The 1938 Orson Welles radio play of "War of the Worlds" allegedly created widespread panic among a gullible listening audience, but in the eight-plus decades since the program was broadcast, the public has acclimated itself to the possibility of visitation by an alien intelligence. In this episode, Jeremy and George revisit some historical milestones that ma ... Show More
Jul 2021
EP38: Summer Days with Dad, Fighting Founding Fathers, and The Pittsburgh Pirates' Dream
On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, Randall Haley reminisces about the yearly Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi; also, Dr. Adam Carrington of Hillsdale College tells the story of The Alien and Sedition Acts, some one of America's most controversial l ... Show More
39m 3s
Apr 2020
Betty and Barney Hill: The UFO Case that Changed Everything, with Toby Ball
In September of 1961, on an empty country road in rural New Hampshire, Barney and Betty Hill experienced the most profound, bizarre night of their lives in what would become the first widely-publicized account of an alien abduction in US history -- the case that would go on to in ... Show More
56m 44s
Nov 2022
We Interrupt This Program
On a Saturday night, in February 1949, the music programming on one of the most popular radio stations in Quito, Ecuador, was interrupted with an urgent news bulletin: strange objects in the sky that looked like large disks with bright lights were using a powerful ray to destroy ... Show More
39m 59s
Dec 2021
Strange News: The Pentagon Doubles Down on Aliens, QAnon Still Waiting For Prophecies, Havana Syndrome Update
On the heels of a recent report on UFOs (or UAPs), the Pentagon officially announces plans for a new, acronym-littered initiative to investigate mysterious things in the sky. QAnon supporters continue to wait for revelations in Dallas. The CIA director warns Russias spies that th ... Show More
57m 21s
Jun 2023
UFO Whistleblowers and Las Vegas Aliens
Whew boy, is there a lot of weird alien hijinks afoot lately, and this week we’re talking about it whether the government wants us to or not! We discuss the 4chan UFO whistleblower, the Air Force UFO whistleblower, and the curious case of the backyard UFO crash in Las Vegas.
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1h 4m