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TJ Ryan

EACH OF US HAS A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE

  1. APR 24

    Beauty and Strangeness in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

    My guest is Ben Marchant, originally from Wisconsin who now lives in the U.P.  Ben works for the Delta Conservation District so he spends a lot of time in the woods.  Ben has been on the radio with me a few times and I really liked his energy, and I thought he'd be fun to talk to on my podcast.  The Upper Peninsula of Michigan truly is a special place, at least most of us who live here think so.  There is so much abundance of nature, thick forests, lakes, rivers and more.  As well as many kinds of animals including moose, black bears, wolves and coyotes.  The biggest drawback may be the abundance of deer that wind up getting hit on the highways.  Many who live here enjoy hunting or fishing.  Many just come here to camp out.  The summers are warm, winters are cold with lots of snow, especially up north.  The weather along Lake Superior can be totally different than for those that live in the southern half of the U.P.   Most people are pretty freindly, often they'll wave at you or give you the old "head nod."  Then, there's the stranger side of things.  Things that we have often talked about on my podcast.  I've noticed by watching many shows that this probably occurs in every state in the country, and probably every country in the world.  What kind of phenomena?  Ghosts, UFO's, Sasquatch and other cryptids, and probably many more unusual things.  For years people have been going to explore the western U.P. and the Paulding Lights which have been seen for years.  A group of Michigan Tech students investigated and said it was just car lights, the locals disagree.  Some have claimed that Lake Superior has a similar creature to the Loch Ness Monster.  The natives believe there is a spirit energy in the great lakes.  One of the biggest unknown yet known events was the Kinross Incident that occured in 1953 over Lake Superior involving an F89 Scorpion Fighter Jet and an unknown aircraft.  At the time it was well known and thoroughly investigated, now it's faded into histroy and very few would even know it happened.  David Paulides of Missing 411 fame has listed the U.P. as one of many places where people have gone missing, although it seems to rarely happen.   Shows like Fear The Woods, Expedition X and Finding Bigfoot have featured stories of witnesses in the U.P. who had scary crytid/UFO/ghost encounters.  Now, why would anyone want to live here?  Most people have not had any unsual encounters, most seem unaffected by any of it.  Regardless of where you live, these things go on, all you have to do is dig around and ask questions.  If all I did was do a show about how great the U.P. is, what fun would that be?

    1h 16m
  2. MAR 18

    Creating Your Own Music

    I've been tinkering with a new app, at least it's new to me.  It allows you to write your own songs if you want and allows you to pick the style of music, type of vocalist, whatever instruments you want, etc.  After doing silly things for my morning show and friends and family, I had a thought to try to write some songs.  I wanted to create something that would inspire me, maybe others, but mostly just something I can listen to that would lift my heart.  I wanted to share this with you so that you can create your own sounds, if that sounds appealing to you.  Then, if you want to share them with me I'd be willing to do that, especially if it's something uplifting, you could even come on the podcast.   The app's name is SUNO, you can Google that and find out more info.  My email is TJ2@up.net.  Imagine if you could lift someone through a song you created.   There is a lot of chaos going on in the world right now, it would be easy to pick sides or get caught up in that.  I may be wrong, but I feel now is a time to be focused on what makes us feel good and lifts us up.  I've noticed my whole life that what I focused on happened more, like someone cutting me off in traffic and then by getting upset, it seemed like it was happening all the time.  Then, when I'm in a joyful state, everything just seems to flow better.  Have you noticed that?   My songs are from what lifts me up, they may not be what inspires you.  I've believed for a long time your soul lies behind your heart.  If that's true, is that people always say to "go within?"  Or "I felt it in my heart."  So, one song is called Just Go Within.  The second song is about love, not just love on Earth but what I felt from both of my parents after they passed, it was pure bliss.  For me, and maybe no one else, I feel our true state is a state of bliss and the second song is Find Your Bliss.  Your bliss may be your spouse, or your pet, your child, walking in nature, etc.  It's whatever gives you great joy.     Next week I may have another show with a local woman who had 2 great aunts that were wing walkers, this goes way back, at least 100 years ago.  She wrote a book, I find it fascinating.

    21 min
4.9
out of 5
8 Ratings

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