- 47 minutes 47 secondsThe Birth of the Jersey Devil
In my last spooky episode for October, I look at the widely spread legend of a creature roaming the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The Jersey Devil is said to a monstrosity, with a horse's head and bat wings, borne of a witch and now preying upon the unwary traveler through the woods. Where did this legend come from? Finding its birth will take us from the early 20th century back to the colonial era, and along the way we'll meet monster hunters, hoaxers, astrologers, schismatic Quakers, and Ben Franklin!
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Some music in this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of publication. Tracks include Olivia Wraith, Illa Villardo, Cherry Heath, The Cornice, Jadie Grange, Borough, Preston and Carle, An Unknown Visitor, Cover Letter, and Minister Creek.
Additional music, including Remedy for Melancholy, is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)
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20 October 2026, 7:00 am - 47 minutes 7 secondsThe Path of the Headless Horseman
In my first spooky episode for October, I look at the real, historical basis of Washington Irving's story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, as well as the folklore on which he may have drawn in inventing the story's iconic vengeful ghost.
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Some music in this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of publication. Tracks include Black Ballots, Access Road 214, Preston and Carle, Tarte Tatin, Illa Villardo, Cicle Vascule, and Olivia Wraith.
Additional music, including Remedy for Melancholy, and Low Horizon, is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)
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8 October 2026, 1:23 am - 55 minutes 31 secondsHibernian Hokum: Irish Origins and the Stone of Destiny
In this new episode, I explore the various claims about the origins of the Irish people and a certain legendary magical stone, which requires debunking the pseudohistories of British Israelism.
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Some music in this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of publication. Tracks include Cicle Deserrat and Access Road 214.
Additional music, including Remedy for Melancholy, Daylight PON II, Wake Up, Smoldering, daemones, Interception, and Plague, is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)
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22 September 2026, 7:00 am - 1 hour 22 minutesThe Atlantis Fantasy - Part Three: Location, Location, Location
In the last part of my series on belief in the historicity of Atlantis, I look at the problems with all the many places proposed as the actual location of Atlantis.
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Some music in this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of publication. Tracks include Cicle DR Valga, The Gran Dias, Cover Letter, Cicle Gerano, Cicle Deserrat, Access Road 214, Vik Fence Haflak, JoDon, and Black Ballots.
Additional music, including Remedy for Melancholy, Nothing (Bonus Track) and Cold War Echo, is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)
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8 September 2026, 7:00 am - 1 hour 4 minutesThe Atlantis Fantasy - Part Two: A Convenient Fiction
In part 2 of my series on belief in the historicity of Atlantis, I look at how the myth was kept alive through the ages because it conveniently served the arguments of philosophers and lent weight to the fictions and racial ideologies of colonialists, mystic charlatans, and white supremacists.
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Some music in this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of publication. Tracks include Gemeni Mist, Black Ballots, Illa Villardo, Access Road 214, Delicates, The Gran Dias, and Cicle Gerano.
Additional music, including Remedy for Melancholy, Wake Up, Chance, Plague, Daedalus, and Daemones, is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)
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25 August 2026, 7:00 am - 54 minutes 39 secondsThe Atlantis Fantasy - Part One: The Platonic Idea
This series explores belief in the long-lived myth of Atlantis. In this first part, I look at the origin of the story in Plato's Timaeus and Critias and the reasons scholars have long concluded it was fiction.
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Some music in this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of publication. Tracks include Cicle DR Valga, Tarte Tatin, The Gran Dias, Leatherbound, Cicle Gerano, and Illa Villardo,
Additional music, including Remedy for Melancholy, Cold War Echo, daedalus, and daemones, is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)
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11 August 2026, 7:00 am - 1 hour 10 minutesCommon Séance; A History of Spiritualism - Part Two: Manifestly False
In the conclusion of my look at the practice of mediumship, its origins and its fraudulence, I trace the evolution of Spiritualism into a new religion and profile its two greatest promoters and opponents, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini.
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Some music in this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of publication. Tracks include Dawn Line Approaching, Darkened Treeline, Vik Fence Haflak, Access Road 214, Nervous Whisp, Winter in Black, Leatherbound, An Unknown Visitor, Evidence Room, Illa Villardo, The Gran Dias, Olivia Wraith, Lick Stick, Late Night Reading, Delicates, and Cicle Gerano.
Additional track, "Remedy for Melancholy," is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)
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28 July 2026, 7:00 am - 54 minutes 59 secondsCommon Séance; A History of Spiritualism - Part One: The Fox Sisters, Rap Artists
In this new 2-part series, I look at the practice of mediumship, its origins and its fraudulence. In Part One, I talk examine the originators of 19th century Spiritualism, the Fox Sisters, from the start to the end of their claims of genuinely contacting the dead.
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Some music in this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of publication. Tracks include "Olivia Wraith," "A Pulse of Rain," "Darkened Treeline," "Tarte Tatin," "Kettletopper," "Illa Vallardo," "An Unknown Visitor," "Vellum and Steel," and "Cicle Deserrat."
Additional music, including "Remedy for Melancholy," "Homeroad," "Daylight PON II," and "Global Warming," are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)
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14 July 2026, 7:00 am - 52 minutes 37 secondsThe Shape of Things; An Intellectual History of Flat Earth Theory - Part Two: Stunt Performers and Grifters
In part two of my series on the history of Flat Earth Theory, I talk about the devotees of Flat Earthism, who promote it through publicity stunts and enrich themselves off their fellow believers.
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Additional music, including "Remedy for Melancholy," "daemones," and "Wake Up," are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)
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30 June 2026, 7:00 am - 51 minutes 8 secondsThe Shape of Things; An Intellectual History of Flat Earth Theory - Part One: Zetetic Astronomy
In part one of a new series on the history of Flat Earth Theory, I talk about ancient conceptions of the Earth's flatness, ancient proofs of its sphericity, and the 19th century resurgence of belief in its flatness.
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Some music in this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of publication. Tracks include "Cicle DR Valga," "Preston and Carle," "Tarte Tatin," "Delicates," "Game Lands," "The Gran Dias," and "Brer Krille."
Additional music, including "Remedy for Melancholy," "daedalus," and "Wake Up," are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)
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16 June 2026, 7:00 am - 51 minutes 15 secondsMoonstruck! Debunking Apollo Hoax Claims - Part Two: Dignifying Lunarcy
In part two of my series on the long-lived claims that the Apollo program was a hoax, I look more closely at the "evidence" of denialists and refute it all.
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Some music in this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of publication. Tracks include "The Gran Dias," "Cicle Gerano," "Access Road 214," "Delicates," "Flor Vjell," "Leatherbound," "Cicle Deserrat," and "Game Lands."
Additional music, including "Remedy for Melancholy," is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)
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