Radio Misterioso

If it weren’t for Robert Larson, I probably wouldn’t be involved in the paranormal. We encouraged each other’s interests in the early 1990s, and Robert was an equal contributor to the success of The Excluded Middle, a magazine we co-founded along with my friend Peter Stenshoel.

In the first hour, we talk about election fraud, 9-11 theories, and sliding democracy. The subject then changes to the suicide of CIA/ Contra reporter Gary Webb, as well as the work of author/ reporter Greg Palast (who wrote The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Armed Madhouse.) Then Robert, Walter, and I discuss the films of Alexander Jodorowsky, and Robert Anton Wilson’s influence on our early thinking about conspiracies and anomalies. We also get into the work of Daniel Pinchbeck and the 2012 controversy.

In the second hour, the subject of grain circles crops up, and we talk about the trickster element in this phenomenon. We move on to our own paranormal experiences, including the time a drinking glass literally exploded in my hand in Robert’s kitchen.

In the late 1970s and early ’80s, Robert fronted a punk band called “Naughty Women,” and he says that perhaps there was some unconscious influence from famed sci-fi writer Phillip K. Dick, who lived in Fullerton, California when Robert was attending high school there. Occasionally he will take people on a “Phil Dick Tour” of significant sites in Fullerton.

We segued into a discussion about the adaptations of Dick’s stories to the big screen and filmmakers “teaching” audiences new ways of storytelling, the trickster element in paranormal research, the SERPO/ CARET fiasco, and an extended convsersation on the work of director David Lynch.

We end up with some of the implications of writing and producing radio shows, and how they may be agents for personal change for the audience and the writers/ hosts. Enjoy and listen to Robert’s own show “Out The Rabbit Hole” on Thrusdays from 5-6 PM PST on KUCI FM 88.9 or subscribe to the podcast.

 

 Robert Larson 10/7/07: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

After the mysterious recording failure during our first interview with Ray, we promised to have him back to give the listeners the rest of his story. Stanford’s adult life and experience spans nearly the entire modern history of the UFO subject. 

We started off with Stanford’s memories of government infiltration of and MIB-like activity associated with one of his early civilian UFO groups, including a possible murder attempt and his own early UFO sightings and questions he was asked about them by government officials.

My co-host (and former AFOSI agent) Walter Bosley gets into a heated debate with Stanford about the capabilities of the government to disinform researchers and efforts to cover up secret projects with UFO stories. In the interest of being fair to both parties in a discussion which seemed at a standstill, we moved on to Stanford’s work on Project Starlight. The effort was a research project designed to track and photograph UFOs which was active near the Austin, Texas area in the mid-1970s.

After the break, Stanford spoke about his memories of contactee Howard Menger, and his analysis of Menger’s photographs of spacebrothers and flying saucers, which he thinks were faked. He went on to talk about his theories for the origin of intelligences behind the UFO enigma.

We end with Stanford’s newest endeavour as an amateur palentologist and his many discoveries of dinosaur tracks, some of which are making the trip to the Smithsonian Institute for study and display.

 

 Ray Stanford (pt. 2) 3/8/09: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

James Carrion is the voice of the new Mutual UFO Network. Under his leadership, the UFO enigma may not stand a chance. Carrion actually champions such projects as a look at the effects of the psychoactive substance DMT and its relationship to the abduction problem in a study led by psychedelic researcher Dr. Richard Strassman. He also describes his upcoming talk on government UFO secrecy and how those studying the problem should keep the history of disinformation in mind.

This quote will give an idea of his philosophy for MUFON, and why you should download this show:

“Do you want to know the answer, or do you want to just preserve the mystery?”

 

 James Carrion 6/21/09: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

That’s Peter on the right with Farah Yurdozu and Steve Bassett.

My FTP site is fixed! Here we go.

Peter Robbins was my guest again on June 14th. We talked about his work with the City of Roswell, helping to promote and suggest speakers as well as the weird split of three different conventions going on at the same time. Next, we talked about the “disclosure” issue and his unique take on the subject.

How do you talk to someone who is interested in UFOs, but really have no background in the subject? Robbins says that people will usually want a snap explanation, but aren’t willing to do their own research before making up their minds.

He also talks about possible government sabotage of his Bentwaters Incident research, the events and study that led him to his beliefs about the abduction scenario, and a bit about his research into the life of controversial scientist Wilhelm Reich. Based on a question from a listener, Robbins’ reminisces about his sister, “Helen Wheels,” who was a punk rock icon as well as experiencing a series of abduction episodes.

Sorry, but the last couple of minutes of the interview are missing due to difficulties with a remote recorder which a friend was using. I have acquired a portable digital recorder which should eliminate any future problems.

 

 Peter Robbins 6/14/09: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download