The AP Strange Show

This week, AP is joined by John C. Meyers for a wide-ranging and joke-filled discussion about movies, franchises, and fandoms. John is the co-host of two great movie based podcasts, John and Alexx Hate Stuff and This May Hurt a Bit. On the latter show, John and his co-host James Strayer review every movie in a horror franchise, so having John on was a prime opportunity to discuss sequels, reboots,...

This week, Ben Roylance joins AP to discuss the writings, artwork, and paranormal life of Eugenia Macer Story- a fascinating researcher and artist whose insights into the highly weird blur the lines between UFOlogy, the ghostly, and the psychic, and also someone who is often overlooked in discussions about great voices in these strange realms. Ben is the co host of the wonderful podcast Consensus...

As a Christmas treat, this week's episode is a celebration of Patrick Swayze and the movie Road House as well as a love letter to Mystery Science Theater 3000, with Aaron Gulyas and Blackwolf John Oates getting festive with AP. For the uninitiated, non-MSTies in podcast land, this stems from a musical number in the MST3k episode Santa Claus Conquers the Martians in which Crow T. Robot presents a n...

As a shorter, solo bonus episode this month AP shares a bit of his writings on the theme of coyotes- one a very old performance poem and the other a more recent meditation on living alongside and communicating with nature. They are very different in character but, as explained in the show, are synchronistically tied to one another... First, AP shares "Coyote's Lament", a poem he known for in his f...

This week's show is a journey aboard the virtual Pequod as Joe Matheny and returning guest Leah Prime join AP in a discussion about the Herman Melville classic Moby Dick; or, The Whale-  its esoteric qualities, the influence throughout literature and culture, and its personal effects on everyone in conversation here. They discuss works of art and literature as initiation, and the timeless impact o...

This week, Jeremy Vaeni joins AP to talk about his lifetime of strange experiences and his new book, Kundalini and the Secrets of Silence. Vaeni has a long history within the realms of the paranormal and ufology, having been the co-host of Paratopia and the host of various other podcast and YouTube projects such as Wise Ask and He's so Vaeni . In addition to that, he has authored several other boo...

This week, magical artist Joe Ledoux joins AP for a whimsical exploration of stage magic, fine art, and skateboarding- and how Joe combines these interests in his work. They talk about Joe's journey in learning how to skate and how to perform magic, the importance of creativity and persistence, and the actual magical effects of art and performance. They also discuss Muhachi, a companion figure Joe...

This week, Michael M. Hughes returns to the show to talk about the recently released second edition of his book Magic for the Resistance: Rituals and Spells for Change . Hughes is an author, game designer, activist, journalist, and magician, and in this episode he talks about the genesis of his book on magical resistance and the need for a second edition. For listeners unfamiliar with the backgrou...

This week, returning guest Charles Lear joins AP and guest co-host Blackwolf John Oates for a lighthearted discussion of the state of UFOlogy in the 1980s, and how it influenced the 90s and beyond. In Charles' first appearance on the show, the focus was on his book The Flying Saucer Investigators , where this one focuses more on  Crashed Saucers and Malevolent Aliens: The Emergence of the Popular...

This week, multidisciplinary artist and researcher Caitlin Fitzgerald joins AP for a conversation about her art, the stories behind her work in various mediums, and folklore which infuses storytelling down through the ages. Caitlin creates visual art in the form of ceramics, stained glass, illustration, mixed media, and digital art- all of which she does very well, and all are informed by a sense...

On this week's show Jay Shenk joins AP for a discussion about art, magic, and technology and how the history and methods behind these subjects intertwine in the 20th century. Jay is a self-described student of the strange, advertising professional, and tech hobbyist who is also pursuing a Masters degree in Art and Technology at the University of Oklahoma. In this conversation, he brings his knowle...

As of this month, The AP Strange Show has been around for one whole year! This is a brief bonus for listeners, a thank you to all who have tuned in or appeared on the show, and some thoughts about where it's headed. Along with that stuff, there's a few horror movie recommendations for your spooky season pleasure, and even a seance!  Thanks to everyone who has supported the program, there's much mo...

This week, AP catches up with Adam Sayne, longtime host of the Conspirinormal podcast and organizer of the Strange Realities conferences in Tennessee. The show has been on hiatus, but Adam assures us in this conversation that Conspirirnormal will return- they start off by talking about his thirteen years of hosting, interviewing, and presenting ideas about all manner of weird subjects as well as e...

This week, returning guest Solomon Pakal joins AP to discuss Mayan Astrology, and how one can use it to enhance their magical and mundane existence. Solomon is a longtime magical practitioner, a historian of Mesoamerican culture and magic, and Brujo through his Guatemalan ancestral lineage. In this episode, the conversation centers around his work with Mayan Astrology, which he will soon be offeri...

It's a special double feature Third Time's the Charm episode on this week's show, as AP chats with his old friend Ryk McIntyre about two third installments from classic Universal Monster movie franchises. First, they discuss the relatively obscure offering from the Invisible Man series, 1940's The Invisible Woman- a departure from the gothic horror and suspense of the other films, it's more of a s...

This week's show is an exciting one, as the one-and-only Professor Porterfield joins AP for an in-depth discussion about Hoodoo, the Sporting Life, and spell work with playing cards. Professor Porterfield is an Old Testament, old school reader and root worker and the author of several books including A Deck of Spells: Hoodoo Playing Card Magic in Rootwork and Conjure. He had recently appeared in S...

This week Dr. Jerrold Coe, the writer and collector behind Paperbacks of the Gods, joins AP for a freewheeling discussion about the pulpy madness of paperback forteana. Jerrold's site is a treasure trove of quirky titles, replete with wildly weird cover designs and even weirder subjects, and this conversation is a celebration of such cultural oddities. They explore the prolific catalogues of story...

This week on the show, Glennie F. Sewell joins AP to discuss his work in paranormal investigation and his academic efforts toward synthesizing lived paranormal experiences and their relation to the imaginal realities with which they interact. He recently led a workshop to discuss these concepts at the 2025 Paranormal Research Symposium in Gettysburg, PA. AP attended the workshop and even had a par...

On this week's show, Leah Prime drops in to discuss rare and cursed books! From incunabula to anthropodermic bindings, to books of occult lore, Leah shares her wealth of knowledge about rare books and manuscripts from around the world in a fascinating conversation with AP. She discusses her backstory, and what led her to an academic life in rare texts. They also talk about the history of printing,...

On this week's show Randi Bergsma joins AP for a discussion about channeling, seances, and art, particularly in relation to the work of Hilma af Klint. Randi is a witch, a writer, an artist, and a tarot reader whose work has been published in The Feminine Macabre, Haunted Magazine, and, more recently, was featured as a speaker at the 2025 Paranormal Research Symposium in Gettysburg, PA. Her presen...

This week's show is a road recording, as AP and Tim Binnall recap their whirlwind road trip down to Gettysburg for the Paranormal Research Symposium at which AP gave a talk. Recorded in the car as they reached the home stretch back to Massachusetts, the audio quality may be a little different than listeners are used to but the conversation was filled with laughs and paranormal goodness. As a compa...

Recorded on August 23, 2025 at the Paranormal Research Symposium in Gettysburg, PA, this is the live recording of AP's presentation on the various mystical narratives and possible supernatural realities behind the Loch Ness Monster. With a healthy amount of humor and an enthusiastic audience, the presentation was a lot of fun to do and part of a great event organized by the Association for Paranor...

This week's show is a fun one, as Tui Snider joins AP and guest co-host Stephanie Quick to celebrate the release of her new book Around the World in 80 Graves! Tui, as you might have guessed, is an author and world traveler who has had a lifelong interest in cemeteries. She is also one heck of a story teller, and her most recent book- and this wide-ranging conversation- is a great example of her t...

This week returning guests Stephanie Quick and Professor WHAM join AP for a philosophical deep dive on the works and writings of Michel Foucault, and how the the ideas he talked about could be applied to the subject of UFOlogy. For those unfamiliar with Foucault both Steph and WHAM do a great job of breaking down key concepts and terminology, which opens a wider conversation using examples from UF...

This week on the show writer, strategist, and founder of The Emperor Norton Trust John Lumea joins AP for an in-depth discussion about an obscure but fascinating historical figure- that of Joshua Abraham Norton, the self-proclaimed Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. What began as a campaign on John's part to recognize the Emperor's association with the San Francisco Bay Bridge t...