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Scientists have discovered that having money?and even just the IDEA of money?makes people selfish instead of generous, as we might hope it would. You wouldn’t think it would take a scientist to figure THAT out!

Psychologist Kathleen Vohs led a team that conducted experiments in which participants completed a number of tasks while being exposed to “play” money or pictures of money. The researchers found that those exposed to reminders of money worked longer on tasks before asking for help and were less helpful toward others. They also preferred to play alone, work alone and put more physical distance between themselves and a new acquaintance. Some of the psychologists involved in the study described this behavior as being self-sufficient more than being selfish.
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On a recent Dreamland show, Linda Howe reported on the phenomenon that’s come to be known as red rain. Does this rain, which started falling over Southern India 2 years ago, contain extraterrestrial bacteria?
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Journalist Daniel Pinchbeck takes us on a journey in search of the soul, other realities, and some kind of value for our lives that goes beyond the dreadful sameness and emptiness of our material world.Listen as he describes his experience with the legendary substance iboga in the depths of the Gabonese jungle. Go with him along the legendary Ayahuasca path of South America. Find out what happens when a friend of his meets the mushroom people. It’s a thrilling journey, and, based on what modern physics is telling us about other dimensions, one that could well be real. Daniel’s website is www.breakingopenthehead.com.

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On November 14, Unknowncountry.com ran a story about a possible bigfoot sighting in Wisconsin reported by a credible source. But it turns out that this sighting was a lot stranger than our reporter realized, and we were soon in touch with one of the Midwest’s leading cryptid researchers, Linda Godfrey. For our subscribers this week, Linda tells all about what the witness really saw–a creature of a type that has been reported in the area for hundreds of years, that she calls the Wisconsin Werewolf. This is a truly fascinating story of a most unusual and virtually unknown cryptid.

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