S11 E5: Faith-Shattering UFO Files

About this episode

Tara Jean discusses her loss of faith and its connection to recent UFO file disclosures with Harvard Professor Avi Loeb.

After Tara Jean lost her faith, she says there's an empty void that she tries to fill with other explanations for why there's anything. But why does that frighten her so much? And what does it have to do with the US government's release of the UFO files last week? On this episode, Tara Jean's interview with Harvard Professor Avi Loeb. He's a theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Tara Jean Stevens

Guest: Avi Loeb

Topics covered

• faith
• UFOs
• government disclosure
• astrophysics
• cosmology
• personal belief

Keywords

• faith
• UFO files
• Avi Loeb
• astrophysics
• government
• disclosure
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard, US government

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