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KOOKS, CRANKS, AND ICONOCLASTS!

By: Michael Lucht Spencer Lowery Chris Wells
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  • Greetings & Salutations! We're here to cover various interesting/infamous/inexplicable living enigmas & anomalies from across all of time, space, maybe even beyond, & from history BOTH ANCIENT & RECENT! Basically it's "BIOGRAPHY!" but focused solely on WEIRDOS! Listen then repeat what you hear to sound smart at parties! STOP being MYOPIC! START being ESOTERIC! (Mmm! Yum!) Stay tuned True Believers! NEW EPISODES POSTED UP ON HUMPDAYS! Clear The Hump w/us as we provide Weekly Bios on strange/insane/shameful/lost/forgotten Misfits of History! Comedy/Conspiracy/True Crime/High Strangeness! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mike-lucht/support
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  • ALEXANDRA DAVID-NEEL-"ALWAYS REMEMBER TO E.M.L.E.G.Y.G.B.I.T.Y.P.S.E."
    Jul 4 2024
    ...or if you're a stickler who's not into the whole brevity thing, then "Always Remember To Eat, Meditate, Love, Exhale, Get Your Groove Back Into Traveling Ya-Ya Pants Sisterhood, Etc." We're back from a much needed break which included a short period of mourning for the dearly beloved feline AIDs casualty, Reginald Van Buren (R.I.P. Buddy...XOXO). This week we be gettin' kooky all the way to Tibet, as we discuss the famous explorer, adventurer, anarchist, & spiritual seeker of Truths[TM], Madame Alexandra David-Neel! She's the woman who essentially introduced the entire western world to the mystical/magical/esoteric practices & concepts of Tibetan Buddhism a.k.a. "Vajrayana Buddhism". We're talking tulpas, zombies, demon feast rituals, and even a bit of David Lynch's enigmatic television classic, "Twin Peaks"! All this & more, including our (un)usual round of "What's Weird This Week?" GIVE IT A LISTEN & LEARN TO FEED YOUR DEMONS! Sure, you'll be traumatized...but better for it in the end. Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com Opening/closing theme: "Ghost Town" by Aves, as well as "Ghost Town" (instrumental version) by The Specials, and "I Go Meow (Singing Cat)" by The Kiffness & Cala (R.I.P.) *watch it & feel overcome with happiness/sadness here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7WI4A8N8dA&t=26s SOURCES: "Magic and Mystery In Tibet" by Alexandra David-Neel, for tons of badass Tibetan art/iconography, go here: https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=0c6f1460494bfe96&sca_upv=1&rlz=1C1SJWC_enUS1101US1102&sxsrf=ADLYWIJt8B1YmcYbMFWkpem0ChPhLdAzIw:1720072413430&q=tibetan+deity+art&udm=2&fbs=AEQNm0AVbySjNxIXoj6bNaq7uSpw-2eW7KIQ8H4T_tEPJYsPzOi5GKsV0RKGmy84LfyUxrl-4_0AusV0IdjeUAdX2KBg7BmnGLOak5d-z-_u-BD5mN13FgBnNWDvju7R9DTlWNidOrJflM1JuVtiWYZDkHFOJzhjFWWukocdFSx3yN5TzfLggWRnI4Aa-8EhEIZUfHR_WMFwmbeNhwTWDi8XltL7qhh3uw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiU1MKJ2YyHAxXqSjABHZ49CdIQtKgLegQICxAB&biw=1536&bih=730&dpr=1.25 For a good primer on the beliefs/teachings of Vajrayana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep3rXBRdPl4 For those with short attention spans seeking a simplified summary of Tibetan/India/Chinese relations & how America has recently become involved, try these: *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXTYPIbA-mM&t=13s *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMm6WZHtP1E *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FhPL5xWmH0 W.W.T.W.? Articles: *https://uk.news.yahoo.com/scientists-attached-living-lab-grown-130112808.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMr6LuyGDIrdhpx_RB8pi4ZDkVaLlE31aFsVQbDMVxhRXk2IEd_v1CJr0YDX1V94Sc3T_pRFZ3cptbf9c2sgGX1qDwiCeMo5CdA_R6F9gDQkobZLeHMEre4BZyzrltbeoilKILoJMff_KMNl-Xelj_uDCkWk2mFupEPEjITQB-vX *https://brobible.com/culture/article/tennessee-police-seize-drug-stash-hidden-taco-bell-burrito-wrappers/ *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f13NkUOd6w (check out Paranormal Researcher Paul Stonehill's YouTube channel for tons more well researched high strangeness with a Soviet/Eurasian twist!) If you are struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues, please dial 988. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mike-lucht/support
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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • THE STARGATE CONSPIRACY-"PYRAMID SCHEMES"
    Jun 16 2024

    HEYYOOO! What's up you beautiful kooks! Sorry for the (re)tardy release of this new episode but there's recently been an inexplicable rise in the number of enigmatically exploding toilets in our lives. (Specifically, an increase in total overall quantities from zero to one, so things have escalated quite quickly.) Despite these developments, we

    bring you an all new Kooks & Cranks joint where the topic of discussion is "The Stargate Conspiracy" (written by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince) outlining a

    potentially insidious plot that's already gotten us all into watching "Ancient Aliens" then saying things to ourselves and/or others such as: "Well obviously!" or "I always knew something was up wit dat shit!" & other statements of this nature. (Hey, we've all done it.) But what if there exists a hidden, intentional push by forces unseen or even from beyond, overseen by secretive elites of academia, media, & the military-industrial complex, that are largely the same individuals involved with top secret psychic spy programs, defense/aerospace, or various archaeological expeditions around the world in search of what could very well be our amazing otherworldly origins! Do you trust the people in charge of making such discoveries? If you answered "yes" then be sure to contact us about our limited time offer on credit & debit card number based BINGO! game played over the phone, giving away numerous opportunities to win extended stay timeshares and/or zipline sky miles! Or, WE come to YOU to remove every pesky bit of cluttered copper pipes inside your walls, all while you're away at work, to ensure the utmost efficiency! AHHHHHH! We know y'all are too darn smart to fall for all that! But is any of that other stuff up above actually true? Do the sensible thing and listen as we put you up on the scoop! DEUCES!!

    Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com


    Opening/closing theme: "Ghost Town" by Aves, as well as "Funkytown" (instrumental version) by Lipps Inc.


    SOURCE: see above, also...BUY THE BOOK!

    https://www.amazon.com/Stargate-Conspiracy-Extraterrestrial-Mysteries-Ancient/dp/0425176584/ref=asc_df_0425176584/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693549278788&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4005084525613088443&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9026814&hvtargid=pla-569822485808&psc=1&mcid=c2f7bdd87f91336a9cdbfd6876f98856&gad_source=1


    W.W.T.W.? Article Sources:

    -https://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/dryer/dryerman-nabbed-652930

    -https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/suge-knight-sean-diddy-combs-fbi-informant-1234885064/

    -https://medium.com/@shrimangalevallabh789/project-stargate-by-microsoft-and-openai-fe97e41fca57


    If you are struggling with addiction/mental health issues, please dial 988.

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mike-lucht/support
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    1 hr and 58 mins
  • SCHIZOPHRENIA-"SCATALOGICAL THOUGHTS"
    Jun 5 2024

    What's up all you beautiful kooks! This week the fellas are discussing schizophrenia from some fringe theoretical angles, largely either a "supernatch" (or "snatch" if you're trying to save time) and/or psychotronic conspiracy angle. This one's got a whole lotta everything: psychosis, history, religion, spirituality, science, technology, lively debate, &

    a reasonable dose of righteous anger at just how fucked up medicine and healthcare is in contemporary America! This week we also issue a challenge to all our listeners to "hex" Chris...let's make it happen people! All this plus one particularly erotic/disturbing (Y.M.M.V.-your mileage may vary!) politically charged edition of "W.W.T.W.?" Another spicy knowledge suppository for the brain coming in hot!


    Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com


    Opening/closing theme: "Ghost Town" by Aves


    SOURCES: "Operators and Things" by Barbara O'Brien, "The Technical Delusion" by Jeffrey Sconce, as well as...

    -https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2014/07/voices-culture-luhrmann-071614#:~:text=The%20findings%20revealed%20that%20hearing,could%20not%20quite%20place%20physically.

    -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry#:~:text=Political%20abuse%20of%20psychiatry%2C%20also,or%20groups%20in%20a%20society.

    -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_the_"Influencing_Machine"_in_Schizophrenia

    -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_schizophrenia

    -https://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1133671/pg1

    -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9zrItUAOMg&t=1s

    -https://fantasymerchantblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/02/the-incredibly-weird-story-of-whats-the-frequency-kenneth/


    W.W.T.W.? Articles:

    -https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/sarpy-doll-two-order-240589

    -https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180406-what-monkeys-can-teach-us-about-money

    -https://www.reuters.com/world/us/robert-de-niro-calls-trump-clown-outside-trial-biden-campaign-message-2024-05-28/

    -https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html


    If you are struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues please dial 988.

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mike-lucht/support
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    2 hrs and 20 mins

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