Podcast Episodes

114: Self-Actualizing Through Nerd Fandoms & The 'Four Color Grimoire'

Season 4 Episode 114

Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy, folks! This time around, I have a solo episode diving deeply into something that has really saved me over my medical recovery this year: my nerd fandoms. And I d…

Published on 7 hours ago

113: Video Games in Art, Psychology & Esoterica (feat. Joe Rupe of 'Lighting the Void')

Season 4 Episode 108

Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy! This week my good friend, recurring guest and host of 'Lighting the Void' joins me, the great Joe Rupe! While we take our usual analytical eye to today's topic, …

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

112: Practical Mental Health in Spirituality, Philosophy & Esoterica (feat. Joe Rupe of 'Lighting the Void')

Episode 112

Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy, folks! My head was jumbled, my body was in a lot of pain, and I wasn't really sure what my next move was after this near-death experience at the beginning of the…

Published on 4 weeks ago

111: Son of Sam, Satanic Cults & 'The Ultimate Evil'

For this episode of Black Hoodie Alchemy, I'm finally covering a topic I have teased here and there since the beginning of the whole show-run! At last, I am covering the sprawling, Charlie-Kelly-in-t…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

110: Outer-Space in Philosophy & Metaphysics

Welcome back, folks! This week I'm doing an episode that I feel like I probably should've done a long time ago -- but everything comes in due time, and here it finally is! Two and a half hours hashin…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

109: New Age 'Prosperity Gospel' is Mental Illness

Season 3 Episode 109

Welcome back -- at long last! Ending another unexpected break, I bring you an unexpected episode just in time for a 4/20-Easter combo, and this should mark the beginning of regular weekly or (at leas…

Published on 5 months ago

108: Tibetan Rainbow Body & the Christian Resurrection in Analysis (feat. Justin Otto of Gulf Coast Dharma)

Season 3 Episode 108

Welcome back, folks! This time around on Black Hoodie Alchemy, after another small delay, is the investigation of the phenomenon known as Rainbow Body. I’m also joined once again by my friend and coh…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

107: Reincarnation, Natural Selection & the Image of Death (feat. Justin Otto of 'Dharma Junkie' & 'Gulf Coast Dharma')

Season 4 Episode 105

Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy, folks! When it comes to the soul and modern science, a question often overlooked is: how could something help ensure our genetic survival after death? Well, we'v…

Published on 8 months ago

106: Winter in Psychology & Hermetic Symbolism + The Holographic Nature of Reality Revisted

Season 3 Episode 106

Welcome to the final Black Hoodie Alchemy episode of 2024 -- and we're all back in action! I'm joined by both my cohorts, Seedperson1 and Chris Fiato, and this time around we're getting deep into the…

Published on 9 months ago

105: The Paris Catacombs & the Psychology of Creepy 'Subterranea'

Season 3 Episode 105

Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy! This week we're blowing the dust off of an episode recorded in early October. Unfortunately, it was temporarily shelved when I got blindsided by 12 hour shifts, …

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago