Frightday

This week Byron, Sam, and Kelly return from Contact in the Desert—the sprawling, sun-drenched gathering in Palm Springs where the leading minds (and hearts) in UAP research, consciousness studies, and high strangeness come together to explore the unknown.   Helmed by Captain Ron Janix and his team, this annual conference defies easy categorization: part symposium, part spiritual retreat, part carnival of the anomalous. But what stood out most in our first year there? The human connection—unexpected, unguarded, and deeply kind. Nearly every conversation was marked not by shouting or smug certainty, but by curiosity, generosity, and mutual respect.   Leave Us a Message! ⇒ 1-833-374-4489 (1-833-FRIGHT9)  Patreon ⇒ https://www.patreon.com/frightday [https://www.patreon.com/frightday]  TikTok ⇒ https://www.tiktok.com/@frightdaypodcast [https://www.tiktok.com/@frightdaypodcast] Spotify ⇒ https://open.spotify.com/show/14ioP0zfFczK8hKPsDUmko?si=gmznX6rgSgmCp8u9tpDwZg [https://open.spotify.com/show/14ioP0zfFczK8hKPsDUmko?si=gmznX6rgSgmCp8u9tpDwZg] Website ⇒ https://www.frightday.com/ [https://www.frightday.com/] Apple Podcasts ⇒ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/frightday/id951360425 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/frightday/id951360425] Instagram ⇒ https://www.instagram.com/frightday/ [https://www.instagram.com/frightday/] X ⇒ https://x.com/frightday [https://x.com/frightday] Media Inquiries ⇒ byron@frightday.com [byron@frightday.com] Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:58 Reporter vs Researcher 3:45 Day One 4:27 Can You Eat in an Uber? 7:30 Guest Spotting & Time in the Lobby Bar 8:52 Bolts vs Woo: Handling Conspiratorial Leanings 13:11 Whitley Strieber’s Reflections on Communion, Trauma, and Transformation 19:15 D.U.M.B.s to DNA 24:27 Psionics 26:23 Marc D’Antonio’s balance of warmth, skepticism, and science 30:45 USO Debate 36:24 Emergency Evacuation 39:24 Podcasts in the Desert 42:21 Jeremy Corbell is PARANOID 46:19 Skywatching  51:57 CITD Changed Us! 55:29 Mitch Randall, & Ross Coulthart Keynote 59:34 Dean Alioto's Alien Perspective and James Fox's Program 1:01:45 Jesse Michels & Allen Town 1:03:04 Rogan, Gino of the Why Files 1:05:16 Last Podcast in the Desert 1:07:18 Two Hour Uber, Fourteen Hour Layover 1:19:14 Mysterious Caller... Sam reflected on the profound kindness of strangers, finding a deeply human community in the heart of the weird. Kelly kept stumbling into conversations about faith, politics, fear, and hope—each one unfolding with rare grace. Byron, the perennial skeptic, did his best to stay open, but did his intentions win out over his involuntary production and journalistic instincts? Contact in the Desert Website ⇒ https://contactinthedesert.com/home/about-the-show/ [https://contactinthedesert.com/home/about-the-show/] Captain Ron’s Beyond Contact ⇒ https://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/ron-janix/  Dean Alioto Watch The Alien Perspective ⇒ https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-alien-perspective/umc.cmc.4kghab9qmb0ky8k7gn9670v48 [https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-alien-perspective/umc.cmc.4kghab9qmb0ky8k7gn9670v48] Watch The Alien Perspective Part II ⇒ https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/the-alien-perspective-part-ii/umc.cmc.78zroqmf3pd2wfaba4n2nm82h [https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/the-alien-perspective-part-ii/umc.cmc.78zroqmf3pd2wfaba4n2nm82h] Filmography ⇒ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0019665/?ref_=nmbio_ov_bk Website ⇒ https://www.deanaliotodirector.com/ [https://www.deanaliotodirector.com/] Whitley Strieber Whitley Strieber’s Unknown Country ⇒ https://unknowncountry.com/ [https://unknowncountry.com/] James Fox The Program & more ⇒ https://tv.apple.com/us/person/james-fox/umc.cpc.6nn94fbb6henu22kyijnrv1p9 [https://tv.apple.com/us/person/james-fox/umc.cpc.6nn94fbb6henu22kyijnrv1p9] Filmography ⇒ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2276454/ Marc D’Antonio SkyTour Livestream (YouTube) ⇒ https://www.youtube.com/marcdantonio [https://www.youtube.com/marcdantonio] Jesse Michels American Alchemy YouTube Channel ⇒ https://www.youtube.com/Jessemichels [https://www.youtube.com/Jessemichels] Mitch Randall Skywatch ⇒ https://ascendantai.com/skywatch [https://ascendantai.com/skywatch] Galileo Project ⇒ https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo/people [https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo/people] Gino Gentile The Why Files YouTube ⇒ https://www.youtube.com/thewhyfiles [https://www.youtube.com/thewhyfiles] The Why Files Website ⇒ https://thewhyfiles.com/ [https://thewhyfiles.com/] Jeremy Corbell Weaponized ⇒ https://www.weaponizedpodcast.com/ [https://www.weaponizedpodcast.com/] Jeremy’s Documentaries ⇒ https://tv.apple.com/us/person/jeremy-kenyon-lockyer-corbell/umc.cpc.4t31mpj37od0tf35201e1lk0 [https://tv.apple.com/us/person/jeremy-kenyon-lockyer-corbell/umc.cpc.4t31mpj37od0tf35201e1lk0] Richard Dolan Website ⇒ https://richarddolanmembers.com/ [https://richarddolanmembers.com/] Jeremiah Horstman Facebook ⇒https://www.facebook.com/jeremiah.horstman/ Listen if you’re into: • UAPs, USOs, & psi phenomena • Experiencer stories that challenge categories • Science-meets-spirituality frameworks • The tension between secrecy and disclosure • Political and religious reckonings sparked by the unknown • Communities built on compassion and curiosity Drop us a comment or reach out at 1-833-374-7789—we love hearing your stories. 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This is a preview of the content you can expect when you support us by joining the Frightday Society at http://thefrightdaysociety.org [http://thefrightdaysociety.org].  Kelly wanted to call this, "Captain's CliffsNotes", but I (Byron) thought that was too silly. Either way, we're here. Or there. Or almost there. There being the world's largest UFO/UAP conference, "Contact in the Desert". In an attempt to make this more tolerable, Kelly shares knowledge of the current, hot button topics in Ufology.

Ahead of our first pilgrimage to Contact in the Desert, a world-renowned UFO and UAP conference held annually in the Coachella Valley of California, we were lucky enough to sit down with it's co-owner & host, Captain Ron Janix (Beyond Contact). Kelly and Ron discuss CITD's evolution, what we should expect this year, the current state of the community, as well as coincidences. Come join us! Save 10% when you use promo code FRIGHT10 at http://contactinthedesert.com [http://contactinthedesert.com]   Watch live at http://twitch.tv/frightday [http://twitch.tv/frightday] Don't miss out! Follow/subscribe now.    Send us physical things: Frightday LLC PO Box 372 Lolo, MT 59847 Want to see the video? Want even more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org [http://thefrightdaysociety.org/] and subscribe to http://youtube.com/frightday [http://youtube.com/frightday] You'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more!  You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, hauntings, cryptids, conspiracies, aliens, and true crime. All things frightening.  Keep our mini-fridges full of blood...I mean...not blood...normal things that people drink...by going to http://shop.frightday.com [http://shop.frightday.com/]  Theme music by Cemeteries Produced by Byron McKoy Follow us in the shadows at the following places: @byronmckoy @kellyfrightday @frightday

This week we make our final preparations for the premiere high-strange convention, a listener admits to murder, and we discuss the preview screening of the feel bad film of the year, Danny and Michael Philippou's 'Bring Her Back".  Meet us in the desert! Save 10% at http://contactinthedesert.com with promo code FRIGHT10 Watch the video version at http://youtube.com/frightday [http://youtube.com/frightday]    Watch live at http://twitch.tv/frightday [http://twitch.tv/frightday] Don't miss out! Follow/subscribe now.    Send us physical things: Frightday LLC PO Box 372 Lolo, MT 59847 Want to see the video? Want even more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org [http://thefrightdaysociety.org/] and subscribe to http://youtube.com/frightday [http://youtube.com/frightday] You'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more!  You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, hauntings, cryptids, conspiracies, aliens, and true crime. All things frightening.  Keep our mini-fridges full of blood...I mean...not blood...normal things that people drink...by going to http://shop.frightday.com [http://shop.frightday.com/]  Theme music by Cemeteries Produced by Byron McKoy Follow us in the shadows at the following places: @byronmckoy @kellyfrightday @frightday

The world has lost a Pope...and we’re here to mourn with stories of ritual, exorcism, ufo disclosure, and of course funeral home whoopsies. A night of murder, mayhem, and resolution. Watch the video version at http://youtube.com/frightday [http://youtube.com/frightday] Want more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org [http://thefrightdaysociety.org/] As a Society Member, you'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more! You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, hauntings, cryptids, conspiracies, aliens, and true crime. All things frightening. Keep our mini-fridges full of blood...I mean...not blood...normal things that people drink...by going to http://shop.frightday.com [http://shop.frightday.com/] Theme music by Yawns Produced by Byron McKoy Follow us in the shadows at the following places: @byronmckoy @kellyfrightday @frightday  This is an Audio Wool Original.