#22 - New 'American Cosmic' Religiosity

Published: March 19, 2021, 9 a.m.

It is a strange fact that some of America's top scientists and engineers spend long hours studying the suspected remains of crashed flying saucers. In her book, "American Cosmic: UFOs, Technology, Religion," Dr. Diana Pasulka reports from inside this community of talented Americans obsessed with alien spacecraft. She also argues that, following the lead of their technogentsia, ordinary Americans are falling under the sway of a new popular religion devoted to extraterrestrials. Because Dr. Pasulka is chair of philosophy and religion at the University of North Carolina Willmington, we must take her incredible claims with the utmost seriousness. Is Dr. Pasulka a lucky scholar who beat the public to alien disclosure? Has she stumbled into the midst of a new "scientific" cult? or is she a pawn in our government's cynical quest to control a budding new form of spirituality? If you listen to this episode, you will be able to decide for yourself whether aliens, angels, demons, madness (or none of the above) now obsess the hearts and minds of America's most capable researchers. This is a rare episode at the crossroads of the future of the United States and the salvation of our own immortal souls!