Whitley Strieber: Communion and Beyond
Somewhere in the Skies
Ryan Sprague
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
On episode 293 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we are joined by the one and only Whitley Strieber. Strieber is probably best known for his breakout non-fiction book, Communion, which became an instant best-seller in 1989. Communion brought the alien abduction phenomenon to the forefront of pop culture with its terrifying, yet fascinating story and its iconic book cover of what is now known as the alien "grey". The book was later made into a feature film, starring Christopher Walken as Strieber. Since then, Strieber's journey with what he calls "The Visitors" has only grown stronger, especially after the passing of his wife. Today, Strieber will discuss the pinnacle experience that drove him to write Communion, his continuing search to find answers, the connections between UFOs and the afterlife, and then he answers listener questions.
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| 0:38.3 | Welcome to somewhere in the skies, I am your host, Ryan Sprague, and today on the show, |
| 0:43.7 | we have a guest that I have wanted to have on the show for a very long time. |
| 0:48.2 | You know him probably from his breakout in 1989 book Communion, which that book cover |
| 0:55.4 | changed a lot of our lives. |
| 0:58.4 | So today we're going to be talking to Whitley Streiber all about his experiences, his experiences |
| 1:04.7 | afterwards, after the events of the book Communion, and where he is now in his life with |
| 1:11.0 | these experiences, and where he thinks we're going in the future when it comes to both |
| 1:15.8 | UFOs and humanity. |
| 1:18.4 | So today our guest, Whitley Streiber. |
| 1:30.9 | This is somewhere in the skies, with Ryan Sprague. |
| 1:52.8 | Whitley Streiber welcome for the very first time to somewhere in the skies. |
| 1:56.5 | Well thank you for having me, I'm delighted. |
| 1:59.2 | So for me, Whitley Communion was a big part of my initiation into this field, particularly |
| 2:05.4 | the abduction phenomenon, and it changed a lot of perceptions of what this phenomenon |
| 2:12.0 | is. |
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