EPISODE #173: THE GROUSE AND THE GODDESS

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Greater sage-grouse, our High Desert Wild Turkey. Photo credit: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

It’s Thanksgiving time in America and we are talking turkeys, and sage grouse, and we are taking your calls on our scary-story line. What does the arrival of the Northern Flicker mean, in augury? How has the Triple Goddess survived relentless persecution by the patriarchal religions of bureaucracy? And why did Benjamin Franklin adore the wild turkey? It’s EPISODE #173: THE GROUSE AND THE GODDESS. Soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver, written and hosted by Ken Layne.

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Photo credit: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

EPISODE #172: THE LIBRARY OF DESERT SECRETS

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What sort of religious nut was John Muir? What was the mystical and spiritual argument for the creation of America’s national parks system? Who planted the tall tales that would become global UFO mythology? And why did the cold voice of recorded robots tell Desert Oracle Radio to immediately leave the Los Angeles Central Library, last night?

It’s Episode #172 of Desert Oracle Radio, part of our final live-on-stage show, with RedBlueBlackSilver and Ken Layne. Thanks for supporting this program via Patreon.com/DesertOracle, where we’ll be posting the full hourlong show.

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Our audiobook is out now, read by Ken Layne and with chapter-title sounds by RedBlueBlackSilver.

EPISODE #171: DESOLATION PEAK

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Desolation Peak fire lookout cabin

We are back in Joshua Tree with tales of desert creatures, snowy mountains, and the secret journals of Jack Kerouac newly published as Desolation Peak. That’s the old U.S. Forest Service fire-lookout cabin atop Desolation Peak, in the photograph above.

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Our audiobook is out now, read by Ken Layne and with chapter-title sounds by RedBlueBlackSilver.

EPISODE #170: JOHN LENNON’S UFO (SOME TIME IN NEW YORK CITY)

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"I sawr a UFO! Right there!"

Happy October, friends. This episode comes to you from the West Village, NYC. We’ll see you next in Oakland (10/21/2022) and Portland (10/23/2022). Thanks to RedBlueBlackSilver for the magical soundscapes & to you for supporting this independent radio show via our Patreon page. Keep the desert in your hear & your money in your front pocket.

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EPISODE #169: FAMOUS FOR NOTHINGNESS

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It’s tourist season in the Mojave again, never mind the lingering heat and $6-a-gallon gasoline. What’s the attraction to this dried-up old desert? Did the fad peak in 2020? Now is the time for Desert Oracle Radio #169: FAMOUS FOR NOTHINGNESS. Soundscapes and Old Desert Regular haunted-gospel organ by RedBlueBlackSilver. Listen at 10 p.m. Fridays on Joshua Tree’s Z107.7 FM.)

PLUS: Details of our October tour, New York on October 6 [Get Tickets] and the West Coast starting October 21.

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EPISODE #168: LIKE A HURRICANE

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Night has fallen on the desert, and if you’re in the Western Mojave around Joshua Tree National Park and all the way out to Kelso and Las Vegas and Yuma, you might already have the buckets out for any newly discovered leaks in the roof, because rain is in the forecast for the whole region. Up to 80% chance of heavy rain tonight in Yucca Valley, and really getting soaked along the Mexican border, flood watch in effect from Yuma to Lake Havasu City. All because of Hurricane Kay, our tropical visitor. This is EPISODE #168: LIKE A HURRICANE, with soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.

Our audiobook is out now, and October tour dates have been announced: New York, Oakland, Arcata, Portland, Vancouver BC, Seattle, Boise, SLC!

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EPISODE #167: DOWN IN THE FLOOD

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bye bitch

An interesting thing about a raging flash flood is how quiet it is, for the most part. Sometimes you’ll hear a pinyon log sort of bonk against a boulder, but the silt and the mud absorbs most of the sound. Sometimes, you feel a rumble from the ground below, a pleasing sort of rumble. Like it’s far away, a distant freight train. But the flood’s right there, ready to pull you down to the Underworld. EPISODE #167: DOWN IN THE FLOOD, with soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.

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EPISODE #166: DEATH VALLEY’S THOUSAND-YEAR FLOOD

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It sure has been a wild week or two, especially here in the Mojave. Just a few days after massive flash floods washed out a number of roads within Mojave National Preserve — the completely washed-out Baker-Kelso road in particular — Death Valley got it hard. Weather chaos, monsoon deluges, UFOs and the supernatural world of science, all on tonight’s new episode of Desert Oracle Radio, hosted by Ken Layne & with new soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.

You can now pre-order the Desert Oracle Vol. 1 audiobook from Macmillan, narrated by Ken Layne.

We sure do appreciate those of you who support this program on Patreon.com/DesertOracle! It’s easy to do, and keeps us on the air & more or less “in business.” PHOTO CREDIT: NPS DEATH VALLEY

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EPISODE #165: GUIDE-STONES OF THE END TIMES

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Leave Room for Nature

The Hoover Dam, already dealing with a severe lack of water on the reservoir side, suffered an explosion and fire this week. And somebody predicted the Hoover Dam was “next” after the mysterious Georgia Guidestones were blown up by some anonymous Taliban cosplayers. Welcome to another summer on Earth!

At least we have the sanctity of the night, if we allow ourselves the luxury. Being a night owl might even mean you’re some kind of tortured genius, so that’s good. Maybe. It’s EPISODE #165: GUIDE-STONES OF THE END TIMES! Hosted by Ken Layne with new soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.

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EPISODE 164: OWL-EYE’S VIEW

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The owl looks down upon the little desert town

What has horns and flies overhead at night? The Great Horned Owl, that’s who. Although the “horns” are just the feather shapes — ear feathers! — and not actual horn material. As far as science knows. Join us at 10 p.m. tonight on KCDZ 107.7 FM or use your phone as the world’s most expensive pocket radio, as we examine the bird’s-eye view of the world, and what it can do for your state of mind.

It’s EPISODE 164: OWL-EYE’S VIEW. Hosted by Ken Layne with new soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.

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