Richard Syrett's Strange Planet

EPISODE #597 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, PSYCHEDELICS, AND CONSCIOUSNESS Can we build a robot that trips on acid? This is not a frivolous question, according to neuroscientist Andrew Smart. If we can't, he argues, we haven't really created artificial intelligence. Richard and Andrew discuss his book Beyond Zero and One, which challenges fundamental assumptions underlying artificial intelligence. Gues...

EPISODE #596 ROOM 237 - HIDDEN MEANINGS IN STANLEY KUBRICK'S "THE SHINING" Richard welcomes filmmaker to talk about his documentary, "Room 237" which explores various theories about supposed hidden meanings inside the 1980 psychological horror film, The Shining, produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The Shining, some cinephiles theorize is an allegory for the plight of Native Americans. Others...

EPISODE #595 POLE SHIFTS PT. 2 Richard speaks with an aerospace engineer and researcher concerning a series of cataclysmic pole shifts,human origins, ancient technology, and archaeological enigmas. Mark Carlotto is an aerospace engineer with over thirty years of experience in satellite imaging, remote sensing, image processing, and pattern recognition. He received a Ph. D. in Electrical Engineerin...

EPISODE #594 POLE SHIFTS PT. 1 Richard speaks with an aerospace engineer and researcher concerning a series of cataclysmic pole shifts,human origins, ancient technology, and archaeological enigmas. Mark Carlotto is an aerospace engineer with over thirty years of experience in satellite imaging, remote sensing, image processing, and pattern recognition. He received a Ph. D. in Electrical Engineerin...

EP. #593 GROUNDBREAKING PARANORMAL RESEARCHER A CONVERSATION WITH JOSHUA P. WARREN PT. 2 Richard speaks with paranormal researcher, author, Joshua P. Warren about his new podcast: Strange Things, as well as shape-shifting immortals, telekinesis, the art of manifesting, and sigils. Guest: Joshua P. Warren has spent more than 20 years breaking ground in the paranormal. He began publishing at the age...

EP. #591 GROUNDBREAKING PARANORMAL RESEARCHER A CONVERSATION WITH JOSHUA P. WARREN PT. 1 Richard speaks with paranormal researcher, author, Joshua P. Warren about his new podcast: Strange Things, as well as shape-shifting immortals, telekinesis, the art of manifesting, and sigils. Guest: Joshua P. Warren has spent more than 20 years breaking ground in the paranormal. He began publishing at the age...

PLUS EPISODE #0030 JIM HAROLD'S CAMPFIRE Guest: Jim Harold is among America's most popular paranormal podcast hosts. With his free programs, The Paranormal Podcast and Jim Harold’s Campfire, Jim has developed a loyal following over the last 15 years that spans the globe. After over a decade of working on the business side of media, Jim decided it was time to dust off his broadcast training and ste...

PLUS EPISODE 0029 ESOTERIC HOLLYWOOD UNVEILED Richard welcomes an author/historian and 32nd degree mason who reveals occult and esoteric symbolism in cinema. Guest: Robert W. Sullivan IV is a philosopher, historian, antiquarian, jurist, theologian, writer, and lawyer. He attended Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania becoming a brother of Lambda Chi Alpha (Theta Pi, member #1199) fraternity. He earne...

EPISOE #590 TAVISTOCK Richard welcomes an award winning investigative journalist and best selling author of The True Story of the Bilderberg Group to discuss his latest research into the techniques of social engineering the masses carried out by the infamous Tavistock Institute.  Guest: Daniel Estulin is an award winning investigative journalist and best selling author of The True Story of the Bil...

EP. #589 UFO/ET JOURNALIST LINDA MOULTON HOWE Richard speaks with an Emmy-award-winning broadcaster and journalist who discusses animal mutilations, alien abductions, and current day DNA manipulation in Earth life by a very advanced alien presence. Guest: Linda Moulton Howe has received local, national and international awards, including three regional Emmys, a national Emmy nomination and a Stati...

EPISODE #588 CARBON 60 - THE MIRACLE MOLECULE UPDATE Richard welcomes Chris Burres, a research engineer and scientist whose primary mission is to help people live longer, healthier, pain free lives. Burres has a diverse background in the field of inventions and manufacturing. With a BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Houston, Burres is a co-inventor of the most efficient fullerene man...

EPISODE #587 THE CHILDREN OF ROSWELL Renowned Roswell Investigators Don Schmitt and Tom Carey discuss the seven decades long legacy of fear, intimidation and cover ups after an unknown flying object crashed in New Mexico and was recovered by the United States Government. Guest: Don Schmitt is the former co-director of the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, where he served as Director of Specia...

EPISODE #586 ALIEN ABDUCTIONS OF CHILDRENRichard speaks with two investigators from a paranormal research group in New York City about cases of alien abduction of children. Although abduction and other UFO-related reports are usually made by adults, sometimes young children report similar experiences. These child-reports often feature very specific details in common with reports of abduction made...

EPISODE #585 THE MONSTER FILES Government agencies all around the world have been secretly collecting and studying data on bizarre beasts, amazing animals, and strange creatures.  Guest: Nick Redfern has been interested in UFOs since 1978. His main area of research centres around determining what has been learned about the UFO subject at an official level in Britain. He has spent hundreds of hours...

EPISODE #584 THE PSYCHOPATHIC CONTROL GRID Richard welcomes a musician, communications consultant and author to discuss his research into modern day psychopaths, how they possess a soulless or cold quality, and use their abilities to manipulate or hurt others in order to get ahead Guest: Thomas Sheridan is an independent alternative artist. His illustrations have appeared on the cover of newsstand...

EPISODE #583 HAUNTED ASYLUM Richard welcomes the owner of a former hospital near Salt Lake City which has long been known for a gang of ghosts who like to interact with the living. Hundreds of staff members, visitors, and ghost hunters have encountered the spirits over the years, hearing voices, seeing apparitions and experiencing frightening evidence of the existence of long-dead physicians and p...

Richard speaks with an engineer who claims he's successfully completed of a series of basic experiments that provide the foundation for building a practical time machine, based upon a little understood theory of Albert Einstein. This accomplishment places him in direct competition with Ronald Mallett, PhD of the University of Connecticut who became world famous during the last decade for patenting...

EPISODE #581 A CONVERSATION WITH JOSEPH P. FARRELL PT. 2 Richard welcomes a prolific author and researcher to discuss the pandemic, UFO Disclosure, the Secret Space Program, The Pandemic, and more. Guest: Joseph P. Farrell is a recognized scholar whose credentials include a PhD in philosophy from the University of Oxford. His literary contribution is a veritable resume unto itself covering such fi...

EPISODE #580 A CONVERSATION WITH JOSEPH P. FARRELL PT. 1 Richard welcomes a prolific author and researcher to discuss the pandemic, the Great Reset, financial fraud, international banking, hidden systems of finance, black budgets and breakaway civilizations. Guest: Joseph P. Farrell is a recognized scholar whose credentials include a PhD in philosophy from the University of Oxford. His literary co...

Richard discusses a wide range of topics with Robert W. Sullivan IV, author of The Royal Arch of Enoch: The Impact of Masonic Ritual, Philosopohy and Symbolism including High Degree Freemasonry as an invention of the Jesuits, Adam Weishaupt and The Illuminati, the Book of Enoch and the Fallen Angels. Then, mysterious ruins found in the mountains of Peru and Bolivia may be the work of a far older c...

EPISODE #578 THE CONNERY/BOND CANON PT. 4 "THUNDERBALL" Richard welcomes a comic book-style illustrator and pop culture historian to discuss the fourth and final film in the Sean Connery, James Bond canon, Thunderball. Guest: Arlen Schumer is an award-winning comic book-style illustrator for the advertising and editorial markets, and a member of The Society of Illustrators; an author/designer of c...

EPISODE #577 TRANS-HUMANISM Richard welcomes a visual artist, media designer and futurist to discuss the international cultural and intellectual movement known as trans-humanism and what a post-human world will look like. Guest: Natasha Vita-More is a media designer and futurist, and a prominent proponent of ethical means for achieving human enhancement. She has spoken worldwide on futurism and ar...

PLUS EPISODE #0028 THE SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH Dr. Richard Broughton is the President of the Society for Psychical Research The SPR was the first organization established to examine allegedly paranormal phenomena using scientific principles. Their aim is to learn more about events and abilities commonly described as "psychic" or "paranormal" by supporting research, sharing information and e...

PLUS EPISODE #0027 UFO ENCOUNTERS Richard welcomes a veteran UFO/ET researcher about his latest book which details 25 new and never-before-heard real UFO encounters. Guest: Preston Dennett began investigating UFOs and the paranormal in 1986 when he discovered that his family, friends and co-workers were having dramatic unexplained encounters. Since then, he has interviewed hundreds of witnesses an...

EPISODE #576 VISITATIONS FROM ULTRA-TERRESTRIALS Richard welcomes an inter-faith minister who recalls his visitations with ultra-terrestrial beings and how this has led him to re-interpret the Biblical narrative. Guest: Rev. Michael S. Carter is originally from Baltimore, Maryland. He moved to New York City in 1980 and lived there for 25 years, working as a professional actor before moving to Ashe...