{"podcast":{"title":"It’s a Very Exciting Time","slug":"it-s-a-very-exciting-time-5781023","podcast_index_feed_id":5781023,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/b92d6ea0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://veryexcitingtime.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/30967624/30967624-1780878265234-3c6c8190320f4.jpg","author":"Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose","episode_count":92,"summary":"A podcast by a UFO nerd and his tolerant friend. Because if UFOs are real… what else? If any of this turns out to be true, it’s a very exciting time!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T22:17:41.338773+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-a-very-exciting-time-5781023"},"episode":{"title":"David Grusch Press Conference","slug":"david-grusch-press-conference","published_at":"2026-06-21T23:09:36+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-a-very-exciting-time-5781023/david-grusch-press-conference","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-a-very-exciting-time-5781023","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/very-exciting-time/episodes/David-Grusch-Press-Conference-e3l3jn8","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/b92d6ea0/podcast/play/121801896/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-21%2F426572345-44100-2-f6c3b51755c5c.mp3","summary":"In the last two weeks, the third batch of UFO files was released by the government, the UAP Disclosure Act was submitted for the fourth time, Avi Loeb announced he was asked by the White House to start a UAP Science Advisory Council, and whistleblower David Grusch spoke at a Congressional press conference, where he alleged criminal fraud by the US government to pay for crash retrieval operations off-book, and claimed non-human life ranges from “corporeal bipedal” to “sentient plasmoids.” You can find show notes and references at our website, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠VeryExcitingTime.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , or support us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/VeryExcitingTime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . 00:00:00 Introduction 00:04:25 Grusch Press Conference 00:15:37 Cover-Up 00:31:10 Crash Retrievals & Biologics 00:47:18 UFO Files Batch 3 01:11:40 UAP Science Advisory Council 01:27:50 UAP Disclosure Act 01:35:00 Disclosure Day","meta_description":"In the last two weeks, the third batch of UFO files was released by the government, the UAP Disclosure Act was submitted for the fourth time, Avi Loeb ann…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5944,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/it-s-a-very-exciting-time-5781023/episodes/david-grusch-press-conference/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-a-very-exciting-time-5781023/david-grusch-press-conference.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}