FIRST, THE GOOD NEWS! Our band Sunspot will release a brand new EP on 3/17/2015, featuring three of the songs we wrote just for this podcast. We’re in the studio now working on it and pretty excited to finish up and get the final versions out for you to hear! On our way to the … Continue reading 28 – Peace and Long Life: A Tribute to Leonard Nimoy
Looks like Mike survived his half-marathon that we were talking about last week in the below-zero temperatures on Sunday, but just barely! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mike Huberty (@sunspotmike) and here’s Mike and Wendy recording the intro to the interview in the Sunspot rehearsal space. View this post on Instagram … Continue reading 27 – Parapsychology Fact Vs. Fiction: An Interview with Loyd Auerbach
Today we interview Peter Bebergal, author of the book. Season of the Witch: How The Occult Saved Rock n’ Roll, which is a fascinating look into how the occult slipped into the mainstream through the music of the Baby Boom generation. Rock n’ roll created the perfect storm of the Beatniks interest in Eastern mysticism, the Animism roots … Continue reading 26 – How The Occult Saved Rock & Roll: An Interview with Peter Bebergal
From Bruce Willis in Unbreakable to John Ritter in Hero at Large to everyone’s favorite madman Nicolas Cage in Kick-Ass, we’ve been watching regular everyday human beings assuming the mantle of comic book superhero personas for a long time. But for some people, even those fictions aren’t enough. There’s a group of people who are living the dream of real life superheroes in our … Continue reading 25 – Real Life Superheroes: An Interview with Author Tea Krulos
Last week’s Johnny Depp Chupacabra attack as an excuse for being tardy to a press conference was the inspiration for this discussion about a fascinating, elusive, goatsucking creature! This week we have a quick request: Since February is a month for LOVE, and we’d LOVE it if some more people would join our listener community, we’ve set a goal … Continue reading 24 – El Chupacabra: From “Species” to Johnny Depp
Here’s the second part of our interview with screenwriter and UFO investigator, Mark O’Connell. He and Mike talk about how Mark got into checking out reports of UFOs as an official MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) Field Investigator. He talks about the process of becoming a UFO Investigator as well as the cases that he’s investigated … Continue reading 23 – Life of a UFO Investigator: Interview with Mark O’Connell – Part 2
This episode features an interview with screenwriter for Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, Mark O’Connell. In the interview they cover growing up in the same small town, and how Mark developed his interest in science fiction, how Ray Bradbury gave him his first writing encouragement, and how he broke into writing for Star Trek. We go into the … Continue reading 22 – Writing for Star Trek: Interview with Mark O’Connell – Part 1
Stonehenge. In reality, it’s a bunch of really big rocks arranged over the Salisbury plain in England. While the lintels (the huge stones laid horizontally across the tops of the upright ones) make it unlike any other manmade stone formation, Stonehenge is still like the constellations, all its meaning has to come from your own … Continue reading 21 – Stonehenge: From Prehistory to Modern Mystery
In Episode 10, when we discussed the ghosts of Rock stars, one of the biggest sources of our stories was Matthew Swayne’s book, Haunted Rock n’ Roll: Ghostly Tales of Musical Legends. There were plenty of stories that we left untold that day, so we thought a great way to kick off 2015 would be … Continue reading 20 – Haunted Rock & Roll: An Interview With Author Matthew Swayne
We’re down to our last day of 2014, so what better time to discuss New Year’s traditions and superstitions? Mike and Wendy begin by sharing their own traditions for celebrating the turn of the year, and then delve into some historical and international New Year’s traditions and superstitions. Is there something you do each year when … Continue reading 19 – For Auld Lang Syne: New Year’s Traditions and Superstitions
