PODCAST LISTENER SURVEY Hey friends! I need your help. I need you to take a moment and fill out this survey.  http://survey.libsyn.com/conspiracy-unlimited It helps me identify who listens to this podcast and that helps me attract potential sponsors. Sponsors mean I can keep producing this podcast. Thanks in advance and please enjoy this episode!   EPISODE #265   In part 2 of a two-part series, Richard welcomes back an expert in Middle East studies to discuss the copper scroll, found amongst the Dead Sea Scrolls in Qumran in the 1950s. GUEST: Shelley Neese is the Vice President of the Jerusalem Connection International, a nonprofit organization based out of Washington DC. Shelley lived and studied in Israel from 2000-2004, where she learned conversational Hebrew and received her M.A in Middle Eastern Studies from Ben Gurion University of the Negev. The high point of her studies—and first crack at investigative journalism—was her master’s thesis examining the secret, multilateral negotiations ending the 2002 siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. As a freelance columnist for several publications, her articles have appeared in the Jerusalem Post, Arutz Sheva, FrontPage Magazine, and more. Shelley has been present for the most central events in the Copper Scroll Project over the last decade, including the initial excavation at Qumran in 2009. An experienced public speaker, Shelley is on the Jewish National Fund’s Speakers Bureau. She has addressed various Jewish student groups and participated on debate panels. She is the author of The Copper Scroll Project. Unlock Strange Planet Premium at https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm/