Podcasts by Desert Oracle Radio

John Lennon's UFO (Some Time In New York City) from 2022-10-18T23:13:26

Happy October, friends. This episode comes to you from the West Village, NYC. We'll see you next in Oakland (10/21/...

Famous For Nothingness from 2022-09-30T21:21:17

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 ...

Like a Hurricane from 2022-09-09T22:38:07

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, you might already have the buckets out for any ne...

Down in the Flood from 2022-08-19T22:34:13

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...

Death Valley's 1,000-Year-Flood from 2022-08-12T22:33:55

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 complet...

Guidestones of the End Times from 2022-07-23T01:00

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 m...

Owl-Eye's View from 2022-07-08T22:21:19

What has horns and flies overhead at night? The Great Horned Owl, that's who. Although they're horn shapes and not actual horn material. As far as science knows.

Join us at 10 p....

Area 51's Mysterious Petroglyph: Pahranagat Man from 2022-06-24T22:14:03

Now that it's good & hot outside, let's wander the high desert boulder-strewn hills of Nevada's Lincoln County. Home to Listen

The Time of the Roadrunner from 2022-05-27T23:04:07

In wintertime, in springtime, and in the magic months of late Autumn, the desert is the finest place in the world. But now we are coming to the other part — the “Bad Place,&rdqu...

Some New Kind of Kick from 2022-05-20T23:01:11

Tonight we are joined by Kid Congo Powers, legendary guitarist from the Golden Age of The Cramps, The Gun Club, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and...

Real-Estate Scoundrels&Flying Black Triangles from 2022-05-13T21:51:22

We are back with a new episode, all about the wonders of the High Desert, and the various aerial portents we call Wonders in the Sky. PLUS: If you're near Wonder Valley tonight, come on by The P...

That It Will Never Come Again from 2022-04-29T23:20:53

We are meditating upon some various facts and figures here in the Mojave High Desert this week, from the warm weather in Twentynine Palms to which apostle was crucified upside down and is now re...

Last Blast of Winter from 2022-04-22T21:22:10

Happy Earth Day, people of Earth. Here's an episode about the desert in winter, appropriate for our spring blast of rain and snow and cold, cold temperatures. This was recorded live at the Listen

Phantom Plane Crash on a Utah Highway from 2022-04-15T23:48:05

What happened to Army Private Gerry Irwin on a Utah two-lane, way back in February 1959? There was no plane crash. No passengers. Nothing but Pvt. Irwin, unconscious in the Utah night. Strange thin...

Pinyon Jays Know Why They're Alive from 2022-04-08T22:48:32

What is the life philosophy of the pinyon jay? To eat pinyon nuts and somehow make pinyon-jay eggs. The rest is easy, especially with a hundred-and-fifty pinyon jays doing your thinking for you. T...

Druid Stories To Ward Off St. Patrick from 2022-03-18T02:47:57

In tribute to the Druids who were canceled by Saint Patrick, we will tell some stories. Ghost stories. From those ancient Celtic lands that gave us the Sidhe, the Good People, the Gentry, the lepre...

Antidote for Despair from 2022-03-11T22:30

One good thing about wandering the wilderness is you can escape the despair of society. Walt Whitman did it, as did Georgia O'Keeffe. Did you realize we can stop global warming in as little as thre...

John Muir in the Wild Desert from 2022-02-25T23:30

Tonight we visit with the friendly ghost of John Muir, specifically regarding his many excursions in the California deserts. New soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver for this cold and windy week in th...

Settle Down With Purpose from 2022-02-18T23:00

It's the prettiest time of year in the High Desert, with longer days and the last winter precipitation setting it all up for springtime. What will it look like, in a thousand years? Probably pretty...

An Obituary For Wisdom from 2022-02-12T00:00

Back from our brief convalescence to bring you prayers in the night — Ancient Egyptian prayers&psalms, in this case. And some tales of Mullah Nasruddin, the Sufi mystic philosopher&fool who lived e...

Empty Churches For Fun&(Non) Profit from 2022-01-21T23:17

Sure are a lot of mostly abandoned churches out here in the California desert. A lot of good community real estate. How do you take over churches? Like the little old run-down church—a religious no...

A Hymn To Sekhmet, Creator of the Desert from 2022-01-14T23:25

How long has Sekhmet ruled over humanity? Five-thousand years! That’s when She is first known to us, appearing in something like her current form, in Upper Egypt, 2,930 B.C., worshipped by the mult...

The Light Saw Me from 2022-01-08T00:00

Take a look around, the void is closing in. Jason Boland joins us from Texas to talk about The Light Saw Me, the tale of a cowboy taken up into the sky—a tale told by Jason Boland and the Straggler...

Wintertime Tales for a Stormy Night from 2021-12-24T20:54

Live from the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles, here's our final show of the 2021 Tour, with your host Ken Layne and live solstice soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. Occultists and mys...

Run For the Desert Hills from 2021-11-19T23:56

Like the beaver, we can change parts of our environment. Like the birds, we can move to other lands or at least try. And sometimes those Other Lands are the arid lands, the American Desert. PLUS: K...

Huehuecoyotl&the Canine Gods from 2021-11-13T03:42

Looking for God in the world? Watch the coyote. Huehuecoyotl, that’s its Holy name. Old, old coyote. Lord of the arts, god of music and dance, our guide through adolescence and onward to adulthood....

Crimes of the Desert Cultists (Plus: Tour Dates!) from 2021-11-10T20:11:35

Here's a bonus episode recorded around the campfire at Halloween a while back, with a new intro&close recorded Halloween 2021 for our local radio station, KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree. Desert Oracl...

The Witching Hour from 2021-10-29T22:41:21

Well look at that, it’s Halloween again. Remember when they said on the news or whatever how Halloween was finished, because this was no time for a holiday that, uh, remembers the dead? Tonight we...

Halloween Campfire Stories, 2018 A.D. from 2021-10-25T03:53

We release this dubious beast from the Patreon secret tapes of the year past, to celebrate the holy season of Halloween, the time when the veil is thin between the realities. Desert Oracle Campfir...

The Jaws of Darkness Do Devour from 2021-10-15T20:29

The ill counsel of a desert place, that would be howled out in the desert air . . . . Night has fallen on the desert, in this spookiest of seasons. Tonight we travel by the power of darkness and d...

The Time of Mourning from 2021-10-08T21:31

Rain on the ground, a chill in the air, ghosts on the prowl. We're back from the Midwest with strange tales from the desert to the cornfields. Hosted by Ken Layne with soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSi...

Harvest of Souls from 2021-10-01T22:22

We're back from the road with a new episode to celebrate the most glorious time of year: October, Autumn, Harvest, Fall, whatever you all it. With new nocturnal gospel music from RedBlueBlackSilver...

Blessed are the Doomed from 2021-09-17T20:04

Congratulations, you people! It is Fall. You made it. Might take another month or two, until you really notice, but summer is officially over. It's a new episode for a new season, with new soundsc...

Blessed are the Doomed from 2021-09-17T20:04

Congratulations, you people! It is Fall. You made it. Might take another month or two, until you really notice, but summer is officially over. It's a new episode for a new season, with new soundsc...

Be Like the Birds from 2021-09-03T23:29:16

It's officially Autumn, at least if you believe the meteorologists -- Meteorological Fall began this week on September 1. Portents and signs, everywhere we look. But signs of what? Oh, the usual: ...

Faces in the Windmills from 2021-08-21T02:06:49

Summer's in the rearview but robots are blocking the road. What kind of world is this? The world of the Future. It's time for Episode #136 of Desert Oracle Radio, with your host Ken Layne and soun...

Twentynine Palms, Twelve Dollars&Change from 2021-07-16T22:43

Tonight we come to you from Theatre29 in sweltering Twentynine Palms, California. Flash floods, heat domes, weird animals, RedBlueBlackSilver, what else could you want? Other than a livable planet,...

Crooked Rain, Summer Dream from 2021-07-02T23:44

Heat domes and sultry Palm Springs mornings, weird ravens and odd dreams of wildlife appearances. The brain boils in the desert summer. It boils our very thoughts. Plus: A late edition of the Deser...

Straight To Hell from 2021-06-18T22:55

Night has fallen on the desert, the desert at its most brutal. The punishing desert, the earthly purgatory, the sun-blasted wilderness so many heroes had to get across alive. Or die trying: Moses, ...

When Everything Goes Wrong from 2021-06-11T22:47:04

What happens when the perfect solo day hike becomes the ultimate disaster? How do we arrange things better, so that we don't wind up feeding the vultures? Author Claire Nelson joins us to talk abou...

The Heat Monster from 2021-06-04T23:28:38

Well it finally happened, just like every year. All the sudden, it’s hot again. A week ago, it was pleasant out. Now, we cry in the frying pan. Or we will cry, in the weeks to come. October's somew...

Watch the Skies from 2021-05-28T23:30

There's lots of chatter in the media about some Navy encounters with some sort of mystery drones, but meanwhile in the Western United States we've been having a good old-fashioned flying-saucer fla...

Under the Hood with the Wood Rats from 2021-05-21T22:19:29

Seasons change in the desert, but it's always Rat Time. Kangaroo rats, wood rats, deer mice full of hantavirus, it's just a feast for the rats all year long. New sounds from RedBlueBlackSilver. Su...

Medicine Show from 2021-05-07T23:12

We have been sick, and we need the medicine of the show. Campfire stories, tent revivals, Shakespeare in the Park, knife fights at the honky-tonk, etc.  Now that performance is returning to the st...

Try Not To Die from 2021-04-30T23:23

As we come out of our holes and return to our beloved American Desert, it's time to remember a dozen simple rules to keep your day hike from becoming a disaster.  Support the show: https://www.pat...

Mojave Spaceport from 2021-04-23T23:00

Is this episode about Mojave Spaceport? Well, it's a place on the journey, to put in in "hobbit speak." Tonight we get on the road, wander some small desert towns, make some real-estate schemes, an...

Owens Valley and the Accidental Miracle from 2021-04-16T22:13

What made the Owens Valley the way it is, in our time? An accident of history, of water grabs, of one group of humans using easy money to buy out another group of humans, that's what preserved the ...

Charred Bones In the Sunlight from 2021-04-02T22:40

What does the cave art of 30,000 years ago have to do with the new Solar Orbiter we sent from Planet Earth to explore our star? Quite a lot, it turns out. Hosted by Ken Layne, with new soundscapes ...

Mystery Swarm from 2021-03-26T22:49:16

Are the mystery drones back? Did they ever leave? We travel from the desert to the sea and back again, chasing those odd manifestations that have lately been surrounding Navy destroyers. And what d...

The Dark Watchers from 2021-03-19T22:20:48

Where there are mountains, there are mysteries. Tonight we visit with some old friends who've long haunted the Indians, the Spaniards and the Americans. They are called the Dark Watchers, and as us...

Out of Our Holes from 2021-03-06T23:35

The middle of the country might be frozen solid all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, but here in the Great Mojave Wilderness the weather is fine, the skies are blue, and the first hints of so many li...

It's Not For Everyone from 2021-03-06T00:02:06

Some people like it, some people don't. We are talking about the desert. And this week—challenged by a listener to stop romanticizing the desert southwest—we are joined by Phoenix writer Jason P. W...

Alien Corpses of the Great Basin from 2021-02-12T23:49

You ever drive the "Loneliest Road In America"? That's what they call U.S. 50, across the Great Basin Desert through the middle of Nevada. Not many people out there, not a lot going on. Just as we ...

Atmospheric River from 2021-01-29T23:34

There's a leak in the studio roof and the only way we know is because an atmospheric river is bearing down upon the American Southwest. So get a bucket or a cereal bowl or something and we'll all p...

Armada of the Dragoon Mountains from 2021-01-22T23:39

Get in the truck, we're taking a night drive to the Dragoon Mountains in Cochise County, Arizona. Get ready for the weird times. New soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver as we cover some difficult te...

The Local Angle from 2021-01-08T23:49

Might be a nutty new year on the national news, but here in the desert we are just trying to get along and not got crushed. With guest Brendan Maze and new sounds by RedBlueBlackSilver. Support th...

A Desert Christmas from 2020-12-25T05:56

From a skeletal homesteader cabin on a cold Mojave night, it's the annual Desert Oracle Christmas Special. New Mexico writer Anna Merlin joins us to talk about the winter holidays in Santa Fe. New ...

A Million Scorched Joshua Trees from 2020-12-18T23:16:49

It's almost the Great Conjunction and we've been on the run, on the road, rambling around. It was time to visit the devastation on Cima Dome, where a million Joshua trees in the world's most dense ...

The Secret Desert from 2020-12-11T23:26

Tonight we share the tale of the Krill Papers, strange legends of Cold War space-alien conspiracies, located right in the very heart of the Nevada desert wilderness. Speaking of, we are also joine...

The Cold and the Dry from 2020-12-05T02:22

Wildlife corridors, park rangers, roadrunners&rabbits. Plus: your postcards and letters. New soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. And guess what's out next week? Our first hardcover collection, Deser...

A Desert Plaguesgiving from 2020-11-25T21:33

What's going on with that mysterious Utah monolith? What's going on with Brendan Maze and his new "plague refugee" Substack newsletter? The small-town desert real-estate market is hot, for now, and...

Concrete Jesus from 2020-11-14T02:38

An orphan child from Cincinnati loved the scriptures and lived a life of gold-mine adventure in the Almost-Old West before winding up in a bomber-plane factory in Los Angeles, creating death-delive...

All Hallows' Full Moon and the Great Conjunction from 2020-10-30T22:00

It's almost Halloween and we've been too worried to notice, but now that the good weather is here and the veil is thin, make sure you get out beneath the Halloween Full Moon. Our bird-biologist fri...

Halloween Night, 2035 A.D. from 2020-10-16T22:28

Hey are you going to the big ritual, down in the grove? It's Halloween Night. And while things were pretty bad for a while, lately it has been a little bit better, out here in the High Desert. Str...

In the Beginning Was Gaia from 2020-10-02T22:46

You know what time it is: It looks like we sort of infuriated Good Ol' Mother Gaia to the point that Gaia is feeling the need to wipe us off the face of the Earth, the Earth being Gaia. We screwed ...

The Eighth Tower from 2020-09-25T20:28

Is it UFO season in the desert again? People have sure been seeing a lot of strange things up here around Joshua Tree, and "military flares" is never a good enough answer for all the odd activity i...

Betwixt and Between from 2020-09-18T22:52

In these last days of this cruel summer, as our wilderness burns, what we can we learn from the Other Life, the world of our pandemic dreams and universally traumatized collective consciousness? S...

Message Deleted from 2020-09-11T22:29

How are we doing out there? Pretty bad? Well nobody likes to hear "the ultraterrestrial entities told you so," but, the ultraterrestrial entities told you so. It was 27 years ago this month—at the...

Secrets of the Superspectrum from 2020-09-04T22:02:45

Burrowed down through another Extreme Heat Event, we send this radio dispatch to you. The world has gone mad, why not join the fun? Join the revolution. Well what happened is we were talking about...

Dark Psychic Force from 2020-08-28T22:18

Remember last August, a year ago, when the national media found it very funny that presidential candidate Marianne Williamson mentioned the "dark psychic force" that had taken hold of America? Wel...

Mountain of the Stars from 2020-08-14T21:21:05

We are back in the scorching hot radio studio with an all-new episode of the radio show that Palm Springs Life magazine named the "Best Freaky Radio Program." Sure, fine, we'll take it. Tonight, i...

This is the Border Radio from 2020-07-24T22:17

Thanks to the Time Loop we all seem to be stuck in, our 99th episode is here . . . . directly following our 100th. The border used to be a lot of fun, back before the prison walls went up around ou...

Communiqué 100: The Voice of the Desert from 2020-07-18T05:38

From our secure, undisclosed Mojave Desert radio studio, tonight we bring you our 100th episode, with strange tales of the Amboy Ghost Lights and an uncomfortable visit from Brendan Maze, local bus...

The Mystery Pig from 2020-07-10T20:58:42

What is this weird creature that turned up dead in Yucca Valley, in the Mojave High Desert? Wildlife biologists are baffled, and so are we.  What sort of cruel god would create such a useless (and...

Omen of the Ravens from 2020-07-03T20:50

Well here we are, still alive, July in the American Desert. Good enough, we guess. Lots of details about our July 17 live event at Pappy&Harriets, plus your letters, and some tales of ravens and o...

Those Mysterious Green Fireballs from 2020-06-19T22:57:05

Did you hear about the mysterious, silent green fireballs flying low and bright in the skies over Australia last week? Ever seen one yourself? Ever thought they were just some sort of meteor, as th...

If It's Broke, Fix It from 2020-06-12T21:46

Tonight we look back on a revolutionary campaign to completely remake the sheriff's department in an iconic western town. And while they lost the election, maybe they won the moral battle. Maybe th...

The Ranger's Life from 2020-05-29T05:41:42

What does it mean to be a ranger? It means you are married to the mission, a soldier for your planetary home, armed with a moral compass and a Smokey Bear hat—a park-ranger style, by the way, that ...

Wizards and Critters from 2020-05-22T22:59:39

When it's Snakesgiving Time in the Mojave, everybody's just a little more careful. Goes well with these weird new times, being careful. So please make an effort to not run over any tortoises or coy...

Campfire Nightmares from 2020-05-15T22:56:38

Remember campfires? We sure do. Standing around a campfire telling stories and socializing used to be a big part of the Desert Oracle "workflow," as they say over in corporate. And it will be again...

That Which Is But Isn't from 2020-05-08T21:46:40

Are they trying to ram a space-alien story down your throat again? Yeah they are, it happens sometimes. Every couple years, for reasons even they can't agree upon. Let's take a last look at this "P...

Back to the Barrooms from 2020-05-01T20:25

We've about had it with the cabin fever and now we've got the ramblin' fever. So let's pour a couple of drinks and enjoy some saloon time on this fine desert night. Maybe get a beer back, too. And ...

From a P.O. Box from 2020-04-24T22:12:47

A tarnished brass key, a small locked box, a sequence of magical numbers, a charmless old block building in the desert. It is here that we visit in the night, keeping our distance, looking for sust...

Return of the Wild Things from 2020-04-17T21:35

An all-new quarantine episode of Desert Oracle Radio from our secure desert compound, where we are noting the return of the wildlife, the blue skies, the clear air, the happy songbirds, and all the...

Never the Twain Shall Meet from 2020-04-10T19:23

We've all been dreaming a lot more than usual, or so it seems. Maybe we're just remembering our dreams during this strange time. Maybe we're just spending more time with our brains. But what happen...

Embracing Mortality, With Erik Davis from 2020-04-03T05:18

Well the surprise here is that this is an opportunity, to appreciate this time of silence and to appreciate our fragile mortality. The desert has always offered that to the seekers, to the lunatics...

Trailed by Twenty Hounds from 2020-03-27T03:49

Hey did you hear we're going to open up the country again for May Day! We'll try, anyway. Try to get it going on Beltane Eve. Jason P. Woodbury joins us for another interesting tale about music mad...

Battlefield Earth from 2020-03-22T03:11:27

Well you'll never guess who joined us all the way from Whitesburg, Kentucky, to talk about the particular desert landscape of SE New Mexico and East Texas. But we will tell you anyway: Tarence Ray ...

The Invisible Friend from 2020-03-13T22:28

When times are strange, shall we gather in the desert? Well that depends. It depends if you're bringing the Invisible Friend. But we'll get through these tribulations, mostly, eventually. And we wi...

The Other Room from 2020-03-06T08:32

New Mexico author and journalistAnna Merlin joins us for just the kind of late-night mind-bending radio conversation you probably need right about now. Mystery schools, prepper shopping, psychedeli...

Please Don't Cough On the Spaceship from 2020-02-27T21:23

We're hunkering down, like everybody: the tortoises, the rattlesnakes. But they're starting to come out again, while we are just beginning our quarantine.  Support the show: https://www.patreon.co...

These Enchanted Lands from 2020-02-17T02:01

What do they mean by "Land of Enchantment," anyway? The American Desert is a haunted land, that's what it means, haunted by the good and the bad, the weird and the wise. Sometimes you can tune righ...

Bless Us, Saint Minerva from 2020-02-06T04:46

Oh St. Minerva, Apostle of the Cacti, please continue to bless our High Desert wilderness and keep out the evil-doers and the slobs. And help us protect your sacred plant, the Joshua tree, etc. Su...

Primal Surprise from 2020-01-24T21:08

The remains of another lost hiker have been found, and we travel to the deserts down in Mexico with the Old Gringo. Special new music by RedBlueBlackSilver. Support the show: https://www.patreon.c...

Messages From the Old Gods from 2020-01-10T23:40:49

New year, new decade, time to drop everything and move to the desert . . . . where we can ponder the mystery of the messages from the old gods and old devils. Support the show: https://www.patreon...

Tales From Wonder Valley from 2020-01-02T21:53:32

We gathered some Wonder Valley characters together, across the road from The Palms, and let the tales loose: military crashes, weird lights, strange residents and interesting ministers. Support th...

White Solstice / Burnt Devil from 2019-12-19T23:46:43

Well we wound up burning the devil, here in Joshua Tree. It's the kind of winter-holiday fun you can expect up here in the High Desert. And Jason P. Woodbury joins us to investigate a real Low Dese...

The Hungry Demons from 2019-12-06T23:50:02

What's going on with these bizarre and gruesome cattle mutilations all over the west, all over the world? Well there are some ugly new cases up in Eastern Oregon, cattle country north of Burns, and...

The Willow Springs Killer from 2019-11-27T20:19:48

He called himself the King of Western Swing and he was building an immense theme park in the Mojave Desert. What does this have to do with claims that Roy Rogers ran a sex cult out of Apple Valley?...

Finding Your Place In Our Weird World from 2019-11-15T06:04:06

Desert intuition. Desert awareness. Erik Davis joins us and throws down a challenge to engage with our Weird World. Our Weird Time. And why the desert is the eternal landscape for this kind of work...

Witches&Cowboys from 2019-11-03T23:10:10

We're hanging on to Halloween with our guests Laura Bolt, who both covers and lives within the California witchcraft scene, and Arizona music journalist Jason P. Woodbury, here to talk about the ne...

Halloween Treat: Campfire Stories from 2019-10-31T20:09:24

Live at the Ace Hotel campfire ring on Halloween 2018, here's a bonus episode with our Weird Campfire Stories. Support Desert Oracle Radio on Patreon and you'll get four bonus episodes per year, in...

Coyote Rex from 2019-10-25T02:52:13

From high up in the Joshua Tree foothills, we bring you the sad tale of Coyote Rex. Gabriel Hart, Lauren White from the band Kokomo, and Country Club Dan call in from a haunted payphone. Soundscape...

When Goblins Go Silent from 2019-10-20T22:25:48

It's nearly Halloween in the High Desert and we have spooky tales, spooky phone calls, and a haunting performance by our in-studio guests, the band Kokomo. Support the show: https://www.patreon.co...

Travels In Time&UFOs Over Joshua Tree from 2019-10-07T19:24:41

UFO sightings over Joshua Tree National Park and time-travel adventures with Jean-Paul Garnier of Space Cowboy Books. A recording off the radio, because that's all that worked. Support the show: h...

Angels Among Us from 2019-09-21T17:29:06

Live from Joshua Tree, it's our second episode of the season with best-selling author and Joshua Tree Retreat Center director Terry Taylor Castillo, and the subject is angel consciousness. It's our...

Beneath This September Moon from 2019-09-14T22:19:25

Back for our third season, now live on the radio and delivered to you in the form of a podcast. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

Autumn 2019 Promo KCDZ from 2019-09-07T05:50

We're back on Friday the 13th—September 13, 2019 at 10 p.m. Pacific Time—live from the KCDZ FM studios in downtown Joshua Tree, Calif. Listen live on Z 107.7 FM in the High Desert, or stream the sh...

The Haunted Petroglyph from 2019-07-12T21:58:18

Was the organized theft of a 600-pound petroglyph-covered boulder from a canyon near Ridgecrest related to the monster earthquakes that followed? Probably not, but we can't exactly prove otherwise....

Praying To the Aliens from 2019-06-28T18:00:56

A UFO sermon from the Joshua Tree Astronomy Arts Theater, introducing a screening of Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers, with Jeremy Corbell and RedBlueBlackSilver. Support the show: https://ww...

Keep Cool Or Die from 2019-06-14T23:55:44

How do we not die in the desert this summer? One way is to stay underneath the swamp cooler, reading and writing letters, to and from various denizens of these arid lands. Support the show: https:...

High Weirdness from 2019-06-07T21:20:21

Author Erik Davis joins us to talk about our favorite subject and his new book, High Weirdness. With new sounds by RedBlueBlackSilver. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See ...

Not the Day Nor the Hour from 2019-05-31T23:29:12

What is known is that there’s something going on, something a little wilder than usual. Plus: Rachel Monroe, writer&author&Marfa volunteer firefighter. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/us...

Snakesgiving Day Weekend from 2019-05-24T20:44:29

The holiday so nice we celebrate it twice: once when the snakes come out, and once when the snakes go back in the ground for their long winter's nap. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user...

The Goofball Factor from 2019-05-10T23:04:19

Every weird story that you almost want to believe is required, by cosmic law, to have a Goofball Factor. What is the Goofball Factor? And how does it end up on the front page of the New York Times?...

Earth Day's Murderer and the Apostle of the Cacti from 2019-04-26T21:27:14

Did the founder of Earth Day really murder his girlfriend and let her body rot in his apartment closet? Also: Why you should know more about our beloved apostle of the cacti, Minerva Hamilton Hoyt....

Redacted (by the Aliens) from 2019-04-20T00:13:23

Anna Merlan, Jeremy Corbell and Stephanie Tisza join us for a weird ride down the Conspiracy Highway, which is our main road out here in the desert. Suspicious events and the new book about our par...

Sermon For Miley Cyrus from 2019-04-05T21:51:08

Did a famous entertainer do something dumb in Joshua Tree? Yes. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I Know What I Saw from 2019-03-23T05:00

“I will never forget it.” That’s something you’ll hear, something you’ll hear quite a lot out here. “I know what I saw.” Do they know? Do you?Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080...

Wildflowers! from 2019-03-15T21:33:55

Superbloom? Well, probably. We take a walk in our own little devil's garden and report some Instagram people to the local militia. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omny...

#049: Down At the Old Schoolhouse from 2019-02-15T22:49:05

Due to the government-shutdown emergency, your host must entertain an audience at the Old Schoolhouse Museum in Twentynine Palms with a series of Strange&Unusual Facts about our desert lands. Supp...

#048: The Holy Rangers from 2019-02-02T03:01:29

Who will protect the wilderness and public lands, our national parks and monuments, our nature preserves and conservation areas, our wild rivers and mountains and forests? As the nation slips into ...

#047: Interstellar Visitations from 2019-01-19T00:03:31

Is Oumuamua a scout from another civilization? Aren't we long overdue for some outside assistance? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...

#046: Travel Options for the Apocalypse from 2019-01-12T03:09:53

What happens when a civilization collapses? You can't go camping in Joshua Tree, that's what. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

#045: Shutdowns&Date Shakes from 2018-12-29T01:33:35

Welcome to the Shutdown. Chaos in the national parks. No toilets in Joshua Tree. Trouble abounds. Guest: Food writer/editor Katherine Spiers of Smart Mouth, on the desert date shake. PLUS: More air...

#044: A Mojave Solstice from 2018-12-21T22:20:19

A winter-holiday desert road trip, your letters about strange machinery, and a very special Joshua Tree Christmas Pageant with Brendan Maze. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=260809...

#043: Highways and Aliens from 2018-12-01T01:32:04

We're taking a big looping road trip across the Mojave, from Area 51 to the Singing Sand Dunes of Kelso. With guest Jeremy Corbell on his new documentary about Bob Lazar and the reverse-engineered ...

#042: Of Fire and Monsters from 2018-11-16T22:51:43

Night has fallen on the desert, and that’s when we like to tell monster stories. Weird tales. When there's trouble on the edge of civilization, where the wilderness meets what mankind makes, well h...

#041: Culmination of the Pleiades from 2018-11-09T23:22:14

Many wonders over the desert skies—both known and unknown—give reason to be out on cool autumn nights, celebrating rituals. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio....

#040: Welcome To Dirt-Pile City from 2018-10-26T22:46:13

We are still digging out from the Great Hi-Desert Deluge of October 2018. In fact, officials at Joshua Tree Town Hall are considering renaming the village "Dirt-Pile City," in honor of the scenic a...

#039: Lost Cities of the Desert Giants from 2018-10-20T03:16:30

Secret civilizations beneath the Panamint Mountains, strange tales of ancient giants and the sky-ships of the the Hav-Musuvs. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudi...

#038 The Horror of Solar Lodge from 2018-09-29T01:14:21

Here, in the desert far from prying eyes, the members of the Solar Lodge were building their Ark of the Covenant. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listen...

#037: Lycanthropes of the West from 2018-09-22T02:00

Werebears and skinwalkers and other creatures of our haunted lands. With Jeremy Corbell, director of the new documentary Hunt for the Skinwalker. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2...

#036: Mystery of the Desert from 2018-09-15T03:00

These strange experiences upon the deserts should be studied with an open heart and an open mind, because these events contain a code.  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See...

On-air promo #002A from 2018-09-12T21:27:22

Season 2 begins Friday night, 09/14/2018. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#035: A Voice Crying In the Wilderness from 2018-06-23T01:35:20

Joshua Tree has gone from turkey farmers to elaborately costumed weekenders, but the Old Testament view of the desert always comes true again. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2608...

#034: Death Valley Days from 2018-06-09T00:00:30

We do some hard traveling over the Mojave looking for that sweet shortcut to the Land of Milk&Honey. There may be some hardscrabble miners chasing little space aliens from a crashed UFO, knowing th...

#033: High Desert Death from 2018-05-25T23:29:28

Murder and madness and an estimate of the situation during this merry month of May. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#032: Strange Circles&Mysterious Tracks from 2018-05-11T18:00

People are finding all kinds of strange things on the desert ground: huge sandy circles in the Great Basin, weird three-clawed footprints in the Mojave .... Support the show: https://www.patreon.c...

#031: Lonesome Cowboys from 2018-05-04T17:00

What was Andy Warhol doing up in the High Desert north of Tucson, at a dude ranch? Also: Brendan Maze calls in from one of his investment properties in Victorville, where tumbleweed drifts have sur...

#030: Happy Snakesgiving! from 2018-04-27T20:00:34

Tonight we come to you live from the Palm Springs Art Museum, where we celebrate the good times, the cooler times, and the 11 days of Desert Springtime that end with the celebration of Snakesgiving...

#029: The Lost Kingdom of Nye from 2018-04-20T04:54:36

Sure is busy this week. Apparently there's a music festival down in the Low Desert. And: We remember the late, great Art Bell. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystud...

#028: Coyotes In Springtime from 2018-04-06T22:00

Springtime in the desert and all the creatures are awake. Plus: We talk UFOs with Jeremy Corbell on a cold night in Pioneertown. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnyst...

#027: Kelbaker Road from 2018-03-30T21:00

Been too long since we got on the road. We are going to get on the road: Twentynine Palms Highway, Adobe Road, Amboy Road, Kelbaker Road, Route 66. Let's go. Get in the car. Support the show: http...

#026: From a Desert Trailer from 2018-03-23T22:00

It's a cold and windy night on the Mojave, and we're up in Flamingo Heights at the Outpost Projects/Curate Joshua Tree art show, "Found!" But what have we found? A lot of trouble in the desert pres...

#025: UFOs and the Jungian Desert from 2018-03-16T21:19:58

What's going on over the desert? Why is everybody going nuts about UFOs again, anyway? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#024: La Llorona from 2018-03-16T20:56:08

Who's that glowing lady by the irrigation canal? And why is she wailing in the night? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#023: Windblown Trash&Beautiful Billboards from 2018-02-24T05:01

We’re taking a trip out to Camp Cady on the Mojave River, whether we’re welcome or not, and regardless of what happened with Mr. Pantages. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998...

On-air promo #000C from 2018-02-10T05:02

30-second promo spot for KCDZ 107.7 FM, Joshua Tree. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On-air promo #000B from 2018-02-10T05:01:30

30-second promo spot for KCDZ 107.7 FM, Joshua Tree. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#022: Desert Solitaire from 2018-02-10T05:01

Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire turns 50, and we do remember it, and we read it every year. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

#021: Yucca Man from 2018-02-03T05:01

How does one summon the Yucca Man? Do you really want to know? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#020: What Is the Mojave? from 2018-01-13T05:01

What is this Mysterious Mojave we go one about? And what are the laborðical violations at Brendan Maze's online-fufillment center in the desert? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u...

#019: Skinwalker Ranch from 2018-01-06T05:01

Parallel dimensions and the mysterious Utah ranch bought by aerospace businessman Robert Bigelow. With guest Jeremy Corbell. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio...

#018: High Desert Holidays from 2017-12-23T05:01

It's our first annual Christmas show, and Santa brought proof of the Pentagon's UFO-study group. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

#017: Wildfires&Weird Times from 2017-12-09T05:01

Satan's breath and the wildfires of California. Guest: High Desert artist Kate McCabe. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#016: Desert Crackpots&the Rocket of Amboy from 2017-12-02T05:01

Everybody loves a news story about a dumb crackpot crashing a rocket in the desert—especially if by "everybody" you mean "news editors in Los Angeles." Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/us...

#015: Aliens, Marijuana&Other Monsters from 2017-11-25T05:01

Our first annual Thanksgiving show, recorded live at the Ace Hotel's Commune Theater in Palm Springs. Guests: UFO documentary director Jeremy Corbell and area businessman Brendan Maze. Support the...

#014: Return of the Mojave Phone Booth from 2017-11-18T05:01

Recorded live at the Ace Hotel with Doc Daniels of Mojave Phone Booth infamy. He even brought the phone booth! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener ...

#013: Mojave Madness/Holy Harvest from 2017-11-04T05:01

What happens when you combine a Joshua Tree EDM festival with an anti-Halloween church's harvest fair? Nothing good, as Brendan Maze finds out. Also: The strange true tale of the Old Woman Meteorit...

#012: From Missing Hikers To Murder-Suicide from 2017-10-28T05:01

The dark side of the romantic story of two missing hikers who died in each other's arms, sort of ... and with the help of a handgun. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See om...

#011: Those Sinister Black Triangles from 2017-10-14T05:01

Menacing manta-rays hovering over the Mojave Desert ... what does it mean and where are they from? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...

#010: The Landers Earthquake of 1992 from 2017-09-30T05:01

Apocalypse in the desert, plus an interview with local businessman Brendan Maze about his plans to market Mojave Mirage sparkling water from the Cadiz aquifer. Support the show: https://www.patreo...

#009: Jack Parsons&the Babalon Working from 2017-09-16T05:01

JPL founder Jack Parsons and his sex-magick buddy L. Ron Hubbard opened up a stargate to Hell in the Mojave Desert. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/list...

#008: Death Valley Junction from 2017-08-26T05:01

We take a weird road trip to Death Valley Junction, meeting astronauts, film crews, a Czech composer&other odd characters along the desert highway. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u...

#007: Charles Manson At Barker Ranch from 2017-08-19T05:01

The Manson Family had a plan, once the Helter-Skelter race-war apocalypse was underway: They'd ride it out in Death Valley, hidden away at a dirty little ranch in the Panamint Mountains. Support t...

#006: The UFO Experience (Now Safe For Tourists) from 2017-08-12T05:01

Brendan Maze is developing a new, completely safe tourist attraction for millennials visiting Joshua Tree: an underground bunker for the secure viewing of desert UFOs. Support the show: https://ww...

#005: Missing Tourists In Monsoon Season from 2017-08-05T05:01

It's August and that means tourists are disappearing in Joshua Tree National Park. Couldn't pick worse weather for it, either! Plus: The Old Ranger. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?...

#004: Encounter At Edwards AFB from 2017-07-15T05:01

October 7, 1965: All through the night, baffling lights and unknown craft bedeviled pilots and control-tower crew at the famed Mojave Desert "Right Stuff" Air Force base. And it's all on tape. Sup...

#003: Gram Parsons&the Phoenix Lights from 2017-07-08T05:01

We revisit the baffling mass sighting over Arizona and Gram Parsons' sad death in Joshua Tree. Guest: Nicole Holland from the beloved Cactus Mart in Morongo Valley. Support the show: https://www.p...

#002: Jesus Tree National Park from 2017-07-01T05:01

The Mormons named Joshua trees for the Old Testament war hero Joshua. But Jesus is named for the same guy. So why aren't they called Jesus trees? Plus, Jeremy Corbell on his weird new documentary, ...

#001: The Voice of the Desert from 2017-06-24T05:01

Our premiere episode, broadcast across the Mojave Wilderness on KCDZ 107.7 FM and direct to your ear-holes via the Internet. With Brendan Maze on his new high-density desert Air BnB rentals and Jer...

On-air promo #000A: Desert Oracle Radio from 2017-06-24T05:00

First promo for KCDZ FM, Joshua Tree. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.