guests or no guests?

[pininmefin]

Just wanted to "throw" this out there.I happen to like good critics.Especialy when well deserved.But is anyone worried that gene and dave might run out of people who would want to be on thier show because of it?I'm glad that some people are finaly having thier feet held to the fire but what is the feed back from past guests who have had it done to them?:question:

 

[Siani]

Interesting question. In fairness to Gene and David, they've only ever given a hard time to the pedlars of BS - who are fair game, in my eyes. If their reputation precedes them, and deters the hoaxers, I think that's a good thing. It means we don't have to listen a load of crap about benevolent space brothers with special messages for mankind, Jesus visiting Earth in a UFO, or alien spirits inhabiting potted house plants in order to communicate with Earthlings. I don't think they're in danger of running out of guests, especially given the calibre of some past and upcoming guests. As Gene and David's no BS reputation grows, I suspect it may act as a deterrent to any hoaxers and chancers, who might otherwise try to get on the show to peddle their shoddy wares. But I don't see how sincere researchers, writers and experiencers have anything to fear, even under the weight of tough questioning. For me, the only guests with anything to fear, are the ones with flimsy and/or fabricated stories, which can easily be blown apart.

 

[Graphimancer]

Actually, the two time Dr. Greer was on, Gene and Dave were pretty respectul to him. Even the second appearance, when Greer got pissed off about financial issues, Gene and Dave showed restraint.

To be honest, I would rather they call the BS artists on their BS in person, rather than waiting for them to get off the phone and then trash them afterwards.

They were a little more aggressive with Boyd Bushman (I'm sure I spelled that wrong), and that worked well. And they called that Alien Hunter dude (can't remember his name) on it when he said a kid had died in an alien abduction.

I think a friendly, yet adversial approach is the best. Laugh, be friendly, but don't let fast talkers control the show.

 

[pininmefin]

I agree with both of the above.My questions was prompted by the fact that this is a somewhat limited field.It's not like a sports show where the line up is endless.I do enjoy the show.As a matter fact my comute would be realy sh&!y with out my downloaded pod cast.I guess i'm somewhat addicted to this madness!

 

[Grokl]

Personally I think those that BS - outta be called on it - which is what Gene and dave do.... and do it well.
I think that a call should go out to all in the field that think they have the "evidence" or the "truth" to come on the Paracast.
Then hoping, it can go twice a week....

 

[Tommy Allison]

Guests are great. Having been one, I love the show. The issue with guests is that sometimes us listeners want to know more, and then take Gene and David to task for not asking the hard hitting questions like "Are you shitting me?"

Seriously, there are a lot of times when guests are on that I KNOW are full of crap, and yet David and Gene don't go at them like they could, and the reason for that is, they want guests to return, or... Not alienate themselves from other potential guests.

I'd go on their show just to talk smack about all kinds of people in this arena, because I'm a wise ass, and can say what these other guys can't. They could just point to me and blame me for my crassness.

Can you tell I'd love to be on the show again?

All kidding aside, having guests is great. Getting GOOD guests, and really smart guests can be tricky. What you REALLY should do is an open lines night where you could have listeners rail on the guests for you!

But hey, I'm just throwing ideas out there.

 

[Grokl]

Heya Tommy...

I'd personally love to hear you talk about others in the field - even really uncensored... LOL

Just throwing that out there.

cheers!!

 

[pininmefin]

theres no doubt that this show is head and shoulders above just about all the others in this field. THEY have set the bar on quality and clarity.

 

[Gil Bavel]

Actually, the two time Dr. Greer was on, Gene and Dave were pretty respectul to him. Even the second appearance, when Greer got pissed off about financial issues, Gene and Dave showed restraint.

To be honest, I would rather they call the BS artists on their BS in person, rather than waiting for them to get off the phone and then trash them afterwards.

Agree!

They were a little more aggressive with Boyd Bushman (I'm sure I spelled that wrong), and that worked well. And they called that Alien Hunter dude (can't remember his name)

Derrel Sims?

on it when he said a kid had died in an alien abduction.

I think a friendly, yet adversial approach is the best. Laugh, be friendly, but don't let fast talkers control the show.

It's important to be able to recycle guests, so they can't get too P.O.'ed at them, unless they just want to burn 'em down all at once... which would be fun, but to be fair, the Paracast already has a bit of a reputation for being... fair?

 

[Gil Bavel]

No bill knell - no way

I'd like to put in my two cents worth about NOT having Bill Knell on the show.

I thought this guy dried up and blew away two decades ago, until hearing him on Coast last week (yes, I occasionally listen to Coast, especially when it's PERSONAL!).

Bill Knell did a gaggle of lectures in the Kansas City area in the early Nineties.

When I began promoting UFO lectures here, he was my first scheduled guest, for a weekend deal, a Saturday/Sunday event I booked at the University of Kansas.

I formed the KU UFO Network (a fair bit of bureaucratic nonsense, let me tell you), and then after locking down all the necessities, I got a call from Bill that he would only be able to do the Sunday.

No big deal, I figured (in my youthful ignorance); that I'll take the hit and eat the cost of the venue, and work it into the expenses of the first day.

Well, along comes Saturday. Getting REAL close to time to do the show, and no Bill Knell.

I called and called and called. Eventually, at about 6:58, two minutes before he was scheduled to speak, I reached his wife. She said he was "snowed in" in Denver, and wasn't going to be able to make it.

By the way, this was in as far away as you can get into the school year and not be in the summer--I checked the weather for Denver, and there were no delays and no skiing for that matter--not a flake of snow on the ground in Denver.

So, a friend of mine and I put on a free UFO symposium for 100 folks--free of charge--just the two of us. And it was a blast. But I lost about $500-$1,000.

Point is--Bill Knell is a FAKE. He's never been an investigator of anything. Except maybe his wallet.

He stole Stanton Friedman's research and claimed it was his. He used to sell tapes of Whitley Streiber talking at free events and dared to put a copyright logo on it. I wouldn't trust the guy as far as I could spit on him.

This guy claims to be a ghostwriter, and also admits he's never written a book. In fact, on his web site, I found so many grammatical errors that I'd be embarrassed to call it mine.

This guy claims to run "Island Skywatch", a "Not-for Profit" deal up in Long Island. You can buy all kinds of "articles" he's written... not that any have EVER been published. He claims he interviewed the first "Philadelphia Experiment" Naval officer. His claims are grandiose, his evidence scant.

This guy is the worst kind of carnie, and he's making the rounds again.

Please, please, please, please don't let him take you in. Don't give him an interview. Especially if it's because you've never heard of him and don't know he's a shyster yet.

I'm here to tell you that he is. Aside from that fact that he almost ruined my career as a UFO lecture promoter in my hometown before it even started, in spite of the fact that he nearly made a complete jackass out of me in front of my hometown, in spite of the fact that he cost me hundreds of dollars because he didn't feel like showing up and meeting his obligations--

My next lecture was Stanton Friedman, and I was absolved. Everything went great. Everybody had a good time, everybody got paid, I was redeemed, no thanks to Bill Knell.

Hey, it's your show. You can have him on if you want. But if you do, just remember, I warned you.

The guy can't be trusted, makes shit up out of whole cloth, and has NO NEW information. He's not even a particularly interesting hack.

Bill Knell has NO credibility and if you have him on, be ready to throw the book at him.

Which book? Well, the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion", of course.

Because, you know, "everything in that book is true". He stole that from Bill Milton Cooper, before he died.

Can you imagine a guy so morally bankrupt that he steals a known hoax from a guy without even doing the footwork to find out it's a 100-year-old hoax?

The guy is bad news, please don't even do him the courtesy of telling him to fuck off. The guy makes David Sereda look like Jacques Vallee.

 

[David Biedny]

It's funny that you bring up Knell...

I recently emailed him to ask about having someone else come on the show, someone who I found through his site. The person ended up being the one Paracast interview that we decided to kill after the fact - it was a terrible interview, just not up to our standards, and I ended up feeling that this person had zero credibility, and a bad attitude, to boot. It's interesting to have more background on Knell, now the whole thing makes so much sense. Thanks, gilbavel.

dB

 

[Gil Bavel]

Wow... sorry I didn't mention it sooner. It didn't even occur to me since I thought he was long out of the game... That sucks that you had to waste an entire preproduction interview.
Well, at least it didn't take a lot of convincing.

I hope I can be that helpful in future, in advance of you having to do all that work

 

[Daktari Impossible]

They could have damaged their chances with some of the people who appeared in Greer's Disclosure Project. I thought there were a fair number of interesting characters in that production who'd make great guests on Paracast. This is a good show. Well done, for the most part. The Greer Show was not the best one I've heard. Their show with the UFO mag editor and Stanton Friedman was a barrel of fun.
I don't mind confronting BS as long as there is fun to be had. If it is all about how Gene and Dave pound the BSers, and I don't think that is all the show offers, then it will get old.