Hi
I've just recently started getting into podcasts and the Paracast is the first I subscribed to. It certainly seems to be best-of-breed among paranormal podcasts, and I've enjoyed going through much of your backlog in the past few weeks (discovering, to my surprise, that I used to work with a friend of David's from a mention on one old episode).
I've been interested in these topics for quite a while now, so I thought I'd mention some of the more interesting writers and thinkers I've encountered, any or all of which I would love to hear interviewed on future episodes.
Remote viewing seems to come up pretty often in passing, and I'd be fascinated to hear more about it from Joe McMoneagle (perhaps the RV-er with the most impressive track record) and/or Skip Atwater (once head of the program, now president of The Monroe Institute, which would also make a great show topic).
Joscelyn Godwin is a hell of a fascinating guy -- a professor of music at Colgate who has also written on an eclectic (and eccentric) range of topics from ancient esoteric traditions to polar (and hollow earth) legends.
Speaking of eccentricity, John Michell is the author of the great "Eccentric Lives and Peculiar Notions," as well as books on the identity of Shakespeare, earth mysteries, and other Forteana. He also was the first, I think, to see the connection between UFO accounts and fairy folklore.
Peter Levenda wrote an interesting history of the occult roots of Nazism and an even more ambitious followup -- "Sinister Forces," a sort of unified field theory of American conspiracy theory in three volumes. Norman Mailer was a fan!
George B. Hansen may be known to Gene. His book "The Trickster and the Paranormal" offers a summing up of impressions and ideas from a long history of involvement in the UFO field, an attempt to see the "big picture" not only of the phenomena but also the various groups and factions that have grown up around it.
Patrick Harpur's "Daimonic Reality" is an interesting expansion of some of Jung's ideas on the subject of UFOs and other strange manifestations.
I think there were a couple others I wanted to plug but they've slipped my mind. Anyway, thanks for all the work you put into the show.
I've just recently started getting into podcasts and the Paracast is the first I subscribed to. It certainly seems to be best-of-breed among paranormal podcasts, and I've enjoyed going through much of your backlog in the past few weeks (discovering, to my surprise, that I used to work with a friend of David's from a mention on one old episode).
I've been interested in these topics for quite a while now, so I thought I'd mention some of the more interesting writers and thinkers I've encountered, any or all of which I would love to hear interviewed on future episodes.
Remote viewing seems to come up pretty often in passing, and I'd be fascinated to hear more about it from Joe McMoneagle (perhaps the RV-er with the most impressive track record) and/or Skip Atwater (once head of the program, now president of The Monroe Institute, which would also make a great show topic).
Joscelyn Godwin is a hell of a fascinating guy -- a professor of music at Colgate who has also written on an eclectic (and eccentric) range of topics from ancient esoteric traditions to polar (and hollow earth) legends.
Speaking of eccentricity, John Michell is the author of the great "Eccentric Lives and Peculiar Notions," as well as books on the identity of Shakespeare, earth mysteries, and other Forteana. He also was the first, I think, to see the connection between UFO accounts and fairy folklore.
Peter Levenda wrote an interesting history of the occult roots of Nazism and an even more ambitious followup -- "Sinister Forces," a sort of unified field theory of American conspiracy theory in three volumes. Norman Mailer was a fan!
George B. Hansen may be known to Gene. His book "The Trickster and the Paranormal" offers a summing up of impressions and ideas from a long history of involvement in the UFO field, an attempt to see the "big picture" not only of the phenomena but also the various groups and factions that have grown up around it.
Patrick Harpur's "Daimonic Reality" is an interesting expansion of some of Jung's ideas on the subject of UFOs and other strange manifestations.
I think there were a couple others I wanted to plug but they've slipped my mind. Anyway, thanks for all the work you put into the show.
I have devoured all of the shows and find them incredibly entertaining and informative, great to see some skeptical but open minded hosts who are informed and passionate. Big props to David for reading all the books no matter how silly the guest is.