Ground Zero

This week Joey and Ben sit down with Jedidiah Tilleo — a man who was called on the Damascus Road, sent to Las Vegas, played Jesus in the Passion Play for seven years (getting crucified more times than he can count), took Clark County to court over religious land use law and won, and had a divine encounter where he saw what he calls "God's computer" — massive spinning fiery pillars covered in livin...

This week Joey and Ben sit down with Rafael Arroyo, candidate for Nevada State Senate District 12, for one of our most unique episodes yet. Two completely different conversations woven into one. In the first half, Rafael walks us through the story most candidates won't tell. Born in Puerto Rico, moved to Las Vegas at six years old. Opened his own business at 22. Got visited by a detective with a g...

This is Ben's full testimony. The long version. Strap in. Joseph Charafi sits back and lets Benjamin Richau take the wheel for an hour and a half of one of the wildest faith journeys you'll ever hear. From junior high arms dealer to crack and meth addict to confined-space pressure vessel welder to ministering in a coffee shop, every chapter is more intense than the last. Ben walks through the haun...

This week Joey and Ben go a different direction. No giants. No Saturn. No underground bases (well, a little). Just two grown men telling the truth about how God found them. Joey shares the night a demonic apparition appeared in his college dorm, the prayer his mom taught him as a kid that he didn't understand until that moment, and the blue blanket of God's presence that swept the room and changed...

1.4 billion people believe they descend from one man — the Yellow Emperor — who was born from a cloud of light, fought a six-armed monster, and ascended to heaven on a dragon. Tonight Joey, Benjamin, and Tony Benton go deep into the strangest threads in Asian mythology and where they connect to everything else we've been pulling on. A pearl diver in 960 AD who psychically rescued ships at sea whil...

Ben's computer crashed. Then his camera. Then his headphones. Then the whole rig — twice . Three cameras in one night. Right as we sat down to record an episode about Saturn worship, the Black Cube, and the symbol hiding in plain sight across every major religion on earth. Coincidence? You decide. This week Joey is joined by Ben, Tony, and Ground Zero's youngest guest ever — 15-year-old Lucas Jeff...

In Episode 2 of Gr0und Zer0, Joey Charafi and Benjamin Richau are joined by Tony Benton — board member of the Stop the Traffic Foundation and AI expert — for one of the most wide-ranging conversations the show has had yet. They open with the deep ocean — NASA's history of underwater research, the five depth zones, and the mystery of the Bloop, the most powerful unidentified sound ever recorded, de...

Gr0und Zer0 is the podcast that asks the questions your Sunday school teacher skipped. Hosted by Joey Charafi, president of the Stop the Traffic Foundation, Nevada Assembly candidate, and lifelong Las Vegan, alongside co-host Benjamin Richau, spiritual advisor, seer, and Bible study facilitator for entrepreneurs across the U.S. This show lives at the intersection of scripture, the supernatural, hi...