Curious Cat explores the shadowy space where science and the supernatural collide. Join us every week as we examine what it means to be a soul in a meat suit. The moments that prickle your skin, cause the hair to rise on the back of your neck: a kiss of chill air in a haunted space: a flash of déjà vu; a knowing when you step into a new place; a sense of connectedness to something bigger as the sun sets behind the mountains. These are the moments that cause us to wonder if there is more to t ...
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Does Japan Have a Cult Problem? And The Curious Queue #5
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Send us a text Episode Intro: Did you queue up this episode and wonder, why the heck the emphasis on cults? Well, I'll tell you. With the run up to the November election in full swing - saddled between the RNC and DNC national conventions, I thought it was a great moment in history to check our collective guts. To remind us to question everything. …
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The Dance Cult You Haven't Heard of...YET! And Curious Queue #4
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Send us a text I can almost hear you right now. WHAT? Another cult episode? This one came to me via my eldest's partner, Josh. Thanks for sending me the video that spurred on this episode. And I wanted to shout out a listener, Grace, who I got to catch up with in person last week. I hope you have a FANTASTIC junior year. You are wonderful, Grace. B…
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The Perplexing Aetherius Society & The Curious Queue #3
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Send us a Text Message. Aetherius Society is a worldwide group that some have called stranger than Scientology, without the marketing machine behind it. I've read all I can on the group online and I have to say, they seem like people that want to uplift humanity and heal the Earth. Their only gods are the mountains they visit to amplify their praye…
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Dark Night of the Soul & Manifesting with Nora!
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Send us a text This week I'm on Cloud Nine. My eldest is here to share their thoughts on the dreaded dark night of the soul. We also delved into manifesting, and learn about empty-handed magic! You'll remember Nora from their Season One conversation, as well as the art they created for both Curious Cat Podcast AND Cascadia! They have their own ethi…
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Archangel Michael - He's Got Our Backs & The Curious Queue #1
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Send us a text Looking backward, the theme for my July was, 'cord cutting.' And when I say cords–I'm talking thick titanium suckers! I've had to cut them, then RECUT them after they grew back starter roots. Again and again, this happened. It can be exhausting AND invigorating. I've confessed my old psychic vampire ways to you on a prior episode – w…
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CASCADIA #17 - The Enigmatic Columbia Gorge
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Send us a text Cascadia was born of fire and ice. A string of 19 volcanic peaks stretch from Canada to California. Sulfur, lava, ocean mist, evergreens, and fog commingle to create one of world's most haunting, mysterious realms. Venture with me into the Cascade Mountain range. Find ALL Cascadia episodes on your regular Curious Cat stream. Episode …
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Send us a text Hello! Before I introduce this week's topic, I want to just extend my heart to you. It's been a hard week. And, you know I do not speak of politics on this podcast. I reject offers from political figures to appear. This is not my focus. But, I feel a hand on my shoulder to share something with you. When I say at the end of the podcas…
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CASCADIA #16 - Mount Adams - Is it the most overlooked of the Cascade peaks?
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Send us a text Show Intro Thanks for tuning into Curious Cat, Cascadia! Cascadia was born of fire and ice. A string of 19 volcanic peaks stretch from Canada to California. Sulfur, lava, ocean mist, evergreens, and fog commingle to create one of world's most haunting, mysterious realms. Venture with me into the Cascade Mountain range. Find ALL Casca…
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Send us a text It's a quickie, but I have to hold myself accountable and offer in hopes that it lifts YOU and lightens YOUR load, too. Next week we will be strapping on our hiking boots and summiting Mount Adams together. In the interim, check out this movie set on and around the epic Cascade peak that's often overlooked. A true story, a love story…
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Unconditional Abundance - a white cow in my dream bit me so I'd share this w/you
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Send us a text Last night a white cow followed me around in my dreams. It was a milking cow that was snowy white and it nipped at my right wrist a couple of times. When I woke up and journaled the dream in its entirety, I texted my daughters, because both had been in the dream. They're used to weird, trippy texts from me, and my desire to pass alon…
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Send us a text This is a bonus meditation that helps us become comfortable with the idea of unconditional abundance so that it may become a part of your present and future. As always, do not do this meditation behind the wheel of any vehicle or ambulatory. Only meditate when you are in a safe place where you will not be disturbed. I'd love to hear …
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Haunting Dogu, Puzzling Kappa and an Epiphany after Saving a Turtle!
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Send us a text Episode Intro Last week I shared stories of my recent trip to Japan. There's one story, though, that's taken on a life of its own since being stateside once again. It all began with a visit to Tokyo National Museum in Uedo Park, seeing objects that have become icons in the UFO/UAP communities. If that wasn't enough, those odd clay fi…
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Send us a text I'm just off the heels of a phenomenal trip to Japan. It was precious time, two weeks with the whole family. And though I did not pack my podcaster hat, I couldn't help but immerse myself in the country, the culture, and sought off the beaten trail places where ancient history was kept alive right next to mega-modern skyscrapers. I h…
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Send us a text This week we're talking about witch trees - as in w-i-t-c-h - Trees thought to be embodied by the souls of witches – What? Did you think I made the concept up out of thin air? No. I was researching ghost stories around Halloween and stumbled on the true account of a cursed tree in Oregon. But before I tell you about that, and other g…
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Send us a text As Spring days blur into endless starry summer nights, I hope you'll retreat into the piney wilderness with me. After enduring a drafty winter, it's well past time we got our faces into sunshine, feel peat moss beneath our bare feet, and savor this season of growth and renewal. There's no better way to send a refreshing chill down yo…
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Send us a Text Message. When I was in school, I was presented with book knowledge as if that's all there was to know, don't bother looking further. Geologic knowledge? We know how everything came to be. Zoological information? We know every species, every adaptation, every nuance. Science? Yes, these are theories, but they have been tested and true…
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Send us a text Let's get into it. But wait, first... Full Confession - I'd recorded this episode already and as I did the audio edits, I wasn't happy with this episode. It had great information, an interesting story and a powerful message but was buried in a tangle of crossed wires. You see, the provenance of the Emerald Tablet is complicated. And …
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Send us a text My mind is blown. If you've been listening to the podcast this last month, first, thank you! I appreciate your willingness to get weird with me here. But, second, I've been on a journey without even knowing I'm on it until I have AHA! moments as I record. This is the fourth accidental installment of what the Universe has been creatin…
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Dragon Magic with Monique of Innerstandings Hypnosis
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Send us a text This is the third episode of what has become a mind-blowing journey created by the Universe that stems from the four mysterious knocks I received on my front door during a gusty storm. If you wish to catch up, begin with The Present. Next, listen to Four Knocks, and then dive into this one. The final segment is called 3 Seemingly Unr…
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Four Knocks & New Kid on the Block, Archangel Orion
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Send us a text We've all heard of angel numbers, right? 111 222 1234? But what about knocks? Raps on the door? I remember from my Ghost Adventure-obsessing days, the crew would often hear three knocks, declaring it a sure sign of dark energies, maybe a sign of a demon - a mocking of the trilogy that is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. But r…
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Send us a text Here. I. Am. Those three words have shown up for me in random ways throughout the week. Those words AND the number 222 - which is my sign for angelic besties, Metatron and Sandalphon, angelic best friends that represent the great central sun and the Earth's crystal grid (heaven and earth). All of which are clear messages to me to be …
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My Burrito Bowl Blessing with Special Guest, Archangel Barachiel
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Send us a text This week, I focus on an archangel that risked banishment from Heaven to gift humans with divine knowledge. He has what's been called the best sense of humor in the whole of the Universe and has dominion over lightning. I'd like to introduce you to Archangel Barachiel. Let's get into it! Show Sources and Materials Meet Archangel Bara…
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Archangel Chamuel: A Divine Bridge to Unconditional Love
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Send us a text It's a comfort during these trying times to know that a fleet of angels led by Archangel Chamuel are there to help us all experience unconditional love. God, I love the idea of an army of love angels. I'll share about this angel, and later in the episode, confess my uglies. It's a message I share in love and with some shame. Let's ge…
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Send us a text A candid conversation about jinxes, curses and hexes. Is there a downside? I've been drawn to dive deep into the realm of curses, hexes, jinxes, and even some angry fist shaking after a road rage incident. These acts, some large, some tiny, come with ramifications. I explore what they are, if they can be used without repercussions, h…
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The Other Jackie - A Celebration of Opening Day & National Ballpark Museum
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Send us a text In celebration of Opening Day of Major League Baseball 2024, I recorded an episode in the middle of Denver's National Ballpark Museum with intern, Rebecca D'Arcey to share the story of the OTHER Jackie. We all know #42, Jackie Robinson, as well we should. But have you ever heard of the seventeen year old Jackie Mitchell? She struck o…
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Send us a Text Message. The angel Jophiel communicates with me through bursts of red-hot anger. She said we can work out a better way to talk to one another, but she's been using this method for years. Years! Yes, she's been working with me for my entire life, but I only learned her name two weeks ago. She is in charge of the cherubim, and is said …
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Harnessing the Power of Dreams with Daniel Rekshan, DreamWell CDO
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Send us a text A few weeks back I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, the Higher Side Chat. This particular episode centered around dreams, one of my lifelong favorite topics, and the guest is my honored guest today. His name is Daniel Rekshan and if you read his resume on INDEED, you might overlook half of his genius, at least. With a ba…
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Send us a text This week, I fell into the topic after spotting so many strings of ones and twos, that I took notice. Still not knowing what message I was being sent by my angels and guides, I started obsessively looking at and tracking the Moon. And then, still not getting the message, I opened my Angels and Awakenings workbook, then skipped ahead …
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The God Within -it's not just a spiritual quest
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Send us a text Do we all have the divine within? Are we different bandwidths of a great God radio? All major religions tell us that God is as close as our DNA strand. We are made in their image. We are God's hands and feet. What questions are scientists still trying to answer about the voids within each cell of our being? And what does that struggl…
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Send us a Text Message. This one is not for younger ears, and is not for the sensitive. This episode deals with a true and brutal crime perpetrated on my friend 30 years ago. I promise to tell it with love and compassion, to breeze (mostly) over the dirtbag that committed the crime, and share more about the woman he took from the prime of her life.…
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Send us a text I was doing my morning minutes a few weeks ago and also thinking about AI. I'd brought up AI with members of my podcast network at a meeting and many expressed fear, and their ongoing attempt to keep a distance from this technology. It got me thinking about AI, and how it is being shaped, more specifically WHO is shaping it. If peopl…
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Send us a text Here's a confession. This week, I did what you're not supposed to - at least if you don't want predictive algorithms to, well, predict better. After I finished my YouTube yoga, a suggested video was queued up, a ten minute motivational speech. I clicked 'Play' and it was phenomenal. So maybe AI knows me better than I know myself beca…
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Ghostly Ancestral Journey with Special Guest, Deb Sundblad
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Send us a text Today's guest is my oldest, dearest friend, Deb Sundblad. Our lives have been woven together since fifth grade when she sat beside me in the Mark Twain Elementary band. Through school, university, adulthood, motherhood, and empty-nest hood, she's always been important. Recently, she found herself in a journey only a divine, complicat…
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Send us a text Last week, my eldest and I walked Red Rocks Park, best known for its world-renowned music venue. We found the already mystical sand stones to have another level of awe covered in a blanket of snow. As we walked near a place I alluded to last week with guest, Phill Webster, a place where the middle of a massive forty foot wall of red …
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Send us a text I had the joyous pleasure of speaking with author and actor, Phill Webster about his first book, Letting Glow. Our conversation meandered along a vibe-y, spiritual, and delightful path. I hope you enjoy the places we went and I am already looking forward to having Phill back on Curious Cat soon. Guest Links: Phill Webster's Website P…
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Vibing the New Year with Monique Pliakos of Innerstandings Hypnosis
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Send us a text Well, 2023 was quite the year, wasn't it? Who better to look back AND forward with but my dear friend, Monique Pliakos. She pulls a card for the upcoming year from her dragon tarot deck, too. Welcome to the show, Monique! Guest Links (Monique's details here - Innerstandings Hypnosis - blog and book a session!) Liked the episode? List…
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Urban Legends, Stull Cemetery, and Dark Fandom
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Send us a text Urban legends. Which one comes to mind first? Rumors about drug deals happening in areas where running shoes hang from powerlines? What about Slenderman? The urban legend that led young girls to attempt to kill their friend? They are stories that connect us. In fact, often it's the cousin of a friend's friend that we swear knows the …
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Send us a text The other morning, I woke up to snow and filled my little journal with psycho-pop fluorescent snowflake sketches. Each flake was a unique configuration, it's own work of art. Fragile. Temporary beauties that melt away with the slightest drop in temperature. We're like that. Unique. Unlike anyone else on the planet. Even if we are a t…
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Crab and Sourdough: Making Room for Grief During the Holidays
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Send us a text During a recent car ride with a loved one, we had a conversation that led to them making some fun suggestions for a few "light" episodes for the run up to the holidays. I considered them, both fresh and sweet, and then consideration turned into clarification. This podcast is a place where everyone is welcome, it's a place of imperfec…
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Send us a text My experiment to change fear into love. After meditation, I was drawn back to an old book I love, Angels and Awakening by Julie Jancius, a course slash workbook on how to connect with angels. I completed this course over two years ago, but as I read through the passages in the present, redoing the exercises in the margins, I saw the …
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Send us a text A few days ago, I went to a bookstore to find Lessons in Chemistry. As I walked past the non-fiction area, a book caught my eye, Eckhart Tolle's, The Power of Now. I haven't been able to put it down since. I'm writing notes in the margins and wow. Just wow. Sewn up in a few words. Being present, living in NOW, is the key to living in…
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Send us a text This meditation was created and offered in love. It was created to bring your Higher Self and angel team together to deliver you a clear vision of your life's purpose. It goes hand in hand with Season 2, Episode 51: The Lost Art of Doing No-Thing. I'd love to hear what you think of The Curious Queue - or share a story/subject you'd l…
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CASCADIA #11: Three Sisters Wilderness Area
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Send us a text Three mystical peaks in Oregon with a pool of freshwater fit for Satan himself to the south – Clear Lake that has a petrified forest perfectly preserved beneath its depths, and icy waters whose temp hovers right around freezing all year long, next Lost Lake that disappears down a deep hole, emptying it's mysterious waters to where? S…
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Four Ghost Stories and Where's Season Four?!?
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Send us a text I'm not sure you can hear that in the background. The Seattle skies have opened up and it is pouring out! This is my favorite weather, a vibe that gets my creative juices flowing. If you are a regular listener, first, thank god for you. You are the reason I've kept at this the last month, this podcasting thing. In some summer episode…
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A Family Reunion of Two with Special Guest, Monique Pliakos
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Send us a text In the woo community, we hear much about healing our past traumas, or healing our inner child. I'm no different. I've been doing the work to look back and face, then make peace with my past. It's been a journey of forgiving, both myself and others. I truly thought to meet my inner child would be a delightful, relaxing experience. We'…
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BONUS EPISODE: Heidi Stock of Wise Wolfcraft...the rest of our recording
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Send us a Text Message. Heidi Stock of Wise Wolf Craft is a special human, a gifted healer, and her episode blew the minds of listeners. I polished up the last few minutes of that original interview because there is love in the remnants that needs to be transmitted. We need more love these days. Less fear and more curiosity. Less hate and more raw,…
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BONUS EPISODE: Keith Linder–Survivor of Bothell Hell House Shares the Latest
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Send us a text Sometimes after the interview is recorded, bits of important information come forth. Keith is an IT professional, obsessed with data, and that's why he took meticulous records of all that happened when he resided at what has been come to be known as Bothell Hell House of Ghost Adventures fame. It's my opinion that the GAC crew did no…
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Send us a text We spend roughly a third of our lives asleep. Do you buy the rote reason given? That it's when our bodies heal. And that's it. Not a very efficient pit stop, is it? Eight hours to heal the damage we do during the other 16? The recent addition to that is sleeping hours are when our brain processes, then stores our day. Really? That do…
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Remote Viewing, What Happened to Pru, and Harm to None
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Send us a Text Message. This week's episode is two-thirds teaching you the CIA approved method for remote viewing and one-third true, or should I say, Pru crime? I'm being overly dramatic, but the master class I took online to learn the whats and hows of remote viewing (or RV) was presented largely by a woman named, Prudence Calabrese. A year after…
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Send us a text Late last night a well meaning and wonderful neighbor of ours sent us security footage of two guys that were walking around the corner of our property, shining a flashlight onto a concrete wall, talking with each other, going around the house again, and if that'd been it, I'd have assumed they were looking for a lost cat. But one of …
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