This is only my opinion...
I've been listening to the Paracast for years, and have watched its evolution with rapt attention. I highly respect Gene and Dave's work, talents, and unparalleled sense of "signal to noise". I'm seeing a distinct trend to the show forming that is, to me, making the show less compelling to listen to. The show is becoming less a show about paranormal/ufo investigation to a show about the field of paranomal/ufo investigation and their works and relationships.
Most of the discussion these days centers around the experts talking about other experts and who said what and when and why they're full of BS. This approach, while informative and not altogether useless, I find to be more of a he-said, she-said buddy club chitchat discussion rather than an informative and entertaining program about the paranomal/ufology. While Gene and Dave, and many of the listeners have a deeply rooted background in ufology, knowing all of the players and a general understanding of all the major players' works. However, many of the listeners aren't familiar with all the material so invariably the buddy club chitchat is completely lost on them.
The bud hopkins show was not typical in this way and was truly a very enjoyable show, so I wanted to make clear I'm not talking about any specific show, but more a general direction the show has been taking. While separating signal from noise, it is important to provide SIGNAL and not just filtering out the noise, otherwise there's nothing to hear at all
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Again, this is only my opinion and really doesn't matter much at all, but I thought I would share it.
I've been listening to the Paracast for years, and have watched its evolution with rapt attention. I highly respect Gene and Dave's work, talents, and unparalleled sense of "signal to noise". I'm seeing a distinct trend to the show forming that is, to me, making the show less compelling to listen to. The show is becoming less a show about paranormal/ufo investigation to a show about the field of paranomal/ufo investigation and their works and relationships.
Most of the discussion these days centers around the experts talking about other experts and who said what and when and why they're full of BS. This approach, while informative and not altogether useless, I find to be more of a he-said, she-said buddy club chitchat discussion rather than an informative and entertaining program about the paranomal/ufology. While Gene and Dave, and many of the listeners have a deeply rooted background in ufology, knowing all of the players and a general understanding of all the major players' works. However, many of the listeners aren't familiar with all the material so invariably the buddy club chitchat is completely lost on them.
The bud hopkins show was not typical in this way and was truly a very enjoyable show, so I wanted to make clear I'm not talking about any specific show, but more a general direction the show has been taking. While separating signal from noise, it is important to provide SIGNAL and not just filtering out the noise, otherwise there's nothing to hear at all
.Again, this is only my opinion and really doesn't matter much at all, but I thought I would share it.
