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Encounters With Coyote-Man Jan 28, 2023

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For as long as people have lived in the desert southwest, they have told stories of Coyote, that peculiar personality that's both a common wild canine and the devious trickster god who created the world.

Also: A lot of people are seeing coyotes stand up and walk away like a man. This is EPISODE #179 of Desert Oracle Radio.

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Space Monsters & Other Earthly Demons Jan 14, 2023

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Night has fallen on the desert. The year is still fresh and new. We don’t all have to talk about stoves, all the sudden.

We can do better. Let’s do better.

Let’s talk about monsters.

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The Haunted Mountains Jan 07, 2023

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Four decades ago, Betty and Barney Hill were driving back from a visit to Niagara Falls when they endured a strange assault in the deeply haunted White Mountains. Ever since their strange story went national in the mid-1960s, we all know the scene: a dark night on a lonesome highway, and something comes out of the sky, or out of the woods, and then it all becomes very hazy.

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Christmas In Death Valley (With the Lost '49ers) Dec 23, 2022

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"Gentlemen!" yelled their frontier guide, Captain Jefferson Hunt, "All I have to say is that if you take that route, you will all be landed in Hell!"

So began the four-month-long "shortcut" that left the starving Lost '49ers in the middle of Death Valley at Christmas. Hopefully your holidays won't be quite so exciting, although it's generally better to have an adventure than just sit around eating pies. Soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver, written & hosted by Ken Layne, and broadcasting tonight in Joshua Tree on KCDZ 107.7 FM at 10 p.m.

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The Return of King Ludd Dec 16, 2022

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Winter Solstice is coming and the Luddites are celebrating on their flip-phones. That's all we've got to say about it. Listen on your radio in Joshua Tree or Moab or Fresno or various other community stations. And don't forget to support Desert Oracle Radio when you're filling the Christmas stockings with money!

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The Old Desert Regular Gnostic Advent Calendar Dec 03, 2022

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The desert is the kind of place you think maybe you might *discover* something. A treasure, maybe. The Lost Ark. Some old glass bottles, some old human bones. Maybe a secret history of the ancient world, hidden for 1,500 years in a sealed jar buried in a pile of guano.

Soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. Hosted by Ken Layne. Supported by fine listeners like yourself, on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle

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The Grouse and the Goddess Nov 24, 2022

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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? Soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver, written and hosted by Ken Layne.

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The Library of Desert Secrets Nov 12, 2022

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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.

Listen live on the radio in the High Desert: Fridays 10-11 p.m. on KCDZ 107.7 FM, and Saturdays at 9 p.m. on KZMU 90.1 FM & 106.7 FM in Moab, Utah.

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Desolation Peak Nov 04, 2022

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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. ALSO: Our last stage show, coming up Nov. 10 (next week!) in Los Angeles, with Ken Layne & RedBlueBlackSilver. PLUS: Campfire Stories in the Utah desert, a benefit for KZMU FM in Moab.

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John Lennon's UFO (Some Time In New York City) Oct 18, 2022

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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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