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Ryan Williams and Spencer Klavan discuss the implications of President Trump's release of alien starcraft images and the cultural fascination with aliens.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claremontinstitute.substack.com President Trump ordered the public release of images that may depict alien starcraft last month, prompting a wave of fresh speculation about "disclosure." Following the latest information, and the coming release of Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi film Disclosure Day , Ryan Williams and Spencer Klavan discuss the presence of aliens in the public psyche...and on Earth?? Plus: questions of free will, faith, and more!

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Williams

Guest: Spencer Klavan

Topics covered

• aliens
• disclosure
• public psyche
• free will
• faith
• sci-fi

Keywords

• aliens
• Trump
• disclosure
• public psyche
• sci-fi
• faith
• free will

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Claremont Institute, Steven Spielberg

Books & works: Disclosure Day

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