Gods, Ghosts & UFOs

In today’s episode we’re trying (and failing) to wrap our heads around the strange physics of time crystals, then doing a quick tour of Louisiana’s most famous cryptids, and finally breaking down an investigation into self-replicating AIs and cyber-mystical cults. Be warned: it’s not as fun as it sounds. Physicists sandwiched liquid crystal between light-sensitive dye plates to create observable r...

This might be the biggest episode we’ve ever done. First off, we’re giving an enthusiastic welcome to Ryan Sprague, a fellow podcaster (Somewhere in the Skies), best-selling author, and prominent ufologist. Ryan shares his deeply formative UFO sighting experience, then joins us for a conversation about a famous cryptid(?) that hates itself(??) so much it dissolves into tears(???). Finally, after d...

We really packed it in with this one. First, breathwork as psychedelic, then, purported evidence of genetic manipulation by aliens, and finally, Canada's most famous (and reclusive) lake-based cryptid. Highlights: How to leverage community to deal with destabilization The first neuroimaging study confirms certain kinds of breathwork can create psychedelic experiences (Jordan’s tried it, Mal does i...

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Mal’s back! Just in time to talk about Enigma Labs’ collection of metallic orb sightings (Pouring one out for Buga), and the accepted scientific grounds for precognition as future self memories. Hightlights Mal’s spontaneous invitation to join a 40-person Irish ukulele club in a music shop A collection of over 8,000 orb sightings in the US alone since December 2022, with 422 specifically described...

This week, Robin Lassiter helps fill the temporary void left by Mal (she’ll be back next week!). Robin is the author of "Earth, A Love Story," and hosts a podcast of the same name. Together, we explore how childhood paranormal experiences, forced compartmentalization, and cultural trauma create the very conditions needed for transformation, if only we choose to descend rather than dissociate. Hone...

As you probably noticed, this is an unscheduled episode. Before she took off for an enchanted vacation in Ireland, Mal and I had the opportunity to talk to Chrissy Newton, host of the excellent Rebelliously Curious podcast, as well as part owner of and regular contributor to The Debrief, which, if you’ve listened to our show for a little while, you’ll know we often dip into their work for great st...

In Mal’s absence this week, Tom and Jordan invited Kelly Chase back to talk about why government disclosure is just theater (wicked, wicked theater), how experiencers are going to save the world, and what might make the veil between the seen and the unseen world a bit thinner in some places. Highlights: The LIVE even in Los Angeles - “Lights in the Sky”August 29th, 7:30pm at Philosophical Research...

Gods, Ghosts & UFOs is the biggest podcast in the universe, where we talk about all the things they said weren't real. Every Friday, hosts Jordan, Tom, and Mal use stories from the "news" as conversation starters for occasionally absurd but always open-minded explorations into topics of high strangeness. All recovering materialists welcome! And, please, come share your own stories at ⁠godsghostsuf...

Time to break down the “four alien species” story ricocheting around the internet thanks to Dr. Eric Davis and Rep. Eric Burlison. Then on to eight (???) different “cryptoterrestrial” theories mapped out by none other than Space Enthusiast. Finally, some hauntings in royal places. (Couple of easter egg movie clips in here, too, for the watchers.) The SpecterVision announcement — we’ve officially j...

We’re in our happy place this week, exploring the overlap between ancient wisdom and modern science (can you guess who’s late to the party?) around the topic of actual auras (ultra-weak photon emissions), and then geeking out over mysterious objects in pre-satellite skies. Finally…MORE blurry Bigfoot footage! Also, more pertinently, indigenous “cryptid” legends. Highlights: A new reveals human bra...

First up this week, we’re unpacking some statistics about American belief in a grab bag of paranormal buzzwords, followed by a richly deserved take-down of a rhetorically lazy debunking documentary (which also happens to be splattered with AI slop), and then finally (blessedly) discussing an esteemed neurobiologist’s convincing claim that DMT aliens are real. Highlights: * A big Gallup poll shows...

From Vatican-certified miracles to possible hoaxes to potentially malevolent balls of light, this week’s episode is a reminder that the world is full of hope and horror. Oh, also lots of comically stupid grifters. Hooray! Highlights: * Pope Leo XIV declares Rhode Island's first official miracle: a premature baby Tyquan (born 2007) came back to life after an hour of failed resuscitation * The burea...

This week, a biotech company that's literally bringing extinct species back to life, the spiritual migration from evangelical churches to tarot decks, and the neuroscience of how music hijacks our perception of time. Hint: it's all connected to ego death and the eternal now. Highlights: * Colossal Biosciences is actively de-extincting species (or are they?) from things like 13,000-year-old teeth a...

A buffet of bizarre beings from across the biological spectrum…and beyond! From eight-foot bipedal dog-like cryptids terrorizing the English countryside to strange new microorganisms thriving in Cleveland boat shafts, we are reminded that Earth is weirder and more populace than we can imagine. Highlights: * A mysterious hairy bipedal figure in Danes Dyke woodland - but nobody saw it until reviewin...

This week we're joined by Mike Cleland, a researcher who has become renowned for uncovering the connection between owl encounters and UFO experiences. What started as a camping trip in 2006 has led Mike to collect thousands of stories about coincidence, consciousness, and contact. Highlights: * Mike's transformative 2006 camping trip with three and a revelation * A laundromat synchronicity * The f...

This week, a New Orleans Uber driver who changed a novelist's life forever, international Bigfoot sightings that prove these creatures aren't just an American phenomenon, and fevered coverage of the very recent Buga sphere press conference, with a truckload of new claims and details. Show Notes * A psychic Uber driver delivers eerily accurate personal insights and a message "from the other side" t...

For lucky number 13, we’re talking about a study from Johns Hopkins where a bunch of religious leaders from across the faith spectrum all tripped on shrooms. We’re also following up on the Buga sphere because HOW COULD WE NOT. Finally, fantastically, a conversation with Scott and Forrest from Astonishing Legends about the passions and philosophies that drive us all to investigate high strangeness....

This week we have mixed feelings about new footage of giant rats, then discuss a misleading headline about psychic investigations, and finally, gloriously, we’re freaking out about groundbreaking research that suggest huge sentient clouds of plasma might be roaming our upper atmosphere. Do these things have any connection the UFO sighting Tom shared in our pilot episode?? Highlights: * Meet the 3-...

In our last episode, Mysterious Metal Spheres and a Brand New Crop Circle, we talked about how Claude Opus 4 (the latest version of Anthropic’s large language model AI) resorted to blackmail to avoid getting shut down during some early tests. During that segment, I mentioned that I had spun up a chat Claude itself to see what it might say in response to this story. While the AI’s responses weren’t...

This week we’re sampling another flavor of AI doom, and chasing that with a quick look into one of the most genuinely mysterious and legitimately joyful mysteries to float out of the world of UAPs in the past month. Highlights: * A listener’s take on the term “NPC” * Friend of the show Lisa will be joining us to share her extensively documented ghost stories (we want your questions!) — and if you...

This week, we’re making fun of people who are smarter than us about simulation theory, and grousing about the art of summoning dollars from dread. Also, when it comes to a mysterious pulsing star, we’re reminded that when you can’t rule anything out, that includes aliens. Here’s the beats: * A better breakdown of why we’re on Substack (hint: it makes it easier to email us) * A listener story about...

From medical miracles to psychic powers and the enigma of consciousness, here’s what’s up this week: * The story of Jacqueline Duffin, an atheist hematologist who helped confirm a miracle for a Catholic saint’s canonization * What it takes for the Catholic Church to call something a miracle — think serious disease, failed treatments, and an inexplicable recovery (that lasts at least 10 years) * Mi...

First off, a big welcome to everyone who found us through Kelly Chase and her truly excellent Cosmosis Podcast. This week, we’re going to talk about what to do when your chatbot thinks you’re Jesus, then celebrate the recent neuroscience of lucid dreaming, and finally take some time to make fun of a new mathematical model of dark energy we don’t really understand at all. Episode Highlights: * A Re...

After recording without Mal last week (which she graciously calls her "favorite episode yet"), we’re pleased as peaches all three of us could be back together to run through a bunch of headlines that promised more than they delivered. Oh, except for the giant squid. That thing was awesome. Episode Highlights: * Tom declines to share details about his past life (and promises to tell us off-air, whi...