Hi Greg, I hope this is the right place to do this. I have been listening for 10 or 11 years and have never made a guest suggestion. Years back I made the mistake of thinking the net was smaller than it is and neglected to suggest guests from the syncbook assuming you were familiar. When I heard your Jake Kotze interview I realized you probably were not. If you still haven't seen it Alan Abadessa Green's excellent sync series Hindsight 2020 is well worth a watch. One of the greatest syncromystic productions ever. Unfortunately its time has come and gone, and I suspect the creator has moved on. Recently I found another cool thing and this time I'm telling you about.
Like you, Gordon's passing has sort of lit a fire under me concerning magic. I found this podcast The Frightful Howls You May Hear (associated website: cunningandcommand.com) and it has really been blowing me away. I have assumed/known there were serious knowledgeable, practicing magicians in Latin America, SE Asia, Africa, etc. but these guys are some of the most legit, mind-blowing working magicians I have ever heard speaking English. I highly recommend you check out the podcast and consider having any or all of those involved on the show.
One of the co-hosts Sfinga is a working witch rooted in balkan dragon-cunning. Another, B. Key is also a highly skilled magician who appears to be quite knowledgeable of geopolitics. He mentions having a grandfather who worked in classified aerospace research and a family history of being attacked by ball lightning. The final host is Salt, a British astrologer and necromancer with an emphasis on traditional Aristotelian astrology and a specialization in medical astrology. All three are apparently powerful magic practitioners and necromancers who are quite good at scrying (gathering info through spiritual means).
I hope you will peruse The Frightful Howls podcast and reach out for an interview. At the very least I'm certain you will enjoy the show as it's a wealth of information and a definite candidate for best magic podcast. There is also an episode of the podcast Radical Elphame on scrying with one of the Frightful Howls co-hosts, B. Key, and Rose Auroras (a fairy-magic practitioner) where they discuss scrying the Philadelphia Experiment and Key mentions his aerospace researcher Grandfather. Sfinga and Key appear together on another episode of Radical Elphame which was my introduction to The Frightful Howls You May Hear.
I hope this message finds you and your family and your land well. Thank you for your years of hard work. I am so grateful for your excellent podcast and all it has introduced me to. If, God willing, you read this message I hope you will let me know so I can rest assured that you at least know about The Frightful Howls.
Blessings and Thanks
