We have a light interview schedule for this week. I will be returning to the Late Night in the Midlands with Michael Vara on Wednesday, February 22, at 9:00 pm Eastern. This is one of the few extended shows that goes for three hours! Michael has a unique group of listeners, and we had some unusual call-in questions last time, so you never know what’s going to happen! Find the live player or recorded archives at http://www.latenightinthemidlands.com/. Be sure to refresh the webpage at 9:00 pm so that the live show will load.

Next, I will be appearing on SPARS Radio with hosts Mike and Diane at 6:00 pm Eastern on Sunday, February 26. Catch the live and archived shows on Blog Talk Radio at  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/spars_david.

I have a last minute booking with Dr Greg Miller on his Voice of the People program on the UFO Paranormal Radio Network on Saturday, February 18 at 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm. I don’t know if I will appear on most of the show or only a segment. Listen in and chat on Livestream at http://www.livestream.com/ufoparanormalradio. Or go to http://ufoparanormalradio.homestead.com/Main_Page_version_2.html and click on the LIVE 365 button.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: You need to listen in on my Wednesday night interview with Danielle Arnold on her Guardian Radio program February 15. Danielle’s first guest is the noted paranormal researcher and engineer David Rountree, who will be interviewed in the first segment starting at 8:00 pm Eastern, after which he will assume the role of co-host for my interview starting at 9:00 Eastern. What’s so exciting about this is that David has conducted some unusual experiments in the paranormal field, the findings of which from preliminary indications validate my supergeometric model of paranormal mechanics. This would mean that for the first time, a scientific theoretical model encompassing the entire spectrum of paranormal activity at the site of hauntings has made physical, testable predictions that have been confirmed! You don’t want to miss this historical interview. Go to http://www.pprsteam.org/pprs-network/guardian-radio.

I have been invited to for a return appearance on Paul and Ben Eno’s Behind the Paranormal radio show on Monday, February 13 at 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Eastern. This promises to be a very interesting conversation, so you don’t want to miss it. The show is simulcast live on the internet and on WOON 1230 AM in the Southeastern New England area. For web access, go to http://www.behindtheparanormal.com/#UPCOMING_SHOWS_-_QUICK_FIND and scroll down the page to find my photo and interview listing, and follow the instructions to listen.

On Thursday, February 16, BTCV goes international again with the British podcast The Unexplained with Howard Hughes. The show will be recorded on Thursday morning, and should be posted shortly thereafter at http://theunexplained.tv/. There will also be a free download of the interview available through iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/unexplained-howard-hughes/id155963493.

My next installment with GeorgeAnn Hughes of The Byte show will be posted late Thursday evening, February 16 or by the following day. Find it at http://www.thebyteshow.com/ThomasPFusco.html

I have a morning drive-time interview on the west coast with Gary Mantz of the Mantz and Mitchell show on Friday Morning at 9:00 am (yes, AM) Eastern. This will be broadcast live with internet simulcast on KKNW 1150 AM in the Seattle, Washington area. You can also listen live online by going to http://mantzandmitchell.com/ and look for the Listen Live link in the right-hand column (if you scroll down the page, you’ll see yours truly in the schedule). The recorded archive of the show will be found at http://www.1150kknw.com/podcast/media/mantz&mitchell.xml.

Sunday, February 19 will be a BUSY evening! First, I will be appearing on Unknown Origins Radio at 8:00 pm. This is a pre-recorded podcast. Listen at http://www.unknownoriginsradio.com/and look for the media player, or access the archived show at the link in the left-hand column.

Next, I will be live on PANG Radio with MJ and Mike on Sunday at 9:00 pm Eastern (I understand the show acronym was derived from Pair-a-Normal Guys). To listen live, go to http://pangradio.com/ and look for the player at the top of the center column, or click the Show Archives link in the navigation bar to listen to the recorded show later.

Ending out the week on Sunday, I’ll be appearing on the long-running Canadian broadcast, The Conspiracy Show with Richard Syrett at 11:59 pm Eastern (made it on this week’s schedule by one minute!). This will be broadcast on AM 740 Zoomer Radio in Toronto and simulcast online. Find it at http://www.richardsyrett.com/ and click on the AM 740 link at the top of the page, then on the Listen Live link at the left of the navigation bar for the live broadcast, or the On Demand link next to that to find the recorded podcast (click on the second player arrow for the second hour interview).

Readers and listeners know my affection for Albert Einstein and the way he perceived the universe around him. To read his writings is to me like reading the most beautiful convergence of science and poetry. Some wish to be a great musician, leader, entrepreneur or a host of other admirable aspirations. I wish I could write like Albert Einstein. Several have tried to discredit his work; none have.

The occasional discussion of Einstein’s religious views arises during my interviews. Some think he was an atheist, while others maintain he was agnostic. I’ve always held the view that he was a theist, in that he believed there was some establishing and governing order or authority to the cosmos that was more than the sum total of its physical constituents, even though he didn’t interpret this as any of the various deities proposed by the world’s religions (including Judeo-Christianity). A few of his quotes allude to this governing authority like, “If there are laws, there has to be a lawgiver,” and “Quantum mechanics is impressive, but I am convinced that God does not play dice.” For those who are still unsure, here is another of Einstein’s quotes:

“Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe - a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.”

Einstein was always very specific and precise with his use of words, so that his use of the term “spirit” was no mere, ambiguous metaphor.

Here are some quotes regarding religion from other noted scientific authorities:

"It was not by accident that the greatest thinkers of all ages were deeply religious souls."

--Max Planck, physicist famous for his work in quantum mechanics

 “I am very astonished that the scientific picture of the real world around me is very deficient. It gives a lot of factual information, puts all our experiences in a magnificently consistent order, but is ghastly silent about all and sundry that is really near to our heart, that really matters to us. It cannot tell us a word about red and blue, bitter and sweet, physical pain and physical delight; it knows nothing of beautiful and ugly, good or bad, god and eternity."

--Erwin Schroedinger, physicist, Nobel Prize winner and famous for his quantum enigma model nicknamed “Schroedinger’s Cat”

“From religion comes a man's purpose; from science, his power to achieve it. Sometimes people ask if religion and science are not opposed to one another. They are: in the sense that the thumb and fingers of my hands are opposed to one another. It is an opposition by means of which anything can be grasped."

--William H. Bragg, Nobel Prize winning physicist

“I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advances of science."

--Wernher Von Braun, aerospace scientist and father of the Saturn V rocket

“Science can have a purifying effect on religion, freeing it from beliefs of a pre-scientific age and helping us to a truer conception of God. At the same time, I am far from believing that science will ever give us the answers to all our questions."

-- Nevill Mott, Nobel Prize winning physicist

“A commonsense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature. The numbers one calculates from the facts seem to me so overwhelming as to put this conclusion almost beyond question."

--Fred Hoyle, noted astronomer and mathematician

“I am very much a scientist, and so I naturally have thought about religion also through the eyes of a scientist. When I do that, I see religion not denominationally, but in a more, let us say, deistic sense. I have been influenced in my thinking by the writing of Einstein who has made remarks to the effect that when he contemplated the world he sensed an underlying Force much greater than any human force. I feel very much the same. There is a sense of awe, a sense of reverence, and a sense of great mystery."

--Walter Kohn, Nobel Prize winning physicist

As you may have noticed, Tuesday night’s interview with Spirit Encounters did not take place. There was no program, no announcement, no email, and no phone call. I have still not heard from the host, and so I have no idea what the problem was.

The interview with Sphinx Radio scheduled for Wednesday evening at 10:00 pm was postponed by the host, and will be rescheduled at a later date.

I really have to get to posting a backlog of subject matter that I wish to comment on here! Thanks for your patience.

I have a busy interview schedule this week. First is an appearance on Mind Cemetery with Chip and Nicole on Monday night, February 6 at 11:00 pm Eastern. Go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mindcemetery.

Tuesday the 7th at 10:00 pm Eastern, I will be the guest of Mike Loop on his Spirit Encounters Radio Show. Listen at http://www.spiritencountersradionetwork.com/.

I have two interviews on Wednesday, February 8. There is a 30-minute, pre-recorded spot on William Kennedy’s Sphinx Radio to be aired at 10:00 pm Eastern. Go to http://www.sphinxradio.com/ and look for the “To Listen Click Here” link. The second interview is The Shadow Hour with Chris Waldon at 11:00 pm Eastern. Find it at  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/shadowhour.

I will be with the Paranormal Underground Show on Thursday, February 9 at 9:00 pm Eastern. Listen on Z-Talk Radio at http://www.loudcity.com/stations/z-talk-radio/files/show/ztalk.htm. Their website is at http://www.paranormalunderground.net/paranormal-underground-radio.

Finally, I will be on the Paranormal View Show on Saturday the 11th at 8:00 pm Eastern on the Para-X Radio Network. Go to http://para-x-radio.com/?page_id=202 and look for the player in the upper right corner of the page.

_ The interview scheduled with SEPIA Radio for last night did not take place. I never received a call from the host. In checking their website and Facebook page, it appears they have had no programs since mid January due to some unspecified problem (my interview was booked prior to this in early January). I will keep you posted.

_ The interview with Rob Simone’s London Edition show will air this afternoon at 7:00 pm Eastern. See the previous two posts for details. The Paratopia interview is now posted. Find it at http://cyberears.com/index.php/Browse/playaudio/14936 or www.paratopia.net. Remember that Paratopia has a membership that allows access to the full interview recording (you can only listen to about the first half without). But I believe the first link above has a full copy of the interview, which the folks at Paratopia were kind enough to provide.

I will be appearing on SEPIA RVP Radio live on Tuesday evening, January 31 at 9:00 pm Eastern (South East Paranormal Investigators Association). Go to  http://www.sepianc.com/ and look for the Listen Live button in the left column.

I have a live interview with the Port Orange Paranormal Society’s Dead Air radio program on Wednesday, February 1 at 9:00 pm Eastern (I will appear about 9:15 pm).  Find it at  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/dead-air.

My latest installment in my continuing series with GeorgeAnn Hughes of the Byte Show will be posted sometime Friday evening. Go to http://www.thebyteshow.com/ThomasPFusco.html.

Finally, I will be on Eric Altman’s Beyond the Edge Radio live on Sunday, February 5 at 8:00 pm Eastern. Go to http://www.beyondtheedgeradio.com/index.html and click on the Listen Live and Chat link on the navigation bar at the top of the page.

And as always, thanks for listening!

_ This seems to be a volatile week for talk radio! My interview with Joshua Warren’s Speaking of Strange Show has been pre-empted by a ball game! I’ll let you know when it’s re-scheduled.

_ I received word late yesterday that Paratopia Radio had an open slot for this week and offered it to me. This is a pre-recorded podcast that will be posted sometime Friday evening on their site. Go to http://paratopia.org/, look for the interview at the top of the list and click on the play button at the left of the episode title. They also have a live version of the show on Sundays where they take calls and discuss the latest episode from Friday (click on the Paratopia Live tab at the top of the page to access this Sunday show). The Friday podcast is a one-hour program, but it appears that only a portion of it is available for free playback, with access to the full program for $1.25.

I recorded my interview with Rob Simone yesterday afternoon. This was the London edition of his show, which will be broadcast at 7:00 pm Eastern on Monday, January 30 (4:00 pm pacific, and midnight in the British Isles). Follow the instructions in the previous blog post to find the link where you can hear the show online.

On another note, I know lately I’ve been behind somewhat in adding new content to the site (blog entries and articles). I do apologize for this, but setting up all these interviews takes up a lot of time and research. I’m going to get back on track soon, especially since there’s a lot going on in the news that I need to comment on from the supergeometric perspective. Thanks for your patience and understanding.