Interviews Episodes

Longtime reader and Urantia Fellowship organizer Trudi Cooper joins us to talk about the upcoming Urantia International Conference in July. Trudi gives us a rundown on who will be presenting and topics at hand. Also, Trudi talks about a new Urantia-based and inspired children's book "I am a Child of God."

Author Jayme Brock joins me to talk about her new book Recipe of Jesus - which examines Jesus' life as it is presented in the Urantia Book, against the backdrop of something called. "The Laws of Natural Order." According to this philosophy, Jayme explains, "When we deviate from the laws that govern the natural order of things, systems break down, and we cannot evade the consequences of our actions." It's a fascinating and uplifting discussion of why things sometimes go wrong, and how Jesus tried...

Joel Garbon first joined us years ago to talk about his work in bringing the Urantia Book to the UFO community Joe is also an avid student of the fifth epochal revelation and with the most recent news that the U.S. Government will be giving "disclosure" to what they know and what they can tell us about aliens from other possible worlds here on earth. We'll cover the entire gamut, from Roswell to Ancient aliens, including discussion about higher spirits who may play a role in alien contact.

Author and lecturer Byron Belitios joins us to discuss next steps in Urantia Book growth, and how we go about finding our target audience for the revelation. As Byron explains, we actually have two products, the book and the gospel; how do we define our message and what the Urantia Foundation (and other Urantia-related groups) should do to reach the right audience to ensure Urantia Book growth and awareness continues. It's a good conversation covering a whole host of Urantia-related topics.

UBAnnotated.com and UBTheNews Founder Halbert Katzen joins us to discuss his recent trip to Tbilisi, Georgia to speak to people about the Urantia Book. Katzen was invited to present his findings on Microcephalic gene research, and how his findings - and new recent developments - corroborate Urantia Book teachings on early human evolution.

Aprilhelen recently returned from Africa where she was met with other Urantia Book readers. She tells us about her travels and future endeavors to planting the seeds of the Urantia Book. Aprilhelen is a second-generation reader and is involved with several upcoming projects in India and in California next year. Today she discusses these projects and how she envisions growth of the Urantia Book during these contentious times.

UBtheNews.com and UBAnnotated.com founder and researcher Halbert Katzen joins us to talk about his adventure to Central Asia and what he hopes to find among the relics and ruins of this ancient land (as it relates to Urantia Book history. Plus, listener question: How did you find the book and what do you want more of in this podcast (and less of!). Time for a metaphysical group hug as we built this podcast to even greater heights!

With Aprilhelen we discuss: -Back from Uganda, how the Urantia Book is growing in Africa, -- How other Urantia influencers like Pato Banton and Antoinette Banton increase Urantia truth-awareness; how global organizations are beginning to look for spiritual answers to solve the manifold human problems we face… -Plus, what it’s like to grow in a Urantia family culture, and how knowing about the Urantia teachings has benefited her personal outlook and worldview, and exciting events on the horizon.

Majorie Ray, scienitist and Urantia Book student, joins us to talk about the Nov 6 and 7, 2025 Scientific Symposium (sponsored by the Urantia Foundation ) We discuss current events, the growth of the revelation, her recent trip to various Urantia community events, as well as in Israel, and the future of the fifth epochal revelation. Bio on file: Marjorie Ray is a retired biochemist who was given The Urantia Book over 45 years ago. Jim Mills, also a trained scientist, was an early and profound in...

We were recently joined by Center for Unity co-founder Gabriel Rymberg. Among many interesting topics we discussed, including the moral and ethical need for the Urantia Book teachings, we also look one-hundred years after the Celestials delivered the revelations, and what might be healthy next steps to spreading the good news of the Urantia Book. Is it AI, is it more social networking -- or something else entirely? Gabriel also shares news about exciting new projects coming from Center for Unity...

Author and Urantia Book student Ryan McGuire joins us to discuss his book The Case For The Urantia Book. McGuire lays out numerous cases for validating the Urantia Book's claim it is a divine revelation from non-human sources.

Taking a slight offramp in this episode, let's talk about a recent case where someone associated with the Urantia Book is "cancelled" because of so-called "ties to eugenics." Alvin Kulieke, related to David and Marilynn Kulieke (early readers of the Urantia Book), was a long-time teacher and principle at Prospect High, well regarded for his long tenure at the school. A student journalist who looked into the Urantia Book felt its writings promoted eugenics, which, of course, is ludicrous. Still, ...

What About the Science in the Urantia Book? Let's ask one. Scientist Marjorie Ray joins us to discuss the upcoming Urantia Foundation Scientific Symposium (November 26th, 2025) in Chicago. As a scietist and experience Urantia Book raeder, Ray discusses contemporary science and the Science of the Urantia Book. We discuss genetics, (Ray is a trained bio-chemical engineer who, amongh other accomplishments was involved in the NASA space program), astronomy, paleontology and other UB-related science....

A continuation of our discussion on the impact the Urantia Book is making today.

Rick Lyon has been studying the Urantia Book since 1978, when he found an original first edition Urantia Book in a landfill . Today, Rick looks back to decades of studying and sharing the Urantia Book with thousands of people through his work with the Urantia Association, and talks about where the Urantia Movement is today, and what's to come. In this podcast we talk about early criticism of the Urantia Book, the integration of AI and the Urantia Book, and Rick's recent involvement with the Cent...

Author and lecturer Byron Belitsos returns to discuss many great endeavors he is involved with in an attempt to create new brodges with other religious communities, using the Rodan approach in his mission. Check out his Rodan Institute Plus, the Urantia movement and why it stalled in the beginning, and what we can learn from the Eastern Orthodox approach to Christ's teachings. #Soul #Urantia #Eatern Orthodox #Jesus #Western Christianity

Brad Garner joins us to talk about life under a Urantia philosphy growing up (as a 2nd generation reader), plus his work with Symmetry of Soul, an online open study group that digs deep on Urantia topics, and a candid view of the world today and how the Urantia Book can benefit mankind.

Join me as we get to know the folks behind a new global Urantia Book-based initiative called ⁠ The UB Read Thru Project ⁠ , an innovative online effort to bring students of the Urantia Revelation together to read the papers as a global community. Diane Labrecque, Conrad Lavallee, Erica Montgomery and others join me to talk about their unique Urantia Book experiences and what this project means to them.

Engineer, author and Urantia Book student Joel Garbon joins us to talk about his experience talking about the Urantia Book on Coast to Coast with George Noory, the #1 night time radio show in America. Also, is it time to be more open publicly about the Urantia Book? Part of our discussion this time on Urantia Radio.

Barry Culligan has written an essay published in The Urantia Fellowship's latest Mini-Messenger series, one that discusses the importance of free speech even on divine levels, as depicted in the Urantia Book. This is a wonderfully candid conversation I know you will enjoy. For more on Barry's work: You can find some of my writing here: https://strangepreacher.substack.com/ Sound Quality is not great on some of these: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barry-culligan57 Becoming Godlike – tal...

Urantia Foundation Special Projects Coordinator Joanne Strobel joins us to talk about the June 14-15th global symposium on the importance of marriage and family life in society.

Guests Diane LaBrecque and Gabriel Rymberg from the Center for Unity join me to talk about the upcoming Jubilee of Jubilees celebration (on May 18th) and the significance of this cosmic event. Plus we talk about the importance of family and the meaning of Pentecost.

From paper 113 we look at Guardian Angels, where they are, what they do, and why "only good can come from learning more about them."

Theresa joins us from the West Coast to discuss her spirit journey, her love of the Urantia Book, healing from spiritual trauma, and her mission to help others on their spiritual journey, including the introduction of a "Spiritual Bill of Rights."