December 30, 2009: Predictions 2010 Part 1

Art Bell opens the phone lines for the first of two annual prediction shows, inviting listeners to share their psychic visions for 2010. Broadcasting from Manila, he begins with news that Rush Limbaugh has been hospitalized in Hawaii with chest pains, then sets the ground rules: one prediction per caller, no political wishes disguised as prophecy, no assassination predictions, and every forecast must come from a genuine psychic impulse.

Before the calls begin, Art reviews predictions made for 2009, rating each as a ding or a bonk. Among the hits are a worsening economy, a more socialist direction for the U.S. and Canada, and Obama being tested early in his presidency. The misses include aliens landing in Memphis, Bigfoot proof, and a nuclear device on American soil. Art also discusses the erupting Mayon volcano in the Philippines and the Copenhagen climate summit.

Callers deliver a wide range of forecasts, including an Israeli strike on nuclear facilities, a terrorist attack on the New York subway, a new U.S. currency based on barter, a breakthrough in autism treatment, and one of the coldest winters on record. Art assigns each prediction a number and seals them for review the following year.