The Gralien (a mash-up of the words Gray and Alien) Report, is a podcast, radio show (the KGRA station), and website hosted by the “Mouth of the South” Micah Hanks.
The show airs live on Mondays from 7 – 9 PM EST but you can find his show uploaded on iTunes, Stitcher and TuneIn Radio. Micah Hanks is also an author, co-host of other podcasts, musician and so much more that I can’t even keep track. I’m sure the man never sleeps.
The Gralien Report is free but there is a subscription option called Gralien X. For $7 a month you get an extra podcast. I’m not a subscriber but I think it’s probably well worth it, if you can afford it.
In their own words, The Gralien Report is where, “we seek to better our understanding of science and the mysteries of this world, and explore new possibilities pertaining to our existence.”
If you use Google, you have seen the latest Google icon (as date posted of this article, 4/21/15) celebrating 81 years of Loch Ness Monster hunting. I’m still trying to wrap my brain around that. It’s been 81 years since the first sighting that we all now know was faked with a toy submarine and a plastic plesiosaur-type head. Nessie is 81 years old and research, both professional and amateur outings, have continued. To this day, sighting still persist. Just check out the official Loch Ness website for the latest sighting.
“Hoaxed photo of the Loch Ness monster” by Source. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia –
Vox had this concise article about how scientist have debunked the entire Nessie legend. I agree with it but I still very much wish everyone was wrong and Nessie was real.
My very first paranormal show was, “In Search Of…” hosted by the phenomenal Leonard Nimoy, may he rest in peace. I think I just dated my self with that statement but, oh well!
My first foray into the Fortean, beyond the ghost stories you grow up with as a child, was Big Foot and The Loch Ness Monster. I was beyond fascinated with the idea that these creatures existed in the same space I did. I was terrified and both wondrous at the prospect of coming across them one day.
Of course, I grew up, started to think for myself, and realized that maybe these things I was once sure must be real, well…maybe they weren’t. I was a naive child but it didn’t take long for me to realize that people lie, photographs are faked and sometimes something that sounds too good to be true, IS too good to be true.
There is still hope for Big Foot and other such cryptids though. New and once thought, extinct species, are literally discovered every day. You just never know what’s out there until it finds you.
The most important point of this blog is to disseminate information. I enjoy pod-casts and I really enjoy the hell out of science, paranormal, Fortean-type pod-casts.
One of my favorites, and to me, the best is Mysterious Universe. The MU hosts, Benjamin Grundy and Aaron Wright are from Australia. They’ve been working hard at the podcast game since 2006.
I have to admit, it’s their humorous approach to most topics, that keeps me coming back for more. I’m even a Plus member and it’s the best $9 a month I’ve ever spent. You get your free podcast every Thursday, with an extra bit for Plus members and Monday’s podcast is purely for Plus. Episodes average between 90 minutes to 2 1/2 hours.
Frankly, I listen to quite of few podcast and none have kept my attention as much at this one. The topics are not only timely and interesting but the segments and interviews they do are mind-expanding.
Do yourself a favor and listen to this podcast NOW. In fact, the best stories are for the paid subscribers.It’s a given that you should forgo at least 1 Mocha Latte Frap Soy Double-Half-Caf a month and subscribe to Mysterious Universe instead! They have the MU app for Apple and are about to unveil one for Android. You can download from their website or iTunes.
Charles Hoy Fort was an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. Today, the terms Fortean and Forteana are used to characterize various such phenomena.
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