Episodes
Each week on What It Means to Be Human, we dive into profound questions about consciousness, the mysteries of the universe, and the threads of connection that unite us all. From theories of mind and cutting-edge science to ancient wisdom and the unexplained, we explore how awareness shapes our reality and what extraordinary phenomena can teach us about ourselves.
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Same Lies, Different Decade: Ron James Caught Officials Slipping
Ron James spent years pointing a camera at people whose job is to say nothing: politicians, scientists, military insiders. He waited patiently — and they slipped up. His first film, Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations, won 28 film festival awards, was cited by name at a congressional UAP hearing, and became one of the most-watched UFO
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Demons, Disclosure + Bob Lazar | UAP Roundup with Dan + Roz
The Vice President of the United States just called UAPs demons on camera. And a sitting congresswoman is citing the Book of Enoch as evidence of non-human intelligence. Meanwhile, the FBI is investigating a cluster of disappeared and dead scientists connected to sensitive aerospace research — and nobody can agree on whether that’s a cover-up
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Building the Signal | Captain Ron Janix & Contact in the Desert
Captain Ron Janix found Contact in the Desert the way most people find the things that change their lives, by accident. In this episode, Dan speaks with Captain Ron about what it actually means to build a space for people who’ve seen something they can’t explain, believe something they can’t prove, and need to be with others who feel the same way. Ron shares how he went from celebrity personal assistant to conference co-owner, what it takes to hold the full spectrum of the UAP community under one roof, and whether the act of gathering itself could be doing something…
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History’s Biggest Secret | Danny Sheehan on the UFO Coverup
For fifty years, constitutional lawyer Danny Sheehan has been in the rooms where American power operates. Pentagon Papers, Watergate, Iran-Contra, Karen Silkwood. Now he says all of it was preparation for the biggest case of his career: UFO Disclosure. In this episode, Dan speaks with Danny about the legal architecture of the UAP cover-up, what
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Reality is Classified | Jeff Nuccatelli on UAP Secrecy
In 2025, former Air Force military police officer Jeff Nuccatelli sat before Congress under oath and said something most governments never want to admit: reality may be classified. In this episode of What It Means to Be Human, Dan speaks with Jeff about the UAP incursions he witnessed while stationed at Vandenberg Air Force Base,
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UFOs Are Just the Latest Costume | Joshua Cutchin on Fairies, Fiction & the Phenomenon
In this episode of What It Means to Be Human, Dan sits down with Joshua Cutchin — folklorist, paranormal researcher, composer, and one of the most original thinkers working in the strange today. Joshua has spent years tracing the hidden threads between UFOs, fairy lore, near-death experiences, altered states, ghost stories, and the deep symbolic structures that shape human experience. His work asks an unsettling but increasingly unavoidable question: what if these phenomena are not separate at all, but different expressions of the same underlying mystery? Together, Dan and Joshua explore the strange feedback loop between fiction and reality, and why stories may do more than…
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Thomas Jane Is Looking for Answers | Reality, NHI & The Hard Problem of Consciousness
In this episode of What It Means to Be Human, Dan sits down with Thomas Jane, actor, writer, and researcher… to explore a topic that sits at the edge of science, philosophy, and human identity: non-human intelligence and the limits of reality itself. This isn’t a conversation about lights in the sky. It’s about something far deeper. Thomas shares how a personal experience in 2011 shattered his worldview and sent him down a path of studying UFO phenomena, consciousness, and the nature of perception. Together, they explore: • Why our brains may be interfaces, not truth-tellers • The idea that consciousness could be fundamental,…
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A UFO Theory that Changes Everything: Chains of the Sea
This week, Dan takes a deep dive into Chains of the Sea — a little-known sci-fi novella from the 1970s that has quietly shaken the UFO world after being recommended by former Pentagon insider Lue Elizondo. On the surface, it’s a story about alien contact. But underneath, it presents something far more unsettling: Through the lens of this story, we explore a radically different framework for the phenomenon — one that moves beyond “nuts and bolts” craft and into something stranger, more abstract, and potentially far more disturbing. Could UFOs be polymorphic, shapeshifting intelligences? Could reality itself be layered in ways we don’t perceive?…
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UAP Update: Obama, Trump and the New Dirty Disclosure
This week, Dan and Roz dig into the strange new phase of UFO disclosure, starting with Trump’s claim that Barack Obama revealed classified information about aliens. From there, they trace the bigger picture: Obama’s long history of carefully provocative UFO comments, the buried records sitting in the Obama presidential library, and why Trump’s promise to “release the files” may be less straightforward than it sounds. Along the way, they unpack the difference between release and declassify, ask whether this is genuine transparency or dirty disclosure, and explore what Congress, Gillibrand, and the wider UFO community are actually doing with the moment. Also in this episode: This…
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UFO Encounters and the Stories Behind Blue Book with Michael Avon Oeming #paranormal #comics
What can comic books teach us about UFO encounters? In this episode, Dan speaks with Eisner and Harvey Award–winning comic creator Michael Avon Oeming, known for his work on Powers, Thor, and Hellboy. Michael joins the show to discuss his acclaimed series Blue Book and Red Book, which bring real UFO cases to life through powerful visual storytelling. Together they explore some of the most fascinating mysteries in UFO history. From the Betty and Barney Hill abduction to the strange events of Dyatlov Pass, sightings in China and Russia, and the challenge of separating fact from myth in the world…
