Palimpsest

The Palimpsest theme music, composed and performed by Ian Ridenhour.

Palimpsest will begin podcasting on every other Tuesday, beginning October 31st. Embrace what haunts you.

It's Halloween. You've been gone so long. We missed you so much. Welcome home.

We are featuring the first podcast episode from Asheville's Word on the Street Squad. This group of Black and Latinx youth have written and produced a podcast exploring cultural roots and power by speaking about Dia De Los Muertos and Voodoo, telling stories they have heard in their families and cultures, and reflecting on how Halloween has culturally appropriated them, perpetuating oppression.  They are also in the midst of their annual fundraiser, El Arte De La Abundancia. You can find out more, and donate towards their goal, by visiting www.artedelaabundancia.org. 

Palimpsest: Visitations. Five stand-alone stories. Beginning April 12th.

Cyndi and Marie get lost looking for a party.  The first of five stand-alone Visitations. 

It's 1956, and Cora is making a stew! This Visitation is brought to you in partnership with the zombie thriller Unhuman, now available On Digital and On Demand. When a high school field trip goes bloody awry, the students' trust in each other is tested to the limit in a brutal, horrifying fight for survival. Buy or rent Unhuman and watch it today. Unrated. From Paramount Pictures.  This episode contains graphic depictions of violence and gore.  

We visit an old friend. Mirrors and denizens.

Dylan brings a date to meet his friends. Halloween party at Hawthorne House!  This episode contains depictions of graphic violence, drug and alcohol use, heavy metal lyrics, and discussions of cannibalism, satanic sacrifice, and feeding children to dogs. It's awesome. Guest voices: Lauren Otis as Kat, Katie Jones as Sandy, Alex Villarreal as Adam, and Brooks Wallace as Dylan. Additional music in this episode by post-punk superstars Secret Shame. Check out their new album, Autonomy, at secretshame.bandcamp.com.   

'Tis the night before Solstice 1895, and there's a party at the Hawthorne House. Join us for our final Visitation: a Hawthorne House Holiday!

Ray MacManus from the Binder podcast talks with Jamie and Hayley from Palimpsest about horror, gothic storytelling, and growing up haunted. Binder uses art as a catalyst to talk about big ideas, bringing people together through complex conversations and personal stories to create the connections that lift our entire community. Hosted by CMA writer-in-residence Ray McManus and produced by the Columbia Museum of Art, Binder brings you audio storytelling with writers, artists, scholars, curators, and more. Binder is engineered and edited by Drew Baron. Find out more here: https://www.columbiamuseum.org/binder

Anneliese moves into a new apartment and restarts her audio journal.

Anneliese tells more about Claire. Odd things happen in the apartment, and we meet some neighbors.

Anneliese meets the the little boy she saw in the yard.

Anneliese tries to get ready for the party. Something's in the mirror. The dog does more than bark.

Party at Anneliese's! Bailey tells a ghost story. Something's under the tree. Quality time with Alex. Featuring music by the Crane Wives. Find more info at http://www.thecranewives.com/home

Chapter Six by Jamieson Ridenhour and Hayley Heninger

Memories. Doctors. Anneliese finds something in the basement. Blood.

Every story is a ghost story. Mrs. Aickmann's box. Footprints and revelations.

Claire. Content warning: This episode contains graphic depictions of gun violence. Statement here: http://www.thepalimpsestpodcast.com/chapter-nine-statement.html