Host Jim Ventura (professional Navigational consultant - Astrology, Numerology, Runes, Tarot, Animal cards etc...) is the author of two metaphysical books, YouTube videos, and frequent appearances of the ABC show The ListTV. He works w clients with many different types of sessions with one-on-one readings and classes and also does local in-office and phone and FaceTime seminars and classes on a wise range of metaphysical subjects. Snake Oil is Jim's blog column. Snake Oil radio is a grounded and spiritual forum of a wide range of metaphysical subjects with a primary focus on how everyone can learn to fine tune their unique intuitive abilities and skills. Todays show will be a live column read and added discussion. I won't be able to take live calls during todays show.

Revenge of the Birds:

“I remember seeing the Alfred Hitchcock classic the Birds when I was about twelve. The scene where an unnerving amount of birds are flocking around one of the main characters in the background was truly ominous. In this scene Tippi Hedren is actually attacked by birds and it’s terrifying. A master of suspense the director brings up the scary possibility of nature actually turning against us while it was a brilliant idea and in all practically highly unlikely it still made us think about what could happen if we abuse nature and take it for granted. What if animals/nature turned against us?

We had a cat when I was around that age in addition to our usual full house of three dogs. He was an inside cat, but he spent a lot of time outside by choice. Our cat and dogs absolutely never fought each other like cats and dogs were supposed to do...”