June 14, 2020 — Benjamin Radford

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🗓️ 14 June 2020

⏱️ 159 minutes

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Summary

Gene and Randall present the return of skeptical paranormal researcher Benjamin Radford, an editor for Skeptical Inquirer, and author of a dozen books that include “Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore.” During this interview, Ben reveals the origin of what he regards as the Chupacabra myth. He also focuses on the Naval gun camera photos that have received lots of mainstream press coverage and other topics. Ben received a bachelors degree in psychology from the University of New Mexico and a masters in education from the University of Buffalo. He is a member of the American Folklore Society, the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club and the American College of Forensic Examiners International. He has written over a thousand articles on a wide variety of topics, including urban legends, the paranormal, critical thinking, and media literacy.

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0:00.0	You're in the Paracast, the gold standard of paranormal radio.
0:28.0	And now, here's Gene Steinberg.
0:32.1	You know, this is the kind of show, I think, that if Blue Mike wanted to advertise on the Powercast, it'd be perfect
0:40.5	because I always run to people who are using some kind of Blue Mike.
0:44.9	I've got a Yeti pro here, but I'm using the Sure SM58.
0:48.7	Randall has a blue snowball.
0:50.9	Our guest this week, Ben Radford has a Blue Yetty, which is one of the best mics on the
0:57.0	planet for professional use. I mean, really good, a little bit flaky, but we run to so many
1:02.9	people who have the blue mics. Interesting indeed. In any case, let's talk about last week's
1:07.6	episode with Kurt Collins, and he has a site called The Saucers
1:11.1	that Time Forgot.
1:12.9	Very, very emphasis, great emphasis on pop culture.
1:17.0	In fact, the avatar he uses in our forums and on Facebook is one of the alien creatures
1:22.9	from the movie Earth versus the flying saucers.
1:27.1	Ben Radford, I know you're not old enough to have been old enough when that movie came
1:32.5	out in the 50s.
1:33.4	Do you remember Earth versus the flying saucers?
1:35.9	I saw it, obviously, as you said, not at the time, but I am a fan of film.
1:39.5	And I do remember I was in a phase, I think, in my late teens when I sort of rediscovered the 50s and
1:47.0	60s, sci-fis. And I do remember that one, yes. Of course, the irony here is that they licensed
1:53.8	one of major Donald Kehoe's books. And I guess he didn't understand how Hollywood works.
2:00.2	So when it came out to be a sci-fi film with maybe 30 seconds at the beginning talking about UFOs, he was embarrassed.
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