Strange Realm - Ep. 108 - April 20th, 2025

Tonight, we bring you a hopeful and hearty show as we look at the strangest and wildest news we could find this week, including signs of life discovered on a distant exoplanet, a study that suggests lichen could survive living on Mars, another study that says the cells of your body can hear and process sounds, and we look at some of the stranger and supernatural Easter holiday traditions. All of this and then after the break, we continue our reading series as Frobisher reads more from "Our Haunted Planet," by John A. Keel.

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Notes:
- Evidence of extraterrestrial life found?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/k2-18b-planet-life-evidence-scientists/
- Lichens might grow on Mars
https://www.sciencealert.com/lichens-thrive-in-harsh-mars-like-conditions-groundbreaking-study-finds
- Your cells can hear
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-cells-uncovering-relationship-life.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-07969-1
- Strange and supernatural Easter customs
https://explorationparanormal.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/unveiling-the-otherworldly-easter-traditions-with-a-paranormal-twist/
- Our Haunted Planet
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Haunted-Planet-John-Keel/dp/1517343119
https://archive.org/details/Our_Haunted_Planet

Intro music: "night drive" by bbrainz (slowed + reverb)
Outro music: "Curious Constellations" by SURGE
Background art: "The Time Machine" by Interesni Kazki (AEC)
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