We’re back with Midsummer Tidings from the Mojave, with solstice verse from Sam Clemens & Shakespeare, too. Plus a new campfire story from our recently concluded springtime series in Joshua Tree. With spooky summertime RedBlueBlackSilver soundscapes.
From our Campfire Stories in Joshua Tree on May 23, 2026, here’s a special one-hour edition of Desert Oracle Radio live from the desert behind the Joshua Tree Retreat Center, with the High Desert’s own Herb Benham IV opening the campfire festivities with a couple of proper cowboy songs. Ravens, rattlesnakes and other characters appear early and often in the stories & fables that follow.
If you love flying saucers, maybe you’ve been following the release of a bunch more government UFO files. Maybe you’re disappointed that E.T. isn’t in there, signing a treaty with F.D.R. But it’s a very interesting window on the American UFO era, which is now 80 years old!
PLUS: A tale from Death Valley, told at our recent Campfire Stories event in Joshua Tree.
This is EPISODE #262: THE NEW UFO FILES. Listen to the podcast now and on the radio Fridays at 10 p.m. on Z107.7 FM in Joshua Tree/Yucca Valley/29 Palms/Pioneertown/Wonder Valley … from Amboy to Zzyzx! Classic soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.
Tonight’s episode features a previously secret recording of Campfire Stories from years gone by, plus an examination of the so-called “Mosquito Hawk” (or Skeeter Eater), which does not eat mosquitos. It doesn’t really do anything but fly into your mouth while you’re driving, or just walking through your own house. Information regarding our May 2 / May 16 / May 23 “Campfire Stories” in Joshua Tree is also provided, with more details at DesertOracle.com/event-calendar/
Special thanks to our patrons & listeners who told ghost stories, RedBlueBlackSilver for the spooky soundscapes that surrounded us all, and Jonathan Farber for hosting the event.
Remember campfires? We sure do. Standing around a campfire telling stories and socializing used to be a big part of the Desert Oracle “workflow,” as they say over in corporate. And it will be again. But while we ride the storm out, here’s our most recent Campfire Stories night, from January 2020, with a brand-new RedBlueBlackSilver soundtrack and some other weird stuff. And it’s an hourlong special episode, too. Listen at 10 p.m. tonight on Z107.7 FM across the Great Mojave Wilderness or do the podcast shuffle, if you prefer: #091: CAMPFIRE NIGHTMARES. Life ain’t always empty.
Tune in tonight at 10 p.m., for an all-new hour of DESERT ORACLE RADIO on KCDZ 107.7 FM across the High Desert. Stream the radio broadcast tonight on Tune-In or whatever you use for streaming, for an all-new hour of Desert Oracle Radio. Every Friday night on KCDZ Joshua Tree/Yucca Valley/29 Palms.
