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DONATE<3 Coffee snobs. High tinkering. A great prequel to Evangelion. Machines: the new middle man. Is Hideaki Anno the Godzilla of Anime? Summer Time Rendering is the Groundhog Day of Anime (minus the ending). Bad trip sounds. The retail path to enlightenment. The ever deepening insidiousness of glitter. Splash is a weird movie. The Tom Hanks contiguous universe. Watching waves. Scandinavian l...

DONATE =) We took some time off for family stuff but we recorded a couple cozy chats between buddies in the meanwhile. Rev chose this department store fever dream and the boys are all over the place on this one. Under The Skin. Karma is real. Fake guru. Repeating cycles. Mom stuff. Demon Slayer. And also touch on Way of the House Husband, though this was recorded before our appearance on Agitator...

DONATE =) After his last appearance for Videodrome, we decided to bring the show to his backyard with a very place-based movie. Owen brings some great stories, lore, and reflections on both this wild film and his own neighborhood, near which the movie was shot. It was cool as hell to get the local tea on some of these references and archetypal commentaries. Hobo King Kill 33. The Lady of Los Angel...

Don't be a downer, be a DONOR . We live on your contributions. Our friend, hypnotherapist, and Reiki champion Lance Baker came by to chat about his own complex and dynamic healing journey, share some of the most incredible personal experiences we have ever hosted on the show, and answer some pointed questions about what even is Reiki. This might be the best show we have done yet, thanks to Lance's...

Enjoying the long-form conversations with no ads or paywalls? We are a Value4Value podcast which means our listeners give back by donating! Stellar witch and friend of monsters Sasha Ravitch came by to chat about two delightfully dark movies, Ravenous and Nightbreed. We chat about both and examine these two manifestations of otherness as sides of the witch. Two different modes of leaving the old s...

We get into a bunch of C-words like Conspiracy, Capital, Corporations, and Corruption through the lens of the Better World our villain the Operative so believes in. Dynastic power structures, wars planned by pen pals, the Rockefeller iceberg, psychics in a land of propaganda, and so much more. Our friend has a vast knowledge of all things insidious and he brings the heat with this one. If you like...

We got to chat with our wayfinding friend Nate! He and his partner moved to Mexico to start a new life in the jungle and he tells us all about his experiences of intuitively feeling out the locals, building relations with the local spirit web, and the many syncs and wonders that inevitably arrive as compliments and stepping stones to such a grand adventure. This is all conjured through the Ferngul...

The ever insightful Angie Speaks dropped by to talk about Alan Moore's esoteric odyssey, Promethea. We talk about AI companions, the black iron prison finger trap, Moore's ambiguously optimistic take on the cyberfuture, the challenges of identifying the macro with the micro, the world as a reflection of self, the digital & imaginal, Carl Jung & the unconscious, and much more. It was a trea...

The hilarious and fascinating horror author David Simmons delighted us with occult stories of rappers and the disturbing metaphysics behind the "smokin' on" phenomenon, Baltimore's Cal Ripken streak-breaker legend and other local lore, the genius of total spook of a movie "Life Is Hot In Cracktown", patron hood ghosts, mutant high-rise projects gangs, his undying love for his city, the rituals of...

Esteemed pagan recontextualizer, author, and all around cunning & charming guy Rhyd Wildermuth was kind enough to come share his delightfully Gnostic thoughts and reflections on Philip Pullman's now classic fantasy series His Dark Materials, along with the psyops and spirits of alienation that inevitably follow closely behind. We get into it about angels and their possible roles in empire, the...

In this episode the boys go full nerd at the chance to talk with Gary Noriyuki about Thai ghosts and prai metaphysics related to Art of the Devil 2 & Thai sorcery, what it's like collaborating with Ajarn Apichai & being a Quimbanda priest, how to gracefully and respectfully integrate multiple traditions, the endless and impossible beauty in dirt, Sak Yant & Gary's original magical tatt...

Our friend Remy said she was going to watch Road House as Mars remediation and we all simultaneously felt an episode stir in the darkness. We go off about the wild world of fan fiction, slinging and receiving curses, justice, force, & vengeance, comic cons, comics for robots, Remy's genius astro take on the film, Hades & other video games, what goes in must come out & imaginal foie gra...

We were graced with author, artist, woodworker, voice actor, rap aficionado, and radio personality Kelby Losack to talk about The Wailing's mysterious plot points and metaphysics, Kelby's new book Mercy, rebellious natures, ghosts & shadow folk, woke trauma, navigating rebellious natures, deadlines, hollow likes & the Fed feed, diagnoses as curses, the N word, shit times on drugs, DIY reco...

We were completely delighted to have talked with J David Osborne about the comic series Scalped, therapy, rapidly changing social norms, the endless nuance in good crime stories, the difference between realizing you're on the ride and actually grabbing the wheel, JDO/411, Alex Jones, real spirit stories, the supposed death of the innocent question, and more cool stuff I can't remember right now! T...

Our friend and fellow BVM admirer Dylan stopped by to chat about The Wonder, Blessed Virgin Marys, black Madonnas, Sophia & Barbelo, the worthlessness of a godessless man, scientistic impositions & humanitarian efforts, abuse and/or shamanism, accidental magic, hope born from trauma, the false dichotomy of illusion/miracle, and much more. If you would like to join our community with Nightb...

The boys chat about Split Second, depression, Mastodon, gourd innuendos, wordplay, dolmens, hod dogs as amulets, getting ready to die, the comics we loved, colonial butterfly displays, the arrogance of scientism, how information without context is noise, divorce pigeons, animal metaphysics, shit talking Neil Gaiman, Kurt totally gets gas huffing, plus Rev busts out the synth for the intro jingle....

Owen came on the show to share the good news about the new flesh. We discuss the reality/entertainment matrix, the medium as the message, internet programming reality, one way communication, acting in L.A., the incoming shitstorm of strikes, chatting up Metatron, choice vs synchronicity, and much more. Lots of laughs in this one despite Rev being a feverish snot machine. This was a really fun show...

In this very special show we talk with author Grant Wamack about Phil Tippett's total masterpiece Mad God, the importance of difficult material, censorship, weed, UFOs, fighting the good fight with storytelling, those magical moments when the trees talk back, and much more. Grant has two new books out this year, because he is a monster, and you should read them both immediately: Black Gypsies: htt...

Matt is an author, artist, poet, and friend to all woodland creatures. His social feeds are among the most worthwhile posts on the internet, containing creatures he finds along his wanderings both in photograph and in paint. We talk about personhood, feeling out relationships with nonhuman mortals, grace in flow, radical joy, offering art, and more. Matt's work: https://matthewstansberry.com/ I re...

For our 20th episode we hang out with our sister show's host and talk childhood video games, writing letters, merit and kata, old stories, and everything else you can expect to hear when three best bros heat up the mics. Follow Tim's show here and don't forget to donate to either or both of our shows if you appreciate them. We run on love. http://www.nightbirdpodcast.com/

We talk about Prometheus, St. Cyprian, conspiracies, uberwyrd New England, Lovecraft & King, fear of death, where religion meets animism, and a bunch more stuff. This episode features some of Jacks very special stories of his experiences and subsequent research breakthroughs on the trail of the sorcerer saint. A true honor to host on this one.

Just a bonus blessing and uncrossing from the Rev in honor of his patron saint. Listen with focus, throw around some smoke and holy water, light a candle and make the sign of the cross whenever there's a long pause. May you have a very enchanted Cyprianmas.

We talk with diviner and somatic sex therapist in training Marissa Gamberutti about sex and intimacy; the psychology and metaphysics therein, how they can relate to preferences & kinks, the practice of being a-monogamous, the omniscience of Clippy, the strange male obsession with duration, being othered, being humanized, pedophiles and more. As mentioned, we get neck deep in murky waters at po...

One of the most magical movies. A cute horror film. The kinder hero's journey. Glitter. A densely embedded backstory. David Fucking Bowie. Unnecessary apologies. Fairy Kings & dangerous hot guys. Growing out of your parents. Raising magical children. New ancestral traditions. New lineage magics. Classic Doctor Who. The sad fate of the real Dobby. The obvious origins of Hogwarts. And much, much...

We were absolutely thrilled to hang out with our magical podfather from Spirit Box and talk about the first season of Fargo, the Dark Man, initiations, podcasting, photography, recognition, taking ourselves too seriously in the magic world, djinn tales, and so much more. Darragh really brought the feeling of sharing a pint with your wizard mates to this one, as he does to every episode of Spirit B...