Where Is The Paranormal?

[Supernormal]

Tonight's topic is Peak Oil Or Plenty?/Joran Van Der Sloot. The non-parnormal trend continues. We know that Ian eschews paranormal subjects, but Noory now is doing the same. It's likely that tossing out the bricks and mortar, that built the Coast house that most of us know and love, will result in dropped affiliates and lower ratings. Forgive the repetitive analogy, but it's like taking out the sex scenes (paranormal subjects) from porn films, hoping that the great acting (Noory's hosting) will sell the product.   

Next week's shows will include a theory about a global economic coup and an author who explains how generations impact the world (for the third or fourth time). Riveting! I understand that not all shows can deal with ESP, UFO, ghosts, and mystery animals. However, if the show engineers don't get the Coast train back on track, it will jump off a cliff.

Last Month's Non-Paranormal Shows:
Are Sports Fixed?
The Human Voice
Electrical Pollution
Vaccines & Autism/Climategate
Science's Mistakes
Earth Changes & Solar Activity
God & Universal Intelligence
Conceptions Of Heaven
Future Breakthroughs
Solar Activity & The Universe
The Power Of Hypnosis
Planets & Space News
Lethal Fungus (LMH)
Space Roundtable
Internet Privacy
The Banking Monopoly
The Improving Human Condition
Science, Energy Fields, & Healing
GM Food Dangers
Drug Law Reforms
Hitler's Holy Relics

[puddintame]

I agree with you for the most part, Supernormal, but it has been this way ever since Boory took over--just seems to keep creeping downhill all the time however and will bottom out one of these days--or go over the cliff as you said. 

I was looking at your list and I don't really recognize any that I have listened to and I thought that I hadn't missed much.  I guess I spend most of the time on replays.  Some on your list sound maybe OK, depending on the guests and how the topics were handled.  I think Art would have done some of them.  Of course, Art could make any topic interesting such as weeding your garden or washing dishes.  He was even entertaining when he fell off his missing porch or got super glue where it didn't belong.  Next week's offerings sound yucky too.  Boory & Ian are going too mainstream on stuff we can easily get elsewhere--why listen all night?  Hopefully, Knapp will mostly stick with UFO's and aliens.  Sigh.  Oh for the good old days. 

I think Art might have done some of these and done 'em right!

Science's Mistakes
Earth Changes &   Solar Activity
Future Breakthroughs
The   Power Of Hypnosis
Planets & Space News
Internet Privacy

[MABUSE]

Prior to 2003, Mr. Peabody.

**M**

[11angeleyes11]

My assessment of the whole panopoly is that the paranormal is no longer normal on Coast to Coast am. 

I did not listen last nite just for that reason.  I don't want to hear anymore about the oil spill at night after hearing about it all day.  If an interesting slant can be covered or reported on it that is not mainstream then I am open, but just to hear more of the same is a waste of my time.

[11angeleyes11]

To fill the dead air, I go either listen to other shows or go to the library and check out audio dvd's.  I am listening to an unabridged history of the occult in American right now.  It may not be what everyone wants to hear, but I am learning from it and getting a history lesson. 

I usually listen while I am doing work late at night on the computer.

[Supernormal]

I agree with you for the most part, Supernormal, but it has been this way ever since Boory took over--just seems to keep creeping downhill all the time however and will bottom out one of these days--or go over the cliff as you said. 

I was looking at your list and I don't really recognize any that I have listened to and I thought that I hadn't missed much.  I guess I spend most of the time on replays.  Some on your list sound maybe OK, depending on the guests and how the topics were handled.  I think Art would have done some of them.  Of course, Art could make any topic interesting such as weeding your garden or washing dishes.  He was even entertaining when he fell off his missing porch or got super glue where it didn't belong.  Next week's offerings sound yucky too.  Boory & Ian are going too mainstream on stuff we can easily get elsewhere--why listen all night?  Hopefully, Knapp will mostly stick with UFO's and aliens.  Sigh.  Oh for the good old days. 

I think Art might have done some of these and done 'em right!

Science's Mistakes
Earth Changes &   Solar Activity
Future Breakthroughs
The   Power Of Hypnosis
Planets & Space News
Internet Privacy

Of course, you're right. Ian and Noory started the trend before now. They just accelerated the "new direction". It likely kicked into gear when Noory started interviewing his quartet of economic experts during his extraneous nightly news segments.

Some of the non-paranormal shows are quite good, and it's fine to air them from time to time. It's just that they should be the infrequent exception, not the expected rule. (Noory is making noises that are grating on me as I type this.) Whoever's programming this show is hopelessly out of touch with what the audience wants.

I agree with what you said about Art's ability to make the mundane seem fascinating, and I think that Knapp has that same talent. Noory has a knack for making the fascinating seem mundane. It seems like one's interest in the Fortean and the unexplained could actually dissipate while listening to Coast just by how they're presented by the host. Still, you sometimes can listen *around* Noory when they have a good show.

[Supernormal]

Prior to 2003, Mr. Peabody.

**M**

Noory Voice: "That dog could talk, and he had a pet boy named Sherman. Was he evil?"

[Supernormal]

My assessment of the whole panopoly is that the paranormal is no longer normal on Coast to Coast am. 

I did not listen last nite just for that reason.  I don't want to hear anymore about the oil spill at night after hearing about it all day.  If an interesting slant can be covered or reported on it that is not mainstream then I am open, but just to hear more of the same is a waste of my time.

I couldn't agree more. We can get that info from hundreds of mainstream sources. The show is turning into an inferior nightly version of "Good Morning America" and "The Today Show", and the needless news segment often is nothing more than dated stories from The Drudge Report. A *real* crypto news bit would be more appropriate.

[Supernormal]

To fill the dead air, I go either listen to other shows or go to the library and check out audio dvd's.  I am listening to an unabridged history of the occult in American right now.  It may not be what everyone wants to hear, but I am learning from it and getting a history lesson. 

I usually listen while I am doing work late at night on the computer.

I often use the show as background chatter while I do other things too. I couldn't tell you what Noory and Hoagland are saying about  the oil spill (repetitive guest and subject) right now, for instance. BTW, are you listening to the book by Mitch Horowitz? If so, you'll have a hard time turning off the tape.