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While trying to get to the bottom of what this game's tagline actually means, Frank and Tormsen take a few brief detours through the entire history of human thought. En route, they encounter methods to make Adepts and Avatars more post-modern, the premodern and modern equivalents thereof, and even run into some talk on what the hell metamodernism is.

To celebrate the looming tenth anniversary for the Kickstarter of Unknown Armies 3rd Edition, Frank and Tormsen talk about the game with a decade of hindsight. The two get into the differences in the teams behind the editions, the issues they have with the game after running it for years, and what postmodern magick REALLY looks like.

Frank and Tormsen dive into the layered Mesopotamian horrors of Pazuzu's Circle from Book 3 of the 3rd edition of Unknown Armies, in the hopes of discovering who this demon actually is.

Having discovered a strange crate labeled "What Might Have Been", Frank and Tormsen go through a few of the alternate universe versions of adept schools that have wound up on unnaturalphenomena dot com. Photomancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=3460 Tropamancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=3413 Cinemancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=3678 Sociomancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=3812 Ballistomancies: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=3505 https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=2226 Sartorimancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=3008 Detritomancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=3597 Automancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=2071 Odomancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=2011

Frank and Tormsen explore the dark underbelly of another mid-tier American burb, rife with cults, killers, mantises, and albinos in the hills.

Perched atop a high mountain peak, Tormsen instructs Frank in the way of the Dao. Before Tormsen leaves for the west astride a water buffalo, student and teacher go into Daoism's history, the distinction between religious and philosophical Daoism, parallels between immortals and avatars, and how much jade you need to eat to live forever.

Frank and Tormsen once more don their gurpsuits, this time to discuss the wild and woolly work of Kenneth Hite in his Suppressed Transmissions series for Pyramid Magazine. They debate the High Weird and its powerful proximity to the grit of Unknown Armies.

Frank hits Tormsen with some probing questions about unidentified flying objects and our brothers from outer space. Along our interstellar journey, we get into the various hypotheses behind UFOs, the emergence of abduction stories and UFO cults, and some ways to fit ET into Unknown Armies' humanocentric milieu.

Frank and Tormsen suffer varying degrees of stress and shock, becoming helpless, unnatured, violent, isolated, and unselfed as they harden and fail. Somewhere in there, they discuss these '90s-innovative mechanics for the Unknown Armies systems and variation and bastardizations thereof.

Pulling themselves out of a memory loss-induced fugue, Frank and Tormsen piece together clues from the SoundCloud to recover the last five years of podcasting. While they get their bearings, they discuss plans for the new year, the status of Statosphere, and vacation destinations beyond the polar ice wall. The John Tynes Ain't Dead Jam Contest - https://docs.google.com/document/d/12uyspi1cwdZhMK7YpPNkzxhZ2EEP9UyUeYi9Nvk2JCY/ Kate's Ricketyland book - https://sailortitan.itch.io/ricketyland John Nephew's Statosphere update - https://forum.atlas-games.com/t/unknown-armies-community-content/174114/2 Frank and Tormsen on Mage: The Podcast - https://magethepodcast.com/avatars-adepts-and-the-comte-de-saint-germain-with-33-3-fm/

Tormsen Frank welcomes long-running guest Frank Tormsen back to the show to discuss the rise, fall, and witchcraft-fueled career revival of fellow talk show host Selena Ramirez.

Escaped Convicts Frank and Tormsen discuss the quintessential 90s Unknown Armies con scenario Jailbreak, from the classic tome One Shots.

Frank and Torm discuss a creatively profitable contest for Unknown Armies held on a weekend long, long ago or recently. Enjoy as our two hero critics battle philosophically and make references past each other. Check out the entries here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g1RzxcmTUeq6QVxUr8zHw6AH6HGbLpmQgMp9BTbOues/edit?usp=sharing

Reciting from golden plates he found in a stone box, Tormsen reveals this week's topic as the Church of Latter Day Saints. While discussing the history of this most American of religions, your two hosts cover matters involving coffin canes, rituals of the LDS inner circle, and entries from the old Unnatural Phenomena website. Geneamancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=2337 Jay “The Sissy” Landis: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=3779

Join Bird, Garrett, Lithobraker, Top Hat, and Tormsen as they enter the wild world of Z-list Japanese Women's Pro-Wrestling, seeking vengeance against their sleazy management and the cruel house shooter Lady Strong. Listener Discretion is Advised.

Fresh from doomscrolling, Frank and Tormsen log in to a discussion of the occult underground in the social media landscape, from WitchTok to LinkedIn Alchemy. Like and subscribe and don't forget to ring that bell, it tolls for thee.

Frank and Tormsen get up to some weird science and construct themselves a bit of artificial life. While hard at work in the kitchen, they discuss the reasons to make life, go over examples from world folklore and mythology, and give a few tips and tricks for spicing up your next homunculus or unspeakable servant.

Frank and Tormsen visit Shelbyville with friends of the show Ben and Zomner to discuss the Simpsons, its occult legacy, and applicability to Unknown Armies. The Stonecutters managed to intercept the live broadcast, so enjoy an additional twenty minutes or so of almost Frank Tormsen free discussion. The Swedish cartoon referenced in the episode can be found here: https://www.messynessychic.com/2012/10/20/was-homer-simpson-stolen-from-this-vintage-cartoon-ca-1949/ The Simpsons is Real Footage conspiracy is detailed here: https://spinpasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Simpsons_Theory

Frank and Tormsen vibrate at lower frequencies and expose the hidden masters behind the Reptilian Hunting Society. On their way out of the matrix, they go over David Icke, the pulp fiction origins of lizard people, and uncover the real conspiracy of reptilian humanoids that has infiltrated the halls of power.

In this exclusive scenario written and run by Valiant for Unknown Armies, Frank, Tormsen, and CJ are nuns with secrets. Can the sisters get to the bottom of the strange happenings at their abbey, or will they be consumed by an outside threat? For overview and character sheets, see here: https://strange.domains/ua3e-scenario-cloister/