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This week Byron, Sam, and Kelly return from Contact in the Desert—the sprawling, sun-drenched gathering in Palm Springs where the leading minds (and hearts) in UAP research, consciousness studies, and high strangeness come together to explore the unknown.
Helmed by Captain Ron Janix and his team, this annual conference defies easy categorization: part symposium, part spiritual retreat, part carnival of the anomalous. But what stood out most in our first year there? The human connection—unexpected, unguarded, and deeply kind. Nearly every conversation was marked not by shouting or smug certainty, but by curiosity, generosity, and mutual respect.
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0:00 Intro
1:58 Reporter vs Researcher
3:45 Day One
4:27 Can You Eat in an Uber?
7:30 Guest Spotting & Time in the Lobby Bar
8:52 Bolts vs Woo: Handling Conspiratorial Leanings
13:11 Whitley Strieber’s Reflections on Communion, Trauma, and Transformation
19:15 D.U.M.B.s to DNA
24:27 Psionics
26:23 Marc D’Antonio’s balance of warmth, skepticism, and science
30:45 USO Debate
36:24 Emergency Evacuation
39:24 Podcasts in the Desert
42:21 Jeremy Corbell is PARANOID
46:19 Skywatching
51:57 CITD Changed Us!
55:29 Mitch Randall, & Ross Coulthart Keynote
59:34 Dean Alioto's Alien Perspective and James Fox's Program
1:01:45 Jesse Michels & Allen Town
1:03:04 Rogan, Gino of the Why Files
1:05:16 Last Podcast in the Desert
1:07:18 Two Hour Uber, Fourteen Hour Layover
1:19:14 Mysterious Caller...Sam reflected on the profound kindness of strangers, finding a deeply human community in the heart of the weird. Kelly kept stumbling into conversations about faith, politics, fear, and hope—each one unfolding with rare grace. Byron, the perennial skeptic, did his best to stay open, but did his intentions win out over his involuntary production and journalistic instincts?
Contact in the Desert Website ⇒ https://contactinthedesert.com/home/about-the-show/
Captain Ron’s Beyond Contact ⇒ https://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/ron-janix/Dean Alioto
Watch The Alien Perspective ⇒ https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-alien-perspective/umc.cmc.4kghab9qmb0ky8k7gn9670v48
Watch The Alien Perspective Part II ⇒ https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/the-alien-perspective-part-ii/umc.cmc.78zroqmf3pd2wfaba4n2nm82h
Filmography ⇒ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0019665/?ref_=nmbio_ov_bk
Website ⇒ https://www.deanaliotodirector.com/Whitley Strieber
Whitley Strieber’s Unknown Country ⇒ https://unknowncountry.com/James Fox
The Program & more ⇒ https://tv.apple.com/us/person/james-fox/umc.cpc.6nn94fbb6henu22kyijnrv1p9
Filmography ⇒ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2276454/Marc D’Antonio
SkyTour Livestream (YouTube) ⇒ https://www.youtube.com/marcdantonioJesse Michels
American Alchemy YouTube Channel ⇒ https://www.youtube.com/JessemichelsMitch Randall
Skywatch ⇒ https://ascendantai.com/skywatch
Galileo Project ⇒ https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo/peopleGino Gentile
The Why Files YouTube ⇒ https://www.youtube.com/thewhyfiles
The Why Files Website ⇒ https://thewhyfiles.com/Jeremy Corbell
Weaponized ⇒ https://www.weaponizedpodcast.com/
Jeremy’s Documentaries ⇒ https://tv.apple.com/us/person/jeremy-kenyon-lockyer-corbell/umc.cpc.4t31mpj37od0tf35201e1lk0Richard Dolan
Website ⇒ https://richarddolanmembers.com/Jeremiah Horstman Facebook ⇒https://www.facebook.com/jeremiah.horstman/
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• Experiencer stories that challenge categories
• Science-meets-spirituality frameworks
• The tension between secrecy and disclosure
• Political and religious reckonings sparked by the unknown
• Communities built on compassion and curiosityDrop us a comment or reach out at 1-833-374-7789—we love hearing your stories.
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Kelly wanted to call this, "Captain's CliffsNotes", but I (Byron) thought that was too silly. Either way, we're here. Or there. Or almost there. There being the world's largest UFO/UAP conference, "Contact in the Desert". In an attempt to make this more tolerable, Kelly shares knowledge of the current, hot button topics in Ufology.
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Ahead of our first pilgrimage to Contact in the Desert, a world-renowned UFO and UAP conference held annually in the Coachella Valley of California, we were lucky enough to sit down with it's co-owner & host, Captain Ron Janix (Beyond Contact). Kelly and Ron discuss CITD's evolution, what we should expect this year, the current state of the community, as well as coincidences.
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This week we make our final preparations for the premiere high-strange convention, a listener admits to murder, and we discuss the preview screening of the feel bad film of the year, Danny and Michael Philippou's 'Bring Her Back".
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The world has lost a Pope...and we’re here to mourn with stories of ritual, exorcism, ufo disclosure, and of course funeral home whoopsies. A night of murder, mayhem, and resolution.
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We've been chatting elevated and art house horror for a bit now...but what about the non-genre productions?
What are your personal favorites?
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It's division finals this week in our journey to put the best of art house horror against the best. And this week, there's a twist...
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This week we float in the wake of Allen Town, prepare to make contact, & talk about blood, brothers, and the blues as we review Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners'.
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The gang's all here as we expose the dangers of ghost hunting, discuss hungry 911 operators, break down some cases of chicken theft, and so much more.
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..and then there was Neon!
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This week, the gang settles into the correspondences they've had between a mysterious, anonymous, government whistleblower over the last 6 months, piecing together the puzzled picture "Allen" is laying out. Watch the video version at http://youtube.com/frightday Watch live at http://twitch.tv/frightday
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Let battle of elevated horror distributors begin!
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This week we're joined by Jacob so he can explain how he ruined this year's bracket, all before we talk Polaroids, late night cab drivers, and home invasion, reviewing Mickey Keating's 'Invader'. Watch the video version at http://youtube.com/frightday Watch live at http://twitch.tv/frightday
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From the corporeal, to the physical self...it’s a celebration of the human body! A couple updates, animal stories to break up the madness, a cop watch segment, and much more!
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Where does the time go? And even if for just a moment...why does it come back sometimes?
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This week as Byron prepares to take a tornado pilgrimage, they listen to some high-strange voicemails, and discuss the lengths you'd go for your favorite child, reviewing Steven Soderbergh's, 'Presence'.
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This is it folks...a year (and change) in the making.
Today we crown cryptid royalty.
Who will reign supreme in their mysteriousness?Questions? Comments?
True Tales of Terror?
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This week...you're all our boo thang, as we updates around the Slenderman stabbing, and the Mountain Dew Murder Trail. Football friends, and more funeral home messes. Awful things happened inside and outside of cars, so much more.
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This week Byron apologizes, a we hear back from a mysterious listener, & chat about meet cutes and abuse, reviewing Drew Hancock’s 'Companion".
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This week Kelly enjoys (abuses) the privilege of recording live..., we come down from one Kennedy into the current realiety of his son, & we disscuss how everyone eventually loses their life, as we review Oz Perkins' 'The Monkey'.
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