March 6, 2022 — Shannon Taggart with Tim Swartz

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🗓️ 6 March 2022

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present award-winning photojournalist Shannon Taggart. Her book is: “SÉANCE: Spiritualist Ritual and the Search for Ectoplasm.” Taggart says that she first became aware of Spiritualism as a teenager, after her cousin received a message from a medium who revealed a startling detail about her grandfather’s death that proved to be true. The book presents hundreds of original photographs, as well as historical imagery that attempts to capture spirits on film. Spiritualism’s photographic past contains some of the most bizarre, absurd and uniquely unsettling images in the history of photography. Ms. Taggart’s photographs have been exhibited and featured internationally, including within the publications TIME, New York Times Magazine, Discover, and Newsweek. Her work has been recognized by Nikon, Magnum Photos and the Inge Morath Foundation, American Photography, the International Photography Awards, and the Alexia Foundation for World Peace.

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0:00.0	You're in the Paracast.
0:02.0	You're in the Paracast, the gold standard of paranormal radio.
0:27.8	And now, here's Gene Steinberg.
0:32.0	And the show we did two weeks ago with our special guest co-host Tim Swartz.
0:36.2	There's still, to some degree, echoing in my ears, listening to Ralph Blunfall, the former
0:42.3	New York Times reporter, and how well he's become acquainted with the UFO field.
0:48.9	Did that surprise you, Tim?
0:50.6	A little bit, but, you know, I mean, it just shows what a good investigative reporter he is, because, I mean, he did his homework. He really delved into the topic. I've seen a lot of reporters over the years just kind of give a cursory nod to the subject and then go back to, you know, chasing ambulances or, you know,
1:13.8	whatever's going on at the courthouse.
1:16.2	It pleases me that there are still a journalist out there who will really go that extra nine yards
1:24.8	to learn about their subject.
1:27.1	Yes, indeed, but spending 17 years writing that
1:32.6	bio of Dr. John Mack, that to me says this is more than just writing a book. This is real
1:39.1	dedication because he became basically a part of the UFO field as much as he doesn't want to be called
1:46.1	a uphologist.
1:47.6	Right.
1:48.0	Well, I can't blame him for that because, you know, face it, that term, UFOologist has baggage,
1:56.6	you know, unfortunately, because many people believe, you know, when you say ufologists,
2:02.4	that means believer rather than, you know, somebody who does research on the subject.
2:08.8	That always chafes me.
2:11.7	People are always asking me, oh, so, you know, you believe in UFOs.
2:15.6	And I have to explain all over again. No, I don't necessarily believe in UFOs. And I have to explain all over again.
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