35 episodes

Welcome to the Phenomena Podcast with Augusta Chapman! Each episode, Augusta (comedian, writer) and Eva (media specialist, paranormalist) talk about ghosts and their role in American culture, media, and sociality. Augusta and Eva use their background in anthropology and experience in life to discern the meaning and patterns of apparitions, hauntings, and legends. Join us every two weeks for a funny, poignant look into the daily life of the American ghost.

The Phenomena Podcast with Augusta Chapman Eva-Quenby Johnson

    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 8 Ratings

Welcome to the Phenomena Podcast with Augusta Chapman! Each episode, Augusta (comedian, writer) and Eva (media specialist, paranormalist) talk about ghosts and their role in American culture, media, and sociality. Augusta and Eva use their background in anthropology and experience in life to discern the meaning and patterns of apparitions, hauntings, and legends. Join us every two weeks for a funny, poignant look into the daily life of the American ghost.

    Episode 26.5: Frauds, Gods, and Medical Intuition

    Episode 26.5: Frauds, Gods, and Medical Intuition

    Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Claudia Gohn to the Phenomena Podcast stage! In this episode, we bring in documentarian and friend Claudia to discuss her research on crime and fraudulent claims in the world of psychics.
     
    content warning: suicide, child sexual abuse & violence
    music: "Girl on the Moon"; written and performed by Nihilore; CC BY 3.0
    edited by Ruby Mastrodimos

    • 31 min
    Episode 26: Teal Swans and Sweal Tans

    Episode 26: Teal Swans and Sweal Tans

    This week, we bring the Phenomena Podcast into the twenty-first century with a discussion of online psychic performance, faith healing, and post-New Age prosperity gospel. 
     
    content warning: suicide, child sexual abuse & violence
    music: "Girl on the Moon"; written and performed by Nihilore; CC BY 3.0
    edited by Ruby Mastrodimos

    • 44 min
    Oct 28 Liveshow Announcement (not an episode...)

    Oct 28 Liveshow Announcement (not an episode...)

    Please come to our live show about ScArY mOViEz on Saturday, October 28th @7PM at Easy Lover bar in Brooklyn! 

    • 55 sec
    July 29 Liveshow Announcement (not an episode...)

    July 29 Liveshow Announcement (not an episode...)

    Please come to our reveal of DEFINITIVE PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF BIGFOOT on Saturday, July 29th @7PM at Easy Lover bar in Brooklyn! 

    • 43 sec
    Hashtag Ball-Jointed Doll Sales (A Snack)

    Hashtag Ball-Jointed Doll Sales (A Snack)

    Welcome to the first of our snack miniseries! We've been keeping very busy with our live shows (thank you to all who attend, we treasure you) but we still want to bring some fun discussions to the RSS feed for our long-distance fans. We will be exploring a variety of topics that relate to previous episodes and live shows, but are not necessarily paranormal. Today, we're talking about the thriving Instagram community of #bjdsales!
     
    music: "Girl on the Moon"; written and performed by Nihilore; CC BY 3.0

    • 47 min
    Oct 25 Liveshow Announcement! (not an episode...)

    Oct 25 Liveshow Announcement! (not an episode...)

    Please come to our Team Edward vs Team Jacob DEBATE OF THE CENTURY on Tuesday, October 25th @7PM at Easy Lover bar in Brooklyn NY! :3 see u there slegends

    • 1 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
8 Ratings

8 Ratings

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Truly Devine

queer ppl and ghosts :~) match made in heaven. funny and loving and unpretentious and informative. queue it UP

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Stumbled on this by accident. Insanely funny. These two have a huge future in podcasting (HUGE!)

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