Jack Hunter | Talking Spirits in the Academy
from Rune Soup
This week we talk to anthropologist, editor, religious studies lecturer and brand new father (like, brand new), Jack Hunter. In this wide-ranging and fascinating conversation, we talk Colin Wilson, Buffy, Going Buddhist in primary school, David Icke, the how's and why's of starting a paranormal anthropology journal, Spiritualism, Charles Fort, the Era of Witchcraft, how to save anthropology from itself. Show Notes Paranthropology Journal Paranthropology Facebook Group Jack's latest book, Damned Facts
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