Coast to Coast AM 2012.10.28 World's Weirdest Places

Coast to Coast AM October 28-2012 Worlds Weirdest Places

Date: 10-28-12
Host: George Knapp
Guests: Nick Redfern, Jeffrey M. Smith

From the legendary Loch Ness, Scotland, to the slopes of Mount Shasta; from the dark depths of the Solomon Islands to the heart of the Kremlin, paranormal investigator Nick Redfern joined George Knapp for a discussion on how the world's weirdest places reveal an astonishing scale of strangeness on our planet.

First Hour: Leading spokesperson on the health dangers of genetically modified foods, Jeffrey Smith, discussed Proposition 37, a California initiative which would require the labeling of GMO foods.

Biography:
Nick Redfern has been interested in UFOs since 1978. His main area of research centers around determining what has been learned about the UFO subject at an official level in Britain. He has spent hundreds of hours at the Public Record Office in London, and has uncovered thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defense files on UFOs dating from the Second World War. Nick is the author of several best-selling books on UFOs including: The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed; and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story Of The UFOs That Fell To Earth. Nick also lectures on the UFO subject both in the U.K. and abroad.

Biography:
Jeffrey M. Smith has been involved with genetically modified (GM) foods for nearly a decade. He worked for non-profit and political groups on the issue and in 1998, ran for U.S. Congress to raise public awareness of the health and environmental impacts. To protect children-who are most at risk from the potential health effects of GM foods-Smith proposed legislation to remove the foods from school meals. He also proposed legislation to help protect farmers from cross-pollination by GM crops. Later, he was vice president of marketing for a GMO detection laboratory.

Smith has lectured widely, spoken at conferences, and has been quoted in articles around the world. Prior to working in this field, he was a writer, educator, and public speaker for non-profit groups, advancing the causes of health, environment, and personal development. His book "Seeds of Deception," researched and written after he left the industry, combines Smith's passion for these causes with his extensive knowledge of the risks and cover-ups behind genetically modified foods.

Smith is the founding director of the Institute for Responsible Technology and a member of the Sierra Club Genetic Engineering Committee. He has a master's degree in business administration and lives with his wife in Iowa, surrounded by genetically modified corn and soybeans.