UFOs, Skinwalkers, the Afterlife, and Steve the Pirate!
Channel: On the Edge with Jay Jordan Hawke
Date: 2021-02-01

Today's episode will look at eccentric billionaire, Robert Bigelow, and his studies of UFOs and Skinwalker Ranch. And we'll look at his latest cash giveaway to anyone who can prove that consciousness survives death. Then we turn to Microft's new patent for a chatbot that will parrot your dead loved ones. Finally, we look at two new edgy shows, Surviving Death on Netflix, and Resident Alien on Syfy channel. And there really is a pirate in today's episode!

Attributions
Opening theme song: 
“Supernatural” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons. By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Story 1 - Robert Bigelow
"CRS-8 “WHAT’S ON BOARD” SCIENCE BRIEFING ON NASA TV" by Michael Seeley found at https://www.flickr.com/photos/76093456@N04/26274862916 is licensed under CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&atype=rich

Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program. By Helene Cooper, Ralph Blumenthal and Leslie Kean. Dec. 16, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html

A UFO Hovers Over A Desert. Free Stock Video Footage by Videezy found at http://videezy.com 

Baby Llama by Ben124. found at https://www.flickr.com/photos/9298216@N08/5615095787 is licensed under CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&atype=rich

Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies: http://bigelowinstitute.org/

Story 2 – AI Chatbot
“Microsoft has patented a chatbot that could imitate a deceased loved one, celebrity, or fictional character,” by Grace Kay, Jan 22, 2021. https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-patents-a-chatbot-to-imitate-real-people-2021-1

The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil. https://www.amazon.com/Singularity-Near-Humans-Transcend-Biology-ebook/dp/B000QCSA7C/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+singularity+is+near&qid=1612118792&sr=8-1

"Microsoft Is Forcing Its Users to Update Windows," by Simon Batt, Make Use Of, Nov 10, 2020 https://www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-windows-update-forced/

Story 3 – Surviving Death and Resident Alien

Surviving Death: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for an Afterlife by Leslie Kean https://www.amazon.com/Surviving-Death-Journalist-Investigates-Afterlife-ebook/dp/B01GYPQR5G/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=surviving+death&link_code=qs&qid=1612130305&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-2&tag=mozilla-20

UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record 1st Edition by Leslie Kean. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036S4C66/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1

Traveling Through Heaven Fantasy Space Clouds.  Stock videos by Videezy at http://videezy.com/ 

"Alan Tudyk @ the Flanvention" by RavenU found at https://www.flickr.com/photos/36330825119@N01/98230930 is licensed under CC BY 2.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&atype=rich

"K-2SO" by ewen and donabel found at https://www.flickr.com/photos/85979850@N00/36027376726 is licensed under CC BY 2.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&atype=rich