Desert Oracle Radio
227 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 759 ratingsDesert Oracle Radio is a weekly road trip through the weird American desert from the publisher of Desert Oracle, the pocket-sized field guide published in Joshua Tree, California. Hear tales of mysterious lights, missing tourists, lost mines, venomous creatures, weird history and weirder people. Hosted by editor Ken Layne and featuring a cast of intriguing mystics, oddballs, scientists and artists, Desert Oracle Radio is your soundtrack for a desert night. The program is broadcast on Friday nights at 10 p.m. on KCDZ 107.7 FM in the Mojave high desert, with field reports from around and across the desert lands, and is distributed by Public Radio Exchange (PRX).
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Episodes
#024: La Llorona
March 16, 2018 20:56 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBWho'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=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#023: Windblown Trash & Beautiful Billboards
February 24, 2018 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBWe’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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On-air promo #000C
February 10, 2018 05:02 - 31 seconds - 507 KB30-second promo spot for KCDZ 107.7 FM, Joshua Tree. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On-air promo #000B
February 10, 2018 05:01 - 30 seconds - 503 KB30-second promo spot for KCDZ 107.7 FM, Joshua Tree. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#022: Desert Solitaire
February 10, 2018 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBEdward 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=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#021: Yucca Man
February 03, 2018 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBHow does one summon the Yucca Man? Do you really want to know? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#020: What Is the Mojave?
January 13, 2018 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBWhat is this Mysterious Mojave we go one about? And what are the labor & ethical violations at Brendan Maze's online-fufillment center in the desert? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#019: Skinwalker Ranch
January 06, 2018 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBParallel 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=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#018: High Desert Holidays
December 23, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBIt'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=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#017: Wildfires & Weird Times
December 09, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBSatan's breath and the wildfires of California. Guest: High Desert artist Kate McCabe. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#016: Desert Crackpots & the Rocket of Amboy
December 02, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBEverybody 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/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#015: Aliens, Marijuana & Other Monsters
November 25, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBOur 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 show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#014: Return of the Mojave Phone Booth
November 18, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBRecorded 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=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#013: Mojave Madness/Holy Harvest
November 04, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBWhat 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 Meteorite. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#012: From Missing Hikers To Murder-Suicide
October 28, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBThe 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=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#011: Those Sinister Black Triangles
October 14, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBMenacing 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=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#010: The Landers Earthquake of 1992
September 30, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBApocalypse 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.patreon.com/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#009: Jack Parsons & the Babalon Working
September 16, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBJPL 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=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#008: Death Valley Junction
August 26, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBWe 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=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#007: Charles Manson At Barker Ranch
August 19, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBThe 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 the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#006: The UFO Experience (Now Safe For Tourists)
August 12, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBBrendan 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://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#005: Missing Tourists In Monsoon Season
August 05, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBIt'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?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#004: Encounter At Edwards AFB
July 15, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBOctober 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. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#003: Gram Parsons & the Phoenix Lights
July 08, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBWe 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.patreon.com/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#002: Jesus Tree National Park
July 01, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBThe 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, Patient Seventeen. #jesustree Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#001: The Voice of the Desert
June 24, 2017 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBOur 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 Jeremy Corbell, Pioneertown's UFO documentary director. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On-air promo #000A: Desert Oracle Radio
June 24, 2017 05:00 - 30 seconds - 502 KBFirst promo for KCDZ FM, Joshua Tree. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.