MARS MESSINA PRESENTS

Episode 77 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS features a real ghost story, as experienced by Mars' sister and the sister's friends when they were 11 years old. They somehow summoned spectral visitors from the Great Beyond and they were later to find out that the spirits were - or wanted the girls to think they were - martyred Christian saints, Perpetua and Felicity. BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE ACOUSTIC BOOKSHE...

Episode 76 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS conjures up a "true story" from North London, circa late 1960s-early 1970s. Neighbors walking in and around the Highgate Cemetary claimed to have witnessed a tall, dark spectral being who disappeared into thin air, hypnotized people, crawled out of graves, and killed animals. Dubbed "The Highgate Vampire" by the press and two prominent occultists, the spectre cr...

Episode 75 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS ushers in the spooky month of October with a reading of the classic short horror story, THE MONKEY'S PAW, by W. W. Jacobs. To send correspondence, email thisismarsmessina@gmail.com. To donate to this podcast, Venmo @mdm773. Thank you.

Episode 74 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS has Professor Mars guiding The Inexperienced on their maiden voyage upon the seas of losing their virginity. We will discuss things like emotional intelligence, communication, and relaxing into your first experience. We will also be using anatomical names for sex organs, discussing positions and techniques, and funny bedroom mishaps, SO I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A...

Episode 73 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS briefly covers the EIGHT MAIN CAUSES OF WAR and gives a couple of examples of each cause. We further investigate why the United States of America (the self-proclaimed city on the hill and the shining light in the darkness and the free nation) continually chooses war even after a long and sobering history that teaches that war is nothing but hell - along with our...

For Episode 72 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS, we will talk about the dying of the summer and the coming of the fall, and how our lifestyles and diets should reflect that change, so that we can be functionally healthier. Ayurveda is an ancient system of wellness that points us towards longevity. Just as we have unique, internal natures, the seasons also have unique natures. Autumn is a Vata season - Vat...

Episode 71 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS addresses one feature of the fragmented US health care system. Concierge Medicine is a health care model enjoyed by the wealthiest Americans. If one can afford the big price tag, one can secure the services of a doctor who acts more like a financial asset manager, who expedites the health care process for the client and provides them top of the line medical care...

Episode 70 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS talks about a type of camping in which Mars was once hardly interested. "Glamping" was a barely passable concept. According to professional survivalists who run survivalist - or minimalist, or wilderness - camps, they've seen a 60% increase in enrollment this year over several previous years. Why? There are two major reasons: 1) the fear of climate change and 2)...

Episode 69 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS addresses the subject of Acupuncture, the traditional Chinese medical practice of penetrating the skin with thin, solid, metallic needles in order to bring dynamic balance to a person's energy flow, thereby restoring good health. Acupuncture is an effective technique and a tool in the arsenal of one's systemic health care. Instead of addressing one ailment, one...

For Episode 68 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS, Mars takes the audience through a YOGA NIDRA session. Yoga Nidra is a  Sanskrit term meaning "yogic sleep". It is a deep relaxation technique and a form of meditation. It is an ancient technique where the practitioner enters the deep states of conscious relaxation.  It is a systematic practice of moving awareness from our external world to the inn...

Episode 67 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS picks up from where we left off from Episode 66, in which we talked about the origins of the political movement, QAnon, and its birthplace, the imageboard website, 4chan. In this episode, we further explore how anonymously posted stories, pranks, trolls, and bamboozles have been taken literally by internet users who stumble across these posts, who believe them t...

Episode 66 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS answers the question - in a nutshell - "What is QAnon?" You've heard and read about this group in the news but may not know much about them, other than their activities during the January 6, 2021 breach of the US Capitol. I am going to talk about how QAnon started and how it has become what it is, today. One cannot discuss QAnon without talking about where it or...

Episode 65 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS spotlights the farming practice known as Regenerative Agriculture, aka Regen Ag. Its main objective is to keep carbon sequestered in the soil through the most organic, natural and hands-off means necessary. In short, the practices that regen ag farmers employ are ancient, derived from the tens-of-thousands years long practices of indigenous peoples. The Anishina...

Episode 64 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS focuses on the disappearance of a 15 year old citizen of Vatican City, whose father was a Vatican official. Did the girl run away, or was she kidnapped? Circumstantial evidence points to a variety of potential kidnappers: a Turkish nationalist group, the Mafia, and even the Vatican, itself. The only thing that seems to be certain is that the Vatican has played i...

Episode 63 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS begins with sage TRAVEL TIPS from a worker in the airline industry concerning flying during a time of lower pandemic restrictions, with the resultant full flights...but with half the flight staff and ground crews. If you are planning to fly anytime soon, please listen to this episode. We will also give further travel pointers to make your trip more successful. B...

For Episode 62 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS we will explore perception, and how it pertains to a sense of failure and a sense of success. Some of us find ourselves repeating continuous loops of failure in our relationships, at work, or in other personal pursuits. We will learn more about the brain's dorsilateral prefrontal cortex and how it develops patterns that are based on past experiences and memo...

For Episode 61 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS, we discover the origins of Rock & Roll music. They are not to be found in the 1950's rollicking, fun songs of Elvis, Pat Boone, Jerry Lee Lewis. The roots of the genre go deeper...further...darker...and were obscured by racism and marketing. You'll find rock's influences in the slippery notes of Jazz, the humidity of the backwoods, and the seeds of it a...

Episode 60 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS asks the question: how and why do the Japanese maintain their youthful appearance, trim figures, and healthy longevity? We did a bit of research at the Mars Messina Laboratories and came up with 20 pointers to help you, too, keep fit -n- fine now and into your old age. In lieu of BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE ACOUSTIC BOOKSHELF, we will close today's episode with a f...

Episode 59 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS talks about a curious murder case. Ari Squire set out to commit the "perfect crime" - a murder to cover up insurance fraud. The plan: find a look-alike, kill the man, and make the crime scene look like Ari, himself, died in an accident...then, run away and assume his victim's identity. BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE ACOUSTIC BOOKSHELF concludes today's episode with a...

Episode 58 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS revisits the subject of Episode 4: Unidentified Flying Objects, aka UFOs or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, aka UAP. The first congressional hearing into UFO sightings in the US in over 50 years was held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. The reason for this publicized meeting was for the military to inform the nation and the world that 400 UAP sightings were reported in...

The narrative poem, THE DIVINE COMEDY, consists of three parts - Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Dante Alighieri took 12 years, while under duress, to write this - one of the world's greatest masterpieces and arguably the greatest writ in Italian literature. Episode 57 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS features a reading from Inferno, where Dante and Virgil visit the 2nd Circle of Hell (of which...

Episode 56 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS speaks to the curious architectural stylings, the fascinating history, and the darkly mysterious aura of the Chicago skyscraper known as The John Hancock Center. Not only will we talk about its unique-but- sensible structure and use, we will also explore its haunted status and why residents, workers, and investigators of the supernatural believe that the buildin...

Episode 55 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS takes up where Episode 49 left off. In that previous episode, we talked about the dreams people had in the months, weeks and days preceding their deaths. In today's episode, we discuss the lucid and vivid experiences many people have had in the minutes AFTER being declared dead, which they were able to share, because they came back into their bodies, having rega...

Episode 54 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS attempts to translate some slang terms and words used by Generation Z and Generation Alpha for the older ear. We provide our listeners with a glossary of various phraseology within certain contexts so that you, too, will be able to say less, before you go off and yeet...without looking sus. BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE ACOUSTIC BOOKSHELF closes this episode with the...

Episode 53 is a holiday special for MARS MESSINA PRESENTS listeners. Wishing everyone a happy Ramadan, a happy Passover, and a happy Easter...and happy spring! We will first talk about the history of Passover and describe the Passover seder. Upon examining Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday, we discover its similarities to Passover and, for the believer in Jesus Christ, how the Passover...