Best AP Strange Podcasts (2025)

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Going to the Creature Double Feature with Ryk McIntyre (3xtC) 55:59

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6d ago55:59

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It's a special double feature Third Time's the Charm episode on this week's show, as AP chats with his old friend Ryk McIntyre about two third installments from classic Universal Monster movie franchises. First, they discuss the relatively obscure offering from the Invisible Man series, 1940's The Invisible Woman- a departure from the gothic horror…

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Putting the Cards on the Table with Professor Charles Porterfield 2:27:03

11d ago2:27:03

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This week's show is an exciting one, as the one-and-only Professor Porterfield joins AP for an in-depth discussion about Hoodoo, the Sporting Life, and spell work with playing cards. Professor Porterfield is an Old Testament, old school reader and root worker and the author of several books including A Deck of Spells: Hoodoo Playing Card Magic in R…

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Collecting Old Weird Paperbacks with Jerrold Coe 1:31:44

20d ago1:31:44

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This week Dr. Jerrold Coe, the writer and collector behind Paperbacks of the Gods, joins AP for a freewheeling discussion about the pulpy madness of paperback forteana. Jerrold's site is a treasure trove of quirky titles, replete with wildly weird cover designs and even weirder subjects, and this conversation is a celebration of such cultural oddit…

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Charting the Imaginal with Glennie F. Sewell 1:19:59

27d ago1:19:59

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This week on the show, Glennie F. Sewell joins AP to discuss his work in paranormal investigation and his academic efforts toward synthesizing lived paranormal experiences and their relation to the imaginal realities with which they interact. He recently led a workshop to discuss these concepts at the 2025 Paranormal Research Symposium in Gettysbur…

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Reading Cursed Tomes with Leah Prime 1:47:05

1M ago1:47:05

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On this week's show, Leah Prime drops in to discuss rare and cursed books! From incunabula to anthropodermic bindings, to books of occult lore, Leah shares her wealth of knowledge about rare books and manuscripts from around the world in a fascinating conversation with AP. She discusses her backstory, and what led her to an academic life in rare te…

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Channeling Art with Randi Bergsma 1:04:33

1M ago1:04:33

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On this week's show Randi Bergsma joins AP for a discussion about channeling, seances, and art, particularly in relation to the work of Hilma af Klint. Randi is a witch, a writer, an artist, and a tarot reader whose work has been published in The Feminine Macabre, Haunted Magazine, and, more recently, was featured as a speaker at the 2025 Paranorma…

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Road Trippin' with Tim Binnall 57:59

2M ago57:59

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This week's show is a road recording, as AP and Tim Binnall recap their whirlwind road trip down to Gettysburg for the Paranormal Research Symposium at which AP gave a talk. Recorded in the car as they reached the home stretch back to Massachusetts, the audio quality may be a little different than listeners are used to but the conversation was fill…

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The Misunderstood Magic of the Monster of Ness, live in Gettysburg 52:41

2M ago52:41

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Recorded on August 23, 2025 at the Paranormal Research Symposium in Gettysburg, PA, this is the live recording of AP's presentation on the various mystical narratives and possible supernatural realities behind the Loch Ness Monster. With a healthy amount of humor and an enthusiastic audience, the presentation was a lot of fun to do and part of a gr…

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Being Gravely Concerned with Tui Snider 2:05:39

2M ago2:05:39

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This week's show is a fun one, as Tui Snider joins AP and guest co-host Stephanie Quick to celebrate the release of her new book Around the World in 80 Graves! Tui, as you might have guessed, is an author and world traveler who has had a lifelong interest in cemeteries. She is also one heck of a story teller, and her most recent book- and this wide…

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Studying UFOs via Foucault with Stephanie Quick and Professor WHAM 2:01:02

2M ago2:01:02

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This week returning guests Stephanie Quick and Professor WHAM join AP for a philosophical deep dive on the works and writings of Michel Foucault, and how the the ideas he talked about could be applied to the subject of UFOlogy. For those unfamiliar with Foucault both Steph and WHAM do a great job of breaking down key concepts and terminology, which…

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Honoring the Legacy of The Emperor with John Lumea 1:34:11

2M ago1:34:11

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This week on the show writer, strategist, and founder of The Emperor Norton Trust John Lumea joins AP for an in-depth discussion about an obscure but fascinating historical figure- that of Joshua Abraham Norton, the self-proclaimed Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. What began as a campaign on John's part to recognize the Emperor…

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Thumbin' Through the Darin Morgan Files with Bradley Plaisier and Robert Skvarla 1:35:59

3M ago1:35:59

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This week Bradley Plaisier and Robert Skvarla join AP to talk about the classic 90s phenomena that was The X-Files, but more specifically, the episodes written by Darin Morgan. Fans of the TV series know Morgan for his humor and absurdity in stories such as Jose Chung's From Outer Space and War of the Coprophages, "monster of the week" episodes tha…

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Shoppin' for a Boomstick with J. R. Hikel (3xtC) 1:10:43

3M ago1:10:43

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This week's show is another Third Time's the Charm (3xtC) installment with J. R. Hikel joining AP to talk about one of the greatest movies of all time- Army of Darkness! J. R. is a small business owner and a lifelong horror fan, and runs J. R.'s Spooky Shack in Hudson, Massachusetts- a one-stop shop for all manner of horror merchandise. He brings h…

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Entering the Chapel Perilous with Gabriel Kennedy 2:09:02

3M ago2:09:02

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This week Gabriel Kennedy, aka Prop-Anon, drops in to discuss his book Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson! This first, and currently only biography of RAW was several years in the making for Gabriel. In this conversation, he and AP discuss how he came to discover Wilson's work, the influences its had on Kennedy as a…

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Illuminating the Sandown Clown Legend with Paul A. T. Wilson 1:24:09

3M ago1:24:09

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AP welcomes folklorist and writer Paul A. T. Wilson to the show to discuss the fantastically weird case of Sam, the Sandown Clown- an entity reportedly encountered on the Isle of Wight in the early 1970s by a pair of young children. Listeners familiar with the story will undoubtedly be thrilled to learn that further encounters with the entity vario…

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Getting Creatively Weird with Todd Purse 1:36:42

3M ago1:36:42

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This week, cartoonist and ultimate Creative Weirdo Todd Purse joins AP for an inspiring and fun conversation about art, imagination, and the power of bringing ideas to life on the page. Todd makes his living, as he says, by "drawing pictures on coffee bags"- but he also consistently produces whimsical and positive paranormal themed art which he sha…

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Killing the Robots with Michael M. Hughes 1:53:30

4M ago1:53:30

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Michael M. Hughes joins AP this week to discuss the proliferation of AI technology and the impact it's having on every aspect of society. Michael is an author, a journalist, a tarot reader, and teacher, and his recent writings include a "Humanifesto" which promotes biological intelligence and resists the artifice being sold to us by the tech indust…

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Getting Paranormally Active with Icy Sedgwick (3xtC) 1:17:41

4M ago1:17:41

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For this week's Third Time's the Charm (3xtC) presentation, Icy Sedgwick joins AP to venture into the realm of found footage horror movies with a look at Paranormal Activity 3. As it happens, Icy was the perfect guest to have on for this subject, as she has an honest-to-goodness doctorate in horror movies and used the Paranormal Activity series for…

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Investigating Flying Saucer Investigators with Charles Lear 1:36:51

4M ago1:36:51

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This week AP sits down to talk flying saucers with UFO buff, author, playwright, and blogger Charles Lear! Charles is the author of The Flying Saucer Investigators, a book detailing the early history around the personalities who made UFOs a cultural phenomenon. It serves as an excellent primer on the origins of modern UFOlogy, following the storied…

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Mastering Time with Tess Martin 1:08:19

4M ago1:08:19

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This week, AP sits down with filmmaker and artist Tess Martin to discuss her recent works, and what they have to say about time, memory, and meaning. Tess is a visual artist based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands with a background in classical fine art and animation, and her films are a unique marriage of the two disciplines that get to the heart of t…

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New Age Traveling with Steve Mills 2:38:48

5M ago2:38:48

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Steve Mills, aka the Reverend StarDoG, returns to the show this week to discuss the festival scene throughout the U.K. in the 1970s into the 1980s. Steve had previously been on for a Third Time's the Charm episode to discuss Halloween III, but this time he and AP get into the music, culture, and adjacent wyrdshit of the free festival movement he wa…

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Getting Cromulent with Michelle Elmquist 1:16:47

5M ago1:16:47

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This week AP has a chat with his old friend Michelle Elmquist about The Simpsons- its cultural impact, the weirdness involved in some of the episodes, and how the early seasons captured a particular essence of the 1990s. Michelle had been the host of The Eternal Void, But With Jazz podcast for which AP was sometimes a guest host or cohost. The curr…

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Getting Strangely Magickal with Bill Darmon and Dave Goudsward 1:40:21

5M ago1:40:21

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On this week's show, the documentary series Strange Magick is discussed with director Bill Darmon and researcher and author Dave Goudsward. The film explores the connections between sites in New England, the odd connections between the magic of places and larger-than-life figures such as Aleister Crowley and H. P. Lovecraft, and even espionage duri…

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Looking for Mummies and Gnomes with Fred Andersson 1:22:46

5M ago1:22:46

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Fred Andersson returns to the show this week to discuss some wild cases from his home country of Sweden, including sightings of mummies, gnomes, and lake monsters! Fred had previously appeared on the show to discuss Jaws 3-D for one of the Third Time's the Charm (3xtC) episodes, but he just has too many cool stories to share to not have him back on…

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Getting Conspiratorial with Robert Guffey 2:30:45

6M ago2:30:45

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Robert Guffey joins AP in this episode for a lengthy and mind-bending chat that covers a lot of weird ground. Robert is a well-known writer and author of both fiction and non-fiction, and in this chat the difficulty in telling the difference between the two is well illustrated. One of his books, Chameleo, is discussed at length- in particular, how …

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Winning the Leprechaunathon with Jeff Knox (3xtC) 1:33:16

6M ago1:33:16

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Viva Las Vegas! This week AP chats with Jeff Knox, a wonderful UFO researcher and cohost of the YouTube show Ufo Sunset, about Leprechaun 3. AP had come up with the idea of a Leprechanathon- that is, watching all of the Leprechaun movies in a row, and being the madman that his Mr. Knox actually did it! In keeping with the Third Time's the Charm for…

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Finding UFO Harmony with Mike Fiorito 1:34:12

6M ago1:34:12

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This week's episode is a journey through sound and melody, as AP talks with Mike Fiorito about the interrelation between music and the Phenomenon. Mike is a musician, and a freelance music journalist, and also an award-winning author. His latest book, UFO Symphonic- Journeys Into Sound delves into the complex relationship between creativity, the un…

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Hailing Discordia with Bobby Campbell 1:50:20

6M ago1:50:20

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All Hail Discordia! On this episode, comic book artist Bobby Campbell joins AP to discuss his ongoing project to adapt the Illuminatus! Trilogy into comic form. The classic of 1970s high weirdness written by Robert Anton Wilson and Bob Shea is a centerpiece in the world of Discordianism, and adapting it to other media is no small task. Bobby talks …

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Exploring Thelema with Maevius Lynn 1:15:03

7M ago1:15:03

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Maevius Lynn joins AP this week to explore the living tradition of Thelema and discuss the complicated legacy of Aleister Crowley. Lynn is a practicing Thelemic ceremonial magician, a writer, an artist, and a lecturer who offers a unique perspective to an often misunderstood realm of the occult and religious thought. She has a knack for explaining …

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Searching for Spock with Aaron Gulyas (3xtC) 1:41:19

7M ago1:41:19

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This week, AP and guest co-host Blackwolf John Oates chat with Aaron Gulyas about Star Trek III: The Search For Spock! Setting phasers to "snark", they boldly go where many nerds have gone before in dissecting Star Trek as a franchise, focusing on the original cast and the motion pictures they appeared in. The conversation takes a lot of turns and …

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Finding the Devil in the Details with Doug Brod 1:39:05

7M ago1:39:05

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Journalist and author Doug Brod joins AP in this episode to discuss his recent biography Born With a Tail: The Devilish Life and Wicked Times of Anton Szandor LaVey. Doug is currently an editor at the Toronto Star, and was formerly editor in chief for SPIN and TV Guide. He has also written for The New York Times, Billboard, Hollywood Reporter, and …

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Contextualizing California with Stephanie Quick 1:49:15

7M ago1:49:15

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For this week's show, the inimitable Stephanie Quick joins AP for a look at the cultural context around the San Francisco Bay area and her lived experience there. Offering context for a variety of personalities and organizations tangential to weird studies, the artistic and political movements of the area from the 1960s to the present are examined.…

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Episode X: The End of The End 44:40

7M ago44:40

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AP & Chase fight for Earth's survival (and friendship) after finally coming face to face with a reality television obsessed Telesyndicate (Actress/Model Sabrina Ahmed). Will AP actually quit Beyond Strange & a lifelong friendship? Will the Tellesyndicates make good on their threat and blow up Earth? Could this be the very last description I ever wr…

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Getting ESPecially Spooky with Loyd Auerbach 1:21:40

7M ago1:21:40

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This week's episode has the one-and-only Loyd Auerbach, aka Professor Paranormal, sharing his thoughts and observations from his decades-long career in parapsychology. He is a mentalist, author, investigator of paranormal claims, a chocolatier, and teaches parapsychology courses at the Rhine Education Center and Atlantic University. He and AP get i…

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Tell All Part 2 48:20

8M ago48:20

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The Tell All tea is back to spilinnnn'! Beyond Strange AM is back after its much-anticipated week-long commercial break. Hosts Chase and AP (in that order—take note) are joined by returning guests Tuwb the Ghost (comedian and Scary Movie Sleepoverco-host, Tanner Hodegeson) and Sophia Mars (Big Time Fresh star Bella Mars). Making his BSAM chaotic de…

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Teaching Zombies to Behave with Bryan White (3xtC) 1:23:26

8M ago1:23:26

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This week's episode is a Third Time's the Charm (3xtC) offering featuring zombies! Bryan White drops into AP's underground bunker to talk about Day of the Dead, the third installment of the George Romero zombie flicks that began with Night of the Living Dead and more or less kicked off the whole genre of zombie movies. Bryan co-hosts the horror mov…

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Tell All Part 1 35:34

8M ago35:34

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Catch up with all your favorite guests from Beyond Strange: Asked By Aliens including Rondell Weatherford (Actor/Comedian Jordan Coleman), Jerri Poppins/Sophia Mars (Big Time Fresh's Bella Mars), Mark Stevenson (Comedian Scott White), & A2419 aka Mitzi (Actress Jenna Lawson) on this insane first part of the wildest Tell All you've ever heard. Mostl…

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Exploring Other Dimensions with Solomon Pakal 2:04:24

8M ago2:04:24

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Solomon Pakal joins AP this week for a far-ranging discussion of occult concepts and strange phenomena, with a focus on Meso America and the Maya roots of ideas still prevalent today. Solomon is a historian, a practitioner of magic, an author, and just generally an amazingly knowledgable researcher and seeker after mystical truths. He talks a bit a…

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Season One Finale Part I Trailer 2:29

8M ago2:29

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This one's for all the marbles- will Earth be destroyed? Find out soon on Part 1 of the epic conclusion to the first season of Beyond Strange: Asked By Aliens!By AskedbyAliens

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Being Directed by David Lynch with Professor WHAM 1:51:23

8M ago1:51:23

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AP is joined in this episode by the one and only Professor WHAM for a tribute to, and exploration of the life and works of David Lynch in honor of his passing from this realm in January of 2025. They focus in particular on the esoteric and mystical aspects of his movies and Twin Peaks, while also touching on his visual art and music. A lot of groun…

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Ep 165 Octopus Psychic 45:24

8M ago45:24

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On a totally-nothing-scary-happening-right-now-when-it-comes-to-the-fate-of-earth-in-particular episode of Beyond Strange AM: AP & Chase are joined by a mysterious woman, Deborah Helen Mirren (Legitimate Octopus Psychic, Ashley Deighton), who claims to be a legitimate Octopus Psychic. Where do these tentacled visitors come from? Why do they worship…

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Taking Things Serios-ly with Blackwolf John Oates 1:48:27

8M ago1:48:27

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Blackwolf John Oates returns to the show to discuss the baffling life and times of Ted Serios, Thoughtographer. Blackwolf first appeared for a Third Time's the Charm (3xtC) episode about RoboCop, but this time he and AP get into more paranormal subject matter. Ted Serios is a fascinating character, and a case study of just how wacky paranormal phen…

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Ep 164 Listener Call-In Redux 37:09

9M ago37:09

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AP Stark & Chase Austin take another stab at answering calls from the faithful listeners of Beyond Strange AM. If you thought they'd only get around to a single call this time, well lemme tell ya... you'd be exactly correct. Tin Can Collector & Trash Can Enthusiast, Rondell Weatherford (actor & comedian Jordan Coleman), calls in to discuss his disc…

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Catchin' the Drift with Walker Jaroch 1:32:44

9M ago1:32:44

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On this week's show, Walker Jaroch joins AP to discuss some of the ideas he poses through his writings on the paranormal and to share some spooky stories he's uncovered in his home state of Wisconsin. Walker is the founder of Driftless Times Media, a website which he started in Spring of 2024- and for only having been online for less than a year, h…

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Ep 8 We Dash Earth's Hope 15:10

9M ago15:10

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M.i.C. extracts data related to this supposed "hope" from legendary human podcasters the Aforementioned AP Stark & Faithful Co-Pilot Chase Austin. Let's just say they better french kiss that sweet little planet of theirs while they still can... iykyk...By AskedbyAliens

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Guarding the Galaxy with Alexx Bollen (3xtC) 1:21:43

9M ago1:21:43

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For this week's Third Time's the Charm (3xtC) presentation, Alexx Bollen joins AP to discuss the 32nd Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. III. They talk about Marvel movies more broadly, the attitudes of movie-goers around them, the work of James Gunn and his Troma origins, how underrated the Zune was, and the spiritual im…

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Ep 163 Millennial Conspiracy Theory Influencer 31:47

9M ago31:47

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Viral Millennial TikTok sensation Sophia Mars (Big Time Fresh's Bella Mars), joins AP & Chase on a wild trip down the conspiracy rabbit hole. Is Hillary Duff secretly Bernie Sander's immortal granddaughter? Are the Olsen Twins not only a single Olsen moving extraordinarily fast, but also single handedly responsible for Global Warming? Find all of t…

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Seeking Out Heroes and Monsters with Super Inframan 2:09:28

9M ago2:09:28

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Super Inframan, aka Saxon, joins AP on this episode in an exploration of media that is traditionally considered geeky such as comic books and kaiju movies and how these forms of media overlap with high strangeness and real world weirdness. He is an honest-to-goodness super hero, a semi-regular co-host on Where Did the Road Go?, and a martial arts i…

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Ep 7 We're Not Jealous, You Are! 18:24

9M ago18:24

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M.i.C. gets the tea on a rather humorous human emotion: Jealousy. The Aforementioned AP Stark finally returns from his weeks long trek with infamous earthling Bigfoot Hunter/Baby Psychic Christian Wells. Faithful Co-Pilot, Chase Austin, is feeling some kind of way about it. Observe!By AskedbyAliens

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Jumping the Shark with Fred Andersson (3xtC) 1:41:41

9M ago1:41:41

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It's another Third Time's the Charm episode of The AP Strange Show, and this one is a doozy! This 3xtC episode enters the third dimension of terror for a disaster of a film called Jaws 3-D. Joining AP in jumping the shark, as it were, is none other than paranormal writer, researcher, television professional, and connoisseur of schlocky cinema Fred …