Rockette Fox Presents: Fantastically Strange
Lovers of all things strange, allow me to be your guide as we journey through peculiar tales, curious histories, and uncanny cases! Rockette Fox is a Korean-American storyteller, illustrator, performer, designer of oddities, and embracer of the strange. She's spoken nationally on topics such as villainesses, diversity in media, storytelling, and folktales for over seven years.
Episodes
34 episodes
Death Work, Necromancy, & the Soul: Interview with Mortellus
Join me this episode for an incredible conversation with the amazing Mortellus - mortician, necromancer, medium, witch, author, and more - as we talk over facets of the soul in different cultures, why it's important to have a Death Plan B, the ...
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58:03
Mentalism, Illusions, and Science: Interview with Zi Teng Wang
Illusion, mentalism, slight of hand, immortality machines, gut zombies, genetic splicing.... have we gone off the rails? Even better! Join me for an interview with Mentalist Zi, who also happens to be a staff scientist and geneticist at Washing...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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57:54
Death Midwifery, Mediumship, & Bridget Bishop: Interview with Freya Bishop
My loves, we are back! And I bring to you an interview I have been excitedly plotting. Shepherding those at the end of their life, helping families mourn and celebrate the lives of their loved ones, and bridging the gap between the living and t...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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49:48
In the Field with the Danger Noodle: Interview with Brittany Neier
This episode we head out into the field with researcher Brittany Neier as we learn more about the venomous Copperhead snake, how it's tracked, why its tracked, and whether its musk smells like apricots or cucumbers.If you'd like to ...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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52:51
Marginality & the Paranormal: Interview with Dash Kwiatkowski
This episode we welcome paranormal investigator, performer, comedian, and Pokemon whisperer Dash Kwiatkowski to share the results of a recent Spirit Box investigation as well as to talk over approaching the paranormal from a marginal lens. We m...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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48:16
Interview With a Poet: Shane Signorino (Clean Version!)
In honor of last month being National Poetry Writing Month, this episode features an interview with poet, professor, and actor/director, Shane Signorino in a conversation about poetry, finding your artistic voice, the experience of being an art...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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1:12:07
Interview With a Poet: Shane Signorino (Explicit Full Version!)
In honor of last month being National Poetry Writing Month, this episode features an interview with poet, professor, and actor/director, Shane Signorino in a conversation that quickly goes off the rails from a pool noodle mishap, to writing, ar...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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1:30:07
Beyond the Frame
My loves! Welcome into Season Two of Fantastically Strange! We kick off the new season with three true tales that served as inspiration in the Big Screen. From the Marvel Cinematic Universe to a master of nightmares to the wonderfully mysteriou...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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31:51
Season 1 Finale: Interview with The Pipsqueakery
For a very special first season finale, I am thrilled to bring you a longer episode in which I'm joined and have the opportunity to interview Alex and Jason of The Pipsqueakery, a rodent and rabbit rescue that focuses on special needs animals. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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42:21
Nature's Etiquette
While we as humans may not always have the same idea what is considered polite across cultures or even within the same society, we generally would all agree that punching a coworker in the head is rude and shrieking full-volume into the f...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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21:29
A Strange Measure
Unusual measurements in an episode inspired by the unlikeliest of places, this week we take a look at the journey of humble fork and how its measurements impact us, a a breakfast-related disaster measurement, and the true way to gauge your dog'...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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27:54
Mysterious Ancestry
This week we’ve talked about interesting ancestry. Unique origins that involve DNA’s role in unearthing some interesting information as well as new questions including a previously unknown species of ancient human, a DNA test kit that gave some...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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20:39
Word Play
This week, thanks to an amazing suggestion from a wonderful member of chat, we are taking a look at some fascinating word origins - such as why the serious lack of opportunity by not having corn raised on a Plant Plant - as well as a few of my ...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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23:49
The Magic of Mushrooms
Not quite a plant, not really an animal - this week we are taking a look at three amazing tales of mushrooms! From fossils that unveil the true age of mushrooms, to how they are saving an environmentally impacted earth, to how they could positi...
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22:27
Grab Bag of Why
We're diving into the grab bag! You know the one, that bag of questions that have been hanging around just waiting for the right moment to find an answer, and some of this week's 'why's' will peek at why piggy banks are the lovable oinky creatu...
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23:46
Strange Sounds
In this week's episode, we dive into the intriguing world of sound. It's all around us, it is such a primal part of our makeup and history, but what sorts of strange mysteries does it hold? We will look at interesting sound facts, how scientist...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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23:28
Haunting Science: Vampires
This week, we look at some science surrounding those classic sun-shy, horror icons of the night with that little habit for blood: vampires, including a scientist who built a calculator to see how long humanity would last in various vampire outb...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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25:14
Rest in Pieces
There is something sacred about the remains of those who have passed before us, however that doesn’t seem to always stop some from interfering with the dearly departed. This week, I take you on a journey of a few stories where the pieces of a f...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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24:19
Fatale Femmes
There is a mystique around assassins - creeping through dark shadows with silencers in one hand and a cocktail in the other. Media and daydreams have given these very historically real roles glitz, glamor, and tragic prestige. Of course, if I a...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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24:52
Strange Medicine
This week we take a look at some of the twists and turns from the past, present, and as we head into the future in the strange world of medical science from smoke in the last place you might want it, to a tale of an incredible two-hand transpla...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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21:49
Movers and Strange Shakers
This week as we approach the fabled end of 2020, I share three tales of fascinating and history-making individuals who lived to the beat of their own drum to help inspire as we enter the new year. They boldly challenged the conventions of their...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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28:52
500 Download Thank You and Number Facts!
I'm a little under the weather this week, but could not let a week pass without sending a HUGE thank you! We've reached 500 downloads, and I am beyond over the moon. Thank you so much! Also, I couldn't let even a mini-episode pass without ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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8:12
Get Cracking
This week in light of the recent cracking of the Zodiac killer code, I bring you three stories of codes and ciphers from a pigeon lost for seventy years, to a badass woman pioneer in codebreaking, to a long and colorful text that to this day ha...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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21:47
Unusual Animal Sex(es)
My loves! Let’s talk about sex...es in the animal world. More specifically chromosomes, clones, and beyond - because nature is strange and fantastic in the best of ways and so much more complex than anything we - or at least I - learned in my e...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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