Where is she, tonight? It has been a month and ten days since she mailed this postcard from Idyllwild to Joshua Tree. All we can do is hope that the monster did not put an early end to her Pacific Crest Trail adventure, as so often happens in those movies with Reese Witherspoon. Because there’s a real monster in the mountains around San Jacinto Peak, a real monster who murders people & eats their…
We’ve got a couple of classic episodes on the radio in Joshua Tree/Yucca Valley/29 Palms tonight, as we’ve been mailing & otherwise distributing Desert Oracle #10, the latest of our pocket-sized periodicals all about the strange & mysterious desert lands. Listen to these episodes tonight 10-11 p.m. on Z107.7 FM in the Mojave High Desert, streaming online if you’re out of range: “Owl’s Eye View…
Oráculo del desierto Volumen 1. Leyendas sorprendentes del suroeste de Estados Unidos
Traducción de Albert Fuentes
EPISODE #141: THE JAWS OF DARKNESS DO DEVOUR
The ill counsel of a desert place, that would be howl’d out in the desert air . . . . Night has fallen on the desert, in this spookiest of seasons. Tonight we travel by the power of darkness and disinformation to Archuleta Mesa, in the Jicarilla Apache town of Dulce, New Mexico. We’re going down, beneath the mountain, to see if the reptilian aliens and the gray aliens and the Air Force disinfo…
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS to our Saturday, July 10 & Sunday, July 11 shows at Theater29, Twentynine Palms, Calif. Night has fallen on the desert, the desert at its most brutal. The punishing desert, the earthly purgatory, the sun-blasted wilderness so many heroes had to get across alive. Or die trying: Moses, Laurence of Arabia, C-3PO and R2D2, Beavis and Butthead, Allan Quartermain, Priscilla,…
What happened to radio episode #92?
It's an hourlong Campfire Stories as a Patreon extra.
Hi from Oklahoma! A few years ago I went on an extended solo road trip through SE CA, up through the deserts and zig zagged the Sierras. It was the best. I picked up my 1st copy of DOR & since, your podcast has become the soundtrack of my daily walks. Question: Next time you're in Joshua Tree Saloon, could you please find the artist of the cowboy "5 aces" poker game print by the door? I would be forever indebted to you! Patreon for life! Thanks if you're able. You're my only hope! Terri Sadler
This we shall attempt to do! The saloon is once again open for "inside dining" (day drinking) and we will soon return to our beloved JT bar. The only bar, in fact.
I emailed you from Patreon about something else and forgot to ask why I haven't received the latest issue yet, I'm 100% sure my subscription is up to date. My subscription address is at my SF place - 247 Central Avenue San Francisco CA 94117. Many Thanks,Juliette Page 650.642.5931
We promise your subscription is up to date. It's the *editor* who's late. We hope to have the next issue in the mail by early July. Thank you for your patience!
EPISODE #131: THE HEAT MONSTER
Well it finally happened, just like every year. All the sudden, it’s hot again. A week ago, it was pleasant out. Now, we cry in the frying pan. Or we will cry, in the weeks to come. October’s somewhere on the horizon. Unless it’s a mirage. Plus: The Legend of Tahoe Tessie, which you can read about here in Alta Magazine. Time for EPISODE #131: “THE HEAT MONSTER.” With trippy new sounds from…
EPISODE #127: TRY NOT TO DIE
Photo by Lance Gerber for Palm Springs Life. Because the second vaccine dose knocked your host to the ground . . . . He went ahead and made a new episode anyway. A good excuse to finally do something from our hardcover book: As we come out of our holes and return to our beloved American Desert, it’s time to remember a dozen simple rules to keep your day hike from becoming a disaster. We don’t…
Hey Ken, sense of place has always been really important to me and especially so this year. Just wondering what other places in the country make you feel that deep connection to the area that you get in the Mojave, if any. I’d really like to move out of the city at some point and seek out a place that makes me feel that. Thanks for all you do, your show has been very therapeutic for me. Take care.
Hello and thanks for the good question. Many places call to me: hometown of New Orleans, the Eastern Sierra, slickrock country in SE Utah, the Hudson Valley, the wooded / coastal Pacific Northwest. The intermountain West, Nova Scotia, Blue Ridge Mountains. Anyplace where we can be part of our eco-region, eat the food from the land and sea, know the folklore and history and plants and animals.
EPISODE #125: ACCIDENTAL MIRACLE (AT OWENS VALLEY)
It’s our fifth season, our Five-Year Plan, tonight at 10 p.m. PST on Z 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree and across the Great Mojave Wilderness. EPISODE #125: OWENS VALLEY & THE ACCIDENTAL MIRACLE. What made the Owens Valley the way it is, in our time? An accident of history, of water grabs, of one group of humans using easy money to buy out another group of humans, that’s what preserved the most beautiful…
Many new radio episodes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/desert-oracle-radio/id1251197422
The hardcover Desert Oracle book is out now, available at fine retailers across the High Desert and at the old monopoly mail-order house: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374139687/
#114: A MILLION TREES A BURNIN’
Become a Patron! It’s our show before Christmas And all through the cabin Not a creature is breathin’ Because of the stabbin’ We pay a visit to Amboy, and to the burnt forest of Joshua trees at Cima Dome, Mojave National Preserve. That’s right, it’s Episode #114. Get in. DESERT ORACLE, VOL. 1: Our new book is available everywhere, please enjoy responsibly. (SORRY IT’S BACKORDERED AT BOOKSHOP.ORG,…
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Hello Ken - My name is Brian Skope, and I am a Director / Showrunner specializing in documentary television. Our company Whiz Bang recently came across your work with Desert Oracle, and we wanted to discuss the possibility of developing this as a TV series. Please let us know! Thanks, Brian
Hello Brian, thanks for the note. Email is:
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