Episode 140 of My Side of the Universe featured Alan Steinfeld, author of the new book "Making Contact: Preparing for the New Realities of Extraterrestrial Existence." The book is scheduled to be released on May 4, but is available for pre-order HERE.

Steinfeld will also be a guest speaker at Contact in the Desert on June 25 through June 28. For more on guest speakers, how to join the virtual show or other questions regarding Contact in the Desert, click HERE.

Todd is joined on this week's show by Hugh Newman. Hugh Newman is a world explorer, megalithomaniac and author of Earth Grids: The Secret Pattern of Gaia’s Sacred Sites(2008); co-author of Giants On Record: America’s Hidden History, Secrets in the Mounds and the Smithsonian Files with Jim Vieira (2015), Stone Circles (2017), and contributed to Megalith: Studies In Stone (2018). He is published in three 'Ancient Origins' e-books. He has been a regular guest on History Channel’s Ancient Aliens and Search for the Lost Giantsand has been on the BBC, Sky TV, Bosnian TV and is currently involved in Road 2 Ruins (US) and Ancient Tomorrow(US) documentary projects.

Todd is joined this week by Richard Cassaro, a Madrid-based author, lecturer, documentary filmmaker, and tour guide from New York City. His published books Written in Stone (2011), The Missing Link (2016), and Mayan Masonry (2018) offer rare insights into ancient megaliths, spirituality, mythology, magic, symbolism, secret societies, comparative religion and occult archaeology.