August 18, 2015: Exorcism - Father Jack Ashcraft

August 18, 2015: Exorcism - Father Jack Ashcraft

Father Jack Ashcraft, a traditional Byzantine Catholic priest called the Malachi Martin of the 21st century, joins Art Bell for a conversation on exorcism, Vatican corruption, and the paranormal's intersection with Christian theology. Ashcraft reveals that Martin himself worked for Cardinal Bea in the 1960s, participating in subversive forces at Vatican II before switching allegiances, and suggests Martin's fatal fall was suspicious given he had been preparing to expose a bishop. The broadcast… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/august-18-2015-exorcism-father-jack-ashcraft

August 17, 2015: ET Contact - Joe Rogan & David Sereda

Joe Rogan, comedian, UFC commentator, and podcast host, joins Art Bell in the first half for a conversation anchored by his DMT experiences. Rogan describes DMT as a neurotransmitter present in the human brain, lungs, and liver as well as thousands of plant species, producing encounters with entities that communicate through telepathic language and geometric patterns. He connects the telepathic contact users report to classic abduction narratives and speculates that endogenous DMT released… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/august-17-2015-et-contact-joe-rogan-and-david-sereda

August 14, 2015: Time Travel & Teleportation - Andrew Basiago

Andrew Basiago, a Washington State lawyer with six academic degrees, joins Art Bell claiming participation in two classified defense projects involving time travel and teleportation. Basiago describes DARPA's Project Pegasus achieving eight modalities of time travel by 1970, from remote viewing to physical teleportation via Tesla-derived technology. He recounts teleporting at age six from New Jersey to Santa Fe and being sent to Gettysburg on November 19, 1863, where he claims a photograph of… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/august-14-2015-time-travel-and-teleportation-andrew-basiago

August 12, 2015: Open Lines - September Doom

Art Bell opens the phones after a guest cancellation and discovers a defining theme: widespread dread about September 2015. Americans are stocking up on emergency supplies anticipating economic collapse, natural disaster, or judgment. Art Bell frames it through a metaphor he returns to all night: humans as animals sensing a predator on soft paws, aware something is closing in even if they cannot name it. He cites a Lloyd's of London report projecting potential global collapse from food and… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/august-12-2015-open-lines-september-doom

August 11, 2015: SETI - Seth Shostak

Dr. Seth Shostak, senior astronomer and director of SETI Research, joins Art Bell for a conversation that turns into a direct confrontation with claims made by Stephen Greer on a previous broadcast. Shostak describes the Allen Telescope Array scanning 30 million channels simultaneously and credits Moore's Law for doubling search capability every few years. Art Bell plays audio of Greer claiming SETI founder Frank Drake told him the institute received and suppressed interplanetary signals.… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/august-11-2015-seti-seth-shostak