{"id":161,"date":"2019-11-12T21:54:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T21:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/?p=161"},"modified":"2019-11-12T21:54:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T21:54:30","slug":"11-11-19-charles-fort-prophet-of-the-damned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/2019\/11\/12\/11-11-19-charles-fort-prophet-of-the-damned\/","title":{"rendered":"11.11.19. Charles Fort: Prophet of the Damned"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4424\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-161-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/111119_-_Charles_Fort_Prophet_of_the_Damned.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/111119_-_Charles_Fort_Prophet_of_the_Damned.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/111119_-_Charles_Fort_Prophet_of_the_Damned.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/111119_-_Charles_Fort_Prophet_of_the_Damned.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=161-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/111119_-_Charles_Fort_Prophet_of_the_Damned.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"111119_-_Charles_Fort_Prophet_of_the_Damned.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/subscribe\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><p>On this episode of <em>The Micah Hanks Program,\u00a0<\/em>we lead off with the latest update in the ongoing search for Amelia Earhart, as well as an unusual planetary appearance as one of Earth&#8217;s neighbors makes a rare transit across the sun. We also discuss moon rocks, mystery objects falling from the sky, and our study of deep space with probes like Voyager 1 and 2, which might eventually be discovered one day by other civilizations far beyond our solar system.<\/p>\n<p>Then later in the program, we turn our attention to one of the most influential minds of the 20th century, Charles Fort. It was Fort&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Book of the Damned&#8211;<\/em>published one century ago this year&#8211;that ushered in a new era of thought in relation to anomalous phenomena in nature, sparking renewed interest and a wave of like-minded &#8220;heretics&#8221; that would follow in his footsteps. However, while Fort has been called &#8220;the man who invented the supernatural,&#8221; arguably his most prescient contributions of all had to do with his collection of data pertaining to aerial anomalies, which seemingly anticipated our coming to awareness of UFOs.<\/p>\n<p>We examine Fort&#8217;s writings that dealt with these cultural predecessors to modern UFO reports, comparing the similarities and differences, and studying the way that the discussion has changed in relation to the topic since the &#8220;pre-UFO&#8221; era when Fort wrote his magnum opus on &#8220;Forteana.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below are links to stories featured in this week&#8217;s episode:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevintagenews.com\/2019\/11\/04\/amelia-earhart-dna\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Possible Bones of Amelia Earhart Sent in for Highly-Awaited DNA Testing<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/watch-mercury-transit.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday, Mercury Makes Rare Appearance with a Trek Across the Sun.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/nasa-cracks-open-fresh-tube-moon-dust-180973514\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NASA Opens Pristine Tube of Moon Dust From the Apollo Missions<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/story\/space\/voyager-2-enters-interstellar-space\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voyager 2\u2032s journey beyond the solar system reveals new cosmic secrets<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gralienreport.com\/x\">BECOME AN X SUBSCRIBER AND GET EVEN MORE GREAT PODCASTS AND MONTHLY SPECIALS FROM MICAH HANKS.<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"ezAdsense adsense adsense-midtext\">Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of<strong>\u00a0The Micah Hanks Program,\u00a0<\/strong>as well as \u201cclassic\u201d episodes of\u00a0<em>The Gralien Report Podcast,<\/em>\u00a0weekly \u201cadditional editions\u201d of the subscriber-only\u00a0<em><strong>X Podcast,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0the monthly\u00a0<strong>Enigmas\u00a0<\/strong>specials, and much more.<\/div>\n<p>Like us on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GralienReport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Follow\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MicahHanks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@MicahHanks<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>on Twitter<\/p>\n<p>Follow Micah on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/micah_hanks\/?hl=en\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this episode, we look at the work of Charles Fort, whose strange writings and study of anomalies anticipated the &#8220;arrival&#8221; of UFOs more than two decades later. <span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/2019\/11\/12\/11-11-19-charles-fort-prophet-of-the-damned\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[121,131,134,130,128,129,133,4,132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>11.11.19. 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