_ BTCV goes international again! I had a last minute invitation from Rob Simone to appear on the London edition of his show today, January 23. I’m a bit embarrassed that I’m not sure about the exact time. My contact is scheduled at 4:00pm Eastern (1:00pm Pacific), but the show info says that it’s broadcast online at 7:00pm Eastern (4:00pm Pacific). It may very well be a podcast recorded at the earlier time to be broadcast later. The confusion is all on my part—I’m sure Rob knows exactly what’s going on with this! As you may know, Rob is an internationally recognized media personality on all things paranormal, and also hosts George Noory’s Coast to Coast AM on occasion. It promises to be a great program. Go to  http://www.robsimone.com/linksnew.html and look for the London Show player. If it’s not the earlier time, it will be on at the later.

My interview last Tuesday, January 17 with Dave Howard on Inside the Paranormal will be re-broadcast live on WVQC 95.7 FM in the Cincinnati area and on their web simulcast today (Jan 23) at 7-8PM Eastern. Something very amusing happened during the show, where after my thirty-minute spot was completed, the station re-contacted me instead of the next guest, and I was BACK ON! The call was a bit confusing, but when they asked me if I was ready to go live, I perked up and said YES, assuming that they could not contact the other guest (which apparently is what happened) and they were bringing me back on (which was not their original intention). It was only when they introduced me as someone else that I realized what was happening. We all had a good laugh and finished out the show. Go to   http://www.wvqc.org/listen.

I have a half-hour spot on Joshua Warren’s Speaking of Strange show that will be aired Saturday evening, January 28 (It’s a shame that hosts who schedule me for only a thirty-minute segment soon realize that it’s way too short, but that’s show biz!). This is a three-hour broadcast, and I’m not sure exactly when I will appear during the program, but it will be at least 30 minutes in (I’ll re-post when I find out). The pre-recorded show is broadcast on WWNC 570 AM in the Ashville, NC area and simulcast online from 9:00pm to 12:00am Eastern. Go to http://www.wwnc.com/main.html and click on the LISTEN LIVE button at the far upper left corner of the top of the page. For you west coast late-nighters, the show is also broadcast Saturday at 10:00pm to 1:00am Pacific on AlienRadio KHWK 92.7 FM. Go to  http://www.alienradio.us/indexreal.html.

_ I will be appearing on the Grand Dark Conspiracy show from 10:20 pm to 11:45 pm Eastern on Monday, January 16.  Go to http://www.granddarkconspiracy.com/podcast.html for the recorded podcast, or to listen live at that time, click on the Shark Radio button at the left.
 
I have a 30-minute spot on Inside the Paranormal (also known as Cincy Paranormal) on Tuesday, January 17 starting at 9:10 pm Eastern. Go to  http://cincypararadio.blogspot.com/ for the live broadcast (look for the blog talk radio player). The recorded podcast will be posted afterward at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pararadio. This program will also be re-broadcast in the Cincinnati area on WQVC 95.7 FM the following Monday, January 23 at 7:00 pm Eastern.

My next installment in my series with GeorgeAnn Hughes of the Byte Show will be posted Wednesday evening, January 18 at http://www.thebyteshow.com/ThomasPFusco.html.

Finally, I will be on Spooky Southcoast Radio on Saturday, January 21 at 10:00 pm to 12:00 am Eastern. Go to http://www.spookysouthcoast.com/ for the live show.

Sorry folks, I got the time wrong on the Jeff Rense Show on tonight. The show is live from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM PACIFIC time.  I will be on either at 7:30 PST or 8:30 PST, not sure which, but I'm sure that the show will be a great listen!

_ I understand that some listeners had difficulty accessing the live interview with Paul and Ben Eno’s Behind the Paranormal this past Monday. The recording has been posted at http://www.behindtheparanormal.com/podcasts2012.htm. This was a great interview with great hosts, and so you’ll want to catch it.
 
I understand that some listeners also had problems with hearing the live California Haunts broadcast from Wednesday. The recorded show is now posted as Episode 7 at http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/56774.

_ I will be appearing on Paul and Ben Eno’s Behind the Paranormal radio show on Monday, January 9 at 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Eastern. This 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. 

Immediately following the above interview, I will be appearing on Rob Bradbury’s Gut and Bones Show at 7:30 PM, and aired on the Tenacity Radio Network. This will be somewhat of a continuation of my interview last week with S.E. Burns, since Rob was in the studio at the time. Go to http://www.thegutandboneshow.squarespace.com/ and scroll down at the bottom of the show listing, then click on the “Tune In Live…” link. You can also listen live by going directly to http://tenacityradio.com/, where the recorded archive of the show can also be accessed.

I will be making a return appearance on California Haunts Radio at 9:30 PM Eastern on Wednesday January 11. As you know, I am particularly excited at the opportunity to reach out directly to prominent paranormal research organizations that sponsor their own radio shows, and this is one of those. I’m looking very much forward to speaking again with Charlotte Kosa and her team members. The team’s website is at http://www.californiahaunts.org/. The live program and the posted podcast can be accessed at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/californiahaunts or http://www.californiahaunts.org/radio.html.
 
Next is the Jeff Rense Show on Friday, January 13. The show is live from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM Eastern. I will be on for only a portion of that time slot, but as of today, the timing of my segment has not yet been determined. What’s really great is that Jeff’s co-host for that evening is none other than Brad Steiger, perhaps the most prolific and recognized author in the paranormal field. This is a rare opportunity, and I’m really excited about it. Go to http://www.renseradio.com/hosts.htm and click on the Listen Live button at the top of the left column. Archives of the programs are available to paid subscribers only, so this is another reason not to miss the live broadcast of what promises to be an incredible show.

And finally, we’ll have the second part of two-part series on Scott Morrow’s Fearless Ghost Hunter show on the new ParaMania Network on Sunday, January 15 at 10:00 PM Eastern. You can catch the show live, and the podcast of last night’s Part One interview at http://www.paramaniaradio.com/index.php (archived shows can be accessed through the On Demand link on the navigation bar).

Due to an unexpected opening, I have been given the opportunity to be a guest this evening (10 pm eastern) on Scott Morrow’s Fearless Ghost Hunter Radio show on the ParaMania Radio Network. I was already scheduled to appear on his show on next Sunday, January 15, so this will be like a two-part series. The show is a two-hour broadcast, which will afford an exceptional amount of time to discuss the theories in Behind the Cosmic Veil in some detail. Go to http://www.paramaniaradio.com/ for the live player and chat room. If you miss the live broadcast, look for the On Demand link on the navigation bar for the recorded show.

_ Happy New Year! Here’s wishing everybody a healthy and prosperous one.

I have a one-hour interview with S.E. Burns on her “Got Paranormal?” radio program on Wednesday, January 4 at 9:00 PM Eastern. Go to http://www.tenacityradio.com/got-paranormal and you will find the player in the right column. The archived broadcast will be found at http://www.tenacityradio.com/got-paranormal-archives.

My next installment in the continuing interview series with The Byte Show will be posted Wednesday evening. http://www.thebyteshow.com/ThomasPFusco.html.

I’m sorry to report that Dr. John DeSalvo has decided to terminate his Mysterious Realms Radio program. I do not know the reasons for this, but as a result, my interview scheduled with him for Tuesday will not take place. Dr. DeSalvo is director of the Great Pyramid of Giza Research Association and a biophysicist, and so I was really looking forward to conversation. I wish him well in all his future endeavors.

Sometime this month I will be publishing another article on this site discussing the various shortcomings of a widely circulating ‘theory of everything’ called the multiverse, which has gained a lot of sensationalized attention of late. It’s going to be a real eye-opener, so keep checking back.

_ This week’s California Haunts interview has bee cancelled and rescheduled for January 11. I will re-announce it at the beginning of that week.

_ My interview with Mike Bennett’s FutureQuake podcast will be recorded on Tuesday and should be posted sometime on Friday, December 30. Go to http://www.futurequake.com/FQ_PastShows.htm.

The sixth installment of my series of interviews with GeorgeAnn Hughes (what a lovely lady!) will be posted this Wednesday evening. Go to http://www.thebyteshow.com/ThomasPFusco.html.

I will be making a return guest visit to the California Haunts radio program on Wednesday, 12/28/11 at 9:30pm eastern. This is a live show. Go to http://www.californiahaunts.org/radio.html and click on the blog talk radio button. You’ll also find a live call-in number shortly below this button.

The recording of my December 8 interview with Jim Harold on his UFO Encounters Radio program is now posted at http://media.blubrry.com/paranormalplus/p/content.blubrry.com/paranormalplus/Behind_The_Cosmic_Veil_-_UFO_Encounters_20.mp3.

_A scientific study of the Shroud of Turin being conducted by Italy's National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development has led researchers there to conclude that the artifact could not have been a medieval forgery as skeptics suspect and deniers maintain. While there is an abundance of archaeological evidence on the Shroud confirming its presence in the area of Jerusalem around the early part of the first millennium A.D. (characteristics of the cloth itself, pollen samples, etc.), and historical and anatomical details from the image that were not known in the 13th century, the main argument of these scientists against a proclamation of forgery is that we do not yet know how the image was formed on the cloth. There have been the occasional reports of individuals or groups (some funded by atheists) who claim to have reproduced the image, yet microscopic forensics of their work shows little resemblance to the actual Shroud image. Most of these efforts employed pigments, even though it is established fact that the actual image was not made using pigments or paints, while others used advanced technology not available in either Biblical or medieval times. To date, no one has been able to perfectly reproduce the image in every detail. If we cannot say for certain how it was made, then we cannot say with certainty that it was forged.
 
The main piece of evidence against its authenticity—and in the end, the only piece—is the carbon-14 test performed some years ago that placed the cloth’s age around 1300 AD. All deniers and skeptics hang their hat on this. But as you probably know, there have been many legitimate disputes concerning these findings, not the least of which is the considerable amount of contamination this artifact has suffered over the centuries. An article so contaminated would never be accepted without question as a reliable source of carbon-14 dating under normal circumstances. In fact, the standard procedure in archaeology is that, given an archaeological site where the dating of the artifacts can be firmly established by depth of the find, style of pottery, etc., but a carbon-14 test shows a significant difference to that dating, then the carbon-14 results are thrown out as flawed in favor of the more reliable physical evidence of the artifacts themselves. This is precisely the case we find in the archaeological ‘site’ known as the Shroud of Turin, where all the physical artifacts point to an early firstmillennium dating. Unfortunately, the stakes are so high for those seeking to discredit this venerated relic that such standard criteria and procedures in the field of archaeology are ignored for the sake of agenda. And so the debate continues.     

It’s important to keep in mind that one has to be skeptical of the skeptics and deniers too. Say we have an occurrence where a truck veered off a mountain road and crashed, killing its driver. We don’t really know what happened—the driver could have tried to avoid an animal, fell asleep or suffered a heart attack. Now let’s say a skeptic argues that the driver committed suicide. The skeptic can perfectly duplicate the accident in every detail by purposely steering the truck off the edge of the road. Since the accident can be precisely ‘faked’ in this way, then the conclusion must be that it was a suicide. Just because an observation can be intentionally reproduced does not in itself discredit the observation. But the denier will certainly try to convince you that it’s so.