The Paranoid Strain Podcast
1) New! Unidentified--The cold war gets hot with Sputnik and the Integratron
Don't let the episode title fool you--we're still covering J Allen Hynek. But we're considering the period of his career in which a number of important events transpired, including the launch of the R...Show More
2) Unidentified--Sorry! The alien was behind door number 3
We continue our exploration of J. Allen Hynek's life, but also take a sharp left turn to explore bayesian analysis, and how it can help us understand why aliens are not a particularly likely answer to...Show More
3) New! Unidentified--Troy McClure and the Close Encounters Man
We move on from abductions with a look back at the greatest educational film host of all time, Phil Hartman. But then, in a more serious vein, we start our discussion of J Allen Hynek, a real and admi...Show More
4) New! Unidentified--Art Bell, John Mack, and Whitley Strieber
This is the second half of our Art Bell abduction coverage--this time, we're handling John Mack's and Whitley Strieber's appearances on the show. Art super-duper believes in this stuff, so there's not...Show More
5) New! Unidentified--Alien Abductions and Art Bell
As we wrap the science portion, we also stop into the High Desert, the Kingdom of Nye--in other words, we clip some classic Art Bell episodes to explore how Budd Hopkins promulgated his stories--inclu...Show More
6) New! Unidentified--Maury says the alien IS the daddy...abductees and their alien hybrid children
Maybe after all of this abduction talk, you've wondered what real scientists have to say about people being taken aboard alien spacecraft. And specifically, what to make of all of their reports of for...Show More
7) New! Unidentified--So, what really happened with that Manhattan alien abduction?
Oops! Forgot to upload the episode. In this one, we get the denoument of the Budd Hopkins Manhattan alien abduction story. Next time, we hear from more skeptical, but still sympathetic, researchers wh...Show More
8) New! Unidentified--Budd Hopkins and the Manhattan Alien Abduction
In this episode, we wrap with the sad end of John Mack's once-fine career, then dive deeply into the most "important" "alien" "abduction" that pioneering researcher Budd Hopkins ever covered. Yes, thi...Show More
9) New! Unidentified--John Mack's abduction theories fall apart
In which we review the downfall of a once-respected psychiatrist, as John Mack publishes his findings only to have them completely torn apart by a wide variety of critics. Worse, we learn how he was t...Show More
10) New! Unidentified--The Harvard psychiatrist who believed in abductions
In this episode, we wrap up the last bit of Strieber, before turning our attention to John Mack, a celebrated and respected psychiatrist who, late in his career, turned his attention to investigating,...Show More