Send us a text In early February, I had the joy of talking with The Corvid Corner from TikTok. If you listened, then like me, you might've been blown away about the intelligence, loyalty and cleverness of crows. As I confessed in the opening minutes of that episode, I haven't always been a bird fan. In fact, I suffered my first panic attack inside an aviary at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. I attribute it to too much Alfred Hitchcock as a kid, and not enough Mary Poppins. During the episode, I mea...
Mar 03, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Send us a text I had a plan for this week, but then received a divine intervention. Two angels came forward in my morning minutes. And if you know anything about me by now, it's that I listen when the angels tell me something. Alright, so full disclosure, this episode had a second intervention. I was going to focus this episode on Archangel Metatron. As I was wrapping up the outline and gearing up to record, I was hit with a feeling that this should be a joint episode on the Archangel brothers, ...
Feb 24, 2023•38 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Send us a text This week I’m happy to have Scarlet Darkwood on the show. Like me, she is an author, in fact we had the same publishing house until Booktrope tragically went bankrupt. After they closed their doors, us authors mourned, regrouped, and many of us have remained connected through socials. Scarlet is one of those authors! But, she's also in perpetual pursuit of knowledge. I can't wait to learn more. Welcome to Curious Cat, Scarlet! Tarot, the occult, the Rosicrucian Order, you are such...
Feb 17, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Send us a text If you listened to my interview with comedian and tarot reader, Karen Rontowski, then you have at least a cursory knowledge of Edgar Cayce – who was also known as the Sleeping Prophet and father of holistic medicine. I learned about him on an episode of the Art Bell tapes and ordered, There is a River by Thomas Sugrue, his only authorized biography, and immediately began to read it. Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on March 18th, 1877, in his youth, after studying the Bible for days...
Feb 10, 2023•35 min
Send us a text Full disclosure - I haven’t always loved crows. It wasn’t that many years ago when I walked into an aviary at Woodland Park Zoo and had a panic attack. Being shut into a confined space with birds flitting here and there called to mind Alfred Hitchcock’s classic, The Birds. I had to step outside and collect myself on a stone bench. Later though, when I became a mother, I saw birds through the eyes of my children. We set up fairy houses in the yard and watched for hummingbirds. My f...
Feb 03, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Send us a text Today's special guest is Dr. Richard Sugg. He is an accomplished author with 13 published books. His works have appeared in The Guardian, BBC History, Der Spiegel and The New Yorker. He has only recently ventured into the podcast arena with Dark Mysteries from the Secret University. Welcome to the show, Dr. Sugg! We were introduced to one another through the fabulous Karen Rontowski. She said you are interested in the paranormal and consider yourself a skeptic. I like that. Open m...
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Send us a text Nora is the dynamic artist behind the Curious Cat show identity. If you like the art, just wait until you meet the fae mage that created it. They're here to teach us about astrology. I am eager to learn. All I know is my sun sign is Sagittarius. That's it. Nora unlocks a new level of understanding for me with evolutionary astrology . Haven't heard of it? Well, just wait. It is a powerful sub-genre that provides each of us with a custom-written owner's manual to clarify this life d...
Jan 20, 2023•47 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Send us a text Today’s episode epitomizes my favorite kind of conversation, it’s that sweet space where science and woo comingle. We are talking about consciousness, and it is becoming feasible that science, in my lifetime, or at least the lifetime of my grandkids, will unravel this age old mystery. Jay and Lindy Nelson began writing their book , Consciousness in a Nutshell five years ago. It reads like the college textbook I wish I’d had, written in an approachable, raw, scientifically and anec...
Jan 13, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Send us a text Today’s guest is a comedian, paranormal investigator, podcast hostess with the mostest, and tarot reader, the fabulous Karen Rontowski. After being a guest on her podcast, Paranormal Karen, I asked her to do a tarot reading for me. I've never experienced one before and it was a sheer delight. I learned lots. That's when I asked her to be MY guest on Curious Cat and teach us all about tarot. From the arcana to the decks to the card layouts, my intention was to start our learning pr...
Jan 06, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Send us a text These are the top lessons I’ve learned in 2022. Yeah, I know. I’m a tad early in kissing 2022 goodbye. Thing is, I love looking back. I’m addicted to it. It’s clarifying. The waning weeks of a year are the natural time to review and assess. This time last year I was in a very different state of mind. It was more a sense of bitterness, like I’d somehow been betrayed by 2021. It was supposed to be better than 2020 and yet it took my father from me and left me an empty nester. I was ...
Dec 23, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Send us a text If you’ve been listening to Curious Cat this season, then you know that this year I’ve been into angels. In fact, I’ve taken direction from my morning meditations as to which angel to research and feature next. Archangel Gabriel is one that takes my breath away, he is gloriously beautiful, dazzling, I can’t look at him straight-on. There’s a series of meditations I listen to that invoke the angels for protection and each time the narrator, Steve Noble, mentions Archangel Gabriel i...
Dec 16, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Send us a text Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours. This will be my 53rd Christmas. My God! Time flies. My first Christmas memory is of reaching into Grandma Riley’s oversized cookie tin and taking out a perfect sugar cookie, crisp on the edges, tender inside, I savored every nibble. Those Spokane Christmases were my happiest. I was with my cousins and the house was overstuffed with family. There was Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, and Andy Williams playing behind the chatter as adul...
Dec 09, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Send us a text Hello and thank you for listening to Curious Cat! If you’ve been listening since Season 1, first off, THANK YOU! Hopefully you’ve noticed a pattern, I only cover topics that interest me, sometimes it’s a veiled excuse to buy three books on a subject I’d never heard of a week ago and obsess over it for a time. This week though I’m getting personal. Trigger warning for any sensitive listeners, because I want to share with you the ways I found to cope during the toughest year of my l...
Dec 02, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Send us a text This week we are shifting into holiday mode. If you’re like me, the word, ‘Holiday,’ ups your blood pressure. This year let’s make a vow to put our mental and emotional health first. In that spirit, I’m sharing ways to keep and maintain sanity during this busy, expensive, exhausting, merry time of year. This week is a two-fer. We can’t do the first part as easily if we have loved ones that have passed on our hearts. It makes everything else, well, moreso. More tiring. More taxing....
Nov 25, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Send us a text Apologies for my hard shift into holiday-mode, but this episode is like a half hour emergency PSA. The sooner it’s out there, the better. My blood pressure climbs at the thought of Black Friday shopping. I can’t imagine getting up at 5am, then wrestling my way through crowds for a deal. It terrifies me. Could be because I’m short, or crowds make me anxious, or both. Yes, there are sales to be had and this year, more than most, we need to stretch our dollars, but I wanted to bring ...
Nov 18, 2022•22 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Send us a text I recently stumbled on a spooky Twitter thread about an AI ghost lady that kept appearing in one woman’s computer-generated images. Named Loab, she is a creepy, imposing figure; and I began to wonder if we might be giving this strange ghost in the machine substance with each web search and AI-generated image? It got me thinking about AI in general. We’re told on repeat that AI is the future. Some fear it will wipe out most jobs in the coming years. Others are scared the takeover i...
Nov 11, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Send us a text Archangel Raziel is the master puzzle builder. His name translates as, “Secrets of God.” If you’ve never heard of this mighty angel, let me fill you in on this powerful, supernatural, magnificent archangel. I fell even harder in love with him after learning that he is a fan us humans! He even defied God to pass on important wisdom to us. If you listened to my special Halloween episode where Molly Hudson and I relayed the story of Sister Irenita Zimmerman and the resolution of her ...
Nov 04, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Send us a text This meditation goes hand in hand with Season 2, Episode 10: The Angel of Mysteries and Magic, Raziel. In it, we ask the angel Raziel to work with us to heal past life traumas; those held in our past or the past lives of anyone in our soul tribe. We ask him to respect our wishes to know or not know what those traumas were, and ask for our own personal sign from him to indicate the work is done. We will open our eyes feeling lighter, because that weight has sloughed off of our shou...
Nov 02, 2022•9 min
Send us a text After a long, remarkable life, our dear Maine Coon, Romeo, crossed the rainbow bridge. He still had some magic left to share, though, after he passed. Cry along with me, and laugh, as I tell you about one fantastic, lovable cat. ***A special note*** Yesterday I picked up Cooper dog and Opal cat from the kennel after two days of care at Paradise Pet Lodge. The staff there has taken care of our beloved pets whenever we travel with such love and kindness, so they'd known Romeo his wh...
Oct 28, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Send us a text Brew a cup of apple cider, light a candle, dim the lights, and listen beneath the blankets to six incredible, true, spooky, supernatural tales. Huge thanks to my two special guests. Please find them on socials and follow their work. They are ones to watch! Guest Contacts: Kellie from TANGLEPOD – www.tanglepod.com (to listen to her podcast) TANGLEPOD on Instagram Miss Molly Knows – www.missmollyknows.com (to take a class or book a reading) Miss Molly Knows on Instagram Miss Molly K...
Oct 25, 2022•57 min
Send us a text This is a true story that begins in 1931 and is still developing as we live and breathe. You will learn about a woman who served God and died too early. Her service and devotion to God and St. Joseph was almost eclipsed by her friend Father John J. Crowley, also known as the Padre of the Desert, a larger-than-life servant of the Catholic Church. Their stories are forever intertwined and with the help of special guest, Molly Hudson, we will share what happened to us after I mention...
Oct 21, 2022•40 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Send us a text This week we are talking about everyday magic, the rituals and superstitions that are so ingrained in the everyday they are nearly invisible! Let’s get into it! As I put my socks on for this morning’s run, I realized I do this a certain way because of a superstition I hold. I put on both socks, then both shoes before taking a single step. Even if the fire alarm went off, I wouldn’t budge. I’m not sure where I picked up this superstition that walking with only one sock on will caus...
Oct 14, 2022•32 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Send us a text This quick meditation was inspired by the Water Magick episode. Made with love, it is meant to flush out the negative, make room for the positive, and help us to adjust to change like water and go with the flow. Huge thanks to my audio engineer for making this sound lovely! Have you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 5 of Angels and other categories! Be one of...
Oct 10, 2022•8 min
Send us a text I have a routine that I only just started a month or so ago. It’s called, “Morning Papers.” After the pets are fed, I sit with my coffee and do a quick two-minute meditation that gets me into Oneness with God and the Universe. I ask, “What do you need me to know or do today?” Then I listen. This particular morning I received, “Look up Azrael. Study and learn. L-O-V-E is the key. LISTEN! OBSERVE! VERIFY! ENACT! I misspelled Azrael, but an internet search for him turned up Archangel...
Oct 07, 2022•23 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Send us a text Water is considered one of FOUR SACRED ELEMENTS – included with water are EARTH, AIR, and FIRE. Water energy represents PURITY, FLUIDITY, and HARMONY; it can dilute, heal, cleanse, and calm. It's unique chemistry is the ultimate world-builder. There are sacred bodies of water, legendary waters, and those forbidden from consumption. Fill your hydroflask, then join me for a deep dive into the magic of water! Sources and Materials: https://www.thewholesomewitch.com/water-magick-corre...
Sep 30, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Send us a text Imagine you’re snuggled into bed, glass of water by your side, book in hand, phone on vibrate. Something across the room catches your eye. Movement, fast, a blur. Then you make out a distinct human shaped shadow move past the far wall. Was it a person? But no one else is home. Could it have been your imagination? Was it a ghost? Chances are it was another encounter with a spreading phenomenon – apparitions that’ve come to be known as shadow people or shadow beings . Go on TikTok o...
Sep 23, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Send us a text A special mini bonus episode, it is the perfect companion to any of the Season One episodes, or Season 2, Episode 6 where we talk about Azrael and the power of harnessing near-death experiences. Here, I offer a quick mediation inviting Azrael, the Angel of Death, to transfigure our fear of death into love and curiosity. Then, we ask him to do a life review for us NOW; walk us backward from now through the years of our life. We ask him to hold our hand when we encounter painful mem...
Sep 20, 2022•10 min
Send us a text What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘Angels?’ Sweet strains of harp music? White feathered wings stretching out from behind a bare-chested man with six-pack abs? Angels pre-date Christianity. In fact, every ancient civilization holds a belief in angels. Most people consider angels protectors, blessings to our lives, benevolent helpers of humanity; but do they have a darkside? There’s a great man I’d like you to know about, who used angel magick to survive death row, where he...
Sep 16, 2022•32 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Send us a text Have you ever heard of the phone app, Randonautica? It’s a create-your-own-adventure-meets-Magic-8-Ball kind of experience. Open the app, set an intention, and the app generates a random place. You walk, bike or drive there and the final destination will match your intention. YouTube has countless videos, some fake, others real, documenting the experiences of Randonauters. Some raise the hair on the back of your neck, others are life-affirming, while a couple have led to homicide ...
Sep 09, 2022•42 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Send us a text Season Two kicks off with a mystery t hat’s been speculated about across the globe for a handful of years, and has been allegedly solved by a doctor on TikTok. There’s a dedicated Wikipedia page, compelling Vox article, whose phenomenon is helping to solve a strange case in Australia, and begins a stone’s throw away from my corner of Washington state. I’ve been compelled to track this mystery since the first foot washed up on the shores of a Canadian island fifteen years ago. Rece...
Sep 02, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 1
