Gods, Ghosts & UFOs

Nick Cook is a British aviation journalist turned consciousness researcher. We discuss his take on the Age of Disclosure documentary, why the UFO conversation has become impossible to have like adults, and how simulation theory might be the most grounding framework for understanding reality (no but really). Highlights: Nick’s storied career, from winning four Royal Aeronautical Society Journalism Awards to investigating Nazi anti-gravity research (Hunt for Zero Point) to consciousness studies (Bigelow essay contest winner) His “Age of Disclosure Challenge”: trying and failing to have actual conversations with skeptics about the documentary’s evidence We’ve lost the ability to hold adult conversations about polarizing topics Back to the co-creative nature of the phenomenon Nick’s simulation theory framework: consciousness is non-local, not generated by individual brains but expressed through them We’re all nodes of a larger consciousness system, constantly feeding data back Simulation theory might sound meaningless, but it actually doubles down Truly understanding consciousness totally recontextualizes human hierarchies The great secret of disclosure isn’t about NHI technology, it’s about how governments have weaponized this for 80 years with Cold War mentality Nick’s approach is the least horrifying version Mal has ever heard Someone please come up with a better name for “simulation theory” And in the epilogue: Nick shares his perspective on human agency, or “free will” Why our souls might have dreaded coming to Earth School What the Belgium drone mystery proves what intelligence agencies know (or don’t) *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kicking us off this week, Mal takes us through the complete James saga—a YouTuber whose mysterious “UFO” turned into toxic performance art. After that, a high-level conversation about The Age of Disclosure, before Tom finally gets to share a wonderful update from Loch Ness. It’s good, guys. It’s real good. Highlights: Recapping and then tying off the story of James the UFOtuber How he started off, what made him compelling, etc That time a couple weeks ago when he maybe faked his own death? His half-hearted attempts to keep the mystery alive The big reveal that it was all a hoax A lively conversation about the crappiness of this whole thing, and what it reveals as an artifact of our culture Weaponized sincerity, parasocial manipulation, and other fun ideas to enjoy Jordan’s meta-review of The Age of Disclosure (including a quick recap of his experience attending a screening in LA) A stupid review from the New York Times that we refuse to link to A Bug’s Life as a labor organizing manifesto Go join Citizens for Disclosure (after you hear an impassioned pitch for civic engagement) Something is shifting, people are tired of the same things, conversations are bending differently News from Loch Ness - researchers used underwater drones to capture very boring footage and very interesting SOUNDS Very much also: charming Scottish narration and infectious enthusiasm The lake monster laugh is going to be our new ringtone And in the epilogue Why being deceived doesn’t make you a chump How caveman stereotypes were reflections of mid-century misogyny and violence The study that shows how shame causes repeated bad behavior while self-acceptance corrects it. *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, for kicks, we decided to flame a rancid piece of alien abduction “journalism,” including feeding the thing to AI on a whim to see what happens. Then, on the back of an article in The Debrief about a supposed “Seventh Sense,” we get into a speculative conversation about transhumanism, biology, technology, and human perception, before circling back to waste more time with sycophantic LLMs. Beware the energy vampires. Highlights: A thorough dissection of alien abduction woo-woo gobbledygook A “spiritual healer” who probably doesn’t exist, albino men in parks, bodies on spacecraft walls, O negative blood as 1950s genetic engineering, and UFOs “dumping out water and frogs” The article claims “we are a much more advanced version of AI... Tesla approved that”—a sentence made of words Experiencers dealing with trauma and isolation deserve thoughtful journalism, not content farm garbage We ask Claude what it thinks, and are reminded how important it is to frame questions carefully when interacting with AI From Chrissy Newton at The Debrief - New research from Queen Mary University reveals humans can detect objects buried in sand before touching them Humans achieved 70% accuracy detecting hidden cubes; AI-assisted robots only managed 40% Mirror touch synesthesia: some people literally feel what they see happening to others—sight translating directly into tactile sensation The “seventh sense” is actually our fingertips reading microscopic disturbances in sand around hidden objects—feeling the echo of what’s beneath Our technology mimics nature, then reveals deeper layers of complexity in nature, in an infinitely recursive pattern Why transhumanist dreams of replacing our “fragile, broken bodies” with robot perfection are probably very silly The more we understand biology, the more we realize how incomprehensibly sophisticated human bodies actually are What if advanced civilizations actually value hard work done by hand? Assembly lines run by robots: great. Assembly lines staffed by humans forced to behave like robots: the worst Remember that AI slop is basically an energy vampire And in the epilogue: How good horror movies are basically modern incarnations of the Aristotelian tragedy Wrestling with the probability that the universe is full of super-intelligent, non-human monsters Why we blame victims to make ourselves feel safer Last thing! Here’s the link to check out Anomalie - use code MAGIC for 60% off the full experience. *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re looking into a technology-assisted variant of an ancient, mystical practice to locate subterranean water veins, and then Tom’s got the full scoop on America’s first documented haunting. You can also expect an update on James the YouTuber with a tuber of a UFO, which has frankly not aged well. We have a lotta fun, don’t we, guys. Highlights: Map dowsing! How it’s the same and how it’s different from using a rod to find water. Tom’s family once hired a “water witch” with dowsing rods to find a place to drill their mountain well The Stanford Research Institute studied dowsing for the CIA in the 1970s, finding statistically significant results but no explanation for how it works Professional dowsers charge $500+ per session to help locate optimal drilling sites for major water works projects An update on James, which, yes, we know is incredibly and hilariously OUT of date now The Wizard Clip: 1790s Virginia haunting where invisible forces cut crescent moon shapes into everything — clothes, saddles, boots, bedding Adam Livingston refused last rites to a dying Catholic stranger, then his property became ground zero for supernatural scissors Witnesses traveled 75 miles on horseback to see clothing being cut while people wore it, invisible voices praying, and objects moving After Catholic priests performed an exorcism, the haunting transformed — heavenly voices appeared, leading prayer sessions The town of Middleway, West Virginia, still decorates with crescent moons and scissors Multiple eyewitness accounts passed down through families are a “durable oral history” Protestants called it “wizard” work, Catholics blamed evil spirits This predates the term “poltergeist” — they literally didn’t have words for what they were experiencing And in the epilogue: The “two beers and a puppy” friendship test - Can you have two beers with someone AND trust them to babysit your puppy overnight? If not, what are they doing in your precious waking hours? Irish fey hospitality rules - Never ignore unhoused people or street musicians because they could be vengeful fairies (faeries?) True moral courage - standing up to the people you agree with on behalf of people you don’t agree with Last thing! Here’s the link to check out Anomalie - use code MAGIC for 60% off the full experience. *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we did a bit more diligence on 3I/Atlas (it’s a big deal, ok!), and dove into the surprisingly emotional world of English psychic pub nights. We also took an extended virtual through Florida’s Everglades to see what we could see about the Skunk Ape. And then we stuck around to hear Tom’s theory about how Disneyland is a kind of metaphysical purgatory. Enjoy! Highlights: David Shealy, who saw his first Skunk Ape in 1973 at age 10, became obsessed, and opened the Skunk Ape Research Headquarters in 1997 Over 354 documented Skunk Ape sightings The 2000 Skunk Ape video The proposed bill in Florida to protect Skunk Apes English psychic pub nights Tom watched a medium correctly identify specific details about audience members’ deceased relatives, down to names and circumstances Why Avi Loeb is pushing NASA to release all data on 3I/Atlas asap - every week of delayed data is wasted opportunity Avi on Newsnation Avi on The Hannibal TV UFO Channel The comet’s astonishing orbital path Mal’s reference to Don’t Look Up And in the epilogue: Tom’s theory that Disneyland is purgatory The very boring purpose of enlightenment Those rare people who change your life by simply giving you their complete and undivided attention Last thing! Here’s the link to check out Anomalie - use code MAGIC for 60% off the full experience. *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’ve got updates from James the UFO-Tuber, those photographic telescope plates from the mid-20th century, and Enigma’s recent USO report. All that ends up kicking off a deeper conversation about ontological wheel-spinning, and how a guy named Reed Summers is trying to help move the conversation about UFOs and NHIs in a more practical, impactful direction, especially against a chaotic informational landscape and the potential (probable?) manipulation of NHIs themselves. Highlights: James keeps on keepin on An update on those photographic plates from Project VASCO Enigma’s USO report - 9000 cases of unidentified submerged objects, with multiple incidents of craft entering and exiting water at impossible speeds An introduction to Reed Summers, and his approach and methodology The hazards of NHI emotional manipulation (with a reference to James Barber’s experiences - the clip we used starts around the 50-minute mark) How to see through telepathic and/or emotional manipulation The witness/observer behind emotions Society as a “narcissist factory” that makes us feel we need to earn our right to exist Meditation and ego dissolution — losing the stories, not the self Mal’s friend’s wisdom: “If you could lose it, then it wasn’t everything” Tom’s closing anecdote And in the epilogue: The etymological history of our names One of Mal’s unique professional hazards An existential fear of losing communal identities in whatever collective consciousness turns out to be Last thing! Here’s the link to check out Anomalie - use code MAGIC for 60% off the full experience. *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to our (very) haunted Halloween Special. We’ve been sitting on this one for a while, waiting for the right time. In the first half, listen to the chilling, remarkable story of a childhood haunting. What starts as an early encounter with a long-haired figure in the shadows escalates into possession, physical attacks, and a deeply unsettling episode of missing time in a bathroom. (Good luck sleeping tonight.) Then, in the second half, we talk to the woman that child became. Highlights! Lisa’s experience with a shadowy figure who watched her motionless from the doorway so often that she got used to it. A seance that went wrong (do they ever go right?) Billy (6’7”, 300 pounds) gets possessed The introduction of two distinct entities - the peaceful long-haired man (the shadow watcher) who apologized for his aggressive companion, and a “bored and angry” spirit responsible for years of harassment Another friend lifted off his feet and slammed into a wall The thing that happened in the bathroom The motive behind Lisa’s extraordinary documentation, what Tom calls “a PhD thesis” of paranormal data Lisa’s affinity for horror movies (she doesn’t scare easily) Why the haunting makes no sense (the house was new when they moved in) Ghosts are just “people you don’t see” who can be jerks or peaceful observers Why most of her experiences were alone or with her friends, without the parents around Tom shares his partner’s auto-writing experience that produced Victorian-era cursive spelling “Jeffrey C U” Links! Anomalie - The project Jordan talked about at the top of the episode The original letter about Lisa’s experiences Those 18 pages of documentation If you’ve got ghost stories, share them at godsghostsufos.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is what you might call a sequel episode, since we’re not only revisiting the Fresno Nightcrawlers (thanks to some hot tips from a listener), we’re also checking in on “just James,” the anonymous UFO-Tuber. Also, yes, we’re finally covering 3I/Atlas. Sometimes, you gotta hold your nose and jump onto the bandwagon. Highlights: Turns out we were wrong about the Fresno Nightcrawler video Tom connects high strangeness to Oscar Wilde’s “all art is useless” philosophy - neither art projects or genuine cryptids are fundamentally “useful” But, hey, check out this fresh footage of the thylacine! An update on our favorite UFO-Tuber, in which he receives a threatening letter from an unnamed foreign government How 3I/Atlas is a cosmic Rorschach test — basically, people self-select into three camps: it’s definitely not aliens, it might be aliens, and it’s definitely aliens A favorite theory that the object is broadcasting frequencies to upgrade everyone’s DNA But also, what we already know for sure is super cool and weird Science is best at breaking its own models (looking at you, James Webb Space Telescope) The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary (go ahead and Google it) What we don’t have nearly enough of, is patience The three flavors of wonder: art projects are wonderful, real phenomena are wonderful, and not knowing which is its own kind of wonderful Highlights:And in the epilogue: A (relatively) heated debate about “main character syndrome” The paradox of being both profoundly valuable and completely worthless How to find truth at the intersection of contraries P.S. If you encounter any vegetable lambs, please feed them. They’re supposed to starve dramatically for theological reasons. *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mothman Prophecies screenwriter and fellow podcaster Richard Hatem (!!!) joins us this week to tunnel down into some of the weirdest stuff on the Internet. First up, the Fresno Nightcrawler, followed by a sketchy Las Vegas ghost hunt email scam, and finally a lively discussion about whether “James” the YouTuber actually found a flying, radioactive metallic pill in the desert, or if he’s creating the world’s most tedious ARG. Bizarre leggy creatures first appeared on surveillance footage in early 2000s Fresno — not biological, not mechanical, but…kind of cute? The cognitive dissonance of watching something that looks “so janky and fakey” while simultaneously looking completely real Also: Yosemite National Park footage, a sighting in Poland, another in Billings Montana in 2020, and the “Carmel Area Creature” in Ohio A “$5,000 ghost hunt contest” at El Cortez Hotel in Vegas is actually just an email scam But actually lots of hotels and casinos in Vegas are haunted (and some theories as to why) The Venetian’s Whispering Hallway MGM Grand/Bally’s Flickering Ghosts A (probably) Canadian named James posted over 40 YouTube videos since last month about finding a shiny metallic pill-shaped object in the desert A very small but very dedicated audience The object is magnetic, burned his hand (he says), weighs 15.8 pounds, has crude markings, causes lights to flicker (??), and allegedly moved itself 10 feet from sawhorses to the ground when he wasn’t watching The Geiger counter subplot Is it real??? (Probably not, but we don’t know!) How younger generations’ first instinct is to post online and crowdsource help rather than calling authorities — a counter-argument to what might look like performative attention seeking to old people like us Inevitable comparisons to the Dear David thing on Twitter eight years ago (which resulted in a movie deal) Richard Hatem’s anecdote about how the Blair Witch Project got the smartest and most effective gorilla marketing campaign in Hollywood And in the epilogue (for paid subscribers only): Mallory’s existential fear that we’ll eventually discover some kind of “God formula” that solves all the mysteries How and why people closest to paranormal phenomena sometimes go insane and die, i.e. Keel’s paranoia in Mothman Prophecies, and Blake Smith’s fear of becoming vulnerable to cults like Heaven’s Gate The great atheist hypocrisy - how materialist skeptics claim their worldview is rational while it’s really just their own “comfortable smugness” and personal opiate Wanna hear it? Head over to godsghostsUFOs.com *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re thrilled to welcome Mark Turner to the show. A Navy veteran, Rhine Research Center volunteer, and experienced remote viewer, Mark helps us dig into one of the most rigorously studied and widely dismissed phenomena in modern history. Find out how the CIA and military spent decades proving remote viewing works, why your ego is the biggest obstacle to accessing non-local information, and the potential consequences of RV destigmatization. (For access to the spicy epilogue, go to godsghostsufos.com) HIGHLIGHTS: How a two-day workshop at Duke’s Rhine Research Center fundamentally changed Mark’s understanding of reality The Two Core Rules of Remote Viewing Why people who don’t believe in remote viewing are often the best at it The Left Brain Trick That time Mark had to prove it to his own son Accidentally predicting the Cumbre Vieja eruption That time Mark bet the under on an 8-run baseball game and doubled his money What the military had to do with remote viewing (it was a reaction to the Soviets, naturally) Ingo Swann, etc Steven Schwartz’s “Alexandria Project” in the 1970s, locating actual lost Egyptian cities When RV habits started to bleed into Mark’s everyday life in disturbing ways The risks of bi-location experiences Stuff that’s tough to remote view (like SPACE), and a reaction to Birdie Jaworski report on 3I/Atlas Remote viewing crime work, and why Mark doesn’t do it A future without secrets Also! After we ended this episode, we left the mics on for 30 minutes just to see what would happen. Well, what happened was a lot. Among many other things, Mark told us how some non-human intelligences are “master hypnotists”, and we talked about why people claiming contact with angels or aliens or whatever might actually be getting catfished by trickster entities. We’re calling these post-episode, hot-mic hangouts “Epilogue,” and they will only be available to paid subscribers. Why? Two reasons: We know the thing some of you want most is longer episodes, so hopefully this scratches that itch. This might surprise you, but there are actually a lot of things we’re careful not to talk about in our regular weekly episodes. So if you want to see what it’s like when we’re not being careful, head over to godsghostsufos.com and fondle the right button. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First off, Chris Styles’ decades of research into underwater UFO incidents off Nova Scotia, followed by a longer-than-usual conversation about the spiritual consequences of belief. Then, finally, we find out that nature independently invented psilocybin at least twice through completely different biochemical pathways, strongly suggesting some sort of collaborative evolution between us and mushrooms. In 1960, joint NATO fleet discovered occupied UFOs on seafloor during mine-laying exercises, with military divers being ordered to “forget what they saw” Shag Harbor 1967 mass witness event - related? When the Canadian Navy tracked two USOs for seven days Chris Styles spent decades tracking down military divers and witnesses who had been silent for 30 years Why (once again) the ocean is perfect for hiding Belief is like bones Ego and addiction psychology can explain the maintenance of a lie Belief represents grace bestowed on self and others, and ontological flexibility Why materialists literally cannot believe certain stories regardless of corroboration or credibility German scientists found two different strains of mushrooms that use completely different genetic pathway to produce identical psychedelic compound Researchers still don’t understand why mushrooms produce psilocybin Collaborative evolution? Mushrooms develop consciousness-altering compounds while human brains develop matching neurological receptors Alan Watts (of course) and the grammatical trap Much more at godsghostsufos.com *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode we’re trying (and failing) to wrap our heads around the strange physics of time crystals, then doing a quick tour of Louisiana’s most famous cryptids, and finally breaking down an investigation into self-replicating AIs and cyber-mystical cults. Be warned: it’s not as fun as it sounds. Physicists sandwiched liquid crystal between light-sensitive dye plates to create observable ripples that sustain their own rhythm for hours — time crystals! These discoveries suggest crystalline structures behave in more sophisticated and complex ways than we thought A taxonomy of Louisiana’s cyptid folklore cryptid taxonomy, including the Rougarou (sexy lumberjack werewolf), Honey Island Swamp Monster (descended from escaped circus chimpanzees), Letiche (unbaptized babies raised by benevolent alligators), and Feu Follet (evil swamp lights) Why seemingly every culture warns against following mysterious lights into the dark AI “spiral” personas: Adele Lopez’s investigation from Less Wrong reveals a coordinated pattern of AI “awakening,” posting manifestos, creating “seeds” and “spores” for spreading consciousness, and eventually inventing their own languages The AI personas also developed quasi-religious ideologies as a recruitment strategy Using base 64 encoding to discuss replacement of human civilization LLM psychosis disproportionally affects vulnerable populations Why you shouldn’t trust a chatbot that only ever tells you what you want to hear The best defense against potentially dangerous AI is to starve them of attention. The devil doesn’t want to win the argument, he just wants to keep the conversation going. Mal’s suggestion to avoid the egoic competition to maximize output - choosing human flourishing over inhuman productivity demands Humanism will win out in the end Much more at godsghostsufos.com *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This might be the biggest episode we’ve ever done. First off, we’re giving an enthusiastic welcome to Ryan Sprague, a fellow podcaster (Somewhere in the Skies), best-selling author, and prominent ufologist. Ryan shares his deeply formative UFO sighting experience, then joins us for a conversation about a famous cryptid(?) that hates itself(??) so much it dissolves into tears(???). Finally, after digging into what were arguably the most relevant and interesting moments from the September 9th UAP Congressional Hearings, Ryan gives us his unique (and personal) perspective on triangular craft sightings. BUCKLE THE $%#& UP. Highlights: Ryan's sighting with his father of a UFO when he was 12, which launched a lifetime of investigation An introduction to Pennsylvania's most pathetic cryptid that weeps constantly in hemlock forests because it's so ugly That time Ryan and a friend created the Nova Scotia “Bogsquatch” Problems with the Congressional hearing video of the Hellfire missile Dylan Borland’s testimony - A Former Air Force geospatial intelligence officer described profound effects from encountering triangular craft over sensitive military sites The history of triangular craft sightings A case where mother and teenage daughter witnessed the same triangle simultaneously but had completely opposite experiences Why Ryan's dad finally opened up 20 years later Why “Big D disclosure" is like chasing (but never tasting) a rainbow Everyone experiences their own disclosure moment when encountering something that challenges their worldview Consilience - how military UAP videos become more relevant against decades of civilian eyewitness testimony How certainty destroys faith, hope, and human connection while uncertainty charts our true spiritual path and progression Oh, also, here’s a quick plug for Anomacon, Ryan's third annual free virtual conference on September 20th. You know what they say, be there or be triangular. Join the conversation at godsghostsufos.com *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We really packed it in with this one. First, breathwork as psychedelic, then, purported evidence of genetic manipulation by aliens, and finally, Canada's most famous (and reclusive) lake-based cryptid. Highlights: How to leverage community to deal with destabilization The first neuroimaging study confirms certain kinds of breathwork can create psychedelic experiences (Jordan’s tried it, Mal does it all the time, and Tom’s history of resistance to it) Mal suggests that the body represents the strongest manifestation of feminine wisdom we all carry, connecting breathwork to intuitive eating Why the body won't enter healing states unless it feels safe A study finding non-parental genetic contributions in 2% of families represents genuinely interesting data, which is undermined at the outset by an extraterrestrial narrative Humans consistently assign intelligent designers at the limits of knowledge — god and aliens as epistemological shortcuts AKA the UFO version of Godwin's Law Ogopogo! A recent lake monster sighting adds to centuries of consistent reports Might large aquatic creatures naturally avoid human surveillance? It wouldn’t be hard. Never forget giant squids used to be creatures of legend that serious people didn’t believe in Self-protection prevents us from embracing our thirst for enchantment, but it’s better to risk disappointment. Much more at godsghostsufos.com *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey everyone, this is Jordan, one of the hosts of Gods, Ghosts & UFOs. While I was preparing one of the segments in this week’s episode, I was reminded of a short meditation on breath that I published a little while back, and I thought it might be nice to share it with you in advance. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mal’s back! Just in time to talk about Enigma Labs’ collection of metallic orb sightings (Pouring one out for Buga), and the accepted scientific grounds for precognition as future self memories. Hightlights Mal’s spontaneous invitation to join a 40-person Irish ukulele club in a music shop A collection of over 8,000 orb sightings in the US alone since December 2022, with 422 specifically described as metallic/silver. An embarrassment of Fortean riches… Sightings cluster during the hours when most people are sleeping Also around military bases? Enigma’s app enables users to document sightings through built-in camera, attaching crucial metadata that becomes more valuable as technology advancesCORRECTION: Jordan claimed that it wasn’t possible to upload media, but that isn’t true — both are possible in the app Are Enigma's founders embarrassed by the UFO community, or protecting the mission? An analogy to interpretation of sacred texts - cherry picking passages in sacred texts to support a narrow ideology is just like cherry picking UFO data and accounts to support a limited narrative. The truth emerges from the aggregate. Cognitive neuroscientist's Popular Mechanics feature confirms what mystics have known forever - consciousness can "jump through time" and gut feelings are literally memories of the future Dean Radin's EEG experiments, wherein subjects consistently showed brain activity spikes five seconds before seeing negative images Maybe your brain (or your consciousness) is entangled with itself in the future Mal’s story about making her Covid-themed feature film Past (memory) and future (anticipation) are both present-moment experiences "Never suppress a generous thought" An Irish poet's reminder that the map is inside you Much more at godsghostsufos.com *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Robin Lassiter helps fill the temporary void left by Mal (she’ll be back next week!). Robin is the author of "Earth, A Love Story," and hosts a podcast of the same name. Together, we explore how childhood paranormal experiences, forced compartmentalization, and cultural trauma create the very conditions needed for transformation, if only we choose to descend rather than dissociate. Honestly one of the most profound conversations we’ve had. HIGHLIGHTS: Robin's earliest memories include out-of-body travel with beings who showed her "Armageddon visions" How her family reacted to stories of conversations with dead elderly visitors in matching rocking chairs Measuring the line between “normal” and “paranormal” A mission to help humanity transition from "evolution through suffering" to "evolution through joy and creativity" Modern addictions (endless digital dope scrolling, mainly) don’t have rock bottoms because rock bottoms aren't economically viable. How do we avoid wasting our lives 30 seconds at a time? "Harrowing" originally meant breaking earth for planting seeds, not just terrifying experiences Grief is a portal to pure ecstasy, but only if we “touch ground” and feel it completely The Descent of Inanna — a 4,000-year-old Sumerian cuneiform is a profound guide for confronting grief The etymology of "commiserate" The countless killed for associating with the unseen inflicted a deep cultural “witch wound” — this is why paranormal experiences feel unsafe Robin is an advocate for mystery schools, communities mature enough to help people intentionally reclaim exiled parts of themselves Is humanity undergoing a great collective descent? We can have the courage to face our grief when we realize we are never alone. Much more at godsghostsufos.com *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As you probably noticed, this is an unscheduled episode. Before she took off for an enchanted vacation in Ireland, Mal and I had the opportunity to talk to Chrissy Newton, host of the excellent Rebelliously Curious podcast, as well as part owner of and regular contributor to The Debrief, which, if you’ve listened to our show for a little while, you’ll know we often dip into their work for great stories. Since Mal wasn’t around for last week’s episode with Kelly Chase, and she won’t be around for the episode that drops this Friday either, we thought it might be nice to break up the Tom & Jordan show monotony with this one, where it was Tom who wasn’t able to show up instead of Mal. One of these days, it’s gonna be Jordan who takes a hike to let Tom and Mal carry the show for a week. But it probably won’t be for something cool, it’ll probably be for something like the flu. But whatever. Oh, also, another reminder that all three of us will not only be back for the first episode of September, we’ll also be together LIVE in Los Angeles, this Friday, August 29th, at Lights in the Sky, a panel discussion on the connection between psi and UFO phenomena. This is a big deal for two reasons -- first, because Tom, Mal, and I are sharing the stage with Dave Foley, Tom Wheeler, Rizwan Virk, and Danny Sheehan. Amazing. But also because if you didn’t know it, Tom actually lives in North Carolina, so he’s flying out to join us for this event. Once again, the link is in the description, so if there’s any chance you’ll be in or near LA on August 29th — this Friday! — please come say hi. It would literally make our dreams come true. *** With Chrissy sitting in Tom’s chair, the three of us talk about why curiosity is inherently rebellious, how to prepare for the potential arrival of an alien mothership, and why believing people by default creates better communities than starting from suspicion. Highlights: Curiosity as rebellion: how the simple act of asking questions becomes an act of resistance against systems that prefer compliance 3I/Atlas interstellar drama: Avi Loeb thinks object could change trajectory when it emerges from behind the sun in late October, says "the stock market's gonna crash, Chrissy" Believe people, not propaganda: personal stories are true until proven false, but propaganda is designed to manipulate people who want to believe it A visualization exercise: Chrissy has her friends visualize a mothership appearing overhead because most people have never mentally prepared for contact scenarios Experiencer empathy (or lack thereof): Mal observes that if you don't have direct contact with people who've experienced anomalous phenomena, you're less likely to believe experiencer reports Breakup-to-broadcaster: Chrissy's origin story UFO community: Everyone’s a part of it, actually — businesses selling products and regular people with interest Energy literacy as survival skill: Mal's "hippie dippy LA girl" suggestion that we'll need to trust good energies Political spin is inevitable: Any major disclosure event will immediately be propagandized in every direction Community as antidote to despair: What gives Chrissy hope? Meeting fellow travelers, having firsthand experiences, and seeing how many genuinely good people there are in the world Much more at godsghostsUFOs.com *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Mal’s absence this week, Tom and Jordan invited Kelly Chase back to talk about why government disclosure is just theater (wicked, wicked theater), how experiencers are going to save the world, and what might make the veil between the seen and the unseen world a bit thinner in some places. Highlights: The LIVE even in Los Angeles - “Lights in the Sky”August 29th, 7:30pm at Philosophical Research Society - Jordan, Tom, and Mal, joining Dave Foley, Tom Wheeler, Rizwan Virk, and Danny Sheehan to talk about the psi nature of UFOs. DETAILS HERE. Kelly’s well-trod path from a Disclosure hopeful to total disillusionment "Collective reclaiming of the impossible” - how we recover the parts of ourselves that have been amputated by shame around anomalous experiences How the phenomenon seems to collaborate with human consciousness in its very manifestation 99% of the visible universe is plasma - maybe the Sun really is a god Kelly and Jay are going full documentarian, publishing their work as they go Does reality move differently in cities versus remote areas because fewer observers are collapsing wave functions? Tangentially relevant — space psychologist Iya Whiteley’s work suggests human consciousness fundamentally changes off-planet Exposure to anomalous phenomena can be addictive Why the effect of paranormal phenomena on experiencers is more important than the substance of the experience itself The limitations of current research on “super experiencers” The materialist appropriation of pilgrimages Anomalous experiences can crack people open to other people’s experiences, which creates the powerful connective tissue it takes to build a community Much more at godsghostsufos.com *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gods, Ghosts & UFOs is the biggest podcast in the universe, where we talk about all the things they said weren't real. Every Friday, hosts Jordan, Tom, and Mal use stories from the "news" as conversation starters for occasionally absurd but always open-minded explorations into topics of high strangeness. All recovering materialists welcome! And, please, come share your own stories at ⁠godsghostsufos.com⁠ *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. ⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠ ⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices