{"podcast":{"title":"What Magic Is This?","slug":"what-magic-is-this-555811","podcast_index_feed_id":555811,"rss_url":"https://whatmagicisthis.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://whatmagicisthis.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/f/8/e/3f8e133911df4eabe55e3c100dce7605/MainPodcast24-20241030-3ky2ih0agw.png","author":"Douglas Batchelor","episode_count":165,"summary":"What Magic is This? is a topic based podcast about Magic, the Occult, the Esoteric, the Paranormal, the Supernatural and the Weird. Each episode revolves around one single topic in the hope that we can flesh out the important aspects one needs to know about it. From history to practices to important figures and more, What Magic is This? is for anyone curious about Magic and the strange world in which we live. If you're looking for the best place to find out about any of these topics, you've found the right Podcast to get you on your way.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T06:20:19.317160+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-magic-is-this-555811"},"episode":{"title":"Spirits, Stories & the Supreme Secret of Sorcery! with Wren Collier & Joshua Cutchin","slug":"spirits-stories-the-supreme-secret-of-sorcery-with-wren-collier-joshua-cutchin","published_at":"2025-10-22T18:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-magic-is-this-555811/spirits-stories-the-supreme-secret-of-sorcery-with-wren-collier-joshua-cutchin","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-magic-is-this-555811","url":"https://whatmagicisthis.com/2025/10/22/spirits-stories-the-supreme-secret-of-sorcery-with-wren-collier-joshua-cutchin/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/whatmagicisthis/144_-_SStSSoS.mp3?dest-id=1346279","summary":"One of the oddest and least talked about aspects of the Paranormal and the Supernatural is something called fictional incursions. Simply put, this is when certain ideas, characters or details of narrative stories seems to in some way come alive, not only to their creators but to those who are familiar with the stories. As crazy as it sounds, in some way stories are alive and show themselves to us in certain situations. There is no other group of people that this occurs to more in Western Culture than Magicians and Occultists. Here to pull apart and examine this extremely odd phenomenon are Magician Wren Collier and the author of a new book which delves into this occurrence, Joshua Cutchin!","meta_description":"One of the oddest and least talked about aspects of the Paranormal and the Supernatural is something called fictional incursions. Simply put, this is when…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7879,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-magic-is-this-555811/episodes/spirits-stories-the-supreme-secret-of-sorcery-with-wren-collier-joshua-cutchin/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-magic-is-this-555811/spirits-stories-the-supreme-secret-of-sorcery-with-wren-collier-joshua-cutchin.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}