Podcast Archive » The Experience – 2018

 Did host Jeremy Vaeni predict the surprising Kilauea volcanic eruption that ran from May to August 2018, back in August of 2014? Maybe he did; maybe he didn’t. The importance of this uncertainty springboards us into a vast discussion of ethics concerning those of us having transcendental experiences, including Visitor phenomena. continued

What starts as an apology for missing a blatant ethical issue that flew over the host’s head during last week’s interview ends in a call for adopting a universal code of ethics in ufology, because that’s what is needed for this to be taken seriously as a field of study. You can stream the free version ...continued

Can a rational case be made that ufological high strangeness experiences add up to aliens? "Buddy" from Alien Protocols says yes. Further, he has set out to communicate with them and document his steps. In this episode, we walk with him. Where will we end up? continued

Riffing on a brief conversation the host had on Twitter, Jeremy Vaeni answers the question of whether his encounters with, and research into, Visitor phenomena has made him more fully human. Can it? Is there a concrete answer to this? It turns out, there is. And it will most definitely defy your expectations, no matter ...continued

The Experience returns next week. Happy Thanksgiving! Hypnosis. What is it doing? What is it not doing? What else is it like? These questions are but a few, for certified hypnosis practitioner James Hazlerig, in this episode host Jeremy Vaeni names as one of his favorites. continued

Some people feel called to preach. Others, called to an occupation. Thad McKraken feels called to the occult. Perhaps "feels" is the wrong word to use when a shadowy being in a cloak materializes and snaps you out of your sense of normalcy. For Thad, that’s exactly what happened. continued

Ben Moss is Chief Field Investigator for MUFON, in Virginia. He’s been researching UFOs for over 20 years and is unimpressed with the evidence that aliens are behind ufological phenomena, Now, he’s taking a fresh look at the classic Socorro UFO event, known as Project Blue Book’s best unsolved case. Let’s see what he’s found–and ...continued

Regan Lee has had numerous experiences that would commonly fall under the "alien abduction" umbrella. But are they that? Or is something far more unexplainable puncturing her life at intervals? Why is this happening at all? Let’s explore! continued

Does the search for meaning carry its own meaning? From Chinese medicine to astral projection, Robin Kelly, author of The Human Hologram and The Human Antennae, takes us on a conversational journey through the heart of human potential. continued

New listener "Dalen Wade" originally contacted host Jeremy Vaeni with questions about the possible nature of fear in high strangeness experiences. When Jeremy asked him to be a guest on the show, he wasn’t certain that he had enough experiences to warrant it. continued

James is a lifelong experiencer of high strangeness. His encounters sound familiar in all ways except one: when he sees entities, it is through his peripheral vision only. But what is he seeing in front of him? Finding out is a click away! continued

We’ve concentrated quite a bit on who the experiencers of Visitor phenomena are. Now it’s time to take that depth of vision and apply it to the Visitors themselves. Who might they be? How might they view the world? And are we pulling them into existence by perceiving them, or do ...continued

Is it time for experiencers to lose the title, because we’ve already lost the plot? What does that question mean? We’ll get to it. But first, let’s answer some subscriber questions and comments! continued

This week’s episode is a solo show that asks the question–and really does keep it a question–Do experiencers have a responsibility in how they articulate the phenomena happening in their lives, or even in what they present that could affect others?   continued

Host Jeremy Vaeni invites ufological reporter Jack Brewer onto what was going to be a solo episode, to unpack his new hypothesis that ufology was redesigned in the 1990s, by a U.S. continued

Hot on the heels of last week’s Dreamland, famed experiencer, visual FX wizard, and author of But Something Is There, Steve Neill joins us on The Experience for the first time–and for a completely new round of questions! continued

  Paul Dean is a meticulous researcher of historical documents pertaining to UFOs. Admittedly, he does the dry work few others dare, a thankless task to be sure. What makes it worth his time? What has he found? And how has it changed his perspective on the alien question? These questions and more on this week’s ...continued

  Angela and Alexander are siblings with a lifetime of experiences. Some are shared. But do they share the same outlook on what is happening to them? We’ll get into it. And in the process, host Jeremy Vaeni will reveal a poltergeist-like set of experiences his wife and he shared the morning of this episode’s recording!   continued

Revolution is a strong word. Are there any revolutionary ideas presented in Whitley Strieber’s latest work? It just so happens, there are. continued

It’s time to go deep. It’s time to get heavy. It’s time to get personal. It’s time to talk about the suicidal impulse that often goes hand-in-hand with sustained mystical contact, its origin, and why so few researchers and talk show hosts speak on these subjects with any depth at all.   continued

We’re constantly asking who the Visitors are. We’re always debating why they’re here. Rarely do we ask who we are, as if 50% of this equation doesn’t matter or is answered. But it does matter, precisely because it isn’t answered. Let’s finish the equation together, starting with this episode! continued

Popular podcast host Tim Binnall has retired his long-lived Binnall of America show. He returns to The Experience to look back on how his views have grown through interviewing guests in the paranormal fields–and also, to look forward to where research might just be heading. continued

Drawing from subscriber comments, and building on the last three episodes, we take a magnifying glass to the juncture where Visitor phenomena and human interpretation intersect. continued

Aliens. A Goddess. The Self. There is a mirror in your hand, and the mirror is you. The reflection is a lot of things. What lies behind is waiting to be discovered. This episode, we get a glimpse of that discovery. continued

Picking up where we left off last week, we continue to explore the questions surrounding how we define human nature and the consequence of not fulfilling it, using your listener feedback. continued

What began as a simple riff on subscriber comments from the previous episode has become a 2-part exploration and explanation of what wholeness means. This is a deconstruction of the illusions of what we commonly say it takes to "get there." This is not what the gurus teach in spiritual workshops–it’s what they don’t understand ...continued

Jeremy is taking a hiatus this week. Why? Because he’s been preparing for his–official, public, family and friends–wedding! continued

It’s time to do some Spring cleaning–and that includes how we think about ourselves, time, aliens, inter-dimensional beings, and the notion of futuristic advancement in the age of our dying. This is a punchy solo episode. Get ready. continued

What happens when a Mormon preacher tries salvia in Alaska? He ends up a standup comedian in Texas. Those sentences would be a setup/punchline combo were it not for the too-true-for-TV horror that happened in between. continued

In this, the conclusion to our conversation with author Brian Short, he tells us of his use of hypnosis that is different from how we normally abuse it. Then, for subscribers, host Jeremy Vaeni flies solo, finally revealing what happened when he met a woman at the Esalen Institute who was having kundalini experiences. continued

Author Brian Short is a lifelong experiencer. At first blush, his experiences may seem relatively normal as far as high strangeness goes. continued

It’s been over a year since Jesse Herbert has been a guest on the show. When he heard the episode where Jeremy & Whitley recounted their trip to Esalen, and their meeting spirit channeler Paul Selig, he decided to come back on the program to sing Paul’s praises. Jesse has had life-changing encounters with Paul’s ...continued

In this second conversation with last week’s guest, John, we explore what may be a parallel life he’s also living that feels as if it’s calling him to be that person, on the one hand… but on the other, he knows that if he accepts, he will destroy our universe. Sounds drastic. Sounds narcissistic. Sounds ...continued

Have you ever had the pressing sense that you’re an experiencer of Visitor phenomena, but only vague recollections, synchronicities surrounding the topic, and odd recurring dreams? What should you do? Explore it? Ignore it? We will tackle this with "John," a man who has been plagued by this question his entire life. continued

Last week, Whitley Strieber and Jeremy Vaeni were among 4 experiencers who participated in a week-long conference at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, who fielded questions from scholars in fields ranging from anthropology an continued

Jeremy will return next week. "Ursula" is a healer and a channeler who became such when she learned how to trust her spirit guides, as well as her own intuition. On this week’s show, she takes us through the moments of her wakeup calls, how she handled them, and the beautiful turns her life took ...continued

What constitutes physical evidence of high strangeness phenomena? In this solo episode, host Jeremy Vaeni makes the case against equating physical evidence in ufology with aliens,  inter-dimensional beings, or even human time travelers, and calls for a new approach to deriving meaning from it. continued

In this episode, Occult of Personality podcast host Greg Kaminsky joins us to talk about the differences between Eastern and Western esotericism, and how the paranormal may fit into mysti continued

In this solo episode, host Jeremy Vaeni fields subscriber questions brought up in the comments section of last week’s show on disclosure and also a previous episode on near-death experiences, alien abductions, and kundalini. continued

Investigative journalist Jack Brewer joins us to discuss all the latest hullaballoo regarding official alien disclosure. Naturally, this being The Experience, the conversation does not follow along conventional lines. continued

"Scott" returns to talk about his spiritual theory of everything called "Absolute Holism." But first, we continue our conversation from last episode, delving into the high strangeness and dreamtime experiences that most shook his worldview and led him to rethink reality. continued