James Chiles

Biography:

James R. Chiles writes and lectures on technology and wrote "Inviting Disaster: Lessons from the Edge of Technology" in 2001. Much of his writing has dealt with system malfunctions, engineering and safety discipline, including the Challenger disaster, the 1965 New York City blackout, building designs for earthquake resistance, air traffic controller training, airplane manufacturing and airliner simulators. His research has taken him into the wreckage of the World Trade Center towers, into tunnels under construction, on a helicopter during maintenance of high-voltage power lines, on training sessions to fight propane-tank fires, into a nitroglycerine factory, and on top of a broadcast tower under construction. Chiles was born in Springfield, Missouri, in 1955. He graduated with honors from Harvard (1977) and the University of Texas Law School (1981).

Past Shows:

	Infiltrating Hell's Angels
	Saturday February 14, 2009

Jay "Bird" Dobyns spoke about his dangerous work as an undercover ATF agent. Dobyns said he created his undercover criminal persona over a period of 18 years through the use of 'street theaters' -- orchestrated plays with other undercover operatives who would pretend to exchange guns or drugs with him. With this experience, in 2001, the ATF asked him to infiltrate the infamous outlaw bike gang, Hell's Angels. ... More
Host: Ian Punnett

	Irrational Thinking
	Saturday May 31, 2008

Lecturer Ori Brafman and his brother, psychologist Dr. Rom Brafman discussed their new book Sway, which looks at why people make irrational choices. "The way that we defined it," Rom said about irrational thinking, "is that it's about doing something that you know was the wrong decision afterwards." One of the key motivators behind irrational thinking is the concept of "loss aversion." Ori explained, "we feel the pain of a loss so strongly, that we go to really extreme means to avoid that loss." He described this effect in the story of Jacob van Zanten, an airline captain who was concerned about a delay effecting his reputation for punctual flights. His haste to get the plane flying again ended up causing the largest airline disaster in history. According to Rom, this shift to irrational thinking is not automatic, rather a gradual change as fear of loss mounts, "a lot of times, people are just not aware of where they're going."Additionally, perception is a factor that can ... More
Host: Ian Punnett

	Alien Contact & End Times
	Saturday January 12, 2008

Ian spoke with Miriam Delicado about her contact with extraterrestrial beings, their message for the world, and how it ties into the Hopi's Blue Star Prophecy and the End Times.Delicado described a childhood abduction experience in which she was given a small rectangular object and instructed by aliens to take care it. The object was silvery-gray in color and had markings on it, she explained, adding that she was unsure of its purpose. Delicado said the object is presently hidden.Delicado also recounted her 1988 abduction by tall blond extraterrestrials. The beings had large blue eyes, thick wavy hair, and were angelic in appearance, she recalled. According to Delicado, they downloaded information into her telepathically and asked her to share their message with the world:"One day a star will appear in the sky for all of man to see. Nothing or no one will be able to hide its presence from the world, and it will be sign to the people that the end is near and it i ... More
Host: Ian Punnett

	UFO/ET Debate
	Wednesday August 1, 2007

Stanton Friedman & Michael Shermer squared off on the topic of UFOs and ETs. ... More
Host: George Noory

	Worst Case Scenarios
	Saturday September 24, 2005

Celebrated business futurist, Joel Barker, who is credited with popularizing the term "paradigm shift," shared several worst case scenarios for planet Earth:On the US Education System...Barker commented on the decision by some states to reduce the number of school days in order to save gas. Children in other countries attend school for as much as 60 days longer each year than do American children, Barker said. This coupled with the lack of focus on math, science and technology, Barker explained, puts US students at a disadvantage in the global marketplace. According to Barker, new wealth is generated by technological innovation and if we do not embrace math and science, we'll lose the ability to create wealth. Barker invited Coast listeners to measure their technological inclinations at fiveregionsofthefuture.com.On the Bird Flu...Barker pointed out that despite a virus' tendency to become less deadly (in order to spread itself to a larger percentage of the populati ... More
Host: Ian Punnett

	Children's Past Life Memories
	Wednesday August 31, 2005

Dr. Jim Tucker of the University of Virginia’s division of Personality Studies shared his international research into children who report memories of past lives. Such memories are most commonly reported by children, who by the age of six or seven tend to start forgetting these remembrances. The evidence from their investigations suggest it's possible that memories and emotions can carry over from one life into the next, he said. Tucker explained that individual cases are investigated and checked for accuracy. For instance, birthmarks of an unusual shape or size might match up with fatal wounds that the deceased had. Interestingly, he noted that in 70% of the remembered past lives, the deceased died of unnatural causes, suggesting that there might be a connection between the memory carry over and traumatic circumstances.The time span between lives in the cases they studied appeared to be rather short, with the average being about 16 months. This allowed them to often track do ... More
Host: George Noory

	The Influence of Egyptology
	Monday August 15, 2005

Archaeologist Stephen Mehler shared his research in the field of Egyptology, which he has studied for over thirty-five years. He described working with a teacher from Egypt named Hakim, "an indigenous wisdom keeper" who shared the civilization's oral history with him. Hakim said that there are natural cycles, and that we are nearing the end of a cycle that began 65,000 years ago.Mehler believes that the Great Pyramid at Giza was built in three stages, with the original work begun more than 20,000 years ago. It was built not by aliens, but through a higher consciousness of the people of Khemit (earlier name for Egypt) that employed anti-gravitic techniques involving crystals, water and sound, he said. But around 11,000 years ago, he contends there was a worldwide cataclysm (as documented in the books Cataclysm! and Catastrophobia) and after that consciousness began to devolve.Religions such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam all developed out of Egyptian thought, said Mehler, ... More
Host: George Noory

	Catastrophic Challenges
	Sunday September 7, 2003

James Chiles, the author of Inviting Disaster, appeared on Sunday's program,delving into some of history’s worst catastrophes in order to show how increasingly “smart” systems leave us wide open to human tragedy. ... More
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	Visions and Warnings
	Thursday August 14, 2003

Author Kathleen Keating (website), the main guest on Thursday night, said a group of visionaries she has contact with, have indicated we are entering into a new time of tribulation. Keating believes such things as severe weather and earthquakes are God's way of "letting us destroy ourselves," as retribution for misdeeds. And yet, she said that such a catastrophic event as a nuclear explosion in Chicago could be "spiritual" because "it would bring us back to God." "The veil is thinning between our world and eternity," Keating said, and this was leading to an increase in strange dreams and visions. People have reported hearing voices coming from their air conditioners she noted. Interestingly, she revealed that her ranch, where she raises horses, is somewhat of a portal to hell. Her daughter was picked up and thrown by a force in the barn and a colt's head seemed to changed shape. Keating believes the land near her ranch, which has been found to have numerous dinosaur relics, has r ... More
Host: George Noory

	Disaster in Space
	Saturday February 1, 2003

This past Saturday evening Coast to Coast held an unprecedented 9 hour program devoted to looking at the crash of the space shuttle Columbia which had occurred that morning. George Noory hosted the first half of the show, followed by Barbara Simpson in her regular time slot. "The only thing we can be thankful for is they got to fulfill their dreams," Richard C. Hoagland (enterprisemission.com) said of the seven astronauts who died in the accident. Hoagland offered his insights in both halves of the marathon. He was joined by his colleague Mike Bara (lunaranomalies.com), in the latter part of the show, who stated that he thought the Shuttle program has been phenomenally successful, with a good safety record over its more than twenty year history. Phil Plait (badastronomy.com), nicknamed "The Bad Astronomer," who has served to dispel myths about outer space, praised the Shuttle missions for their successful launching of such astronomical satellites as the Chandra Observatory. ... More
Host: George Noory