{"id":54,"date":"2006-08-20T22:14:55","date_gmt":"2006-08-21T03:14:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-11-25T13:34:49","modified_gmt":"2007-11-25T18:34:49","slug":"podcast_8_they_stare_at_____goats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=54","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #8: They stare at&#8230;. Goats?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This 2005 interview with Jon Ronson concerned his book The Men Who Stare at Goats. Alternately creepy and hilarious, this book is the story of a super-secret branch of The US Military which attempt all kinds of paranormal experiments. From &#8220;remote viewing&#8221; and walking through walls to literally staring goats to death. The  book is somtimes impossible to believe and other times just plain scary. 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