Trap Street and Strange Air - July 6, 2024

Where Did the Road Go?

Seriah is joined by Mike and Tony from the “Strange Air” and “Trap Street” podcasts. Topics include the nature of “real”, binge listening, the “Game of Thrones” TV series, “The Black Tapes” and “Tanis” podcast dramas, “Coast to Coast AM” in the Art Bell era, dealing empathetically with experiencers, the “X-Files” TV show, the evolution of ideas, Seriah’s films, the definition of a “trap street” and copyright fraud, Netflix and cancelation, origins of WDTRG, Walter Crittenden, “figureoutability”, zine culture in the 90’s, formal education vs DIY experience, the mechanics of doing podcast dramatic shows, the Fable & Folly podcast network, “Archive 81” podcast and Netflix series, transitioning from radio to podcasting, difficulties of reading and concentration after long Covid, feedback from fans, four types of music, “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” by Rupert Holmes, personal experiences and their interpretation, Bigfoot and poltergeist activity, Joshua Cutchin and Timothy Renner, the difficulties of flesh and blood Sasquatch vs weird phenomena, psychic effects and solar activity, the multiple natures of UFO encounters, a strange UFO experience on a lake in Ithica NY, “Dark Matter” an AppleTV series, the SciFi Channel TV series also named “Dark Matter”, the disconnect between authors who address paranormal topics and their own personal beliefs, counter-intuitive scientific facts, cycles where the paranormal is more and less perceptible, UFO communities on twitter/X and reddit, drones and satellites mistaken for UFOs, AI and photographic fakery, the future technology and art, misperceptions of AI and misunderstandings of its capabilities, the movie “Late Night with the Devil”, positive potential of AI, a story of a person reincarnating into a machine, fictional treatments of uploading consciousness digitally, a powerful scene in “West World”, the Replika AI friend company, the possible illusions of free will and choice-making, Jeff Ritzmann, technology encountering paranormal entities, children’s memories of past lives, the frailties of human memory, the book “The Invisible Gorilla”, memory experiments and their unexpected results, flaws in human perception, a Ouija board experience, cross-cultural experiences of paranormal phenomenon going back millennia, an intense incident with a departed pet, unanswered questions on the nature of time, NDEs, déjà vu, Loyd Auerbach and a strange encounter between a child and a ghost, the Bermuda Triangle and its disappearance from pop culture, Erich Von Daniken and “Ancient Aliens”, pareidolia, attempted choose-your-own-adventure podcasts, the book “Daimonic Reality” by Patrick Harpur, the podcast “Rabbits”, Terry Miles, the “Welcome to Night Vale” podcast, author Michael Marshall Smith/Michael Rutger, a mysterious set of ancient walls that actually exist, the books “The Straw Men” and “Bad Things”, Star Trek “Discovery” and the concept of truly alien communication, the movie “Arrival”, the NASA Voyager probe, the possibilities of intelligent life within our solar system that may be too different to be perceived by humans, and much more! This is an absolutely fascinating conversation, truly packed with information!

• Recap by Vincent Treewell

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