The 'X' Zone Radio/TV Show

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Carol Ingley, futurist, high-tech expert, author, publisher, and consultant, for a fascinating discussion about a future that isn't waiting for tomorrow—because much of it is already here. Carol has worked extensively in telecommunications, networks, finance, marketing, satellite technology, and digital transformation, helping organizations understand how rapidly...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Charity Becker, author of the dark paranormal novel Presence: Awakening, the first installment in her Presence series. Published in 2010, Awakening introduces readers to Mina Jewel, a woman whose childhood was shattered when she witnessed what she insists was a terrifying supernatural creature killing her abusive stepfather. The authorities don't believe her story...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Carole Whang Schutter, author and screenwriter, for a provocative examination of religious extremism, terrorism, fanaticism, and the frightening ability of charismatic leaders to persuade ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of violence. Schutter's interest in the subject grew from her work on the historical drama September Dawn, which examines the Mountai...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Candace L. Talmadge, professional writer, author, and explorer of emotional and spiritual healing. Talmadge has been a professional writer since 1976, with a background that includes political and business journalism as well as fiction and nonfiction. Together with Jana L. Simons, she co-authored Hope Is in the Garden: Healing Resolution Through Unconditional Love...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Dr. Caron B. Goode, author, counselor, psychotherapist, educator, and parenting expert whose work has explored the fascinating world of intuitive and highly sensitive children. Drawing on fifteen years in private psychotherapy practice and three decades of experience in education, personal empowerment, and therapy, Goode has devoted much of her career to helping p...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Carole Brody Fleet, award-winning author, speaker, and recognized grief and life-adversity recovery expert, for an intimate and compassionate conversation about surviving one of life's most devastating experiences—the death of a spouse. Carole is the author of Happily Even After: A Guide to Getting Through (and Beyond) the Grief of Widowhood, winner of the 2013 Bo...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Bud “Buddy” Gilham, author of It’s a Buddy’s World, a warm, humorous, sometimes poignant collection of stories, essays, and observations drawn from real-life experiences. Originally growing from articles Bud published in magazines and newspapers, the book looks at those wonderfully human moments we all experience—from the funny and embarrassing to the deeply emoti...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Chris Flisher, nationally recognized astrologer, artist, teacher, writer, speaker, and radio host, for a fascinating exploration of astrology and the influence astrologers believe planetary cycles can have on our lives. Chris combines his study of astrology with art, spirituality, and personal development, using birth charts as tools for examining personality, rel...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes the mysterious and intriguing CC Carole – The Mistress of the Unknown for a journey beyond the boundaries of the ordinary and into the world of the paranormal, supernatural, psychic phenomena, and unexplained mysteries. When conventional explanations fail, there remains that fascinating territory known simply as the unknown—a place that has captivated humanity sin...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Gail Z. Martin, bestselling author, marketing expert, speaker, and founder of DreamSpinner Communications. Gail has built a remarkable career combining the worlds of publishing, marketing, fantasy, science fiction, and the paranormal. Before launching DreamSpinner Communications, she spent nearly two decades in corporate and nonprofit marketing. Today, DreamSpinne...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Maurice “Mo” Miller, Lead Investigator with Black Hills Paranormal Investigations (BHPI) in Rapid City, South Dakota. Mo’s fascination with ghosts, spirits, and unexplained phenomena began at an early age, encouraged by his mother and grandmother. That childhood curiosity developed into a lifelong desire to investigate experiences that seem to fall outside convent...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Chelsey Murphy of the Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau for an entertaining look at one of America's most distinctive travel destinations. Nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains and dominated by the spectacular presence of Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs combines breathtaking scenery, outdoor adventure, history, culture, and attractions that have ma...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Chidi Asika-Enahoro, author, rehabilitation consultant, Master Life Coach, and longtime mental-health professional, for a deeply personal conversation about surviving debilitating cancer and finding the strength to continue when life seems determined to knock you down. Chidi spent more than two decades working with people dealing with mental illness, substance abu...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Charles D. Martin for a timely and thought-provoking discussion about one of the greatest threats facing a technologically dependent society: a massive coordinated cyber attack against the United States. Martin has warned that terrorists, organized crime groups, hostile nations, or highly skilled hackers could potentially cause enormous disruption without firing a...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Chip Hayes, author of Peak of the Devil: 100 Questions About Peak Oil Answered, for a provocative discussion about one of the most important—and often misunderstood—issues facing our petroleum-dependent civilization: peak oil. Hayes tackles the subject through 100 questions designed to make a complicated energy issue understandable, accessible, and at times entert...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Chris Schweitzer, author, researcher, and founder of The Anthropic Research Group, for a fascinating journey into the nature of reality, quantum physics, parallel universes, and the extraordinary questions raised by modern physics. Schweitzer has been described in previous X Zone program material as someone with an ability to take complicated ideas involving quant...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Christala Rosina, a psychic, medium, writer, psychologist, educator, and classical performer for a fascinating exploration of psychic phenomena, mediumship, spirituality, and the possibility of communication beyond physical death. Christala studied English and Psychology at the University of Surrey, where she conducted research into the psychology of music, and la...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Lori Marie McDonald, author of Cursed Oddities: True Stories of the World’s Most Haunted, Possessed, and Supernatural Objects, for a chilling journey into the mysterious world of objects said to carry curses, spirits, unexplained energies, and sometimes terrifying histories. Tales of allegedly haunted objects have existed for centuries, with everything from dolls...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Tim Mulligan, award-winning playwright, author, and creator of Mulligan World, where psychological suspense, supernatural horror, crime, dark humor, and the stranger sides of human nature come together. Mulligan's stories deliberately inhabit those uncomfortable places where morality becomes uncertain and the boundary separating reality from nightmare begins to di...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes J. Allan Danelek, author and researcher whose work ventures into some of the most fascinating mysteries of our world. Through Our Curious World, Danelek explores subjects ranging from UFOs and ghosts to Atlantis, reincarnation, spirituality, cryptozoology, history, and unexplained phenomena. He describes writing as his life's passion and approaches unusual subject...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Dr. Richard Alan Miller, author and researcher whose wide-ranging interests encompass consciousness, metaphysics, altered states, parapsychology, alternative science, and esoteric traditions. Miller has written and lectured extensively on subjects that exist at the boundaries between conventional science and the unexplained, making him a fascinating and sometimes...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Dr. Christopher Macklin for a provocative conversation about Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology, and Transhumanism—three rapidly developing areas that raise profound questions about technology and the future of humanity. As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into everyday life and advances in biotechnology and nanotechnology continue, soc...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Barry Markovsky, sociologist, researcher, and educator, for a thought-provoking discussion about Explaining the Mysterious. Throughout history, human beings have been fascinated by events that seem to defy ordinary explanation—from ghosts and psychic phenomena to UFO encounters, extraordinary coincidences, and other seemingly supernatural experiences. Barry approa...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Connie A. Huft, author of Know Thine Enemy: A Guide to Intelligent Deception, for a compelling conversation about deception, manipulation, human behavior, and the importance of recognizing when appearances may not tell the whole story. Whether encountered in personal relationships, professional situations, or everyday interactions, deception can be difficult to id...

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Claudia Hehr, animal communicator, author, and speaker whose work explores the fascinating possibility of communication between humans and animals. Through what she describes as intuitive or telepathic communication, Claudia believes animals have thoughts, emotions, personalities, and messages that humans can learn to recognize when they become more receptive to t...