Desert Oracle Radio

Series produced by Desert Oracle

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DESERT ORACLE RADIO 

A moody road trip through the mysterious American desert. Weekly series hosted by Ken Layne, 28 minutes.

Created by the acclaimed Desert Oracle magazine in Joshua Tree, California, Desert Oracle Radio deals with the history and mystery of the American Southwest.


168 Pieces

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That It Will Never Come Again
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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We are meditating upon some various facts and figures here in the Mojave High Desert this week, from the weather in Twentynine Palms to which apost...

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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Last Blast of Winter
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Happy Earth Day, people of Earth. Here's an episode about the desert in winter, appropriate for our spring blast of rain and snow and cold, cold te...

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2022
  • Length: 28:01
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Phantom Plane Crash on a Utah Highway
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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What happened to Army Private Gerry Irwin on a Utah two-lane? There was no plane crash, no passengers, nothing by Pvt. Irwin unconscious in the Uta...

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  • Added: Apr 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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Pinyon Jays Know Why They're Alive
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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What is the life philosophy of the pinyon jay? To eat pinyon nuts and somehow make pinyon-jay eggs. The rest is easy, especially with a hundred-and...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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Druid Stories To Ward Off St. Patrick
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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In tribute to the Druids who were canceled by Saint Patrick, we will tell some stories. Ghost stories. From those ancient Celtic lands that gave us...

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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Antidote for Despair
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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One good thing about wandering the wilderness is you can escape the despair of society. Walt Whitman did it, as did Georgia O'Keeffe. Did you reali...

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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John Muir in the Wild Desert
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Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Tonight we visit with the friendly ghost of John Muir, specifically regarding his many excursions in the California deserts. New soundscapes by Red...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Settle Down With Purpose
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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It's the prettiest time of year in the High Desert, with longer days and the last winter precipitation setting it all up for springtime. What will ...

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  • Added: Feb 18, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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Nasruddin & Other Holy Fools
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Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Back from our brief convalescence to bring you desert prayers in the night — Ancient Egyptian prayers & psalms, in this case. And some tales of Mul...

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2022
  • Length: 28:01
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Empty Churches For Fun & (Non) Profit
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Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Sure are a lot of mostly abandoned churches out here in the California desert. A lot of good community real estate. How do you take over churches? ...

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  • Added: Jan 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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A Hymn To Sekhmet, Creator of the Desert
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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How long has Sekhmet ruled over humanity? Five-thousand years! That’s when She is first known to us, appearing in something like her current form, ...

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  • Added: Jan 14, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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The Light Saw Me
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Jason Boland joins us from Texas to talk about "The Light Saw Me," the tale of a cowboy taken up into the sky—a tale told by Jason Boland and the S...

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  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
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Run for the Desert Hills
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Like the beaver, we can change parts of our environment. Like the birds, we can move to other lands or at least try. And sometimes those Other Land...

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2021
  • Length: 28:01
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Huehuecoyotl & the Canine Gods
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Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Looking for God in the world? Watch the coyote. Huehuecoyotl, that’s its Holy name. Old, old coyote. Lord of the arts, god of music and dance, our ...

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
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The Witching Hour
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Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Remember when they said on the news or whatever how Halloween was finished, because this was no time for a holiday that, uh, remembers the dead? To...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2021
  • Length: 28:01
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The Jaws of Darkness Do Devour
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The ill counsel of a desert place, that would be howled out in the desert air . . . . Night has fallen on the desert, in this spookiest of seasons....

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
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The Time of Mourning
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Rain on the ground, a chill in the air, ghosts on the prowl. We're back from the Midwest with strange tales from the desert to the cornfields. Host...

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
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Harvest of Souls
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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We're back from the road with a new episode to celebrate the most glorious time of year: October, Autumn, Harvest, Fall, whatever you all it. With ...

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  • Added: Oct 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
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The Autumn Beatitudes
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Congratulations, you people! It is Fall. You made it. Might take another month or two, until you really notice, but summer is officially over. It'...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Twentynine Palms, Twelve Dollars & Change
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Tonight we come to you from Theatre29 in sweltering Twentynine Palms, California. Flash floods, heat domes, weird animals, RedBlueBlackSilver, what...

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  • Added: Jul 20, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1

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