Exploring connections in high strangeness, fringe culture and the occult
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Tuesday Oct 28, 2025
Tuesday Oct 28, 2025
The Halloween 2k25 special! In this lengthy public/Patreon split episode, we talk Dave's recent trip to table-tipping and spirit photography boot camp at Lily Dale; obscure Czech films and seasonal pumpkin slashers; the nature and effects of paranormal experiences; poetry's spiritual dimension; Voynich; the thinning of the veil; and lots more!
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Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
In this interview with John Kozik of the Salem Witch Board Museum, we follow the planchette of history across the board of time (sorry) to answer some questions about the history, lore, and power of talking boards. Will ouija have its tarot moment? Can a teacup channel the spirits? Why is a Stranger Things branded board the most haunted in Kozik's museum? Find out within!
https://www.salemwitchboardmuseum.com/
Plus a Patreon afterword talking on Recent Divination experiments, analog Randonauting and horror movie excursions..
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Intro music by Treatment
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Monday Oct 06, 2025
Monday Oct 06, 2025
In this Patreon exclusive, we talk ghosts and ghouls, ether ships. A meditation on technology as haunt inducing mediums, Mark Probert’s ethereal channelings, Colin Wilson’s Leap in the Dark and vintage paranormal television, and more! A classic grab bag CU conversation.
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Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
A deep and roving interview with the great artist and writer Joseph Matheny. We talk: the origins of his legendary Ong’s Hat project in the very early days of the internet; mail art, collaboration, and finding new media; the trajectory of ARGs and the internet; the power of synchronicity and art in driving a life’s path; location and folklore; much, much more. Not to be missed!
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Intro music by Treatment
https://treatmentforu.bandcamp.com/album/pond-life
Monday Sep 22, 2025
Monday Sep 22, 2025
In this double feature episode — half public, half Patreon-only— we celebrate the equinox with a discussion of Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows" and "The Wendigo", as well as the ageless fascination of Pan. In the Patreon section, things get spooky and bibliomantic, including the announcement of a new CU divination key.
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Monday Sep 08, 2025
Monday Sep 08, 2025
In this interview with Spirit Box podcast host Darragh Mason, we travel deep into crossroads to discuss his important recent book Song of the Dark Man. We also spoke about extreme experiences in photography; documenting the Djinn; fairies; magick and more. Not to be missed.
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Monday Aug 25, 2025
Monday Aug 25, 2025
This episode is about you, the listener. Our third interview with the prolific and brilliant Joshua Cutchin focuses on his newest book, Fourth Wall Phantoms, with conversation on the fictionally charged nature of paranormal encounters, feedback loops of imagination and reality, the power of narrative, ideas as entities, and more.
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Joshua Cutchin
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Saturday Aug 16, 2025
Saturday Aug 16, 2025
An exploration of dragons, serpents, and myth, Nessie, the depths, reptilian evil, wormy good, and the quest for the grail. After 3 years, we’re joined again by friend of the show Mike Bruno, musician, birdcatcher, and mystic. Don’t miss it!
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Mike Bruno Music
Monday Aug 04, 2025
Monday Aug 04, 2025
In this interview with Gregory Mallozzi, we re-enter the Law of One and Don Elkins rabbit hole. Greg's new podcast series on Elkins fuels the conversation, and we dive deep into the strange life of Andrija Puharich, with detours through archiving the paranormal, robot voices, and more.
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The Cosmic Clock
CARE (Center for Rare and Exotic Archives)
https://exotical.substack.com/
Intro Music by Treatment
Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
In this interview with historian of religions Timothy Grieve-Carlson, we discuss the history of cryptozoology, Pennsylvania's deep history of the weird, and much more. Christian mystic Kelpius and the Ephrata Cloister receive particular attention, as well as the religious implications of alien abduction experiences, Whitley Strieber's Communion letters archive, and the Rosicrucian phenomenon. Is Bigfoot Cain? Find out!
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