American Esoterica

10/09/2025

Forget what you think you know about the deadliest fire in American history. Out now - Episode 83 - The Great Fire, available where you stream and the hottest site on the interwebz, www.americanesoterica.com.

09/23/2025

Hey all... we've had a death in the family last week, so there won't be a new episode this week. See you at the regularly-scheduled next episode, and apologies for the inconvenience.

09/11/2025

The real story that likely inspired a fake story, and it's way more heartbreaking. This one is a three-hankie episode. Out now - Episode 82 - A House Divided, available on whatever streamer has won the war for your heart. It's also out there at the website www.americanesoterica.com, but you've probably never heard of it.

08/28/2025

We actually had genuine royalty in this country once, and no, I don't mean Beyoncé (or Queen Bey, as those of us who are true fans call her). And in New Jersey, of all places. Out Now - Episode 81 - What Exit, Your Highness?, available on all the streaming fountains and over at the place where nobody buys our t-shirts, www.americanesoterica.com.

P.S.: If you listen to the episode, you'll know who owns the lands in the picture that served as a postcard from the estate.

08/28/2025

We heard you, America, and we know what you want. We've reverted to our original logo and our usual place three days behind the zeitgeist.

08/14/2025

Remember that time some guy almost assassinated JFK? Probably not, I reckon. Out now - Episode 80 - JFK, Not Blown Away, available at your streaming place and at our steaming place - www.americanesoterica.com.

08/12/2025

Did you enjoy Episode 13 - As Good As A Wink? If so, you may be interested in an event on August 16th, at the Lyric Theater in Lexington, Kentucky, where author Joe Drape will be the featured speaker. He wrote "Black Maestro - The Epic Life of an American Legend" about that episode's subject, Jimmy Winkfield. Go check it out, if you're local. Or come spend a frigid August weekend in Kentucky, if not.

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Join Phoenix Rising Lex for its 10th Anniversary Awards and Recognition event featuring Joe Drape, New York Times columnist and author of Black Maestro. This special gathering will be held […]

08/04/2025

Like listening to host Brian Powers? Like listening to host Brian Powers on a podcast? Did you answer "yes" to both of these questions? Then have we got something for you - here's an interview with the world's gratingest podcast host, on a great podcast that features local and regional Kentucky writers - Writer's Rotation, with Kathie Stamps. Go give it a listen today, and then go listen to the other interviews as well - Kathie is a fantastic interviewer.

Kathie Stamps interviews people in various professions about words and writing.

07/31/2025

A baker's dozen colonies? A regular dozen? Fourteen? Fifteen? Twenty-six? HOW MANY COLONIES WERE THERE? Out now - Episode 79 - Thirteen-ish Colonies, available in all the original colonies and even some you've never heard of on your streaming services, or at www.americanesoterica.com.