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Christmas and Zen Buddhism, a talk with Brad Warner

A talk with Brad Warner, author of the new book Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen. How Buddhism can help calm holiday stress, and just stuff about Brad and Zen in general.

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Author: Craig Kringle
Title: WC# 25 Christmas and Zen Buddhism, a talk with Brad Warner

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Medieval Christmas with Misty Schieberle and Scott Smith

What do we know about Christmas during the Middle Ages? Turns out it’s kinda hard to find very much information. I talk to two medievalists, Misty Schieberle and Scott Smith, who help me trace what few mentions of Christmas there are in the English tradition.

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Author: Craig Kringle
Title: WC #24 Medieval Christmas with Misty Schieberle and Scott Smith

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The Ghost Story of 2019, M.R. James

The 2019 Weird Christmas ghost story is “The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance” by M. R. James. I also get some help with background on James and Punch and Judy puppet shows (which show up in the story) from Jim Moon of the Hypnogoria Podcast.

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Author: Craig Kringle
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WC #23 The Ghost Story of 2019, M.R. James’ “The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance”

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Christmas Music with Christmas Underground

Weird Christmas talks to the indie music blog Christmas Underground about the world of Christmas mixes and how he finds great, unknown Christmas music all year long.

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Author: Craig Kringle
Title: WC #22 Underground Christmas Music with Christmas Underground

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WC #21 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction 2019 (Contest results show)

The annual Weird Christmas Flash Fiction show with the results of the 2019 contest. Fourteen odd stories of Christmas uncanniness to get you out of that holiday spirit. Find the full text of all the stories along with author bios and their contact info at WeirdChristmas.com.

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Author: Craig Kringle
Title: WC #21 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction 2019 (Contest results show)

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