Neon Galactic with James Faulk

In this episode, I interview author, technologist and entrepreneur Rizwan Virk about his new book, “The Zen Entrepreneur and the Dream,” exploring how he was broken open by traumatic experiences and personal challenges that led him to an expanded universe of ontological possibilities.  The book covers Virk’s journey from being an ambitious young businessman chasing his first major win to becoming...

In this episode, I’m joined by Pavel Ibarra Meda from the Psicoactivo podcast and UFO researcher Daniel Elizondo to discuss Jay Stratton’s much-awaited book, “Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life.” We discuss the details we found most appealing, including the various descriptions of hitchhiker activity in Stratton’s home, as well as what the book reveals about t...

On this episode, author, historian, and occultist Peter Levenda joins us once again to explore the UFO phenomenon and its relationship to consciousness, mysticism, religion, magick and human development over the centuries. We consider the difference between the alien and spiritual entities, the initiatory power of contact, HP Lovecraft’s seemingly prescient work on the awakening of Cthulhu, and th...

How does archetypal astrology connect to UFOs and non-human intelligence? Are humans and so-called aliens both merely subject to the whims of stars and planets, or does the UFO itself function as the eyes and ears of a greater reality (or agency) that seeks to keep humans under quarantine? In this episode, Dan Waites from the World Astrology Report YouTube channel joins us to explore this question...

How should we understand the human inclination to interpret everything extraordinary under the lens of religious dogmatism? Can we prevent that collapse of categories when engaging the subject of UFOs and non-human intelligence? On this episode, I sit down with Carlos Eire, author of “They Flew:  A History of the Impossible,” and the T. L. Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale U...

Human progress, from the very beginning, has been shaped by outside intelligences pursuing an unknown agenda by provoking innovation and inspiring experiencers to break old molds. On this episode, I interview author Mark Booth about his studies of esoterica and his long-running assertions that secret wisdom-keepers have maintained a rogue academic lineage through millennia. We also explore how gre...

Thanks to the Tedesco Brothers, the UFO mystery is rapidly getting solved. In this episode, I sit down with John and Gerry Tedesco to discuss their UAP research, their invention and deployment of the Nightcrawler mobile sensor platform, and where the resulting data has led them.  The brothers describe how they began their research after a government report unexpectedly validated the presence of UF...

On this episode, I sit down with researcher and author Christopher Noël to discuss his nested field theory of consciousness, an idea that seeks to explain paranormal phenomena and UFO encounters through the presence of a fundamental field of mind. Noël shares his personal experiences with ghosts as a teenager and his 20 years of research into Sasquatch, then outlines his theory that consciousness...

Encountering mystery prompts a profound rethinking of all we thought we knew. On this episode, we convene a panel of folks who’ve long entertained the question of how the UFO and NHI intersects with spirituality, mythology, transformation, death, and the metacrisis now unfolding across human society. David Stuss and Dr. Chris Avis, both educators from Camosun College in British Columbia, are joine...

Are what we witness as UFOs and UAP, including both plasmid orbs and metallic craft, the vanguard of two opposing futures vying for manifestation? In this interview, Dr. Joanna Kujawa discusses her new book, “Alien Goddess: UFOs, AI, and the Goddess of Ascension,” which uses Jungian archetypes, ancient myth, gnostic tradition, and much else to present a compelling analysis of this moment in human...

In this interview, I sit down with John Priestman, chairman of the nonprofit organization uNHIdden, to explore how the biggest threat from UFOs so far is the denial of deleterious health impacts from contact and poor planning around disclosure.  Unaddressed, these issues could make future UFO revelations catastrophically destabilizing, which means more lives and money lost.  UNHIdden researches th...

On this episode, I sit down with author, speaker, and spiritual practitioner Matt Zemon to discuss how psychedelic mushrooms are becoming a sacrament to reconnect people with their spiritual nature, a method to break free from the egoic mind and find holistic perspective. Matt Zemon is executive director of the Council on Spiritual Practices, an organization that for over three decades has been de...

On this episode, I sit down with Kimberly Engels, associate professor of philosophy at Molloy University and research director of the John Mack Institute, to discuss her book, "Contact and Multidimensional Subjectivity: Toward a Phenomenology of Disclosure."  The conversation focuses on Engels' approach to studying UFO experiencers through phenomenological methods, examining how thes...

In this episode, I interview one of the premier experts and advocates on the subjects of UAP disclosure, legislative remedies, government secrecy, and whistleblower safety to analyze recent “progress” in the disclosure movement and parse political theater from true reform.  Kirk McConnell is a former long-time congressional staffer who served 37 years for the Senate Armed Services Committee and bo...

On this episode, I sitdown with Joya LaRock-Swafford to discuss her life, her near-death experiences, her UFO encounters, and her passion to highlight the aging process as a vital method for spiritual development. She is a social gerontologist, writer, and the creator of The Second Half Method Her work explores how near-death experiences, UAP encounters, and other transpersonal experiences can ill...

In this episode, I sit down with Marina Weiler, a neuroscientist and consciousness researcher from the University of Virginia's Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), to discuss her work on anomalous experiences and consciousness phenomena. We explore her study of out-of-body and near-death experiences, as well as her research into the telepathic capabilities of non-speaking autists. Weiler descri...

On this episode, I sit down with Greg Bishop and Joshua Cutchin to discuss the UFO phenomenon, non-human intelligence, and the tendency of these subjects to have a great psychic impact on researchers and percipients. Cutchin is an author, folklorist and musician whose work in recent years has earned great acclaim for its insight, breadth, and power. Bishop is a researcher, podcaster, and art histo...

On this episode, I interview UAP researcher Daniel Elizondo, coauthor with the Hermetic Penetrator of the e-book Loose Threads , about the prevalence of counter-intelligence ops and agents within the UFO community. We discuss the current situation surrounding UAP disclosure, the recent revelations around Lue Elizondo’s alleged involvement in the Legacy Program, the fate of Jacques Vallee’s Capella...

On this episode, I sit down with Pavel Ibarra Meda, host of the Psicoactivo Podcast and a seeker after truths related to UAP, non-human intelligence, consciousness, reality, and much else. Based out of Mexico, Pavel is a career sports journalist whose own life has been touched by extraordinary experiences. We discuss several of those episodes, and explore what they say about the nature of reality....

On this episode, I interview Canadian businessman, experiencer, and Vedic practitioner Jeffrey Selver about his life of spiritual experiences and contact with non-human intelligence.  Selver describes a dramatic and traumatic spiritual crisis that struck him at a young age, one that propelled him on a journey across Canada in search of meaning and following the trail of synchronicities.  Ultimatel...

On this episode, I sit down with experiencer, therapist, wilderness guide, and adventurer Erik Schlimmer to discuss his work counseling witnesses of the phenomenon and helping them to process and contextualize their encounters. Schlimmer has had his own brushes with the extraordinary, which he describes in this interview. He also relates how the social stigma around UFOs has played out in his psyc...

If you’ve ever wanted a detailed map of spiritual reality and a breakdown of how the individual soul fits within the broader context of being and becoming, this is it. On this episode, co-host David Stuss and I sit down with author and philosopher Christopher Bache to discuss his work in psychedelics and how those protocols presented him with a detailed experience of spiritual reality. Bache is pr...

In this episode, I again interview Dan Waites from World Astrology Report about the dramatic planetary conjunction of Saturn and Neptune at 0 degrees Ares, an astrological rarity that promises a Great Reset of human systems and identity. We explore the alignment’s potential connection to the UFO phenomena and non-human intelligence, including ancient stories of the Annunaki and Nephilim. Waites ex...

In this episode, I sit down with Matthew David Segall, an author, associate professor, and department chair in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at California Institute of Integral Studies.  We explore the physicalist ontology currently dominant in the scientific world, and how that philosophy has impacted society.  Segall explains how Alfred Whitehead, a mathematician, partnere...

The first tranche of UAP files released by the embattled Trump Administration leaves the UFO community cold, but clinging to hope. In this interview, I sit down with Daniel Elizondo, co-author of "Loose Threads," to discuss the recent release of UFO files by the Trump Administration. The files largely largely consisted of previously known information, and the small amount of fresh materi...