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Episode 211 – You've Always Been the Caretaker: On Kubrick's 'The Shining'
Apr 29, 2026
1h 27m 09s
Special Episode: M.C. Richards's "Wrestling with the Daimonic," read by Phil Ford
Apr 22, 2026
57m 56s
Episode 210 – Angels & Daimons, with Cristina Campo and M.C. Richards
Apr 8, 2026
1h 33m 25s
Episode 209 – At Home in the Labyrinth, with Murakami and Borges
Mar 25, 2026
1h 33m 25s
Episode 208 – Unbridled Creation: On Kenneth Batcheldor's Theory of the Paranormal
Mar 11, 2026
1h 19m 51s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/29/26 |  Episode 211 – You've Always Been the Caretaker: On Kubrick's 'The Shining'✨ | Stanley KubrickThe Shining+5 | — | The ShiningA Life in Pictures+5 | — | KubrickThe Shining+5 | — | 1h 27m 09s | |
| 4/22/26 |  Special Episode: M.C. Richards's "Wrestling with the Daimonic," read by Phil Ford✨ | M.C. RichardsWrestling with the Daimonic+3 | — | The Crossing PointPatreon+6 | — | PatreonWesleyan University Press+2 | — | 57m 56s | |
| 4/8/26 |  Episode 210 – Angels & Daimons, with Cristina Campo and M.C. Richards✨ | angelsdaimons+3 | Cristina CampoM.C. Richards | Weird Studies Volume 3Weird Studies Volume 2+18 | — | fairy talesphilosophy+2 | — | 1h 33m 25s | |
| 3/25/26 |  Episode 209 – At Home in the Labyrinth, with Murakami and Borges✨ | Haruki MurakamiJorge Luis Borges+4 | — | Weird Studies Vol. 3DMzlC+22 | BurlingtonVT | First Person SingularThe Garden of Forking Paths+2 | — | 1h 33m 25s | |
| 3/11/26 |  Episode 208 – Unbridled Creation: On Kenneth Batcheldor's Theory of the Paranormal✨ | paranormalpsychology+2 | — | Weird Studies PatreonPhil's upcoming 5-week course, 'A Musical Tarot'+20 | — | Kenneth Batcheldorparanormality+2 | — | 1h 19m 51s | |
| 2/25/26 |  Episode 207 – Magic Mirror: On J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Fellowship of the Ring'✨ | J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring+4 | — | The Fellowship of the RingA Wizard of Earthsea+14 | — | Frododarkness+2 | — | 1h 32m 05s | |
| 2/11/26 |  Episode 206 – On Ken Russell's 'Altered States': Live at Indiana University Bloomington✨ | Ken RussellAltered States+4 | — | A Musical TarotIndiana University+15 | BloomingtonIndiana | Weird Academiahigh strangeness+2 | — | 1h 21m 22s | |
| 1/28/26 |  Episode 205 – Discipline and Delight: On the Hierophant Card in the Tarot✨ | TarotHierophant+3 | — | Meditations on the TarotThe I Ching+16 | — | Major ArcanumMeditations on the Tarot+2 | — | 1h 33m 02s | |
| 1/14/26 |  Episode 204 – The Perilous Realm: J.R.R. Tolkien's 'On Fairy Stories'✨ | J.R.R. Tolkienfairy stories+3 | — | Weird Studies: Music from the Podcast, Volume IWeird Studies: Music from the Podcast, Volume II+15 | FaerieBloomington | escapismdisclosure+1 | — | 1h 16m 14s | |
| 12/31/25 |  Holiday Bonus: Scavengers in the Ruins of Heaven✨ | imposter syndromeintellect+2 | — | Weird StudiesPatreon | BloomingtonIndiana | PatreonMoby Dick course+1 | — | 32m 47s | |
| 12/10/25 |  Episode 203 – Distant Early Warnings: A Return to Marshall McLuhan's 'Book of Probes'✨ | Marshall McLuhanaphorisms+5 | — | Moby-Dick courseWeirdosphere's Solstice Story Hour+17 | Bloomington | Distant Early WarningsWeird Studies+3 | — | 1h 26m 30s |
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8 placements across 8 markets.