The 'X' Zone Radio/TV Show

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes William L. Murtha, author, speaker and transformational thinker whose remarkable survival story became the basis of his book Dying for a Change: Survival, Hope and the Miracle of Choice. Murtha's life changed dramatically after he was swept from his bicycle and out to sea by a massive freak wave off the coast of Britain. Battling freezing water and severe hypother...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes William J. Federer, author, speaker and historical commentator known for his writings on American history, religion and government. Federer is president of American Minute, Inc., produces the American Minute history feature, and has written or contributed to more than 30 books. His best-known works include America's God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations and W...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes the late William H. Kennedy, investigative author and researcher whose controversial work examined Satanism, occultism, ritual-abuse allegations, secret societies and institutional corruption. Kennedy was the author of Lucifer's Lodge: Satanic Ritual Abuse in the Catholic Church, published by Sophia Perennis in 2004, as well as Satanic Crime: A Threat in the New M...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Yuliya Brodskaya, spiritual teacher, transformational guide, mindfulness facilitator and internationally certified professional coach whose work brings together personal transformation, meditation, spirituality and what she calls the Golden Age Teaching. Brodskaya is the co-founder and president of InTurnOut, and her professional background combines organizational...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Rhetta Akamatsu, author, journalist and paranormal investigator whose book Haunted Marietta explores the ghost stories, legends and turbulent history surrounding her hometown of Marietta, Georgia. Published by The History Press in 2009 as part of its Haunted America series, the book combines local history with accounts of alleged paranormal activity associated wit...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Sharka Marie Glet, professional artist, writer, counsellor and spiritual teacher whose work combines art, metaphysics, consciousness and a deeply held belief in guardian angels. Glet earned a Master of Arts degree from Charles University in Prague and a Doctor of Divinity degree from the School of Metaphysics in Missouri. Born in the former Czechoslovakia, she say...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Jeff Peckman, Denver entrepreneur, activist and UFO disclosure advocate who took the extraterrestrial question somewhere few UFO researchers had taken it before—directly to the voting booth. Beginning in 2008, Peckman spearheaded an effort to establish an official Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission within the City and County of Denver, Colorado, arguing that loca...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Richard P. Jackson, veteran paranormal investigator, psychic, medium, spiritual healer and self-described exorcist whose work has taken him into some of the more extreme areas of alleged supernatural activity. Jackson says his journey began after his own family experienced disturbing phenomena in a renovated New England farmhouse. Searching for answers eventually...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Dalton Walker, whose unusual story centres on a mysterious rock he believed may have fallen from the sky. Unlike an ordinary stone picked up along a roadside or in a field, Walker considered this specimen strange enough to seek scientific examination and government records concerning tests allegedly performed on it. The 'X' Zone guest archive confirms Walker's app...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes acclaimed French-American filmmaker Jules Naudet, co-director with his brother Gédéon Naudet of the extraordinary documentary In God's Name. The film grew from the brothers' experience on September 11, 2001, when they were documenting New York City firefighters and became eyewitnesses to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Jules was filming inside the...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Dr. Gillian Holloway, psychologist, internationally recognized dream researcher, author and educator whose work explores what our dreams may reveal about our emotions, relationships and waking lives. Holloway holds a Ph. D. in psychology, worked with dream analysis for more than two decades and taught college courses in Dream Psychology, Nightmares and Intuition a...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Toni Elizabeth Sar'h Petrinovich, spiritual teacher, mystic, author and metaphysician whose work explores consciousness, spirituality and what she describes as the relationship between metaphysical principles and quantum physics. Petrinovich holds a ministerial doctorate in metaphysics and has operated Sacred Spaces in Washington State's San Juan Islands. The 'X'...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Tony Uberoi, a Toronto-based psychic, intuitive life coach and practitioner of palmistry, astrology and numerology. Born and raised in India, Uberoi says his interest in psychic and metaphysical subjects began early in life. He recalls becoming aware of what he interpreted as clairvoyant abilities at approximately age 13 and, two years later, discovering a book on...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Tolly Burkan, motivational speaker, author and pioneer of the modern international firewalking movement. Burkan began teaching human-potential seminars in 1973 and, after experiencing firewalking himself in 1977, began introducing the practice to the general public as an exercise for confronting fear and challenging self-imposed limitations. He later founded the F...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Tom Justin, author, speaker, business and life coach, entrepreneur, strategy consultant and longtime researcher of intuition and human potential. Justin has spent decades working in personal, business and spiritual development, speaking and training thousands of people while consulting for organizations ranging from entrepreneurial start-ups to major companies suc...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Tracee Dunblazier, author, publisher, spiritual teacher and longtime leader within the Mind, Body, Spirit community. Dunblazier is President of the Coalition of Visionary Resources (COVR), a trade organization serving the Mind, Body, Spirit marketplace. She has also worked as a grief counselor and describes herself as a spiritual empath and shaman, combining her s...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Tito Abao, author and longtime student of New Age spirituality, whose extraordinary personal journey led him to believe that he lived a previous incarnation as Nero, Emperor of Rome from AD 54 to 68. Abao is the author of The Monograph of the Parallel Life of Tito Abao and Nero, a work presenting his belief that his present life is connected to Nero through a succ...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Warren Bobrow, writer, editor, photographer and food journalist, for a conversation about Zen and the Art of Twitter—an exploration of communication, creativity and finding your authentic voice in the rapidly changing world of social media. Bobrow grew up on a farm in Morristown, New Jersey, graduated from Emerson College with a degree in film, and spent his senio...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Vel Nirtist, the pen name of Lev Tsitrin, author of The Pitfall of Truth: Holy War, Its Rationale and Folly. Published in 2005 by Overview Books, Nirtist's provocative work examines the relationship between religious certainty, extremism, violence and terrorism, asking what happens when individuals become convinced that their interpretation of divine truth is unqu...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Tom T. Moore, author, speaker and spiritual researcher best known for The Gentle Way: A Self-Help Guide for Those Who Believe in Angels. Moore's work centres on a spiritual practice he calls Most Benevolent Outcomes, or MBOs—simple requests that he believes allow people to consciously ask their guardian angels for assistance with everyday situations while reducing...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Dr. Vere Chappell, writer, photographer and researcher specializing in spirituality, human sexuality, occultism and the history of sacred sexuality. Chappell holds a bachelor's degree in Cognitive Science, an MBA and a doctorate in Human Sexuality, and has travelled extensively throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East researching sexuality, spirituality, art an...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Dr. Val Webb, Australian theologian, author and lecturer, for a thought-provoking examination of one of humanity's oldest and most important questions: Do religious traditions created thousands of years ago remain relevant in the modern world? Webb brings an unusual perspective to theology, holding a graduate degree in science as well as a Ph. D. in theology. Her...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Wajid Hassan, author, speaker, teacher, actor, humanitarian and longtime student of metaphysics and New Age spirituality. Born in Pakistan, raised in England and later settling in the United States, Wajid's life has followed an unusually varied path—from working as a field service engineer to stand-up comedy and more than 20 years as a union actor performing voice...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Dr. William A. Gaspar, physician, metaphysical researcher and co-author with Dr. José A. Jaramillo of The World Tree: Gathering for the Shift of 2012–2013. Gaspar's work attempted to connect ancient mythology, astronomy, sacred geometry, spirituality and traditions from civilizations including the Maya and ancient Egyptians in an effort to understand what he and J...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes William Gladstone, author, literary agent, publisher, filmmaker and researcher who became known for his exploration of Mayan traditions and the meaning attributed to December 21, 2012. Gladstone attended Yale College and earned a graduate degree in cultural anthropology from Harvard University. His career also included work as the original researcher for the telev...