You're in the Paracast, the gold standard of paranormal radio.

And now, here's Gene Steinberg.

You are, of course, listening to The Powercast.

I'm Gene Steinberg.

My co-host this week is Christopher O'Brien.

You know, one of the things we don't talk about as much as we should on the show is how the media treats the subject of UFOs in paranormal research.

Now, in case you're just listening to the show, we've talked about it in the past, not as much.

And I have to say that during the time that I was working for the traditional broadcast media back in the 1970s, that makes me older than

dirt, I guess. I covered UFO stories in the area in which I worked, which was Southeast

Pennsylvania, and my bosses never said anything bad about it. It was okay because it was also in the area in which I worked, which was Southeast Pennsylvania, and my bosses never said anything bad about it.

It was okay because it was also in the mainstream printed press, so they didn't care.

As long as I covered my normal newsbeat, they didn't worry if I stuck in a UFO story so long as there was duplicate coverage from other members of the media.

I even had a UFO magazine

at the time, but I don't think they understood that concept. So they let me do my thing. And even

nowadays, I do a technology radio show, the Tech Night Out Live, I do the powercast, and people

don't really criticize me for it. What about you? You came out in this field with a background as a musician.

Of course, you were there for an entertainer.

So how did the adaptation process go?

Well, you know, Gene, I've been on, I don't know how many television segments, film

documentaries, hundreds and hundreds of radio programs, like many people in the field. I'm

leery of the media, but much to my surprise, all through the 90s into the new millennium here,

I never had any problems with the media in terms of them pulling fast ones, misstating,

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