SciFriday Podcast
1) New Year, New Chapter
With this, our 300th episode, SciFriday goes on indefinite hiatus.We’ve had a wonderful time producing this program over the last seven years, but with a busy 2023 schedule that includes three weeks i...Show More
2) Crowley, Rasputin, and Loch Ness
Loch Ness is best known as the home of a cryptid--the mysterious, serpentine creature called the Loch Ness Monster.We didn’t see Nessie during our visit to Scotland in 2019, but we did see a site that...Show More
3) The Watchers and the Ripper
Sharon’s research for The Redwing Saga, her series of supernatural thrillers, turned up a historic link between the Watchers, Mount Hermon and Jack the Ripper.Sadly, the British Museum doesn’t keep th...Show More
4) Spiritual Warfare and Jack the Ripper
This week, we share some of the background for Sharon’s series of supernatural thrillers, The Redwing Saga. The eighth novel in her series, The Poisoned Pawn, is available now, and Sharon explains why...Show More
5) Jesus vs. the Dead
The region between the Sea of Galilee and Mount Hermon in Israel is covered with megalithic monuments to the dead.We discuss the dolmen fields and megalithic sites of the Golan Heights and Hula Valley...Show More
6) Nephilim and Neanderthals
New DNA research shows that Neanderthals and Denisovans, supposedly extinct distant cousins of modern humans, traveled much farther than previously thought.Is it possible that the science isn’t as set...Show More
7) Asteroids and Algorithms
NASA recently smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to test a concept for a future planetary defense system. Is it a coincidence that asteroid Dimorphos is about the same size as Apophis, which will m...Show More
8) King of the East
China’s President Xi Jinping was given a third term in office at the recent Chinese Communist Party congress, elevating him to the status of Mao Zedong, the leader of communist China from 1949 until h...Show More
9) Pharmakeia, Portals, and Virtual Sin
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY are creating new ways for us to engage with the unseen realm.We discuss the use of pharmaceuticals to ease depression, manage pain, and treat psychosis, which may actually make ...Show More
10) Mecca Was Not in Arabia
WE WRAP our six-week series based on our last tour of Israel with a look at the incredible city of the Nabataean Arabs, Petra.Petra was a cult center, a pilgrimage destination for pagans of the ancien...Show More