Hi, Strangeness

Hi there, friends! This week I'm honored and thrilled to have on fellow character actor, Galen Howard! Galen has been a working actor for many years now, but that's not all he is, folks. Galen is a deep appreciator of the history of California counter-culture and all sorts of other weirdness. We discuss California cults, culty acting classes, the vampire murders, haunted theaters and oh...

Oooooooh this week I have on musician and life long experiencer of the strange and unusual, Glenn Quiggins! Glenn has a made a prestigious career out of playing all kinds of music, and working as a sought after session musician in LA and around the world. Glenn has also had a lifetime of high strange experiences, mostly in his home state of Kentucky. We're talking UFOs, aliens, bigfoot, porta...

Hey hey hey this week I have on the prolific and brilliant, Richard Estep! Richard has written a zillion books on a wide array of paranormal topics including ghosts, Colorado UFOs, haunted dwellings and much more. We get into a lot of topics he writes about, investigating, Southern Colorado, haunted midwest and tons more. It was such a pleasure to get to virtually meet Richard...such a hilarious a...

Howdy there, friends. This week my guest is Brett Eichenberger. Brett is a wildly talented filmmaker, and has made, in my opinion, the two greatest documentaries about the bigfoot phenomenon of all time. We talk about his Flash of Beauty films, both of which are amazing. The second installment focuses on the paranormal aspects associated with bigfoot, which is of particular interest to me, since I...

Hi everyone! I'm so gosh darn excited to share this episode with Dash Wiatkowski. Dash is about ready to release the pilot episode of their incredible new show, Liminal. I had the pleasure of watching it yesterday, and I absolutely loved it. We get into Dash's approach to investigations, how the show was conceived, developed and what it was like trying to capture the vibe of high strange...

Hello friends! This week I have on my good buddy Kiki Dombrowski. Kiki is a Hedge Witch, an adept tarot reader, adventurer and an all around gem of a human being. We discuss tarot, adventuring on a budget, bigfoot, the mystical aspect of roads, Savannah, Animism and a whole lot more. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did! Love, Steve  P.S. - If you feel like it, I would love to get some n...

This week, I have the fantastic Douglas Batchelor, from the What Magic Is This Podcast! Douglas shares with us how he got into magic, his love of jazz, the enchantment of the world around us, UFOs, what his personal magical practice looks like, the importance of set and set and a whole lot more. If you've never heard his podcast, well then, you are in for a treat because it's just absolu...

My buddy Eric Jeske is the guest this week! Eric is a screenwriter and high strange enthusiast who grew up in Wisconsin and has been collecting stories of the strange and unusual for many years. He shares some tales from his home state, some of which will be totally new to the even the most weird Wisconsin adept. So..grab some salty snacks (or sharp cheddar cheese) and join us on an oddball tour o...

Well hey there, friends! This week I have on Professor Wham. The good Professor has been studying and researching various aspects of the UFO phenomenon for years, and has a wealth of knowledge about esoterica and the paranormal.  Last fall I read her wonderful blog piece about this tiny little area in Kansas called Buck Creek Valley, and the wild few years that were spent there,  and all high stra...

Well howdy there, friends. I am so thrilled to share this episode with the incomparable, Adam Gorightly! Adam has been a hero of mine for over twenty-some years, and a true inspiration to me in my own research. Adam has a true gift to tease and pull apart the wild personalities of the UFO field, para-politics and the counter culture. On this episode, we discuss his groundbreaking book Saucers, Spo...

Well, this was a real treat for me. I was lucky to enough to convince my good pals Maria and Craig to hang out and chat about all sorts of weirdness. You will perhaps recognize both of them from Drunk History and a lot of other wonderful television programs. We talk about some of their personal experiences, weird Ohio, weird Los Angeles and ponder what some of this stuff represents. I hope you all...

Howdy there, pals. This week I have on Tate Hieronymus, a real deal bigfoot field investigator and documentarian. His dedication to learning more about this illusive creature has lead him all over the Pacific Northwest, Florida, Iowa and more. We discuss his methodology, techniques, and overall thoughts on what bigfoot is and represents. It's not often I get to speak with someone legitimately...

Good buddy Chris Ernst is my guest this week! Chris is a wonderful filmmaker, and is wildly knowledgable about metaphysics, the paranormal, UFOs and more. We discuss his unique upbringing, high strangeness in cinema and a bunch of other sweet weird goodness! Enjoy my friends! Love, Steve brightrectangle.com https://twitter.com/TheChrisErnst https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1404719/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Steve...

Good gracious sakes, its baby's first round table show, with the great Emily Louise and Rob "Bust-a-bookshelf" Kristoffersen.  Emily and Rob are two of my favorite buddies I've met since starting this show, and on this episode we focus on the cattle mutilation phenomenon. We hover around the Dulce beginnings for mute cases, and widen into the 1970s/80s wild west UFO scene, and...

Hey there sisters and brothers! My guest this week is the wonderful Ashley Hilt! Ashely is a Fortean investigator/researcher with an impressive in-depth knowledge of high strange activity. Ashley is also fascinated by her home state of Ohio, and is doing a helluva job investigating, and preserving the rich history of the unusual there. She's also the host of the fantastic podcast ON WEDNESDAY...

Holy smokes, Mark Pilkington is my guest this week! Like many folks interested in UFOs, his wildly important book Mirage Men was a paradigm shifter for me,  so this was a biggie for the Hi, Strangeness Pod. Obviously, we discuss Mirage Men (how could you not?), but we also get into his incredible publishing company Strange Attractor, his music, Strange Attractor Press's Austin Osmond Spare Ta...

Well well welly well, somehow I was able to convince the wonderful Tanner F Boyle to be my guest this week to discuss a few subjects from his beautiful Substack: Getting Spooked! Tanner is a brilliant researcher/writer who takes a para-political angle on UFOs and the paranormal, and seriously folks, I just can't recommend it enough. On this episode, we break down a few of his pieces - The Gul...

I'm thrilled to have my good buddy, Red Pill Junkie on the show this week! We discuss UFOs (of course), the relationship between art/high strangeness, the joys of weird communities, UFO Tarot and whole lot more! You can also request commissions from RPJ, which is just amazing. His art is top shelf and them some. I really hope you enjoy this discussion as much as I did. Thank you for listening...

My guest this week is repeat customer A.P. Strange! He's back on the show to talk about all sorts of delightful topics such as: the government and bigfoot, monster magicians, the 70's occult revival and winged weirdies. A.P is one of my favorite minds in the Fortean world, and has the grace and ability to talk on these subjects in a detailed and hilarious way. I really hope you enjoy thi...

My guest this week is good buddy Wren Collier! Wren is one of my favorite minds in the world of the weird. He's also one of the most interesting human beings you'll ever meet. From his magical practice, to his vegetable garden, Wren knows what it means to have patience, and to enjoy the process. Every single time I get the chance to listen to him, or speak with him myself, I always learn...

Ooooooohhhhh yeah my guest this week is fellow weird Nebraska enthusiast, Jamie Chadd! Jamie is the greatest historian of weird Nebraska in this era, and we jam on tales of UFOs, cryptids, true crime, ghosts and a ton more. Jamie is also fighting the good fight against corporate ghost tour companies (LAME!) - she has been giving the best ghost tours Eastern Nebraska has ever seen and they are tryi...

Hello friends! This week I have the great Fred Andersson joining me all the way from lovely Sweden! Fred is a wealth of knowledge in terms of high strangeness, but he's especially knowledgable about his home turf. We get into gnomes, UFO's, ghost rockets, Scandinavian folklore and a bunch more. Fred really is just such a smart and wonderful human being. I hope you enjoy our conversation!...

Holy smokes, I've got my good buddy, and fellow Omaha native Brian Corey on the ol' show this week! Brian is the host of the incredible The Necronomicast Podcast, and also a deep appreciator of all things weird and mysterious in our shared state of Nebraska. Our discussion about weird Nebraska includes: UFOs, Bigfoot, Cryptids, ghosts, urban legends, true crime, and a whole host of other...

Hi everyone! I'm super excited and honored to share this week's episode with my guest, Mike Clelland. Mike's work, and shared experiences have made such an impact on how I think about high strangeness, so this was a big one for me. We talk about (of course) Owls, UFOs, transformative experiences, initiation, natures role is encounters and a whole lot more.  I really hope you all enj...

My guest this week is the wonderful Erica Lukes! Erica is the host and contributor to the Expanding Frontiers Research Organization, and hosts a weekly show on her Expanding Frontiers Youtube Channel.  We discuss her evolution in how she thinks about UFOs, her efforts in cleaning up the field, where the paranormal and UFOs meet, Utah UFO history, her work in uncovering real facts about Skinwalker...