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 this week by Chris 51, a well known tattoo artist that has a knack for the paranormal.

Chris 51 is an alien. He believes it and you will too when you meet him. There is no way a human being could accomplish what he has without any sleep, drugs or extraterrestial powers. He wrote columns for three major tattoo magazines, has published five books on everything from football trivia to poetry. He tattoos around the world, teaches business and marketing seminars, is an All-Star father, realized and cast the A&E show Epic Ink. He created and runs the Geeksterink Legends Comic con Tattoo Tour, the biggest  of its kind in the world.

Find out more on Chris 51 HERE.

David M. Jacobs, Ph.D. joins the show to talk about alien abductions and UFO's. Jacobs is an Associate Professor of History at Temple University specializing in twentieth century American history and culture. Dr. Jacobs began researching the controversy over unidentified flying objects in America in the mid 1960's, and has amassed over 35 years of primary research data and analytical hypotheses on the subject.