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A cultural history of Art Bell and the world he broadcast into being.

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Dr. John Mack

Dr. John Mack

Alien AbductionPsychiatryResearch

Dr. John Edward Mack (1929–2004) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard Medical School psychiatrist and pioneering researcher recognized for his groundbreaking clinical investigations into the alien abduction phenomenon. As a distinguished guest on late-night radio, his landmark book Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens brought mainstream academic credibility to the study of non-human encounters and challenged the boundaries of conventional psychiatry.

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Episode thumbnail for August 14, 1994: Alien Abductions - John Mack

August 14, 1994: Alien Abductions - John Mack

Aug 14, 1994
1h 28m
John Mack, Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, joins Art Bell to discuss his groundbreaking research into the alien abduction phenomenon and its implications for human consciousness.Mack presents findings from his book Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens, drawing on cases involving people of...
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Episode thumbnail for February 23, 1996: Alien Abduction Show on Nova - Budd Hopkins & John Mack

February 23, 1996: Alien Abduction Show on Nova - Budd Hopkins & John Mack

Feb 23, 1996
1h 20m
Budd Hopkins, best-selling author of Intruders and Missing Time, joins Art Bell along with abductee John to expose what they describe as a deliberately dishonest NOVA documentary set to air on PBS. Hopkins details how the program, titled Kidnapped by Aliens, was designed to discredit the UFO abduction phenomenon by...
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Episode thumbnail for April 18, 2001: Alien Abduction Phenomenon - John Mack

April 18, 2001: Alien Abduction Phenomenon - John Mack

Apr 18, 2001
1h 25m
Art Bell sits down with Harvard psychiatrist Dr. John Mack, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose research into alien encounters drew intense scrutiny from the academic establishment. Dr. Mack recounts how publishing his findings in 1994 led to a 15-month investigation by Harvard, which ended only when his legal tea...