Art Bell opens the Friday night lines with a provocative question for callers: if you were God, what would you do differently? The prompt follows the previous week's popular question about what listeners would do as the devil, and Art insists callers must answer within the spirit of the question rather than deflecting with claims of divine perfection. Callers offer a wide range of responses, from instituting a universal language and eliminating the seven deadly sins to granting all humans… Full ...
Feb 12, 2025•2 hr 48 min•Season 2002Ep. 811
Art Bell speaks with journalist Rob Riggs about his investigations into the Big Thicket region of East Texas, where strange lights, wild man sightings, and unexplained phenomena have been reported for over a century. Riggs describes two categories of sightings: a classic ape-like Bigfoot and a more human-looking figure resembling the Karankawa, a tribe of towering Native Americans who once inhabited the Texas Gulf Coast and may not have been fully Homo sapiens. Riggs presents photographs from hi...
Feb 11, 2025•2 hr 5 min•Season 2002Ep. 810
Art Bell speaks with journalist Rob Riggs about his investigations into the Big Thicket region of East Texas, where strange lights, wild man sightings, and unexplained phenomena have been reported for over a century. Riggs describes two categories of sightings: a classic ape-like Bigfoot and a more human-looking figure resembling the Karankawa, a tribe of towering Native Americans who once inhabited the Texas Gulf Coast and may not have been fully Homo sapiens. Riggs presents photographs from… F...
Feb 11, 2025•2 hr 5 min•Season 2002Ep. 810
Art Bell interviews Jim Hughes , a Florida man with a physics degree who placed a classified ad asking nine million dollars for what he claims is a piece of a UFO drive mechanism. Hughes explains that 44 years earlier, a friend witnessed a cigar-shaped craft hovering over a New Jersey dump and throwing out metal fragments. The piece, roughly pyramid-shaped and two inches long, was tested at Lehigh University as indium antimonide and at another lab as pure antimony, yielding conflicting results. ...
Feb 10, 2025•2 hr 42 min•Season 2002Ep. 809
Art Bell interviews Jim Hughes, a Florida man with a physics degree who placed a classified ad asking nine million dollars for what he claims is a piece of a UFO drive mechanism. Hughes explains that 44 years earlier, a friend witnessed a cigar-shaped craft hovering over a New Jersey dump and throwing out metal fragments. The piece, roughly pyramid-shaped and two inches long, was tested at Lehigh University as indium antimonide and at another lab as pure antimony, yielding conflicting results.… ...
Feb 10, 2025•2 hr 42 min•Season 2002Ep. 809
David Brin discusses technological advances and their implications for privacy, freedom, and human civilization. Brin examines the transparent society concept where surveillance works both ways protecting citizens from those in power. Jim Hughes discusses a mysterious artifact allegedly from a crashed spacecraft and analysis suggesting non-terrestrial origin. The conversation explores Brin's vision of using technology to enhance accountability rather than enable tyranny. Hughes shares details ab...
Feb 10, 2025•2 hr 42 min•Season 2002Ep. 809
Art Bell welcomes Mark McLaughlin , lead writer for the Alternative Energy Institute, for an extensive discussion on the future of energy and the environmental consequences of fossil fuel dependence. McLaughlin, a historian and researcher based at Lake Tahoe, outlines the health costs of air pollution, the threat of rapid climate change from greenhouse gas emissions, and the possibility that Gulf Stream disruption could turn Western Europe into a climate resembling Alaska. The conversation turns...
Feb 09, 2025•2 hr 35 min•Season 2002Ep. 808
Art Bell welcomes Mark McLaughlin, lead writer for the Alternative Energy Institute, for an extensive discussion on the future of energy and the environmental consequences of fossil fuel dependence. McLaughlin, a historian and researcher based at Lake Tahoe, outlines the health costs of air pollution, the threat of rapid climate change from greenhouse gas emissions, and the possibility that Gulf Stream disruption could turn Western Europe into a climate resembling Alaska. The conversation turns…...
Feb 09, 2025•2 hr 35 min•Season 2002Ep. 808
Art Bell speaks with Dr. Randy Eaton about a pair of orca whales stranding themselves on the Olympic Peninsula near Dungeness Bay in Washington State. Eaton, a wildlife biologist and author, explains that a female orca was found dead on a small island while a male repeatedly beached himself nearby, resisting rescue efforts. He theorizes the male is likely the female's son, as adult male orcas spend their lives helping their mothers raise young. Eaton presents his theory that whale strandings are...
Feb 08, 2025•2 hr 35 min•Season 2002Ep. 807
Art Bell speaks with Dr. Randy Eaton about a pair of orca whales stranding themselves on the Olympic Peninsula near Dungeness Bay in Washington State. Eaton, a wildlife biologist and author, explains that a female orca was found dead on a small island while a male repeatedly beached himself nearby, resisting rescue efforts. He theorizes the male is likely the female's son, as adult male orcas spend their lives helping their mothers raise young. Eaton presents his theory that whale strandings… Fu...
Feb 08, 2025•2 hr 35 min•Season 2002Ep. 807
Open lines precedes discussion with Randy Eaton about orca whales and their intelligence, behavior, and mysterious strandings. Callers share diverse topics before Eaton examines the complex social structures and communication systems of killer whales. The conversation explores orca hunting strategies demonstrating sophisticated cooperation and problem-solving abilities. Eaton discusses the emotional lives of orcas and evidence suggesting deep family bonds and cultural transmission of knowledge. ...
Feb 08, 2025•2 hr 35 min•Season 2002Ep. 807
Dr. Ronald Munson discusses the ethics and science of human cloning following announcements from researchers claiming to have cloned humans. Munson examines the technical challenges of human cloning and whether current technology allows successful reproductive cloning. The conversation explores ethical concerns about cloning humans including questions of identity, rights, and the value of human life. Munson discusses motivations behind human cloning efforts including helping infertile couples an...
Feb 07, 2025•2 hr 54 min•Season 2002Ep. 806
Art Bell welcomes Professor Ronald Munson , a bioethics expert from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, for a wide-ranging discussion on human cloning and stem cell research. Munson, who holds a Ph.D. from Columbia and completed postdoctoral work in biology at Harvard, breaks down the science behind embryonic stem cells and their extraordinary potential for regenerative medicine. The conversation covers the ethical battleground surrounding the destruction of embryos for stem cell harvesting, w...
Feb 07, 2025•2 hr 54 min•Season 2002Ep. 806
Art Bell welcomes Professor Ronald Munson, a bioethics expert from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, for a wide-ranging discussion on human cloning and stem cell research. Munson, who holds a Ph.D. from Columbia and completed postdoctoral work in biology at Harvard, breaks down the science behind embryonic stem cells and their extraordinary potential for regenerative medicine. The conversation covers the ethical battleground surrounding the destruction of embryos for stem cell harvesting,… F...
Feb 07, 2025•2 hr 54 min•Season 2002Ep. 806
Art Bell opens the new year with UFO witness Stan Romanek , who describes five separate sightings in the Denver area beginning with a daytime encounter in December 2000 near Red Rocks Amphitheater. The object, roughly the size of a small car with six rotating spheres on its underside, hovered ten feet above power lines before silently rocketing skyward with a concussive pop. Video footage captured across multiple sightings, corroborated by dozens of witnesses and under active MUFON investigation...
Feb 06, 2025•2 hr 38 min•Season 2002Ep. 805
Art Bell opens the new year with UFO witness Stan Romanek, who describes five separate sightings in the Denver area beginning with a daytime encounter in December 2000 near Red Rocks Amphitheater. The object, roughly the size of a small car with six rotating spheres on its underside, hovered ten feet above power lines before silently rocketing skyward with a concussive pop. Video footage captured across multiple sightings, corroborated by dozens of witnesses and under active MUFON… Full show not...
Feb 06, 2025•2 hr 38 min•Season 2002Ep. 805
Neil Slade discusses techniques for enhancing creativity by activating specific brain regions through simple exercises. Slade examines the frontal lobes and their role in creative thinking, problem-solving, and accessing higher consciousness states. Stan Romanek shares his UFO footage and ongoing contact experiences with extraterrestrial beings. The conversation explores Slade's brain tickling methods for stimulating creativity and the neuroscience underlying these techniques. Romanek discusses ...
Feb 06, 2025•2 hr 38 min•Season 2002Ep. 805
Art Bell welcomes Linda Moulton Howe for a surprise first-hour visit covering two major stories. Linda reports on megalithic structures discovered 2,200 feet below the ocean off Cuba's western tip by Canadian ocean engineer Paulina Zalitsky. Side-scan sonar images reveal what appear to be pyramids, streets, and buildings with 90-degree angles, and remotely operated vehicle footage shows smooth stone blocks stacked in patterns that Cuban archaeologist Dr. Gabino La Rosa considers difficult to exp...
Feb 05, 2025•2 hr 50 min•Season 2001Ep. 804
Art Bell welcomes Linda Moulton Howe for a surprise first-hour visit covering two major stories. Linda reports on megalithic structures discovered 2,200 feet below the ocean off Cuba's western tip by Canadian ocean engineer Paulina Zalitsky. Side-scan sonar images reveal what appear to be pyramids, streets, and buildings with 90-degree angles, and remotely operated vehicle footage shows smooth stone blocks stacked in patterns that Cuban archaeologist Dr. Gabino La Rosa considers difficult to… Fu...
Feb 05, 2025•2 hr 50 min•Season 2001Ep. 804
Open lines continues predictions for 2002 followed by Linda Moulton Howe providing updates on underwater structures near Cuba. Callers share additional forecasts for the coming year including warnings about terrorism, earth changes, and geopolitical developments. Linda Moulton Howe discusses new evidence regarding the structures discovered 2,200 feet below the surface off Cuba's western tip. The conversation explores sonar imagery showing geometric formations suggesting architectural origins inc...
Feb 05, 2025•2 hr 50 min•Season 2001Ep. 804
Art Bell opens a full night of listener predictions for 2002, beginning with a review of last year's forecasts. Of 18 predictions scored, seven proved accurate, a hit rate Art considers remarkable for specific, non-obvious calls. He notes that his audience may be growing more psychic over the years, with each season producing slightly better results than the last. The predictions rolling in reflect a nation still reeling from September 11th. Callers forecast suicide bombers in Times Square on Ne...
Feb 04, 2025•2 hr 52 min•Season 2001Ep. 803
Art Bell opens a full night of listener predictions for 2002, beginning with a review of last year's forecasts. Of 18 predictions scored, seven proved accurate, a hit rate Art considers remarkable for specific, non-obvious calls. He notes that his audience may be growing more psychic over the years, with each season producing slightly better results than the last. The predictions rolling in reflect a nation still reeling from September 11th. Callers forecast suicide bombers in Times Square on… F...
Feb 04, 2025•2 hr 52 min•Season 2001Ep. 803
Art Bell welcomes self-described futurist and remote viewer Sean David Morton live from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where Morton claims to have won $11,000 at roulette using a remote viewing technique paired with sealed envelope targets. Morton describes his process of correlating four sealed images to quadrants of the roulette wheel, placing $1,000 bets with a reported success rate of five wins out of six attempts. Turning to geopolitics, Morton predicts a seven-year war cycle with the Islamic...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 56 min•Season 2001Ep. 802
Art Bell welcomes self-described futurist and remote viewer Sean David Morton live from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where Morton claims to have won $11,000 at roulette using a remote viewing technique paired with sealed envelope targets. Morton describes his process of correlating four sealed images to quadrants of the roulette wheel, placing $1,000 bets with a reported success rate of five wins out of six attempts. Turning to geopolitics, Morton predicts a seven-year war cycle with the… Full s...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 56 min•Season 2001Ep. 802
Art Bell opens the phone lines on a Friday night before the holiday weekend, sharing a remarkable email from a homicide detective whose investigation was guided by the apparition of a murder victim's deceased grandson. The ghost of the young boy, killed by a car two years earlier, led the detective to both the murder weapon and the killer's residence. Inspired by the Pam Reynolds case, Art dedicates a special phone line exclusively to callers who have experienced clinical death. The stories pour...
Feb 02, 2025•2 hr 46 min•Season 2001Ep. 801
Art Bell opens the phone lines on a Friday night before the holiday weekend, sharing a remarkable email from a homicide detective whose investigation was guided by the apparition of a murder victim's deceased grandson. The ghost of the young boy, killed by a car two years earlier, led the detective to both the murder weapon and the killer's residence. Inspired by the Pam Reynolds case, Art dedicates a special phone line exclusively to callers who have experienced clinical death. The stories… Ful...
Feb 02, 2025•2 hr 46 min•Season 2001Ep. 801
Art Bell interviews Kevin Mitnick , widely regarded as the world's most famous computer hacker, in his first appearance on the program after years of listener requests. Mitnick traces his fascination with technology back to age 16, when he and friends physically entered a Pacific Bell facility and walked out with technical manuals, with a security guard helping carry them to the car. He describes his hacking motivation as purely intellectual curiosity about how systems work, not malicious intent...
Feb 01, 2025•2 hr 48 min•Season 2001Ep. 800
Art Bell interviews Kevin Mitnick, widely regarded as the world's most famous computer hacker, in his first appearance on the program after years of listener requests. Mitnick traces his fascination with technology back to age 16, when he and friends physically entered a Pacific Bell facility and walked out with technical manuals, with a security guard helping carry them to the car. He describes his hacking motivation as purely intellectual curiosity about how systems work, not malicious intent…...
Feb 01, 2025•2 hr 48 min•Season 2001Ep. 800
Art Bell hosts Brendan Cook and Barbara McBeath of the Ghost Investigators Society for a presentation of never-before-heard electronic voice phenomena recordings. The session follows Art's recent interview with Pam Reynolds , a woman who described detailed observations during clinical death with zero brain activity, an experience that Art says has moved him closer to believing in consciousness surviving physical death. Cook and McBeath play recordings captured on brand-new, never-previously-reco...
Jan 31, 2025•2 hr 44 min•Season 2001Ep. 799
Art Bell hosts Brendan Cook and Barbara McBeath of the Ghost Investigators Society for a presentation of never-before-heard electronic voice phenomena recordings. The session follows Art's recent interview with Pam Reynolds, a woman who described detailed observations during clinical death with zero brain activity, an experience that Art says has moved him closer to believing in consciousness surviving physical death. Cook and McBeath play recordings captured on brand-new,… Full show notes &...
Jan 31, 2025•2 hr 44 min•Season 2001Ep. 799
