Two Wizards Podcast

Mark is joined by long time High Hammock friend and contributor, Griffin of the Reboot Deboot Podcast, to discuss the life, times and mystery surrounding the Delta Blues Master, Robert Johnson, and how exactly he got so good at the guitar. 

Mark and Josh have finally returned to Homer's epic poem, "The Odyssey" and discuss the finer points of loyalty among dogs, employees and enforcer bros. All the while Mark derails by getting hung up on details. 

This week Mark and Josh begin their series on those enigmatic monsters of the deep, focusing on accounts of titanic turtles and super sized sharks, and Mark makes hot takes about Megalodon.

Josh and Mark return to the well of H.P. Lovecraft, and read his horror masterpiece, "The Colour out of Space" and wax lyrical about this weird fiction classic. 

This week Mark and Josh investigate the bizarre events leading to the mysterious deaths of two tv repairmen who may have flown too close to the sun. 

This week Josh and Mark wash up on an unfamilar beach and find themselves discussing those who found that when life gives you lemons, its time to eat spiny lobster. 

Failing to knock it out of the park the last time, Josh and Mark have recruited a major league ringer in Jonny, of the Dang Ol Podcast to fill in some gaps their baseball knowledge. 

Mark and Josh are back to discuss a lesser know sea monster case from South Africa in the 1920s. Sit back and enjoy the story of the Margate Serpent a.k.a. Trunko

Josh and Mark are worn out and recovering from travel and illness and decide what they need more than actual rest is to talk about their favorite animals and have a few laughs along the way. 

Mark and Josh return the day after St. Patrick's Day to gaze into all voids Irish, from haunted castles, to cryptic pronunciations to rude ghosts, as well as memories of St. Paddy's.

 With spring incoming Mark and Josh decide to devote an episode to the American Past Time, Baseball. Unfortunately neither likes baseball, so to make this an enjoyable experience the Boys are playing the role of minor league owners, filling their teams with demigods, demons and everything in between. 

Mark is finally allowed to do another alien episode so he chose to drag Josh along through more cases of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, that only happen one time. 

Josh and Mark are returning to the only clandestine government agency currently untouched by the regular government, the SCP Foundation. 

That's right sports fans, Josh and Mark are back again and this week they're discussing sports bloopers from antiquity, including track and field missteps, brutal boxing and hijinks on the high seas.

Josh and Mark return to Homer's epic work, "The Odyssey" and continue the story of woe, loss, and coming to terms with age, of the unluckiest man ever.

The time has come for Mark and Josh to set aside research and rigor, and instead embrace their baser natures, and discuss that one thing that separates humans from all other life on Earth. This week the Boys are loosening their robes and discuss the guilty pleasures that make life worth living, from food, entertainment to "forgetting" to wear underwear, we all do it, lets celebrate it. 

Mark and Josh are still stuck in the past, or the "Hyperborean" period of our distant past. This week the boys are looking at two types of cryptids that may come from this time, and lasted into the present 

Josh and Mark are still horned up from last weeks Robert E. Howard, so the boys decide to double down and attempt to pin the true history of humankind across prehistory. 

Josh and Mark start the new year by finally sitting down and reading the the history of Robert E. Howard's fictional universe and setting of his Conan character, "The Hyperborean Age". 

Josh and Mark are back to once again look back at their year of podcasting in 2024. Join the boys as they remember the good times, the bad times and try to keep up with their own self-imposed shenanigans.  

Tis the season listeners and this week in order to attempt to discuss the behemoth that is Warhammer 40k, Josh and Mark are visited by the Ghost of Propane Past, Jonny, from the Dang Ol Podcast.  Join the Boys as they sit around the Christmas tree and unpack this beloved table top series.

Josh and Mark are worn out, it's the holidays and the Boys have decided to take a break and discuss their 2024, and in the discussion they become enveloped in a landslide of Memberberries and seasonal ennui. 

With the holidays right around the corner, Josh is tired of the pro pine propaganda so he sets out to blaze a path through the amazing and quickly vanishing wonder of nature that are Jungles, and Mark talks about cryptid plants. 

Josh and Mark return to finish their reading and discussion of Algernon Blackwood's "The Wendigo". 

Josh and Mark need a break so the boys are returning to the weird fiction well and  cracking open the spooky fall time story by Algernon Blackwood, "The Wendigo". About a group of hunters being chased by their own fears...1900's sentimentalities. 

As the holidays bear down upon us Mark and Josh return to help you do battle against your Booming loved ones by talking about cryptids co-opted from the folklore and traditions of Native Americans and The First Nations People of Canada, and the true villainy behind modern Cryptozoology.  

The Boys are back this week to fulfill a prophecy from podcasting days of old. This week Dr. Entomology Wizard Josh goes into the origins, forms and history of the Greek language, while Mark provides crucial traffic and weather updates. 

As another American Election season rears it's ugly head, Mark and Josh elect to switch from democracy to an autocracy ala the Game of Thrones universe and place their own small councils made from cryptids from around the world. 

As the Halloween season rounds to a close Josh and Mark come together to discuss the highs and lows of their 31 Days of Horror. 

Mark and Josh are continuing their month of horror by reading and discussing the scariest part of Homer's "The Odyssey", featuring Farting Kings, One Eyed Monsters and a meeting of ghosts. 

This week Mark and Josh are joined by Jonny of the "Dang Ol Podcast" to discuss the life and legacy of one of America's most infamous criminals, Ed Gein. 

Josh and Mark continue to explore the origins of classic movie monsters. This week the boys discuss the Werewolf. From its formation in antiquity, German Werewolf trials of the 1800s and the phantom cowmen of upstate Maine.

Mark and Josh are kicking off the spooky season by digging into the infamous vampire, to discover what is real and what is just Hollywood, and find the real walking undead are the friends we made along the way. 

It is time once again for Mark and Josh to return to the well of yokai and draw up a new episode. This time they're looking at the "Cool" yokai who are mellow and a pretty decent hang, and the boys share some good memories along the way. 

Josh and Mark return to plow the wine dark seas of Homer's verse "The Odyssey" and continue the tale of the trials and tribulations of the brave, ever suffering ever weeping Odysseus.  

Schools no longer out for Josh and Mark as they discuss the formation and foundation of formal education across antiquity. 

Here in these dog days of summer, Josh throws Mark a bone and lets him run wild as he howls about the mysterious class of canine based cryptids, Dogmen.  Join the boys as they discuss the homicidal horror of the Beast from the Land between the Lakes, the true power of radio, and the Beast of Bray Road.

Sing O Muse of the Two Wizards, Mark and Josh, who embark upon an epic journey to cover, "The Odyssey" by Homer. 

This week Mark and Josh loosen their robes, blow on their dice and try to play with the warped spinner disk that is board games. Join the boys as they discuss, the dizzying highs of successful "free parking" roles, to the staggering lowering of the bar from a certain card game that stands against humanity, and the lesson that house rules are crap. 

Josh takes the lead in this week's "Two Wizards Two Step" as he and Mark dip a toe shoe into dancing. From its ancient origins into ballet, and beyond. Put on your red shoes and Wiz!

The Stars are aligned and the rites have been chanted as Mark and Josh resurrect a Two Wizard's classic, they're watching movies. Join the boys as Mark helps Josh celebrate some cinema in a bizarre cross over event.

Happy Season 9 to one and all! This week Mark and Josh are dipping all of their toes into the sea, no not the deep unforgiving ocean, but the slightly shallow just as salty bodies of water that contain multitudes and are responsible for civilization as we know it today, the good, the bad and the jerk chicken

This week Mark and Josh finish their read through of Robert E. Howard's Conan based criticism on colonialism, "Beyond the Black River".

With summer at it's height Josh and Mark are taking a break and reading some weird fiction. This week the boys return to Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian, and read "Beyond the Black River". 

Josh and Mark dip a city block sized toe into the sea of amazing that is giant monster, or Kaiju movies. Discussing their origins, evolution and some of their favorite creatures.

This week Mark and Josh dive into the murky humanizing waters of pet ownership of dictators, presidents and "Great Men" of history. 

This week Josh and Mark jump in your lap gaze up into your eyes lovingly and smack you on the head with knowledge, the knowledge that the domesticated cat. From their early adoption of humans to cats holding government positions and astounding cat fact from Mark!

This week Mark and Josh take a look at the horror of military based nuclear accidents, also known as broken arrows. 

Josh and Mark are celebrating 200 episodes by discussing cryptids from Down Under. Including the dreaded drop bear, baffling bunyips, and all manner of Ice Age hold overs. 

This week Josh blinds Mark with more numbers than his brain can handle as the boys talk about that great big ball in the sky currently fueling your summer fun, our attempts to better understand it and how it will eventually end us all.   

The Boys are back into High Strangeness as Mark and Josh discuss the infamous Braxton County Monster, a.k.a Braxie, a.k.a The Flatwoods Monster.