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Esoteric News Briefs 3.5 - The More Things Change...

Tonight we have fossil vomit, dinosaur sentience, and Spanish Megaliths!   “Lost fossil 'treasure trove' rediscovered after 70 years”, by Harry Baker: https://tinyurl.com/38488jrj   “Did the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs have a sibling? Crater in West Africa hints maybe.”, by Stephanie Pappas: https://tinyurl.com/mt99tpe3   “Rare fossilized vomit discovered in Utah's 'Jurassic salad bar'”, by Jennifer Nalewicki: https://tinyurl.com/5n6f3axs   “Given the immense time period that dinosaurs existed for, why did none of them develop sentience?”, by Dr. Stephen Brusatte: https://tinyurl.com/2p97rdwb   “'Dinosaur mummy': Researchers believe they found one of the best preserved dinosaurs ever”, by Orlando Mayorquin: https://tinyurl.com/bdk7faz3   “Ice age children frolicked in 'giant sloth puddles' 11,000 years ago, footprints reveal”, By Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/2zpk4njy   “A Study of Prehistoric Painting Has Come to a Startling Conclusion: Many Ancient Artists Were Tiny Children”, by Sarah Cascone: https://tinyurl.com/ubpfns76   “Giant Megalithic Complex of 500 Standing Stones Is Among The Largest in Europe”, by AFP: https://tinyurl.com/2tca2zbp       “Scientists Are Turning Dead Spiders Into 'Necrobots' And We Are So Creeped Out”, by Felicity Nelson: https://tinyurl.com/we8pbvyd   “An AI Just Independently Discovered Alternate Physics”, by Fiona MacDonald: https://tinyurl.com/2nsfu8m6   “Capitol Records Severs Ties With A.I. Rapper FN Meka, Apologizes to Black Community for “Insensitivity””, by J. Clara Chan: https://tinyurl.com/yc79yfm3   “An AI-Generated Artwork Won First Place at a State Fair Fine Arts Competition, and Artists Are Pissed”, by Matthew Gault: https://tinyurl.com/2s4k49jj   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub Youtube: EsotericBookClubPodcast  

Episode 3.4 - A History of Ghosts

At the turn of the century a small-town Dentist found himself at the epicenter of the Spiritualist movement. His meticulous notes and archived news clippings left us an amazing view of this time period. But, how is this Canadian Dental Surgeon connected to the Ghostbusters? Find out tonight with “A History of Ghosts” by Peter Aykroyd.   “A History of Ghosts: the True Story of Seances, Mediums, Ghosts, and Ghostbusters” by Peter H. Aykroyd: https://tinyurl.com/2p8mtvfk   Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub

Esoteric Footnotes - ”WhAt DoEs It MeAn?”

I'm publicly releasing this episode of the Esoteric Footnotes. Usually these are Patron-only episodes, but I thought this one was important enough to share. Enjoy!"We've all run into this on spiritual message boards and forums. Someone posts a completely mundane event with the question "What does it mean?" hoping for some divine inspiration. But what drives people to seek out meaning? Why is it happening more frequently? What does this say about our society?"

Esoteric News Briefs 3.4 - Psychic Medium Natalie McVicker

This episode I am interviewing Psychic Medium Natalie McVicker of the Pendulum's Path! We are going to discuss the discovery of her gifts, her 'awakening', and how it changed her life.   Remember! All my listeners can use the discount code “Stay Weird” to get $5 off of a $25 order at www.thependulumspath.com!     Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub Youtube: EsotericBookClubPodcast  

Episode 3.3 - Hoodoo Cleansing and Protection Magic

Join us as we examine the different techniques behind “Hoodoo Cleansing and Protection Magic” by Miss Aida!   Hoodoo Cleansing and Protection Magic, by Miss Aida: https://tinyurl.com/y5hy8ddp   Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub

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I ran into a time crunch this week and rather than releasing a poorly edited episode on time, I'm going to release a well-polished episode a day late!

Esoteric News Briefs 3.3 - The Half-Assed Bigfoot

Esoteric News Briefs 3.3 – The Half-Assed Bigfoot Hoax   “Surprise – Again! NASA Spacecraft Reveals Asteroid Bennu Is Not What It Seemed”, by Lonnie Shekhtman: https://tinyurl.com/3fs2pnb6   “Who Should Make Decisions About AI?”, by Blake Lemoine: https://tinyurl.com/534r7v5v   “It’s illegal to kill Bigfoot in Skamania County, Washington”, by Bruno Cooke: https://tinyurl.com/45jjem98   “Humans Can Learn to 'Echolocate' in Just 10 Weeks, Experiment Shows”, by Carly Cassella: https://tinyurl.com/yjy88b28   “How RONNIE JAMES DIO Popularized 'Devil's Horns' Hand Gesture”, by Blabbermouth.net: https://tinyurl.com/wx47ux63   “8,200-year-old burials in Russia contain pendants crafted from human bone”, by Stephanie Pappas: https://tinyurl.com/4jpcdu7h   “Scientists dismiss Coyote Peterson's 'large primate skull' discovery as fake”, by Nicoletta Lanese: https://tinyurl.com/43msytbk   “States with the most UFO sightings”, by Stacker.com: https://tinyurl.com/47bmdr7h   “Astronomers Found a Crater From The Mystery Rocket That Smashed Into The Moon”, by Scott Alan Johnston: https://tinyurl.com/2p9f2r3f   “Impact crater from Chang'e 5-T1 booster found on moon”, by Bill Gray: https://tinyurl.com/2s4539c2   “All hail the hen! Chickens were revered for centuries before they were food”, by Stephanie Pappas: https://tinyurl.com/3nuf4tem   “100 million-year-old dinosaur footprints found at restaurant in China”, by Jessie Yeung and Yong Xiong: https://tinyurl.com/mr2z53u6   “100 million-year-old footprints of world's biggest dinosaur species found at restaurant in China”, by Scott Gleeson: https://tinyurl.com/ycktyjrz     Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub Youtube: EsotericBookClubPodcast    

Episode 3.2 - The Magickal Writing Grimoire

  Have you ever wanted to write your own spells, but didn't know where to begin? Learn the basics of spell-craft, and word-craft, in tonight's episode.     “The Magickal Writing Grimoire” by Lisa Marie Basile: https://tinyurl.com/3crm36p6   Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub  

Esoteric News Briefs - Espisode 3.2 - When Your Browser Becomes a Sentient AI

Esoteric News Briefs 3.2 – “When your Web Browser Becomes a Sentient AI”   “Evolution May Be Happening Up to 4 Times Faster Than We Thought, Massive Study Finds” by David Nield: https://tinyurl.com/2p9ber2a   “Ruins of Hidden 3,400-Year-Old City Emerge as Giant Dam Dries Up” by Michelle Starr: https://tinyurl.com/384wk9fh   “NASA confirms it will join US govt’s team to search for UFOs: Report”, by C. Krishnasai: https://tinyurl.com/2xb36z5k   “Penis graffiti and explicit insult carved into ancient stone 'raises eyebrows' at Roman fort”, by Harry Baker: https://tinyurl.com/4t5d9fau   “4 hostile alien civilizations may lurk in the Milky Way, a new study suggests” by Brandon Specktor: https://tinyurl.com/35x486b8   “Why don't we have many giant animals anymore?”, by Michael Dhar: https://tinyurl.com/radpj4s6   “Building Blocks of Life Were Found on an Asteroid in Space For The Very First Time”, by Ben Turner: https://tinyurl.com/5n7pjehj   “Scientists Have Developed 'Living' Skin For Robots, And It's Quite Something”, by Tessa Koumoundouros: https://tinyurl.com/3ns4v25x   “Did an AI Really Invent Its Own 'Secret Language'? Here's What We Know”, by Aaron J. Snoswell: https://tinyurl.com/4jhahna3   “Google AI Claims to Be Sentient in Leaked Transcripts, But Not Everybody Agrees”, by Brandon Spektor: https://tinyurl.com/2p83x42a   “Is LaMDA Sentient? — an Interview”, by Blake Lemoine: https://tinyurl.com/yc29xw4h     Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub Youtube: EsotericBookClubPodcast

Episode 3.1 - The Meme Humanoids

Are the sightings of pale humanoid creatures crawling along the fringes of humanity a modern myth or is there more to the story? Find out tonight as we take a look at “The Meme Humanoid” by Lon Strickler.   “The Meme Humanoids: Modern Myths or Real Monsters” by Lon Strickler: https://tinyurl.com/2p88ymnx   Phantoms and Monsters Blog: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/   WV Folklore Survey: https://forms.gle/rLVG7ABTrkvquBSb7   Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub

Esoteric News Briefs - Episode 3.1 -Sexy Feline Brain Parasites

If you read the title and ask "Huh!?", then you have the correct response. Don't worry. Everything will be explained! (Edit: Increased the volume on the original recording)   “Do trees exist (scientifically speaking)?”, by Ashley Hamer: https://tinyurl.com/2tru35us   “These meteorites contain all of the building blocks of DNA”, by Nicoletta Lanese: https://tinyurl.com/53c7jyw3   “Mind-Altering Parasite May Make Infected People More Attractive, Study Suggests”, by Peter Dockrill: https://tinyurl.com/nrr65srn   “'Magnetic anomalies' may be protecting the moon's ice from melting”, by Brandon Specktor: https://tinyurl.com/yck2z3eb   “An interstellar object exploded over Earth in 2014, declassified government data reveal”, by Brandon Spektor: https://tinyurl.com/mtewdj97   “US gov't report proposed nuking the moon, newly released documents reveal”, by Brandon Spektor: https://tinyurl.com/yckrkmea       Paranormal Neighborhood Watch   “Was that ‘triangular-shaped’ object seen flying over east Charlotte a UFO? This is what we know”, by Evan Moore: https://tinyurl.com/48xzyxss   “West Virginia Turkey Hunter Discovers Giant Sloth Skull That's at Least 11,000 Years Old”, by Bob McNally: https://tinyurl.com/yckksz6m   “Cops at a Forensics School are Learning Witchcraft to Find Dead Bodies”, by Shira Li Bartov: https://tinyurl.com/5a42uh3v   “Russia is using military-trained dolphins in the Black Sea, according to satellite images”, by Ben Turner: https://tinyurl.com/28ep574x     News of the Weird   “Astronauts can no longer commit crimes on the moon, Canada decrees”, by Brandon Specktor: https://tinyurl.com/45cf3rwu   “No, the Loch Ness Monster was not a whale's penis”, by Harry Baker: https://tinyurl.com/3c3bakr9   “Groundbreaking Study Confirms Pterosaurs Really Did Have Feathers – And That's Not All”, by Peter Dockrill: https://tinyurl.com/396fmu7x   “Why have aliens never visited Earth? Scientists have a disturbing answer”, by Ben Turner: https://tinyurl.com/mc89fcw6   “Potentially Alive 830-Million-Year-Old Organisms Found Trapped in Ancient Rock”, by Michelle Starr: https://tinyurl.com/4tz9kh5y     Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub    

Episode 2.13 - Passport to Magonia

Are fairies, angels, demons, and aliens all really just a manifestation of the same phenomena? Dr. Jacques Vallee examines the similarities in this classic text, Passport to Magonia.   Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallee: https://tinyurl.com/2zuy8zww   Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub