Jordan and Mal are back from a longer-than-planned summer break with a revised format and a great story. Going forward, the show will be people telling stories about the things they were told weren’t real, recorded live on Substack. To kick us off, we turn the question on ourselves: Mal meets a street psychic, her roommate’s phone psychic is somehow involved, and the unexplainable smell of curry; Jordan follows a YouTube rabbit hole and holds forth on the idea that most of culture is the product of conspiracy, but no one is really in charge. We both end up wondering how you stay grounded when everything remains so stubbornly mysterious?

New show format & Substack live recordings
What Mal & Jordan have been up to over the break
“Psychic pollution”
Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way
A psychic stops Mal on the street
The curry demon?
A palm reading and an upsell
Who’s holding the wheel of your life?
“The Internet’s Deepest Rabbit Hole”
Why “conspiracy theorist” might just be a psyop against people asking what powerful people do behind closed doors
The world is mostly mystery
Certainty is the enemy of anyone after the truth
The Michael Jackson movie

Why “Jesus” and “Christ” are bad words
Living more to avoid writing about writing
Atonement as empathy

Want to come on the show and share a story? Or do you have recommendations or requests for future guests? Send an email to godsghostsufos[at]gmail.com.

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