THE PARACAST NEWSLETTER
November 10, 2013
The Mystery of Crop Circles Front and Center on The Paracast
The Paracast is heard Sundays from 2:00 AM until 5:00 AM Central Time on the GCN Radio Network and affiliates around the USA, and online across the globe via download and on-demand streaming.
Why It's Important for You to Donate to The Paracast: Although ads help cover a small part of our expenses, the income they produce is never enough to pay your humble hosts decent wages. Also, we do not receive any revenue from the ads placed on the show by our network or local stations. So we hope you're able to help fill the gap, if you can, to help us cover increasing server costs and other expenses -- or perhaps provide a little extra cash for lunch and utility bills. No contribution is too small (or too large
. It’s easy to send a donation. We have a Donate link on our home page, below the logo and audio player. There's also aDonate link on our forums, at the bottom of the sidebar on the right. Or just send your PayPal donation direct to sales (at) theparacast (dot) com. And if you’ve had a problem getting to our Donate screen, please try again. We just fixed a serious PayPal access problem, and it should wor k properly now.
Attention U.S. Listeners: Help Us Bring The Paracast to Your City! In the summer of 2010, The Paracast joined the GCN radio network. This represented a huge step in bringing our show to a larger, mainstream audience. But we need your help to add additional affiliates to our growing network. Please ask one of your local talk stations if they are interested in carrying The Paracast. Feel free to contact us directly with the names of programming people we might be able to contact on your behalf. We can't do this alone, and if you succeed in convincing your local station to carry the show, we'll reward you with one of our special T-shirts, and other goodies. With your help, The Paracast can grow into one of the most popular paranormal shows on the planet!
Please Visit Our Online Store: You asked, and we answered. We are now taking orders for The Official Paracast T-Shirt and an expanded collection of other specially customized merchandise. To get your T-Shirt now featuring our brand new logo, just pay a visit to our online store at The Official Paracast Store to select your size and place your order. We also offer a complete lineup of other premium merchandise for your family, your friends and your business contacts.
About The Paracast: The Paracast covers a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions across the planet.
Set Up: The Paracast is a paranormal radio show that takes you on a journey to a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions. The Paracast seeks to shed light on the mysteries and complexities of our Universe and the secrets that surround us in our everyday lives.
Join long-time paranormal researcher Gene Steinberg, co-host and acclaimed field investigator Christopher O'Brien, and a panel of special guest experts and experiencers, as they explore the realms of the known and unknown. Listen each week to the great stories of the history of the paranormal field in the 20th and 21st centuries.
This Week's Episode: Gene and Chris present noted crop circle researcher Colin Andrews. Colin pioneered crop circle investigation 30 years ago and is considered the world's top authority on this controversial subject. Among his many accomplishments: He started the first research organization into this phenomenon, Circles Phenomenon Research (CPR), designed high-tech surveillance operations attempting to film a circle being made, and advised Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet and Queen Elizabeth on the mysterious phenomenon. His latest book is, written with Synthia Andrews, is "On the Edge of Reality: Hidden Technology, Powers of the Mind, Quantum Physics, Paranormal Phenomena, Orbs, UFOs, Harmonic Transmissions, and Crop Circles."
Chris O'Brien's Site: Our Strange Planet
Colin Andrews’ Site: Colin Andrews Official Web Site. Crop Circles, UFO, Consciousness
Reminder: Please don't forget to visit our famous Paracast Community Forums for the latest news/views/debates on all things paranormal: The Paracast Community Forums. We recently completed a major update that makes our community easier to navigate, and social network friendly.
Sponsored Message: Don’t get ripped off when you need to liquidate your precious jewelry and silverware. Call Steve at Numis Gems at (480) 878-7678 and get the straight scoop!
Do We Belong in a Museum?
By Gene Steinberg
We at The Paracast get criticisms all the time. Some are very accurate and to the point, while others are a little wacky, to put it mildly. I read, for example, a comment from someone at iTunes, claiming that we ran more ads than a real radio show. Only thing: The Paracast IS a real radio show, featured on the GCN radio network and streamed to local radio stations. We run the same number of ads as their other shows, nearly 70 of them. That same ad schedule is also used by other networks.
Some people just don’t want to be bothered with facts. Yes, I realize some of you would rather not have the ads. But that’s the price of free radio.
Another criticism has it that we dwell too much on old stuff, such as pioneer UFO and paranormal researchers, and classic cases. There may be merit to these complaints, but it’s also very true that far too many people in these offbeat fields haven’t learned from the past. They keep repeating the same mistakes, in part because they are ignoring the lessons of history. And you know the old saw about being condemned to repeat those mistakes.
Indeed, my personal feeling is that we continue to repeat the same old arguments, proven or otherwise, and that’s a key reason why there has been so little progress towards coming up with some solutions. That’s why I remind people that, if you read the comments made by UFO researchers in the 1950s, particularly those who favored an extraterrestrial hypothesis, you’ll find very little that’s different from current speculation. Some 60 years later, we are still looking in dark alleys for evidence of government conspiracies, still hoping that someone, somewhere, has the secret, and therefore we must continue to demand that they let us in on it.
Now it may very well be true that the answer to the UFO mystery is exactly what was suggested in the early days, and that the U.S. government, as claimed, does have guilty knowledge about what’s going on. What’s more, maybe there has been communication between us and them.
But that doesn’t mean we’re on the right track. It may also be that governments around the world haven’t a clue about what’s going on. But if there’s no evidence of any threats to national security, a head-in-the-sand approach may be the most politically expedient. Why frighten people about something unknown if it appears to be a benign phenomenon? So people see weird things flying in the sky, or landing in their back yards. Abductions? Well, what about sleep paralysis? So they return to debates about more mundane issues, such as military budgets, deficits, and whether the poor deserve some help.
Only thing: As much as we get criticisms about rehashing such old cases as the Roswell crash, whenever we do bring up those topics, we get loads of responses, and plenty of downloads. People are still highly curious about what really happened, so we continue to try to find something new and different, so long as what’s new and different makes some sense.
Indeed, if there was only one genuine UFO case, that would be sufficient evidence that something really strange is going on. But there have been loads of sightings through the years, and there doesn’t seem to be much or any letup in the action. Maybe 90% or even 95% of those sightings can be attributed to conventional objects or phenomena, but not all. The critics want to suggest that all sightings could be explained if there was only enough information, but some cases defy that theory. It doesn’t matter how much information you dig up; it’s still a mystery.
But does that mean we should still focus on the old cases?
Well, scientists, on the rare occasions that they’ll get involved in this mess, would attempt to look at repeatability and consistency from case to case. Even though eyewitness testimony may be fundamentally inaccurate when it comes to the fine details, if the fundamentals of these sightings have elements in common, that may take us one step further to actually getting a handle on what’s going on.
Besides, it’s just not true that we only cover the older cases, or feature aging researchers. Our guests run the gamut, and The Paracast was one of the first shows to provide serious coverage of the O’Hare case, and the UFO flap in Stephenville, TX. We’ve also featured eyewitness reports of more recent UFO abductions and other unconventional phenomena. When it comes to other weird events, we’ve had guests discussing recent reports of strange creatures, such as Bigfoot.
True, we’d like to do more. There is only so much you can cover on a weekly radio show that spans three hours (including the news breaks that aren’t carried in the online version). If The Paracast were on five days a week, we wouldn’t run out of guests and show ideas. But it might be difficult to continue to deliver quality shows on such a rushed schedule.
We also welcome your ideas about future guests. We receive many, and sometimes we book shows around those requests. From time to time, we even feature the more active members of our forums, and we might even schedule an episode where you listeners can relate your own paranormal experiences. Indeed, I’m planning on having a conversation shortly with one listener who reports a really troubling episode that reportedly occurred some years back.
When it covers to other paranormal shows, we don’t talk about them very often, even though some would prefer we did. But there is an active discussion about the short-lived return of Art Bell to the airwaves with a Sirius XM satellite radio show called “Art Bell’s Dark Matter.” Now as most of you know, “Dark Matters” is the title of a long-running show from a friend of The Paracast, the irrepressible Don Ecker. Indeed, Bell knows Ecker, so the choice of a name for his show was curious.
Regardless, Bell’s show is no more. After a few weeks, during which time he mostly brought back guests featured on the original CoastToCoast AM in the 1990s, his new show was discontinued. Or cancelled. But don’t count him out. Maybe he’ll be back some day with a new show, and, one hopes, with a different name.
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November 10, 2013
The Mystery of Crop Circles Front and Center on The Paracast
The Paracast is heard Sundays from 2:00 AM until 5:00 AM Central Time on the GCN Radio Network and affiliates around the USA, and online across the globe via download and on-demand streaming.
Why It's Important for You to Donate to The Paracast: Although ads help cover a small part of our expenses, the income they produce is never enough to pay your humble hosts decent wages. Also, we do not receive any revenue from the ads placed on the show by our network or local stations. So we hope you're able to help fill the gap, if you can, to help us cover increasing server costs and other expenses -- or perhaps provide a little extra cash for lunch and utility bills. No contribution is too small (or too large
. It’s easy to send a donation. We have a Donate link on our home page, below the logo and audio player. There's also aDonate link on our forums, at the bottom of the sidebar on the right. Or just send your PayPal donation direct to sales (at) theparacast (dot) com. And if you’ve had a problem getting to our Donate screen, please try again. We just fixed a serious PayPal access problem, and it should wor k properly now.Attention U.S. Listeners: Help Us Bring The Paracast to Your City! In the summer of 2010, The Paracast joined the GCN radio network. This represented a huge step in bringing our show to a larger, mainstream audience. But we need your help to add additional affiliates to our growing network. Please ask one of your local talk stations if they are interested in carrying The Paracast. Feel free to contact us directly with the names of programming people we might be able to contact on your behalf. We can't do this alone, and if you succeed in convincing your local station to carry the show, we'll reward you with one of our special T-shirts, and other goodies. With your help, The Paracast can grow into one of the most popular paranormal shows on the planet!
Please Visit Our Online Store: You asked, and we answered. We are now taking orders for The Official Paracast T-Shirt and an expanded collection of other specially customized merchandise. To get your T-Shirt now featuring our brand new logo, just pay a visit to our online store at The Official Paracast Store to select your size and place your order. We also offer a complete lineup of other premium merchandise for your family, your friends and your business contacts.
About The Paracast: The Paracast covers a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions across the planet.
Set Up: The Paracast is a paranormal radio show that takes you on a journey to a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions. The Paracast seeks to shed light on the mysteries and complexities of our Universe and the secrets that surround us in our everyday lives.
Join long-time paranormal researcher Gene Steinberg, co-host and acclaimed field investigator Christopher O'Brien, and a panel of special guest experts and experiencers, as they explore the realms of the known and unknown. Listen each week to the great stories of the history of the paranormal field in the 20th and 21st centuries.
This Week's Episode: Gene and Chris present noted crop circle researcher Colin Andrews. Colin pioneered crop circle investigation 30 years ago and is considered the world's top authority on this controversial subject. Among his many accomplishments: He started the first research organization into this phenomenon, Circles Phenomenon Research (CPR), designed high-tech surveillance operations attempting to film a circle being made, and advised Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet and Queen Elizabeth on the mysterious phenomenon. His latest book is, written with Synthia Andrews, is "On the Edge of Reality: Hidden Technology, Powers of the Mind, Quantum Physics, Paranormal Phenomena, Orbs, UFOs, Harmonic Transmissions, and Crop Circles."
Chris O'Brien's Site: Our Strange Planet
Colin Andrews’ Site: Colin Andrews Official Web Site. Crop Circles, UFO, Consciousness
Reminder: Please don't forget to visit our famous Paracast Community Forums for the latest news/views/debates on all things paranormal: The Paracast Community Forums. We recently completed a major update that makes our community easier to navigate, and social network friendly.
Sponsored Message: Don’t get ripped off when you need to liquidate your precious jewelry and silverware. Call Steve at Numis Gems at (480) 878-7678 and get the straight scoop!
Do We Belong in a Museum?
By Gene Steinberg
We at The Paracast get criticisms all the time. Some are very accurate and to the point, while others are a little wacky, to put it mildly. I read, for example, a comment from someone at iTunes, claiming that we ran more ads than a real radio show. Only thing: The Paracast IS a real radio show, featured on the GCN radio network and streamed to local radio stations. We run the same number of ads as their other shows, nearly 70 of them. That same ad schedule is also used by other networks.
Some people just don’t want to be bothered with facts. Yes, I realize some of you would rather not have the ads. But that’s the price of free radio.
Another criticism has it that we dwell too much on old stuff, such as pioneer UFO and paranormal researchers, and classic cases. There may be merit to these complaints, but it’s also very true that far too many people in these offbeat fields haven’t learned from the past. They keep repeating the same mistakes, in part because they are ignoring the lessons of history. And you know the old saw about being condemned to repeat those mistakes.
Indeed, my personal feeling is that we continue to repeat the same old arguments, proven or otherwise, and that’s a key reason why there has been so little progress towards coming up with some solutions. That’s why I remind people that, if you read the comments made by UFO researchers in the 1950s, particularly those who favored an extraterrestrial hypothesis, you’ll find very little that’s different from current speculation. Some 60 years later, we are still looking in dark alleys for evidence of government conspiracies, still hoping that someone, somewhere, has the secret, and therefore we must continue to demand that they let us in on it.
Now it may very well be true that the answer to the UFO mystery is exactly what was suggested in the early days, and that the U.S. government, as claimed, does have guilty knowledge about what’s going on. What’s more, maybe there has been communication between us and them.
But that doesn’t mean we’re on the right track. It may also be that governments around the world haven’t a clue about what’s going on. But if there’s no evidence of any threats to national security, a head-in-the-sand approach may be the most politically expedient. Why frighten people about something unknown if it appears to be a benign phenomenon? So people see weird things flying in the sky, or landing in their back yards. Abductions? Well, what about sleep paralysis? So they return to debates about more mundane issues, such as military budgets, deficits, and whether the poor deserve some help.
Only thing: As much as we get criticisms about rehashing such old cases as the Roswell crash, whenever we do bring up those topics, we get loads of responses, and plenty of downloads. People are still highly curious about what really happened, so we continue to try to find something new and different, so long as what’s new and different makes some sense.
Indeed, if there was only one genuine UFO case, that would be sufficient evidence that something really strange is going on. But there have been loads of sightings through the years, and there doesn’t seem to be much or any letup in the action. Maybe 90% or even 95% of those sightings can be attributed to conventional objects or phenomena, but not all. The critics want to suggest that all sightings could be explained if there was only enough information, but some cases defy that theory. It doesn’t matter how much information you dig up; it’s still a mystery.
But does that mean we should still focus on the old cases?
Well, scientists, on the rare occasions that they’ll get involved in this mess, would attempt to look at repeatability and consistency from case to case. Even though eyewitness testimony may be fundamentally inaccurate when it comes to the fine details, if the fundamentals of these sightings have elements in common, that may take us one step further to actually getting a handle on what’s going on.
Besides, it’s just not true that we only cover the older cases, or feature aging researchers. Our guests run the gamut, and The Paracast was one of the first shows to provide serious coverage of the O’Hare case, and the UFO flap in Stephenville, TX. We’ve also featured eyewitness reports of more recent UFO abductions and other unconventional phenomena. When it comes to other weird events, we’ve had guests discussing recent reports of strange creatures, such as Bigfoot.
True, we’d like to do more. There is only so much you can cover on a weekly radio show that spans three hours (including the news breaks that aren’t carried in the online version). If The Paracast were on five days a week, we wouldn’t run out of guests and show ideas. But it might be difficult to continue to deliver quality shows on such a rushed schedule.
We also welcome your ideas about future guests. We receive many, and sometimes we book shows around those requests. From time to time, we even feature the more active members of our forums, and we might even schedule an episode where you listeners can relate your own paranormal experiences. Indeed, I’m planning on having a conversation shortly with one listener who reports a really troubling episode that reportedly occurred some years back.
When it covers to other paranormal shows, we don’t talk about them very often, even though some would prefer we did. But there is an active discussion about the short-lived return of Art Bell to the airwaves with a Sirius XM satellite radio show called “Art Bell’s Dark Matter.” Now as most of you know, “Dark Matters” is the title of a long-running show from a friend of The Paracast, the irrepressible Don Ecker. Indeed, Bell knows Ecker, so the choice of a name for his show was curious.
Regardless, Bell’s show is no more. After a few weeks, during which time he mostly brought back guests featured on the original CoastToCoast AM in the 1990s, his new show was discontinued. Or cancelled. But don’t count him out. Maybe he’ll be back some day with a new show, and, one hopes, with a different name.
Copyright 1999-2013 Making The Impossible, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy: Your personal information is safe with us. We will positively never give out your name and/or e-mail address to anybody else, and that's a promise!
and one example a presentation of slides prior to the iraq invasion look at the reporters expressions ?
In the Man of Steel the fact Lois goes walking in sub zero temperatures no protection mask ? I have to re watch