Wyrd Mountain Gals

Byron Ballard and Alicia Corbin discuss everything under the moon & stars in Appalachia. Old ways, new times & life lived in-between. Irreverent humor, not for the easily offended..

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Episodes

Roadside Gothic

Sunday Feb 02, 2020

Sunday Feb 02, 2020

A continuation of an earlier conversation about roadside "entertainment" & how it really wasn't entertaining at all...
Tea-Divination

Saturday Jan 25, 2020

Byron & Alicia talk home remedies, elder magic, & creepy roadside entertainment back in the day..
Tea-Divination

Chicken Leg Popsicle Sandwich

Saturday Jan 18, 2020

Saturday Jan 18, 2020

In this episode the girls ramble about everything from chicken leg popsicle sandwiches to Gospel music. How does this relate? How do they get from Wyrd Mountain to the Cove? And how does Byron know that it was a truck driving by Billy Graham's sign? There's only one way to find out…Thanks for listening!
Tea-Divination
 

Saturday Jan 11, 2020

Digital Witchery & General Wyrdness
The next episode of Wyrd Mountain Gals is called "Digital Witchery". It's a short (very short) jaunt into the new digital territory the Gals find themselves in, & how it helps when documenting bear poop. Just a typical wyrd conversation.
#DigitalWitchery#WyrdGals
#WyrdMountainGals
 

Get-en Real

Saturday Jan 04, 2020

Saturday Jan 04, 2020

The first podcast of the new year is called "Get-en Real". Byron and Alicia spend a few minutes bitching about…well everything from technology to the way words are pronounced nowadays while they make a few travel plans. And don't ask about stupid people. Just. Don't. Ask.
#mustbeafullmoonlol#WyrdMountainGals#DigitalWitchery
 

Saturday Dec 14, 2019

In which the gals declare Dolly Parton to be the "Matron Saint of Appalachia".  Memories wind in & out of the discussion & they compare family traditions.  
Hard Candy Christmas - Dolly Parton
Tea - Deva Zinger from Asheville Raven & Crone
Production - SunSlice Records

The Dying Time

Sunday Dec 08, 2019

Sunday Dec 08, 2019

Byron & Alicia continue to expound on death rituals in Appalachia.  
Tea-Divination by Asheville Raven & Crone
Amazing Grace - Chris Rosser

Cast Iron Scrying

Sunday Dec 01, 2019

Sunday Dec 01, 2019

Episode 6 - Cast Iron Scrying
Byron and Alicia share methods of Appalachians scrying while waiting on Gomez the Yardman to come by. They were almost out of chocolate, (a good reason to call the Yardman)
Tea-P&G Tips

Sunday Nov 24, 2019

Pickled Beans and Other Things
Byron & Alicia start out chatting about signs & portents, but end up dreaming of pickled beans...well, it was getting close to supper!
Portent:  a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen. "They believed that wild birds in the house were portents of death".
Tea:  P&G Tips
 
 
 

Sunday Nov 17, 2019

Porch Life (It Ain't Thug Life)A languid conversation on the porch about the little house, hospitality, & just a little griping about the digital life we're all living nowdays...
Tea-P&G Tips & cold mountain water
The Grey Eagle is a much loved part of the Asheville music scene & part of the story Alicia tellsCheck out Drivn n Cryin with Kevn Kinney--it's good music!

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