I'm thrilled to have my good buddy, Red Pill Junkie on the show this week! We discuss UFOs (of course), the relationship between art/high strangeness, the joys of weird communities, UFO Tarot and whole lot more! You can also request commissions from RPJ, which is just amazing. His art is top shelf and them some. I really hope you enjoy this discussion as much as I did. Thank you for listening, friends! Love, Steve RPJ's Work: http://absurdbydesign.com https://twitter.com/red_pill_junkie https://...
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 43 min
My guest this week is repeat customer A.P. Strange! He's back on the show to talk about all sorts of delightful topics such as: the government and bigfoot, monster magicians, the 70's occult revival and winged weirdies. A.P is one of my favorite minds in the Fortean world, and has the grace and ability to talk on these subjects in a detailed and hilarious way. I really hope you enjoy this episode, my friends! Be sure to check out his brilliant show The Holy Donut Revival Hour (link below). So go...
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 44 min
My guest this week is good buddy Wren Collier! Wren is one of my favorite minds in the world of the weird. He's also one of the most interesting human beings you'll ever meet. From his magical practice, to his vegetable garden, Wren knows what it means to have patience, and to enjoy the process. Every single time I get the chance to listen to him, or speak with him myself, I always learn something extremely valuable. I hope you all do too! Love, Steve https://twitter.com/liminalbird sword of jus...
Mar 14, 2024•1 hr 33 min
Ooooooohhhhh yeah my guest this week is fellow weird Nebraska enthusiast, Jamie Chadd! Jamie is the greatest historian of weird Nebraska in this era, and we jam on tales of UFOs, cryptids, true crime, ghosts and a ton more. Jamie is also fighting the good fight against corporate ghost tour companies (LAME!) - she has been giving the best ghost tours Eastern Nebraska has ever seen and they are trying to move into our turf to muck up the works. Not on our watch, people! Jamie also has a wonderful ...
Mar 07, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Hello friends! This week I have the great Fred Andersson joining me all the way from lovely Sweden! Fred is a wealth of knowledge in terms of high strangeness, but he's especially knowledgable about his home turf. We get into gnomes, UFO's, ghost rockets, Scandinavian folklore and a bunch more. Fred really is just such a smart and wonderful human being. I hope you enjoy our conversation! Love, Steve https://twitter.com/HomoSatanis https://www.instagram.com/homosatanis/ https://www.facebook.com/f...
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 41 min
Holy smokes, I've got my good buddy, and fellow Omaha native Brian Corey on the ol' show this week! Brian is the host of the incredible The Necronomicast Podcast, and also a deep appreciator of all things weird and mysterious in our shared state of Nebraska. Our discussion about weird Nebraska includes: UFOs, Bigfoot, Cryptids, ghosts, urban legends, true crime, and a whole host of other weirdness in the heartland. Also...Brian is an absolute slayer on the trumpet. Enjoy, my friends! Love, Steve...
Feb 22, 2024•1 hr 46 min
Hi everyone! I'm super excited and honored to share this week's episode with my guest, Mike Clelland. Mike's work, and shared experiences have made such an impact on how I think about high strangeness, so this was a big one for me. We talk about (of course) Owls, UFOs, transformative experiences, initiation, natures role is encounters and a whole lot more. I really hope you all enjoy this one, and even get a little something out of it. Thank you, my friends. Have a wonderful dinner! Love, Steve ...
Feb 16, 2024•1 hr 54 min
My guest this week is the wonderful Erica Lukes! Erica is the host and contributor to the Expanding Frontiers Research Organization, and hosts a weekly show on her Expanding Frontiers Youtube Channel. We discuss her evolution in how she thinks about UFOs, her efforts in cleaning up the field, where the paranormal and UFOs meet, Utah UFO history, her work in uncovering real facts about Skinwalker Ranch, and a ton more. Thank you so much for listening and have a splendid dinner this evening! Love,...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 30 min
Holy cow, I have my good buddy Bryce Johnson on this week! You know him, you love him, and wowsers did we have a great chat. We get into UFOs, his move to LA, sweet paranormal goodness, and of course Bigfoot. Bryce can be seen in the Oscar nominated film, Oppenheimer. This was such a treat! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Quick note: My audio sucked, but I have since fixed the problem. Thank you for your patience. Love, Steve For more of Bryce's work: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424684/ h...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Well I'll be damned, my good buddy Nathan Issac is my guest this week! Holy smokes everyone, this was such a treat of an episode. We get into all sort of weirdness: lots of weird Kentucky stories, his process of research, the effect of fanaticism on a location, Pan and whole lot more. If you haven't listened to his amazing documentary podcast Penny Royal, well then, you are in for a massive treat! Love, Steve You can find more about Nathan's work here: https://www.pennyroyalpodcast.com/ https://...
Jan 26, 2024•1 hr 27 min
Holy smokes, Emily Louise is my guest this week! Emily is the creator of the must see Youtube Channel WEIRD READS WITH EMILY LOUISE. She is scary talented and is putting out some of the best work on the griftier (I just made up a word) side of UFOs, New Age, Cults and whole host of shady characters in these weird topics. We get into her work for HBO's Love Has Won docu-series, her research into the Montauk Project, disclosure activism and whole lot more. Folks, run, don't walk to her Youtube Cha...
Jan 18, 2024•1 hr 41 min
Howdy friends - this week I have the wonderful, Brent Raynes, as my guest! Brent is an absolute legend in the fields of UFOlogy and high strangeness. He's an author, investigator and forward thinker (before it was cool) on all these weird topics. We get into his experiences in the field, his relationship with John Keel, and a ton more. Enjoy! Love, Steve Brent's Book available here: https://a.co/d/hfKGKza https://a.co/d/69ccfq8 Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/247611328722640/ Stev...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 30 min
This week Michael McMillian is my guest! Michael is a wildly talented and accomplished working actor in Hollyweird, and one of the hosts of the beautiful podcast The Bigfoot Collectors Club! Michael and I have a Kansas connection, so we delve into the wonderfully weird college town of Lawrence, Kansas. He also treats us to some of his own personal experiences with the paranormal, which are both fascinating and terrifying. I had such a wonderful time hanging with him, and I hope you do too! Love,...
Jan 05, 2024•1 hr 55 min
Hey there, friends! This week my guest is the fantastically talented Todd Purse! Todd is a professional artist, and a professional awesome dude. We chat inspiration, art as a manifestation of high strangeness, various motifs in encounter stories, punk culture, our love for Terrence McKenna, Delaware weirdness, the appeal of UFO emphemera and a ton more. Todd is also perhaps one of the nicest humans I've ever met in my life, and his EXCELLENT podcast Creative Weirdos is not to be missed! For more...
Dec 07, 2023•1 hr 17 min
This week my guest is the multi-talented and friend of the weird, Darcy Staniforth!!! Darcy and I discuss trauma, and it's relationship to the para-weird, the LA alternative comedy scene, her approach to investigation and so much more! Please check out Darcy and keep up with all the wonderful things she's involved with in the links below. Please enjoy and have a great rest of your week, friends! Love, Steve https://twitter.com/DarcyStaniforth https://www.instagram.com/darcystaniforth/ https://ww...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 22 min
My guest this week is the incredible artist Chet Zar! Chet is the real deal, friends. He's been a full-time artist since he was 15 years old. He started out in the movie biz f/x world, and has since moved on to be most influential player in the Dark Art world. He's one of those unique talents where it's hard to compare his work to anyone else's, and it's all just so wonderful! I'm such a fan of his work, that I was in a bit of shock in the first 20 min (I'm sure you'll be able to tell haha) but ...
Nov 24, 2023•1 hr 39 min
One of my best buddies in the entire multiverse is my guest this week, and that is the one and only Eric Edelstein! We chat about shitty auditions, our bonding over weird stuff, delicious meals, and the weirdness of the Pacific Northwest, where he's from. This was such a fun episode for me, I really do hope you all enjoy it! I can't recommend checking out his work enough! He's just the best. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1468061/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_q_eric%2520edel https://www.instagram.co...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 12 min
This week my guests are Nicole and Noelle from the incredible The Quite Unusaul Podcast! This is perhaps the most hilariously informative podcast on, well, the unusual the exists on our earthly plane. These two had me cracking up, so I apologize in advance for my laughter. We get into all sorts of good stuff: Chicago-land weirdness, their own personal paranormal experiences, the O'Hare 2006 UFO sighting, and most importantly, which Chicago pizza is the best. For the love of the Godz, please plea...
Nov 09, 2023•1 hr 25 min
The one and only Stephanie Quick is my guest this week, and we do a deep dive on the weirdness of a small, once powerful mining town called Nevada City, CA. It's got a very interesting history, and with interesting histories, sometimes you get ghosts and other manifestation of the strange and unusual. Stephanie has spent a good amount of time there, and she shares some of her experiences, and regales me with some lore and history about this fascinating location. So much I didn't know! Please enj...
Nov 01, 2023•1 hr 47 min
Well hello again, my friends. This week my guest is the wildly talented actor Gracie Gillam!! Gracie was kind enough to drop by and tell us about some weird experiences she had growing up in the Lone Star state. We also discuss urban legends around the San Antonio area, and how to repurpose banana peels into delicious hiking snacks. I had an absolutely great time chatting with Gracie..I hope you enjoy too! https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3966682/ https://www.instagram.com/graciegillam/?hl=en Steve B...
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr
Adam and Serfiel of the wonderful Conspirinormal Podcast join me this week! They give a run down of the upcoming Strange Realities Conference on November 3rd, 4th, 5th, in Nashville, TN. We also dig into their own personal paranormal experiences, weird Nashville, the importance of mystery, evolving perceptions, ancient southwestern cultures and tons more. The Strange Realities Conference is just the greatest time. If you can make it in person, fantastic..you will not regret it. If you can't be t...
Oct 19, 2023•1 hr 22 min
My good buddy Michael Hughes is my guest this week! Michael is an amazingly well-rounded weirdo: Forteanna, tarot, magic, esoteric studies and a ton more. We delved into a wide range of topics including his massively viral Donald Trump binding spell, bigfoot as a Western folk hero, and...the time he was in a John Waters film! Enjoy the episode, and have a great week! Michael Hughes Info: https://www.michaelmhughes.com/ https://twitter.com/michaelmhughes Steve Berg LInks: https://www.patreon.com/...
Oct 05, 2023•1 hr 23 min
Gem of a human being Todd Purse, of the must listen to podcast, Creative Weirdos, was sweet enough to let me use a round table episode on his show about Twin Peaks. Twin Peaks is such a beautiful representation of the oddness of the paranormal experience, and us three Tweakies get into some of the nitty gritty of what the show means to us. Brilliant filmmaker, Chris Ernst, also joins us, and holy cow this dude is smart, and has wonderful taste in art and weirdness. This was a true joy! I hope yo...
Sep 27, 2023•1 hr 45 min
My old buddy, actor/comedian, Ryan Gaul is my guest this week! Ryan and I made our comedy bones together in Los Angeles doing improv and sketch, and quickly became super great friends. He's truly one of the funniest dudes I know, and....he loves all things weird. Double bonus. Ryan tells me some stories of growing up in Maine, and some of the weirdness that was floating around where he grew up. I also regale Ryan with a handful of Maine-centric tales of high strangeness which leads us further do...
Sep 22, 2023•1 hr 14 min
My guest this week is Chad Lewis! Chad is such a great cat - he gives us the low down on the Van Meter Visitor, which is, in case you don't know, a flying winged monster who gave the business to a small town in Iowa in 1903. I love this case so much! Chad also regales me with tales of the weird and unusual from his home state of Wisconsin. We get into sea serpents, space pancakes, Devil's Lake, and a whole lot more. You can learn more about Chad in the links below. Thanks and have a great week, ...
Sep 14, 2023•1 hr 15 min
Joshua Cutchin is my guest this week! Man oh man I really took this opportunity to get granular with his exciting mind in the topics of high strangeness. We go over a little bit about how Josh decided to tackle The Good Folk (fairies), common motifs in encounter cases, liminality, and his wildly impressive ability at using comparative analysis in research. Pleases enjoy and have a great week! Love, Steve Steve Berg LInks: https://www.patreon.com/HiStrangeness linktr.ee/steveberg Pretty please su...
Sep 08, 2023•1 hr 33 min
Holy cow John E.L. Tenney is my guest this week! John and I cover exactly 1.7 zillion topics including: the beauty of Dinosaur Jr, Michigan geography, Paranormal TV and a ton of other weird rando things. John, as nearly everyone knows, is truly one of the nicest, most brilliant people you'll ever meet. This guy is 10000% legit, and is a role model for how to live a great life. I hope you get as much out of this as I did. Enjoy and have a great week! https://twitter.com/JohnELTenney http://weirdl...
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr 21 min
My guest this week is Jeremiah Byron from the excellent Bigfoot Society Podcast! We chat about his quest to uncover the history of the Iowa Bigfoot Research Center, Bigfoot disclosure, Bigfoot being in the limelight, assorted cryptids, and what it all means. You can catch Jeremiah and myself at the Van Meter Visitor Conference September 30th in Van Meter, Iowa. Have a swell day! Jeremiah Byron Info: https://linktr.ee/thebigfootsociety https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bigfoot-society/id14534...
Aug 24, 2023•55 min
My guest this week is the wonderful Katie Webb! Katie is a witch, paranormal investigator, and divination enthusiast and...one hilarious human being! Her and I chat about conjuring egregores, her outside the box investigating methods, not letting fear get in the way, astrology, tarot, and her many encounters with weirdness. She also gives me some sage advice on how to not bring home any unwanted creepy crawlies. Katie is a breath of fresh air in the high strange community - methinks we'll be hea...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Ryan Sprague is my guest this week! We breakdown his upcoming FREE virtual conference (see link below) on this episode. He's put together an absolutely amazing line up for this virtual conference taking place September 1-2. Do not miss this free offering from the wonderful Mr. Sprague. We also shoot the breeze about UFOlogical current events, his own dramatic encounter, weirdness in the state of New York, the role of art in the world of the weird and much more. Please enjoy, friends! https://som...
Aug 09, 2023•1 hr 24 min
