After this podcast, where we talk about the ways to communicate from the flipside to this side, I was in the car and put on a random 50's station, and lo and behold Elvis was singing "TREAT ME NICE." That is something that he mentions in this podcast. That when we access people on the flipside, if we think of them in angry terms, the messages don't get through. However, if we "treat them nice" we can communicate with pretty much anyone. Another unusual podcast in a sea of them. In this case, Lua...
Feb 04, 2022•51 min•Ep. 92
Hello! Jennifer and I have been trying to get together for weeks, were "thisclose" to podcasting last week, but a number of bugs in the ointment conspired to make it not happen. In today's podcast we go over a bit of what we've been doing - Jennifer helping people around the planet, me meeting with someone who was able to access the flipside this afternoon. This podcast, despite the number of people who have checked off the planet lately, was about how the "veil is thinning." It's that a number ...
Jan 28, 2022•39 min•Ep. 91
Welcome to the New Year of 2022! Here Jennifer and I are picking up from where we left off last year - after both of us coming down with Covid, and me trying not to cough my way through the show. Apologies for the cough drop walla, just unavoidable. In this podcast we asked who wanted to come forward, and I was surprised to see George Harrison step in - as in the past he was a reluctant speaker. Mostly opted for witty sarcasm - but as this podcast and our interviews have been going on weekly for...
Jan 06, 2022•43 min•Ep. 90
Due to circumstances beyond our control, both Jennifer and I have come down with versions of the flu. Both of us are okay, but not up to doing our "year end" podcast that we so wanted to do. We may do that next week. Meanwhile, for all of our fans, here's a previous unseen session filmed in Jennifer's office in Manhattan Beach. I started off by invited Cass Elliot (in the theme of "Tuning Into the Afterlife" now on sale at Amazon) we zipped around and got a number of Avatars to swing by - both m...
Dec 31, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 89
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we've had to dig into the stocking by the fireplace for a podcast this week, the last one of 2021. Why not just rerun the one we did last year at this same time? Sounds like a great idea. Wishing all our listeners and friends a happy holidaze, and here's the reaching out to our loved ones on the flipside. They say that they're with us during the holidays, because of course we think of them. They say that we should toast them in present tense because after...
Dec 25, 2021•40 min•Ep. 88
This is a bit different, as Jennifer had spoken with someone who was close to Steve Jobs the day before, and alerted me that he might want to stop by the podcast for a chat. I didn't know that to be the case, but we had spoken to him before, so I prepared some questions beforehand. As noted, some of the questions to him, Jennifer could not know the answers. His comment that his relationship with Kubun Otogawa "saved his life so he could have his life" - was spot on, as he was a Zen Master that h...
Dec 09, 2021•53 min•Ep. 87
It's our Anniversary Special! Jennifer reached out to me 7 years ago, after listening to the audible for my second book "It's a Wonderful Afterlife." At the time I didn't know anything about mediums, other than I'd met a few who were spot on and amazingly accurate. I didn't realize that it was another methodology for accessing information on the flipside. So we spent three hours together our first meeting - me filming her accessing people on the flipside. Me asking her questions about her path a...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 86
This is something filmed in April of 2019. It was on the heels of a conversation with Hawking, Sagan, Tesla and Einstein. That interview is in the book "Backstage Pass to the Flipside 3" - this one is reproduced in the new book "Tuning into the Afterlife." There's a number of unusual concepts covered in this session, talking to Stephen Hawking about how to access a "slice of time." The story that I'm referring to was told by the actor Hank Azaria on the Stephen Colbert show - prefaced by the "fu...
Nov 28, 2021•50 min•Ep. 85
This is one of those unusual podcasts where again, no plan, just chatting with Jennifer. And in this case, a dog came through that I knew 30 years ago - that I walked for three years for my then boss Robert Towne, Oscar winning screenwriter. Hira was a unique pet - treated me like a vassal, had a persona that I can remember thinking "this isn't a dog. This is like a person who allows me to walk with him, rather than walk him." Robert and Hira had a terrific bond, even though Robert had other dog...
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 84
This is a book talk that I gave in Laguna Woods about "Eleven eleven" in 2019. The information still applies. Jennifer was busy today and could not participate in the podcast. This is a 90 minute book talk, so for those who can handle me speaking non stop for two hours, this is for you. Talk was given for the "Life After Life" club in Laguna Woods that covers my journey into the flipside, as well as some of the latest reports. Refers to books "Flipside" "It's a wonderful afterlife" "Hacking the ...
Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 83
This is another one of those podcasts about process. In this case, Jennifer recounts going to someone's house to do some mediumship work, and this person added a wall of photographs to their home. The idea was to "remember where we came from and how we got here." Along those lines, a discussion of how Jennifer's father had come through and given us advice from the flipside about how to deal with grief. He said "grief is only sad memories, but nostalgia is both sad and happy memories - when you c...
Nov 04, 2021•32 min•Ep. 82
Unusual podcast today - first a conversation about dreams, and how dreams are created, both with folks no longer on the planet, and our memories of them. A dive into how consciousness functions. And then, when asked if our moderator on the flipside Luana Anders has brought anyone in to speak with us, she introduces Jesse Owens, because "there aren't enough athletes in our class." Which is pretty funny - Jennifer knew little about Jesse, I knew a tad more that she does - but look up some details ...
Oct 28, 2021•51 min•Ep. 81
Jennifer is back from the UK and worlds beyond! In this shortened episode, we discuss some things with our moderator on the flipside Luana Anders, who talks about her observations of the planet. It bears repeating that Luana was my 20 year companion, who passed to the flipside in 1996, who started showing up in dreams, visions, and then to members of my family prior to doing any of this research into the Flipside. As noted in the book "Flipside: A Tourist's Guide on How to Navigate the Afterlife...
Oct 22, 2021•36 min•Ep. 80
This is a podcast from a year ago - when we first started to do zoom sessions and put them on MartiniZone.com at the YouTube channel. Oldie but goodie while Jennifer is traipsing around the planet. I begin the segment with me on camera mentioning the two folks I invited to come to the session. Jennifer knew the face of Tom, one of them, didn't know the second one Randi at all. However, we spoke to Tom before, and this conversation is in honor of his 70th birthday. We talk about his birthday part...
Oct 14, 2021•55 min•Ep. 79
Jennifer is away from the desk for a moment or three. In the meantime, I was looking through our old interviews. These were not made for the podcast - they follow the same format, but were not meant to be shown. The idea was that Jennifer and I would have lunch once a week and see who came forward. These recorded conversations are part of the book "Backstage Pass to the Flipside." If you haven't read any of them, it's a good place to start. By this time, we are speaking in short hand. I know tha...
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 78
Another mind bending session with Jennifer Shaffer and Luana Anders on the flipside. I posted some photographs on Facebook of Luana who appeared in Francis Coppola's first film "Dementia 13" as it's being released on Blue Ray this week with a commentary by Francis. And when mentioning that on our podcast, Jennifer revealed that she's been "reading" a member of the Coppola family since 2009. I have no idea of how that came about - it clearly didn't have anything to do with me or Luana since Jenni...
Sep 24, 2021•51 min•Ep. 77
This is one of those podcasts about process. As usual we had nothing on our agenda, but Luana did. At some point she interrupted me (what else is new?) to get Jennifer to say "Luana wants to talk about something." I know this is problematic for some people. As I note in the podcast, it's not my opinion, theory or belief that I've been filming people for the past ten years accessing the flipside, it's on film. It's literally footage. Take a look at the films "Flipside" or "Hacking the Afterlife" ...
Sep 16, 2021•45 min•Ep. 76
Just another day in the park on the flipside. In this case, Jennifer got a glimpse of Steve Martin on the Flipside. Because of the people involved, I guessed what that was a reference to. Not only is Charles Grodin's longtime friend in a successful show on Hulu, so is his pal Martin Short (Clifford.) As noted in the show, Charles was close to Steve Martin - and despite their close relationship, acknowledges that Steve can't hear him when he's trying to reach out to him. That's a common refrain, ...
Sep 09, 2021•40 min•Ep. 75
We got lucky today as Jennifer was available for a full hour. We start off with a question about frequency and how electronics seem to influencing and affecting our lifetimes, and at Luana Anders suggestion (neither Jennifer nor I had planned anything in advance) she brought Stephen forward to talk about frequency disruption. We've had chats with Stephen before - they're in the books "Backstage Pass to the Flipside" as well as previous podcasts. The point is - we might not be able to translate w...
Sep 03, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 74
I met Don Everly once in my career playing pianos in nightclubs around the planet. The amazing sax player Craig Cole, a member of our band "Imminent Disaster" and I were playing a gig at Les Deux Cafe. It was just me and Craig and as I began singing "Knocking on Heaven's Door" there was the sound of someone singing harmony in my ear. As I recount in this episode, I didn't know who it was, but I recognized the voice immediately; Don Everly. So I thought it would be a good chance that we might be ...
Aug 26, 2021•47 min•Ep. 73
Recently on the "Hacking the Afterlife" forum on Quora someone asked me why we hadn't interviewed more women. I pointed out that I wasn't in charge of the guest list, but offered that perhaps there were more men than women was because of the occupations we've chatted with. Quite a few musicians who invite their pals to our classroom. That's not to say that we've only interviewed guys - in the books "Backstage Pass to the Flipside" there are excerpts of 100s of interviews, quite a few women of no...
Aug 12, 2021•31 min•Ep. 72
Another mind bending foray into the flipside. As noted in this podcast, we don't come prepped or ready to speak to anyone, unless something odd has happened. In this case, Jennifer had asked for help from her great grandfather a few days ago - and really didn't know anything beyond his name. And like I do with all of my research, I do look this stuff up. As it turns out the Civil War veteran who showed up actually was a Civil War veteran. To demonstrate how mediums have to "translate the informa...
Aug 05, 2021•44 min•Ep. 71
Jennifer and I have been doing this work for the past six years. Every week, clockwork, we meet up and chat with people on the flipside. We've gotten to a point where I can understand the metaphor of what she's seeing or saying. In terms of the process, it's pretty much stayed the same. Since the first time we met, and someone "showed up" during our conversation, I wondered if this was a "one time thing" or if it was something that could be repeated. Three books later, "Backstage Pass to the Fli...
Jul 30, 2021•41 min•Ep. 70
Another unusual podcast. As we've noted in the past, it's rare that people show up to insist on being interviewed. In this case, it was someone we'd interviewed in the past, in fact a year ago, July 17th, 2020 Anthony Bourdain and Robin Williams stopped by on a podcast named "Exiting Early." (Anthony and Robin appear in the books "Backstage Pass to the Flipside," both interviewed extensively.) But in this case, Anthony wanted to weigh in on the film about his life, called "Roadrunner." He says h...
Jul 23, 2021•42 min•Ep. 69
This is a wee bit shorter than the other podcasts, partially because we weren't able to get all three of us on camera at the same time, but we invited a friend whose dog passed away over 30 years ago. Fans of our books "Backstage Pass to the Flipside" will recognize who this person is, but for now, he's my old boss Robert. Robert had a Hungarian sheepdog who had a heritage. I met his sister at some point, but for three years of my post film school life, I walked this dog around the Warner Bros l...
Jul 16, 2021•23 min•Ep. 68
Another unusual podcast. We begin with a discussion of Jennifer's birthday (Happy Birthday Jennifer!) and her dad stops by to say a few words. Discussion leads into my recent hip operation and all of the unusual experiences with the #11 that particular day - including a dream my wife had where Luana reminded her of a previous dream ("Picture 11:11, we meet at the decimals") and she had the experience of hearing information from her about the upcoming operation. Aside from the fact that I was in ...
Jul 09, 2021•35 min•Ep. 67
Another unplanned visit from someone everyone knew as Elvis Aaron Presley from Tupelo Mississippi. I must admit I was never a fan until he started showing up in our class. And then I spent the time to listen to his earlier rockabilly tunes, and grew to appreciate what he'd done with his talent. To be clear Jennifer and I don't discuss in advance who we're going to speak to, and Luana Anders our trusted moderator is in charge of who gets on her clipboard and into the class. As noted, a couple of ...
Jun 24, 2021•53 min•Ep. 66
Another one of those mind bending sessions. Having spent the past five years chatting with Jennifer on a weekly basis, only starting to film about a year ago, we have 65 podcasts of us chatting with people on the flipside. We have three books of interviews "Backstage Pass to the Flipside" where we discuss how we met, the process we use, and the many verifications that have occurred on camera in her office, in restaurants. In this case, one can search through these podcasts to hear other verifici...
Jun 11, 2021•44 min•Ep. 65
Another mind bending podcast, this one about music and frequency. Luana began by directing us to an event that had occurred earlier in the day, when I went to visit her friend Sally Kellerman (still on the planet.) We talked about Sally's husband on the flipside, my old friend who produced 3 of my films. My mother, a concert pianist stopped by to refer to a photograph I was working with on my latest book a few days ago. Then Tom Petty stopped by. As noted before, I have never asked Tom to stop b...
Jun 03, 2021•48 min•Ep. 64
Part two of our interview with Charles Grodin, but a week later. It starts off with a visit from my Italian grandmother, who answers a couple of questions - I include this because it's a way to demonstrate how people can access loved ones. Then we interview Charles Grodin again, with some questions about process and clarification. There's a brief discussion with Robert Towne's dog Hira, and a comment about something Chuck mentioned to his friend Paul. I can report that Paul has responded to what...
May 28, 2021•45 min•Ep. 63
