Wyrd Mountain Gals

Wyrd Mountain Gals - Biblical Weather and Byron's New Shoes... Episode Airs Sunday 6-19*-22  7pm EST The gals wax loquacious in this unhurried episode, telling tales of being on the road & being involved in local music projects.  Along the way they mention food, drink, & a few songs.  We hope you enjoy! Manifold Destiny - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold_Destiny_(cookbook) Electric lunchbox-...

Episode Airs Sunday 6-12-22  7pm EST "An Army of Byron Ballards" "When you don't know what to do, you stick to the plan you already made" "half the superstitions we grew up with are crap, and the other half are absolutely accurate, and it's up to you to figure out which one is which" Byron is going to become an "enemy snuggler".  It's not as cuddly as it sounds.  We don't recommend you listen to t...

What Is Normal When You're Wyrd? Episode Airs Sunday, 6-5-22  7pm EST Byron is travelling again.  She called from PUF & the gals settle in for a good long talk (49 mins).  They talk camping while growing older, comfort products, & Byron's life on the road again.  Alicia wants the inside scoop on Pagan festivals & the questions fly.  Somber words of the Uvalde massacre weave in & out of the convers...

We hope you enjoy this recap from a year ago! Blame It On The Moon Episode Airs Sunday May 29 2022 @ 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....

Bits and Pieces - We Are The Loom Episode Airs Sunday, May 22    7pm EST The gals have been wandering back to a different time, pointing out how the cultural norms of the day influenced their speech.  Many colloquialisms of area/time were used in this episode.  Both of them tell some family secrets.  We hope you enjoy this episode!   Quote:  We grew up with all that cussing! Trigger Warning--Depre...

The CatDog Chronicles Episode Airs Sunday, May 15  7pm EST Spring has sprung.  The gals are off & running on this quick conversation that includes lots of references & a few stories.  We hope you enjoy! Quote - It doesn't hurt you to have some discipline.... Little Richard - Keep A-Knockin' https://youtu.be/FJ6SstTS4YY Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant https://youtu.be/m57gzA2JCcM Angie Aparo - Th...

Mellow Confessions Episode Airs Sunday, May 8  7pm EST This conversation is a smooth mellow ride into a different a slower pace of life.  For just a few minutes, the gals have an old-fashioned conversation about "homely things".   As they speak about bee equipment & the like, we learn a few things about them.. Alicia never goes to convenience stores & doesn't use the atm.  Byron is still balancing...

Guns, Politics, Southern Culture....and Minnie Pearl   Episode Airs Sunday, May 1st  7pm EST Byron puts on her thinking cap.  She is scheming but she's not talking.....yet.  Both gals are just...mad about the growth of their hometown.  Their Appalachian upbringing starts showing when the conversation turns to guns & hunting. NSFW!!!  Trigger Warning!! Don't listen if you get offended or traumatize...

Dogwood Winter is Here Episode Airs Sunday 4-24  7pm EST Byron & Alicia talk about psychopomp & spiritwork & dried beans & all sorts of things.   It's dogwood winter in WNC-cold at night & cool in the daytime.  CatDog is on the porch.  Byron's garden is mostly planted.  Byron wants a fiberglass bear.  Byron also declares that Earth Day pisses her off every year.   Quote:  "They're awful human bein...

We hope you enjoy this replay of an  older episode with lots of stories.   Stories from WNC. The gals entertain with stories of animals & kin, fast cars & campfires... Recommended books: Bury Me Standing Hillbilly Women : Struggle and Survival in Southern Appalachia by Skye Mooyd  Tea--Earl Grey

Somebody Should Be Doing What They Should Be Doing Episode Airs Sunday, 4-10   7pm EST **SO MANY TRIGGERS**  This one is pretty rough.  Just don't listen. Go on away if you are triggered by well...pretty much anything**   (As the Yardman would say...this is NOT the show for you!) It's time for the Dieties to come out & do their job!  At least that's Byron's opinion is concerning Covid during this...

CatDog the Weather Cat Spring has sprung & the door is open at the cottage on Wyrd Mountain-you can hear the windchimes... Byron & Alicia are in fine form & ready to gripe..  The gals lament builders & the "titty tatty" houses they're putting up all around Asheville.  Then Alicia goes off on "Elitist Witchery".  No food was mentioned...   "The proof of the pudding is in the eating" "Don't let the...

Episode Airs Sunday, 3-27-22 at 7pm EST Must Be Spring - Byron Is Singing Again  Byron's been traveling...and singing.  During the conversation she creates a bluegrass song (about Catdog) on the fly... The conversation moves along at a good clip, covering a range of topics from vintage local Weathermen to helping each other out.  Alicia talks about her group of friends & watching them pass along h...

A Mountain of Clothes on the Dining Room Table Episode airs Sunday 3-20-22 @7pm EST Byron bought a new camp chair. and it took DAYS for her to get packed up for this round of travel.  Alicia is back from her quick trip & is lamenting about how she's lost the art of packing.  THey are feeling kind of spunky & record the entire first part of the podcast while thay were simultaneously recording on Fa...

Signing Everybody's Yearbook Episode Airs Sunday March 13  7pm EST Byron is relaxed but ready to fight.... Guess it's a good thing she's getting ready to start traveling again. The gals had a quick conversation (quick for them anyway)  Angie Aparo https://www.google.com/search?q=angie+aparo&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS985US985&oq=angie&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j46i67i433j46i67i131i199i433i465j46i67i433j46i20i263i433...

Listening to the Murder - Sleeping on the Porch Episode Airs Sunday 3-6-22 7pm EST The gals are hanging out at the cottage & talking about all sorts of things.  They almost get out of hand a coupe of times, but stop just shy of saying something they might regret.  We hope you enjoy this episode... Andrews Airport:  https://airnav.com/airport/KRHP Spontaneous Human Combustion - https://en.wikipedia...

A recapped episode in which Byron declares that today's country music singers haven't suffered enough... We hope you enjoy this look back to a time that seems so far away....but it was only 2 years ago.    #Prepandemicallyinnocent     #WyrdMountainGals #HankWilliams #LostHighway #DigitalWitchery

You ARE the Altar - Part 2 Episode Airs Sunday Feb 20 @ 7pm EST Alicia's in a pickle in one of her FB groups.  The gals talk about her situation & it leads to talk about what Appalachian folk magic really is.  Byron realizes dowsing can be done by using her hands. Other topics include:  blood magic kids games that have historical beginnings do pendulums respond to personal physiology?  Quote:  "So...

You ARE the Altar - Part 1 Wyrd Mountain Gals Episode Airs 02-13-22 7pm EST The gals delve into some important subjects:  grounding, shielding, dreams, forming habits, etc.  Various stories are told... Quote-"you look out, those bears will steal your damn car" "It can take anywhere from 18 to 254 days for a person to form a new habit and an average of 66 days for a new behavior to become automatic...

Groundhogs Aren't Good Prognosticators  Byron doesnt think groundhogs are good weather predicters.  Alicia's studying biphasic sleeping. They discuss going out (fully vaccinated & masked) & manage to string together everything but the subject they were going to talk about in this unhurried episodel Voice to text https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_recognition bi·pha·sic /bīˈfāzik/ Learn t...

The Wyrd Mountain Gal Show with Byron and Alicia Death, Disgust, & Blu Emu Episode Airs Sunday 1-30-22 7pm EST When asked how she's doing, Byron replied "I'm just about getting by with prayer & wine'.  Did you know she will eat Velveeta before paying $500 lb for fine Stilton....although she does like a good Stilton...  They start out reminiscing about old Asheville, the black business district, th...

Rewind - Mushrooms and Onion Sets - The Gross Episode Episode Airs Sunday, - 1-23-21 7pm EST - Byron & Alicia wax loquacious about the weather & the old way of forecasting by the signs.     They're gals in good form in this 1 hour episode. They've come up with a new term--"intuitive" podcasting, Byron discovers Clabber Girl baking soda & Alicia is gaga for the upcoming mushroom season. They both w...

It Happens to All of Us Episode Airs Sunday 1-16-22  7pm EST The gals remark on the somber subject of grief & grieving.   23rd psalm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalm_23 DOLLY PARTON - AMAZING GRACE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4-MyGsLl9A Tennessee Ernie Ford - Rock Of Ages (Live)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLGzgNtQHnc Byron wants to find a group of keening women for her funeral Keenin...

This Isn't Really Funny - Why Are You  Laughing? Episode Airs Sunday, 1-9-22  7pm EST The gals start out fiesty & end up fiesty  in this episode, chatting about everything  from gambling to feral humans to  Jan. 6th.  It's all riled up chatter till  Catdog invades with a mellow vibe.    Movie:  Winter's Bone -  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399683/ Movie:  Gummo -  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu...

I'm an Arther Now...and a Pisces! Episode Airs Sunday 1-2-22  7pm EST Byron's making fire cider & talks about  her covid adventure. Alicia's making suet.   They decided that people are: stupid  careless entitled filled with kindness doing good works making the world a better place driving like lunatics Referred to: Shang Chi & the Legend of the Gold Rings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L8R3qBt...