Sep 14, 2024

We're trialling a new format this week, as I am in the Bay of Fires for work. A visit to a beer-drinking pig inspired some ruminations on how and why we connect as this idiotic, digital hellscape builds itself around us.

The episode discusses the manipulation and sanitization of reality through digital currencies, IDs,...

Aug 27, 2024

This week, we welcome to the show Mexican-Bolivian-Chilean healer, Red Path shaman and teacher Julián Katari.

Fun fact about Julián: He was my translator for my recent trip up to stay with the Kallawaya in the Bolivian High Andes. So we talk about that, of course.

We also talk about his own remarkable journey of...

Aug 19, 2024

Witch, author, biochemist and oriental medicine specialist, Maja D'Aoust, joins us to discuss Time Magic and the I Ching.

We explore:

• The impact childhood illness can have on the practice of magic.
• The difference between ancient Chinese and more 'Western' experiences of time.
• The origin of the I Ching as a gift from...

Aug 9, 2024

The dynamic duo behind Weird Studies, Phil Ford and J F Martel, join the show to explore the ways in which art is a form of evocation.

We look at:

• Orson Welles as divine shamanic faker.
• Hollywood's vaudeville origins.
• What is a trick and what is a lie and can you even use those words if they show you the...

Jul 26, 2024

Media theorist and internet legend Douglas Rushkoff joins the show this week.

We explore:

• Is there even such a thing as 'media' anymore?
• The promises and (many) failings of the tech world.
• UBIs, digital utopias and dystopias.
• Where we look for hope and optimism now.
• Where magic sits in our shared realities.

An amazing...