Expanded Perspectives

On this episode of Expanded Perspectives the guys start the show off talking about Kyle's recent trip up to Oklahoma for a baseball tournament and Cam's remodel of both bathrooms at his home. Then they get into the news with a person working in a factory during the graveyard shift had a terrifying encounter with a black eyed senior! And a listener sends in his story where they believe they had an encounter with a woman in a white dress in the middle of a Texas forest. After the break they speak with Adam Stokes about the Giants of Ancient America.

Adam Oliver Stokes obtained his B.A. in Religion at Duke University and his Masters of Divinity from Yale Divinity School. His scholarly interest include ancient American civilization, the Old Testament and Greco-Roman history and folklore. He is the author of Perspectives on the Old Testament and Essentials in Classical Literature published by Cognella Press.

Adam’s work has been featured in various journals and publications including Ancient American magazine, the Classical Outlook, Journal of the Hebrew Scriptures, the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies and BYU Studies Quarterly. For Ancient American magazine, Adam contributed several reviews-one on the work of Richard Dewhurst dealing with the archaeological evidence for the existence of giants in pre-Columbian America. His most recent review for the magazine examines the work of Mark Lynott on Hopewell Ceremonial mounds in Ohio.

Adam also serves as a reviewer for the journal Advances in Anthropology. He has taught courses on the Old Testament and world religions at Meadville Lombard Theological Seminary and Alvernia University and he currently teaches Old Testament as an adjunct professor at Saint Joseph’s University. He also teaches classical languages at STEMCivics Charter School in Ewing, NJ. He is a native of Baltimore, MD but has lived in Burlington County, NJ for the past 5 years with his wife Dafney and two sons.

All of this and more on this installment of Expanded Perspectives!

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On this episode of Expanded Perspectives the guys start the show off talking about Cam's recent remodel of his bathrooms in his house and the return of baseball up in Oklahoma. Then, they get into some news about an unknown green eyed bided in Kentucky, another Glimmer Man sighting from North Carolina and a sparsely furred humanoid in Kentucky. After the break we speak with Joshua Cutchin and Timothy Renner about their new book "Where the Footprints End: High Strangeness and the Bigfoot Phenomenon, Volume I: Folklore". Our forests seem to be hiding something much more complex than an undiscovered gorilla. Bigfoot may be howling from a lonely mountaintop, but the bigfoot phenomenon is whispering secrets... if we will only listen.

Eyewitnesses, investigators, and cryptozoologists worldwide contend ample evidence exists supporting the survival of large, hairy, apelike creatures alongside mankind today, lurking in the wilderness. By all appearances, these beings seem wholly natural, interacting with their surroundings and leaving behind hair, blood, droppings, and, of course, footprints.

Yet despite their apparently physical nature, bigfoot and its hairy hominid kin consistently appear mired in High Strangeness—the peculiar, ineffable, and nonsensical absurdities so often encountered in paranormal phenomena.Some sightings seem more consistent with mythology than biology. Bigfoot often present supernatual attributes, like luminescent eyes or the ability to pass, ghostlike, through structures. Anomalous lights are regulalry seen in areas of frequent sasquatch activity. Footprints persistently, if rarely, display odd numbered toes, and—most bafflingly—bigfoot trackways suddenly terminate in the middle of open, untouched terrain.

In Volume 1 of Where the Footprints End: High Strangeness and the Bigfoot Phenomenon, authors Joshua Cutchin and Timothy Renner carefully examine not only the intersection of hairy apemen with global folklore—of poltergeists, faeries, extraterrestrials, magic, witches, ghosts, and archetypal women-in-white—but also question the fundamental assumptions underlying contemporary cryptozoological beliefs surrounding bigfoot.

Joshua Cutchin: Is a North Carolina native with a longstanding interest in Forteana. He holds a Masters in Music Literature and a Masters in Journalism from the University of Georgia, and currently resides in Roswell, Georgia. He is the author of three books: 2015's "A Trojan Feast: The Food and Drink Offerings of Aliens, Faeries, and Sasquatch" (translated into Spanish as "Banquete Troyano"); 2016's "The Brimstone Deceit: An In-Depth Examination of Supernatural Scents, Otherworldly Odors, & Monstrous Miasmas"; and 2018's "Thieves in the Night: A Brief History of Supernatural Child Abductions." All are published by Anomalist Books. Joshua is also a contributor to Robbie Graham's 2017 collection of ufological essays "UFOs: Reframing the Debate," as well as David Weatherly's 2018 Sasquatch collection "Wood Knocks: Vol. 3."

Cutchin is also a published composer and maintains an active performing schedule as a jazz and rock tuba player, having appeared on eight albums and live concert DVDs. Joshua has appeared on a variety of paranormal programs discussing his work, including Coast to Coast AM, Mysterious Universe, Binnall of America, and The Gralien Report. He can be heard on the weekly podcast Where Did the Road Go? and maintains an online presence at JoshuaCutchin.com.

Timothy Renner: Is an illustrator, author, and folk musician living in Pennsylvania. His illustrations have appeared in the pages of various books, magazines, fanzines and comics as well as on many record and CD covers. Since 1995, Timothy has been making music both solo and with his band, Stone Breath. Timothy is the creator of "Strange Familiars", a podcast concerning the paranormal, weird history, folklore and the occult. He makes regular appearances on the paranormal radio show, "Where Did the Road Go?", and has appeared as a guest on many other podcasts and radio programs, including "Coast to Coast AM".

All of this and more on this installment of Expaned Perspectives!

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Direct download: Where_the_Footprints_End_with_Joshua_Cutchin_and_Timothy_Renner.mp3
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On this episode of Expanded Perspectives the boys start the show off talking about Kyle had to get up early and help an old man who fell down at his house next door to where Kyle lives. Then, the guys into some strange sightings including a limping Humanoid, a devil dog, a werewolf and a possible Rake! After the break Kyle brings up some UFO encounters by people in law enforcement.

Among the many witnesses of UFOs, some of them make up the men and women of law enforcement. Like we talk about so many times on this show, for some reason stories from credible witnesses like pilots, radar operators and police officers seem to have more believability over stories from just any old person. These are people out doing their job to serve and protect, yet sometimes it seems that they come across things that nothing in their experience or training has prepared them for. On todays show we talk about some very strange encounters by people in law enforcement.

All of this and more on this installment of Expanded Perspectives!

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On this episode of Expanded Perspectives the guys start the show off talking about how Cam has been remodeling both bathrooms in his house. After chatting about that the boys get into some strange sightings! First off, a woman in Florida was waiting in her car for a friend when she spotted an odd looking winged creature with glowing red eyes in a nearby tree just staring at her. Then, famed journalist and author, Geraldo Rivera, and his then wife, Sherryl Raymond, had left Miami in their boat, New Wave, to enjoy a sailing vacation when he spotted a UFO! Then, some more winged cryptids on Native Lands in California, North Dakota, Washington and Oklahoma. 

After the break, the guys talk with friend of the show Nick Redfern about some high strangeness. They take turns picking Nick's brain about some truly bizarre encounters! In case you've been living under a rock, Nick Redfern is a full-time author and journalist specializing in a wide range of unsolved mysteries, including Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, UFO sightings, government conspiracies, alien abductions and paranormal phenomena. He writes regularly for the London Daily Express newspaper, Fortean Times, Fate, and UFO Magazine. His previous books include Three Men Seeking Monsters, Strange Secrets, Cosmic Crashes, and The FBI Files. Among his many exploits, Redfern has investigated reports of lake monsters in Scotland, vampires in Puerto Rico, werewolves in England, aliens in Mexico, and sea serpents in the United States. Redfern travels and lectures extensively around the world. Originally from England, he currently lives in Dallas, Texas.

All of this and more on this installment of Expanded Perspectives!

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Direct download: High_Strangeness_with_Nick_Redfern.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:23pm CDT

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