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Here are all the videos of Richard Belzer's talk show on YouTube:


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL473322BB6744602C

I'd love to see him be an occasional guest host.  The guy needs to have a forum where he can express his thoughts, where people can occasionally get to hear them, coz he is so incredibly tuned-in.  Probably the most charismatic personality, and one that obviously knows of what he speaks, that I've heard on radio since Art.

Quote from: jinwicked on April 30, 2013, 04:06:40 AM
Caller @2:09:00: [blah blah blah Law & Order blah blah blah]
Belzer: "What is your question, darling?"

:swoon:

I loved that, too.  He was so great with the callers:  I wish he'd do his own radio show.

Loved his mention of Graham Hancock, too.  The guy is just so tuned-in.

The Richard Belzer interview was one of the best things I've heard on c2c in a long while.  Even Jorge couldn't ruin it, amazing.

Better link for the Belzer Interview.  FF to about 34 or so to skip the Navy Seal interview.

Coast To Coast Am - April 24 2013 - Conspiracies and JFK Assassination - Coast To Coast Am This Week

Did you guys see that N. Korea officially declared war on S. Korea today?  Found this on Ground Zero's Facebook page.  It's the translation of the N. Korean 'Declaration of War.'

TRANSLATED DECLARATION OF WAR FROM NORTH KOREA :

The moves of the U.S. imperialists to violate the sovereignty of the DPRK and encroach upon its supreme interests have entered an extremely grave phase. Under this situation, the dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un, brilliant commander of Mt. Paektu, convened an urgent operation meeting on the performance of duty of the Strategic Rocket Force of the Korean People's Army for firepower strike and finally examined and ratified a plan for firepower strike.

The important decision made by him is the declaration of a do-or-die battle to provide an epochal occasion for putting an end to the history of the long-standing showdown with the U.S. and opening a new era. It is also a last warning of justice served to the U.S., south Korean group and other anti-reunification hostile forces. The decision reflects the strong will of the army and people of the DPRK to annihilate the enemies.

Now the heroic service personnel and all other people of the DPRK are full of surging anger at the U.S. imperialists' reckless war provocation moves, and the strong will to turn out as one in the death-defying battle with the enemies and achieve a final victory of the great war for national reunification true to the important decision made by Kim Jong Un.

The Supreme Command of the KPA in its previous statement solemnly declared at home and abroad the will of the army and people of the DPRK to take decisive military counteraction to defend the sovereignty of the country and the dignity of its supreme leadership as regards the war moves of the U.S. and south Korean puppets that have reached the most extreme phase.

Not content with letting B-52 make sorties into the sky over south Korea in succession despite the repeated warnings of the DPRK, the U.S. made B-2A stealth strategic bomber and other ultra-modern strategic strike means fly from the U.S. mainland to south Korea to stage a bombing drill targeting the DPRK. This is an unpardonable and heinous provocation and an open challenge.

By taking advantage of the U.S. reckless campaign for a nuclear war against the DPRK, the south Korean puppets vociferated about "preemptive attack" and "strong counteraction" and even "strike at the commanding forces", openly revealing the attempt to destroy monuments symbolic of the dignity of the DPRK's supreme leadership.

This clearly shows that the U.S. brigandish ambition for aggression and the puppets' attempt to invade the DPRK have gone beyond the limit and their threats have entered the reckless phase of an actual war from the phase of threat and blackmail.

The prevailing grim situation more clearly proves that the Supreme Command of the KPA was just when it made the judgment and decision to decisively settle accounts with the U.S. imperialists and south Korean puppets by dint of the arms of Songun, because time when words could work has passed.

Now they are openly claiming that the B-2A stealth strategic bombers' drill of dropping nuclear bombs was "not to irritate the north" but "the defensive one". The U.S. also says the drill is "to defend the interests of its ally". However, it is nothing but a lame pretext to cover up its aggressive nature, evade the denunciation at home and abroad and escape from the DPRK's retaliatory blows.

The era when the U.S. resorted to the policy of strength by brandishing nuclear weapons has gone.

It is the resolute answer of the DPRK and its steadfast stand to counter the nuclear blackmail of the U.S. imperialists with merciless nuclear attack and their war of aggression with just all-out war.

They should clearly know that in the era of Marshal Kim Jong Un, the greatest-ever commander, all things are different from what they used to be in the past.

The hostile forces will clearly realize the iron will, matchless grit and extraordinary mettle of the brilliant commander of Mt. Paektu that the earth cannot exist without Songun Korea.

Time has come to stage a do-or-die final battle.

The government, political parties and organizations of the DPRK solemnly declare as follows reflecting the final decision made by Kim Jong Un at the operation meeting of the KPA Supreme Command and the unanimous will of all service personnel and people of the DPRK who are waiting for a final order from him.

1.From this moment, the north-south relations will be put at the state of war and all the issues arousing between the north and the south will be dealt with according to the wartime regulations.

The state of neither peace nor war has ended on the Korean Peninsula.

Now that the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK have entered into an actual military action, the inter-Korean relations have naturally entered the state of war. Accordingly, the DPRK will immediately punish any slightest provocation hurting its dignity and sovereignty with resolute and merciless physical actions without any prior notice.

2. If the U.S. and the south Korean puppet group perpetrate a military provocation for igniting a war against the DPRK in any area including the five islands in the West Sea of Korea or in the area along the Military Demarcation Line, it will not be limited to a local war, but develop into an all-out war, a nuclear war.

It is self-evident that any military conflict on the Korean Peninsula is bound to lead to an all-out war, a nuclear war now that even U.S. nuclear strategic bombers in its military bases in the Pacific including Hawaii and Guam and in its mainland are flying into the sky above south Korea to participate in the madcap DPRK-targeted nuclear war moves.

The first strike of the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK will blow up the U.S. bases for aggression in its mainland and in the Pacific operational theatres including Hawaii and Guam and reduce not only its military bases in south Korea but the puppets' ruling institutions including Chongwadae and puppet army's bases to ashes at once, to say nothing of the aggressors and the provokers.

3. The DPRK will never miss the golden chance to win a final victory in a great war for national reunification.

This war will not be a three day-war but it will be a blitz war through which the KPA will occupy all areas of south Korea including Jeju Island at one strike, not giving the U.S. and the puppet warmongers time to come to their senses, and a three-dimensional war to be fought in the air, land and seas and on the front line and in the rear.

This sacred war of justice will be a nation-wide, all-people resistance involving all Koreans in the north and the south and overseas in which the traitors to the nation including heinous confrontation maniacs, warmongers and human scum will be mercilessly swept away.

No force on earth can break the will of the service personnel and people of the DPRK all out in the just great war for national reunification and of all other Koreans and overpower their might.

Holding in high esteem the peerlessly great men of Mt. Paektu, the Korean people will give vent to the pent-up grudge and realize their cherished desire and thus bring a bright day of national reunification and build the best power on this land without fail.

Quote from: ChewMouse on March 20, 2013, 06:55:30 PM
You guys....I'm pretty sure this is an old pic.

I agree that it's an old pic.  Also I just checked Art's FB page and this photo isn't posted there. 

Quote from: b_dubb on March 19, 2013, 04:22:33 PM
Art reminds me of my old neighbor: an ex Air Force guy who liked to fuck around with cars, electronics and just about anything else he could get his hands on. he too married a Pacific Islander - a Phillipino. He liked to shoot the bull and drink beer. a pretty cool cat by most accounts.

Not sure if I can imagine Art drinking beer, though.  In fact, I'm trying to recall him ever mentioning his liking of booze of any kind on c2c over the years and coming up blank.  Maybe he did though and I missed it - I didn't hear every show.

I'd like to think his reply to the leader of 'People Who Miss Art Bell' indicates he can't talk about it coz he's currently in negotiations for a deal.  Otherwise all he's doing is giving false hope, unless he plans to enter into negotiations for a deal in the future.  If the latter, then yeah we can all wait a long time before anything happens, if it does.  Ain't holding my breath but holding onto hope, yes.  Newly renewed hope.

This was posted to the FB page 'People Who Miss Art Bell' 3 hours ago, and the person who posted it is the person who runs that group and she/he indicated the reply had come from Art last night.  So this is about as recent as it gets. 

Here's the link to the post on the page, if it works.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=479793428740583&set=a.177427915643804.51414.134567796596483&type=1&theater

Yes, I think we can presume from his reply that he is still entertaining the idea of hosting a radio show and, in fact, may even be in the middle of negotiating a deal that he cannot speak of.   

Quote from: analog kid on March 18, 2013, 03:55:28 PM
Art has had a life-long passion for radio, his lifetime of being a HAM operator honed his broadcasting skills and he has the ability to make guests look great, no matter who they are. Hard shoes to fill for anyone, but it gets really bad when you don't even have much of an interest in it, like some hosts we know.

Not only a passion, but Art has a profound gift as a radio host.  He became a huge, fascinating, even uplifting (somehow!) part of my life while he was at the helm of c2c for all those years.  No matter how bad my day went, it always ended on a good note thanks to him, and I know many, many thousands of others, lonely hearts if you will,… late-nighters, not-fit-inners, …. also found some sort of odd solace in his show.  He was like a voice in the dark who understood somehow where we were coming from.  Also, for me, he was sort of a barometer of coolness:  he seemed to have his finger on the pulse of all things that were most fascinating in life, the things that take you out of the mundanity that can otherwise submerge you.  It would be a shame if he was never able to host a radio show again, for one last stint before he really does get too old. 

Quote from: RHastings on March 12, 2013, 12:41:03 PM
Absolutely. 
In terms of the paranormal podcasts:
- Surprisingly Rogan focuses on paranormal quite often.   Rogan believes in aliens, bigfoot and many other paranormal ideas; he devotes not all but may of his podcasts to this.  He recently has Steven Greer on, and lets just say without directly calling Greer out but by simply asking the right questions, Rogan exposed Greer as a fraud. 

-  The Conspiracy Show with Richard Syrett (ZoomerRadio)does a ton of paranormal focused shows.

The following usually largely focus on paranormal/unexplained but current events have become the imperative to focus on recently:
- A Dark Secret Place with Bryan Suits (KFI)
- The Lifeboat Hour with Michael Ruppert
- Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis

Another podcast I find most enjoyable is Penn's Sunday School on the episodes that his primary focus is paranormal or he has James Randi as a guest.

Thanks for your clarification.  I'm going to check these other shows out.  So far I've just been listening to Mysterious Universe and Clyde Lewis to augment my addiction for paranormal "radio" (since c2c is so barely satisfying these days).  I still have to get over the fact that listening to an already-happened podcast is just as good as listening to live radio.  It's a psychological adjustment that I'm working on making.

New proof has arisen that Art may return to radio.  Look at this photo of a reply he posted to a message to him from the person who runs that 'People Who Miss Art Bell' page on Facebook.  He says there is hope that he will return and he can't talk about it until a deal is done.  This is the most hopeful I've felt that he'll return to radio in some time. 

On Art's WIKI page it says he wrote that book.  Clever hoaxer, to fit that little fake fact in.

"Books:
Bell has written, or co-written, several books. They include The Quickening: Today's Trends, Tomorrow's World; The Art of Talk (an autobiography); The Source: Journey Through the Unexplained; The Edge: Man's Mysterious Past & Incredible Future; and The Coming Global Superstorm, which became the basis for the popular movie, The Day After Tomorrow."

Finally found a copy for sale.  Only $24.95!  I'm curious as to what they filled up the pages with.

http://www.lehmanns.de/shop/sachbuch-ratgeber/1251584-9781879706514-edge?PHPSESSID=c9eb70adc6086b9627f8b114d9f8ee51

Amazon.ca "seemed" to have it at one time, too.  I wonder where all these copies are ending up?

http://www.amazon.ca/The-Edge-Mysterious-Incredible-Future/dp/1879706512

I see the copy for $44 is no longer available.  Darn, I was thinking about buying it.

http://www.amazon.de/The-Edge-Mysterious-Incredible-Future/dp/1879706512/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1363058334&sr=8-13

Quote from: Falkie2013 on March 02, 2013, 04:35:59 PM

It's really weird that this book is listed as an actual printed book with an isbn number and everything and that Amazon says its for sale.

And that several sites say the book is available yet no copies exist.

Will keep you appraised of any new news from Whitley.

It's a hoax but a weird one.

Wow, a hoax book with an ISBN number,.... they did their faking well.  I wonder who's collecting the money from it?  I would suspect whomever is the seller of it at German Amazon, if it's being sold by a private seller.  If not, then German Amazon got conned into thinking it's a real book.

Quote from: Sardondi on March 11, 2013, 10:30:54 AM
Not to be a cynic (which usually means "being a cynic") but I find it hard to believe they can actually follow through with the laudable goal which their No Agenda name implies. Any idea what direction their idea of non-bias leans?

What I heard at the start of their podcast that I heard (I think it was the most recent one), they were being somewhat critical of our President.  Not obnoxiously so, but enough to give me the impression they lean to the right.  Either that, or they're Dems (or Moderates) starting to get disgruntled.

Yeah, when he gets on the topic of politics I tune out, coz I don't go to "paranormal radio" to hear about politics; I hear too much about that sh*t as it is just in turning the TV channels.  And when he goes on rants I don't care for him, either.  But the rest of the time, he's very good and he is nice and polite to the callers *most* of the time; I have heard him being pretty harsh with some if they don't agree with him, however.  So, he is hit and miss.  Still looking for some radio show or podcast that can replace c2c.

Gave a bit of a listen to the latest Noagenda podcast, and immediately they're talking politics at the top of the hour.  Politics are a non-starter for me (I have to hear too much about them in my everyday life:  I go to podcasts to escape from that stuff and to do so by immersing myself in the paranormal or at least mystical).

So, Noagenda is off my list.

So far, the best podcast I've heard is Mysterious Universe, but I haven't heard this Elliott character yet that people are complaining about.

Thanks for the extensive list with links, RHastings.  Could you let me know which ones focus mainly or at least primarily on the paranormal?  Thanks!

After that long intro that Clyde plays is over (I agree with someone else:  it's too long), and Clyde says something like, "This is Clyde Lewis and you're listening to Ground Zero,".... he sounds eerily like Art when he used to do the intro for 'Dreamland.'  Clyde has a great radio voice, and when he's in a good mood and is interviewing a guest he's clicking with, Ground Zero can be top notch radio.  (I still agree with what many others have said here, though:  he needs to tone down if not out the rants).

Also, that's good to know about listening to all 5 hours of the show at the Portland, OR station.  I'm going to try that tonight at 7pm, see if I can catch it "live."  Also, I'm one of those people who always likes to hear the first hour of the show(s), coz that's when the host usually mentions any interesting news and/or cool stuff going down in the paranormal community.  By the 2nd hour, you're into a guest and a topic.

I'm listening to Clyde's interview with Bruce Campbell right now (found it archived on Tunein.com).  Clyde is being sharp, congenial, funny, super informed.  Getting great stuff out of Bruce Campbell.  Now if Clyde was this way all the time (minus the rants,... yes, they annoy me too), he would easily be a serious threat to Noory.  He may be anyway, but I wonder if the rants, and the extremity of some of his conspiratorial views, will be too off-putting for too many radio listeners.  Which saddens me somewhat, coz Clyde has the right idea,... he just he gets off-track sometimes, but then I wonder if to be good a radio host that host has to be agreeable to me all the time (see eye-to-eye with my own views).  Not really,.... I should just get over that, and agree to disagree with Clyde over the things that he sees far differently from me.

Quote from: tmock00 on September 25, 2012, 01:24:44 PM
So, I've been listening to Ground Zero via Stitcher on my Android or on my computer, and this is my new go-to show. Some stations only broadcast the first 3 hours, but the full show is 5 hours long.

The show is actually fun, the host is 100% engaged in topics and guests, and it reminds me of the early days of C2C. 

Do you have any tips for listening to all five hours of the show?  I've been listening using the tunein.com app (where you can access a bunch of different stations) and all I can ever seem to find is stations that play only 2-3 hours of Ground Zero.  I'd love to hear all 5 hours.  Thanks for any advice to you give me.

Quote from: ourobouros2k2 on January 29, 2013, 07:44:24 PM

Anyone else hearing rumors that Art's new show may be on Cumulus?

Seems to me that the 49ers stand between Ray Lewis and him going out in Full Standard-Bearers Flying Glory.  Should be interesting to see how that all shakes down in 2 weeks. 

As far as no new news from Art Bell since his last announcement here, I would think if, as a lot of you have surmised (i.e., that he wouldn't settle for just an internet show), that he is trying to get something else going on actually on radio, then I'd think that would take several months to put together (all the legal work, contracts, etc.).  I think we'll hear back from him quickly only if he's going to do an internet show because that would be easier and faster to throw together (just guessing there though) than anything that he could do via an actual radio broadcast (esp. if that broadcast were going to be national in nature).

Quote from: HAL 9000 on January 20, 2013, 04:24:33 AM
Diazepam is a well-studied and accepted treatment for certain individuals/symptoms with Meniere's. Please people, all it takes is a little effort/research on your part. Anecdotal evidence is almost worthless.

I don't really consider Diazepam an anti-depressant.  It's a relaxant prescribed for people suffering from chronic anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, seizures, alcohol withdrawal, benzodiazepine withdrawal and Ménière's disease (yes).  Maybe it does cheer up some of the depressed, for a bit, as it sets them floating along on a white cloud, but it is not technically an "anti-depressant" drug like the Prozacs, et al., which are supposed to be mood stabilizers.

Quote from: mombird3 on January 20, 2013, 03:56:17 AM
Wells is very good. The drug issue is right. Even if the credentials of this person is not all true. I know some Meniere's people on anti depressants and they are depressed and NOT improving.

So now doctors prescribe people with Meniere's disease, a problem of the inner ear, anti-depressants?  That's the first I've heard of this.  I have a cousin with Meniere's and he's not on ADs for his condition, at least I don't think so.  I'm going to ask him now.