It’s Friday the 13th and what timing to have this unlucky day around the holidays when people have their company parties and in some places, the October spook houses remodel their facilities to dedicate it to Krampus. Yes, we all know about Krampus – the Christmas bad cop who punishes children who do not obey their parents. It may or may not be an ill-fated omen but the synchronicity of Friday the 13th gives us a reason to look for a bunch of darker characters from Krampus to Gryla and those mischievous tricksters, the Yule lads coming down from the mountains, one-by-one as Christmas approaches. Tonight on Ground Zero (7-10 pm, pacific time), Clyde Lewis talks with storyteller, Jeff Belanger about KRAMPUS THE 13th.

Originally Broadcast On 12/13/24

Transhumanist thinkers predict that human beings may eventually be able to transform themselves into beings with such greatly expanded abilities as to merit the label “posthuman.” The symbol for transhuman is H+ or “Enhanced Human.” As the future moves forward, we will find that machines can take on human forms that are uncharacteristically real. Once humans move beyond their repulsion to “lifelike machines” they reach a point of empathy. As our fears of man and technology diminish, we begin to see evolution steer toward transhumanism. The idea of uploading the brain into the body of a clone or an artificially enhanced child has been considered by science as one of our next steps in the evolutionary process. Tonight on Ground Zero, Clyde Lewis talks with Transhumanist, Zoltan Istvan about ÜBERMENSCH UBERMECH. 

Originally Broadcast As 11/26/24

Today, NASA’s global defense system used for detecting potentially hazardous objects heading towards Earth, located an asteroid going in the direction of our planet. This space rock called COWECP5 came from out of nowhere – it was being tracked with a trajectory towards Siberia. Additionally, there have been over 98 reported and documented UFO sightings worldwide since last Wednesday including strange objects over Washington DC. The Pentagon has provided new details about how its deployable, readily reconfigurable suite of sensors called GREMLIN works to help set the stage for figuring out what unidentified objects in our skies might be. Perhaps the government is concerned that they can’t hide the UFO problem anymore and don’t have much control over what comes under the radar. Tonight on Ground Zero (7-10 pm, pacific time) Clyde Lewis talks with Marc Dantonio about ALIEN TRESPASS OCCUPATION.

Originally Broadcast On 12/3/24

The issue of World War III is clearly of concern to the United States, which has a penchant for paranoia, every generation its own. However, with such a fractured nation, the threat comes from foreign and domestic enemies. The biggest danger is not necessarily nuclear exchange, but the disturbing changes societies go through when conflict inspires mass fear. Totalitarianism is much easier to institute during such a war. Freedom of speech is often suppressed and criticism of the government is usually criminalized. In the case of the US, armed revolution in many states is a certainty. Real public planning should focus far more on these eventualities and less on Hollywood images of the Apocalypse. Tonight on Ground Zero (7-10 pm, pacific time) Clyde Lewis talks about WORLD WAR III – BELLING THE CAT.

Originally Broadcast On 10/3/24