# Is Earth Alive? Gaia, Volcanoes, and the Will to Life

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Podcast: [Gods, Ghosts & UFOs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/gods-ghosts-ufos-7311055)
Published: 2026-05-20T09:00:00+00:00
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The Will to Life We’ve got a very special guest this week. You’re going to have to tune in to find out who it is. We’re covering a Ukrainian UFO video, Military-origin, recently declassified, filmed in May at 800 meters. It looks like an evil eye in a cloak. Mostly just an excuse to talked about how wrecked the whole UFO conversation is right now, like a force field of stink around a row of outhouses. Then on to happier things, like how volcanoes might be evidence of a planetary mechanism of homeostasis. Gaia? Sure. Anyway: Surprise guest A Ukrainian UFO video “Filmed on a potato” quality Why the UFO conversation is exhausting by design (here’s that essay, by Dr. Heather Lynn, about how the aliens-vs-demons question is a type of semantic warfare) “Mr. Credibility weighs in” (re: JD Vance) Peter Thiel and the evangelical framing apparatus The porta potty force field How the Joseph Smith story reminds Jordan of the current UFO conversation The slough of despond Whatever happened to quicksand? Brother Richard, again, on every entity having something to teach you The Debrief: a volcano with a built-in emergency brake Why the Gaia hypothesis is useful Homeostasis is the signature of life Mars: dead. Venus: hellfire. Earth: alive! “Don’t sh*t in the strawberry patch” Strip mining the Appalachians “Poverty is a societal choice. Food scarcity is a societal choice.” Viktor Frankl And in the epilogue… What our special guest has been up to lately Jordan’s insane commitment to 100 Essays in 100 Days Advantages of the end times *** SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curi…

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