autumn Beatitudes
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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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
  • Purchases: 1
Straight To Hell
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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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
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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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
Under the Hood with the Wood Rats
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
Caption: DESERT ORACLE RADIO
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
Try Not To Die
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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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
Owens Valley and the Accidental Miracle
From: Desert Oracle
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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 a...

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Million Scorched Joshua Trees
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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It's almost the Great Conjunction and we've been on the run, on the road, rambling around. It was time to visit the devastation on Cima Dome, where...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Halloween Night, 2035 C.E.
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
Caption: DESERT ORACLE RADIO
Hey are you going to the big ritual, down in the grove? It's Halloween Night. And while things were pretty bad for a while, lately it has been a li...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Saltwater Honey
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A crocodile in the Sundarbans, Credit: Sandip Roy
The Sundarbans in Bengal, India have become a speeded up version of global climate change.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Campfire Nightmares
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
Caption: DESERT ORACLE RADIO
Remember campfires? We sure do. Standing around a campfire telling stories and socializing used to be a big part of the Desert Oracle "workflow," a...

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:00
These Enchanted Lands
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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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 t...

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Primal Surprise
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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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 ...

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Return of the Wild Things
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
Caption: DESERT ORACLE RADIO
An all-new quarantine episode of Desert Oracle Radio from our secure desert compound, where we are noting the return of the wildlife, the blue skie...

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
No Face Masks On Mars
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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You heard the captain: No coughing on the spaceship.

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 2
Keep Cool Or Die Trying
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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How do we not die in the desert this summer? One way is to stay underneath the swamp cooler, reading and writing letters, to and from various deniz...

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  • Added: Jun 24, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2