Whitley discusses his boyhood as a Roman Catholic, the erotic dimensions of alien contact, his lifelong meditative practice, evolving views of the afterlife, and the recent U. Whitley Strieber is the author of "Communion", one of the most iconic books in the literature of the unexplained and the bestselling nonfiction book on UFO-related subjects in history. His most recent book about alien contact is "Them", published in And welcome back to the Pop Apocalypse.
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So stay tuned. Today's guest is Whitley Streiber. For listeners of a certain age, Whitley's name will immediately invoke memories of the s and alien abductions, and for good reason. Streiber's book, Communion, was an enormous sensation. It hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list, sold millions of copies, and made Whitley a household name, both for better and for worse.
But Whitley is so much more than this one book. He was already an accomplished and very successful novelist before the events relayed in Communion. He has now written over 30 books. And a number of these books have been turned into films, including the blockbuster smash, The Day After Tomorrow. He runs the largest web platform devoted to all things alien and paranormal, that's unknowncountry.
And he is the host of a long running podcast himself, The Incomparable Dreamland. So if the alien is a new living folklore, and I think it is, then Whitley is this folklore's foremost representative.
