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The Melt Podcast

by Chris Snipes

The Melt is a podcast that incapsulates all of the experiences that fall outside of the spectrum of consensus reality. Whether these be drug, paranormal, or religious experiences. The Melt values the lost importance of first hand experience. Not everything can be quantified, measured, or repeated in a laboratory. Some things only happen in a spontaneous and immediate fashion and are not subject to repetition on demand. There is a vast expanse of phenomena that Western society and it’s institutions don’t see as valuable or worthy of exploration. The Melt does. The Melt wants to hear your stories and wants to tell your stories. The Melt seeks to not only be a place within which to do that but also where we will talk to other experiencers, people who study these experiences, and people who write about these experiences. The Melt’s tenets: 1. Cognitive Libertarianism 2. The Importance of Firsthand Experience 3. Ontological Anarchy 4. Critical Thinking 5. Process 6. Real-time Magick 7. Bou...

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Ashlea Stinnett | Shapeshifting Sasquatch People and the Deceptive Nature of Media

Ashley Stinnett and host Chris Snipes explore a year of Mount Tabor encounters, from wild cotton found on a solstice walk to Sasquatch who shift into human form in city p

Nov 8
2 h 09 min

Musica Universalis | Lili Refrain

I had the honor of speaking with Italian composer, multi-instrumentalist, and performer Lili Refrain about her sublime music and what brought her to create it. I encourag

Oct 19
1 h 33 min

Vic Shayne | Spiritual Invincibility, Facing Dark Entities, and Being Out of Body

Hunter and I had the honor of chatting with MindBody Health Consultant, author, and conqueror of what some may call demons, Vic Shayne. He discusses his lifelong firsthan

Oct 9
2 h 08 min

Patreon & Locals Limited Series: Dark Matter | Episode 27 (S03 E02) (Preview)

Dark Matter is a limited Patreon & Locals Only series that represents an extended chronological deep dive into the entire Twin Peaks canon. Emily Moyer, Laura Wilson, Hun

Sep 6
1 h 07 min

Patreon & Locals Limited Series: Dark Matter | Episode 26 (S03 E01) (Preview)

Dark Matter is a limited Patreon & Locals Only series that represents an extended chronological deep dive into the entire Twin Peaks canon. Emily Moyer, Laura Wilson, Hun

Aug 23
2 min

Derrick Jensen | The Lunatics are Queering the Asylum

Hunter and I had the opportunity to chat with author and activist Derrick Jensen about all sorts of things. I initially reached out to him to talk about his take on the t

Aug 16
3 h 09 min

Musica Universalis | Edward Ka-Spel

I was fortunate enough to have a brief chat with Edward Ka-Spel (lead singer of The Legendary Pink Dots, prolific solo artist, member of The Tear Garden, and one-time col

Aug 9
49 min

Patreon & Locals Limited Series: Dark Matter | Episode 25 (Fire Walk With Me & the Missing Pieces) (Preview)

Dark Matter is a limited Patreon & Locals Only series that represents an extended chronological deep dive into the entire Twin Peaks canon. Emily Moyer, Laura Wilson, Hun

Aug 2
2 min

Darren King | The Construct, Conditional Reality As Virtual, and Zooming Out of the Self

I was fortunate enough to have this chat with the ExoAcademian, Darren King, about all manner of curious things.  Darren on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/exoacademi

Jul 26
2 h 06 min

Elana Freeland | Full Spectrum Dominance, Remaining Human, and the Frequency War

The MELt returns after almost 10 months (at least for the summer)!! We gracefully saunter back into the MELTiverse with an enlightening conversation with returning guest

Jul 5
2 h 18 min

Musica Universalis | Sofie Birch

Welcome to another podcast from The MELTiverse called Musica Universalis! It is a podcast that was created to explore numinous music. Mysterious music. Transcendent music

Jun 23
1 h 07 min

Joshua Cutchin | Fictional Incursions, Premembering, and the Fourth Wall

I had the unique opportunity to chat with author and tuba master Joshua Cutchin in person, as he was in my vicinity due to a presentation that he was giving at Paracon in

Oct 31 2025
2 h 03 min

Patreon & Locals Limited Series: Dark Matter | Episode 24 (S02 E28 & 29) (Preview)

Dark Matter is a limited Patreon & Locals Only series that represents an extended chronological deep dive into the entire Twin Peaks canon. Emily Moyer, Laura Wilson, Hun

Oct 17 2025
2 min

Mark Gober | Manufacturing Spiritual Scarcity

I had the honor of speaking with author and researcher Mark Gober about his latest book, "An End to the Upside Down Cosmos", questioning cosmology, germ theory, studying

Oct 3 2025
2 h 02 min

Patreon & Locals Limited Series: Dark Matter | Episode 23 (S02 E26 & 27) (Preview)

Dark Matter is a limited Patreon & Locals Only series that represents an extended chronological deep dive into the entire Twin Peaks canon. Emily Moyer, Laura Wilson, Hun

Sep 19 2025
2 min

Patreon & Locals Bonus Episode: MELT Meet-Up 3.9.25 | Chat with Shonagh Home (Preview)

Hunter & I were joined by Bobbi from Florida, Valerio from NY, Rachel from Mississippi, and special guest Shonagh Home,  to talk about phones as portals, navigating the i

Sep 12 2025
2 min

Peter Ulrich | Dead Can Dance and the Potential of Music

Hunter and I had the unexpurgated pleasure of speaking to the former drummer of one of our favorite bands since the mid-'80s, Dead Can Dance. Peter Ulrich joined us to ta

Sep 5 2025
2 h 28 min

Patreon & Locals Limited Series: Dark Matter | Episode 22 (S02 E24 & 25) (Preview)

Dark Matter is a limited Patreon & Locals Only series that represents an extended chronological deep dive into the entire Twin Peaks canon. Emily Moyer, Laura Wilson, Hun

Aug 22 2025
2 min

Patreon & Locals Episode: MELT Meet-Up 12.29.24 | Clip Show (Preview)

Hunter & I were joined by Yulian in NJ, Jeff in Virginia, Deborah from New Hampshire, and Rachel from Mississippi to talk about drones, birds as drones, The Mangione Inci

Aug 15 2025
3 min

Robert Temple | Dreamwalking, The In Between, and The Grey Regions

Hunter and I were fortunate enough to get an opportunity to continue our conversation with Robert Temple from Episode #241, where he began speaking about his decades-long

Aug 8 2025
2 h 47 min

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