The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 1

The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 5

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The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 4

The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 4 Print section This is a free podcast/post series of Ong’s Hat: COMPLEAT [https://josephmatheny.com/2025/10/07/ongs-hat-compleat/] For reviews regarding this work, go here [https://josephmatheny.com/ongs-hat-compleat/#reviews]. You may subscribe to this series via RSS here [https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/232444.rss]. https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/232444.rss [https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/232444.rss] Other platforms where you can subscribe and/or download are available here [https://josephmatheny.substack.com/p/the-compleat-broadcasts-chapter-0]. The COMPLEAT Broadcasts Archive Chapter 0 [https://josephmatheny.substack.com/p/the-compleat-broadcasts-chapter-0] Chapter 1 [https://josephmatheny.substack.com/p/the-compleat-broadcasts-chapter-1] Chapter 2 [https://josephmatheny.substack.com/p/the-compleat-broadcasts-chapter] Chapter 3 [https://josephmatheny.substack.com/p/the-compleat-broadcasts-chapter-3] Here we go again Sometimes it sucks to be prescient. LINK: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/us/ufo-files-pentagon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mlA.3RU7.NkHAVAk7C53J&smid=nytcore-android-share [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/us/ufo-files-pentagon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mlA.3RU7.NkHAVAk7C53J&smid=nytcore-android-share] Does this sound familiar? "Whatever was controlling that object, was also connecting through my mind." UFO Whistleblower Jake Barber says the Egg shaped UFO telepathically connected with him.He also says that the Egg UFO was pursuaded to land by using "Psionic Operators". Gifted psychics who can make a mental connection with UFOs. Love this reply ‘Alternate Reality Gaming’–in Spades REPRINT A dot on a map of New Jersey called “Ong’s Hat,” in the heart of the Pine Barrens, has fascinated people for years. What kind of town would have a name like that? Patty and I went there once, just to see it for ourselves. But there was nothing to see: just a lot of trees and a little-traveled road. And then one Joseph Matheny in the 1990s invented an Internet game called “Ong’s Hat,” billed as “the secret to interdimensional travel.” And it took off. LINK: https://leeduigon.com/2026/06/12/alternate-reality-gaming-in-spades/ [https://leeduigon.com/2026/06/12/alternate-reality-gaming-in-spades/] Interviews- Reviews [https://josephmatheny.com/interviews/] Get full access to Joseph Matheny's Newsletter at josephmatheny.substack.com/subscribe [https://josephmatheny.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 3

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The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 2

The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 2 Print section This is a free podcast/post series of Ong’s Hat: COMPLEAT [https://josephmatheny.com/2025/10/07/ongs-hat-compleat/] For reviews regarding this work, go here [https://josephmatheny.com/ongs-hat-compleat/#reviews]. You may subscribe to this series via RSS here [https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/232444.rss]. https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/232444.rss [https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/232444.rss] Other platforms where you can subscribe and/or download are available here [https://josephmatheny.substack.com/p/the-compleat-broadcasts-chapter-0]. The COMPLEAT Broadcasts Archive Chapter 0 [https://josephmatheny.substack.com/p/the-compleat-broadcasts-chapter-0] Chapter 1 [https://josephmatheny.substack.com/p/the-compleat-broadcasts-chapter-1] Narrative fiction podcast with a call-out to Ong’s Hat Stuff like this [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCjME-3m5B3GbDXmAUQ9qddYqgCT_litc&si=rsQE9RrcWHuQkxch] continues to appear on YouTube Spooky New Jersey Road Trip: From Cape May to Clinton Road Ong’s Hat is less of an attraction and more of a folklore stop. Once a tiny Pine Barrens settlement, it later became attached to stories of secret experiments, underground researchers, and interdimensional travel. The legend spread through zines, mail art, bulletin boards, and early internet culture, often described as one of the first alternate reality games. Today, treat Ong’s Hat as a drive-through legend rather than a preserved ghost town. Link: https://eerieescapesbook.com/eerie-escapes-blog/spooky-new-jersey-road-trip/ [https://eerieescapesbook.com/eerie-escapes-blog/spooky-new-jersey-road-trip/] Birds of a feather “In his 1977 nonfiction book, Cosmic Trigger: Final Secret of the Illuminati, Wilson elaborates: [The underground press was] intensely gullible and eager to believe all manner of . . . conspiracy theories, the weirder the better. Most Discordians, at this time, were contributors to underground newspapers all over the country. We began surfacing the Discordian Society, issuing position papers offering nonviolent anarchist techniques to mutate our robot-society [. . .] Along with this we planted numerous stories about the Discordian Society’s aeon-old war against the sinister Illuminati. We accused everybody of being in the Illuminati—Nixon, Johnson, William Buckley, Jr., ourselves, Martian invaders, all the conspiracy buffs, everybody. We did not regard this as a hoax or prank in the ordinary sense. We still considered it guerilla ontology. My personal attitude was that if the New Left wanted to live in the particular tunnel-reality of the hard-core paranoid, they had an absolute right to that neurological choice. I saw Discordianism as the Cosmic Giggle Factor, introducing so many alternative paranoias that everybody could pick a favorite, if they were inclined that way. I also hoped that some less gullible souls, overwhelmed by this embarrassment of riches, might see through the whole paranoia game and decide to mutate to a wider, funnier, more hopeful reality-map.” LINK: https://evergreenreview.com/read/donald-trumps-operation-mindfuck/ [https://evergreenreview.com/read/donald-trumps-operation-mindfuck/] Get full access to Joseph Matheny's Newsletter at josephmatheny.substack.com/subscribe [https://josephmatheny.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 1

The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 1 Print section This is a free podcast/post series of Ong’s Hat: COMPLEAT [https://josephmatheny.com/2025/10/07/ongs-hat-compleat/] For reviews regarding this work, go here [https://josephmatheny.com/ongs-hat-compleat/#reviews]. You may subscribe to this series via RSS here [https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/232444.rss]. https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/232444.rss [https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/232444.rss] On Spotify YouTube Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCjME-3m5B3EcKIBXOSrigYm5jzmcp8tt [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCjME-3m5B3EcKIBXOSrigYm5jzmcp8tt] Apple podcasts PocketCast https://pca.st/6y3b59mq [https://pca.st/6y3b59mq] iHeart https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-joseph-mathenys-art-is-war-107824877/ [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-joseph-mathenys-art-is-war-107824877/] Pocast Addict https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/joseph-matheny-s-art-is-war-talks/4223678 [https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/joseph-matheny-s-art-is-war-talks/4223678] and most other podcast outlets. Or you can just receive them through this Substack [https://josephmatheny.substack.com/]. You get the picture. Twice a month, I will publish, in order, a chapter of the book and the corresponding discussion audio. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is a multidisciplinary work: the text is one part, the audio is another, and the links within the text add a different dimension. Sequoyah and I discuss it in depth, including how I intended people to experience this design. Here’s a video of that discussion: For reviews regarding this work, go here [https://josephmatheny.com/ongs-hat-compleat/#reviews]. The COMPLEAT Broadcasts Chapter 0 [https://josephmatheny.substack.com/p/the-compleat-broadcasts-chapter-0] Mycellium Parish News 2025’ Received my ‘Mycellium Parish News 2025’ in the mail. Great zine and I highly recommend it. @rawilson23.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/rawilson23.bsky.social/post/3mjzfalz6zc2y] published a review on their site, so go check that out. Ong’s Hat: COMPLEAT [https://josephmatheny.com/2025/10/07/ongs-hat-compleat/] received a very kind and generous review in this issue. The Why Files Basement The Why Files Basement [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaEJLf99gDO6BOvkVJ1aRGfPZlBFqu9r3] gave me a momento of my appearance recently. Will post a link when it airs. Not sure if this means I’m in WF Anonymous or not. 😜 Seriously though, great bunch of people, doing a fantastic indie project that has traction. Fare thee well! Playlist of YouTube videos about Ong’s Hat https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCjME-3m5B3GbDXmAUQ9qddYqgCT_litc&si=Cxp3nVlXVziqBdy3 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIG3x3kVtos&list=PLCjME-3m5B3GbDXmAUQ9qddYqgCT_litc] Get full access to Joseph Matheny's Newsletter at josephmatheny.substack.com/subscribe [https://josephmatheny.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]