Send us a text Rerun series. Season 1 Episode 12. In an episode that was originally broadcast on November 16, 2022 host Michael Ryan interviews Canadian investigative journalist Daniel Otis about a UFO over a NORAD base in North Bay, Ontario in 2007. Military police capture UFO footage on a cellphone and also on base security cameras. He also repor…

In this episode Barry and Mike continue their discussion of William Burroughs’ cut-up method. They introduce Alex Kitnick’s arguments about the Media is the Massage from his book Distant Early Warning: Marshall McLuhan and the Transformation of the Avant-Garde in order to illuminate Burroughs’ practice.…

Send us a text Summer rerun series. Season 1 Episode 29. This episode originally aired on March 15, 2023. In part two, host Michael Ryan interviews British detective Gary Heseltine on the Rendlesham Forest Incident. Many topics are covered in this deep dive, but here are some of the highlights: officers from the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Inv…

In this 50th episode, international bestselling author and thought leader, Seth Godin, shares profound insights on why internal marketing is crucial for sustained employee engagement and performance; the difference between management and leadership; and the cost of getting new customers versus the importance of treating frontline employees well. Tu…

Send us a text Summer rerun series. Season 1 Episode 28. In an episode that originally aired on March 8, 2023 host Michael Ryan interviews British detective Gary Heseltine about his new book Non-Human. It's his 5 year reinvestigation of the Rendlesham Forest Incident. This is part one of a deep dive into RFI. Gary Heseltine goes over the timeline l…

In this episode Barry and Mike discuss William Burroughs’ 1963 manifesto “The Cut-Up Method.” We worry over some contradictions and tensions in his “new” method of writing.De către Michael Repici

Send us a text Season 2 Episode 41. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott wrap up the Summer highlighting a new Harvard study that asks the question: Are aliens living among us? Also MUFON's Project Aquarius is just about to release audio interviews that were conducted with ufologist Leonard Stringfield. Also discussed recent sightings …

Send us a text Summer rerun series. Season 2 Episode 8. In an episode that originally aired on October 25, 2023 Host Michael Ryan interviews British detective Gary Heseltine (author of Non-Human). Gary talks about his interview with Sgt. Adrian Bustinza and his interrogation by U.S. intelligence officers where they actually threaten his life. Jim P…

#73 In this episode Barry and Mike discuss “Panglossian Neoliberalism,” a term that Evgeny Morozov uses to describe the place of generative AI in the hands of venture capitalists. Can AI Break out of Panglossian Neoliberalism? The True Threat of Artificial Intelligence a sense oF rebellion podcastDe către Michael Repici

Send us a text Summer rerun series. Season 1 Episode 32. In an episode that originally aired on April 5, 2022 Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into the 1965 Rex Heflin UFO photographs. On Tuesday, August 3, 1965 Orange County, California highway maintenance engineer Rex Heflin took 4 photographs of a UFO. The team …

Delve into the transformative impact of internal marketing on employee engagement and company success. Workshop's VP of Marketing, Jamie Bell, reveals powerful strategies and real-world examples of aligning internal and external brand efforts. Discover how creating an engaging employee experience can elevate your brand and drive business growth, wi…

Send us a text Summer rerun series. In an episode that was first aired on December 7, 2022 host Michael Ryan interviews Australian producer-director Stephen Amis who, in the suburbs of Melbourne, encountered alien beings since childhood. Christine Scott also does a book review of Ann Druffel's The Tujunga Canyon Contacts. Support the show To buy UF…

This is a look back at our 3/3/23 episode on Simone Weil.De către Michael Repici

Send us a text Summer rerun series. Season 2 Episode 9. In an episode that originally aired November 1, 2023 host Michael Ryan interviews author Frank Thayer (The Aztec UFO Incident). Frank Thayer talks about his relationship with William Steinman and revels some very interesting facts about Steinman. He also talks about some UFO cases from the Whi…

Send us a text Season 2 Episode 40. Host Michael Ryan and Christine Scott talk about a number of UFO topics with their mid Summer catch up show. Topics up for discussion include: ufologist Ben Hansen and his new TV show and Who is Issac Koi? Was that a UFO that was seen at Red Rocks? If you would like to look up Issac Koi's large UFO collection onl…

In this episode Barry and Mike return to Bernard Steigler’s What Makes Life Worth Living: On Pharmakology. They tease out Steigler’s terms proletarianism and disintoxification, as well as our possible roles in resisting the poison and fostering the growth of the cure in the pharmakon.De către Michael Repici

Send us a text Summer rerun series. Season 2 Episode 10. In an episode that originally aired on November 8, 2023, Host Michael Ryan interviews retired police constables Rick Prescott and Rob Furlong about their sighting of a black triangle UFO during their nightshift. Rob Furlong also recalls a story that a family friend told about a Tic Tac shaped…

Send us a text Summer rerun series. Season 1 Episode 21. In this episode that originally aired on January 18, 2023 host Michael Ryan interviews Terry Mantell, grandson of Captain Thomas F. Mantell who is the first Air Force pilot to lose their life in pursuit of a UFO. Terry Mantell talks about how his grandfather's death affected their family and …

In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Bernard Steigler’s 2010 book, What Makes Life Worth Living: On Pharmacology. They reconsider their understanding of the pharmakon from Steigler’s other work and discuss the significance of care in pharmakology.De către Michael Repici

Diversity, equity & inclusion (DE&I) is both a business imperative and a core component of a thriving organizational culture. Embedding DE&I in the company culture realizes massive business benefits for those companies that have it as a genuine organizational belief. Professor and best-selling author, Marcus Collins, offers valuable insights for le…

Send us a text Summer Rerun Series. In an episode that originally aired on May 3, 2023, host Michael Ryan interviews retired NASA scientist Dr. Richard F. Haines about his book CE-5 and humans trying to communicate with extraterrestrials. He also discusses two cases from his book Advanced Aerial Devices Reported During the Korean War in which up to…

If you are a company employee who wants to start creating content on social platforms like LinkedIn, or if you are a company that'd like to empower its employees to start creating content, then this episode is for you. Sara Stella Lattanzio, LinkedIn Top Voice and B2B marketing strategist, shares insights from her journey, highlighting the importan…

Send us a text Summer rerun series. In this episode that originally aired on January 25, 2023, host Michael Ryan interviews U.S. soldier David Marceau who had an encounter in 1992 with a UFO that was 100 feet long and 50 feet wide late at night while he was on guard duty at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown. The base at Gagetown is a massive (over 420 …

In this episode, Barry and Mike finish their discussion of Chayka on Han and Benjamin’s essay, “The Storyteller.” In teasing out Han and Benjamin’s ideas about the distinction between narration and information, they land on the problem posed by the contemporary digital campfire.De către Michael Repici

Send us a text Summer rerun series. In episode 5 from Season 2 (which originally aired on October 4, 2023) two eyewitness accounts of UFOs that were closer than 30 feet away. Each sighting has changed the witness and the way they view the world. Julie is from Melbourne, Australia and she talks about her encounter that was witnessed by her and three…

Send us a text Summer rerun series. In episode #30 that originally aired on March 22, 2023 Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into the facts to find the truth. Did Gordon Cooper actually film the landing of a UFO at Edwards Air Force Base? Christine Scott also gives her book review of the Anomalist Books reprint edit…

In this episode, Barry and Mike focus exclusively on the distinction between the storyteller and the novelist as explained in Walter Benjamin’s 1936 essay, “The Storyteller.”De către Michael Repici

Send us a text Season 2 Episode 39. In the Season 2 finale, host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into The Star Blanket Encounter. On the night of November 27, 1973 a UFO that was described as being between 100-150 feet in diameter was first seen by Chief Noel Star of the Star Blanket First Nations Reservation. Over the…

Send us a text Season 2 Episode 38. Host Michael Ryan interviews aviation safety expert Todd Curtis. Mr. Curtis talks about weather balloons and why UFOs are most likely not secret technology. Todd Curtis also talks about his time in the U.S. Air Force where he served at Edwards Air Force Base. He also talks about a glider pilot in Albany, New York…

In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Kyle Chayka’s assessment of the “Internet’s New Favorite Philosopher,” Byung-Chul Han. For those unfamiliar with Han's media theory, we encourage you to click the link above and read the Chayka article before listening to the episode.De către Michael Repici

Send us a text Season 2 Episode 37. Host Michael Ryan interviews the son of Lawrence Smith who was a witness along with his brother, Gene Smith to the UFOs at Bear Point, Nova Scotia. The BEAR POINT INCIDENT was covered in Season 2, Episode 28. Charles Smith (son of Lawrence Smith), brings the event to life as he recounts what it was like when his …

In this episode Barry and Mike discuss the “Sonny Bunch Hosts the Bulwark Goes to Hollywood” episode “The Future of Media is Passive” and the notion of “linear streaming.” The ponder what it says about our distracted worlds.De către Michael Repici

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Send us a text Season 2 Episode 36. Host Michael Ryan interviews UK ufologist Alan Foster. Mr. Foster covers many topics including The Night of Triangles which happened in Southern Wales in January, 1983. He also talks about an RAF pilot who chased a huge UFO over Cyprus. If you would like to find out more about Alan Foster you can check out UK Pil…

Send us a text Season 2 Episode 35. Michael Ryan interviews legendary ufologist Jan Aldrich about Lt. Col. Wayne Mattson. Mattson is a mysterious and little-known figure in the UFO world. However, he may have known more about UFOs than anyone else. Jan also talks about an important UFO encounter that Mattson had while flying during the Vietnam war.…

In this episode Barry and Mike talk about Andrew Milne’s essay, “Tourists in our own Reality: Susan Sontag’s Photography at 50” in an attempt to update her arguments for the digital age. They puzzle over what it means to have an authentic relationship to photographs, or to be authentic ourselves.De către Michael Repici

Send us a text Season 2 Episode 34. Host Michael Ryan interviews documentary filmmaker Joe Tury about his film Grand Tower UFOs and Other High Strangeness. His film covers the event that happened on March 22, 1973 when a UFO was hovering over the Grand Tower Illinois Power Plant. Grand Tower is also the site of a lot of other high strangeness over …

Send us a text Season 2 Episode 33. No, this isn't the headline from a supermarket tabloid...this really happened. Host Michael Ryan and Commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into RCMP reports from March 4, 1969 and June 5, 1969. High strangeness was overhead on the night of March 4 and June 5, 1969. We discuss the reports of RCMP personnel …

In this episode Barry and Mike discuss chapter 2 of of Jonathan Crary’s “Scorched Earth.” They focus on social media as a pharmacological problem within the Internet Complex.De către Michael Repici

Send us a text Season 2 Episode 32. Host Michael Ryan interviews Irish ufologist Chris Gaffney. Chris Gaffney takes us on a deep dive of all things relating to UFOs in Ireland. From the 2004 encounter that an Aer Lingus 737 had with a triangle UFO. The encounter caused damage to the wing of the aircraft. We also play a conversation between Shannon …

Send us a text Season 2 Episode 31. Host Michael Ryan interviews author Bill Rountree. Mr. Rountree spent most of his life as project manager on large information technology projects for major companies like Sprint and Coca Cola, but for over 50 years he kept a secret. He had been having alien encounters since he was 7 years old. Bill Rountree talk…

Barry and Mike discuss Jonathan Crary’s critique of the “internet complex” and what it means.De către Michael Repici

Send us a text Season 2 Episode 30. Host Michael Ryan and Commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into The Prochner Farm Incident. During the early morning hours of August 4, 1968 three members of the Prochner family witnessed a large UFO hovering over their house and their barn. The farm was located near Qu'appelle, Saskatchewan. The three fa…

Send us a text Season 2 Episode 29. Host Michael Ryan interviews retired Major Harold Skaarup. Major Skaarup spent 40 years in Canadian Army Intelligence and he was deployed in Cyprus, Bosnia-Herzegovina and in Afghanistan. He was also stationed at the NATO base in Lahr, Germany and the NORAD base at Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. He talks about NORA…

Barry and Mike discuss Siegfried Kracauer's 1926 essay "Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces." Written nearly 100 years ago, the essay is strangely relevant to our current political landscape. We pay special attention to Kracauer's unique notion of distraction, which contra Stiegler, Kracauer views as a stimulus to thought.…

Send us a text Season 2 Episode 28. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into The Bear Point Incident. Five witnesses from two location see between 5 and 6 UFOs from two different locations in Nova Scotia, Canada. Lawrence Smith and his brother Gene first see the UFOs near Bear Point (which is not that far from Shag Ha…

Send us a text Season 2 Episode 27. In part 2 of Michael Ryan's interview with Jan Aldrich, Jan talks about UFO researcher Ted Blocher and John Musgrave from British Columbia. He also gives his thoughts of Jackie Gleason's UFO research and his experiences with James McDonald and Ann Druffel. He also talks about recent research into UFOs during the …

Barry and Mike discuss Yanis Varoufakis' book, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, and the challenge it presents to Marxist theories about global capital.De către Michael Repici

Send us a text Season 2 Episode 26. Host Michael Ryan interviews UFO legend Jan Aldrich about his 60 plus years in ufology. In part 1 of a 2 part interview, Jan talks about the people and places that he has met in his UFO journey. The highlight of part 1 is his explanation of the 1968 Minot Air Force Base UFO case that had many witnesses, multiple …

Civista Bank's Autumn Jose shares the journey of implementing their successful employee ambassador/advocacy program. She provides key insights such as the importance of aligning the program with the employees and bringing them into the action, how to engage with executive leadership, the tools they used, and how they measured success. This episode …