Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness
Episodes
Road Soda by A.A. Zatarian
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary This month on Strangers, we have a collection of poems from the road called Road Soda by A.A. Zatarian. The word of the month is about...
Additional Persecution Likely
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary This month on Strangers, we have Additional Persecution Likely a translation by Oksana Mironova and Ben Nadler of selected sections of...
Beethoven on Bloor Street by K. Zimmer
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary This month on Strangers, we have "Beethoven on Bloor Street" by K. Zimmer. It's memoirist essay that is the first chapter of...
Mary Marrow by Margaret Killjoy
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary This month on Strangers, we have a short story by Margaret Killjoy titled Mary Marrow. It's about a witch and her cult, who hide in t...
Pocket Guide to Conflict Mediation by Casandra
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary This time on Strangers, Casandra talks to Inmn about how to mediate a conflict. This episode started as a Live Like the World is Dying...
A Letter to the Trans Teens Thinking About Giving Up by Andy
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary This month on Strangers, Miriam talks with Andy about his zine and the state of the world that inspired it. The title says it all. Fi...
Into the Terror Castle by Jackson Culpepper
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes This time on Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, we have Into the Terror Castle: Gabby and Cuervo 1 by Jackson Culpepper. Into the Terr...
This Month in the Apocalypse: June 2025
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary On This Month in the Apocalypse, James, Miriam, and Inmn talk about everything that happened in June, including a dive into the wildfi...
Martyr Culture by Sara Blum Pt. II
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes This time on Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, we have part two of a crossover episode with the Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness podca...
Martyr Culture by Sara Blum pt. i
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes This month on Strangers, we have a crossover episode with Live Like the World is Dying, for our monthly feature zine Martyr Culture by ...
Putting on DIY Shows and Events pt.II
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers, Miriam and Inmn continue their talk with Olsen about how to organize and put on DIY shows and events. They go over so...
Putting on DIY Shows and Events Pt. I
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers, Miriam and Inmn talk with Olson about how to organize and put on DIY shows and events. They go over some of the infor...
The Memory Shop by Melissa Ren
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers, we have The Memory Shop by Melissa Ren, a short story about grief, belonging, and memory alteration. The word of the ...
Wax by Henri Feola
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers, we have Wax by Henri Feola, a story about disaster, cataclysm, and memory. The word of the month is about speaking lo...
Ep.42 – New Book by Margaret Killjoy
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes This isn't a real episode. It's an advertisement, but it's an advertisement for a really cool thing, a new new book by Margaret Killjoy ...
Ep.41 – The Dandelion Gatherers by Wren Awry
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers we have The Dandelion Gatherers: On Italian American Foodways, Anarchism, and Assimilation. This piece is a historica...
Ep.40 – Edible Perennial Plants for Community Preparedness
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary This month on Strangers, we have a Live Like the World is Dying crossover episode because the feature is a Live Like the World is Dyi...
Ep.39 – Ready For Anything
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary This month on Strangers, Inmn talks to Margaret and James about Ready For Anything, which you can read at www.tangledwilderness.org. T...
Ep.38 – The Veil Between Worlds is Plexiglass by Henri Feola
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary We have a special extra episode of Strangers this month. We have an interview with Henri Feola, talking about his zine The Veil Between Worlds...
Ep.37 – Chants for Socialists by William Morris
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers we have a collection of poems by William Morris, thoughtfully edited by Casandra. The word of the month is far too muc...
Ep.36 – Folk Tales of the Lowlands of Cekon by Margaret Killjoy
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers we have some short stories by Margaret Killjoy, Folk Tales of the Lowlands of Cekon, a set of folk stories set in the...
Ep.35 – Refuting the Legend: On the Words and Life of Louis Mercier-Vega by James Stout
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers we have Refuting the Legend: On the Words and Life of Louis Mercier-Vega. Jame Stout gives us an introduction to the l...
Ep.34 – Shane and Ben on Confronting Antisemitism on the Left Pt. I
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary This Month on Strangers, we have a special guest interview by Margaret and Casandra with Shane Burley and Ben Lorber to talk about th...
Ep.33 – Queer Uprisings by Hazel Newlevant
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers we have a comic, Queer Uprisings by Hazel Newlevant. Queer Uprisings is a comic about some of the acts of group resist...
Ep.32 – Escape Plan by Maria Elle
01 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers we have a collection of poetry by Maria Elle. Escape Plan is a collection of poetry that explores what it means to hol...
Ep.31 – Hurrah For Anarchy: A History of Haymarket, May Day, and the Chicago Anarchists
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers we have “Hurrah for Anarchy: a history of Haymarket, May Day, and the Chicago Anarchists” by Margaret Killjoy, whi...
Ep.30 – With the Dolphins by Bill Stickers
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers, we have a short story called With the Dolphins by Bill Stickers. It's a story about the spirit of adventure on the h...
Ep.29 – So Your Cult Had a Schism: Why and How to Dig a Tunnel About it by Miriam Roček
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers, we have a piece called So Your Cult had a Schism: Why and How to Dig a Tunnel About it by Miriam Roček, which feels ...
Ep.28 – A Field, A Shadow, Indeed A Shadow by Margaret Killjoy
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers, we have the short story A Field, A Shadow, Indeed a Shadow, by Margaret Killjoy. Two teenagers discover what it means...
Ep.27 – Death of a Murder by Vicky Osterweil
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month we have Death of a Murder, a short story set in a not-too-distant bio-tech, sci-fi future about radicals waging a revolution agains...
Ep.26 – St. Lucy: An Anti-Hagiography by Wren Awry
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month we have St. Lucy: An Anti-Hagiography by Wren Awry. It's coming out a little early because St. Lucy's day is on December 13th. Inmn...
Ep.25 – Blood, Soil, and Frozen TV Dinners Part II by Matthew Dougal
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers, we have part two of Blood, Soil, and Frozen TV Dinners by Matthew Dougal. Afterwards we have an interview with Matthe...
Ep.24 – Blood, Soil, & Frozen TV Dinners Part I by Matthew Dougal
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers, we have part one of Blood, Soil, and Frozen TV Dinners by Matthew Dougal. There's no interview this month. Instead we...
Ep.23 – Anarchism and Its Misunderstanders by Margaret Killjoy
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers we have "Anarchism and Its Misunderstanders" by Margaret Killjoy as well as an interview with her about the ...
Ep.21 – First Tracks by Ivey Wexler
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers, we have a short story by Ivey Wexler called First Tracks. It's a delightful slice-of-life story about life after the ...
Ep.20 – Jewish Anarchism w/ Shane Burley, Anna Elena Torres, and Kenyon Zimmer
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers, we have a guest interviewer. Shane Burley interviews Anna Elena Torres and Kenyon Zimmer about their book "With ...
Ep.19 – Releasing the Land by Ami Weintraub
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers, we have an essay from Ami Weintraub's new book To the Ghosts Who Are Still Living titled "Releasing the Land.&qu...
Ep.18 – Penumbra City Playthrough
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This time on Strangers we have something very exciting on the channel! We have an actual-play recording of Penumbra City, the TTRPG that we’...
Ep.17 – Basic First Aid for Emergencies by Riot Medicine with Bex
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers we highlight one of our skill zines, Basic First Aid for Emergencies by Riot Medicine. Bex comes on to share some stor...
Ep.16 – Moll Parts by Molly B'Damn
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Summary This month on Strangers, we have a short memoir like piece by Molly B’Damn called Moll Parts. It’s a nonlinear story of vignettes about wo...
Ep.15 – The Case of Arog Bine by G.J. Morbidelli
09 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Summary This month on Strangers, we have a short piece of science fiction by G.J. Morbidelli called “The Case of Arog Bine” a story ...
Ep.14 – Lidlekh by Aurora
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Summary "Lidlekh" is an exploration of the music and history of the Vilna Ghetto Uprising. Aurora tells Inmn about the resistance fighters, ...
Ep.13 – Escape from Incel Island (The Game) w/ Margaret & It Could Happen Here
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Summary We play an RPG written by Inmn with some of the folks from It Could Happen Here. The game is set in the world of Margaret's new book, Escape f...
Ep.12 – Why The Wind Howls by Alex Dial
31 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary A short fictional piece about creation, love, the wind and the moon. Afterwards, Inmn talks to Alex, about writing, myths, DIY theater, a horr...
Ep.11 – Why Sheep Might Save Your Life One Day by Kelly Rose Pflug-Back
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Summary A short personal article about wool diapers, and the importance of natural fibers and passing on knowledge. After the article, ...
Ep.10 – Make Total Destroy by Io Ascarium
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Summary Inmn talks with fellow Strangers Collective member Io about their comic "Make Total Destroy." We talk about comix with...
Ep.9 – Try Anarchism For Life by Cindy Barukh Milstein
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Summary Explore Cindy Milstein's new book, Try Anarchism For Life with the prologue and an interview with the author where we talk about...
Ep.8 – "Welcome To Penumbra City: Part I" by Margaret Killjoy
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Summary Explore the world of Penumbra City, a TTRPG produced by Strangers through a short story by a literal and fictional version of Ma...
Ep.7 – Pelecanimimus And The Battle For Mosquito Ridge by Izzy Wasserstein
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Summary How things could have been different for the anarchists in the Spanish Civil War if they made friends with dinosaurs... Guest In...
Ep.6 – Wash Sea Out of Hair and Drive by Sevi Giovanni Xcetera
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Publisher: This podcast is published by Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org or on Twitter on...
Ep.5 – Ogres of East Africa by Sofia Samatar
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes This podcast is published by Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org or on Twitter on twitter @t...
Ep.4 – Exclusion by Bella Hangnail
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes This podcast is published by Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org or on Twitter on twitter @t...
Ep.3 – Dandelions with Celeste Inez Mathilda
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Strangers In A Tangled WIlderness can be found at here or on twitter @tangledwild. You can support this show by subscribing to our Patre...
Ep.2 – The Great Armored Train by Nick Mamatas
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Strangers In A Tangled WIlderness can be found at here or on twitter @tangledwild. You can support this show by subscribing to our Patre...
Ep.1 – Confession To a Dead Man by Margaret Killjoy
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes This episode contains explicit language as well as some graphic violence. Strangers In A Tangled WIlderness can be found at here or on t...