What it Means To Be Human

The Visitors Never Left | Whitley Strieber

In 1985, a night after Christmas in an isolated cabin in upstate New York, author and experiencer Whitley Strieber’s life changed forever. He awoke to find himself in a room full of non-human intelligence, an event that shattered his reality and ignited a lifelong, complex journey into the heart of the phenomenon. In this episode, Dan sits down with Whitley  to discuss his abduction experience, the profound, often harrowing reality of life as an experiencer, and how he has navigated the ‘initiatory’ nature of these encounters for over four decades. Whitley shares the intimate, often surreal details of his interactions with the visitors, the role his late wife Ann played in bridging the gap between life and death, and why he believes the current, state-led disclosure process is inherently flawed. In this conversation, they explore: * The phenomenon of ‘electroleptic fits’ and why high-strangeness events frequently disrupt electronics in the presence of experiencers. * Why the ‘nuts and bolts’ UFO disclosure narrative often fails to account for the consciousness and afterlife connections that are central to these events. * The ‘Master of the Key’: An encounter with a mysterious figure in a Toronto hotel room that offered a chillingly accurate preview of the risks and promises of machine intelligence. * Why the rigid, materialistic approach of current disclosure efforts misses the nuanced, often terrifying, yet ultimately transformative nature of the human experience. * Whitley’s profound definition of what it actually means to be a human being in a reality that is far more mysterious than we are told. If you have ever felt that the official story of UAPs is only scratching the surface, and that the real truth lies at the intersection of consciousness, grief, and the unknown, this conversation is essential listening. 🛸 ✨ Support the Channel: - Patreon (ad-free, exclusive episodes & more): https://patreon.com/tobehumanshow - BuyMeACoffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/danzetterstrom - Grab a shirt, mug, hoodie, stickers etc: https://www.redbubble.com/people/toinfinity/shop --- ✉️ Get in touch:  Website - www.tobehumanshow.com  Email - hello@tobehumanshow.com Twitter - https://x.com/ToBeHumanShow  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tobehumanshow/  Threads - https://www.threads.net/@tobehumanshow  Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/tobehumanshow.bsky.social Dan’s X: https://x.com/ToBeHumanShow  Dan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thezignal  Dan’s Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thezignal  Dan’s Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thezignal.bsky.social --- 🎵 Music:  Culver Drive  Hayden Calnin  Title & Outro Theme By Thunderbird --- FAIR USE NOTICE  This video may contain copyrighted material, the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. What It Means To Be Human distributes this material for the purpose of news reporting, educational research, comment, and criticism, constituting Fair Use under 17 U.S.C § 107. --- What it Means to Be Human is a Double Barrel Production  https://www.doublebarrel.ca/

Do Secret Religious Groups Use Faith To Stop UFO Disclosure? | Jason Samosa

The ‘Collins Elite’ is one of the most polarizing terms in the UFO community, often used as a blanket explanation for why high-ranking officials want to keep the truth in the dark. But what if the reality is much more tactical than we’ve been led to believe? At the world’s biggest UFO conference (Contact in the Desert), Dan sat down with researcher Jason Samosa, who shares his journey from studying for the ministry to uncovering the geopolitical and religious intersections of the UFO phenomenon. They explore their personal struggles with faith, and how powerful networks of religious and political elites use it, and our foundational institutions, against us to control the UAP narrative and influence the world at large. They dive deep into: • The Genesis of Secrecy: How a 1950s Pentagon program evolved into a sophisticated control system designed to weaponize religious ideology (the ‘UFOs = demons’ hypothesis) and suppress the UFO reality. • The Great Schism: The clash between our desire for scientific truth and the inflexible nature of ancient religious institutions that refuse to grow. • The ‘Family’ Connection: Why some of the most influential figures in government networks intentionally lean into apocalyptic narratives to prevent the public from questioning the status quo. • The Cost of Disclosure: Why a complete shift in our understanding of the universe might be seen as a direct threat to the financial and political systems that rely on our current worldviews. • Seeing Through Power Systems: Jason discusses how his own path, from evangelical study to navigating Washington D.C., has highlighted why the ultimate truth may never come from the government, but from our own ability to see through traditional power systems. It turns out that in the battle for disclosure, the biggest threat to the truth is the weaponization of our own faith. Links: Watch Jason Samosa’s Outstanding YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@jason_samosa [https://www.youtube.com/@jason_samosa] Find Jason Samosa on X: https://x.com/jason_samosa [https://x.com/jason_samosa] ‘Final Events and the Secret Government Group on Demonic UFOs and the Afterlife by Nick Redfern’: https://www.amazon.com/EVENTS-Secret-Government-Demonic-Afterlife/dp/1933665483 [https://www.amazon.com/EVENTS-Secret-Government-Demonic-Afterlife/dp/1933665483] ‘Forbidden Science 6: Scattered Castles, The Journals of Jacques Vallee, 2010-2019’ by Jacques Vallee - https://www.amazon.com/Forbidden-Science-Scattered-Journals-2010-2019/dp/1949501361 [https://www.amazon.com/Forbidden-Science-Scattered-Journals-2010-2019/dp/1949501361] ‘Life of Pi’ by Yann Martel: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Pi-Yann-Martel/dp/0156027321 [https://www.amazon.com/Life-Pi-Yann-Martel/dp/0156027321] ---   Support the Channel: * Patreon (ad-free, exclusive episodes & more): https://patreon.com/tobehumanshow [https://patreon.com/tobehumanshow] * BuyMeACoffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/danzetterstrom [https://buymeacoffee.com/danzetterstrom] Grab a shirt, mug, hoodie, stickers etc: • • https://www.redbubble.com/people/toinfinity/shop [https://www.redbubble.com/people/toinfinity/shop] --- Get in touch: Website - http://www.tobehumanshow.com [http://www.tobehumanshow.com/] Email - hello@tobehumanshow.com Twitter - https://x.com/ToBeHumanShow [https://x.com/ToBeHumanShow] Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tobehumanshow/ [https://www.instagram.com/tobehumanshow/] Threads - https://www.threads.net/@tobehumanshow [https://www.threads.net/@tobehumanshow] Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/tobehumanshow.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/tobehumanshow.bsky.social] Dan’s X: https://x.com/ToBeHumanShow [https://x.com/ToBeHumanShow] Dan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thezignal [https://www.instagram.com/thezignal] Dan’s Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thezignal [https://www.threads.net/@thezignal] Dan’s Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thezignal.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/thezignal.bsky.social] --- Music: Culver Drive Hayden Calnin Title & Outro Theme By Thunderbird --- FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material, the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. What It Means To Be Human distributes this material for the purpose of news reporting, educational research, comment, and criticism, constituting Fair Use under 17 U.S.C § 107. --- What it Means to Be Human is a Double Barrel Production https://www.doublebarrel.ca/ [https://www.doublebarrel.ca/]

Disclosure Day, Desert Skywatches & Contact in the Desert | The Signal

This week on The Signal, Dan, Roz & Dale are joined by Kelly and Sam from Frightday for a wide-ranging live conversation about UFO disclosure, Contact in the Desert, Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, and one very suspicious light in the desert sky. The crew breaks down the latest push from David Grusch, lawmakers, journalists, and researchers calling for the U.S. government to declassify what it knows about UAP, non-human intelligence, biologics, legacy programs, and crash retrievals. Is this a historic pressure campaign, or are we still stuck in the same cycle of speeches, promises, and “trust us, bro” disclosure? They also look ahead to Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day and ask whether the film could become a cultural tipping point for the UFO conversation — or simply a great summer blockbuster with a lot of familiar lore baked in. Then, Dan shares highlights from Contact in the Desert, including conversations with Thomas Jane, Joshua Cutchin, Paul H. Smith, Matthew Brown, Jason Samosa, Sarah Gamm, Jeremy Corbell, and more. The group talks about the strange magic of the conference, the people behind the movement, Jacques Vallée’s final public appearance, and what it feels like when the UFO world stops being an online conversation and becomes a room full of actual humans. And, of course, there’s UFO or UF-No — featuring footage Dan filmed during a desert skywatch with the Skywatcher team. Was it anomalous? Was it consciousness contact? Or was it… Starlink? You already know the universe has jokes. Remember to be curious - the universe is bigger than we know! Episode notes: www.tobehumanshow.com ✉️ Get in touch at: hello@tobehumanshow.com 🛸 ✨ Support the Channel: Become a YouTube member here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VBsZyxWVCvzDyGBj-EE_A/join Patreon (ad-free, exclusive episodes & more): https://patreon.com/tobehumanshow Grab a shirt, mug, hoodie, stickers etc: https://www.redbubble.com/people/toinfinity/shop 👽 Follow the show: Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/tobehumanshow.bsky.social Twitter - https://x.com/ToBeHumanShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tobehumanshow/ Threads - https://www.threads.net/@tobehumanshow Music: Thunderbird Culver Drive Hayden Calnin FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material, the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. What It Means To Be Human distributes this material for the purpose of news reporting, educational research, comment, and criticism, constituting Fair Use under 17 U.S.C § 107. What it Means to Be Human is a Double Barrel Production https://www.doublebarrel.ca/

Mindsight, Telepathy & Human Potential | Dalia Burgoin

What if human perception is far more flexible than we realize? This week, Dan sits down with mindsight teacher and consciousness researcher Dalia Burgoin to explore a world where blindfolded people learn to read, identify colors, navigate unfamiliar environments, and even develop new ways of perceiving reality. Dalia shares her unlikely journey from stay-at-home mom to one of the most talked-about voices in the consciousness community. Along the way, she discusses synchronicities, energy work, neuroplasticity, telepathy, the phenomenon known as “The Hill” from The Telepathy Tapes, and why she believes human beings possess abilities that modern culture has largely forgotten. The conversation explores the […]

Before Disclosure Day: What Spielberg Has Been Telling Us About Aliens

With Disclosure Day coming to theaters, Steven Spielberg is finally delivering the culmination of a lifelong obsession. From a $500 home movie shot in an Arizona backyard to the biggest blockbusters in cinema history, Spielberg hasn’t just been making sci-fi, he’s been building a massive, interconnected puzzle. What if his alien movies were never actually about what’s “out there”? In this video, we trace the entire evolution of Spielberg’s extraterrestrials to show you exactly how his past work sets up the massive stakes of his upcoming film. We dive deep into: • The Chosen: How Close Encounters of the Third Kind utilized real-world UAP researchers like […]