The Arcana Archives

Good evening, children of the night! It's right around the spookiest day of the year, and we've got bats on the brain! Special guest Caley tells us all about what makes them carry transmissible diseases, what the best bat facts are, and why they poop so good! We hope you are as batty for bats as we are on this chilling episode of The Arcana Archives!

Hey all!! This week we are talking about The Office with returning guest Clarissa! We chat about the actors as writers and directors on the show, the cameraman as an actor within the scenes, and how they made use of lesser-known actors to sell the mundane concept they were going for! Join us this week on The Arcana Archives!

Come one, come all, and welcome to a telling of the greatest story ever told! One that has brought joy to our hearts and stomachs! We're talkin' the microwave burrito! Who made it? Where did it start? How did it personally change our lives? Find out on this episode of The Arcana Archives!

Hey Redditers! This week Chelsea is telling us a little bit about Bitcoin! Listen as she breaks down the definition, Rogan starts emitting dial-up internet tones out of his brain, and Andy joins us for an embarrassing story. All on this financially illiterate episode of The Arcana Archives!

Behold!! The long awaited D&D episode! We have on guests and long-time friends Anna Draper and Justin Conner to talk about roleplay safety, sandbox versus railroading, and Chelsea disses Rogan and he cries! All on this week's The Arcana Archives!

Welcome all! This week is all about numbers, patterns, and pretty graphs! Its Benford's Law, and it is everywhere you look and see digits! Join us on our numeric adventures in this exciting episode of The Arcana Archives!

Greetings! Let us tell you a tale about a little boy named Sam and his mighty adventures. Chelsea and Rogan gush over this childhood classic, Rogan writes his own synopsis for each game, and Chelsea ends the episode with a bang by buying the whole package on Steam. What could happen next on The Arcana Archives!

Salutations, and welcome to the terrifying world of Roller Coaster Tycoon! A land where omniscient gods carry the power to drown you for your thoughts, trap you in a world of their making, and deliver horrendous theme park food via sad, part-timer teenagers. Take a peek into the history of this beloved cereal box game this week on The Arcana Archives.

Hey all! This week we are talking about folk song and oral tradition and how they are a viable means of research to back up or expand upon written accounts of history! This is also our first in-person episode recording!! Rogan expresses his love of Japanese culture again in this paper format episode, Chelsea can't make eye contact after a year and a half of online recording, and Rogan sings a little song at the end! All in this episode of The Arcana Archives.

Welcome to another episode of The Arcana Archives! Today we have a returning guest, Colin, here to talk to us again about the Warhammer world with Space Marines! Find out how cool it is to put space in front of everything, everyone's favourite zombie romance flick, and just how beefy these space boys are!

Good day fellow enthusiasts! This week we dig up some major nostalgia with a chat about the Gameboy! Rogan unravels the history of handheld gaming while Chelsea ponders her non-backlit night drives playing under the street lights before both of them do a fusion with their combined Nintendo consoles to become even more powerful! There's almost too much excitement on this episode of The Arcana Archives!

We're back from our brief break and here to talk about the Great Zimbabwe Ruins! This is assumed a once great royal settlement with towering walls, some good birbs, and another victim to Colonial scourge by the mighty old-dead-white-guy. Lots to discuss on this episode of The Arcana Archives!  

This week we are talking about the conspiracies found in The Simpsons! From time travelling creators to a great eye bestowing knowledge to the writers to conspiracies within the actual show, we are prepared to unravel the mysteries within and reveal the truth on this episode of The Arcana Archives!

Welcome to the Arcana Archives! This episode is a bit different, as we are going to be going into detail about the anime series "Clannad". We discuss some of the philosophies, parodies, and tropes the show uses to build tension and express comedy, as well as Rogan's favourite narrative arc of all time! If you haven't seen it, we highly recommend you watch it before you listen and have a good cry!

This week on The Arcana Archives we have TWO very special guests, Destin and Drew from Prog Notes to talk about one of their other projects, The Archetypes! This is a comedy skit series revolving around a group of gamers with clashing personalities trying to make it big and is a grand ol' time to watch. We highly recommend!

Also, some exciting news for your two dorky Canadians as we have been invited to host an interview offshoot of Prog Notes by Destin and Drew called "Spotlight"! The first episode drops on August 1st, so check it out in the link below!

The Archetypes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKMZe_wSiVFYFqs9odRZyCA

Prog Notes: https://linktr.ee/prognotes

This week we have on honored guest Linda Schwartz to talk about the music publishing industry! We get into the nitty-gritty of streaming services, sheet music copywrite, and get visited by a good doggo! Hope you enjoy!!

Hey there! I hope you took some time to relax today. If not, have a breather while listening to this week's episode all about the Japanese concept of Ma! Ma is the space between, leaving room for contemplation and rest. We hope you can find that on The Arcana Archives!

Animal fun facts in my soup,

Dolphins have names within their group.

We sure hope this topic jives

With you on this week's Arcana Archives!

This week on the Arcana Archives we have Connor Braun, a mathematics and neuroscience student, to talk all about sleep! We find out what might make Chelsea and I so different in our sleep cycles and learn some neat animal facts! We hope you enjoy!!

We're back! Technical difficulties made this episode quite late, but we are going to make it up to y'all with two episodes a week until we are caught up.

This week Rogan found one of his old research papers about Overtone/Throat singing and goes into the physics of how the voice can produce two notes at once! Chelsea learns a new skill, Rogan spouts a bunch of technical jargon, and wild times are had! Make sure to check the Social Media for the figures we talk about @arcanaarchives on Facebook and Instagram.

Gather round as we weave a tale set in the distant future, where two nerds and their very special guest discuss the Orks from Warhammer 40k! Colin Stein fills us in on the basic lore, anatomy, and societal structure of these beefy Boyz and their neat guns in this episode of The Arcana Archives!

Halt! This episode is for children and kids-at-heart! We do a deep dive on Bionicle, the Lego action figures, go on tangents about the largest sets, and wonder why kids don't think this is cool anymore? Let's re-spark some of that old joy on this week's episode of The Arcana Archives!

Join us this week as we take a trip back in time, but only by one hour. That's right! We're talking about daylight savings time! Some topics covered: Energy consumption increase, Rogan is a plant, and sweater weather for, like, the tenth time.

Our super special guest for this week is Adam Chiasson, the mind behind the customizable wood guitar pick company Tree Picks! We talk about some of his amazing experiences, how he came up with the idea, and what goes into planting a tree for every pick he sells.

You can find them at https://treepicks.com/

On this weeks episode, our honored guest Anna Draper takes us on a journey through the plot of Riverdale! Join us as we navigate through these crowded waters to figure out if the plot point she tells us is real or one she made up!

Find her at annadraper.com for voice lessons!

This week we are talking about dark sky preserves and the effect light pollution has on wildlife and the environment. Don't keep yourself in the dark about what you can do in your own backyard!

This week on Arcana Archives, Rogan dives into the fantastical world of miniature models and terrain! Chelsea wants a small room behind her outlet, and Rogan is prepared to shut himself away and make his own tiny world around him!

Join us and very special guest Clarissa Smedley for a game of Lord of the Rings trivia! We learn a lot about the behind the scenes, dip our toes into the vast lore of Tolkien, and Rogan mops the floor with Chelsea with his Facebook Article based knowledge of Middle Earth.

Welcome to the first episode of The Arcana Archives! These nerds are starting off by peering into the wonderful world of mushrooms! Where do they come from? Where do they go? Will Chelsea really kill Rogan if he says "Cotton Eye Joe" one more time? Give it a listen and find out!!

Welcome to our intro episode! Here we talk a bit about who we are and how we came to be best buds, as well as what you can expect from our episodes!