UPCOMING GUESTS

  Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard
University and a bestselling author (in lists of the New York Times,Wall Street
Journal, Publishers Weekly, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, L'Express and more). He received a
PhD in Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel at age 24 (1980-
1986), led the first international project supported by the Strategic Defense Initiative
(1983-1988), and was subsequently a long-term member of the Institute for
Advanced Study at Princeton (1988-1993). Loeb has written 8 books, including most
recently, Extraterrestrial, and nearly a thousand papers (with h-index of 122 and i10-
index of 557) on a wide range of topics, including black holes, the first stars, the
search for extraterrestrial life and the future of the Universe. Loeb is the Director of
the Institute for Theory and Computation (2007-present) within the Harvard-
Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and also serves as the Head of the Galileo
Project (2021-present). He had been the longest serving Chair of Harvard's
Department of Astronomy (2011-2020) and the Founding Director of Harvard's Black
Hole Initiative (2016-2021). He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts
& Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the International Academy of
Astronautics. Loeb is a former member of the President's Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology (PCAST) at the White House, a former chair of the Board on
Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies (2018-2021) and a current
member of the Advisory Board for "Einstein: Visualize the Impossible" of the Hebrew
University. He also chairs the Advisory Committee for the Breakthrough Starshot
Initiative (2016-present) and serves as the Science Theory Director for all Initiatives
of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. In 2012, TIME magazine selected Loeb as one
of the 25 most influential people in space and in 2020 Loeb was selected among the
14 most inspiring Israelis of the last decade. Click here for Loeb's commentaries on
innovation and diversity.  

Personal website: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/

Brian Clune is the co-founder and the historian for Planet Paranormal Radio and Planet Paranormal Investigations.
He has traveled the entire state of California researching its haunted hot spots and historical locations in an effort to
bring knowledge of the paranormal and the wonderful history of the state to those interested in learning.
His interest in history has led him to volunteer aboard the USS Iowa, at the Fort MacArthur Military Museum as
well as giving lectures at colleges and Universities around the state. He has been involved with numerous TV shows
including, Ghost Adventures, My Ghost Story, Dead Files, Ghost Hunters and was the subject in a companion
documentary for the movie, Paranormal Asylum. He has also appeared on numerous local and national and
international radio programs. Clune is the co-host for the radio program, The Full Spectrum Project with deals in
subjects ranging from ghosts, murders and all things odd and weird both natural and supernatural.
His other books include, California’s Historic Haunts, published by Schiffer Books and the highly acclaimed,
Ghosts of the Queen Mary, published by the History Press, as well as Ghosts and Legends of Alcatraz, and Ghosts
and Legends of Calico, all with coauthor Bob Davis. Brian and Bob also teamed up to write the riveting biography
of Ghost Box creator, Frank Sumption. Clune is also the author of Haunted San Pedro and Hollywood Obscura, the
spellbinding book dealing with Hollywood’s dark and sordid tales of murder and ghosts. Clune is currently working
on other titles for History Press and is teaching courses in paranormal studies at California State University
Dominguez Hills.
Clune lives in Southern California with his loving wife Terri, his three wonderful children and of course,
Wandering Wyatt!  

 Les Johnson is a futurist, author, and NASA technologist. He is a founding member of the Interstellar Research Group, a member of the International Academy of Astronautics, a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, a member of the National Space Society, and was accepted into MENSA. Les has written several science fiction novels, including the just released The Spacetime War (Baen Books), and multiple popular science, non-fiction books about space and space exploration, including his recently published A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars from Princeton University Press. In his day job, Les works at the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama where he serves as the Principal Investigator of the USA’s first interplanetary solar sail space mission, Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout. NEA Scout will use a 925 square foot solar sail to propel a small spacecraft to rendezvous with an asteroid.  

 Dr. Morehouses company, Strategic Survivability Research Group (2SRG),
works in the field of Operational Medicine.He was a Tactical Combat Casualty Care
(TCCC) subject matter expert (SME), researcher, and tester for the Defense Medical
Material Program Office (DMMPO), the National Center for Medical Readiness (NCMR),
Boonshoft School of Medicine, the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life
Sciences, as well as the United States Air Force Human Effectiveness Directorate.
B. He is a principal researcher and product engineer for several medical device
manufacturers. His expertise is used by Medafor, Pyng Medical, Tactical Medical
Solutions, North American Rescue, US Navy BUMED, and others.
C. His innovative testing protocols for medical devices such as tourniquets, pelvic
stabilization devices, hemostatic agents, chest seals, and interosseous devices. His
research findings are published in numerous professional journals, such as Defense  

 "Bill Kousoulas and his wife Jaci are the authors of "Bridging the
Tragedy," a book based upon the 1967 Silver Bridge Disaster in Point
Pleasant, WV, Mothman, and post-traumatic growth, a phenomenon that
often occurs after tragedy. Bill’s interest in the paranormal began in
the late seventies with the original Project UFO television series. In
2003, he was introduced to "The Mothman Prophecies" movie, and it
changed his life. Since then, he has dedicated countless hours to
researching the Mothman events in the Ohio River Valley. He holds a
doctorate in psychology.

Since 2016, Bill & Jaci have visited Point Pleasant regularly, where
they have become friends with several area residents, including
Mothman Museum owner Jeff Wamsley and the late Carolin Harris,
co-founder of the Mothman Festival. They own and operate Phenomenology
Research Professionals, an organization that focuses on the good
things that come from bad experiences.