For the final episode of 2022, I am pleased to announce that both Joe Rupe and Tippy Patson are back! If you missed Tippy's last appearance on Episode #14 of Black Hoodie Alchemy, he's a strange yet affable redneck from Defuniak Springs, Florida that is absolutely and totally a real person. Â You can listen to Episode #30 right here! Â He and his cohorts (a group of rednecks that […]
The Fringe.FM News Desk comes across weird, unique, and interesting stories every single day. Most end up in our virtual "junk drawer," rattling around until we either use them or go all konmari on the mess. Some are too good for the dustbin, though - so welcome to the 1st edition of "Random Fringe!" This Week's Grab Bag of Completely Unrelated Randomness: Biopiracy: How companies are buying up nature […]
Author, illustrator, and experimental esotericist Eric Millar -- The Garbage Wizard himself --returns to the show to talk about his latest work, An Assemblage of Disparate Parts. Following up our last conversation about OG comic book culture, philosophy, and mysticism, Eric's latest work is a decidedly critical strike at the concepts of the "scholar", the "professional", the "accredited", and the "accepted". Eric takes some unique approaches in his critiques as […]
Welcome back, folks! This week on the show, my friend Martin Ferretti joins me to analyze psychoanalyst, Carl Jung's legendary self-therapy journals: The Red and Black Books. Both released after his death, The Red Book represents a sizable portion of the Black Books' contents. Large, leather-bound, and full of beautifully haunting paintings and calligraphy of his innermost spiritual turmoil, Jung's Red Book is truly something like a magical tome written […]
Does consciousness affect physics - and by extension, the universe - we inhabit? Many scientists and spiritual leaders say “yes.” The Physicist Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder is a researcher, musician, author, and theoretical physicist. Her work focuses on the intersection of consciousness and the physical laws of the universe - and she believes them to be inextricably intertwined. The Monk Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Zen Master and Nobel Peace Prize […]
Female worker bees waggle and dance after a pollen hunting trip like cowgirls on a dance floor. Are they counting a two-step? 1-2-3 Bee Scientists and beekeepers know that bees are highly intelligent, but a surprising new study reveals that bees can count to five. They even understand the concept of zero. Researchers have confirmed that bees - like humans, primates, and some other vertebrates - order their counting from […]
This week Miguel Conner and his cohort ol' Moondog join me from Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio! These guys are veterans of the game -- life, esoteric study and practice, even broadcast -- and I am always eager to have a conversation with them. And while this episode is being released on Halloween, and the holiday will be mentioned here and there, don't be discouraged to listen to this any time […]
Trees talk, and those close to the earth have known this for lifetimes upon lifetimes. Science is listening now too. Bushcraft & Shrooms Shift Happens (here on the Fringe!) recently interviewed a bushcrafter and psychonaut who, like Thoreau, left the rat race to live in the woods. Towards the end of the show, he shares his thoughts on trees, mushrooms, and more.  Episode 265: https://fringe.fm/shows/shift-happens/ Spinning Vinyl and Macrame In […]
This time around on Black Hoodie Alchemy, Keats Ross of the PragMagick podcast is here to get our fingers deep in the dark recesses of our unconscious minds, doing some kinds of ghost-busting that you've probably never considered before! Yes, we'll be celebrating the Halloween season a little bit -- and for most you that are listening to this outside of October, don't be discouraged! The content is applicable to […]
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