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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Thanks to www.unexplained-mysteries.com which we used to help put this episode together & thanks to each & every one of you who is still listening - please keep it up & please tell a friend!!! More to come very soon 🃏🪄👽

unexplained-mysteries.com

Unexplained Mysteries - Paranormal News and Discussion

Daily coverage of UFOs, paranormal phenomena, ancient mysteries, metaphysics, cryptozoology, philosophy, science and space exploration.

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

…the not-at-all-a-horror-movie-plot thawing of ancient organisms from arctic ice, a genuine fake Bigfoot body & despite sightings of triangular UFOs, Lockheed Martin's new drone & a tentacled alien potato in 2025 did humans become too boring for ETs to bother visiting us at all?

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

…the relentless rain of crap that made up the news between July & December witnessing the coming of mysterious cosmic interloper 3I/Atlas & the incoherent stream of nonsense that Avi Loeb chats about it, more fantastic fungi, a troubled train driver with chronic insomnia…(2/3)

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

“Really weird…” VYS0057: www.vayse.co.uk/vys0057 As the second half of shit-show now know collectively as 2025 crashes & burns, Hine & Buckley read it its last rites as they prepare for the difficult delivery of a bouncing baby 2026. Ploughing on through… (1/3)

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Thanks to www.unexplained-mysteries.com which we used to help put this episode together & thanks to each & every one of you who is still listening - please keep it up & please tell a friend!!! 👽

unexplained-mysteries.com

Unexplained Mysteries - Paranormal News and Discussion

Daily coverage of UFOs, paranormal phenomena, ancient mysteries, metaphysics, cryptozoology, philosophy, science and space exploration.

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

…dance through to Jun 2025 there’s strange encounters with egg shaped UFOs; wooly mice; twitchy dangling robots; foul mouthed relatives of the Pope; the wreckages of Musk's childish spacefaring ambitions; soldiers on the moon & some motherfucking snakes on a motherfucking plane!

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

… predictably we encounter the usual suspects: Lue Elizondo, Christopher Mellon, Eric Davis et al, but also some new (to the Vayseverse, at least) recurring characters: Mark Christopher Lee, Avi Loeb & the sinister genetics company Colossal Biosciences. In this dizzying…(2/3)

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

“Weird.” VYS0056: www.vayse.co.uk/vys0056 We’ve barely recovered from the horrific ordeal of looking back at 2024 but here we go: bravely getting our shit together just about enough to sift through the ragged tatters of weirdness that held together the fabric of reality in 2025…(1/3)

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

You can find Phil here: Web: www.thesearedreams.com Post Relevant Podcast: www.postrelevant.com Insta: www.instagram.com/philristaino/ Bandcamp: agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com/album/boduvt Thanks to Mike for the Vayse photo & you for listening, Merry Christmas & thanks for your support this year❤️‍🔥🎄🎅🏼

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THESE ARE DREAMS .COM

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

…side of Henson & the muppets, the incredible ground-breaking puppeteering in the movie, how the ghost of Jim Henson visited his successor to the voice of Kermit... & how the Muppets got the best performance of his career out of Michael Caine. God bless us, every one!!! 🎄 🎅🏼

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

…incredibly Phil had never seen the movie but put in several careful viewings before our discussion. Phil is a self affirmed muppet-enthusiast & together with Hine & Buckley forms the 3rd head of the Muppet Xmas Kraken as we discuss the genius of Jim Henson, the spiritual…(2/3)

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

“It’s true wherever you find love, it feels like Christmas…” VYS0055: www.vayse.co.uk/vys0055 Back after a record absence of only 4 episodes is actor & host of the Post Relevant Podcast, Phil Ristaino, for a very important meeting about ice-cold christmas classic The Muppet Christmas Carol…(1/3)

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

You can find more Joshua Cutchin here: Website: www.joshuacutchin.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/w3eirdwayz?u... & find more Vayse here: www.vayse.co.uk Thanks to Mike Warburton for the Vayse photo & thanks to everyone for listening - we’ll see you soon for a special episode, Christmas week 🎄👻

joshuacutchin.com

Joshua Cutchin: Weird Words & Brass Beats

Professional website and blog of Joshua Cutchin, author and musician

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

This wide-wandering conversation goes all the way from real-life encounters with fictional characters to the fabric of reality itself & the possibility that our beliefs are what holds it together &, naturally, we take the opportunity to introduce Joshua to the Peanut King 🥜 👑 …(3/3)

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

… Joshua is a writer, a researcher & a musician, having written modern classics of weird non-fiction including “A Trojan Feast”, “Ecology of Souls” & most recently the mind-bending, mind-expanding & mind-blowing masterpiece, “Fourth Wall Phantoms”… (2/3)

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

"…we need to have a half-hearted belief in invisible forces to literally hold together the fabric of reality…” VYS0054: www.vayse.co.uk/vys0054 Releasing 53 episodes of Vayse without interviewing Joshua Cutchin is, frankly, an embarrassment - & one that we’re keen to make up for…(1/3)

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Find Gayle’s paranormal writing here: www.spookyisles.com/author/gayle... & here: www.lapisparanormal.com/simon-pegg-s... & her fiction here: legironbooks.co.uk/about-the-au... & there’s still time to get tickets to see her at this year’s LAPIS conference: www.lapisparanormal.com/conference-t...

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

…movie star, an unexpected connection to Aleister Crowley & the unpredictable guidance of a certain Dr Allen Greenfield. … and we also discuss how her husband became an award winning competitive lard eater…

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

… In recent years Gayle & her curious collective of cryptid-hunters have made a pilgrimage to the Isle of Man to investigate Gef & immerse themselves in strangeness of his story. Her incredible adventures include some uncanny synchronicities, an unlikely team-up with a… (2/3)

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

“Nothing Would Surprise Me When It Comes To That Mongoose…” VYS0053: www.vayse.co.uk/vys0053 In this episode we discuss 1 of our favourite cryptids with 1 of our favourite people, as writer & paranormal investigator Gayle Fidler joins us to talk Gef the talking mongoose…(1/3)

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween!!! Blessed Samhain!!! Merry Feast of All Souls!!! Have a great October 31st!!! We’ve got the perfect accompaniment to an Autumn Friday when the veil is thin… #Halloween #samhain #lostboys #vampires #weirdstuff #gothic #darkacademia

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Sorcha is a Reader in Film Studies specialising in American Film at Manchester Metropolitan University, find her here: Website: www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profil... Insta: www.instagram.com/vampiresorch... Twitter: www.instagram.com/vampiresorch... Thanks to everyone who’s listening, Happy Halloween!🧛

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

…explores some of the more cryptic themes of the film including the transplant of vampiric folklore from dark-ages Europe to MTV-era USA, how certain 1980s vampire movies contributed to the pantheon of queer horror & exactly what's the deal with greased up, pumped up, thrusting sax guy…?🎷

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

…Sorcha was an absolute bloody joy to talk to, she understood the assignment from the very beginning & we quickly got our teeth stuck deep into Joel Schumacher's unrivalled masterpiece without getting lost in the gory details (but never over-looking the Corey details), the discussion… (2/3)

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

“Today’s popular culture is tomorrow’s history…” VYS0052: www.vayse.co.uk/vys0052 Back from the dead just in time for Halloween, Vayse welcomes film critic, writer, academic & all-round legend Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn to discuss the 1987 horror-comedy, vampire masterwork, Lost Boys…(1/3)

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Ong's Hat @ongs-hat.com · 04/07/2025

Love this one. Also, I get a generous shout out.

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

You can find Phil here: Web: www.thesearedreams.com Post Relevant Podcast: www.postrelevant.com Insta: www.instagram.com/philristaino/ Bandcamp: agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com/album/boduvt Thanks as always to @peakflow.bsky.social for the show notes, Mike for the Vayse photo & you for listening ❤️‍🔥🌛

thesearedreams.com

THESE ARE DREAMS .COM

I'm a guest on the latest episode of Lisa Wright's "Third Concept" podcast. We talk about spiritual awakenings, pursuing different art forms, interpreting "Under the Silver Lake" and "Twin Peaks...

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

…the discussion galavants from from our shared special areas of obsession, Under the Silver Lake & Twin Peaks, to Phil’s wider thoughts on magic, the essential intrinsic delight of creativity, art as an expression of life... & then out of nowhere Phil recommends the moon...(3/3)

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

…Phil has an intimidatingly impressive CV: actor, artist, singer & host of the joyful, intelligent & perhaps a little insane Post Relevant Podcast, which analyses the meaning & symbolism behind some Vayse-favourite media in minute, intelligent & perhaps a little insane detail…(2/3)

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

“Have you tried the moon recently? It’s up in the sky…?” VYS0051: www.vayse.co.uk/vys0051 When, after 3 years of searching, we finally found a real-life human more obsessed by Twin Peaks & Under the Silver Lake than we are, we knew we had to interview Phil Ristaino without delay… (1/3)

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Wow! I really admire the discipline there! I think I have the doomscrolling under control now but I’m more coffee than man ☕️ 😵‍💫

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

… hope this helps!!! Sorry it took me a while to reply, I’ve been taking a social media break (which I heartily recommend if you want to get into regular meditation!). New episode on Wednesday (time for something completely different…), hope you enjoy! PCH

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

…both of these have been effective for allowing me to meditate for up to 40 mins in a session (which for an ADHD addled mind isn’t too bad) but the concentrating on the gap between breaths has been far more effective for “visuals” & “unsolicited contact” than any other style I’ve done…

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

… the easy choice - a complacent population is a compliant population! Meditation, I’ve tried a few different types the most effective for me have been mantra & breath but instead of a simple “in-out” I’ve been concentrating on the exhalation with particular attention to the gap between breaths…

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Thank you so much for listening, really glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, I think that hitting the balance between following the path and doing the work and living a “functional” life without falling into the trap of not practicing at all is difficult. I think capitalist society makes complacency…

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Thanks very much! Hope you enjoy ❤️‍🔥

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

…magical practice & why he has backed off from practical magic, the current state of the weirdosphere & what the future might hold for Vayse… You can find Peter here: Twitter: @peterchine Web: www.vayse.co.uk Insta: www.instagram.com/canvasbodies... Thanks for listening ❤️‍🔥👻

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

…Peter is co-creator of weird-pod Vayse, a podcast about weird stuff & an old friend & frequent collaborator of Buckley, although Peter’s relationship with Hine has frequently been more complicated. We talk to Peter about what inspired him to start Vayse, details of his…(2/3)

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

“Welcome to Vayse; a podcast about weird stuff…” VYS0050: www.vayse.co.uk/vys0050 We’ve somehow made it to ep 50!!! To celebrate this unlikely achievement of persistence over talent we welcome to Vayse podcaster, researcher & musician Peter C Hine)… (1/3)

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Adam // Sun Thief @sunthief.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Have had this track from @flcartographer.bsky.social stuck in my head for weeks so you know it must be good Rhomboid Storm Clouds from Dreamtides - has that Berlin school voyaging feel Really enjoyed the @vayseesyav.bsky.social interview as well

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Dreamtides, by Field Lines Cartographer

8 track album

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I’d really really recommend Sequoyah’s substack if you haven’t checked it out yet: empyreandreammachines.substack.com & if you dig that he has a host of good stuff on his patreon: www.patreon.com/sequoyahkenn...

empyreandreammachines.substack.com

Empyrean Dream Machines | Sequoyah Kennedy | Substack

A hail-mary hyperstition towards better relationships with AI, nature, art, and philosophy. Click to read Empyrean Dream Machines, by Sequoyah Kennedy, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ago.

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Absolutely & that is totally not what it’s good at or what it should be used for. If used correctly it’s more like a force multiplier for human creativity rather than a replacement for it.

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Yeah it’s a really misunderstood technology - corporations desperate to put it in a box and charge money for it - there’s more to it than that.

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Hahahahhaa, 2024 was sooooo grim and 2025 is shaping up to be the same. Although after talking to Sequoyah Kennedy about it in our latest episode, my view of AI has changed completely - that said, I’d quite like it to be AI that ends us rather than Trump or Musk 🤣

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

No new Vayse this week, we’re busy prepping for ep 50… In the meantime, at the end of the month we’re donating the proceeds from Songs in the Key of Vayse to the family of our friend who lost their home in the LA fires earlier this year. It’s a really great, weird listen - please give if you can 🙏🏼

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Vayse @vayseesyav.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Thanks very much!!!! Really appreciate it & thank you for listening! Although since 2025 has dawned we have become a lot more disillusioned & jaded 🤣🤣🤣

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Ong's Hat @ongs-hat.com · 20/03/2025

This is an excellent interview with my co-conspirator, @sequoyah.bsky.social. I'd even go so far as to say this conversation with 3 of my favorite people is a companion piece to COMPLEAT, while retaining its own strength as a stand-alone. Enjoy.

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