VYS0063 | Animaxxing at the End of the World: The Return of Aidan Wachter Show notes

For the final episode of season 4, Hine and Buckley welcome back an all time favourite guest to discuss an all time favourite topic, as Aidan Wachter returns to Vayse to talk about how and why the world is turning to shit right and now, and, importantly, what we can about it.

The day after this episode was recorded, tech-fascist, crap-preaching, man-child, Elon Musk briefly became the world's first trillionaire. Two weeks after recording this episode the UK was in the middle of a three day run of record breaking peaks of June heat. Twenty-three days after recording this episode, convicted felon, professional liar, friend of Jeffrey Epstein and current president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, hosted a narcissistic, self-aggrandising, nationalistic $45 million party whilst the US Military continued strikes on Iran, the constitution continued to be eroded by organised governmental corruption and the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool stagnated in an undeniably on-the-nose visual metaphor.

In this conversation Aidan sets out some of the myriad issues that the world is facing in 2026, his ideas for how animism may be able to point the way towards a better future and how it may be possible to encourage people to discover, commence on and commit to the multi-generational project, whatever it may look like, that may lead humanity out of the dark and frightening mess that it currently finds itself in... (recorded 11 June 2026)

Adiain Wachter Links

VYS0042 | Grinding Out Some Low-End - Vayse to Face with Aidan Wachter
Aidan’s Website
Aidan on Instagram
Aidan’s Patreon
Glymmering (Aidan's Podcast)

Aidan Wachter Backstory Catch-up

Spirit Box #31 / Aidan Wachter, dirt sorcery, Six Ways, Weaving Fate, & Doing what works for you
Spirit Box #62 / Aidan Wachter, on writing, the somnambulist self & the authentic self
Spirit Box #78 / Aidan Wachter, Changeling: A book of Qualities
What Magic Is This? - Spirits With Aidan Wachter
Glitch Bottle #060 - Dirt Sorcery and Six Ways with Aidan Wachter
Glitch Bottle #061 - Sigils, Vessels and Doors with Aidan Wachter | Glitch Bottle
Glitch Bottle #077 - Weaving Fate with Aidan Wachter

Animaxxing at the End of the World

The Gimmering by Elizabeth Hand - Goodreads
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchet - Goodreads
VYS0061 | Talking About Talking About Talking About UFOs
Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems by George Monbiot - The Guardian
Neoliberalism has conned us into fighting climate change as individuals by Martin Lukacs -The Guardian
The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change by Nathaniel Rich - The New York Times
Climate Migration Coalition
The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse by Douglas Rushkoff - the Guardian
Planet Critical
The LILI Project
The Truly Sustainable Alternative | Julia Steinberger - Planet Critical
Billionaires and poverty should not coexist - High Pay Centre
Why U.S. Debt Is Incomprehensible by Tom Purcell (gives an idea or orders of magnitude in terms of large sums of money) - Jackson Sun
Wetiko: Healing the Mind-Virus That Plagues Our World by Paul Levy - Goodreads
Who is really to blame for climate change? by Jocelyn Timperley- BBC Focus
'I was moderating hundreds of horrific and traumatising videos' by Zoe Kleinman - BBC News
The disturbing rise of Clavicular: how a looksmaxxer turned his ‘horror story’ into fame by Elle Hunt - The Guardian
Andrew Vachss - Wikipedia
Animism - Wikipedia
Aidan Wachter - Animism & Magic
Donald Hoffman on Consciousness and Conscious Agents | Closer To Truth Chats - Youtube
What USAID did, and the effects of Trump's cuts on lifesaving aid - Oxfam
Grace Blakeley - Wikipedia
Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom by Grace Blakeley - Goodreads
Jason Hickel - Wikipedia
Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel - Goodreads
George Monbiot - Wikipedia
The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchinson - Goodreads
Clara E. Mattei - Wikipedia
Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention by Clara E Mattei - Goodreads
Solarpunk - Wikipedia
Afro-punk -Wikipedia
Why does Nigel Farage get to play British politics on easy mode? by Andy Beckett - Guardian UK
Tyson Yunkaporta
Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen
Mythic Serpents & Right Story, Wrong Story with Tyson Yunkaporta - Youtube
Dr. Adder - Wikipedia

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Special Guest: Aidan Wachter.

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Welcome to SideVayse: an extra shot of weird across the bows of an increasingly incohesive reality. This is a place for the oddities that don't quite belong in the main podcast but are still certified 100% pure Vayse.

SideVayse is going to be the place where we try some things that are a bit different, perhaps a bit more experimental, perhaps even weirder than the main podcast. We honestly don't know yet. But in Vayse we trust.

In this inaugural episode of SideVayse, Hine talks about his recent musings on Numinous Melancholy, the pleasurable sadness that seems to haunt the winter months, why the feeling is particularly potent this year and what, if anything, can be done about it. Recorded 15 December 2022.

SVYS001 - Show Notes

Music

Carol of the Bells - Fleming and John's version and Hine's all time favourite. This is going to be day 24 of the Advent Calendar of Numinous Melancholy (Spoilers) on Hine's Twitter.

Snow Globe Blizzard by Smoke Fairies

Heron Blue by Sun Kil Moon

Famous Blue Raincoat by the late great Leonard Cohen

If you have Spotify, this is a playlist of Numinous Melancholy for your "enjoyment" - the link between Numinous Melancholy and music is highly subjective, as is the concept itself. This playlist was made by Hine and is entirely a product of his personal musical taste and his own experience. Yours will be different, feel free to share links to your own Numinous Melancholy playlists with us on our Twitter.

Other Links

Food Bank Statistics

The Sigil Secret by Mark Vincent

The Wim Hoff Method

Mental Health Phone Numbers (taken from the wonderful mental health charity Mind's website)

Samaritans - talk about anything that is upsetting you - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You can call 116 123 (free from any phone). You can also call the Samaritans Welsh Language Line on 0808 164 0123 (7pm–11pm every day).

SANEline - If you're experiencing a mental health problem or supporting someone else, you can call SANEline on 0300 304 7000 (4.30pm–10.30pm every day).

National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK. Offers a supportive listening service to anyone with thoughts of suicide - 0800 689 5652 (6pm–3:30am every day).

Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM). You can call the CALM on 0800 58 58 58 (5pm–midnight every day) if you are struggling and need to talk.

Shout. If you would prefer not to talk but want some mental health support, you could text SHOUT to 85258. Shout offers a confidential 24/7 text service providing support if you are in crisis and need immediate help.

The Mix. If you're under 25, you can call The Mix on 0808 808 4994 (3pm–midnight every day), request support by email using this form on The Mix website or use their crisis text messenger service.

Papyrus HOPELINEUK. If you're under 35 and struggling with suicidal feelings, or concerned about a young person who might be struggling, you can call Papyrus HOPELINEUK on 0800 068 4141 (weekdays 10am-10pm, weekends 2pm-10pm and bank holidays 2pm–10pm), email pat@papyrus-uk.org or text 07786 209 697.

Nightline. If you're a student, you can look on the Nightline website to see if your university or college offers a night-time listening service. Nightline phone operators are all students too.

Switchboard. If you identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, you can call Switchboard on 0300 330 0630 (10am–10pm every day), email chris@switchboard.lgbt or use their webchat service. Phone operators all identify as LGBT+.

C.A.L.L. If you live in Wales, you can call the Community Advice and Listening Line (C.A.L.L.) on 0800 132 737 (open 24/7) or you can text 'help' followed by a question to 81066.
Helplines Partnership.

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