The Paranoid Strain

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The Paranoid Strain episodes

February 18, 2025 New! Unidentified--Interracial relationships and alien abduction in 1960s America
Barney and Betty's story goes public, and the US media decides they made up this alien story because of how hard it was to be an interracial couple in 1960s America. It's infuriating. Enjoy!

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33 min
February 05, 2025 New! Unidentified--Dreams, hypnosis, and the first American alien abduction
Barney and Betty Hill had a weird night on September 19, 1961. Of that there's no doubt. But in this episode we investigate how the mid-century embrace of hypnosis as a psychological tool may have helped to generate the abduction story that would set the stage for the abduction mania of future decades.

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29 min
January 21, 2025 New! Unidentified--Barney, Betty, and the UFO they saw
We're ready to take on the story of Barney and Betty Hill, whose UFO encounter launched the abduction phenomenon, and whose personal story is even more fascinating.

More on the Hills in two weeks.

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29 min
January 07, 2025 New! Unidentified--No ETs for Christmas
We're back for 2025. This episode, we wrap up the story of The Seekers, the failure of their 1950s UFO prophecy, and the book that made them famous. We also dive into the ways cognitive dissonance theory interacts with other prophetic movements, including the early Christians. See you in two weeks.

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34 min
January 03, 2025 Encore: Upon a Red Horse, Part V
The last part of our encore presentation. hope you enjoyed it--see you next week.

In which Fletcher slowly loses what matters most to him, secures his legend, and goes down, senselessly, in a hail of bullets.

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1 hr 13 min
January 03, 2025 Encore: Upon a Red Horse, Part IV
Part IV of our re-post of the best thing we've done.

In which Fletcher finally gets on the radio, tells us what 2001: A Space Odyssey is really about, and sees his life begin to fall apart.

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54 min
January 01, 2025 Encore: Upon a Red Horse, Part III
In part 3, we discuss our hero's magnum opus.

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45 min
December 31, 2024 Encore: Upon a Red Horse, Part II
Part 2 of our repeat posting of Upon A Red Horse in honor of the New Year. Original liner notes follow

In which Fletcher, our hero, becomes a big deal in the UFO world. And reveals what really happened to JFK.

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55 min
December 30, 2024 Encore: Upon a Red Horse, Part I
Because it's the holidays, and because we know many of you haven't had the chance to hear it, we re-present the best thing we've ever done. Part 1 of 5. The original liner notes follow:

In which we hear the origin story of Marvell James Fletcher.

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53 min
December 10, 2024 New! Unidentified--When UFO prophecy fails. Big time.
It's time for us to review one of the most fascinating after-effects of the UFO mania that followed the Arnold sighting. We'll learn how some incredibly lucky social scientists wrote a book about perhaps the world's first apocalyptic new age UFO cult, the Seekers. It's cognitive dissonance a go-go on this week's Paranoid Strain. We're skipping next episode for the holiday--see you in early January.
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29 min