Episode 12: Ouija Disaster (or, The Catholic Church Condemns This Podcast)
This week, Augusta and Eva talk about Ouija & spirit boards, and the history of their influence on American culture and society. We discuss occult fashion, the book Mark Twain wrote after he died, and the Pope (not this one, the one from the 90's). Also, Eva recommends some good gay poetry and some bad bisexual poetry.
music: "Girl on the Moon"; written and performed by Nihilore; CC BY 3.0
Episode 11: Hear a Ghost Speak
This week, Augusta and Eva discuss Electronic Voice Phenomenon, and other analogue and digital methods of capturing ghostly speech. We talk personal finance, reel-to-reel tape, and what it means to have a voice when you're dead.
music: "Girl on the Moon"; written and performed by Nihilore; CC BY 3.0
Episode 10: Ghost Adventures
This week, Augusta and Eva talk about the technologies and rhetorics of proof common in mainstream paranormal media, and what patterns those media share with the interpersonal experience of ghost storytelling. Augusta watches Ghost Adventures for the first time, Eva misuses the word 'onomatopoeia,' and we both laugh quite a bit.
content warning: mention of lynching and other violent causes of death
music: "Girl on the Moon"; written and performed by Nihilore; CC BY 3.0
Episode 9: Definitive Proof That Ghosts Exist
In the epic conclusion to our series on scientific theory and critique of the paranormal, Augusta and Eva prove once and for all that people who doubt the existence of ghosts are big ol' buttheads. We talk about gynecology, manifest destiny, and saving face in the scientific community. Also, Eva cyber-bullies a prominent physicist on Twitter.
music: "Girl on the Moon"; written and performed by Nihilore; CC BY 3.0
Episode 8: Parallel Universes
This week, Augusta and Eva continue discussion about the physical nature of ghosts, and how that can be expressed through various theories of parallel universes. We talk about Erwin Schrödinger, science fiction, and the theoretical possibility of a cowboy universe.
music: "Girl on the Moon"; written and performed by Nihilore; CC BY 3.0
Episode 7: Echoes & Time Loops
This week, Augusta and Eva discuss the scientific side of ghost echoes and time loops. We talk about the shape of the universe, trauma that reaches past death, and how a place can hold a haunting.
music: "Girl on the Moon"; written and performed by Nihilore; CC BY 3.0
Episode 6: Games in the Mirror
Ruby (filmmaker, Jersey girl) joins the podcast for one more rumination on shared urban legends, this time about Bloody Mary and the Candyman. We talk about enoptromancy, getting your period for the first time, and becoming a danger to oneself.
music: "Girl on the Moon"; written and performed by Nihilore; CC BY 3.0
Episode 5: Beep Beep Toot Toot
This week, Ruby (filmmaker, Jersey girl) returns to discuss haunted highways in the American imagination. We talk about mountain lions, being alone, and what happens when you pave over burial grounds.
music: "Girl on the Moon"; written and performed by Nihilore; CC BY 3.0