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Extreme Solar Storm Could Cause Widespread Disruptions on Earth

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

An extreme solar storm aimed at the Earth could put interconnected electrical grids around the world at serious risk.

Upcoming: The Subliminal Mind

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Air Date: Wed, 22 May 2013

Caltech physicist Leonard Mlodinow will discuss his work on the power of the subliminal, and how the unconscious mind shapes our experience of the world including your preference in politicians, and the amount you tip your waiter. According to him, all judgments and perceptions reflect the workings of our mind on two levels: the conscious, of which we are aware, and the unconscious, which is hidden from us.

The audacious plan to end hunger with 3-D printed food

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Systems & Materials Research Corporation just got a six month, $125,000 grant from NASA to create a prototype of the universal food synthesizer.

Analysis of impact spherules supports theory of cosmic impact

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

About 12,800 years ago when the Earth was emerging from the last ice age, a dramatic event occurred that abruptly reversed climatic conditions back to near-glacial state.

Finally! Independent Testing Of Rossi's E-Cat Cold Fusion Device

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Cold fusion is a technique that generates energy through low temperature.

Can Any Buildings Survive Tornadoes?

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

How do you protect yourself from a tornado that reaches 2 miles wide with wind gusts above 200 miles per hour?

Leonard Mlodinow

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:59:59 -0800

Air Date: Wed, 22 May 2013

Leonard Mlodinow received his doctorate in physics from Berkeley, and now teaches at Caltech. Along the way he also wrote for the television series MacGyver and Star Trek: The Next Generation. His previous books include the NY Times best sellers The Grand Design, co-authored with Stephen Hawking, and The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives. His next book, coming soon, is War of tjhe Worldviews: Science versus Spirituality, co-authored with Deepak Chopra. He also wrote Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace; Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life; and, with Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time.

Cicada Invasion Begins

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The cicada invasion on the East Coast of the US has begun, with the majority of sightings appearing in Virginia, and some southern states so far.

The Mob & Terrorism/ Science Blunders

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Air Date: Tue, 21 May 2013

In the first half, investigative reporter Peter Lance discussed his forthcoming book Deal With the Devil, which details how mafia capo Gregory Scarpa Sr., known as "The Killing Machine," served as an FBI informant.

In the latter half, astrophysicist Mario Livio talked about how making scientific blunders is often a necessary part of the scientific process.

Peter Lance

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:59:59 -0800

Air Date: Tue, 21 May 2013

Peter Lance is a five-time Emmy-winning investigative reporter now working as a screenwriter and novelist. With a Masters Degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, Lance spent the first 15 years of his career as a print reporter and network correspondent. In 1981 Lance became Investigative Correspondent for ABC News. Lance was a member of the first American crew into Indochina after the end of the Vietnam War, he chased rebel insurgents through Laos and members of the Gambino Family through the toxic wastelands of New Jersey, he tracked knife-happy surgeons in the Deep South, and nuclear terrorists through the twisted streets of Antwerp.

Then, in 1987, he took a break from non-fiction. Lance came to L.A. and began working as a writer and story editor for Michael Mann on two of his acclaimed series: Crime Story and Miami Vice. In 1989 he became the co-executive producer and "show runner" on the fourth season of Wiseguy and in 1993 he co-created Missing Persons. Following the 9/11 attacks Lance began investigating the origins of the FBI's original probe of World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef.

Mario Livio

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:59:59 -0800

Air Date: Tue, 21 May 2013

Dr. Mario Livio is a senior astrophysicist at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute. He joined the Institute in 1991 as head of the Archive Branch, and also served as the Head of the Institute’s Science Division. A love for astrophysics somehow emerged and persisted, with a special interest in the accretion of mass by black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs.

Giant Python Captured in FL

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

A Burmese python measuring 18 feet, 8 inches was recently captured in South Florida-- the largest of its kind ever found in the state.

Evolution of an Abductee

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Air Date: Mon, 20 May 2013

As an abductee with 95 percent conscious recall of his experiences, Jim Sparks, talked about how over the years he went from resistor to cooperator with the alien beings who abducted him.

First hour guest, activist historian Webster Tarpley discussed Senator Elizabeth Warren and Cong. John Tierney's proposed bill on student loan reform.

Jim Sparks

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:59:59 -0800

Air Date: Mon, 20 May 2013

Author and lecturer Jim Sparks was raised in South Florida and educated in business. Jim’s abductions began in 1988. At the time he was living in Houston and working as a successful land developer in North Carolina. Initially an unwilling abductee, his experiences transformed once he was able to put aside rage, overcome fear. Jim began to understand he was encountering powerful technologically from intelligent advanced beings from other worlds.

Jim had been completely conscious of his experiences, giving him clear memories and gaining amazing insight. In the last two decades he dealt with the ETs, he witnessed amazing technologies. He now knows there is a plan for us to elevate ourselves to better understand what these beings are about.

Webster Tarpley

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:59:59 -0800

Air Date: Mon, 20 May 2013

Webster Griffin Tarpley is one of the most incisive critics of Anglo-American hegemony. As an activist historian he is best known for his book – George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography (1992), a masterpiece of research which is still a must read. He is a 9/11 Truth Scholar and activist; AB Princeton 1966, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa; Fulbright Scholar at University of Turin, Italy; and MA in humanities from Skidmore College. He is fluent in Italian, German, French, Latin and Russian. A decades-long expert on international terrorism, his 1978 study for the Italian parliament "Chi ha ucciso Aldo Moro?" (Who Killed Aldo Moro?) broke open the ownership of the "Red Brigades" by NATO’s clandestine “stay-behind” networks.

Government Secrecy Industry

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Air Date: Sun, 19 May 2013

George Knapp welcomed investigative author DB Grady, who discussed how the government secrecy industry has grown increasingly unwieldy and how personal privacy is facing threats from numerous fronts.

In the first hour, author Logan Beirne (book link) talked about the role of George Washington in shaping both America and the presidency.

Knapp's News 5/19/13

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

George Knapp shares some recent items of interest, including articles on Monsanto's troubling influence on the government and the emergence of 'microscale body sensors' as well as an update on missing Fronczak baby case...

DB Grady

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:59:59 -0800

Air Date: Sun, 19 May 2013

In 2002, DB Grady graduated from Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science in computer science. Not long after, he joined the Army and did a tour of duty in Afghanistan. At various points in his life, I have alley docked eighteen-wheelers, flipped burgers, jumped out of airplanes, and written Bezier spline generation algorithms. Presently, he is a member of the Authors Guild and the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, and a grant recipient from the Fund for Investigative Journalism.

Beirne Logan

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:59:59 -0800

Air Date: Sun, 19 May 2013

Logan Bierne is an Olin Searle Scholar at Yale Law School. Prior to this position, Logan was an attorney with the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, in New York City. Logan graduated at the top of his class from Fairfield University, was a Fulbright Scholar at Queen's University, and received his JD from Yale Law School, where he received the Edgar M. Cullen Prize for his Constitutional scholarship. Logan is admitted to the New York and Connecticut Bars and has served on the boards of directors for two charities: UnionDocs and Starting Artists. On a personal note, Logan is directly descended from Revolutionary War patriots and his family tree includes the "Father of the Constitution," James Madison. Some of Washington's papers were discovered in his ancestor's storage chest.

Life's Operating Manual

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Air Date: Sat, 18 May 2013

John B. Wells was joined by one of the most prolific comedy directors in Hollywood, Tom Shadyac, who has worked with some of the biggest names in the business on such huge hits as Liar Liar, The Nutty Professor, and Bruce Almighty. He discussed his book, Life's Operating Manual, which questions society's standards for measuring success.

Art Bell: Somewhere in Time

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Air Date: Sat, 18 May 2013

Art Bell: Somewhere in Time journeyed back to September 5, 1997, when Art was joined by Albert Taylor, author of Soul Traveler, who discussed how anyone can leave his/her body to fly across the universe.

Solar Storm Sets Skies Aglow

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Astrophotographer Laurent Silvani captured this breathtaking image of the northern lights shining brightly above Quebec's Saguenay region on Saturday.

Tom Shadyac

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:59:59 -0800

Air Date: Sat, 18 May 2013

A onetime actor/comedian and the youngest writer to work for comedy legend Bob Hope, Tom Shadyac’s writing/directing career was launched in 1994 with the Jim Carrey smash hit Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. In the years that followed, Shadyac would establish himself as one of the most prolific comedy directors in Hollywood while working with some of the biggest names in the business. Huge hits such as Liar Liar, The Nutty Professor, Bruce Almighty, Patch Adams, Accepted ,and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, have helped establish Shadyac as one of Hollywood’s most successful writer/director/producers.

In his latest project, a documentary entitled I AM, Shadyac asks some of today’s most profound thinkers, two questions – What’s wrong with our world, and what can we do about it? This moving, inspiring film won the Audience Choice Award and the Student Choice Award at the Mountain Film Festival in Telluride Colorado, where it premiered in May.

Albert Taylor

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:59:59 -0800

Air Date: Sat, 18 May 2013

Born and raised in Southern California, Albert Taylor performed development engineering on a top secret program which has since become known as the F-117A Stealth Fighter. He evaluated satellite system designs in support of former President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or Star Wars. During the late 1980's Taylor taught Logistics Engineering at Cerritos College, California. He has also served as a volunteer art instructor at St. Paul's Elementary School in West Los Angeles. Taylor's art work has been exhibited in Southern California galleries. In 1992 he developed two prototype computers, and started a company called Phoenix Computers Systems, which he still owns today.

After a myriad of paranormal events, and as a result of a spiritual awakening, Taylor left behind nearly two decades of work as an aeronautical engineer/scientist, to author and publish his book, Soul Traveler. Taylor is currently a metaphysical researcher, teacher, lecturer and artist. He is an active member of International Association of Near Death Studies, Inc. (IANDS) and a participant in the Monroe Institute's On-line Email Voyagers program.

CIA & Mind Control

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Air Date: Fri, 17 May 2013

Filling in for George Noory, John B. Wells welcomed psycho-political thriller author Dr. Steve Pieczenik for a discussion on the CIA and mind control. The last hour featured Open Lines.

Bright Explosion on the Moon

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

On Friday, an object the size of boulder slammed into the moon, exploding in a flash so bright that it could be seen without a telescope.

Open Lines

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:59:59 -0800

Air Date: Fri, 17 May 2013

Dr. Steve Pieczenik

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:59:59 -0800

Air Date: Fri, 17 May 2013

Steve Pieczenik is a critically acclaimed author of psycho-political thrillers and the co-creator of the best-selling Tom Clancy's Op-Center and Tom Clancy's Net Force paperback series. Trained in psychiatry at Harvard University and international relations at M.I.T., his novels are based on over twenty years experience resolving international crises and hostage situations for the Department of State for four administrations.

Bio-Communication & Memory

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Air Date: Thu, 16 May 2013

Doctor of cognition and neuroscience, Gerald Epling, discussed his work on phenomenal bio-communication which measures and records the energy responses to plants in various conditions as well as responses of one life form to another.

In the first hour, space historian Robert Zimmerman talked about the troubles surrounding the Kepler telescope as well as other recent space news stories.

Gerald Epling

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:59:59 -0800

Air Date: Thu, 16 May 2013

Gerald Epling is an expert in memory formation. He received his Bachelor's degree in computer science, Master of Science degree in applied cognition and neuroscience, and Doctor of Philosophy degree in cognition and neuroscience from the University of Texas at Dallas. Gerald's work includes research into memory formation, states of consciousness and phenomenal bio-communication. He has 20 years of experience with a wide variety of electronic endeavors including communications, signal detection and exploitation, and optoelectronic instrumentation.

Robert Zimmerman

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:59:59 -0800

Air Date: Thu, 16 May 2013

Robert Zimmerman is an award-winning space historian, writing articles and books on issues of science, history, technology, and culture. His newest book, "The Universe in a Mirror: the Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It" (Princeton University Press) tells the sometimes heartbreaking story of the men and women who conceived, designed, built, screwed up, fixed, and then used the Hubble Space Telescope.

His previous book, "Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary Travel," was awarded the Eugene M. Emme Award by the American Astronautical Society for the best popular space history in 2003. In 2000 he was co-winner of the David N. Schramm Award, given by the High Energy Astrophysic Division of the American Astronomical Society for Science Journalism.

Photo of the Day 2013

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:45:27 -0800

Photo of the Day 2012

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:23:21 -0800

Exorcist Homage

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:14:21 -0800

Joe re-creates a scene from The Exorcist during his visit to Georgetown

Happy Reset

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:54:14 -0800

Roman Scott shares his 'Mayan New Year' greeting card.

UFO Parking Lot?

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:06:32 -0800

'DenDen' shares this image of a series of odd objects discovered in a field

Anomaly in Front of Tornado-Damaged Home

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:23:02 -0800

Dan shares an image in which an anomalous flare appears in front of a tornado ravaged home in Tuscaloosa.

PARACLAUS Is Comin' To Town!

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:29:22 -0800

John Weaver shares some C2C-inspired Christmas artwork as well as new lyrics to a holiday classic...

Photo of the Day 2010

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:00:07 -0800

Photo of the Day 2009

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:02:39 -0800

Best of Listeners Images 2004

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:23:21 -0800

A selection of photos from Coast to Coast AM listeners' submissions.