Strange Talk

Welcome to season 3! We're back from summer break, and Alyx and Robin are talking UAPs, UFOs, and the current Congress hearings surrounding them. We also touch on some horrible happenings like mustard Skittles, resurrecting your dead loved ones through AI, and Frankensteining mice to extend their lives. Have you ever wanted to know what a group of bears is called? Tune in! Music for this episode i...

This week Alyx and Robin are joined by Hanna Polasky MSc to talk about the Protect the Mütter petition that's going around! We talk a lot about the ethics of museums and having human remains in museums. A link to the petition that has some more information about what's going on will be posted on our Facebook and Instagram pages @strangetalkradio and follow @protectthemutter for up to date informat...

Tonight Alyx and Robin are sitting on the front porch, maybe your front porch, and telling some spooky stories. Robin has a few non-fiction tales scattered around Ohio and Indiana, and Alyx is reading a couple of the classics from Alvin Schwartz's collected Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. All local legends come from somewhere, and what better place to tell them than late on a windy night on a p...

Step right up, and don't be shy! Robin is back and ready to clown around and talk about a not strictly legal toe amputation. Alyx is hung up on the boat sailing down the Ohio river right now heading for Hooters and on how jacked Smokey Bear is. We honestly couldn't make this up if we tried. The tarot card of the week is Strength, which you might need if you suffer from coulrophobia. Music for this...

This week on Strange Talk: they're heeeeeeere. Alyx and Robin are joined by our possible alternate universe doppelgängers, Kimmy and Ryan, from Aloreing podcast! Here's the 411: we're talking briefly about fae rings, Ouija etiquette, whether or not the Skunk Ape is Shrek, and then focusing in on the Missing 411 project. We picked this topic so Aloreing campers can remember to stay safe. Music for...

This week Alyx is joined by Jay Insult of Nervous Triggers! We're talking what's on everybody's mind right now: where did the 300-500 pounds of spaghetti come from at a New Jersey park? We also talk the Jersey Devil in the Pine Barrens, the Blue Hole in the Pinelands, doppelgängers, and briefly talk about that time Big Butter Jesus burnt down in Ohio. Jay Insult also talks about his background in...

This week Alyx and Robin are joined by the wonderfully weird Lonnie Scott of Weird Web Radio! We're strange talking hypnosis, rollerskating, and tarot this time. Find out why you'll always associate the Chariot card with Carry on My Wayward Son from now on! Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, Into the Technodome by Karl Casey, and backing music by LoFiGeek.

This week Alyx is joined by long-time guest Joe of supercontinents, Tense Kids, and Swamp Hawk. They're talking about the origin and conspiracies around the WingDings font, a weird light over Italy that isn't a UFO, and Furbies' plans for world domination. This music for this episode is the Strange Talk into by Star Silk, Crackjack by supercontinents, and backing music by LoFiGeek.

This week Alyx is joined by well...Alex (from Tense Kids and Ford Theatre Reunion)! We're talking all things Squonk and generally squonking around. We hear some squonk cries and listen to a Steely Dan song that mentions the Squonks. We also ponder on whether beloved Philly Flyers mascot Gritty is actually a cryptid. We also take a brief look at banshees who also wail and especially keen. Our tarot...

This week Alyx and Call talk a bit of the history of maypoles, invasive species of plants, local wildflowers, coelacanths, and the Honey Island Swamp Monster. We also finally get back to tarot of the week with this week's card: The Empress! Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk intro by Star Silk, Five Points by Tense Kids, Tunguska by Tense Kids, and backing music by LoFiGeek.

This week Alyx is joined by Troy from the Bloodlust and Bourbon podcast! We're talking weird news including mammoth meatballs, T-rex lips, shopping cart poltergeists, possible UFO sightings in Florida, plant noises, element noises, wetware mushroom computers, AI, UK computer surveillance; and most importantly: we're going back to the moon! Also beware of a couple Star Trek spoilers if you're not c...

This week Alyx is joined by Robin to talk about the other season we're rolling into: tax season. This is a weird news episode about an anime girl dating sim for tax filing, a child spotting of bigfoot, PhD dance presentations, a mysterious claw found in a yard, a slightly less mysterious foot found on a beach, a denial for ghost hunting in the UK, and Stonehenge being ruled as not an ancient calen...

This week Robin is out of town, so Alyx has Calla on, talking all things Ostara/Spring Equinox. They empty some eggs for decorating while talking about the many different associations and rituals with Ostara. They also get a little in plant talk for spring including some creepy plants you can add to darken up your garden or home. Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk intro by Star Silk,...

This week Alyx and Robin completely break form as they recorded this episode during a severe wind storm while under tornado watch. They're talking about natural disasters, disaster preparedness, tornadoes, the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, tsunamis, and ghosts that may linger after a disaster. We also leave a moment of silence for those lost to the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald and for the on...

This week Alyx and Robin are joined once again by Calla and do some tarot and bibliomancy readings for a friend, Christy. We also talk a little about spring and nostalgic music you grew up with. No tarot card of the week this week because we ran out of time, but we'll start back up with the High Priestess next episode! Music for this episode includes Strange Talk intro by Star Silk, Ghost of a Goo...

This week Alyx and Robin are joined once again by Calla to talk more in depth about divination, this time focusing on pendulums, casting lots, and their newly invented Squashomancy. They also talk about their personal practices. This week's tarot card of the week is fittingly the Magician. Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk intro by Star Silk, Ocean Waves by Sean Payne, We Are Drifti...

This week Alyx and Robin are talking divination methods. This is just a brief overview, but they also introduced a new segment where they'll discuss one or two tarot cards each week since let's be honest, they're kind of a pain to learn unless you focus on one at a time. Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Into by Star Silk, Bad Omens by Karl Casey, and backing music is by LoFiGeek.

This week Alyx and Robin are talking about all the strange UFO sightings recently, meat cars, extraterrestrial culture day, cockatoo world domination, the explanation for some weird green lights over Hawaii, and posit the idea of a reality show of werewolves and vampires on a boat. Music for this episode includes the Strange Intro by Star Silk, Journey into the Black by Karl Casey, and background...

This week Alyx and Robin are talking sleep weirdness including sleep paralysis, shadow people, the hat man, hypnagogic jerks, and the night hag. We're also joined by Alyx's new unicorn otomatone! The title of this episode is a reference to Casiotone for the Painfully Alone whose music you should 100% check out. Music for this episode includes Strange Talk by Star Silk, 5 Points by Tense Kids, Food...

This Strange Talk broadcast Alyx and Robin are joined by Calla Rowan. Calla Rowan is a Folk Magick practitioner of eight years. She has strong influences in her practice from her Catholic upbringing. Calla has had paranormal experiences since she was a child and began practicing magic as a way to regulate seeing spirits in her day to day. She specializes in creating charm bags, holy soaps, and ble...

This week Alyx and Robin are talking strange with Lee from the Luckily, Cryptid and Critters podcast. We get down to weird news like toadzilla, a bigfoot sighting on Google Earth, a UFO sighting over Turkey, a weird cloud formation over the UK, and a returned hot dog statue in WV. We ponder on creating a Bigfoot Lake Yacht club, discuss favorite cryptids, talk about drones, and what extraterrestri...

This week is a rewind unaired episode from 2019 where Alyx sits down with arachnid enthusiast and wildlife photographer, Max Molleran. We talk spiders (species and morphs), weird news, arachnophobia, brown recluse bites, doll collections, molting, gay frogs, and big plans for 2020 that obviously didn't come to fruition. Music for this episode in the Strange Talk intro by Star Silk, Least We Forget...

This week we're getting back to basics as Alyx and Robin discuss current strange news from around the world including: A Mexican clairvoyant with predictions for 2023, the British Asparomancer, a mysterious creature spotted on the coast of North Carolina, a town in Scotland trying to do a re-enactment of their witch trials, a lobster-like dream creature in Green County, PA, and some haunted locati...

This week's episode is actually a very special unaired episode from back in 2020. Alyx talks spooks, spirits, and specters with paranormal investigator and founder of ARC Ohio, Kevin Caldwell, as well as a return guest David Sugerman. While ARC Ohio is no longer conducting investigations, you can still review their catalog of past investigations on Youtube or their website arcparanormal.webstarts....

This week Alyx is joined by Evan Neiden the artistic director of Candle House Collective to talk about their immersive theatre alternate reality experiences. We discuss how inspiring the Twilight Zone is and why it's always important to keep 3 gallon jugs of blood laying around...just in case. Check out their spooky ARX: CLAWS now booking at candlehousecollective.com Music for this episode include...