Dead Hand Radio

DEAD HAND RADIO is a podcast about the Cold War. It’s history and the effects it had on our culture, technology and the future of our world.

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EPISODE 8 - UFO PODCASTER ANDY McGRILLEN 

My guest today is Host of That UFO Podcast, Andy McGrillen

Andy is a podcaster, Scottish by birth and currently lives in the North East part of England with his wife and two children. Aside from being a podcaster, father and husband, Andy also has a lifelong interest in UFOs and he’s interviewed many well known members of the UFO community.

Andy and I met on Twitter, of course. Even though we live on different continents, the Internet being the most powerful communication medium ever, has made it possible to connect with people all around the world. When I discovered That UFO Podcast I reached out to him because of my own fascination with UFOs.

After several texts, I figured there’s certainly enough Cold War related UFO incidents worth diving into on this show, and I invited him on to discuss some of these events.

This episode will focus on UFOs and Aliens, and for listeners who tune in to hear about the cold war, don’t run away just yet. The cold war era had many UFO sightings and Alien encounters. In fact, the UFO phenomena actually became popular during the cold war.

To start, the Roswell Incident, which occurred in 1947, involved the crash landing of an unidentified craft, in the New Mexico desert near the town of Roswell. That incident was preceded by another very well known sighting just a few days earlier by pilot Kenneth Arnold who witnessed 9 saucer shaped craft flying at unimaginable speeds in the skies of southern Washington, between Mt Rainier and Mt Adams. It was this encounter that resulted in the term “flying saucers”.

These are only two of the UFO events recorded during the cold war era. And if you’re still not convinced this subject is interesting, stick around til the end for a bonus segment. And I’ll share a case that'll leave you wondering what these things are and why they’re here.

Finally, I’d like to mention that I really enjoy Andy’s podcast. He takes a very professional approach to his interviews, while at the same time maintains an easy and laid back atmosphere, but doesn’t shy away from getting into sensitive areas and asking hard questions that elicit interesting responses from his guests.

For these reasons I’ve invited Andy McGrillen to be my guest and discuss UFOs and the Military on this episode of Dead Hand Radio.

Dead Hand Radio is a podcast about the Cold War. It’s history and the effects it had on our culture, technology and the future of our world.

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My guest on this episode is Artist / Author J Edward Neill

Also known as Jeremy he currently resides in Atlanta GA and spends his days painting, writing and enjoying time with his son. I first became aware of Jeremy on Twitter where he posts images of his paintings almost daily. The dark style and color palette of his artwork are what first caught my attention and that’s when we started to chat.

I later found out he is an author and his writing varies among several different genres including science fiction, horror and philosophy. I think he’s even written some high fantasy.

In this interview we discuss Jeremy’s influences, what inspires him and what are some of his aspirations for the future. He shares some stories about his childhood that lend insight into his creative outlet, and talks about the things that are truly important to him.

The one thing we didn’t discuss was the Cold War and for that I have to apologize. Nevertheless it’s a fascinating discussion with a very talented, highly imaginative and creative individual, and I hope you enjoy.

Join me for this episode of DEAD HAND RADIO, and together we’ll explore this fascinating period of history and examine the incredible advancements in weapons, technology, science, art and culture and discuss how all of it relates to the future of our world.

My goal is to explore these topics with the audience. To learn. To educate. To entertain and exchange ideas with those interested.

If you or someone you know has knowledge about the cold war or any other topics we discuss on this program, please get in touch and let’s talk. It could be a great conversation for a future episode and I’m especially interested to talk with anyone who has first hand knowledge about these programs.

Likewise, if you have questions or comments to help improve the show, drop me an email [email protected], hit me on Twitter @DEADHANDRADIO, or leave me a VOICE MESSAGE that may be included in an upcoming episode.

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Photographer Cindy Vasko is my guest on This is episode of Dead Hand Radio.

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Cindy’s photography is focused on abandoned buildings and urban exploration, but she also shoots a lot of nature and wildlife photography, specifically macro photography is fantastic.

I first became aware of Cindy’s work through Twitter, which she posts on quite often. She is one of a handful of other urbex photographers with whom I interact with on a regular basis and Cindy has authorized 9 books to date.

And for that reason, this episode will focus on urban exploration, photography and to a lesser degree publishing. 

DEAD HAND RADIO is a podcast about the Cold War and its effects on our culture, technology and the future.

So join me, and together we’ll explore this fascinating period of history and examine the incredible advancements in weapons, technology, science, art and culture and discuss how all of it relates to the future of our world.

My goal is to explore these topics with the audience. To learn. To educate. To entertain and exchange ideas with those interested.

If you or someone you know has knowledge about the cold war or any other topics we discuss on this program, please get in touch and let’s talk. It could be a great conversation for a future episode and I’m especially interested to talk with anyone who has first hand knowledge about these programs.

Likewise, if you have questions or comments to help improve the show, drop me an email [email protected], hit me on Twitter @DEADHANDRADIO, or leave me a VOICE MESSAGE that may be included in an upcoming episode.

DEAD HAND RADIO has partnered with a powerful group of podcasters to form a new podcasting network called S I P Network or Slightly Irregular Podcast Network... 

SIP Network is a group of high energy, positive minded individuals providing a resource where listeners can get easy access to a wealth of entertainment, education, and positive input for your daily routine.

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My guest today is Podcaster, Blogger and avid collector of Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Books, Evan @FromTheWastes

Evan is also a Veteran of the Cold War and according to his bio on social media…

He’s a Father, a husband and an old soldier. A child of the 70’s who grew up on a dairy farm. 

It doesn't get much more blue collar than that. 

Evan’s Podcast FromTheWastes includes interviews with writers, artists and many other creative people. While the focus of his show is mainly on the dystopian and post-apocalyptic genre, he’s recently started hosting a roundtable discussion called Trek Talk, which he inherited from another podcaster and friend of Dead Hand Radio, Phantom Dark Dave. 

DEAD HAND RADIO is a podcast about the Cold War and its effects on our culture, technology and the future.

So join me, and together we’ll explore this fascinating period of history and examine the incredible advancements in weapons, technology, science, art and culture and discuss how all of it relates to the future of our world.

My goal is to explore these topics with the audience. To learn. To educate. To entertain and exchange ideas with those interested.

If you or someone you know has knowledge about the cold war or any other topics we discuss on this program, please get in touch and let’s talk. It could be a great conversation for a future episode and I’m especially interested to talk with anyone who has first hand knowledge about these programs.

Likewise, if you have questions or comments to help improve the show, drop me an email [email protected], hit me on Twitter @DEADHANDRADIO, or leave me a VOICE MESSAGE that may be included in an upcoming episode.

DEAD HAND RADIO has partnered with a powerful group of podcasters to form a new podcasting network called S I P Network or Slightly Irregular Podcast Network... 

SIP Network is a group of high energy, positive minded individuals providing a resource where listeners can get easy access to a wealth of entertainment, education, and positive input for your daily routine.

Angry Dad Podcast - Fitness & Motivation

Back In Time Podcast - Movies and Entertainment

Dead Hand Radio - Cold War History, Technology and the Future

Fave Five From Fans - Favorite Five Lists of just about Everything 

From the Wastes - Post-Apocalyptic & Dystopian Fiction with a dash of Sci-Fi

Paranormal Pativity - All things paranormal and unexplained

Terrible Terror Podcast - Horror Movie Reviews and walk-thrus

The Podcast From Another World - Horror and Scifi Film discussions 

Check out SIPNET.US for more info and listen to all of these great shows.

This is DEAD HAND RADIO

This Special Report celebrates the first full month of doing the podcast. I’m having a great time bringing you these episodes and it’s exciting to know that more people are listening, which means there’s plenty more to come. 

This short 7 minute episode is dedicated to all the listeners and those who support this podcast. 

It’s great to connect with so many people who have similar interests as I do. And It’s encouraging to know that people actually find value in the topics I cover on this show.

Thank you so much for your support and encouragement. It would most certainly be a lot less interesting to do this, if nobody was listening.

Remember, DEAD HAND RADIO is now available on all podcast platforms including: Apple Podcasts, GooglePlay, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio and more.

Be sure to check out the next episode of DEAD HAND RADIO as we continue exploring the Cold War and its impact on our world, our culture and the future.

If you'd like to join the conversation and be a guest on a future episode, just get in touch with me on Twitter @DEADHANDRADIO or By email at [email protected]

Or if you’d like to leave me a voice message, that may be included in a future episode…

Go to https://anchor.fm/deadhand/message

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My guest on this episode is Heather @ExplorationProject

Heather is an “Adventure Blogger” an explorer, and photographer. Her website and social media activity are focused on positivity and inspiration and she’s extremely well liked due to her positive attitude and uplifting posts on Twitter and Instagram.

I first became aware of Heather through an online literary magazine, called Barren Magazine, which we both contributed to. One of her photos was selected as the “Cover” for that month and instantly got my attention. So I followed her as I did many creative people from Barren Magazine around that time. Since then, Her work has stood out because of her positive outlook and friendly personality and we’ve been exchanging posts ever since.

Most of Heather’s photography consists of landscapes, wildlife and her dog Marco, but what first attracted me to her photography was those abandoned structures. And the way she always includes something informative and entertaining with her posts.

This episode will focus on being positive, the importance of getting outdoors and exploring the world around us, and generally being a curious observer in life in order to stay sane in an insane world. 

Aside from everything else I mentioned, Heather is a native of Canada, she loves the outdoors, hiking, and traveling, and lives with her husband and her dog Marco. She’s also an inspiration to me and I’m excited she accepted my invitation to come on this podcast.

If you'd like to join the conversation:

You can connect with me on Twitter @DEADHANDRADIO

You can email me at [email protected]

Or if you’d like to leave me a voice message, that may be included in a future episode…

Go to https://anchor.fm/deadhand/message

Andrew Hall signing off. 

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My guest today is Phantom Dark Dave

Dave is a podcaster, screenwriter, filmmaker and actor, but he might best be known for his two podcasts, Dave’s Pop Culture Podcast (which is now a YouTube channel) and The Podcast From Another World, where he talks about all things pop culture, including movies and comic books. 

In fact Dave has spent his whole life idolizing films, especially those of the Horror genre and he’s written a couple of his own movies. He’s tried his hand at acting and directing and rumor has it he’s even worked  with Troma films. And He’s won a few awards as a filmmaker. 

Dave and I first met through our mutual friend Evan @FromTheWastes on Twitter and we’ve been talking about collaborating on something ever since. 

In fact, the more we talk, the more we find that we have in common which is one the reasons I invited Dave to come on.

This episode goes quite a bit off-topic from what it usually focuses on, but Dave has been such a source of inspiration to the podcast that I insisted and he accepted.

Aside from everything else I mentioned, he’s a father, he lives in Texas with his cat (Kick) and he’s an all around decent human being. He’s also one of the people responsible for me starting this podcast.

DEAD HAND RADIO is currently exploring the Cold War and its impact on our world, our culture and the future of.

So join me on this episode of DEAD HAND RADIO.

If you'd like to join the conversation:

You can connect with me on Twitter @DEADHANDRADIO

You can email me at [email protected]

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Andrew Hall signing off. 

This is DEAD HAND RADIO

Now available on all podcast platforms including: Apple Podcasts, GooglePlay, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio and more.

My guest for this episode is BK Bass. BK is a former Army Veteran with years of experience in the field of NBC Decontamination.

If you don’t know what NBC is, you’ll definitely want to check out this episode of DEAD HAND RADIO.

I first met BK on Twitter and learned about his work as a writer, publisher and world builder, when I interviewed him for my blog Creating Awesome. I’ve also read some of his books, and one of his recent books What Once Was Home, is a post-apocalyptic story about an alien invasion. Without saying too much, this story is not what you think. It’s an outstanding story and I highly recommend it.

For this interview, BK joins me to talk about some issues that this podcast is focused on, and that is Nuclear war, Chemical and Biological weapons of mass destruction, they’re effects and how they’re employed in battle.

DEAD HAND RADIO is currently on a run of exploring the Cold War and its impact on our world, our culture and the future of wars and BK’s experience in the military is quite relevant to this podcast.

So join me on the next episode as we dig deeper into the cold war, on DEAD HAND RADIO.

If you'd like to join the conversation:

You can connect with me on Twitter @DEADHANDRADIO

You can email me at [email protected]

Or if you’d like to leave me a voice message, that may be included in a future episode…

Go to https://anchor.fm/deadhand/message

This is Andrew Hall signing off. Thanks for listening.

In this special report I just want to give a shout out to the listeners of this podcast as a show of how much I appreciate everyone who listens.

Thank you so much.

The next episode is currently in production and will be ready soon. Please join me and my upcoming guest BK Bass. BK is a former Army Veteran with years of experience in the field of NBC Decontamination.

If you don’t know what NBC is, you’ll definitely want to check out the next episode of DEAD HAND RADIO.

I first met BK on Twitter and learned about his work as a writer, publisher and world builder, when I interviewed him for my blog Creating Awesome. I’ve also read some of his books, and one of his recent books What Once Was Home, is a post-apocalyptic story about an alien invasion. Without saying too much, this story is not what you think. It’s an outstanding story and I highly recommend it.

For this interview, BK joins me to talk about some issues that this podcast is focused on, and that is Nuclear war, Chemical and Biological weapons of mass destruction, they’re effects and how they’re employed in battle.

DEAD HAND RADIO is currently on a run of exploring the Cold War and its impact on our world, our culture and the future of wars and BK’s experience in the military is quite relevant to this podcast.

So join me on the next episode as we dig deeper into the cold war, on DEAD HAND RADIO.

I’d love for you to join the conversation. And there are multiple ways you can do that.

You can message me on Twitter @DEADHANDRADIO

You can email me at [email protected]

Or if you’d like to leave me a voice message, that may be included in a future episode…

Go to https://anchor.fm/deadhand/message