Transmitting from the Mojave Wilderness in Joshua Tree, California, now is the time for Desert Oracle Radio, the voice of the desert.

Night has fallen on the Mojave and here we are.

Ready for... I don't know, what are we ready for?

Summer, I guess.

The swamp cooler is already running.

Cool your whole house for a dollar a day.

Up here in the high desert, you know, we get three seasons of absolute beauty and perfection.

I'm talking about autumn.

I'm talking about winter.

I'm talking about spring.

And then you get to the summertime.

Oh, there are good things about the summertime, I've heard.

The swimming pools open up at the high school so adults can stay in their lane, as they say,

and swim back and forth with other people swimming back and forth.

It's just like being on the I-10 down in Palm Springs, but better for your heart.

But we'd better get used to it, so check your swamp cooler pads and get ready to get baked.

Okay. to get baked. You know the kind of stuff we love on Desert Oracle Radio.

We like strange scenes.

We like ancient and modern mysteries,

the overwhelming wild landscape of the American West,

mystics and prophets, serial killers, nutcases of all sorts, all stripes. And especially,

we like the invisible lines that often connect the special worlds.

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