Oddnormal

After taking a few months off Fiasco and Jacks are back with a quasi-new podcast. Well, marginally new. Far Off Topic continues in the vein of Oddnormal with a few tweaks.

Far Off Topic is an ever evolving discussion of obscure or otherwise unconsidered ideas that lie on the untamed outskirts of public attention. As well as conversations about everything else that is of interest to us. Far Off Topic is a podcast without restrictions on subject.

Essentially Oddnormal was really never meant to stray from topics of the strange and bizarre. In that way it was restricted, and honestly, that's the way I wanted to keep it. So moving forward, Oddnormal will get a new format and concentrate on oddnormal things and Far Off Topic will continue on the path that the first season of Oddnormal has previously set with lively conversations and much more.

Along the benighted streets of San Diego's Old Town you will find what some consider to be the most haunted place in America, The Whaley House. In this episode Oddnormal attempts to do what -- many have done before -- that is, visit the Whaley House in the hopes of encountering a spirit from the Great Beyond. We're also introduced to the Oddnormal First Family: Meene Greene and Charlie Goodshoes and before the night is over, one of them will come face to face with a ghost. I'll let you guess who.

The investigators discuss various things along the way including the history of Zzyzx, Calico Ghost Town, and anarchist art collective InDecline. 

So strap yourself in for a first of it's kind experience as we venture into the bizarre. It's an Oddnormal Field Study, Charlie Goodshoes.

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Keith Raniere thought he could become a god instead he has become a prisoner of the state being held on sex trafficking charges. Raniere's fall from grace all started in the dark wasteland that is Albany, New York where he set-up his executive coaching company, NXIVM, or what some believe is a sinister brainwashing cult which preys on the hopeless.

When news leaked out that actor Allison Mac, of Smallville fame and a top lieutenant of Raniere's, formed a secret sorority that forced women who joined to be branded with an odd symbol the end was near. 

So who is Keith Raniere and what is the story behind his strange executive coaching organization, NXIVM. Well, Oddnormal is here to pull back the curtain and investigate. 

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Syria is in pretty bad shape these days. But recently things have been taking on a more apocalyptic air. On April 14th the US, UK and French forces launch a coordinated attack on Syrian chemical weapons facilities. This comes on the heels of a coordinated attack by a mixed group of Syrian fighters and Russian mercenaries against a US base in Syria. That Russian and US forces are trading shots with each other has all the potential of igniting a larger conflict.

In this episode Oddnormal explores many of the possible scenarios that could launch the world into another global "war to end all wars". 

Danny Filippidis fell into an unguarded wormhole, or vortex while skiing in the Adirondacks and was instantly teleported to Sacramento. The shocking incident has everyone perplexed but cases of inexplicable travel are not as uncommon as you may think. In this episode Fiasco and Jacks delve into the strange cases that chip away at our notions of time and space, leaving us quivering in the corner of our rooms, wondering at the thought that one day we too may vanish from the world.