Moon Apothecary Radio 80.8FM

A meditation on memory and learning, taking a pause for reflection, and media representations of beauty.

Letterboxd: David Cronenberg's Four Unloved Women Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection (2023)

Watch Mercedes Garcia's short film "Beauty" (2021)

Barbe Bleue Salon (Bluebeard's Salon) is a Moon Apothecary Radio program founded by Aaron Stanley and Audrey SchalhoubRecorded in a stud...

My guest today is Loni Diep, a pastry chef from Cold Spring village in the town of Philipstown in Putnam County, New York. We are talking about mushrooms, how to legally sell snacks, and testing bites in the kitchen at Myrtle Wombat!Learn more about Lonihttps://www.instagram.com/lonimakes/?hl=enLoni's Custom Made Sweetshttps://flickr.com/photos/lonimakes/albums/72157623804052389/Support a Regenerative Agriculture Farmer, Donate...

Presenting a musical tragicomedy featuring live karaoke performances of the Myrtle Wombat crew’s favorite family carpool songs!~*The Synopsis*~The Greenes go on a road trip together to The Poconos Pole Drive Thru Winter Experience to meet up with Xan’s college mates. They find out that the car has a mind of its own when it decides that the best bonding memorable family experience is locking the car and putting them through a nightm...

Monosodium Glutamate (aka MSG) sounds like a chemical. But what is it, really? I asked Dime MSG founder Jen.

Green Room Bites Featuring Dime at Myrtle Wombat Hosts: Jen (Myrtle Wombat) and Audrey (Moon Apothecary Radio)Guest: Jen (Dime MSG)What is Dime MSG?We’re here to flip the narrative about MSG with an everyday seasoning that delivers bold, simple umami. AAPI & Women Owned.https://www.instagram.com/dime.msg/?h...https://...

In a rundown hospital, patients with bizarre afflictions are in constant need of medical attention, but a miserable doctor in charge prefers to drink. An ER doctor divides her time between saving lives and juggling a love affair with a fellow doctor. An encounter with Saint Francis of Assisi will rearrange these two doctors’ fates, sending them on a journey of altered perspective. Meanwhile, Lt. Doodle loses his partner in a shoot-...

A freewheeling, unedited radio play: Act 2 of Who is the Muffin Man? Followed by Green Room Bites with the cast and crew of the production.Synopsis:High anxiety, low priority. Harold gets more than he bargained for when he tries to eat 24 full-sized bakery muffins with horrifying results. He is rushed to the ER after a bad trip, desperate for help. What follows is a long night in a chaotic waiting room full of unexpected characters...

Simulated exercises with co-pilot Aaron, this is The Rehearsal. PD day for the crew to review the 360 feedback received after our last flight. We also do a script reading and prep for Act 2 of Who is the Muffin Man? The sound quality is scary in this one, big GG-fail on Audrey's part for not double checking audio inputs before flight. We blind-tasted two mystery snacks from beloved Jen at Myrtle Wombat in purgatory, aka the wai...

An evil baker is terrorizing the city of Born Yolk, and Inspector Tony Habib and Lt.Doodle are on the case to crack the case...and get to the bottom of the case. To close the case. Will they find out who the Muffin Man is?A radio play live action mmo rpg simulation in a food aisle at a Brooklyn community grocery store Myrtle Wombat, with costumes from my closet, followed by a green room chat with snacks about California, Aaron'...

Since the popularization of the waffle cone by Syrian immigrant food vendor Ernest Hamwi, ice cream has long been associated with criminal activity. The leading data-driven crime cyborgs at Precinct 88 are on a mission to put an end to this decades-long trend.CrewDirector & Editor - Audrey SchalhoubDirector of Photography - Aaron StanleyWriters - Aaron Stanley and Audrey SchalhoubPuppeteer - Max Frances and Aaron StanleySongs&q...

Experimenting with intuitive readings through the D20 powered music mystery game! You can find links to your astrological sign and the full song below.

0:00 Intro

0:23 Arieshttps://youtu.be/gxWqRBIu6tQ1:22 Taurus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syYC6QKyeno2:08 Geminihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLbH7tMHaJA&list=RDQLbH7tMHaJA&start_radio=12:57 Cancerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7g527Yecsw&list=RD_7g527Yecsw&...

My experiences in the past two episodes have taught me a few things, and this week, everything I have learned from my music mystery adventures on The Optimystic has culminated in a tune:1. Kalpanaswaram - improvisational singing or playing of swaras (musical notes) within a specific raga and tala Ep 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqxNWr0HGrE&list=PLGgk_HG0B9PX3xRpWY8mmaHGRHirAgaeI&index=22. Discovering "Night By Ni...

A bit of a debut of the most evolved version of the D20 infused music game show, The Optimystic. 🎲 This episode features an attempt at understanding music concepts and cultural knowledge based on text and sweet sounds. Watch my brain learn new things in real time and be a dummy! Hopefully you will learn something new as well.

SPOILERS below!

If you wish to get the full experience, do not continue reading this until after the e...

I spoke with Kirc (aka Jerome) from My S01d Out Reverie (M01E), and he shared with me his perspective on the creation of the band's music videos "我要活" and "GUTS" from their album 新青年 - THE NEW YOUTH / S02E01.We talk about the Chinese film New Women (1935), songwriting, placemaking and setting, costumes, and the color red.Thanks for watching!

Featured Music:

1. 我要活
2. GUTS

Explore on your own:

• Disc...

I made a divine pull from musician Max Francis' vinyl collection that's on sale at Myrtle Wombat. The chosen record for this episode is Ry Cooder Chicken Skin Music, with a D20 chance roll to let the spirits decide what track to listen to, and it landed on "Chloe" (1976).Variations of "Chlo-e (Song of the Swamp)":Dinah Shore   • 1941 NBC’s Chamber Music Society II: ...  Eva Taylor   • Eva Taylor - Chloe (Song of the Swamp...  Louis...

Why do we dream? Where do we go when we are dreaming?

How is the mind affected by the dream state when we are awake? How do you know if you are awake right now?

What is the time in our dreams? How does dreamtime influence waking life?

In this week's episode of Moon Apothecary Radio, I invite my new Armenian correspondent, ASonic A.K.A. Armand, on the show to find answers through the concepts of dream and time in Richard Linkla...