Art Bell broadcasts from Manila during a powerful tropical storm as he welcomes Stephen Rorke and Joseph Meyer for a two-part program covering the ongoing economic meltdown and a stunning expose of the Spiricom device. The first half addresses the cascade of over 100 American bank failures in 2009, the struggling housing market, and the broader financial crisis reshaping the global economy. The program shifts dramatically when Rorke presents his years-long investigation into the Spiricom, a… Ful...
May 03, 2026•2 hr 28 min•Season 2009Ep. 1258
Art Bell sits down with Bart Kosko, professor of electrical engineering at USC and author of multiple books on fuzzy logic and neural networks, to explore the current state and future of artificial intelligence. The conversation ranges from nanotechnology and carbon nanotubes to the fundamental question of whether machines can ever achieve true consciousness. Kosko explains how fuzzy logic differs from traditional binary computing by thinking in shades of gray rather than strict yes-or-no… Full ...
May 02, 2026•2 hr 37 min•Season 2009Ep. 1257
Art Bell welcomes Dean Radin, senior scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, for a wide-ranging discussion on the latest findings in psi research. The conversation centers on the Global Consciousness Project, where a network of random number generators placed around the world appears to respond to major events like earthquakes and acts of mass emotion. Radin reveals new evidence that these effects may be distance-dependent, with generators closer to events showing stronger correlations.… ...
May 01, 2026•2 hr 33 min•Season 2009Ep. 1256
Art Bell welcomes Dr. Bob Koontz, a nuclear physicist with a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland and former staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley Labs, to discuss anti-gravity research and advanced energy technology. Art opens from the Philippines with an update on his ongoing immigration battle with USCIS, detailing how lost paperwork has left his wife stranded overseas. Dr. Koontz describes how photographing a disc-shaped object with a dome over central Pennsylvania in 2002 launched his… Full...
Apr 30, 2026•2 hr 39 min•Season 2009Ep. 1255
Art Bell welcomes paleontologist Peter Ward to discuss mass extinctions, climate change, and the search for extraterrestrial life. Broadcasting from the Philippines, Art opens with a personal immigration nightmare involving lost paperwork by USCIS that has left his wife unable to return to the United States. Professor Ward examines whether Earth is entering significant climate disruption, noting Art's observation of relentless cloud cover during what should be a sunny Philippine summer. The… Ful...
Apr 29, 2026•2 hr 36 min•Season 2009Ep. 1254
Art Bell welcomes financial analyst Michael J. Panzner to discuss the deepening economic crisis gripping the United States. Panzner, author of "Financial Armageddon" and "When Giants Fall," draws on his experience at firms like HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, and Soros Fund Management to assess where the economy is headed. Art opens by sharing his own conclusion that America is moving toward a depression, not merely a recession. Callers weigh in throughout the first hour, from a listener in Oak Harbor… Fu...
Apr 28, 2026•2 hr 36 min•Season 2009Ep. 1253
Art Bell continues the annual Predictions tradition on New Year's Eve, reviewing more 2008 predictions before opening the lines for part two of listener forecasts. He hands out bonks for missed calls on a Florida breakaway and Osama bin Laden ending jihad, while acknowledging a hit on BlackBerry achieving two billion in sales. Art notes the audience collectively sensed the 2008 economic crash before it happened. As midnight approaches across American time zones, callers phone in with forecasts… ...
Apr 27, 2026•2 hr 35 min•Season 2008Ep. 1252
Art Bell hosts the annual Predictions show, inviting listeners to call in with their single best psychic prediction for the coming year. Before opening the phone lines, he reviews predictions made for 2008, noting several accurate calls about devastating Midwest tornadoes, the Dow falling below 11,000, and the economy falling apart, while handing out bonks for misses on everything from Mars discoveries to political matchups. Callers offer a wide range of forecasts for 2009, from alien… Full show...
Apr 26, 2026•2 hr 33 min•Season 2008Ep. 1251
Art Bell dedicates the program to the unfolding economic crisis, welcoming trend forecaster Gerald Celente in the first hour. Celente delivers a stark warning that America is entering what he calls the Greatest Depression, arguing it will surpass the 1930s because modern Americans carry unprecedented debt, lack manufacturing capacity, and face a declining societal structure. He predicts widespread unemployment, social unrest by spring 2009, and the possibility of secessionist movements… Full sho...
Apr 25, 2026•2 hr 37 min•Season 2008Ep. 1250
Art Bell returns after a six-month absence to welcome Dr. Michio Kaku for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of technology, nuclear threats, and parallel worlds. The discussion begins with the Mumbai terror attacks and quickly pivots to the nuclear standoff between India and Pakistan, where Dr. Kaku explains that both nations operate on launch-on-warning status with only minutes of response time, meaning a thunderstorm or a large bird could trigger catastrophe. Dr. Kaku then examines… Ful...
Apr 24, 2026•2 hr 37 min•Season 2008Ep. 1249
Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames for an update on his remote viewing work, beginning with the search for missing aviator Steve Fossett. Dames reports that his team pinpointed the crash site in the Sierra Nevadas at the 10,000-foot level and even hired two Russian pilots to fly dangerous winter reconnaissance missions. He details plans to hike in once the snowpack melts in mid-June to photograph the wreckage and confirm the location. The discussion turns to larger predictions from Dames and his… ...
Apr 23, 2026•2 hr 33 min•Season 2008Ep. 1248
Art Bell opens with a discussion of the faltering U.S. economy, rising oil prices, and the weakening dollar before welcoming economic analyst Michael Shedlock. Shedlock warns that the recession will be longer and deeper than most expect, with housing needing at least four years to recover. He cautions listeners about mortgage rate reset scams from lenders like Citigroup and advises building a year of cash reserves while reducing investment risk. In the second half, Dr. Steven M. Greer joins to… ...
Apr 22, 2026•2 hr 37 min•Season 2008Ep. 1247
Art Bell welcomes Dr. Michio Kaku to discuss his bestselling book Physics of the Impossible, which examines technologies once dismissed as pure science fiction. Dr. Kaku explains how recent breakthroughs in metamaterials have made invisibility a laboratory reality, overturning decades of established optics. He describes how light can now bend around objects like water flowing past a boulder, and how the Pentagon is already funding research into invisible soldiers and aircraft. The conversation… ...
Apr 21, 2026•2 hr 35 min•Season 2008Ep. 1246
Art Bell welcomes Dr. Gary Ridenour for a sobering discussion about the threat of an avian flu pandemic. Dr. Ridenour explains that the H5N1 virus kills roughly 60 percent of those it infects and has shown signs of human-to-human transmission in at least two countries. He argues the pandemic is not a matter of if but when, citing the virus"s massive reservoir in global bird populations and its ability to mutate. The conversation turns to how quickly the virus could spread. Dr. Ridenour… Full sho...
Apr 20, 2026•2 hr 36 min•Season 2008Ep. 1245
Art Bell welcomes Whitley Strieber, who reveals a new encounter experience from December 7th that left him questioning the nature of human existence. Whitley describes waking in the night and finding himself in a different house with dogs that should not have been there. As the experience unfolded, he became aware of living simultaneously in five parallel universes, each containing a different version of his life. In one universe, Whitley had never met his wife Anne. In another, she had died… Fu...
Apr 19, 2026•2 hr 37 min•Season 2008Ep. 1244
Art Bell welcomes Whitley Strieber, who reveals a new encounter experience from December 7th that left him questioning the nature of human existence. Whitley describes waking in the night and finding himself in a different house with dogs that should not have been there. As the experience unfolded, he became aware of living simultaneously in five parallel universes, each containing a different version of his life. In one universe, Whitley had never met his wife Anne. In another, she had died… Fu...
Apr 19, 2026•2 hr 37 min•Season 2008Ep. 1244
Art Bell continues the second night of listener predictions for 2008 on New Year"s Eve. He corrects two entries from the 2007 review, upgrading a bonk on a serial killer being found after a 63-year-old man confessed to murders from the late 1970s. The remaining 2007 predictions fare poorly, with bonks for the rebuilding of Solomon"s Temple, CERN creating a black hole, and crop circles on the White House lawn. Callers phone in with predictions ranging from the geopolitical to the deeply… Full sho...
Apr 18, 2026•2 hr 34 min•Season 2007Ep. 1243
Art Bell continues the second night of listener predictions for 2008 on New Year"s Eve. He corrects two entries from the 2007 review, upgrading a bonk on a serial killer being found after a 63-year-old man confessed to murders from the late 1970s. The remaining 2007 predictions fare poorly, with bonks for the rebuilding of Solomon"s Temple, CERN creating a black hole, and crop circles on the White House lawn. Callers phone in with predictions ranging from the geopolitical to the deeply… Full sho...
Apr 18, 2026•2 hr 34 min•Season 2007Ep. 1243
Art Bell opens the phone lines for the first night of listener predictions for 2008, beginning with a review of the previous year"s forecasts. The results from 2007 are mixed at best, with bonks for predictions about NASA casualties, Saddam"s execution being faked, Israel attacking Iran, and a moon base being revealed. Hits include Philippine earthquakes, a weakening dollar, and an increase in animal attacks on humans. Callers offer a wide range of forecasts for the year ahead. An asteroid… Full...
Apr 17, 2026•2 hr 35 min•Season 2007Ep. 1242
Art Bell opens the phone lines for the first night of listener predictions for 2008, beginning with a review of the previous year"s forecasts. The results from 2007 are mixed at best, with bonks for predictions about NASA casualties, Saddam"s execution being faked, Israel attacking Iran, and a moon base being revealed. Hits include Philippine earthquakes, a weakening dollar, and an increase in animal attacks on humans. Callers offer a wide range of forecasts for the year ahead. An asteroid… Full...
Apr 17, 2026•2 hr 35 min•Season 2007Ep. 1242
Art Bell welcomes theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku for a wide-ranging conversation about the future of energy, the fate of the universe, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Dr. Kaku explains how dark energy is accelerating the expansion of the universe and why humanity may one day need to escape to a parallel universe. He breaks down the challenges of achieving controlled nuclear fusion, describing the magnetic bottle approach and predicting commercialization by 2040. The… Ful...
Apr 16, 2026•2 hr 36 min•Season 2007Ep. 1241
Art Bell welcomes theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku for a wide-ranging conversation about the future of energy, the fate of the universe, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Dr. Kaku explains how dark energy is accelerating the expansion of the universe and why humanity may one day need to escape to a parallel universe. He breaks down the challenges of achieving controlled nuclear fusion, describing the magnetic bottle approach and predicting commercialization by 2040. The… Ful...
Apr 16, 2026•2 hr 36 min•Season 2007Ep. 1241
Art Bell hosts his annual Ghost to Ghost Halloween special, opening the phone lines for unscreened callers to share their scariest true ghost stories. He establishes clear ground rules: one story per caller, first-person accounts preferred, and no cell phones unless necessary. Art also reads select ghost stories emailed by listeners throughout the broadcast, peppering them between calls to keep the atmosphere charged. Callers deliver a wide range of supernatural encounters, from a woman whose… F...
Apr 15, 2026•2 hr 35 min•Season 2007Ep. 1240
Art Bell hosts his annual Ghost to Ghost Halloween special, opening the phone lines for unscreened callers to share their scariest true ghost stories. He establishes clear ground rules: one story per caller, first-person accounts preferred, and no cell phones unless necessary. Art also reads select ghost stories emailed by listeners throughout the broadcast, peppering them between calls to keep the atmosphere charged. Callers deliver a wide range of supernatural encounters, from a woman whose… F...
Apr 15, 2026•2 hr 35 min•Season 2007Ep. 1240
Art Bell presents a split program featuring EVP researchers Brendan Cook and Barbara McBeath of the Ghost Investigators Society alongside psychic Evelyn Paglini with urgent warnings. Cook and McBeath share their most compelling electronic voice phenomena recordings collected over a decade of cemetery and haunted location investigations. Using digital recording equipment, the pair captures ghostly voices that respond to questions in real time, including eerie children's voices that Art finds… Ful...
Apr 14, 2026•2 hr 37 min•Season 2007Ep. 1239
Art Bell presents a split program featuring EVP researchers Brendan Cook and Barbara McBeath of the Ghost Investigators Society alongside psychic Evelyn Paglini with urgent warnings. Cook and McBeath share their most compelling electronic voice phenomena recordings collected over a decade of cemetery and haunted location investigations. Using digital recording equipment, the pair captures ghostly voices that respond to questions in real time, including eerie children's voices that Art finds… Ful...
Apr 14, 2026•2 hr 37 min•Season 2007Ep. 1239
Art Bell welcomes bestselling author Graham Hancock to explore the mounting evidence for a lost advanced civilization destroyed roughly 12,500 years ago. Hancock presents Robert Bauval's Orion correlation theory, arguing that the Great Pyramids of Egypt mirror the three belt stars of Orion as they appeared thousands of years before the accepted timeline of Egyptian civilization. He connects this astronomical alignment to new mainstream scientific findings about a comet impact 12,900 years ago… F...
Apr 13, 2026•2 hr 36 min•Season 2007Ep. 1238
Art Bell welcomes bestselling author Graham Hancock to explore the mounting evidence for a lost advanced civilization destroyed roughly 12,500 years ago. Hancock presents Robert Bauval's Orion correlation theory, arguing that the Great Pyramids of Egypt mirror the three belt stars of Orion as they appeared thousands of years before the accepted timeline of Egyptian civilization. He connects this astronomical alignment to new mainstream scientific findings about a comet impact 12,900 years ago… F...
Apr 13, 2026•2 hr 36 min•Season 2007Ep. 1238
Art Bell welcomes cyber war columnist Charles R. Smith to discuss China's growing military threat and its covert support for global terrorism. Smith reveals that China has been directly supplying the Taliban with advanced weaponry, including HN-5 man-portable surface-to-air missiles, improved RPG-7s, and shoulder-launched fuel-air munitions. The weapons have been flown directly into Taliban-controlled areas of Afghanistan, with Iran serving as a key intermediary in the transactions. The… Full sh...
Apr 12, 2026•2 hr 36 min•Season 2007Ep. 1237
Art Bell welcomes cyber war columnist Charles R. Smith to discuss China's growing military threat and its covert support for global terrorism. Smith reveals that China has been directly supplying the Taliban with advanced weaponry, including HN-5 man-portable surface-to-air missiles, improved RPG-7s, and shoulder-launched fuel-air munitions. The weapons have been flown directly into Taliban-controlled areas of Afghanistan, with Iran serving as a key intermediary in the transactions. The… Full sh...
Apr 12, 2026•2 hr 36 min•Season 2007Ep. 1237
