This is an homage to Charles Grodin. Having known him for 40 years, I know pretty well what his references are, what he's saying or revealing. In this podcast, one could say it's a culmination of 40 years of knowing him, ten years of filming people accessing the afterlife, and five years of filming sessions with Jennifer Shaffer weekly. It's also our 10,000th download - we have 60 podcasts so far. Jennifer notes that she didn't know Charles outside of the fact that we were friends, she never saw...
May 25, 2021•52 min•Ep. 62
Another fun podcast - Jennifer and I started off by talking about the process - how she helps law enforcement on a pro bono basis, and will be teaching a class soon in the process (details on her webpage JenniferShaffer.com). She has two workshops - one that covers how to help law enforcement, and the second is for people who want to be part of the group that does. I've attended in the past, and it's well worth the effort, if only to understand the process. Then we celebrated a bit of Luana's bi...
May 14, 2021•40 min•Ep. 61
It's our 60th podcast. Yippee. Jennifer was out of town last week, so I was thinking about a couple of people who showed up during previous sessions that we didn't speak to. She mentioned the "Librarian" (whom I described as Danny DeVito because someone else described him that way in "Architecture of the Afterlife") So I asked if there was a reason he wanted to chat with us. He implied that he had put it in my mind this past week to ask him some questions - which is often the case. In "Architect...
May 06, 2021•34 min•Ep. 60
This is a session I filmed back in 2017. The idea was to create some form of expression where we could discuss the afterlife in real time, and put it somewhere. Pre podcasts. Now when I view this file, I realize we were doing the same thing we've been doing for the past year. In this session, my old friend Howard Schultz, the producer of many successful TV shows ("Extreme Makeover") shows up to chat with us about the process of talking to the flipside. A portion of this clip will be in the new f...
Apr 30, 2021•32 min•Ep. 59
Another jaw dropping session. I didn't have anyone in mind as I sat down to dial up the podcast, but suddenly the late Monte Hellman came to mind. Monte passed away a few days ago - and I thought since he was friends with Luana, Harry Dean Stanton and others both on this side and the flipside, thought he might be an interesting interview. At one point Jennifer mentions the "actor" who played a Mafia Don who lived on an island - who stopped by to say hello. That was obviously Marlon, as I didn't ...
Apr 23, 2021•43 min•Ep. 58
A continuation of a conversation from a couple of weeks ago. My father, the architect, said that he was working with "architects" on the flipside. When asked who they were, Jennifer said she was hearing "Bernini and Michelangelo." As someone who majored in Humanities at BU, who wrote a miniseries for HBO about the Medici family in the Renaissance, I'm familiar with Michelangelo's story and Bernini's. We revisited our previous conversation to ask these fellows some questions about their lives and...
Apr 16, 2021•53 min•Ep. 57
Jennifer is on spring break. So in lieu of her being here, I started to look for something that we might have filmed awhile ago, but follows our format. This was our second interview on camera, done in her office in Manhattan Beach on Dec. 21st, 2015. At the time I was thinking about making these conversations into a documentary. Little did I know that our conversations over lunch, or in her office would become a six year journey together, and a podcast for the past year. But this follows the sa...
Apr 09, 2021•41 min•Ep. 56
Had some unusual dreams the past couple of days and used them as a jumping off place for the podcast. First wanted to know if there was any meaning to find, then wanted to know how to help people contact their loved ones on the other side. Acknowledging that it's not easy for everyone, it is easier for some - and there are techniques to learn. Meditation helps because it rewires the brain. Allowing that it's possible helps because that appears to be required to actually strike up a conversation....
Apr 01, 2021•40 min•Ep. 55
Tonight's podcast starts off with a general discussion of staying healthy during Covid. A recap of the conversation with Dr. Jonas Salk from a year ago where he recommended drinking elderberry, aloe vera and acai juice to prevent Covid (published in April 2020 on RichMartini.com) Then Edgar Cayce stopped by to talk a bit about his council of doctors who he used to help heal people on the planet, and how they are always accessible to everyone. Then Luana Anders, our moderator was asked if someone...
Mar 26, 2021•44 min•Ep. 54
This is an exploration into incarnation. Not in reincarnation - but the process of incarnation. How does it occur? We have a chat with Jennifer's father, a Mormon Bishop on the flipside. He discusses the process of a "drop of light" coming to incarnate in the guise of a human. When asked if anyone else wanted to speak on the topic, Elvis came forward to observe that music is the same kind of frequency that the drop of essence is described as - another bit of the overall light that is part of inc...
Mar 19, 2021•36 min•Ep. 53
I had the impression that the great director Federico Fellini stopped by my place a few days ago - so I invited him to come by our class. I had studied his films in college, and later when living in Rome there were sightings of him all over the city. Later, I met a number of people who worked with him, including the Roman actress Fiametta Baralla, the aunt of a fellow film school student Luca Bentivoglio. I got to know Fiametta well, and her dog Romeo who was famous in her home town of Roma. As ...
Mar 12, 2021•48 min•Ep. 52
Another unusual podcast. In this instance, I had a thought to invite Ian Stevenson, the renowned professor and psychiatrist to our podcast. I had a specific reason - because there's a phrase he left behind, that he thought - like Harry Houdini - he could "communicate" to someone on the other side. In doing these podcasts with Jennifer, on occasion we get to "prove" that the flipside exits. We did so in the book "Backstage Pass to the Flipside" where my old pal Bill Paxton showed up to report thi...
Mar 05, 2021•38 min•Ep. 51
As promised, we asked Larry King to return this week. Luana Anders our friend on the flipside, helped facilitate the conversation. We asked him to talk about his life and journey - growing up in Brooklyn and then heading down to Miami. He talks about his mother and father, and who was there to greet him on the other side. He talked about some of the people that he knew in life, that are different when they get back home. He mentions Bernie Madoff - who stole 2.8 million from him life, but "isn't...
Feb 26, 2021•48 min•Ep. 50
Larry stopped by for the last ten minutes. He suggested we hold off on interviewing him. I asked a couple of questions to see what he'd say. We'll talk to him soon. Meanwhile we had a general discussion to help people to access their loved ones on the other side. Larry stopped by for the last ten minutes. He suggested we hold off on interviewing him. I asked a couple of questions to see what he'd say. We'll talk to him soon. Meanwhile we had a general discussion to help people to access their lo...
Feb 19, 2021•52 min•Ep. 49
For people who are aware of how Jennifer and I met, there is an extended three hour interview with Amelia Earhart about her life, her journey in the book "Hacking the Afterlife." We were in the midst of answering questions from viewers (who ask them via Martinizone.com on YouTube, or email at MartiniProds at gmail) when I asked our friend Luana Anders, moderator of our group, if there was anyone that we needed to speak with. Amelia showed up to give me some encouragement. Literally to "not give ...
Feb 12, 2021•43 min•Ep. 48
Jennifer lost a friend a few days ago, and we took the opportunity to chat with her about her journey and path. We also took some questions from the audience, encouraged to submit them to MartiniProds at gmail - not to take requests for readings, but questions about process that someone on the flipside might be able to answer. Today's question was "How do emotions such as love or grief affect frequency and communication with loved ones on the other side?" Thanks for tuning in....
Feb 05, 2021•41 min•Ep. 47
This is a podcast that's more about the process of how we communicate with the flipside . In it, we ask our moderator on the flipside, the former actress Luana Anders about her journey - her life is detailed in the book "Flipside" but in this we get around to asking her about her council and she talks about three of the 12 individuals in it. One who represents Peace, one who represents Energy, and a third that represents Compassion. Luana was a lifelong Buddhist, so the idea that her lead counci...
Jan 30, 2021•55 min•Ep. 46
Another wild session with Jennifer. We began to chat about the inauguration, and David Bowie stopped by to talk about the music and musicians. Jennifer wasn't aware of what Jon Bon Jovi played, just that he performed. She was shown a photograph of someone like Yogananda associated with that song - I asked if we could speak to the fellow who wrote it. George had a message for his wife Olivia as well as for his pal Russ, who is a friend of mine. We then spoke about the process of how people on the...
Jan 22, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 45
One of Jennifer's friends, a Doctor passed away a few days ago, and we took the opportunity to ask him about his experience reaching the flipside. He said that "Jesus" was one of the people who was there to greet him. We asked him questions about his life, his passing and the experience on the flipside, but also took the opportunity to interview the fellow who greeted him.
Jan 14, 2021•52 min•Ep. 44
This is going to be hard for those who haven't read any of the books ("Backstage Pass to the Flipside" or "Architecture of the Afterlife.") I can only say that Jennifer and I never discuss who we are going to talk to our about. And in light of the fact that we've spoken to former Presidents before, I figured they might want to chat about the events in the Capitol yesterday. I wasn't surprised that John McCain (Maverick) stopped by, but that led to a free wheeling all encompassing discussion that...
Jan 07, 2021•58 min•Ep. 43
Joe Ranft was one of the most prolific storytellers in the Pixar canon. Working at first for Eric Larsen at Disney, working on Lion King and Beauty and the Beast among others, then moving over to work with Jon Lassiter at Pixar as the head of the story dept - Joe was responsible for the story's and characters in Toy Story, Bugs Life, Cars and others. Unfortunately a car accident took his life in 1995. He left behind his family, and brother who works in the industry. Having seen the film "Soul" a...
Jan 01, 2021•40 min•Ep. 42
Jennifer and I discuss the process of how mediums and others can connect with their loved ones on the other side with or without help from those on the planet, assisting those on the other side to make the connection. A Christmas/Holiday themed podcast. For further info; JenniferShaffer.com, RichMartini.com, HackingTheAfterlife.com, MartiniZone.com or MartiniProds@gmail.com
Dec 25, 2020•39 min•Ep. 41
It's our 40th episode! How about that? Well, this is no different than the others - mind bending and just about as out there as we can get. Last night I happened to catch Tom Hanks talking about his movie he's doing with Baz Luhrmann in Australia, where he plays Colonel Tom Parker. Went to sleep without a thought about it, and had the impression that Luana told me we'd have a "surprise guest" in today's episode. To be clear, we've seen Elvis before in our class - and we did invite him into the c...
Dec 18, 2020•49 min•Ep. 40
It's been a couple of weeks since Jennifer and I did a session. As noted during this one, I had the impression that Chuck Yeager wanted to speak to us, and heard his name in my kitchen. As I always do, I suggest that person "Make a reservation with Luana, who is the holder of our clipboard." This morning, I had asked Luana in my mind on the flipside, "So who should we speak with?" and Chuck's name appeared as an answer. I did a little cursory research about him - and the show is verbatim. At the...
Dec 11, 2020•49 min•Ep. 39
Empty clipboard, we asked Luana for whomever she wanted to bring forward. This was a Thanksgiving episode - in advance - without or idea that it might be. Luana knew both Billys. She met Paxton when he and I rewrote my script "You Can't Hurry Love" together and he supplied the title track from his band Martini Ranch. However, fate intervened, and our budding romance turned into his skyrocketing career. I made a film about three mediums talking to Bill, it's on Gaia, but in this instance he stopp...
Nov 20, 2020•51 min•Ep. 38
It popped into my head last night as I was going to sleep. However, as noted, this morning I didn't think it was a good idea and abandoned it. But when our session began, my friend on the flipside Luana Anders said "Don't be afraid of inviting the two people that you were planning on inviting." First I invited the father of Mary Trump, Fred Jr. He had a contentious relationship with his father, but Jennifer did not know who we were speaking to. At one point, I think I referred to him as Robert, ...
Nov 13, 2020•42 min•Ep. 37
We didn't have any agenda today, and just thought we'd let the class take over. John McCain showed up first, had plenty to say among other things; "Sweet revenge." Honest Abe, JFK showed up - and spoke eloquently about binding the nation's wounds and pulling us together. (I kid you not. Neither Jennifer and I had any idea they would say what they say.) Sargent Shriver stopped by - odd name to pull out of a hat - but he was eloquent as well. John Shaner makes a return visit with Robert Towne's do...
Nov 06, 2020•53 min•Ep. 36
This is no more unusual or less so of an episode. Just prior to filming this interview, I got a call from Oscar winning writer Robert Towne to let me know that his old friend, and close friend to Luana Anders, John Shaner had passed at 89. Robert wanted to know from John, if he should reach out to one of John's loved ones. So I told Robert I'd ask - because John was close to Luana and knew that he could "jump the line" if need be. The second person we interview, colloquially known as "Issa" in A...
Oct 29, 2020•46 min•Ep. 35
NOTE: THERE WAS A GLITCH IN THIS PREVIOUS VERSION - AN INTERRUPTION WHERE I STOPPED AND STARTED THE PODCAST (COUNTING DOWN AND SAYING "I'LL CUT THIS LATER") I DID CUT IT LATER, AND THE SAME PODCAST WITHOUT THE EDIT IS POSTED AFTER THIS - APOLOGIES FOR THE GLITCH, BUT DELETING THE ENTIRE EPISODE MIGHT SCREW UP SOMEONE'S LISTING. SO CLICK ON THE SAME NAME LATER DATE TO AVOID THAT GLITCH) I begin the segment with me on camera mentioning the two folks I invited to come to the session. Jennifer knew ...
Oct 23, 2020•55 min•Ep. 34
In this episode, Luana Anders came through to talk to us about the process of how people on the other side, on the flipside have to adjust their frequency, have to adjust their perspective in order to communicate with us by dreams, sounds, images, smells, etc. That it's a mutual process because it requires us to "suspend our disbelief" that it's possible, and allow that there is a possibility that there is an afterlife, otherwise there can be no communication. Unfortunately, the conversation was...
Oct 14, 2020•31 min•Ep. 33
