The Art Bell Archive

Art Bell welcomes Sean Carroll, senior research associate in physics at the California Institute of Technology, for a conversation about cosmology timed with the landmark discovery of Earth-like exoplanet Gliese 581c. Art opens with extensive coverage of this newly found world just 20.5 light years away, describing its Earth-like temperatures, potential for liquid water, and the possibility it could harbor life far older than our own given its ancient host star.Carroll explains how astronomers detected the planet through tiny Doppler shifts in starlight caused by the gravitational tug of orbiting planets. He notes that finding such a world among only the hundred closest stars suggests there could be a billion similar planets in our galaxy alone. The discussion covers what conditions would truly make a planet habitable, including atmosphere composition, tidal locking, and the effects of doubled surface gravity on human survival.The conversation expands into broader cosmological territory as Carroll discusses dark matter, dark energy, the expansion of the universe, and modifications to Einstein general relativity. Art and Carroll debate the likelihood of extraterrestrial life, the challenges of interstellar travel, and Seth Shostak revelation that the president would be notified first if SETI ever confirmed an alien signal.

Art Bell welcomes Stanley Alpert, a federal environmental prosecutor turned private attorney, who recounts the true story of his kidnapping at gunpoint on a New York City street. One night while walking home, Alpert was seized by a gang armed with automatic weapons. After discovering a large sum in his savings account, the kidnappers held him for 25 hours to drain his funds. Throughout the ordeal, Alpert secretly gathered clues that would later help the FBI and NYPD capture the gang within two days of his release.Before the interview, Art opens with unscreened phone lines as callers discuss the Virginia Tech aftermath and whether the government would reveal evidence of extraterrestrial contact. Art reads a report about astronomers detecting water in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet for the first time.The Alpert interview covers his career prosecuting environmental crimes against major corporations including ExxonMobil, his work on MTBE gasoline contamination cases alongside the real Erin Brockovich, and how his legal instincts helped him survive the kidnapping and bring his captors to justice. Art and Alpert also discuss the broader state of environmental protection in the United States and the ongoing challenges of corporate pollution.

Art Bell welcomes physicist Janna Levin, professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University, for a wide-ranging exploration of whether the universe is finite or infinite. The evening begins with open lines as callers weigh in on the Virginia Tech tragedy, top conspiracies, and whether alien civilizations would contact humanity given its violent tendencies. Art reads from reports about mass shootings becoming more common since the 1960s and a Swedish physicist predicting peak global oil production between 2008 and 2018.When Levin joins the program, the conversation shifts to fundamental questions about the shape and size of the cosmos. She discusses her research into the topology of space, explaining how the universe could be finite yet have no boundary or edge, much like the surface of a sphere. The discussion covers how cosmic microwave background radiation might reveal patterns suggesting a finite, wrapped geometry of space.Art and Levin also explore the nature of infinity, black holes, the Big Bang, and what it means for the universe to be expanding. Callers contribute questions about whether atoms contain miniature universes and the practical implications of a finite cosmos for space exploration and the search for extraterrestrial life.

Art Bell welcomes parapsychologist Dr. Evelyn Paglini to examine the rising tide of violence and evil in American society, days after the Virginia Tech massacre. The broadcast opens with Art reviewing the devastating news, including the shooting that claimed 32 lives and a murder-suicide at the NASA Johnson Space Center. Dr. Paglini reveals she began sensing a powerful evil presence back in November 2006, months before the tragedy unfolded.Audio clips from her appearance just weeks earlier are played back, in which she warned of coming carnage surpassing anything previously seen, including references to people jumping from windows. Paglini explains that the Virginia Tech shooter underwent a transformation, becoming a soulless vessel manipulated by dark external forces. She connects this to the teachings of Father Malachi Martin, who reported an 800 percent increase in evil activity during his time in New York.Looking ahead, Paglini delivers further warnings of additional school shootings, an attack involving both guns and explosives, killer heat waves striking the United States and Europe, massive wildfires fueled by arson, and a deadly virus she describes as being deliberately unleashed. Art and Paglini discuss whether evil exists as an external force beyond the human mind.

Art Bell welcomes David Sereda to discuss UFO and antigravity disclosure, followed by Major Ed Dames on a mysterious wheat blight threatening global food supplies. Sereda presents his research into NASA shuttle footage showing unexplained objects and explores the physics behind potential antigravity propulsion systems. He argues that government agencies possess suppressed knowledge about advanced energy technologies that could transform transportation and power generation.Major Ed Dames joins in the second half to address a newly evolved wheat rust called UG-99, first discovered in Uganda and now spreading across East Africa toward the Middle East. Dames notes that he predicted years earlier through remote viewing that a fungal plant pathogen originating in Africa would threaten worldwide agriculture. He explains that one of the fungus spores is uniquely resistant to ultraviolet light and can survive at high altitudes on the wind for weeks, making containment nearly impossible.The conversation turns urgent as Dames warns that existing fungicide supplies are already stretched thin protecting soybean crops and cannot handle an additional wheat epidemic. He advocates for the immediate development of environmentally controlled agricultural habitats as the only viable long-term solution to protect the food supply from mounting biological and solar threats.

Art Bell interviews Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel of the Union of Concerned Scientists about the accelerating reality of global warming. She explains the distinction between weather and climate, noting that climate science examines decades-long data and ice core records going back 800,000 years. Ekwurzel confirms that unprecedented heat-trapping gases are warming the planet and the debate over whether it is happening is over.The discussion focuses on regional impacts, with Ekwurzel warning that the American Southwest faces increased wildfire risk, brutal heat waves, and prolonged drought. She describes how sea level rise threatens island nations and regions like Bangladesh facing flooding from both ocean storms and Himalayan glacier melt. She also shares findings from a survey showing widespread government muzzling of federal climate researchers, with officials blocking scientists from using the term "global warming" in press releases.The first two hours feature open lines with callers discussing the honeybee colony collapse and the theory that cell phone radiation may be disrupting bee navigation. Art opens the show noting that bee disappearances have spread across Europe, with two-thirds of London's hives now empty, and cites Einstein's warning that humanity would have four years to live without honeybees.

Art Bell speaks with Canadian documentarian Todd Standing about his multi-year effort to prove Bigfoot exists and secure governmental protection for the species. Standing describes expeditions into the Sylvanic region of the Canadian Rockies where he recorded three pieces of video evidence, including footage that CTV News enhanced to reveal back muscles and an elbow. He explains that these animals use sophisticated evasion strategies, posting day watchers at high vantage points who alert the main group when humans approach.Standing argues that Bigfoot is not a paranormal phenomenon but a flesh-and-blood primate, scientifically classified as Gigantopithecus, that migrated to North America via the Bering Strait alongside early humans. He believes the species demonstrates a theory of mind comparable to a human child of five or six years old. His petition for species protection has been certified by the Canadian Clerk of Petitions, with the House of Commons expected to vote within 30 days.The first two hours feature open lines dominated by the honeybee colony collapse crisis, the contaminated pet food scandal, and the firing of radio host Don Imus. Callers share stories about hummingbird disappearances and speculation about whether cell phones or chemtrails are responsible for the vanishing bees.

Art Bell interviews British national security consultant Michael Shrimpton about the Iraq War, the 9/11 attacks, and Middle Eastern geopolitics. Shrimpton, who has briefed staffers on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, argues that Iraqi intelligence was heavily involved in planning and executing the September 11th attacks, citing meetings between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden dating back to 1989. He explains that an internal conflict between loyalists of the first President Bush and the current administration has paralyzed efforts to communicate this intelligence publicly.Shrimpton firmly rejects 9/11 conspiracy theories alleging U.S. government involvement, stating that President Bush and Vice President Cheney were clearly taken by surprise. He criticizes the administration for failing to counter these theories effectively, noting that simple engineering explanations for the building collapses have gone largely unarticulated by officials. He also discusses the growing Iranian nuclear threat and the diplomatic crisis surrounding captured British sailors.The first two hours feature open lines and extensive coverage of the contaminated pet food crisis, with Art reading an investigative article revealing that nearly 39,000 pets were sickened or killed rather than the 15 initially reported. Art passionately calls for a national reporting agency for animal health emergencies.

Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames, retired military intelligence officer and remote viewing expert, for an urgent update on ecological collapse. The broadcast opens with breaking news of a major 8.0 earthquake and tsunami devastating the Solomon Islands. Dames then presents findings from a completed remote viewing project on the honeybee colony collapse, explaining that increased ultraviolet radiation from ozone layer degradation is blinding the bees, destroying one-third of their visual capacity dedicated to finding flowers and navigating.Dames delivers a stark warning that honeybees will soon be extinct and that their disappearance is merely symptomatic of a far larger ecological crisis. He connects the bee die-off to his earlier predictions about frogs, a deadly wheat fungus called UG-99, and the coming solar maximum. He states bluntly that Earth faces becoming a barren planet within 50 years due to a combination of man-made ecocide and geophysical forces beyond human control.On a more positive note, Dames reports that his decade-old remote viewing prediction of seas on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, was recently confirmed by NASA's Cassini mission. He suggests that humanity's only viable survival strategy involves self-contained habitats or underground living to weather the coming environmental storm.

Art Bell welcomes back Dr. Evelyn Paglini, a parapsychologist and authority on the occult, for a wide-ranging discussion on predictions, rising evil, and natural magic. Paglini shares her forecasts for devastating wildfires, many set deliberately by arsonists, along with widespread flooding and a significant earthquake in northern California. She warns of an economic downturn driven by the housing crisis and adjustable-rate mortgage collapses, predicting over one million home foreclosures and a full recession by the third quarter of the year.The conversation turns to what Paglini describes as a rising tide of evil unprecedented since the Middle Ages. She explains that as human consciousness expands and people develop heightened awareness, dark forces intensify their efforts to seduce and control. Art draws parallels to his interviews with the late Father Malachi Martin, who reported an 800 percent increase in cases of evil in the New York area years earlier.Paglini also offers investment advice, recommending silver, gold, palladium, and copper as hedges against inflation. The first hour features open lines where callers discuss the mysterious disappearance of honeybees, chemtrails, reptilian sightings, and the Iran hostage crisis unfolding at the time.

Art Bell welcomes Dr. Laurie Nadel, author of Sixth Sense: Unlocking Your Ultimate Mind Power, for a wide-ranging discussion on intuition, remote viewing, and psychic phenomena. Nadel recounts interviews with over 100 scientists and remote viewers, including Russell Targ and the late Willis Harmon, whose accounts of the SRI experiments convinced her that remote viewing is a legitimate and teachable skill. She questions why the government would abandon such a cost-effective intelligence tool.Nadel shares her own journey into the paranormal, which began after returning from covering the Chilean military coup for UPI and Newsweek. Suffering from post-traumatic stress, she began hearing a voice in her apartment and eventually witnessed a red eye appear on her wall. The American Society for Psychical Research assured her these were signs of emerging psychic abilities rather than mental illness, setting her on a path of lifelong research into consciousness.The first hour features open line callers discussing former Governor Fife Symington's Phoenix Lights admission, France's unprecedented release of 1,600 UFO case files, the discovery of caves on Mars, and a vast underground water reservoir beneath East Asia. Art also examines the coming solar maximum forecast and the growing mystery of honeybee colony collapse.

Art Bell explores lucid dreaming with Dr. Stephen LaBerge and Dominick Attisani of the Lucidity Institute, then speaks with journalist Leslie Kean about the Phoenix Lights. LaBerge defines lucid dreaming as knowing you are dreaming while the dream is happening, explaining that this awareness opens the door to conscious decision-making within the dream world. Attisani, a practitioner for over 30 years, describes lucid dreams as opportunities for pleasure, creative exploration, and confronting fears.The guests explain that lucid dreaming is a learnable skill built on dream recall and intentional memory. LaBerge draws parallels between setting an intention to wake at a specific time and setting an intention to recognize a dream. He notes that lucid dreamers often report an afterglow of energy the following day, and that the practice bridges consciousness research with the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of dream yoga.In the first hour, Leslie Kean discusses her exclusive interview with former Arizona Governor Fife Symington, who admitted to witnessing a massive, silent craft during the 1997 Phoenix Lights event. Kean emphasizes the distinction between the solid object seen by thousands and the later row of lights likely caused by flares, and challenges the media's conflation of the two events.

Art Bell welcomes engineer and author Maurice Cotterell from Ireland to discuss his theories on gravity, God, reincarnation, and the encoded wisdom of ancient civilizations. Cotterell proposes a new explanation for gravity, arguing that Isaac Newton identified the relationship between mass and gravitational force but never explained what causes it. His model traces the origin of gravity back to the Big Bang and the conversion of energy into matter.Using Einstein's equation E=MC squared, Cotterell constructs a framework where God is pure energy and the physical universe represents its opposite. He argues that human souls carry a measurable voltage that increases through love and compassion, allowing them to return to God upon death. If that voltage diminishes through negativity, the soul reincarnates into a new body with its memory essentially wiped clean, consistent with what the Tibetans call sanskaras.Cotterell draws on his decades of research decoding the treasures of the Maya, the tomb of Tutankhamun, and Celtic artifacts, claiming all these civilizations encoded identical spiritual and scientific truths. The first hour features open line callers discussing global weather extremes, the honeybee colony collapse mystery, and a former Canadian defense minister's call for disclosure of alien technology.

Art Bell welcomes billionaire entrepreneur Robert Bigelow of Bigelow Aerospace for an in-depth look at the private space industry. Bigelow, who launched the Genesis 1 spacecraft in July 2006, reveals that Genesis 2 is scheduled to launch from Russia the week of April 19th. Art shares exclusive photographs from his personal tour of the Bigelow Aerospace facility in Las Vegas, showcasing the expandable habitat modules originally developed by NASA.Bigelow explains that his inflatable modules provide three times the interior volume of any module on the International Space Station while offering superior protection against micrometeorite impacts. He describes the complex political landscape surrounding private spaceflight, citing ITAR regulations and congressional interference as greater obstacles than technology or funding. The ultimate goal is an occupiable module called Sundancer, targeted for launch around 2010, with a commercial space station to follow.The conversation turns to Bigelow's well-known interest in the paranormal, including his funding of research into UFO phenomena through the National Institute for Discovery Science. Art and Bigelow discuss who owns space under the 1967 Moon Treaty and the geopolitical implications of China's growing space ambitions.

Art Bell welcomes animal communicator Amelia Kinkade, author of Straight from the Horse's Mouth and The Language of Miracles, for a fascinating exploration of interspecies telepathy. Kinkade describes her first encounter with animal psychic Beatrice Lidecker, who accurately described details about her cat Rodney's life that no outsider could have known, including the view from his favorite perch and his interactions with a neighbor's dog.Kinkade explains that animal communication is a learned skill rooted in neurophysiology, not a supernatural gift. Drawing on quantum holography concepts championed by Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell, she describes how all living beings exist within one indivisible field of energy. By quieting the mind and entering a meditative state, a person can merge consciousness with an animal, perceiving the world through its senses and accessing its memories and emotions.The first hour features open lines where callers share UFO sightings, including a massive plasma ring observed in 1978 and a vivid abduction-style dream. Art also reflects on his decision years ago at KDWN in Las Vegas to abandon political talk radio and embrace the paranormal, a pivotal moment that shaped everything that followed.

Art Bell speaks with Whitley Strieber and Nick Pope about a massive wave of UFO activity, with particular focus on sightings near nuclear installations in Iran. Strieber connects this to historical patterns, citing General Arthur Exons confirmation that the Roswell debris was not of this world and Eisenhowers alleged 1954 encounter at Muroc Air Force Base. He theorizes the visitors seek to prevent nuclear weapons use, pointing to incidents where craft disabled American ICBMs and triggered launch sequences at Russian missile sites.The discussion turns to Iran, where over 30 UFO incidents have been reported since December 2006, including possible crashes and plasma-like objects near nuclear facilities. Strieber and Art consider whether Iranian leaders would interpret alien contact through a religious lens, and whether a dirty bomb targeting Tel Aviv poses a greater risk than a traditional strike.Nick Pope joins to discuss his departure from the British Ministry of Defence UFO project and reveals that the ministry ran a classified remote viewing study in 2001. The study failed to recruit experienced viewers and relied on novices, producing inconclusive results. Pope notes that sensitive target applications were planned but never completed, with key portions of the declassified report still redacted.

Art Bell interviews Jim Sparks, a multiple abductee whose experiences began in 1988 and transformed him from a terrified resistor into a cooperator with his alien captors. Sparks provides detailed accounts of being transported aboard craft, describing the physical sensations of acceleration, paralysis upon arrival, and the room where he spent six years learning an alien symbolic language. He explains how the beings taught him telepathic shorthand where entire pages of text could be compressed into a single vibrating symbol.Sparks describes graduating from these lessons to face-to-face encounters with reptilian beings who showed him visions of environmental devastation. The aliens conveyed urgent messages about deforestation, pollution, and habitat destruction, telling him humanity must change course. He recounts being shown holographic images of what Earth could become and being asked to spread a message of conservation. His background as a land developer who refused to clear-cut lots gives his advocacy an unexpected personal dimension.The first hour features open lines where callers discuss shadow people, the mass consciousness UFO experiment from previous weeks, and global warming. Art shares his thoughts on 2012 predictions, dismissing them as simply the end of a calendar rather than the end of the world.

Art Bell interviews Dick Criswell, a lifelong UFO researcher whose first encounter with Grey aliens occurred at age six on a farm in Wheeling, West Virginia. Criswell describes how two three-and-a-half-foot beings communicated telepathically, passing through walls effortlessly and telling him he would one day serve as their emissary. The visits continued through his teenage years, growing more frequent over time, and his parents eventually revealed their own encounters, including his father witnessing a craft so massive it blacked out the sky and streetlights.Criswell also discusses his involvement with AlphaCom, a project organized by Dr. Michael Wolfe to bring government UFO knowledge to the public. The effort collapsed when the Monica Lewinsky scandal consumed the Clinton administration, making officials reluctant to step forward. He says the witnesses remain available but are bound by secrecy agreements. Criswell shares the aliens warning about coming Earth changes, though specific timelines have proven elusive.The first hour features open lines with follow-up reports from the intent experiment, shadow people accounts, and a caller near Ground Zero who recalls hearing news coverage of Building Seven being deliberately demolished for structural safety reasons. Art also mentions his cameo appearance in an upcoming Lindsay Lohan film.

Art Bell launches a mass consciousness experiment, asking millions of listeners to project the intent for UFOs to appear in skies worldwide. The results are staggering, with thousands of emails flooding in from people who witnessed unusual objects, spinning lights, and craft that responded to flashlight signals. A Nashville TV station even captures footage of a rotating object dismissed too quickly as the space station. James Gilliland returns briefly to confirm his inbox was overwhelmed with sighting reports.In the second half, Art interviews independent military scholar Ralph Sawyer about China as a growing strategic threat. Sawyer, who spent nearly four decades studying Chinese military doctrine across Asia, warns that conflict with China is likely within 30 years. He details how Taiwan could fall through internal subversion rather than invasion, describes China modernizing its nuclear arsenal from liquid-fueled ICBMs to mobile solid-fueled missiles, and explains how their recent anti-satellite weapon test demonstrates a strategy to neutralize American net-centric warfare.The program opens during the Chinese Year of the Pig, with Sawyer explaining competing astrological interpretations among Hong Kong geomancers. Callers contribute sighting reports from the intent experiment and raise questions about climate change and the Area 51 flyover tape.

Art Bell welcomes James Gilliland, director of the Self Mastery Earth Institute and a contactee who claims ongoing communication with extraterrestrial beings following a near-death experience. Gilliland describes the massive UFO activity at his ranch near Mount Adams in Washington State, where dozens of aerospace engineers and other credible witnesses have observed craft appearing on schedule. He explains that different groups are visiting Earth, from Pleiadians to Andromedans, and that Grey abductions are winding down as more benevolent entities take an active role.The conversation covers how these craft operate outside conventional physics, using instantaneous travel by shifting between physical, energy, and light dimensions. Gilliland claims to have over 60 hours of footage showing objects landing, morphing, and powering up, though major networks have repeatedly shelved the material before it could air nationally. He argues that the real disclosure will come from the skies rather than from governments.The first hour features open lines, where callers share shadow people encounters, blue orb sightings, and a striking account of a cigar-shaped craft that responded to flashing headlights and followed a caller home. Art also discusses his visit to the Robert Bigelow Aerospace facility and reflects on precognitive experiences.

Art Bell welcomes investigative journalist George Knapp and biochemist Dr. Colm Kelleher for a discussion about Utah's Skinwalker Ranch, the subject of their book, and an update on Area 51. Kelleher, who served as project manager at Robert Bigelow's National Institute for Discovery Science, describes the ranch as a hotbed of anomalous activity stretching back generations through Ute tribal oral history.Kelleher recounts specific incidents investigated by NIDS, including an 84-pound calf found completely stripped of flesh in broad daylight just yards from the rancher's home, with no sound, tracks, or visible perpetrator. He also describes the baffling destruction of surveillance cameras by an unseen force that was caught on a second camera's feed, yet nothing appeared on the footage. Both guests explain that the phenomena seemed to possess a precognitive, sentient quality, never repeating and always staying one step ahead of investigators. Activity at the ranch has recently resumed after a period of quiet.George Knapp reflects on his career-altering decision to report on Area 51 beginning in 1989, confirming the base remains fully operational despite reports to the contrary. The first hour features unscreened open lines with callers sharing shadow people encounters, time travel proposals, and 9/11 debate.

Art Bell welcomes science writer Jennifer Ouellette, author of "The Physics of the Buffyverse" and "Black Bodies and Quantum Cats," for a conversation exploring the intersection of real physics and science fiction. They discuss the newly announced 16-qubit quantum computer from a Vancouver company, and Ouellette explains how quantum computing could eventually break current encryption systems and solve problems impossible for traditional machines.The discussion moves through the multiverse theory, wormholes as depicted in the film "Contact," and physicist Michio Kaku's civilization scale, with Art pressing the sobering point that the odds of humanity surviving the transition from Type Zero to Type One are almost zero. Ouellette shares her perspective on why women remain underrepresented in the hard sciences and discusses the physics behind fictional universes, arguing that even fantasy worlds must follow internal rules. She also addresses telepathy, suggesting that while no magical mechanism exists, future technology involving brain implants could one day achieve something resembling it.The conversation turns philosophical as they discuss the Big Bang, the accelerating expansion of the universe, the closure of Princeton's ESP lab, and whether science leaves room for the existence of God.

Art Bell welcomes futurist Gordon Michael Scallion for a conversation that shifts away from his usual earth changes focus into the unsettling territory of possession. Scallion explains that visions he received beginning in 1979 revealed a connection between solar activity, geophysical upheaval, and a rising tide of what he calls borderland phenomena, including spirit possession, particularly among young people.Scallion describes his out-of-body journeys into the borderland, the realm between physical life and what lies beyond, where he observed how discarnate entities can attach themselves to living people. He connects the increase in school violence, beginning with Columbine, to these energetic shifts and draws parallels to the work of the late Father Malachi Martin, who reported an 800 percent increase in possession cases. The conversation also touches on the current solar cycle, which Scallion predicts will be one of the most powerful ever recorded, and the ongoing pole shift he believes has already begun.The first hour includes open lines covering the Super Bowl, the UN climate report, Iran tensions, reincarnation and the Catholic Church, electric cars, and Art's announcement of returning to unscreened open lines.

Art Bell welcomes Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, for a wide-ranging conversation about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and the scientific challenges of detecting alien civilizations. Shostak discusses the current state of SETI's efforts, including the optical search at Lick Observatory and the upcoming Allen Telescope Array set to begin scanning the center of the Milky Way in mid-2007.The two spar over interstellar travel feasibility, with Art raising points from nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman about energy requirements and trip profiles. Shostak acknowledges that fewer than a thousand star systems have been carefully examined so far, a tiny fraction of the hundreds of billions in our galaxy. He describes SETI's new telescopes and methods while maintaining his skepticism about current visitation claims. Art challenges him with recent UFO sightings from O'Hare Airport and North London, where dozens of witnesses reported silent objects hovering in formation.The first hour features open lines touching on the landmark UN climate change report, ExxonMobil's offer of $10,000 to scientists willing to critique its findings, the Bush administration's suppression of climate terminology, Edgar Cayce, and Art's visit to Bigelow Aerospace via helicopter.

Art Bell welcomes Dr. Orrin Pilkey, a Duke University professor of geology and expert on shoreline processes, to examine the reliability of mathematical models used to shape major public policy decisions. Pilkey argues that while models can reveal broad trends and general directions, society places far too much confidence in their precise numerical predictions, particularly when applied to complex natural systems.The discussion ranges from climate change modeling to the controversial decision to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain near Art's home in Pahrump. Pilkey considers climate models the most honest among those he studied, praising the UN panel's transparency about their limitations. However, he warns that specific projections for temperature increases and sea level rises should be taken with a large grain of salt. He also notes that the Bush administration exploits model uncertainties for political purposes while ignoring the overwhelming scientific consensus.The first hour features open lines covering the UFO flap at O'Hare Airport and beyond, mysterious ice blocks falling from clear skies in Florida, smoking cessation research involving the brain's insula region, and Art's personal update on his wife Airyn's pregnancy with their daughter Asia.