Gods & Ghosts

A short essay followed by a collection of flood myths from across the globe. Originally created for The Flood Magazine: http://thefloodmag.com/ List of stories used (and many more) can be found here: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html 

I talked to the author of that infamous "Sorry, Not Sorry, My Parents Paid for My Coachella Trip" article. http://www.discordantyears.com/blog-1/2018/5/14/sorry-not-sorry-my-parents-paid-for-my-coachella-trip 

A look inside the world of fanfiction and online romance novels.  For an exciting fanfiction experience check out https://twitter.com/fanfiction_txt The "My Immortal" article I mention in the intro can be found here: http://www.vulture.com/2015/03/bizarre-unsolved-mystery-of-my-immortal.html 

I asked people what it's like to work on Amazon's Mechanical Turk platform. Inspired by this article: https://theoutline.com/post/2564/amazon-mechanical-turk-poetry?zd=1&zi=aswdtqsx

The history of tear gas w/ Dr Anna Feigenbaum. You can buy her book at the link below: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2109-tear-gas

If you've got a pair of nice-ish headphones you might want to use them for this one.

The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest armed uprising on US soil since the Civil War. So why haven't you heard of it? Chuck Keeney breaks down one of the most important moments in the history of the Labor Movement in the US, and explains why it's important to remember.   Read more at: https://twitter.com/CBelmontKeeney/status/938449291697360896   https://www.patreon.com/godsandghosts 

I talked to Mark Bray about the history and rationale behind militant antifascism. You can check out his book, Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook here: https://www.mhpbooks.com/books/antifa/     

Peter Moscowitz has one neat trick to solve the housing crisis. Check out their book here: https://petermoskowitz.com/book/  And the article that gave me the idea to reach out to them for this episode here: https://theoutline.com/post/2153/evict-the-rich 

A look at the limits of police reform w/ Alex Vitale. His new book, "The End of Policing" is out now via Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing    https://www.patreon.com/godsandghosts     

One time someone listened to this and told me it was like a "Kafka-esque Groundhog Day."

First they came for the Juggalos, and I did not speak out -- because I was not a Juggalo... https://www.patreon.com/godsandghosts  https://soundcloud.com/roxxired  https://www.juggalomarch.com/the-people 

A friend of mine puts a mythical hunting method to the test.

The narrative of transformation is a popular one in religious circles. But how do we know if those stories are true? Music: Dadala - "Radio Memory" Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ Ars Sonor - "The Anger Subsides" Attribution-ShareAlike: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Schemawound - "An Unreliable Narrator," "A Month of Dust," and "Medication Haze" Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ Yrrow - "No Mercy" Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ Ziurmuzik and Nick Endee - "Alien Samba Kollage and Subversive Intentions Symphodrone Mix" Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Pashtunwali is the unwritten code of ethics followed by the ruling tribe of Afghanistan. One of the laws of Pashtunwali is that one must offer unconditional asylum to anybody who asks. I talked to NPR's Joanna Kakissis and Gulwali Passarlay, an Afghan refugee, to try and view the refugee crisis through the lens of Pashtunwali. Music: Dadala – “Radio Memory”  Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.  Klopenn – “Blue Crackles” and “White Fissures”  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. Lab023 – “Hello”  Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. DR – “Five Chords with Tremolo and Distortion” Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Trium Circulorum – “For the Sad, Mad, and Lonely (Part 1)” Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Scott Lawlor – “The Path of Icy Solitude” Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

A poem by Charles Jensen adapted for the radio by Tyler Hill