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Dr. Matthias Determann is an associate professor in history in the Liberal Arts & Sciences program at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar. His research interests lie in the history of science and scholarship and in the history of the Muslim world. He is the author of 8 books, including Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life: New Frontiers in Science and Religion (2024), Teaching Science Through Science Fiction: A Story of Innovation in the Classroom and Beyond (2026)...

Jonathan Taplin is a writer, film producer and scholar. He is the Director Emeritus of the Annenberg Innovation Lab at the University of Southern California and was a Professor at the USC Annenberg School from 2003-2016 in the field of international communication management and digital media entertainment. Taplin began his entertainment career in 1969 as Tour Manager for Bob Dylan and The Band. In 1973 he produced Martin Scorsese's first feature film, Mean Streets, which was selected for the Can...

Dr. Michael Cifone is a philosopher of science and the founding Executive Director of the Society for UAP Studies. He holds a Ph.D. in the philosophy of physics from the University of Maryland, is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Limina: The Journal of UAP Studies, and is completing a doctorate in Religious Studies at the University of Hamburg. He lives in Lisbon. societyforuapstudies.org The Society is proud to support the Yale “Impossible” event: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ac...

Sam Gennawey has been a record store owner, president of an independent record label, promotion guy for a major record label, urban planner, planning historian, and public participation expert. He's the author of five books; Universal vs. Disney: The Unofficial Guide to American Theme Parks’ Greatest Rivalry The Disneyland Story: The Unofficial Guide to the Evolution of Walt Disney’s Dream. Walt and the Promise of Progress City JayBangs: How Jay Stein, MCA, & Universal Invented the Modern Them...

Dr. Justin Gregg is a scientist, bestselling author, and performer who has mastered the art of making people laugh while they learn about what makes us uniquely—and ridiculously—human. A senior research associate with the Dolphin Communication Project and adjunct professor at St. Francis Xavier University, Justin holds a PhD in Psychology from Trinity College Dublin and a BA in Linguistics from the University of Vermont. https://www.justingregg.com

My thoughts on some big hires that Hollywood is making from the tech world, including Paramount/Warner, Sony, and Disney. Also, gas hopefully to get cheaper (in the short term) if Trump's easing of sanctions on Russian diesel occurs, and recapping the last five guests on the show! If you enjoy, please like, subscribe, rate, and / or comment! https://www.cometogether-podcast.com

Reverend Stu and Mike are the hosts of the Universal Disclosure Podcast, a pairing that is genuinely unusual in the UAP space: Mike is a credentialed MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) investigator with real field experience, the former is an ordained Christian minister based in Melbourne, Australia. They met on a music forum in the early 2000s and reconnected to build this show together. That origin matters — they are not conspiracy grifters. They are two curious, earnest people trying to make sense of ...

Aaron Allen is a musician, song-writer, and 3X CMAOntario Winner.

Dave Elke is a guitar player, producer, and tenured faculty in music and recording arts at Butte College, in Chico, California. Having begun working at Butte College as a guitar teacher, Dave was able to develop two books for guitar instruction, and eventually wrote a third book that is used at High Schools and Colleges. instagram.com/daveelkemusic www.youtube.com/@DaveElke

Tom Sito is an American animator, animation historian and teacher. He is a retired professor at USC's School of Cinematic Arts in the Animation Division. In 1998, Sito was included by Animation Magazine in their list of the One Hundred Most Important People in Animation. Tom Sito served three terms as President of the Hollywood Animation Guild Local 839 IATSE, the largest professional tradeunion for animation cartoonists in the world. He now holds the title of President-Emeritus. He was vice pr...

Peter Richardson has written critically acclaimed books about Hunter S. Thompson, the Grateful Dead, Ramparts magazine, and radical author/editor Carey McWilliams. A longtime lecturer at San Francisco State University, Richardson has also written for The Nation, The New Republic, Los Angeles Times Book Review, and the San Francisco Chronicle. His newest book Brand New Beat - The Wild Rise of Rolling Stone Magazine, is available now https://www.ucpress.edu/books/brand-new-beat/hardcover

Solo episode recapping the last six episodes and guests, some rambling about a North Carolina road trip, Hugh Wilford's new book on the CIA, and more! If you enjoy, please like, subscribe, rate, and / or comment! https://www.cometogether-podcast.com

Jacob Haqq Misra is the Chief Operating Officer and a senior research investigator at the 501(c)(3) organization Blue Marble Space. His research focuses on understanding the conditions that allow life to survive on Earth, the possibility of detecting signatures of extraterrestrial biology or technology, and the possible futures of life in the solar system. He is the author of the book Sovereign Mars: Transforming Our Values through Space Settlement. He also leads Project Janus, an ongoing study...

Patrick Dunn is a researacher, writer, and teacher – now a Ph.D student in Comparative Studies and a teaching associate at Ohio State University. He investigates religion and its complex channels of influence in the modern world. His current projects focus on UFO/UAP and contact modalities, secrecy, and anomalous spiritualities. From 2013 to 2023, he lived and practiced as a full-time monastic at Great Vow Zen Monastery and was ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest in 2018. He holds an M.A. in Ph...

Nissim Ellman is a structural engineer and close friend of mine. This debate, while often heated, was conducted in good faith, humor, and fairness (starts ~20 minutes into the episode). We talk about the economy, inflation, American politics, Israel (from an American and Jewish perspective), Tucker Carlson, individuals and collectives, and more! PS: The computer died after our last break, and, considering it was past midnight, we agreed to continue again another time soon. Have fun! Cometoge...

Dr Yih Choung Yu is a tenured Professor and Department Head of electrical and computer engineering at Lafayette University. His research interests include bioengineering; signal processing; control applications in electromechanical systems and medicine. https://www.lafayette.edu/our-faculty/people/yih-choung-yu/

Peter Connors has published nine books of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, and edited dozens of volumes of poetry and prose. His nonfiction books – Cornell ‘77, Growing Up Dead, JAMerica, and White Hand Society — have garnered him a reputation as a leading chronicler of the Grateful Dead, jam band, and countercultural community. In 2017, his book, Cornell ‘77: The Music, Myth and Magnificence of the Grateful Dead’s Concert at Barton Hall, was included in the Grammy-nominated Grateful Dead box se...

Dr. Vandana Miller, MD is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Institute for Molecular Medicine & Infectious Disease at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the USA and a member of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. In 2019 she was an invited visiting scholar at INP Greifswald, Germany and at the University of Bari, Italy. As a physician-scientist, she now leads the inter...

Solo ramble summarizing the last five guest episodes and some thoughts on ancient religious wars that appear to be manifesting in today's world. Plus, the background to my relationship to Seattle and returning for the first time in six years. Please Review & Subscribe, and if you have any feedback, would love to hear from you!

Roger Jahnke, OMD, has dedicated his professional life to sharing the healing traditions of China. He is the director of the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi, in Santa Barbara, CalifORNIA, and author of The Healer Within and The Healing Promise of Qi. He is also the developer of The Breath Medicine System, and is a teacher at the Omega Institute, the Esalen Institute, and the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. QiGong Institute Link -https://www.qigonginstitute.org/category/52/dr-roger-...

David Garrow is a Pulitzer Prize winning historian, author, and professor. He wrote the book Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1986), which won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.[1][2] He also wrote Liberty and Sexuality (1994), a history of the legal struggles over abortion and reproductive rightsin the U.S. prior to the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama (2017), and other works. https://www.davidga...

Tony Mecca is a professional animator for over 20 years spanning major feature films, games, mixed reality, and most recently - theme park attraction ride and creative development. He has animated on everything from VFX heavy realistic style shows like Snow White and the Huntsman, RIPD, and X-Men Days of Future Past to fully animated cartoony blockbusters like Rio 2 and Hotel Transylvania 2. Before feature film Tony worked in video games animating everything from super realistic combat simulatio...

Mike Mahoney is the author of the book, Land of Broken Toys: Kosovo, and a retired New York City detective who somehow found his way from Manhattan to the Balkans. After his time with the NYPD, Michael spent two decades working internationally for the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations, and the U.S. Department of Justice as as police and security consultant. Land of Broken Toys: Kosovo is a fictional account, based on real of events, from Mr. Mahoney's one year police mission in Kosovo...

Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents. His articles and books have led the Washington Post to place him “among the best in popular foreign policy storytelling.” A former New York Times correspondent, he has published several books and writes for several newspapers and news agencies. His most recent book, Poisoner in Chief, is about the secret CIA program MK-Ultra, and Sidney Gottlieb, the scientist overseeing the progr...