The 'X' Zone Radio Show

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Sandee Mac, longtime metaphysical researcher, dowser, lecturer and alternative-practices teacher for an exploration of one of the most controversial subjects in the paranormal world—alien contact, UFO encounters and alleged extraterrestrial abduction experiences. Sandee's appearance is documented in The 'X' Zone historical guest directory specifically under “Alien Contact.” FlipBuilderSandee has been researching and teaching metaphysical and alternative practices since the 1970s. Her background includes training or initiation in numerous disciplines, including dowsing, past-life regression, hypnosis, shamanism and Feng Shui. She also served as president of the American Society of Dowsers. Most relevant to this conversation, Sandee says she has worked for more than three decades with people who identify themselves as UFO abductees and extraterrestrial contactees. Sandee MacDuring her conversation with Rob McConnell, Sandee explores the experiences reported by people who believe they have encountered non-human intelligences. Such accounts can include unusual lights or craft, missing time, vivid memories, recurring dreams, unexplained sensations and perceived communication with extraterrestrial beings. Sandee approaches these experiences through her metaphysical framework and has worked with individuals who describe themselves as traumatized by alleged encounters. These interpretations remain controversial: extraordinary claims of extraterrestrial contact and abduction have not been scientifically established simply through personal testimony, hypnosis, dowsing or other metaphysical techniques.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Adara An D'Rianna, author, speaker and executive coach whose work focuses on identifying and releasing what she describes as the emotional and energetic “charges” that prevent people from moving forward in their personal and professional lives. Adara is the author of Loving YourSelf FREE of Charge: Clearing the Emotional Blocks That Stop You!, published by Rainbow Creators in 2010. Adara's story took a dramatic turn in December 2002, when she found herself seriously ill in a hospital and believed she might be dying. According to her account, what she learned during that experience—and through a series of experiences she describes as near-death experiences over the following seven years—changed the direction of her life. A home-health nurse who had watched other patients die from the same infection reportedly encouraged Adara to put what she had learned into a book. In her work, Adara presents techniques intended to help people recognize emotional reactions, limiting beliefs and unresolved experiences that she believes can interfere with creativity, relationships, vitality, business performance and personal fulfillment. She subsequently worked as an executive coach, author and speaker, particularly with entrepreneurs seeking to overcome emotional and performance barriers. Her methods also incorporate concepts of “energy” and energetic blocks; these should be understood as part of her personal-development and spiritual framework rather than scientifically established medical treatments.Join Rob McConnell and Adara An D'Rianna on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a fascinating discussion about emotional baggage, personal transformation and the experiences that can shape our lives. Why do experiences from years ago continue to influence our behaviour today? Can we learn to recognize the emotional triggers that keep us stuck? What did Adara believe she discovered while confronting her own mortality? And could letting go of unresolved emotional burdens allow us to approach our relationships, careers and lives in an entirely different way? Adara's original conversation with Rob is preserved in The 'X' Zone archives as “Clearing the Emotional Blocks That Stop You.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Adam Hartung, business strategist, author and expert on innovation, organizational change and corporate leadership. Hartung is the author of Create Marketplace Disruption: How to Stay Ahead of the Competition, in which he developed what he calls The Phoenix Principle—a management philosophy arguing that successful organizations must continually adapt to changing markets rather than become locked into strategies and practices that worked in the past. Hartung has held executive positions in Fortune 100 companies and worked with consulting organizations including Boston Consulting Group and Coopers & Lybrand. Hartung's Phoenix Principle challenges what he calls the “Defend & Extend” mentality—the tendency of organizations to protect existing products, practices and business models even as circumstances around them change. His alternative emphasizes recognizing marketplace shifts, challenging institutional “lock-in,” creating disruptions and establishing what he calls “White Space,” where new approaches can be tested and developed. The central lesson is straightforward: long-term survival depends upon an organization's willingness to recognize change and adapt before a crisis forces it to do so. During this conversation, Rob and Adam examine those principles through the lens of the catastrophic BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The April 20, 2010 explosion killed 11 workers and initiated the largest marine oil spill in U.S. history. Subsequent litigation found BP grossly negligent in connection with the disaster, and the company ultimately faced tens of billions of dollars in settlements and other costs. The catastrophe provides a powerful case study for examining corporate decision-making, risk management, leadership, organizational culture and what can happen when warning signs and potentially catastrophic risks are inadequately addressed.Join Rob McConnell and Adam Hartung on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a discussion that goes beyond BP and asks questions relevant to virtually every organization. Why do successful companies sometimes become prisoners of their own past? What happens when protecting profits and established procedures becomes more important than adapting to changing risks? Can corporate culture make an organization blind to danger? And could the principles that allow a company to reinvent itself before competitors destroy it also help prevent the kind of organizational failures that can contribute to catastrophe? Adam Hartung's appearance is preserved in The 'X' Zone guest archives as “The Phoenix Principle and The BP Oil Spill Disaster.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes The Right Reverend Brian C. Keneipp, longtime leader of the American branch of The Aetherius Society, an international spiritual organization founded in London in 1955 by Dr. George King. Keneipp serves as Executive Secretary/Executive Director of the Society's American Headquarters and as a Bishop in the Aetherius Churches. His original appearance with Rob is preserved in The 'X' Zone archives as “Executive Secretary of the US Aetherius Society.” Keneipp first met George King in 1978 and subsequently worked closely with him for more than two decades. Beginning in 1987, he became one of King's chief full-time aides, assisting with administration and recording and transcribing messages that King and the Society believed were communications from advanced extraterrestrial intelligences. Following King's death in 1997, Keneipp continued his work with the organization and became Executive Secretary of the American Headquarters in 2004. He was consecrated as a Bishop in the American jurisdiction of the Aetherius Church in 2010. The Aetherius Society combines elements of yoga, Eastern spirituality, Christianity, metaphysics and UFO beliefs. George King claimed to have received communications from advanced extraterrestrial beings, including an intelligence called Aetherius, and taught that spiritually advanced extraterrestrial “Cosmic Masters” were assisting humanity's evolution. Keneipp teaches King Yoga and participates in spiritual practices and missions that Society members believe can direct spiritual energy toward humanity and the Earth. These claims concerning extraterrestrial communication, Ascended Masters and spiritual energies represent the religious and metaphysical beliefs of the Society and have not been scientifically established as physical phenomena.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Thomas E. Pierce, author of The Last Rose: A True Celebration of Eternal Life, for a profoundly moving story about love, devastating loss, grief and the strength to continue living after unimaginable tragedy. On March 6, 2004, Thomas boarded the Lady D water taxi in Baltimore's Inner Harbor with his wife, JoAnn, and daughter, Lisa. A violent gust of wind struck the vessel, causing it to capsize and throw its 25 passengers into the frigid water. Five people died—including both JoAnn and Lisa. Thomas survived by clinging to the overturned vessel while waiting to be rescued. His book recounts the horrifying events of that day, including a letter written to Lisa by one of the reservists involved in her rescue. Yet Pierce emphasized that The Last Rose was never intended simply to be a book about tragedy. Instead, it became his testimony to what he regarded as the enduring power of love and to the experiences and signs that helped him cope with his grief and move forward with his life. Pierce, who spent his professional life as a computer programmer and consultant, never originally planned to become an author. He later became co-owner of The Legacy, a restaurant dedicated to the memory of his wife and daughter, and increasingly shared his story with others. The Last Rose was published in 2007 and became a finalist in the Spirituality: Inspirational category of the USA Best Books 2007 Awards. Thomas continued speaking about the book and the lives of JoAnn and Lisa until his own death in 2019.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Thomas Lyons, author of Modern Day Mystic: A Psychic & Spiritual Journey Through a Not Quite Ordinary Life, for an exploration of mystical experiences, psychic phenomena, spirituality and some of the extraordinary events Lyons says have shaped his understanding of reality. Thomas's appearance is documented in The 'X' Zone guest archives under the title “Modern Day Mystic.” Published in 2005, Modern Day Mystic is a 300-page collection of stories and personal experiences dealing with questions that have fascinated paranormal researchers and spiritual seekers for generations. Lyons examines such subjects as prophetic dreams, communication with spirits, enlightenment, psychic phenomena, spoon bending and what he describes as developing “healing hands.” The book presents hundreds of accounts involving mystical and unusual experiences. For Lyons, being a mystic does not necessarily mean withdrawing from contemporary society. He describes a mystic as someone whose existence involves an immersion in what he calls the “Divine Mysteries of Life.” His approach attempts to reconcile ancient mystical concepts with modern life while asking whether extraordinary personal experiences might reveal aspects of consciousness that we do not yet fully understand. Claims involving psychic abilities, spirit communication, psychokinesis or supernatural healing, however, remain scientifically unestablished and should be distinguished from documented medical or physical phenomena.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Angela Artemis, writer, author, intuition teacher, self-described clairvoyant and spiritual medium. Angela is the founder of Powered by Intuition and author of The Intuition Principle: How to Attract the Life You Dream Of. Interestingly, her spiritual work developed alongside a very conventional professional career: she spent more than two decades working in financial planning, private banking and real-estate finance. Contemporary listings for her original X Zone appearance likewise described her as a writer, clairvoyant and spiritual medium from the New York area. Angela says her unusual experiences began during childhood. She recalls receiving her first Tarot cards and giving readings at age 11, becoming interested in astrology at 12, experiencing precognitive dreams, hearing what she interpreted as guiding voices, and having encounters she believed involved spirits. She says that during psychic and medical-intuition training in adulthood, an instructor suggested that some of what she was experiencing represented communication with deceased individuals, leading Angela to identify herself as a medium. These experiences represent Angela's personal interpretation of events rather than scientifically established evidence of paranormal communication. Angela's work also focuses heavily on intuition. In The Intuition Principle, she presents exercises involving meditation, journaling, dream analysis and attention to intuitive impressions as tools for greater self-awareness and decision-making. A Kirkus Reviews assessment described the book as a self-help guide aimed at helping readers access intuitive knowledge, while also noting that Angela advises readers to treat intuitive impressions about physical health as supplemental to consultation with qualified medical professionals. Join Rob McConnell and Angela Artemis on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for an exploration of intuition, clairvoyance, mediumship, dreams and the mysteries of human consciousness. Is intuition simply the subconscious mind processing information before our conscious mind recognizes it? Can dreams really provide glimpses of future events? What does a medium believe happens during communication with the deceased? And how can we distinguish genuine intuition from coincidence, expectation and our natural tendency to recognize patterns? It's another journey into that fascinating territory where personal experience, spirituality, psychology and the paranormal intersect. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Richard De Rose for a provocative examination of brainwashing, persuasion, social conditioning and the forces that can influence the way people think and behave. The 'X' Zone historical guest directory confirms De Rose's appearance under the intriguing title “Brainwashed...Are You?” What does it actually mean to be brainwashed? The word often brings to mind cults, interrogations and extreme psychological manipulation, but influence can take much subtler forms. Advertising, political messaging, peer pressure, authority figures, repetition, fear and selective exposure to information can all affect attitudes and decisions. The important distinction is between ordinary persuasion—which is part of everyday human interaction—and coercive methods intended to undermine a person's independence and critical judgment. During this conversation, Rob and Richard explore how beliefs are created, reinforced and sometimes manipulated. Why do people accept certain claims without demanding evidence? What happens when the same message is repeated often enough? Why can belonging to a group become more important than questioning what that group believes? And how can fear, isolation, emotional pressure or charismatic leadership make people more susceptible to manipulation? Join Rob McConnell and Richard De Rose on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a thought-provoking journey into persuasion, conformity and independent thinking. We routinely question whether other people have been manipulated—but how often do we examine the influences shaping our own beliefs? Are your opinions truly your own? How would you know if they weren't? And when someone tells you that you've been brainwashed, could that accusation itself be another attempt to influence what you believe?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Tanja Diamond, author, speaker, life and business strategist, and longtime teacher of Tantra. Diamond's work seeks to move Tantra beyond the popular misconception that it is simply about sexuality. She presents it instead as a broader practice involving awareness, presence, relationships, spirituality, personal transformation and conscious living. Her appearance with Rob is archived by The 'X' Zone Radio/TV Show specifically as “Tanja Diamond – The Tantra Teacher.” Tanja is the author of Beyond Sex: Tantra – A Practical Guide to Extraordinary Living and Riding the Phoenix: The Ultimate Guide to Get Unstuck in Life, Love and Money. She describes her approach as drawing from traditional Tantric teachings while incorporating modern ideas about psychology, relationships, embodiment and personal development. Her current work includes teaching Classical Tantra, Modern Tantra and Neo-Tantra through individual coaching, workshops and educational programs. During her conversation with Rob McConnell, Tanja explores what Tantra actually means and why Western culture so frequently associates the word exclusively with sex. She discusses breath, meditation, awareness, emotional connection, relationships, intimacy and consciousness, presenting Tantra as something that can influence how people experience everyday life rather than something confined to intimate relationships. Her approach emphasizes becoming more aware of one's thoughts, emotions, physical responses and interactions with others. Join Rob McConnell and Tanja Diamond on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a fascinating exploration of an ancient tradition adapted for contemporary life. What exactly is Tantra? How much of what Western society believes about it is misconception? Can greater awareness change the way we experience ourselves and our relationships? And after centuries of spiritual tradition, what can Tantra offer people searching for greater connection, mindfulness and meaning in the modern world?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Tanja Diamond, author, speaker, life and business strategist, and longtime teacher of Tantra. Diamond's work seeks to move Tantra beyond the popular misconception that it is simply about sexuality. She presents it instead as a broader practice involving awareness, presence, relationships, spirituality, personal transformation and conscious living. Her appearance with Rob is archived by The 'X' Zone Radio/TV Show specifically as “Tanja Diamond – The Tantra Teacher.” Tanja is the author of Beyond Sex: Tantra – A Practical Guide to Extraordinary Living and Riding the Phoenix: The Ultimate Guide to Get Unstuck in Life, Love and Money. She describes her approach as drawing from traditional Tantric teachings while incorporating modern ideas about psychology, relationships, embodiment and personal development. Her current work includes teaching Classical Tantra, Modern Tantra and Neo-Tantra through individual coaching, workshops and educational programs. During her conversation with Rob McConnell, Tanja explores what Tantra actually means and why Western culture so frequently associates the word exclusively with sex. She discusses breath, meditation, awareness, emotional connection, relationships, intimacy and consciousness, presenting Tantra as something that can influence how people experience everyday life rather than something confined to intimate relationships. Her approach emphasizes becoming more aware of one's thoughts, emotions, physical responses and interactions with others. Join Rob McConnell and Tanja Diamond on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a fascinating exploration of an ancient tradition adapted for contemporary life. What exactly is Tantra? How much of what Western society believes about it is misconception? Can greater awareness change the way we experience ourselves and our relationships? And after centuries of spiritual tradition, what can Tantra offer people searching for greater connection, mindfulness and meaning in the modern world?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Alexandra Bruce, author and researcher of popular culture, science, spirituality and unexplained subjects, for a look back at one of the biggest doomsday scares of the early 21st century—the prediction that 2012 might bring catastrophic changes or even the end of the world. Alexandra is the author of 2012: Science or Superstition? The Definitive Guide to the Doomsday Phenomenon, published in 2009 as an expanded companion to the documentary 2012: Science or Superstition. As December 21, 2012 approached, books, television specials, websites and Hollywood's disaster movie 2012 helped transform interpretations of the Maya Long Count calendar into a worldwide cultural phenomenon. Alexandra examined how the date became associated with apocalypse and investigated claims involving geomagnetic pole shifts, Earth-crust displacement, Planet X, astronomical alignments and other proposed catastrophes. Her book included interviews and perspectives from figures including Graham Hancock, John Major Jenkins and Daniel Pinchbeck while attempting to separate history and science from speculation and mythology. In this conversation, Rob and Alexandra examine the difference between what ancient Maya calendrical traditions actually represented and what modern popular culture turned them into. Was there genuine evidence that December 2012 represented an approaching global catastrophe, or had ancient history become attached to modern fears and then amplified through television, the Internet, publishing and Hollywood? The original X Zone program specifically promoted the discussion as an examination of subjects including Yellowstone, geomagnetic changes, crustal displacement, Planet X and the Maya calendar. Join Rob McConnell and Alexandra Bruce on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a fascinating retrospective on prophecy, apocalypse and the extraordinary 2012 phenomenon. We now know that December 21, 2012 passed without the predicted global apocalypse, making the episode an intriguing case study in how end-times predictions develop and spread. Why are humans repeatedly fascinated by predictions of their own destruction? How does legitimate scientific uncertainty become transformed into claims of impending catastrophe? And when fear, ancient prophecy, the Internet and Hollywood collide, how do we separate evidence from hype?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Adam Gorightly, author, researcher and chronicler of conspiracy culture who proudly describes himself as a “crackpot historian.” For decades, Gorightly has immersed himself in the stranger corners of American counterculture, investigating subjects involving Charles Manson, the JFK assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald, Kerry Thornley, Discordianism, UFOs, mind-control claims and conspiracy mythology. His articles have appeared in underground magazines, alternative publications and conspiracy-oriented outlets, giving him a distinctive perspective on how unusual ideas develop and become part of popular culture. Among Gorightly's best-known books is The Shadow Over Santa Susana: Black Magic, Mind Control and the Manson Family Mythos, an exploration of Charles Manson and the cultural environment surrounding the Tate-LaBianca murders. His work ventures beyond the conventional Manson narrative into connections and alleged connections involving Hollywood's underground, occultism, Scientology, the Process Church, psychedelic drugs and MK-ULTRA. Some of these connections remain disputed or speculative, making the distinction between documented history, allegation and conspiracy theory particularly important. Gorightly is also the author of The Prankster and the Conspiracy, examining Kerry Thornley, who served with Lee Harvey Oswald in the Marines and later became an important figure in Discordianism. Gorightly subsequently compiled Historia Discordia: The Origins of the Discordian Society and has written extensively about UFO culture, including Saucers, Spooks and Kooks: UFO Disinformation in the Age of Aquarius. His specialty is not merely collecting conspiracy theories but examining the unusual people, documents, rumours, hoaxes and countercultural movements from which those stories emerged. Join Rob McConnell and Adam Gorightly on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a journey into the wonderfully strange territory where documented history collides with conspiracy, paranoia, disinformation and what Gorightly calls “high weirdness.” How are conspiracy theories born? Can deliberate hoaxes eventually become accepted as history? What happens when intelligence operations, counterculture, UFO mythology and genuine government secrecy become intertwined? And perhaps the most intriguing question of all: when you're a self-proclaimed “crackpot historian,” how do you determine which parts of a crackpot story might actually be true?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Amirah Hall, known as “The SoulMystic,” an intuitive counselor, spiritual teacher, author and practitioner of what she describes as energy healing. For decades, Amirah has explored metaphysical and spiritual traditions while teaching programs involving intuition, psychic development, meditation and personal transformation. Her X Zone appearance describes her as having worked with clients internationally and conducted seminars and workshops devoted to developing intuition and what she calls the “art of creating reality.” According to Amirah, a major turning point occurred during a trip to Egypt in 1998, when she experienced what she describes as a near-death or beyond-death experience. She says the event profoundly changed the direction of her life, taking her from a successful career in corporate sales into spiritual counseling and metaphysical work. Amirah maintains that the experience intensified abilities she identifies as clairvoyance, channeling and mediumship, and she subsequently began leading spiritual journeys to Egypt. Amirah describes herself as clairvoyant—literally, “clear seeing”—and says she can perceive subtle energies surrounding people and places. An earlier edition of The 'X' Chronicles described her work as including spiritual life coaching, energy healing, psychic-medium consultations and clairvoyant training. These concepts form part of metaphysical and New Age belief systems; claims involving clairvoyance, psychic abilities, channeling or manipulation of invisible human energy have not been scientifically established as medical treatments or objectively demonstrated supernatural abilities. Join Rob McConnell and Amirah Hall on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for an exploration of intuition, consciousness, near-death experiences, psychic phenomena, spirituality and the mysteries surrounding human perception. What happened to Amirah during her extraordinary experience in Egypt? Why did it cause her to abandon one career for an entirely different spiritual path? Can people actually perceive an invisible human energy field? And where is the boundary between intuition, spiritual experience, psychology and genuine paranormal phenomena?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell for one of the most controversial interviews ever featured on The 'X' Zone Radio Show as he speaks with Malcolm J. Brenner, an American writer, journalist and photographer who became internationally known for his claim that, as a young man in the early 1970s, he developed a sexual relationship with a captive female bottlenose dolphin named Dolly at the now-defunct Floridaland attraction in Sarasota County, Florida. Brenner later transformed his account into the semi-autobiographical novel Wet Goddess: Recollections of a Dolphin Lover. Brenner maintains that the relationship developed while he was working around dolphins and that Dolly actively sought his attention. He has subsequently described the experience as an emotional interspecies relationship rather than simply a sexual encounter. His interpretation is highly controversial, particularly because a non-human animal cannot provide informed human-style consent and because sexual activity between humans and animals raises serious ethical, animal-welfare and legal issues. Florida subsequently enacted legislation prohibiting sexual activity with animals in 2011. Brenner says he eventually wrote Wet Goddess because he wanted people to consider dolphin intelligence, self-awareness, emotional complexity and the ethics of keeping highly intelligent marine mammals in captivity. On his own website, he explicitly states that he did not write the book to promote bestiality or zoophilia, but rather to communicate what he believes his experience taught him about dolphins. Those broader questions concerning dolphin cognition and animal welfare can be examined independently from Brenner's controversial interpretation of his personal relationship with Dolly. Join Rob McConnell and Malcolm J. Brenner on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for an interview that ventures into extremely uncomfortable territory while raising questions about human-animal boundaries, dolphin intelligence, captivity and ethics. What actually happened between Brenner and Dolly? Why did he decide decades later to tell the world about it? What does modern research tell us about the intelligence and social complexity of dolphins? And where must society draw the ethical and legal boundaries governing human interactions with other intelligent species? The original X Zone interview is preserved in the program's archives as “Malcolm J Brenner – The Man Who Had Sex with a Dolphin.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Angelica Eberle Wagner, author, inspirational speaker and personal-development teacher whose work explores achievement, perseverance, personal transformation and what she describes as the Secrets of the Millionaire Mind. Wagner is the author of Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Excellence: A Relentless Pursuit, first published in 2004, and has also written and spoken extensively about creating change and recognizing opportunities within life's unexpected challenges. For Wagner, developing a “millionaire mind” isn't simply about accumulating money. Her writings emphasize excellence, endurance, perseverance, character, passion and personal growth. She argues that mistakes, unexpected detours and obstacles can become opportunities for learning and that financial success may follow when people discover their strengths, develop their character and pursue meaningful goals. During this conversation, Rob and Angelica explore the psychology behind success and the attitudes that can either encourage or inhibit achievement. What separates someone who continues after failure from someone who gives up? Can our beliefs about ourselves influence the opportunities we recognize? How important are persistence, confidence and willingness to change? And does becoming financially successful begin with money—or with changing the way we think about ourselves, our abilities and our goals? Wagner's later podcast work has continued to focus on human potential, resilience and transformation. Join Rob McConnell and Angelica Wagner on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for an exploration of success, wealth, motivation, perseverance and personal transformation. Interestingly, The 'X' Zone historical guest directory lists Wagner as “The Miracle Maker,” providing another connection between her personal-development philosophy and her appearances with Rob.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Angela Lusk, a Texas-based psychic who says she has experienced psychic perceptions for much of her life. Angela's appearance is preserved in The 'X' Zone archives as “Psychic in Texas,” and she has discussed clairvoyance, intuition, spirit communication and the challenges faced by people who believe they possess psychic abilities. According to Angela, she did not fully recognize what she believed were her psychic abilities until an extraordinary experience approximately 25 years before a 2018 interview. She told the Dallas Observer that while standing in her kitchen, she suddenly heard what she described as a powerful voice telling her that her mother would die within three months. Although her mother was apparently not seriously ill at the time, Angela says her mother became sick three months later and died. This is Angela's personal account and should not be interpreted as scientific evidence that future events can be psychically predicted. Angela has also spoken publicly about fraud within the psychic industry. She warned consumers to be suspicious of practitioners unwilling to use their real names and of people who continually extend readings in an effort to obtain more money. She argued that legitimate practitioners should clearly explain the service being offered and its price rather than exploiting vulnerable clients. Join Rob McConnell and Angela Lusk on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a fascinating exploration of psychic phenomena, intuition, predictions and the controversial world of professional psychics. What does Angela believe she is actually sensing during a psychic experience? Can intuition sometimes appear so accurate that it seems paranormal? How can consumers distinguish sincere spiritual practitioners from deliberate fraud? And after decades of investigation and debate, is there convincing evidence that psychic abilities exist—or are extraordinary psychic experiences better explained through psychology, coincidence, memory and the remarkable workings of the human mind?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Audrey Klein, an educator, reading specialist and author whose career has focused on helping young people develop the practical academic abilities they need to become more confident and independent learners. At the time of her X Zone appearance, Klein had spent more than 20 years teaching reading, writing, organizational and study skills to students ranging from preschool through college, working with more than a thousand children through classroom teaching and private tutoring. Klein holds a Master's degree in reading, and her teaching philosophy emphasizes something sometimes overlooked in education: students need to understand not simply what to learn, but how to learn. Her lessons were designed around individual thinking and learning styles, with particular attention given to transferring academic skills into everyday situations. Her Skills for Students' Success program was also developed into online classes corresponding with chapters of her instructional material. During her conversation with Rob McConnell, Audrey explores the building blocks of successful learning: reading comprehension, writing, organization, study habits, time management and personal responsibility. Students can possess considerable intelligence yet still struggle academically when they haven't developed effective methods for organizing assignments, preparing for examinations, understanding what they read or managing their time. Klein's student-centred approach recognizes that children don't necessarily process information in exactly the same way. Join Rob McConnell and Audrey Klein on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a practical conversation about education and helping students reach their potential. What makes one study technique successful for one student but ineffective for another? How can parents help without doing the work for their children? Can organization and study skills actually be taught? And perhaps most importantly, can teaching children how to learn give them skills that remain valuable long after they've left the classroom? Audrey Klein's appearance is documented in The 'X' Zone guest archives as “Skills for Students' Success.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Amethyst Wyldfyre, a spiritual teacher, author, artist, performer and alternative healing practitioner who has described herself as “The Torch of Transformation.” The 'X' Zone archives identify Wyldfyre as a teacher, healer and psychic, while her professional biographies describe her as an initiated Shamaness in the Inka tradition, spiritual counselor and practitioner of various energy- and sound-based spiritual disciplines. Wyldfyre's work has included crystal singing bowls, sound therapy, spiritual counseling, intuitive readings, channeling and what she describes as energy healing. She has also worked with entrepreneurs, artists, speakers, coaches and alternative practitioners through programs intended to encourage personal transformation and spiritual development. In 2008, she was selected by New Hampshire Magazine as a Renaissance Woman, and her recording Divine Union – A Crystal Singing Bowl Healing Journey was a finalist in a COVR Awards category associated with meditation and healing. During her conversation with Rob McConnell, Amethyst explores shamanism, spirituality, intuition, sound, consciousness and the New Age concept of working with subtle energies. She describes herself as a practitioner of Healing the Light Body, crystal healing and other metaphysical systems. These practices belong largely to spiritual and complementary traditions; claims involving energy healing, channeling or supernatural abilities should not be confused with treatments or phenomena established through conventional medical and scientific evidence. Join Rob McConnell and Amethyst Wyldfyre on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for an exploration of modern shamanism and New Age spirituality. What does it mean to be a shaman in the modern world? Why have ancient spiritual traditions found new audiences in contemporary society? Can music, vibration and ritual influence our psychological or spiritual state? And where should we draw the line between personal spiritual experience, alternative healing traditions and scientifically demonstrable phenomena? Amethyst herself later described enjoying her appearance with Rob and said she would be happy to return to the program.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Andy Thomas, one of Britain's best-known writers and lecturers on unexplained mysteries, conspiracy theories, paranormal phenomena, crop circles, history and folklore. Thomas has spent more than three decades researching controversial subjects and presenting them to audiences around the world. His books include Conspiracies, The New Heretics, Strange, and the influential The Truth Agenda. The Truth Agenda: Making Sense of Unexplained Mysteries, Global Cover-Ups and Visions for a New Era brings together an enormous range of subjects that are frequently discussed separately. Thomas examines UFOs, crop circles, psychic phenomena, religious apparitions, ancient mysteries and prophecy, alongside conspiracy claims involving the Moon landings, 9/11, surveillance, the New World Order and powerful political and economic interests. Rather than every claim being treated as established fact, these subjects invite examination of the available evidence, competing explanations and the reasons conspiracy narratives can become so compelling. During his conversation with Rob McConnell, Thomas explores one of the central questions behind The Truth Agenda: How do we distinguish a genuine conspiracy or government deception from speculation, misinformation and coincidence? History demonstrates that governments and institutions sometimes conceal information, but that fact alone does not establish unrelated conspiracy claims. Thomas's work attempts to bring apparently disconnected subjects together while encouraging readers to consider the evidence and reach their own conclusions. His original X Zone interview with Rob is archived specifically as “Andy Thomas – The Truth Agenda.” Join Rob McConnell and Andy Thomas on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a journey through mysteries, conspiracies, UFOs, crop circles, prophecy, government secrecy and the continuing human search for hidden truth. Who decides what information we receive? When is skepticism justified—and when does skepticism itself become too rigid? Why are conspiracy theories so powerful? And in an age overflowing with information, misinformation and competing claims, how can ordinary people separate evidence from belief?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Allan Zola Kronzek, magician, educator, sleight-of-hand artist and New York Times bestselling author, for a wonderfully entertaining exploration of magic, illusion, puzzles and the special relationship between grandparents and grandchildren. For more than 25 years, Kronzek has presented innovative programs combining conjuring, science, history and art at schools, colleges and libraries throughout the northeastern United States. Kronzek is the author of Grandpa Magic: 116 Easy Tricks, Amazing Brainteasers, and Simple Stunts to Wow the Grandkids, a collection designed to give grandparents easy-to-learn ways of creating laughter, amazement and memorable moments with their grandchildren. The book includes classic tricks such as seemingly pulling a coin from behind a child's ear and “removing” a thumb, along with card tricks, dinner-table stunts, verbal puzzles and brainteasers—all presented with step-by-step instructions. But Allan's magical credentials extend well beyond Grandpa Magic. He co-authored with his daughter Elizabeth Kronzek the New York Times bestseller The Sorcerer's Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter, which his publisher says has sold more than one million copies worldwide in 14 languages. His other books include The Secrets of Alkazar, 52 Ways to Cheat at Poker and Artful Deceptions. Before establishing his career in magic and education, Allan was also a freelance writer, jazz DJ and general manager of a classic-rock radio station on eastern Long Island. Join Rob McConnell and Allan Zola Kronzek on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a lighter journey into the fascinating world of conjuring and illusion. What makes a magic trick convincing? How does a magician direct our attention away from what is really happening? Why are people so fascinated by apparently impossible feats? And perhaps most importantly, can something as simple as learning a few tricks help grandparents put aside the smartphones and tablets for a while and create something increasingly precious with their grandchildren—wonder, laughter and memories they'll share for years to come?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Ann McTavish for an important conversation about bullying—why it happens, the damage it can cause, and what parents, educators and communities can do when someone is being targeted. Bullying can take many forms, from verbal humiliation and social exclusion to intimidation, physical aggression and, increasingly, harassment through digital communications and social media. During this edition of The 'X' Zone Radio Show, Rob and Ann examine the human side of bullying and the lasting effect repeated intimidation can have on a person's confidence, relationships and sense of security. The discussion also raises difficult questions about the responsibilities of parents, teachers, schools and bystanders when warning signs appear—and why simply dismissing bullying as something children should learn to tolerate can allow harmful behaviour to continue. The conversation explores the importance of recognizing bullying early, encouraging victims to speak openly about what is happening, documenting incidents and ensuring that responsible adults take reports seriously. It also considers the bully: What causes someone to repeatedly intimidate another person? How much influence comes from family, peers and social environment? And can intervention address the behaviour before it becomes an established pattern? Join Rob McConnell and Ann McTavish on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a thought-provoking discussion about bullying, responsibility, compassion and prevention. When does teasing become bullying? Why do some witnesses remain silent? What can parents do when their child is afraid to speak up? And how do we create homes, schools and communities where intimidation is confronted rather than ignored? Reliable biographical material identifying the specific Ann McTavish from this X Zone appearance is limited in currently indexed sources, so I have deliberately avoided adding unverified credentials or background information.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Amelía Aeon Karris, author of Synchronicity: Unlock Your Divine Destiny and founding director of Know The Self, which she describes as a Mystery School for Modern Day Living. Karris has worked as a spiritual guide and teacher, focusing on synchronicity, consciousness, personal transformation and what she calls discovering one's “soul mission.” Before moving into spiritual work, she had a very different career: she describes herself as an early San Francisco Internet entrepreneur who worked in web design, virtual reality and artificial intelligence, consulting with numerous technology startups. Karris says her life changed dramatically in 2003, following the deaths of both her father and her spiritual teacher in Japan. She describes this period as the beginning of an awakening in which she experienced what she interpreted as newly emerging psychic abilities and an expanded perception of reality. Among her most extraordinary experiences is her claim that, at the time of her father's death, she witnessed a mysterious jellyfish-like object apparently emerge from his head. This remains her personal account of an anomalous experience rather than an event established through independent scientific evidence. During this remarkable conversation, Rob and Amelia explore death, consciousness, synchronicity, psychic experiences, spirituality and the possibility that human perception may extend beyond what our conventional senses reveal. What could someone actually be seeing during the intensely emotional moments surrounding a loved one's death? Could such an experience represent consciousness leaving the physical body, an unknown biological phenomenon, an altered state produced by grief and trauma—or something altogether different? Amelia's appearance is preserved in The 'X' Zone archives specifically under the extraordinary title concerning the jellyfish-like object and her father's death. Join Rob McConnell and Amelía Aeon Karris on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a journey into synchronicity, psychic awakening, death and the mysteries of consciousness. Amelia's experiences raise precisely the kinds of questions The 'X' Zone has investigated for decades: What happens at the moment of death? Does consciousness somehow survive the physical body? Can extraordinary experiences reveal something about reality—or do they tell us more about the extraordinary capabilities of the human mind? Whatever conclusion you reach, this is one conversation that certainly belongs in The 'X' Zone.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Anthony Armstrong, M.Eng., P.Eng., a Canadian engineer, author and researcher whose unusual NJ-12 Biosphere Project asks one of the most sobering questions imaginable: If humanity failed to prevent an all-out nuclear war, could enough people, knowledge, technology, plants and animals be protected to allow civilization to begin again? Armstrong says his interest in nuclear survival developed after working in a short-term scientific and technical military-intelligence position at Canada's National Defence Headquarters. His engineering background has also included electronics, solar-energy research and intellectual property. Armstrong's concept eventually became The NJ-12 Biosphere: How to Survive “The End of the World as We Know It.” Published in 2020, the science-fiction story follows Nathan Daniels, an engineer who develops a massive self-contained Biosphere Dome City after exposure to military planning convinces him that some means of preserving a remnant of humanity would be necessary following nuclear catastrophe. Armstrong describes the concept as a kind of modern-day Noah's Ark, intended to shelter people and preserve elements of Earth's biological environment and human civilization for potentially hundreds of years while the outside world recovers. But Armstrong's thinking extends beyond fiction. He has continued developing what he calls a Biosphere ARK Dome City, proposing highly advanced technologies for energy, protection, transportation and eventual ecological reconstruction. Some elements of his proposal—including zero-point energy, force-field protection and zero-gravity craft—remain speculative concepts and are not established technologies demonstrated at the scale his project would require. Armstrong nevertheless argues that contemplating the enormous requirements necessary to survive a nuclear exchange may itself serve another purpose: reminding humanity just how catastrophic nuclear war would actually be. Join Rob McConnell and Anthony Armstrong on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a journey into nuclear survival, engineering, biospheres, underground and protected communities, advanced technology and the preservation of civilization. Could a truly self-sufficient city survive years—or generations—isolated from a devastated outside world? How would we preserve food, water, medicine, genetic diversity, animals, plants, technology and human knowledge? And perhaps the most important question of all: rather than figuring out how humanity could survive World War III, shouldn't our greatest technological achievement be ensuring that World War III never happens?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Anna Dee Olson, author, speaker and former member of an Amish community, for an extraordinarily personal look inside a way of life that remains mysterious to many outsiders. Anna is the author of Growing Up Amish: Insider Secrets from One Woman's Inspirational Journey, in which she recounts the challenges of being raised by Amish parents and ultimately making the life-changing decision to leave the community and build an entirely different future for herself. Anna says the strict expectations of her upbringing became increasingly difficult for her during her teenage years. For approximately four years, she struggled with the decision between remaining within the only culture she had ever known and pursuing the life she wanted outside it. At 24 years old, she finally left the Amish lifestyle, knowing that her decision could profoundly affect her relationships with family and community. She has subsequently spoken publicly about subjects including shunning, Rumspringa, Amish family values, education, religion and the difficulties of adapting to mainstream American society. Leaving meant learning many things most people outside an insular religious community take for granted. Within a year, Anna earned her high-school equivalency diploma, and in 1993 she began pursuing her dream of attending college, eventually earning an Associate of Applied Science degree. She later became an author and public speaker, using her own experiences to help audiences understand Amish culture while discussing forgiveness, personal choice, perseverance and the difficult process of creating a new identity without completely erasing the past. Minnesota's Lake Agassiz Regional Library later hosted a series of her presentations specifically designed to increase public understanding of Amish culture. Join Rob McConnell and Anna Dee Olson on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for an intimate conversation about Amish traditions, faith, family, rules, Rumspringa, shunning and the enormous courage required to leave the only world you've ever known. What happens when personal freedom collides with religious and family expectations? What misconceptions do outsiders have about Amish life? And when leaving your community could mean losing relationships with the people closest to you, how high a price are you willing to pay for the freedom to choose your own path?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Barbara Gray, an author, speaker, energy practitioner and researcher who became known as “America's Energy Expert.” Gray's work focused not on conventional electrical or petroleum energy, but on what practitioners describe as subtle or human energy, energy psychology and complementary wellness practices. The 'X' Zone archives identify her as “America's Self-Proclaimed Energy Expert,” while archived episodes with Rob document extensive discussions of her research into alternative and complementary approaches to health and well-being. One of the central tools in Gray's research was the Gas Discharge Visualization (GDV) camera, which proponents have used in attempts to measure changes they associate with human energy fields. Her research presentation was titled Proof of the Connection of Subtle Energy by the Use of a GDV Camera and a Surrogate / Channel for Long Distance Energy Level Transformation, Acquisition and Healing. She presented her work to the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine. Claims that such technology can demonstrate distant healing or measure a medically meaningful human “energy field,” however, should be distinguished from methods established through mainstream clinical science. During her conversation with Rob, Barbara explores an extraordinarily broad collection of practices, including meditation, controlled breathing, progressive relaxation, aromatherapy, flower essences, massage, chiropractic care, Therapeutic Touch, Quantum Touch, music and various forms of energy healing. She also investigated whether GDV measurements changed following exercise, different foods, medicines, emotional states and other physical or psychological influences. These subjects raise an important question for The 'X' Zone: when people report feeling better following an alternative practice, how can researchers determine what produced the improvement—and whether the effect can be objectively measured and independently reproduced? Join Rob McConnell and Barbara Gray on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for an exploration of energy medicine, complementary practices, meditation, consciousness and the controversial idea of subtle human energy. Is there an energy component to human health that conventional instruments have yet to adequately measure, or are some of the effects attributed to “energy” better explained through established physiological and psychological mechanisms? It's a conversation where alternative claims meet critical questions—and listeners can examine the evidence for themselves.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Barbara and Paul Gerhardt, husband-and-wife authors of Choice Matters, for a wide-ranging discussion about some of the most contentious social and political questions facing American society. Their appearance on The 'X' Zone was originally presented under the title “From Abortion Rights to Illegal Immigration,” reflecting a conversation built around personal liberty, government authority, individual responsibility and how societies decide which choices should remain with the individual and which should be regulated by law. At the centre of their discussion is Choice Matters, a book in which the Gerhardts argue that freedom and the ability to make meaningful choices are closely connected. Rather than concentrating on a single political controversy, the book contains 25 chapters examining subjects including women's reproductive issues, definitions of human life, end-of-life decisions, religion and democracy, population, employment, sex education, illegal drugs, tobacco, alcohol, gambling, marijuana, gun control, same-sex marriage, litigation, political leadership, and war and peace. The authors present their own proposed solutions while inviting readers to consider and debate them. During this X Zone conversation, Rob, Barbara and Paul examine issues on which Americans have often been deeply divided, including abortion rights and immigration. Rather than treating these questions as simple slogans, the discussion provides an opportunity to examine the underlying tensions between individual freedom and collective responsibility, personal morality and public law, and the competing rights and interests involved when government establishes public policy. The Gerhardts' work is explicitly presented as an effort to stimulate discussion about difficult social questions rather than merely avoid controversial subjects. Join Rob McConnell, Barbara Gerhardt and Paul Gerhardt on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a conversation about choice, freedom, responsibility and the difficult compromises inherent in democratic government. How much freedom should individuals have over decisions affecting their own lives? When does society have a legitimate interest in restricting those choices? And when people fundamentally disagree about abortion, immigration, guns, marriage, drugs, religion or war, how can a democratic society debate those disagreements while protecting both individual rights and the rule of law? Barbara and Paul are also documented separately in The 'X' Zone guest archives under “The Choice.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Beatrice Marot, a Los Angeles-based psychic, Vedic astrologer, Tarot reader and spiritual advisor who became known for providing readings to people in the entertainment industry. The 'X' Zone archives describe Beatrice as a “Psychic and Tarot Reader to the Stars in Hollywood,” while another archived interview identifies her as a Hollywood spiritual advisor with decades of experience in psychic and astrological work. Beatrice's approach combines Vedic astrology, also known as Jyotish, with Tarot, clairvoyance, channeling, dream interpretation and visualization. She describes Jyotish as focusing particularly on karma—life lessons—and dharma—life purpose. Her work also incorporates what she calls awakening the “Goddess within,” representing the feminine, receptive and creative aspects of human consciousness. These practices are spiritual and metaphysical traditions rather than scientifically demonstrated methods of predicting future events or communicating with spirits. Hollywood plays a particularly colourful role in Beatrice's story. She has publicly identified clients including Robert De Niro, Robin Wright, Billy Zane, Michelle Rodriguez, Jesse Ventura and Arnold Schwarzenegger. She has also claimed experiences involving deceased celebrities, saying she has received communications from personalities including John Belushi, Lenny Bruce, Elvis Presley, Tupac Shakur, John Lennon, Johnny Carson and Don LaFontaine. Her autobiographical project, Movie Stars, Mobsters, Merlin and Me, was conceived around these claimed encounters and her experiences straddling what she describes as the physical and spirit worlds. Join Rob McConnell and Beatrice Marot on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for an entertaining journey through Hollywood, psychic readings, Vedic astrology, Tarot, celebrity encounters and alleged communication with the other side. Can astrology genuinely reveal something about our character and life's direction? Can consciousness somehow survive physical death? And when someone claims to receive a message from a Hollywood legend who has passed away, how do we determine whether we're witnessing psychic communication, intuition, coincidence—or simply a great Hollywood story?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Bob Wilkinson, documentary filmmaker, director, producer, writer, editor and cinematographer behind Shades of Gray, a feature-length documentary examining the fascinating and controversial life of Gray Barker, one of the most influential—and notorious—figures in the history of American UFO culture. Wilkinson's appearance is preserved in The 'X' Zone archives under “Shades of Gray – Director/Producer.” Barker became a prominent figure in the flying-saucer world after the 1952 Flatwoods Monster incident in West Virginia. His 1956 book They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers helped popularize the mysterious Men in Black, alleged sinister visitors said to intimidate UFO witnesses into silence. Barker published books and newsletters about UFOs and the unexplained, but evidence later emerged showing that he was also willing to participate in hoaxes and embellish stories. That combination of researcher, publisher, entertainer and myth-maker makes Barker one of the most intriguing personalities in UFO history. Wilkinson's documentary doesn't simply recount flying-saucer stories. Using interviews with Barker's relatives, friends, UFO researchers and people who knew him, along with archival material and dramatic recreations, Shades of Gray investigates the man behind the mythology. The film features such recognizable figures from UFO history as Stanton Friedman, Jerome Clark, James Moseley and T. Allen Greenfield, while examining Barker's connections to UFOs, Men in Black, the Flatwoods Monster and other elements of paranormal folklore. Wilkinson served as director, producer, co-writer, cinematographer and co-editor of the documentary. Join Rob McConnell and Bob Wilkinson on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a fascinating look behind the curtain of the UFO industry. Was Gray Barker documenting genuine mysteries, deliberately manufacturing mythology, entertaining an eager audience—or doing a little of all three? And how many stories now regarded as established pieces of UFO folklore began with storytellers who discovered that an extraordinary mystery could sometimes sell better than an ordinary truth? Shades of Gray offers a revealing examination of belief, skepticism, hoaxes, entertainment and the making of modern UFO mythology.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Barbara Camp, author of On the Seventh Day God Rested: 33 New Lessons from the Old Testament, for a lively and unconventional journey through the Bible. Published in 2007, Camp's book takes 33 familiar Old Testament stories and connects their timeless themes with modern life, blending faith, humour, cultural observation and personal reflection. Her appearance with Rob on The 'X' Zone is preserved in the show's archives under On the Seventh Day God Rested. Barbara Camp's road to becoming a spiritual author was anything but conventional. Raised in the Midwest, she studied Interior Design at the University of Illinois before spending years in Milan, London and Paris working as a fashion-industry makeup artist. She eventually settled in New York City. Camp says she repeatedly read the Bible in its entirety before writing her first book, approaching Scripture with the creative eye of an artist and the curiosity of someone determined to discover how ancient Biblical lessons might speak to contemporary readers. In On the Seventh Day God Rested, Camp draws unexpected parallels between Scripture and contemporary society. The Tower of Babel becomes an opportunity to consider modern communications and excessive cellphone use; Samson and Delilah opens a discussion about feminism; the Creation of Adam is connected with DNA; Daniel in the Lions' Den is compared with the world of Wall Street; and the temptation in the Garden of Eden is placed against a modern Middle Eastern backdrop. Camp describes the result as a way of making Biblical truths accessible to the Bible scholar, the spiritually curious and even the skeptic. The book also features a foreword by actor William Petersen, known for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Join Rob McConnell and Barbara Camp on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a conversation about God, faith, Scripture, spirituality and what ancient Biblical stories might still teach us in the modern world. In an age filled with technology, information and constant distraction, have we become so busy listening to everything around us that we've forgotten how to listen for something deeper? On the Seventh Day God Rested invites readers—and listeners—to look again at stories thousands of years old and consider whether God's fingerprints might still be visible in the world around us.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Beatrice Hair, educator, author, entrepreneur, and longtime advocate for students and families, for an important discussion about bullying, education, self-confidence, and helping young people succeed academically and socially. Beatrice was the owner and director of the Salisbury Tutoring Academy and devoted much of her professional life to helping students who were struggling in school. The 'X' Zone guest archives list her appearance under the question “Can Tutoring Reduce Bullying?” Beatrice believed that academic difficulties could affect far more than a student's report card. Young people who struggle in the classroom may also experience frustration, embarrassment, diminished confidence, social isolation, or difficulty fitting in with their peers. One former student writing about his difficult high-school years specifically recalled turning to Beatrice, then Executive Director of the Salisbury Tutoring Academy, after struggling both academically and socially. During this thought-provoking conversation, Rob and Beatrice examine bullying from an educational perspective and consider whether improving academic skills and confidence can give vulnerable students additional tools for dealing with difficult social situations. Beatrice's educational work extended beyond tutoring: she authored H3LT: The Hair Three-Legged-Table Solution for Education, presenting tools for parents, teachers, and students. Wake Forest University identified her as a 1987 graduate and owner/director of the Salisbury Tutoring Academy franchise. Beatrice Hair passed away on December 29, 2025, at the age of 60, making this archived conversation an opportunity to remember an educator whose work was devoted to young people. Her obituary describes her as a published author whose work on ADHD received an endorsement from Senator Elizabeth Dole and notes that she received a Congressional Recognition Award from Congressman Howard Coble. Join Rob McConnell and Beatrice Hair on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a conversation about bullying, confidence, education, parents, teachers, and the importance of ensuring that children who are struggling know that they do not have to struggle alone.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Betsy Muller, holistic coach, author, speaker and longtime practitioner and trainer of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), for an exploration of what she calls energy awareness. Betsy is the founder of The Indigo Connection LLC / Create and Connect Brilliantly and combines decades of conventional business experience with holistic approaches to emotional well-being, personal development and self-care. The 'X' Zone archives confirm her appearance with Rob under the topic “Energy Awareness.” Betsy's work focuses heavily on EFT, commonly known as “tapping,” along with meditation, intuition, conscious self-care and other complementary practices. She is an EFT International Master Trainer and an accredited advanced EFT practitioner. Her interest in this field began after encountering EFT in 2001, eventually leading her away from a conventional corporate career and toward coaching, training and holistic wellness. Betsy is also the author of Energy Makeover: A Conscious Way to Stay Young, Have Fun and Get More Done!, which combines memoir with practical suggestions for improving balance, relationships, productivity and personal well-being. Her approach encourages people to become more aware of their emotional states and everyday habits while developing personalized self-care practices. Her later book, The Comeback: An Energy Makeover Love Story, recounts the extraordinary recovery journey that followed her husband George's sudden cardiac arrest and brain injury in 2017. Join Rob McConnell and Betsy Muller on The 'X' Zone Radio Show as they explore energy awareness, EFT, intuition, emotional balance, spirituality and the connection between our thoughts, emotions and sense of well-being. Can becoming more conscious of our emotional responses help us change how we experience everyday life? What exactly is meant by “energy” in energy-based wellness practices, and where do complementary techniques end and conventional healthcare begin? It's an intriguing conversation about self-awareness, transformation and taking a more conscious role in the way we live.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Dr. Betty Jean Craige, Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia, author, scholar, translator and the human companion of an extraordinary African Grey parrot named Cosmo. Craige is the author of Conversations with Cosmo: At Home with an African Grey Parrot, a fascinating and often hilarious account of life with a bird whose remarkable use of human language raises intriguing questions about animal intelligence, communication and consciousness. The 'X' Zone guest archives list Dr. Craige's appearance under Conversations with Cosmos. Cosmo is a female Congo African Grey parrot who came to live with Craige when she was approximately six months old. As Cosmo grew, she didn't simply repeat sounds—she accumulated an impressive vocabulary and appeared to use particular words, phrases and non-word sounds in appropriate social situations. University of Georgia researchers studied Cosmo and reported that her vocal behaviour varied according to social context, suggesting something that went beyond simple vocal imitation and approached functional use. In Conversations with Cosmo, Craige recounts the remarkable relationship that developed between human and parrot. Cosmo interacts with people and other animals, asks for things, responds to situations and displays what Craige interprets as affection, preferences, humour and an unmistakable personality. Publishers Weekly noted Cosmo's capacity for language, sociability, reasoning and opinion while describing Craige's larger examination of whether humans have underestimated the mental lives of other species. Join Rob McConnell and Dr. Betty Jean Craige on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a delightful yet surprisingly profound conversation about parrots, language, intelligence, personality and animal consciousness. When an African Grey doesn't merely imitate our words but appears to use them appropriately, what exactly is happening inside that remarkable avian brain? Is Cosmo simply an exceptionally talented mimic—or is she demonstrating that the boundary separating human and animal communication may be far less distinct than we once believed? Craige continued exploring these questions in her later book, Ruminations on a Parrot Named Cosmo.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Bishop Mehran Saam, a senior member of the Raelian Movement, for a fascinating and controversial exploration of one of the world's most unusual modern religious movements. Founded by Claude Vorilhon, known as Raël, the movement teaches that humanity was not created by a supernatural God but by technologically advanced extraterrestrial beings called the Elohim, who supposedly used genetic engineering to create life on Earth. Saam's association with the Raelian Movement and his appearance on The 'X' Zone are documented in the show's guest archives. The Raelian interpretation of human origins directly challenges both traditional religious creation accounts and mainstream evolutionary science. Raël has argued that references to God and angels found in ancient religious writings actually describe extraterrestrial scientists and visitors, and that humanity will eventually become technologically advanced enough to understand how life itself can be scientifically created. These are religious and philosophical claims of the Raelian Movement and are not supported by established scientific evidence regarding the origin of humanity. During this provocative conversation, Rob and Bishop Mehran Saam explore extraterrestrial intelligence, creation, evolution, religion, genetic engineering, UFOs, world peace and humanity's future. Saam has publicly identified himself as both a Raelian and an atheist and pacifist, reflecting the movement's rejection of a supernatural deity and its emphasis on the Elohim as physical extraterrestrial creators rather than gods. The discussion also examines the Raelian belief that sufficiently advanced extraterrestrial civilizations would be more likely to promote peace than invade and destroy humanity. Join Rob McConnell and Bishop Mehran Saam on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a conversation guaranteed to challenge conventional thinking about religion, science and extraterrestrial life. Could ancient accounts of beings descending from the heavens represent encounters with visitors from another world? Could sufficiently advanced genetic engineering someday allow humanity itself to create new forms of life? Or are Raelian teachings simply a modern extraterrestrial mythology built around ancient religious questions? On The 'X' Zone, Rob asks the questions—and you decide what to believe.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes the colourful and outspoken Bobby Legend, a man whose extraordinary travels gave him a firsthand look at Afghanistan during the turbulent 1970s. Long before Afghanistan became synonymous in the Western world with the Taliban, terrorism and decades of warfare, Legend travelled there during an era when adventurous Western travellers, students and members of the counterculture journeyed through the country along what became known as the Hippie Trail. Bobby would ultimately spend approximately four years in Afghanistan, witnessing a society dramatically different from the one the world would later come to know. According to Bobby's account, Afghanistan at the time could be both welcoming and extraordinarily dangerous. He describes becoming acquainted with members of Afghan society at levels rarely accessible to foreign travellers—including a friendship he says developed with the son of Afghanistan's reigning king. His experiences exposed him to the country's tribal traditions, political tensions and rapidly changing social landscape. Bobby says he could see signs that revolutionary change was coming and that the Afghanistan he had experienced was beginning to disappear. Bobby's adventure eventually became considerably more serious. He recounts nearly being killed while attempting to leave Afghanistan, an experience that gave him a very personal perspective on the dangers developing within the region. Years later, as Afghanistan became associated with the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and international terrorism, Bobby reflected upon how profoundly the country had changed since his years there. His story offers listeners the recollections of a traveller who experienced Afghanistan before decades of invasion, revolution, civil war and extremist rule transformed the country. Join Rob McConnell and Bobby Legend on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a conversation filled with travel, danger, politics, culture, history and some truly remarkable personal stories. How much did the Afghanistan of the 1970s foreshadow the conflicts that followed? What was it really like for a young Westerner travelling through one of the world's most fascinating and complicated regions? And just how much of the Bobby Legend legend should Rob believe? With an episode appropriately titled A Man Who Is a Legend in His Own Mind, you can expect this one to be anything but ordinary. Bobby Legend also appears in The 'X' Zone guest archive under the topic “The Age of Aquarius.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Bonnie Vent, internationally known medium, channeler, spiritual researcher and self-described “Spirit Advocate,” for one of the more remarkable interviews in The 'X' Zone archives. Bonnie has more than 20 years of experience investigating paranormal phenomena and says she has received communications from deceased public figures including Michael Jackson, George Carlin and Steve Irwin. Her work has included historical paranormal research, psychic detective work and documentaries examining alleged communication with the dead. This conversation centres on legendary Australian wildlife conservationist and television personality Steve Irwin, “The Crocodile Hunter.” Bonnie says that only hours after Irwin's sudden death in September 2006, she received what she believed was an after-death communication from him. She later went public with the experience and says she attempted to deliver a message from Irwin to his widow, Terri Irwin. Bonnie's website states that information relating to the claimed communication was provided to Rob McConnell before their interview, allowing Rob to examine the material before discussing it with her on the air. During this extraordinary interview, Rob questions Bonnie about mediumship, channeling, spirit communication, evidence of survival after death and how a medium might distinguish genuine communication from imagination or personal expectation. Bonnie describes herself not merely as a psychic medium but as a Spirit Advocate—someone who believes she can receive information from deceased individuals and help communicate what they want the living to know. Her claims about Steve Irwin represent her personal paranormal experiences and have not been scientifically established as communication with Irwin. Join Rob McConnell and Bonnie Vent on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a fascinating examination of one of humanity's greatest mysteries: Does consciousness survive physical death? Did Bonnie Vent genuinely receive a message from Steve Irwin from beyond the grave, or might there be another explanation for what she experienced? Whatever conclusion listeners reach, this memorable X Zone interview provides an opportunity to examine the evidence, challenge the claims and decide for themselves whether The Crocodile Hunter may have had one final message to deliver.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Bradley Lockerman, filmmaker, writer, director and executive producer of the 2009 documentary The John Searl Story. Lockerman created BKL Films and Keepers of the Earth LLC to bring the extraordinary story of British inventor John Roy Robert Searl to the screen. The documentary chronicles Searl's life and his controversial claims surrounding the Searl Effect Generator (SEG)—a magnetic device Searl maintained could produce energy and, under certain conditions, demonstrate extraordinary anti-gravity or “levity” effects. Lockerman had been investigating Searl's work since 1994, describing the inventor's account as one of the wildest stories he had ever encountered. According to Searl, ideas that eventually led to his technology began with recurring childhood dreams and later developed into experiments involving specially arranged magnetic rings and rollers. Searl claimed that some experimental devices unexpectedly lifted from the ground and flew away—claims that inspired comparisons with UFO-like flying discs and unconventional propulsion systems. The John Searl Story uses interviews, historical material and dramatic reconstruction to examine Searl's life, his alleged generator, his “Law of the Squares,” and attempts to reconstruct the controversial technology. Lockerman served as the film's director, writer, executive producer and director of photography. The documentary includes Searl himself along with engineer and computer specialist Fernando Morris, John A. Thomas Jr., and Richard Vere Compton, identified in the credits as a witness to Searl technology. Join Rob McConnell and Bradley Lockerman on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a journey into free-energy claims, magnetism, unconventional propulsion, UFO-like craft and one inventor's extraordinary vision of a radically different energy future. Searl's claims remain controversial and have not been established by mainstream experimental physics, making the central question posed by Lockerman's documentary especially appropriate for The 'X' Zone: Was John Searl a visionary inventor decades ahead of conventional science—or is the remarkable Searl Effect Generator a technological dream still waiting for convincing proof? Rob's interview with Lockerman on The John Searl Story is also documented as an episode of The 'X' Zone Radio/TV Show.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Brett Carstens, better known through his paranormal work as The Casual Psychic and later The Haunted Medium. Brett says his experiences with the unexplained began during a haunted childhood, leaving him with an open mind toward ghosts, psychic phenomena and the possibility that reality contains far more than we ordinarily perceive. His unusual upbringing eventually inspired him to explore what he describes as his own psychic and mediumistic abilities. Brett's life hasn't been confined to the paranormal. His background includes work in visual arts, television production and teaching, but his fascination with unexplained phenomena remained with him. He describes himself as clairvoyant, clairaudient and empathic and says he can perceive and communicate with ghosts, angels and other entities. Brett also reports performing what he calls spirit rescue, attempting to help spirits he believes remain earthbound move on. These experiences represent Brett's personal spiritual interpretation of paranormal phenomena rather than scientifically established abilities. One of the more unusual aspects of Brett's story is how he combines the paranormal with his love of motorcycle travel. He has taken extended solo motorcycle journeys searching for unusual locations and paranormal experiences, recording his travels and transforming the footage into material for his Casual Psychic YouTube channel. Rather than remaining inside supposedly haunted houses waiting for something to happen, Brett takes his investigation on the road—visiting locations, opening himself to whatever he believes may be present and attempting communication with the unseen. Join Rob McConnell and Brett Carstens on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a fascinating journey into haunted childhood experiences, psychic development, ghosts, angels, spirit communication and paranormal investigation. Brett's story raises questions ideally suited to The 'X' Zone: Can childhood encounters with the unexplained shape the way someone perceives reality for the rest of their life? Are psychic experiences evidence of something beyond our conventional senses—or can they be explained in other ways? And when someone says they can communicate with the dead, how do we separate belief, personal experience and demonstrable evidence?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Brian Bagnall for a provocative discussion about government, democracy, individual liberty, political accountability, and his proposal for “The New Constitution.” Bagnall's appearance is documented in The 'X' Zone guest archives under the subject The New Constitution, placing this conversation squarely within the show's tradition of challenging conventional political thinking and examining alternative ideas about how nations should be governed. At the centre of the conversation is a fundamental question: Does the political system adequately serve the people it was created to represent? Bagnall examines constitutional government not simply as words written on paper, but as an agreement defining the relationship between citizens and those entrusted with political power. His ideas invite discussion about representation, individual rights, government accountability, taxation, political institutions, and whether constitutional reform could return greater authority to ordinary citizens. Rob and Brian explore what it would actually mean to rethink the foundations of government. Constitutions are intended to establish institutions, distribute political authority and place limits on the exercise of governmental power. Yet changing such a fundamental document raises difficult questions of its own: Who decides what should change? How do we prevent one political faction from rewriting the rules for its own benefit? And how can individual freedoms be protected while still allowing government to function effectively? Join Rob McConnell and Brian Bagnall on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a spirited examination of democracy, freedom, political power and constitutional reform. Whether you agree with Bagnall's proposals or strongly oppose them, the larger question remains worth asking: If citizens believe their political system is no longer working as intended, should they simply change their elected representatives—or is there a point when they need to reconsider the system itself?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Brian David Andersen, researcher, author, inventor, and longtime X Zone guest, for a wide-ranging discussion about earth changes, earthquakes, volcanoes, lunar cycles, conspiracy theories, and the controversial concept of a New World Order. Andersen became a regular contributor to The 'X' Zone, examining earthquake and volcanic activity and looking for possible correlations between the dates, locations and magnitudes of seismic events and the cycles of the Moon. During his appearances, Andersen explored whether apparently unrelated natural events might reveal larger patterns. Could lunar gravitational forces play a role in when earthquakes or volcanic eruptions occur? Are periods of increased geological activity predictable, or are apparent patterns simply coincidence? While scientists recognize that the Moon's gravity produces measurable tidal forces on Earth, accurately predicting individual earthquakes remains beyond current science. Andersen nevertheless tracked seismic events and lunar cycles in an attempt to identify correlations he believed deserved further investigation. The conversation also moves into considerably more controversial territory as Rob and Brian examine New World Order theories, global political power, secretive organizations, government institutions and claims about forces supposedly operating behind major world events. Andersen has published material advancing sweeping conspiracy allegations involving governments, intelligence organizations, financial and religious institutions. Such claims remain disputed and should be distinguished from independently established historical evidence, but they provide plenty of material for the probing questions and spirited debate for which The 'X' Zone is known. Andersen's interests extend into one of America's most enduring mysteries—the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He authored My God, I'm Hit! and produced a 2011 documentary of the same name, presenting his own highly unconventional interpretation of the events surrounding Kennedy's assassination. Join Rob McConnell and Brian David Andersen on The 'X' Zone Radio Show as they explore earth changes, conspiracy theories, political power and unanswered questions—and ask where legitimate investigation ends and speculation begins.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Tara Greene, professional Tarot consultant, astrologer, intuitive, spiritual teacher, artist, and transformational psychotherapist. Tara has worked professionally with Tarot and astrology for more than three decades, combining Tarot cards, astrology, numerology, intuition, dream interpretation, and other metaphysical traditions in her consultations. Her philosophy emphasizes personal empowerment rather than fatalistic predictions—she describes the reader's role as that of an objective mirror helping people better understand themselves and the choices before them. Tara's background extends well beyond traditional fortune-telling. She is an honours graduate of the Ontario College of Art & Design, a certified holistic transformational psychotherapist, a certified Tarot initiate, and a certified past-life regression therapist. Her studies have also included shamanic traditions, Reiki and acupressure. Through her work, Tara explores the connections she sees between psychology, symbolism, spirituality, creativity and human consciousness. During this fascinating conversation, Rob and Tara venture into the mysterious worlds of Tarot, astrology, psychic intuition, synchronicity, numerology, dreams, past lives, spiritual guides and divination. Tara views Tarot not simply as a means of predicting events but as a symbolic system through which people can examine their lives, relationships and possible futures. Her private consultations combine Tarot, astrology, numerology and intuition, while her broader work includes dream interpretation, workshops and spiritual coaching. Tara and Rob McConnell also share a long history through The 'X' Zone. In a testimonial preserved in the show's archives, Tara says she has known and worked with Rob since July 2006, describing their interviews as engaging explorations of alternative ideas and dimensions. Join Rob McConnell and Tara Greene on The 'X' Zone Radio Show as they shuffle the cards, look toward the heavens and explore one of humanity's oldest questions: Can ancient systems such as Tarot and astrology genuinely tell us something meaningful about ourselves—and perhaps illuminate the road ahead?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes back Lynn Monét, author, paranormal consultant, lecturer, radio personality, nurse, and death doula whose work explores hauntings, dying, death, consciousness, and the possibility of an afterlife. Lynn brings an unusual combination of professional healthcare experience and deeply personal paranormal experiences to the conversation. She has spent more than three decades in nursing, much of it involving geriatrics, management, and end-of-life care, and she also holds a degree in biological science. Lynn is best known as the author of the Omnipresent series, which recounts what she describes as terrifying paranormal events surrounding a home she purchased for herself and her family. According to Lynn, the activity was so disturbing that her family was never able to live normally in the house. Her books include Omnipresent, Omnipresent: What Happened Next, Omnipresent: Becca Dawn Drive and Colors of Heaven: Beginnings Never End. Her official website also lists The Gap: What Else Your Adolescent and Teen Needs to Know and a further Omnipresent installment. What makes Lynn's story particularly fascinating for The 'X' Zone is the intersection between her years working around death and dying and her belief that consciousness does not necessarily end when the physical body dies. Lynn describes herself as an empath capable of perceiving what she believes are interdimensional frequencies and has investigated hauntings, apparitions, otherworldly entities, and unusual experiences associated with death. These are Lynn's interpretations of her experiences rather than scientifically established conclusions, but they provide fascinating material for examining one of humanity's oldest questions: What, if anything, happens when we die? Join Rob McConnell and Lynn Monét on The 'X' Zone Radio/TV Show for a journey through haunted encounters, deathbed experiences, consciousness, spirits, the paranormal, and the mysteries surrounding life's final transition. Lynn has previously joined Rob to discuss dying, death and the afterlife, including a 2026 conversation examining what her experiences as a nurse and death doula have taught her about compassion, mortality and the possibility of existence beyond physical death. Is death truly the end—or could it simply be the doorway to something we have yet to understand?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Dr. Grandmaster Ze, spiritual teacher, philosopher, visionary, and founder of Star Doves, for a thought-provoking conversation about spirituality, consciousness, inner peace, and humanity's potential to create a more compassionate world. Through Star Doves, Grandmaster Ze promotes a philosophy centred on personal transformation, kindness, mindfulness, spiritual awareness, and the idea that meaningful global change must first begin within the individual. During his conversation with Rob, Grandmaster Ze explores the relationship between inner awareness and the world around us. His teachings encourage people to examine their own thoughts, actions, relationships, and sense of purpose while developing greater understanding and respect for others. Star Doves presents individual spiritual growth as a foundation from which families, communities, and ultimately society itself can become more peaceful and harmonious. Rob and Grandmaster Ze venture into subjects that have long fascinated listeners of The 'X' Zone—including higher consciousness, meditation, metaphysics, universal principles, self-discovery, personal empowerment, spiritual awakening, and humanity's evolving understanding of its place in the universe. Grandmaster Ze discusses overcoming personal limitations and cultivating greater balance while considering how spiritual principles might be practically incorporated into everyday life. Join Rob McConnell and Dr. Grandmaster Ze on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for an exploration of consciousness, compassion, spirituality, and the search for meaning in an increasingly complicated world. Can changing ourselves ultimately help change the world? Can inner peace contribute to global peace? And might humanity's greatest transformation begin not with governments or institutions, but within each of us?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media