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Hey there, friends! This week my guest is my good pal, and very first guest, Greg Bishop! Greg has been one of my favorite thinkers in the world of the weird for about 15 years now. Not only that, he's also a great buddy of mine. Greg and I share many of the same interests: UFOs, cooking, weird Los Angeles...all of which we get deeply into on this episode. If you haven't already, PLEASE check out Greg's incredible podcast Radio Misterioso. It's literally my favorite podcast covering these Fortean topics. Also...Greg's books are must haves on any Fortean's bookshelf. High recommend! I hope you enjoy it! Peace. Love, Steve For more Greg Bishop:  https://radiomisterioso.com/ https://www.amazon.com/stores/Greg-Bishop/author/B001IYZF3E?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1752524590&sr=8-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=3a496cb7-b03a-4a35-87d4-890db219f780 Steve Berg LInks: https://www.patreon.com/HiStrangeness linktr.ee/steveberg [https://t.co/qR2FyUx2JL] Pretty please subscribe and leave a review!

Hey friends! This week my guest is the brilliant Kevin Cann! I first learned about Kevin from Jeffrey Kripal's book, How To Think Impossibly. I then bumped into Kevin's incredible Facebook group, Platonic Surrealism, which immediately wow'd me. Kevin is a next level thinker when it comes to the topics we discuss right here on this show, and I think he's one of the few people I know of who's really trying (and succeeding) in taking UFOs and the nature of reality further down the proverbial field. This was such a fun discussion for me. Kevin is brilliant, but he's also and incredibly kind, and sweet man. What a pleasure it was to get to chat with him. Enjoy! Love, Steve  For more Kevin Cann: https://platonicsurrealism.com/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAafeVtI68ycz8cxHkXprd4NLbVdzksWHFmpTPrZ78OR6aiWDYmT1OLtwo-1Heg_aem_a_gCrq8PnzDu3rsPEt6oRw https://www.instagram.com/platonic_surrealism/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1173298521190759 https://www.facebook.com/kevin.cann.779 Steve Berg LInks: https://www.patreon.com/HiStrangeness linktr.ee/steveberg [https://t.co/qR2FyUx2JL] Pretty please subscribe and leave a review!

Holy moly, how is everyone? Great to hear! This week, my guest is my good buddy and brilliant author, Joshua Cutchin! I'm a massive fan of every book he's written, and he has really outdone himself with his newest offering, Fourth Wall Phantoms. Josh and I have a deep discussion about his latest book, without spoiling anything (I promise!). We get into the concept of fictional incursions, the non-physicality of the UFO phenomenon, and why we might just need better stories. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book so much. I truly can't recommend it enough, my friends. If you were to read one Fortean book this year, this is the one. That's a Bergantee! Enjoy! Love, Steve For more Joshua Cutchin: https://www.joshuacutchin.com/ https://www.instagram.com/w3eirdwayz/ https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00YPH8ODY?ccs_id=d85e9ee6-050b-4b83-817f-abac8e6df23e Steve Berg LInks: https://www.patreon.com/HiStrangeness linktr.ee/steveberg [https://t.co/qR2FyUx2JL] Pretty please subscribe and leave a review!

HI friends! This week, I'm joined by the brilliant, Alex Matsuo! I've wanted to chat with Alex for a long time now, so this was a real thrill for me. Alex is an author, and investigator who delves deep into the paranormal. She walks the walk, and contributes to the field of the strange and unusual in a multitude of wonderful ways. We chat about some of the investigations she's been on, why theaters are a magnet for the paranormal, Shakespheare conspiracies, and much more. Enjoy! Love, Steve  For more Alex Matsuo: https://alexmatsuo.com/ https://www.instagram.com/thespookystuff/?hl=en https://linktr.ee/thespookystuff?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaefwnrqtEjsCFr22YCRX1pOWtAHgPAPykfz7TIfpY3zBMZRZqrel8Tkz6VNiQ_aem_JaHdDID_j487s_IxKgj2hw https://www.tiktok.com/@thespookystuff?lang=en Steve Berg LInks: https://www.patreon.com/HiStrangeness linktr.ee/steveberg [https://t.co/qR2FyUx2JL] Pretty please subscribe and leave a review!

Hey buds! This week my guest is Bradley Plaisier! Bradley is a true head, and an extremely knowledgeable cat on UFO history, and a lover of gnomes. We get into some of his UFO experiences, the preservation of rare documents, weird Michigan and much more. Bradley was kind of enough to provide some show notes, and links to some of the subjects we cover. What a nice guy! I loved chatting with him so much - he's a kindred spirit. Enjoy, friends! Love, Steve Here’s [https://files.afu.se/Downloads/?dir=Documents%2F0%20-%20UFO%20Researchers%2FBradley%20W%20Plaisier%2FMarcello%20Truzzi%20archive] all of the Marcello Truzzi material I’ve scanned so far. (Any additional Truzzi stuff I scan will be added to this folder. ) Truzzi’s excellent essay [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_gZC9MtSX0dd3k4wLRP3da_QxTca6U-z/view?usp=drivesdk] in The Fringes of Reason, “Skeptics and Pseudo-skeptics”.  I mentioned that Passport To Magonia [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qRK4DaFOq6tf_TeTM0XcF3xNKOOXSbSl/view?usp=drivesdk] was a very formative book for me. Here’s a few more: Franz Hartmann’s Among The Gnomes [https://archive.org/details/among-the-gnomes-1/page/n1/mode/1up], Books of Blood (Vol. 1-6) [https://archive.org/details/complete-books-of-blood-clive-barker] by Clive Barker, Killing Hope [https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/13/130AEF1531746AAD6AC03EF59F91E1A1_Killing_Hope_Blum_William.pdf] by William Blum and, of course, Mirage Men [https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781602398009/mirage-men/] by Mark Pilkington.  I am begging you, beautiful listener, to please explore The Professor’s wonderful old blog [http://thebiggeststudy.blogspot.com/], The Big Study… And while you’re at it, do yourself a favor and follow my pal @oddoldnews [https://x.com/oddoldnews?s=21&t=j4NqmjJlsWEVqHtQ8aNRTg] on Twitter and/or subscribe to his substack [https://oddoldnews.substack.com/]. The Patterson-Gimlin Film is NOT a Hoax with Bradley Plaisier | Weird Reads with Emily Louise LIVE [https://www.youtube.com/live/Xima_v3lvF8?si=JKikaGnLbMNu_2Xh] Shoutout to Tanner F. Boyle [https://x.com/tannerfboyle1?s=21&t=j4NqmjJlsWEVqHtQ8aNRTg] (Getting Spooked [https://tannerfboyle.substack.com/]), Emily Louise (Weird Reads with Emily Louise [https://youtube.com/@weirdreadswithemilylouise?si=oCbnVAu0R8VO0opI]), Reid, Matt [https://x.com/ghoststoriesend?s=21&t=j4NqmjJlsWEVqHtQ8aNRTg] (Ghost Stories For The End Of The World [https://pod.link/1485686498]), Jack Brewer [https://bsky.app/profile/jackbrewer.bsky.social] (The UFO Trail [http://ufotrail.blogspot.com/], Expanding Frontiers Research [https://www.expandingfrontiersresearch.org/]), John E.L. Tenney [https://bsky.app/profile/johneltenney.bsky.social] (Weird Lectures [https://weirdlectures.com/], Realm of the Weird [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy50Qho6nh4mOJigk7svRwbUZvgVGuBzr&si=T-UXEhBNSwTjUdq1]), Stephanie Quick [https://stephaniequick.home.blog/page/2/], and Robert Skvarla [https://x.com/robertskvarla?s=21&t=j4NqmjJlsWEVqHtQ8aNRTg]. You can find me on Twitter here [https://x.com/bpleasies?s=21&t=j4NqmjJlsWEVqHtQ8aNRTg], my other podcast appearances here [https://x.com/bpleasies/status/1912733761176740267?s=46&t=j4NqmjJlsWEVqHtQ8aNRTg], my Threadless store here [https://bwp.threadless.com/] and a folder of Steve Berg LInks: https://www.patreon.com/HiStrangeness linktr.ee/steveberg [https://t.co/qR2FyUx2JL] Pretty please subscribe and leave a review!