EP 81 - Ashtomaton aka Ashley Wickwire

The Mothball Prophecies

Ash from Ashtomaton is living in an actual Disney movie. There's a kindly old organ grinder and everything. She's an ex-pat currently living in Holland. And yes, the screeching you hear is Spellcheck in the distance repeating (again) that she is also Dutch. Pickings in that land of wooden shoes and tulip fields are much fancier than what you might find in Idaho. Truthfully, most of Europe is fancier than Idaho. Or all of it. Ash keeps an eye out for antique toys, wind-ups, and other automatons (hence her clever name). Her shopping grounds now range from small-town Holland to Amsterdam to Berlin, and more. Learn about 17th-century housing, 18th-century toys for the rich, and 19th century finds on eBay. Did Sam mention she likes Victorian hair art? Because, you know, she does. Just in case you forgot.

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Thank you to our team :

Edit and Sound Design by: Grae @ Grae Matter Studios

Intro by: Caylin Temple

Copyediting by: Spell Check

attribution link for the intro music