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November 17, 2013
Brad Steiger Explores Real Encounters on The Paracast
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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: He's back. One of the most prolific paranormal authors in the field, Brad Steiger, returns to The Paracast to talk about his new book, "Real Encounters, Different Dimensions, and Otherworldly Beings." This thick book covers all sorts of mysterious and unpredictable paranormal subjects, and focuses on a whole range of unusual beings, such as ghosts, phantoms, poltergeist, ETs, strange animals and even monsters. Brad was, in fact, on the very first episode in The Paracast in February of 2006 and remains one of our most fascinating guests.
Chris O'Brien's Site: http://www.ourstrangeplanet.com
Brad and Sherry Steiger’s Site: Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger
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Living in an Alternate Universe
By Gene Steinberg
The concept of other dimensions or alternate universes is certainly nothing new. It’s been employed as a convenient plot gimmick for loads of sci-fi novels, movies, and TV shows. So basically you have another place that more or less exists in the same place as our reality, only it is separate by any conventional definition of the term, so you can only get there under unusual conditions.
What sort of conditions? Well, perhaps an unusual event opens a portal between realities, which is sometimes referred to as an anomaly or window area. Whether permanent or temporary, this condition allows you to move from one reality to the other in the same fashion as you go from one room to another. Of course, the obvious question is what might happen if the anomaly suddenly shuts down. Are you left abandoned in the wrong reality until another dimensional rip opens?
Is there perhaps some sort of technology that would allow you to pass from one place to another? Sci-fi stories might depict an individual or group of scientists and engineers devising some method that temporarily opens up a passageway to facilitate dimensional travel. In a fantasy novel, you might cast a spell, or drink a specially prepared beverage. But we are dealing with theories rather than any potential reality. Or least for now.
But what if that alternate reality consisted of a passageway that allowed you to travel almost instantaneously from one place to another via what is commonly referred to as a space warp? This is the plot gimmick used in the “Star Trek” series to allow for rapid interstellar travel. Actually taking years to get from a planet orbiting one star to a planet orbiting another would be downright boring, and how would you account for the passage of time? Would Captain Kirk and his crew leave Earth in the Starship Enterprise at age 35, and arrive on Vulcan, Spock’s home, at 82 years of age?
In passing, actor William Shatner actually was 35 when he first took on the role of Kirk; he’s now 82 and still going strong.
As the story goes, warp drive allows you to exceed the speed of light after a fashion, so that you can make that journey in days or hours. Not so bad, and it surely doesn’t give a starship’s crew much time to rest before the action begins.
Indeed, our own scientists are considering the possibility of warp drive as a possible star travel scheme. Now according to the “Star Trek” legend, on April 5, 2063, eccentric Earth scientist Zefram Cochrane will invent the first spaceship capable of warp drive, as depicted in the 1996 film “Star Trek: First Contact.” So maybe we have 50 years to go. It’s not out of the question that, should humans survive, it would actually take five decades to advance space travel to the point where star travel is actually feasible.
Of course, we could always hope for a proven first contact to occur before then, and perhaps we would be allowed to get in on advanced alien technology. Those who believe we are already in contact with ET might suggest that we are already working on a starship at a secret base, perhaps even Area 51.
It’s not that I believe such a thing is really happening of course.
Now yet another sci-fi myth has it that a race of advanced beings visited Earth thousands of years ago, and left a mysterious device that allowed you to travel via wormholes to another star system. As depicted first in the 1994 film “Stargate,” directed by Roland Emmerich — who did “Independence Day” two years later — the titled machine is a device that, to work, must connect with a similar machine in the location to which you want to travel. The special effects artists immersed you in a what seemed to be a living blue sea of energy as a side effect of the link between the two locations. The trip would list a mere seconds, at least according to the film. There was no displacement in time; the process was as instantaneous as you can get.
The “Stargate” concept was adapted to TV and lasted until 2011, when the third and final series, “Stargate Universe,” was cancelled. It wasn’t quite another “Star Trek,” but you can see how the former was influenced by the latter.
Now when it comes to traveling to another reality, or to another location in our reality via a wormhole, I suppose a quick trip would be better than a multi-year voyage. You also have to wonder whether such a thing is even possible.
Certainly some paranormal researchers suggest we have actually had glimmers of one or more realities. Perhaps strange craft and creatures travel across the dimensions to our world and, when they appear to blink out, have merely returned to their home. You beam into another reality in a single rush! No wonder some UFOs appear to flame out. Of course that assumes they aren’t simply accelerating rapidly. I suppose it may also be possible that we aren’t seeing the real phenomenon, but an image or projection or holograph that disappears when the mechanism that creates the phenomenon is switched off.
Indeed, there is one theory that has it that what we perceive as UFOs is merely an example of the magician’s act of misdirection. We are tempted to look in one place, while the real event is happening elsewhere. So should you just turn your head when such things appear? Besides, just where would you look to see what’s really happening?
Now I’m not about to suggest that there really are one or more alternate realities. Maybe what appears to be another reality is just our universe in another time. But if there is another reality, would it resemble our own? In the sci-fi world, the other reality may have counterparts to this reality. As in the TV series “Fringe,” or even a popular episode from the original “Star Trek” shows in the 1960s, our alternates may behave in very opposite ways from you and I. Someone lives in one universe, yet dies in another.
That theory, however, makes you wonder whether all of these realities somehow emerged from the same source, but somehow diverged through circumstances we cannot understand, let alone manage. Let’s return to “Star Trek,” and the new J.J. Abrams reboots, which posit an alternate timeline. So when a renegade Romulan from the future changed the past, it created a different reality, where the characters we know and love can have new adventures with different plot lines and outcomes.
Well, maybe. Some suggest that the latest flick in the series, “Star Trek Into Darkness,” shouldn’t have trotted out the most infamous villain of all, Khan Noonien Singh, in a new adventure. Not that it was a bad film — it was rather enjoyable — but perhaps there was just a little too much of an effort to take certain plot lines from the original TV show and movie and adapt them in slightly different ways, but I will not make this a spoiler for those who aren’t familiar with the original portrayal of the character and the revised version.
Then again, do you ever think, even for a moment, how things might turn out if we could live our lives all over again in a new reality?
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November 17, 2013
Brad Steiger Explores Real Encounters 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 a Donate 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 ourDonate 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: He's back. One of the most prolific paranormal authors in the field, Brad Steiger, returns to The Paracast to talk about his new book, "Real Encounters, Different Dimensions, and Otherworldly Beings." This thick book covers all sorts of mysterious and unpredictable paranormal subjects, and focuses on a whole range of unusual beings, such as ghosts, phantoms, poltergeist, ETs, strange animals and even monsters. Brad was, in fact, on the very first episode in The Paracast in February of 2006 and remains one of our most fascinating guests.
Chris O'Brien's Site: http://www.ourstrangeplanet.com
Brad and Sherry Steiger’s Site: Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger
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!
Living in an Alternate Universe
By Gene Steinberg
The concept of other dimensions or alternate universes is certainly nothing new. It’s been employed as a convenient plot gimmick for loads of sci-fi novels, movies, and TV shows. So basically you have another place that more or less exists in the same place as our reality, only it is separate by any conventional definition of the term, so you can only get there under unusual conditions.
What sort of conditions? Well, perhaps an unusual event opens a portal between realities, which is sometimes referred to as an anomaly or window area. Whether permanent or temporary, this condition allows you to move from one reality to the other in the same fashion as you go from one room to another. Of course, the obvious question is what might happen if the anomaly suddenly shuts down. Are you left abandoned in the wrong reality until another dimensional rip opens?
Is there perhaps some sort of technology that would allow you to pass from one place to another? Sci-fi stories might depict an individual or group of scientists and engineers devising some method that temporarily opens up a passageway to facilitate dimensional travel. In a fantasy novel, you might cast a spell, or drink a specially prepared beverage. But we are dealing with theories rather than any potential reality. Or least for now.
But what if that alternate reality consisted of a passageway that allowed you to travel almost instantaneously from one place to another via what is commonly referred to as a space warp? This is the plot gimmick used in the “Star Trek” series to allow for rapid interstellar travel. Actually taking years to get from a planet orbiting one star to a planet orbiting another would be downright boring, and how would you account for the passage of time? Would Captain Kirk and his crew leave Earth in the Starship Enterprise at age 35, and arrive on Vulcan, Spock’s home, at 82 years of age?
In passing, actor William Shatner actually was 35 when he first took on the role of Kirk; he’s now 82 and still going strong.
As the story goes, warp drive allows you to exceed the speed of light after a fashion, so that you can make that journey in days or hours. Not so bad, and it surely doesn’t give a starship’s crew much time to rest before the action begins.
Indeed, our own scientists are considering the possibility of warp drive as a possible star travel scheme. Now according to the “Star Trek” legend, on April 5, 2063, eccentric Earth scientist Zefram Cochrane will invent the first spaceship capable of warp drive, as depicted in the 1996 film “Star Trek: First Contact.” So maybe we have 50 years to go. It’s not out of the question that, should humans survive, it would actually take five decades to advance space travel to the point where star travel is actually feasible.
Of course, we could always hope for a proven first contact to occur before then, and perhaps we would be allowed to get in on advanced alien technology. Those who believe we are already in contact with ET might suggest that we are already working on a starship at a secret base, perhaps even Area 51.
It’s not that I believe such a thing is really happening of course.
Now yet another sci-fi myth has it that a race of advanced beings visited Earth thousands of years ago, and left a mysterious device that allowed you to travel via wormholes to another star system. As depicted first in the 1994 film “Stargate,” directed by Roland Emmerich — who did “Independence Day” two years later — the titled machine is a device that, to work, must connect with a similar machine in the location to which you want to travel. The special effects artists immersed you in a what seemed to be a living blue sea of energy as a side effect of the link between the two locations. The trip would list a mere seconds, at least according to the film. There was no displacement in time; the process was as instantaneous as you can get.
The “Stargate” concept was adapted to TV and lasted until 2011, when the third and final series, “Stargate Universe,” was cancelled. It wasn’t quite another “Star Trek,” but you can see how the former was influenced by the latter.
Now when it comes to traveling to another reality, or to another location in our reality via a wormhole, I suppose a quick trip would be better than a multi-year voyage. You also have to wonder whether such a thing is even possible.
Certainly some paranormal researchers suggest we have actually had glimmers of one or more realities. Perhaps strange craft and creatures travel across the dimensions to our world and, when they appear to blink out, have merely returned to their home. You beam into another reality in a single rush! No wonder some UFOs appear to flame out. Of course that assumes they aren’t simply accelerating rapidly. I suppose it may also be possible that we aren’t seeing the real phenomenon, but an image or projection or holograph that disappears when the mechanism that creates the phenomenon is switched off.
Indeed, there is one theory that has it that what we perceive as UFOs is merely an example of the magician’s act of misdirection. We are tempted to look in one place, while the real event is happening elsewhere. So should you just turn your head when such things appear? Besides, just where would you look to see what’s really happening?
Now I’m not about to suggest that there really are one or more alternate realities. Maybe what appears to be another reality is just our universe in another time. But if there is another reality, would it resemble our own? In the sci-fi world, the other reality may have counterparts to this reality. As in the TV series “Fringe,” or even a popular episode from the original “Star Trek” shows in the 1960s, our alternates may behave in very opposite ways from you and I. Someone lives in one universe, yet dies in another.
That theory, however, makes you wonder whether all of these realities somehow emerged from the same source, but somehow diverged through circumstances we cannot understand, let alone manage. Let’s return to “Star Trek,” and the new J.J. Abrams reboots, which posit an alternate timeline. So when a renegade Romulan from the future changed the past, it created a different reality, where the characters we know and love can have new adventures with different plot lines and outcomes.
Well, maybe. Some suggest that the latest flick in the series, “Star Trek Into Darkness,” shouldn’t have trotted out the most infamous villain of all, Khan Noonien Singh, in a new adventure. Not that it was a bad film — it was rather enjoyable — but perhaps there was just a little too much of an effort to take certain plot lines from the original TV show and movie and adapt them in slightly different ways, but I will not make this a spoiler for those who aren’t familiar with the original portrayal of the character and the revised version.
Then again, do you ever think, even for a moment, how things might turn out if we could live our lives all over again in a new reality?
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