Wonder-man
Paranormal Novice
Many of the shows of this type are driven by book releases, by who's in town, or who is "on the circuit" kinds of guest selection choices.
One of the many reasons the Paracast stands out is because it doesn't do the easy thing and often reaches out to find uncommon guests with special research niches that they would like to discuss.
With the advent of skype, web shows can, and do, feature guests from around the world and you have done some of those. There is a tendency to feature mainly western culture sources such as Great Britain, Australia, Canada, or check in with the Open Minds Mag. editor who tends to follow more of the world scene.
Mary Ellen Guiley's interview on Jinns is the kind of exception that proves the rule where a western researcher went into another culture(s) to look at their perspective on a well known "agent" of paranormal activity, which has a rich historical and mythological, even religious record, but is little thought of in current UFO circles.
It might interest you to know that many years ago.... among the final issues of the respected British UFO magazine "Flying Saucer Review" the then, editor, had reached the conclusion that Jinn's were the pilots and source of UFOs, not simply visitors from other planets. This was a conclusion he had reached after reading various unclassified material in the field as well as that submitted to, and published by, his magazine.
Chris O' B. also deserves credit for bringing the (a?) native American perspective on the roll of the "trickster" in the myth and the reality of UFO cases.
That being said there is still a lot that could be done through periodically checking in with english speaking researchers in various lesser known or frequented places. Example: Can we talk about UFOs in Switzerland without mentioning the B. M. case? Hawaii, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, parts of Scandinavia, India, Africa, Russia, Turkey, Japan, China, even Burserkistan.rh, Israel(?) and definitely Pureto Rico and definitely Brazil.... may not only have significant additional cases to report that your audiences could benefit from knowing about, but also their researchers may have a fresh, helpful, point of view that needs to aired as part of the ongoing discussion on this topic.
Its not that you have totally ignored these kinds of sources and many may not be that easy to schedule, as well as having drawbacks with poor power reliability, skype reception/connection, guests with heavy accents, etc. You have done well with Canada, Australia, NZ, but there ought to be more from Austria, and Germany and France. Can you not use your network of web listeners and friends to help link you up with credible sources in these far away places with limited access? Presumably there are frequent sightings in the Himalayan Mts, but as with Burzerkistan.rh it may be difficult or impossible to pinpoint a person or a group that can openly share what they know about sightings in their country.
rh = red herring : )
One of the many reasons the Paracast stands out is because it doesn't do the easy thing and often reaches out to find uncommon guests with special research niches that they would like to discuss.
With the advent of skype, web shows can, and do, feature guests from around the world and you have done some of those. There is a tendency to feature mainly western culture sources such as Great Britain, Australia, Canada, or check in with the Open Minds Mag. editor who tends to follow more of the world scene.
Mary Ellen Guiley's interview on Jinns is the kind of exception that proves the rule where a western researcher went into another culture(s) to look at their perspective on a well known "agent" of paranormal activity, which has a rich historical and mythological, even religious record, but is little thought of in current UFO circles.
It might interest you to know that many years ago.... among the final issues of the respected British UFO magazine "Flying Saucer Review" the then, editor, had reached the conclusion that Jinn's were the pilots and source of UFOs, not simply visitors from other planets. This was a conclusion he had reached after reading various unclassified material in the field as well as that submitted to, and published by, his magazine.
Chris O' B. also deserves credit for bringing the (a?) native American perspective on the roll of the "trickster" in the myth and the reality of UFO cases.
That being said there is still a lot that could be done through periodically checking in with english speaking researchers in various lesser known or frequented places. Example: Can we talk about UFOs in Switzerland without mentioning the B. M. case? Hawaii, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, parts of Scandinavia, India, Africa, Russia, Turkey, Japan, China, even Burserkistan.rh, Israel(?) and definitely Pureto Rico and definitely Brazil.... may not only have significant additional cases to report that your audiences could benefit from knowing about, but also their researchers may have a fresh, helpful, point of view that needs to aired as part of the ongoing discussion on this topic.
Its not that you have totally ignored these kinds of sources and many may not be that easy to schedule, as well as having drawbacks with poor power reliability, skype reception/connection, guests with heavy accents, etc. You have done well with Canada, Australia, NZ, but there ought to be more from Austria, and Germany and France. Can you not use your network of web listeners and friends to help link you up with credible sources in these far away places with limited access? Presumably there are frequent sightings in the Himalayan Mts, but as with Burzerkistan.rh it may be difficult or impossible to pinpoint a person or a group that can openly share what they know about sightings in their country.
rh = red herring : )