Codega's Codex of Curiosities

Two sisters camping in Joshua Tree. One of them whistles into the dark without thinking. That night, something walks the perimeter of their camp — bipedal, unseen, and it knows their friend's voice well enough to use it. Tonight's guest didn't read about any of this in a book. He grew up on the Navajo Nation, where what the rest of the world calls legend he calls home. Don Yazzy is a Navajo resear...

What happens to someone after they see something they can't explain, and no one believes them? Tonight's guest spends his days helping people work through trauma, and he's starting to notice that paranormal experiences leave marks that look a lot like the ones he treats in his office every day. Lalo is a therapist, podcast host, and founder of Realms Commune, a platform built on the idea that unex...

A skeptic walked into a haunted infirmary determined to debunk every sound. By the end of the night, he wasn't so sure anymore — and that was only the beginning of his story. Our guest, John Fike (also known as John "Methencamp"), hosts Myths, Monsters, and Mullets, covering paranormal encounters, cryptids, and UFOs, often alongside guests from the indie horror film world. Guest Spotlight: John Fi...

A near-death experience took one guest somewhere he never expected — and changed the course of his life completely. Our guest, Steve Kang, was raised in a Buddhist family and trained as a monk before a life-threatening crisis led to a profound spiritual experience. He's now a pastor with Revive the Nations, was featured in the Angel Studios documentary "After Death," and is the author of "Eight Ho...

What if the words you say every day were never really yours to begin with — and using them might be opening doors you didn't know were there? Our guest, Brad Lail, hosts the Awakened Podcast, where he researches language, symbolism, and what he calls "word magic" — how sound, repetition, and meaning may shape the world around us. What You'll Learn: The theory of "word magic" and how repetition and...

Thirty years after her sister witnessed a strange figure near a Minnesota lake, Eve's teenage daughter drew an identical picture of the same being — unprompted, from a different encounter, in a different state. Eve Howard is a lifelong experiencer, shamanic practitioner, and founder of Thunder Rock Lodge, a wellness and spiritual healing service based in West Fargo, North Dakota. She hosts the pod...

A family living on the edge of the Navajo Nation has been encountering the same kinds of creatures for three generations — and our returning guest brought several new accounts with him this time. Our guest, Lee, is a member of the Navajo Nation and a practicing hand trembler, a traditional diagnostic role within Navajo culture. He previously joined us to talk about skinwalker encounters from his c...

A box of NASA photographs from a small Ohio auction led one researcher to a single image that doesn't quite match the official record. Our guest, Ed, spent two decades as a rare book and document dealer working with major auction houses including Christie's and Heritage Auctions — until this discovery changed the direction of his research. Topics Discussed: How a rare-book auction led to a 31-bind...

What do you do when the wilderness starts looking back? In this episode of Codega's Codex of Curiosities, Rye sits down with Blake Botel, host of Mountain Man Explore the Truth—a man whose experiences have led him deep into the world of the unexplained. Blake shares firsthand accounts that span the full spectrum of high strangeness: a Bigfoot encounter that changed the way he views the wilderness,...

What if the people meant to enlighten you were actually steering you? This week, the Codega sits down with Jeremy Norrie of Sky Island Storytelling — indie filmmaker, documentarian, and someone who has spent years asking uncomfortable questions on camera. We cover mentalists who allegedly partnered with doctors to guide patients toward specific medications, the ever-present question of whether Big...

Bestselling researcher Brad Olsen joins The Codega to explore forbidden relics that may have shaped human history from the shadows — the Spear of Destiny, Holy Grail, Ark of the Covenant, and the mysterious substance called Black Goo. Were these just myths, or something far more powerful? We go deep into ancient objects of power, secret societies, esoteric traditions, and the hidden archives that...

What happens when a lodge storyteller shares not just legend — but what he's personally witnessed in the wild? Rye the Codega sits down with Rod from Lodge Tales Podcast for a conversation that moves between the deeply personal and the ancient. Rod recounts his own paranormal experiences and brings to life Native legend stories that carry warnings modern eyes have forgotten how to read. A warm, ee...

What if the proof that biblical giants once walked this Earth wasn't buried in the Middle East — but right here in America's heartland? Nicholas Daigle is the author of Genesis 6 and the Ozarks, and he didn't just study the Nephilim — he went looking for them. In this episode, Rye the Codega sits down with Nicholas to unpack the forgotten story of Rev. Sterling Price Newberry, a Baptist preacher w...

What does it mean to carry a truth so heavy that the world isn't ready for it? Holly Baglio has lived that question her entire life. Holly Baglio is a survivor, whistleblower, ordained minister, and former Super Soldier who spent 37 years in Black Operations programs under the Military-Industrial Complex — across the USA, UK, and Canada. Born into the MKUltra project, a subprogram of Operation Pap...

A new house. A loving family. And then — a voice. Eric Davis moved into Springhill Plantation expecting peace. What he got was a paranormal nightmare that nearly destroyed his marriage, shook his faith, and put his family face-to-face with forces they couldn't explain. When his wife Cindy heard a disembodied voice say "Hey, buddy" from an empty room, there was no more denying it. Something was in...

Generational curses, real paranormal experiences, and spiritual warfare don’t always look like horror stories—they show up as patterns, trauma, and moments that don’t make sense. Psychic encounters, unseen forces, and a lingering family curse begin to blur the line between psychological struggle and something far more intentional. After the death of her mother, Kirstyn Lazur found herself pulled i...

What if the battle between good and evil isn't only spiritual — but biological? In this live conversation, Rye Codega of Codega's Codex of Curiosities and Brad from The Awakened Podcast dig into one of the most unsettling intersections of science and the supernatural: the possible link between parasitic infection and demonic possession. 🔬 WHAT WE COVER: → How parasites like Toxoplasma gondii are...

Rye the Codega sits down with epidemiologist Nicolas Hulscher to unpack the ongoing debate surrounding COVID-19 vaccines, mRNA technology, and global health data. This conversation dives into vaccine safety, including discussions around adverse event reporting systems, excess mortality trends, myocarditis, sudden deaths, and the highly debated concept of “turbo cancers.” We also discuss alleged fr...

They said Artemis 2 went to the moon. Flat Earth Dave says the green screen glitched and he's got the receipts.  In this episode of Codega's Codex of Curiosities, Dave walks us through the alleged Artemis 2 moon mission footage frame by frame. From CGI artifacts and suspicious green screen bleed-through to astronauts who seemed to forget they were supposed to be in zero-gravity the bloopers are… a...

In this episode of Codega’s Codex of Curiosities, Rye the Codega sits down with Stephen from Biblical Hitmen to explore the hidden connections between human cloning, graphene quantum dots, the Tower of Babel, and the so-called goddess deception, uncovering how ancient biblical narratives may mirror modern theories of control, collective consciousness, and hive mind behavior; from the ethical and t...

She Was Born With the Ability to See What Others Can't | Interdimensional Entities, OBEs & Hidden Reality ft. Samantha Leifker What if the experiences you were told to forget as a child… were actually real? Samantha Leifker, author of Born Awakened, joins us to share a lifetime of encounters that challenge everything we think we know about consciousness, reality, and the unseen world living al...

Leo Zagami is an Italian author, researcher, and former self-proclaimed insider of secret societies, best known for his work on the Illuminati and global elite networks. He gained international attention through his multi-volume series Confessions of an Illuminati, where he explores alleged connections between powerful organizations, religion, and world politics. Zagami frequently discusses themes...

What If the Feeling of Being Watched… Never Goes Away? | Targeted Individuals, Gangstalking & Spiritual Warfare What if you were being monitored, followed, and interfered with — and no one believed you? In this episode, I sit down with Jack Ward Coplen, a self-identified targeted individual, to explore one of the most controversial and misunderstood phenomena of our time: gangstalking. Jack op...

In this episode, Rye the Codega sits down with Lee from the Navajo Nation to explore real-life encounters with skinwalkers—one of the most feared and misunderstood entities in Native American lore. Lee shares his firsthand experiences growing up around these stories, where sightings and strange encounters weren’t treated as myths, but as serious and deeply respected realities. The conversation div...

Rye the Codega sits down with Doug Hajicek, the mind behind MonsterQuest, to explore his real-life experiences tracking Bigfoot and investigating unexplained phenomena. Doug shares what it’s like to follow physical evidence deep in the wilderness, the challenges of documenting cryptids, and the moments that changed everything—including multiple UFO sightings and a chilling encounter with a winged...