The Ghost Lab — Bigfoot, Ghosts, and Government Distrust in the Granite State

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Mike Pesca

News, Politics, Arts, Daily News

4.4 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Author Matt Hongoltz-Hetling returns with The Ghost Lab, a rollicking deep dive into New Hampshire’s paranormal subculture, where Bigfoot lurks behind every maple tree and alien abductees fill out grant forms. He profiles a ghost-hunting crew that includes a psychic medium, a paranormal paralegal, and a Bigfoot believer who swears the aliens took him more than once. What starts as a tour of fringe science becomes a sharp look at America’s low-trust spiral—where more people believe in demons than in their own democracy. Plus, up top: LA erupts in protest, and Gavin Newsom practically begs Donald Trump to arrest him. Produced by Corey WaraProduction Coordinator Ashley KhanEmail us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠To advertise on the show, contact ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://advertising.libsyn.com/TheGist⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The Gist: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The Gist Youtube Page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_bh0wHgk2YfpKf4rg40_g⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The Gist Instagram Page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠GIST INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow The Gist List at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Pesca⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.6	It's Tuesday, January 10th, 2025.
0:33.6	It's Tuesday, January 10th, 2025 from Peach Productions. It's the gist. I'm Mike Peska.
0:40.1	The ongoing L.A. protests, unrest, violence, lawlessness, violation of posse comitatis, possibly
0:46.5	might wind up being a flash in the pan, a blinding flash in the skillet that is the American psyche,
0:52.9	let's hope. But to the extent it goes on
0:55.6	with these particular contours that we're seeing, it all plays in Donald Trump's hands,
0:59.8	which he recognizes in a way that I'm not sure his adversaries do. To advocates and activists,
1:05.8	this is a principled stance about the president not overreaching. But what he's reacting to is also the story. So, is it a story
1:14.8	of immigration? Well, if so, the public is on Donald Trump's side. Is it a story of lawlessness?
1:21.5	Again, the public is on Donald Trump's side. To the actual residents of Los Angeles, it is
1:26.7	becoming more a story about crime and chaos and
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