Across the UK, across continental North America,

and around the world on the internet by webcast and by podcast,

my name is Howard Hughes and this is the unexplained.

Thank you for being part of my show,

just to explain that I'm still suffering with this hay fever thing

that appears to have affected my throat and my voice.

Sometimes I sound a little bit like Barry White,

and sometimes like at the moment,

my voice sounds a little bit like it's fading away.

I've just taken another anti-histamine tablet,

so I'm hoping that's going to help me through the next hour

when we talk with somebody who's had an important part,

one way or another, in the development of the unexplained.

His name is Mark Christopher Lee,

and he is the man behind an indie band called The Pocket Gods.

Now, before Mark got in touch with me,

I'd no idea who they were,

but he asked me to do an intro to one of their albums.

He was a fan of the podcast, and I said, yes, sure.

I'll record it, and I've done a few of these for him.

Now, Mark's band The Pocket Gods were championed

by a man called John Peel in the UK.

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