The Micah Hanks Program

This week on The Gralien Report, we kick things off with a look at “Envelopegate”, the alleged conspiracy that overtook the Internet in the aftermath of an Oscar-night snafu. Elsewhere, what are the mystery creatures washing ashore in the Philippines as of late? Also in the news, has physicist Brian Cox managed to disprove the existence of ghosts, using the Large Hadron Collider? Then in Hour Two, we take a look at instances where fiction authors managed to make remarkably accurate predictions about the future in their work. Ranging from Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, to visionaries like Arthur C. Clarke, Aldous Huxley, and George Orwell, whose famous book 1984 has seen something of a renaissance in this era of “fake news” and surveillance. However, the most incredibly accurate set of predictions about the future appeared in a lesser-known novel written in 1969, which presents a truly eerie set of coincidences… or was there something more at work in the mind of this author, and others who managed to foretell the impossible? Special thanks to our sponsors at Blue Apron for this edition of the program; try Blue Apron today, and get your first three meals for free (and with free shipping) by clicking here to visit our special Blue Apron page. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, Micah and cohosts Reverend Oakley and Producer Hobbo enjoy a few classic “Presidential Zingers”, uttered at dinners, events, and at times even rather inopportune moments, in celebration of the 2017 President’s Day holiday. We also spend some time discussing the strange and mysterious “Tully Monster”, and in other crypto-news, Micah thinks he has solved the mystery of a recent alleged Sasquatch encounter. Is there a much more plausible explanation here? Then in the second hour, we shift our full attention to the esoteric history of U.S. Presidents, who along with their First Ladies often engaged in everything from seances and spiritualism, to conversations with ghosts said to haunt the Whitehouse. Even Winston Churchill ranks among the Whitehouse guests who claim to have seen the ghost of Abraham Lincoln. Also in celebration of this very unusual President’s Day 2017, we examine presidents who have seen UFOs, and even one U.S. President who reported an alleged Bigfoot attack in his non-political writings. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, Micah and cohosts Reverend Oakley and Producer Hobbo enjoy a few classic “Presidential Zingers”, uttered at dinners, events, and at times even rather inopportune moments, in celebration of the 2017 President’s Day holiday. We also spend some time discussing the strange and mysterious “Tully Monster”, and in other crypto-news, Micah thinks he has solved the mystery of a recent alleged Sasquatch encounter. Is there a much more plausible explanation here? Then in the second hour, we shift our full attention to the esoteric history of U.S. Presidents, who along with their First Ladies often engaged in everything from seances and spiritualism, to conversations with ghosts said to haunt the Whitehouse. Even Winston Churchill ranks among the Whitehouse guests who claim to have seen the ghost of Abraham Lincoln. Also in celebration of this very unusual President’s Day 2017, we examine presidents who have seen UFOs, and even one U.S. President who reported an alleged Bigfoot attack in his non-political writings. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, it is the eve before Valentine’s Day, and as usual, our friendly neighborhood Gralien Gang is holed up in our bunker below ground, as we discuss places where the holiday of love is being banned. We also explore a strange disappearance — and the rediscovery — of a man who was found wandering the jungles of Brazil 3500 miles from his home, and the ongoing concerning mystery of whale beachings. Then in Hour II, we turn our attention to mysteries that include a user-submitted goody from our friend Adam Olson, who directed our attention to something weird going on with the old hotline number for the popular television program Unsolved Mysteries. Is this one mystery that Micah has managed to solve? We think so… and of course, one of our favorite subjects on this program involves the many mysteries of space: we take time to explore the enigma of Phobos, a strangely shaped moon in orbit around Mars which, according to astronaut Buzz Aldrin, seems to have a “monolith”. What is the origin of this object on Phobos, and what has conspiracy theorist Alex Jones had to say about it recently? We break down the facts about this oddity, and how the evolution of ideas (some of them misremembered) help create an evolving mythos about a secret space program, and its relationshipw to ancient Egypt, and even aliens. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, it is the eve before Valentine’s Day, and as usual, our friendly neighborhood Gralien Gang is holed up in our bunker below ground, as we discuss places where the holiday of love is being banned. We also explore a strange disappearance — and the rediscovery — of a man who was found wandering the jungles of Brazil 3500 miles from his home, and the ongoing concerning mystery of whale beachings. Then in Hour II, we turn our attention to mysteries that include a user-submitted goody from our friend Adam Olson, who directed our attention to something weird going on with the old hotline number for the popular television program Unsolved Mysteries. Is this one mystery that Micah has managed to solve? We think so… and of course, one of our favorite subjects on this program involves the many mysteries of space: we take time to explore the enigma of Phobos, a strangely shaped moon in orbit around Mars which, according to astronaut Buzz Aldrin, seems to have a “monolith”. What is the origin of this object on Phobos, and what has conspiracy theorist Alex Jones had to say about it recently? We break down the facts about this oddity, and how the evolution of ideas (some of them misremembered) help create an evolving mythos about a secret space program, and its relationshipw to ancient Egypt, and even aliens. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, in the hours following this year’s “Big Game”, conspiracy theorists are already arguing that singer Lady Gaga’s performance was a “Satanic ritual”. Of course… we look at this, as well as some of the latest science news that includes the discovery of a “lost” ancient continent, and the mysteries of something that each of us does daily: sleep. Could sleep and dreaming harbor more mysteries than most of us have considered? Then in the second hour, we look at the greatest single impact event in recorded history: the famous Tunguska blast of 1908.While widely regarded as being the result of an air-burst of a meteoroid, for years Russian scientists actually favored the notion that a comet had been to blame. Alternative theories exist as well, which range from a massive natural gas explosion, to fringe theories about an alien vessel exploding near Lake Baikal. However, perhaps no theory about Tunguska is quite as intriguing as the notion that famed inventor Nikola Tesla could have somehow been involved… but is there really any credibility to this theory? We look at this unusual theory, and more, on this week’s Gralien Report. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, in the hours following this year’s “Big Game”, conspiracy theorists are already arguing that singer Lady Gaga’s performance was a “Satanic ritual”. Of course… we look at this, as well as some of the latest science news that includes the discovery of a “lost” ancient continent, and the mysteries of something that each of us does daily: sleep. Could sleep and dreaming harbor more mysteries than most of us have considered? Then in the second hour, we look at the greatest single impact event in recorded history: the famous Tunguska blast of 1908.While widely regarded as being the result of an air-burst of a meteoroid, for years Russian scientists actually favored the notion that a comet had been to blame. Alternative theories exist as well, which range from a massive natural gas explosion, to fringe theories about an alien vessel exploding near Lake Baikal. However, perhaps no theory about Tunguska is quite as intriguing as the notion that famed inventor Nikola Tesla could have somehow been involved… but is there really any credibility to this theory? We look at this unusual theory, and more, on this week’s Gralien Report. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, as many are reeling with confusion and division in uncertain times, we begin this week’s show by revisiting the words of the late Carl Sagan, who famously warned about his foreboding “of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time — when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues.” Sagan also urged that when the people have lost “our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.” Perhaps it is wise to revisit such words on occasion. In addition to news that’s been trending this week, Micah and Matt engage in a discussion about the ghosts of Classic Country Music, following Micah’s recent visit to the grave of the legendary country music singer Hank Williams. Many ghost stories have been associated with Williams’ passing over the years, and we spend a bit of time looking at these, along with other strange tales; one of these, sent along to us by podcaster Jim Harold, tells what must be one of the most strange stories in all the history of country music, as well as the study of parapsychology. If true, and not the work of pure embellishment, what might it tell us about the idea of “life beyond death”, something even the late Carl Sagan had, though cautiously, questioned at times? Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, as many are reeling with confusion and division in uncertain times, we begin this week’s show by revisiting the words of the late Carl Sagan, who famously warned about his foreboding “of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time — when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues.” Sagan also urged that when the people have lost “our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.” Perhaps it is wise to revisit such words on occasion. In addition to news that’s been trending this week, Micah and Matt engage in a discussion about the ghosts of Classic Country Music, following Micah’s recent visit to the grave of the legendary country music singer Hank Williams. Many ghost stories have been associated with Williams’ passing over the years, and we spend a bit of time looking at these, along with other strange tales; one of these, sent along to us by podcaster Jim Harold, tells what must be one of the most strange stories in all the history of country music, as well as the study of parapsychology. If true, and not the work of pure embellishment, what might it tell us about the idea of “life beyond death”, something even the late Carl Sagan had, though cautiously, questioned at times? Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, we begin our weekly dispatches with a unique series of stories… and perhaps a near-fatal error that leads to a strange disturbance unlike anything we’ve experienced throughout the show’s history. Micah starts things off asking Hobbo and The Reverend about personal family ghost stories, setting the precedent for a night of oddities, eventually culminating in the primary broadcast being lost, and a complete system shutdown in the bunker. Fortunately, the TARDIS senses Micah’s distress psychically and comes to the rescue, and once the boys return from their ordeal, they regain their senses and continue during the second hour in an examination of the strangest beliefs in superstition from around the world. Could it be that some strange recurring themes with superstition actually stem from human behavior, or even conditions like obsessive compulsive disorder? If so, what might it help us learn about humanity’s past, and the seemingly “irrational” things we see in the world of the past? Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, we begin our weekly dispatches with a unique series of stories… and perhaps a near-fatal error that leads to a strange disturbance unlike anything we’ve experienced throughout the show’s history. Micah starts things off asking Hobbo and The Reverend about personal family ghost stories, setting the precedent for a night of oddities, eventually culminating in the primary broadcast being lost, and a complete system shutdown in the bunker. Fortunately, the TARDIS senses Micah’s distress psychically and comes to the rescue, and once the boys return from their ordeal, they regain their senses and continue during the second hour in an examination of the strangest beliefs in superstition from around the world. Could it be that some strange recurring themes with superstition actually stem from human behavior, or even conditions like obsessive compulsive disorder? If so, what might it help us learn about humanity’s past, and the seemingly “irrational” things we see in the world of the past? Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report… Micah has detective stories on his mind this week, on the heels of completing the long-awaited final season of BBC’s Sherlock. This leads us to a discussion of various archetypes that exist in our culture, before we get into a quick breakdown of why “UFO” stories reported in the media today are about as far from being good UFOlogy as anything one might read. We also look at the latest developments in the ongoing “Slenderman” affair, and why this is something that may be worthy of further study by criminal psychologists. This, in addition to an antibiotic-resistant virus that has claimed the life of a woman in Reno, Nevada. Should we all be worried at this point? Then in Hour Two, we look at the latest evidence pertaining to the famous skyjacking case of D.B. Cooper, who according to a group of amateur scientists, may have worked in a very specialized field, thanks to confirmation of rare earth elements detected on the tie that the skyjacker left aboard the plane he leapt from during his death-defying escape in 1971. D.B. Cooper’s influence in American culture is widespread, which includes his assumed name having inspired director David Lynch in the creation of his famous FBI investigator Dale B. Cooper in the landmark series Twin Peaks. Throughout his investigation of the murder of Laura Palmer, Agent Dale Cooper experiences a number of strange experiences, which include prophetic dreams of a Red Room, and a host of other unusual things. But it doesn’t end here; the world of Twin Peaks seems to be strangely intertwined with a number of other elements of culture, which we spend time exploring on this week’s edition of The Gralien Report.  Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report… Micah has detective stories on his mind this week, on the heels of completing the long-awaited final season of BBC’s Sherlock. This leads us to a discussion of various archetypes that exist in our culture, before we get into a quick breakdown of why “UFO” stories reported in the media today are about as far from being good UFOlogy as anything one might read. We also look at the latest developments in the ongoing “Slenderman” affair, and why this is something that may be worthy of further study by criminal psychologists. This, in addition to an antibiotic-resistant virus that has claimed the life of a woman in Reno, Nevada. Should we all be worried at this point? Then in Hour Two, we look at the latest evidence pertaining to the famous skyjacking case of D.B. Cooper, who according to a group of amateur scientists, may have worked in a very specialized field, thanks to confirmation of rare earth elements detected on the tie that the skyjacker left aboard the plane he leapt from during his death-defying escape in 1971. D.B. Cooper’s influence in American culture is widespread, which includes his assumed name having inspired director David Lynch in the creation of his famous FBI investigator Dale B. Cooper in the landmark series Twin Peaks. Throughout his investigation of the murder of Laura Palmer, Agent Dale Cooper experiences a number of strange experiences, which include prophetic dreams of a Red Room, and a host of other unusual things. But it doesn’t end here; the world of Twin Peaks seems to be strangely intertwined with a number of other elements of culture, which we spend time exploring on this week’s edition of The Gralien Report.  Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, Micah is joined by guest co-host Jason Pentrail as we discuss mysterious discoveries made in ancient caves, as well as new scientific theories about Earth’s moon. Further out in space, a hypothetical “death star” has some believing that a celestial apocalypse could occur by October of 2017. But is there any merit to this idea, and what does this have to do with theories of ancient visitations to our planet by extraterrestrials? Then in the second hour, we are joined by author Ryan Sprague, who discusses his new book Somewhere in the Skies: A Human Approach to an Alien Phenomenon, which details Sprague’s interviews and perspectives on various UFO witnesses. Perhaps even more than what we may glean about the UFO phenomenon itself, what can be learned about humanity from the study of people’s unusual encounters? Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, Micah is joined by guest co-host Jason Pentrail as we discuss mysterious discoveries made in ancient caves, as well as new scientific theories about Earth’s moon. Further out in space, a hypothetical “death star” has some believing that a celestial apocalypse could occur by October of 2017. But is there any merit to this idea, and what does this have to do with theories of ancient visitations to our planet by extraterrestrials? Then in the second hour, we are joined by author Ryan Sprague, who discusses his new book Somewhere in the Skies: A Human Approach to an Alien Phenomenon, which details Sprague’s interviews and perspectives on various UFO witnesses. Perhaps even more than what we may glean about the UFO phenomenon itself, what can be learned about humanity from the study of people’s unusual encounters? Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.