Do you have a favorite? Not meant to, but mostly the unloved ones, the unvisited ones, the cases that get dusty and ignored.

All the broken and shunned creatures.

Someone's got to care for them.

Who shall it be if not us? Yes.

Yes. Welcome to Roon soup, a weekly podcast about magic, culture and the very best new and old ideas for living in this world, coming to you from

43 degrees south on a small farm in deepest Tasmania.

My name is Gordon and I shall be your host.

This week we welcome to the show Jake Richards.

Jake is an Appalachian conjure doctor

and the author of the recently released Backwoods Witchcraft.

He joins us today to talk through some of the uniquenesses and similarities of Appalachian Conge, magical

landscapes, family traditions, and local law.

Little heads up before we start.

The audio on my side isn't the best.

What happens here when it's pouring rain is that the microphone can sort of hear it

and tries to catch it so it boosts the room sound a little bit. Anyway I cleaned it up as best I could as

usual. Amusingly, you can't actually hear the rain. Anyway, enjoy.

Jake, welcome aboard.

Thank you.

All right, so traditional first question and having read the book, I think the answer might be a lot of fun.

But traditional first question on the show Jake is,

Were you a weird kid?

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