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Rob Kristoffersen discusses the end of his podcast 'Our Strange Skies' and the challenges of podcasting.

“This is not going to be edited. It's just me and a microphone talking about my journey with this (UFO) topic and where I'm at. There are many of you who have asked: ‘When's the show coming back?’ I just kind of want this to be the end of it all. This podcast is never coming back.” –- Rob Kristoffersen, on the final episode of “Our Strange Skies” On February 28th, 2026, UFO expert Rob Kristoffersen abruptly ended his extremely popular podcast “Our Strange Skies.” In a candid, intimate and largely improvised 21-minute monologue, he explains why. When I heard it, I was so blown away I knew I had to talk to him – and then I decided to bring all of you in on the conversation. Most podcasts don’t end – they just stop. But Rob decided to address his reasons for leaving podcasting by talking frankly about the rarely discussed challenges and demands of the medium. For anyone who has ever tried podcasting, you’ll hear your own story here. For those of you who are podcast fans, you’ll get a rare and surprising look behind the curtain at what makes podcasting so alluring –– and so heartbreaking. In our conversation, Rob and I discuss “paranormal fatigue”; how COVID changed podcasting for…

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Host: Richard Hatem

Guest: Rob Kristoffersen

Topics covered

• UFOs
• podcasting challenges
• paranormal fatigue
• COVID impact on podcasting
• celebrity podcasts
• podcasting community

Keywords

• UFO
• podcasting
• paranormal
• COVID
• celebrity podcasts
• podcast community
• monologue

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Books & works: Our Strange Skies

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