In this episode, Matt discusses Vice President J.D. Vance’s recent comments about UFOs and demons, and what those comments likely reveal both about common American beliefs regarding the paranormal and grand conspiracies, as well as how those beliefs may play into electoral politics.
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111. Sidetracked – The Black Pigs of Ireland
In this episode, Matt talks about a famous Irish ghost story… sort of… and from there discusses porcine omens, boarish monsters, and generally evil pork. He also gets to work in some discussion of zooarchaeology and a couple of St. Patrick stories.
110. La Mussara: Vanishing People in the Mountains of Spain
In this episode, Matt focuses on a haunted, possibly cursed Spanish ghost town, discusses the connections among fairies, ghosts, and UFOs, and discovers he retains language skills he thought long lost. Come hear about the cliff-side town in a Spanish mountain range, where you can check out any time you like, but you may or may not ever leave.
109. Loab
In this episode, Matt discusses Loab, a woman who might be a ghost, or a demon, or a cryptid, or just an oddity of data storage. Whoever, or whatever, Loab is, she (it?) provides a ghost story that helps express what is making us uneasy about artificial intelligence and the industry of Big Data.