Wyrd Mountain Gals

Dreamers Dreaming Dreams  Episode Airs Sunday 9-5-21  7pm EST Alicia is functioning within established parameters. The gals wonder how climate change is going to affect weather folklore.  They talk about divination, dreams & todays current situation, and lots more.   The Chalice and the Bladevby Riane Eisler. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chalice_and_the_Blade Liminal:  https://www.merriam-web...

Catching Up, Speaking Up & Laughing Along The Way  Episode Airs Sunday August 29  7pm EST The gals enjoy catching up after Byron's latest trip(s).  We get a few stories from the road, news of a new book & what inspired it, & find out that Selby has had a rather bad week.  We learn that Minnesota was "hotter than the devil's earlobe", Byron has an apprentice, & the little cottage is metamorphasizin...

Common Sense Is A Rare Commodity Episode Airs Sunday, August 22 7pm EST The gals still can't figure out why folks don't just roll up their sleeves & get the vaccination.  Continuing tales from the road - this time it's New Orleans.  Byron talks us about the flight down, the food, and....the trash! Byron confesses her fantasy of disappearing just to write. Food:  etouffe', Caprese salad, crawdads A...

Flying, Camping & Eating Like a Wolf Pup Episode Airs Sunday August 15th 7pm EST Alicia can't even speak about her tech devices & they both  declare privacy is gone.   Newsflash - The groundhog is gone!  Let's all knock on wood.   Byron tries to be at least as smart as a groundhog.  Gomez has  decided to name his band the "Belligerent Groundhogs".  Seems  the critter has gotten into his brain.. By...

Wyrd Mountain Gals - How About A Quickie? Episode Airs Sunday, Aug 8 2021 7pm EST Dog Days are here.  Byron is on the move & Alicia is buried deep somewhere in tech-land doing whatever it is that she does with her computers, so we're going to keep this episode short & (not) sweet. The gals are still just going on about....well, you know the drill... We hope you get a kick out of this episode.  Why...

The Sound of Dumbfounded Episode airs Sunday August 1 2021 7pm EST  This time it's Alicia's in a funk (not the kind she likes to listen to either!), eventually deciding that it was the heat from Dog Days causing it.  Pretty soon talk shifts to fungi & just like magic she forgot to be mad.  Byron is there, egging her on.  There's more talk of travel, covid, & chanterelles...yum..    Quote: "We can'...

The Glory Days - Old Friends & Festivals Episode Airs Sunday, July 25 7pm EST Byron is on the road again & talking about her recent visit to Starwood. She likes sleeping on the ground for seven days (it's good for sciatica)  The gals spoke about several folks they had in common & remarked (again) about how odd it was that they never met until a few years ago.  This week's conversation includes: Mu...

Mind Your Manners Cuz Everybody Knows Your Business A series of short subjects ensue when the gals call each other one hot afternoon.  Covered topics include:  Alicia's grandma knew everything going on in the whole county.  How inconvenient!  Byron going to London with a broken heart.      Super creepy cemetaries in Scotland  Byron is tired of being Chicken Little  How migrant workers are treated...

Wyrd Mountain Gals Podcast "Planting by the Moon"   Episode Airs Sunday July 11th 7pm EST The gals revisit the very first episode of WMG, where they were already talking about almanacs, Tower Time, & the like.  This short episode set the tone for many episodes to come.  We hope you enjoy this look back!   #WyrdMountainGals #WyrdMtnGals #alamanac #DigitalWitchery

It'll Be Fake But It'll Be Real Enough Episode Airs Sunday July 4th  7pm EST Byron is full of ideas this week, including Wyrd Gals in Holograph Form & Reverse Halloween - ("where people just bring me candy") Alicia confesses to living in a "convenient" home & considers herself a hypocrit because of her penchant for technology.  She just doesn't trust tech because she knows too much about it....The...

Going Straight to Hee Haw Episode Airs Sunday June 27 2021 7pm EST The gals must be hungry because they can't stay away from the subject of food--even when they're talking about music! It's a lightening fast conversation (for them anyway).  We hope you enjoy :-)  Little Richard - You Keep A Knockin' But You Can't Come In https://youtu.be/FJ6SstTS4YY Jerry Reed, Buck Owens & Roy Clark - Pickin' and...

A Bottle of Whiskey & the Book of Revelations - Part 2 (Alternate name: "Outing the Wyrdlings") Episode Airs Sunday, June 20 2021 7pm EST   The gals are finishing up the last conversation before Byron gets back on the road & things really get back into gear.* Music & aliens are on their minds....again. Raunchy humor mixed with some heavy topics & birdsong make a trip 'round the bend from ordinary....

A Bottle of Whiskey & The Book of Revelations....Part 1 of 2 Episode Airs Sunday June 13th, 7pm EST It's hot & humid outside & Byron is getting ready to go on the road again.  She prognositcates that we (humans) won't be reading in 100 years.  At some point Alicia declares herself flummoxed.  The cottage back porch has a new set of nesting birds & the gals have a good time listening/watching them....

Looking For A Flat Bed & a Truck Tent Episode Airs Sunday, June 6 ~ 7pm EST Byron declares herself "tagged & tiktok'd". Alicia drops the news that she's got an "insider" at Dollywood. Byron talks about her visit to her Momma's Daddy's M Momma's Momma & Daddy's cabin.... Old Saying:  Fools names & fools faces are often found in public places... Another old saying:  The less odd it seems to me, the...

Blame It On The Moon Episode Airs Sunday May 30 2021 @ 7pm EST The gals are glad they don't have to get up at "ass o-clock" in the morning to get the woodstove ready for cooking breakfast.  Talk is back & forth-playground antics, bears & their smell, blue clay in Wedgewood, local hurricanes, and more.  They decided to blame most everything on the moon.... Article About Cherokee Clay & The English...

Pink Petunias For A White Toilet And A Tire Cut Like A Flower Episode Airs Sunday, May 23 2021 7pm EST   The gals have an animated conversation about everything on their minds...you know, gardening, crows, technology, toilets, divination...   There was lots of music weaving through their casual talk along with a few stories too. We hope you enjoy this episode..   Here are 2 ways to listen to the r...

A Tupperware Shed Episode Airs Sunday, May 16 7pm EST Things have finally quieted down a bit, & the gals have a conversation that could almost pass for normal.  Almost.   Byron finally admits that sometimes she would like to secede from Asheville. Alicia defends the good ol boy network (what??) & shares a secret from that one time at band camp... They somehow manage to use the word "lobotomy" in t...

Time is Wyrd Episode airs Sunday, May 9 2021 7pm EST The birds are singing, the kettle is on, & the gals are on the porch talking about all manner of things. They both agree that the Flat Earth Society folks have the right to believe whatever they want...even if it's wrong.  We find out Byron thinks Benedict Cumberbatch kind of looks like Big Bird & that Big Bird can be sort of...sexy. Then on to...

Granny's In Your Head... Episode Airs May 2, 7pm EST   We learn that Byron corrects the phone sales gal's pronunciation & she talked for 45 minutes to a credit card salesman from Dublin. Who would have guessed that she liked talking on the phone so much? lol... Alicia has decided that somebody will be offended at everything they say. Byron declares she's at that age...   Ernest T Bass https://www....

The Gals wax loquacious with special guest Judy Rhodes, sharing stories about old timey church & the music they remember. Along the way they talked a bit about wild strawberries, morels, & (of course), ramps.* Alicia declares herself "bi-technical" & confesses she uses a robot vacuum. It's all fun & games till she accidentally flashes the other gals on Zoom....   *Pro tip: save & dry the tops of y...

Eating Chickweed Like A....What? Episode Airs Sunday, April 18 7pm EST The gals are on a tear, declaring that it's better to run out than run off (you know,  R U N D -  O F T).   Don't worry, they're just spring feverish for this episode. Talk ranges from Charles Taylor to local real estate, to the groundhog.  Alicia wonders if anybody ever uses Selby's first name & reveals the origins of the nick...

Dandelion Greens & Pork Sushi Episode Airs Sunday April 11, 2021 7pm EST Spring has sprung & the gals are confessing all their sins...(sure, & if you believe that...).   Ok.  They're confessing most of them. Ok.  They're confessing a few of them. Ok.  They're not really telling yall anything much, but it should make for an entertaining hour or so.  Here are their "confessions". 1. Byron will eat a...

Feeling Springy Episode Airs Sunday, April 4 2021 7pm EST Byron is contemplating building herself a chicken house & they both agree that a dog is needed first (to scare off the bears, groundhogs, squirrels, etc.) They meander through a conversation about everything from urban chickens to Gomez & his continuing groundhog battle.  It's all fun and games till it's not anymore.. Extra Credit question:...

They Just Get Wilder & Wilder - Party Line Edition Episode Airs Sunday March 28th 7pm EST   Well, Byron is at the point of eating potato chips during the podcast. That's right, she's eating chips & she doesn't care! She's got her red white & blue card, had her first vaccine, & is raring to go now... Alicia is dreaming of bio beds & toilets (what?). We learn that Byron has met many famous people, i...

Byron Needs Revival Episode Airs Sunday March 21 2021 7pm EST The gals are anticipating getting the vaccine & starting the WMG World tour.   Byron is planting onions (of course, what else?)  & dreaming of Purple of  Sicily Cauliflower.  Alicia wants us all stop breeding so much.  The latest  groundhog is particularly obnoxious & Gomez calls him out. Byron is plotting  squirrel murder (via slingsho...