The Night Callers are joined by writer Brian Koppelman (Billions, The Girlfriend Experience) to talk about hot news items: mantras, creepy crustaceans, and why UFOs are like Jimmy Buffet. This episode is sponsored by: Storyworth (https://www.storyworth.com/call) Risk! Podcast (http://risk-show.com/) NIGHT CALL BOOK CLUB BOOK ANNOUNCED! For the book and the episode, CHECK OUT THE NIGHT CALL PATREON (https://www.patreon.com/NightCall) ! Support the show for as little as $1 a month! Call in to Night Call at 240-46-NIGHT Articles and media mentioned this episode: Article, New York Times, "‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects" (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/us/politics/ufo-sightings-navy-pilots.html) Article, New York Magazine, "Navy Pilots Were Seeing UFOs on an Almost Daily Basis in 2014 and 2015: Report" (http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/navy-pilots-are-seeing-ufos-on-an-almost-daily-basis-report.html) TV Series, The X-Files (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106179/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Night Call Episode 12, "Valerie Solanas Was Just Writing What She Knew" (https://audioboom.com/posts/6823086-valerie-solanas-was-just-writing-what-she-knew) Film, Contact (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118884/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Article, The Hem Lab Blog, "This may be the ocean's most horrifying monster" (https://jellybiologist.com/2018/10/31/this-may-be-the-oceans-most-horrifying-monster-and-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it/) Article, The Spokesman-Review, "Human composting to be legal in Washington" (https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/may/21/human-composting-to-be-legal-in-washington/?fbclid=IwAR0RriIYfw8KsIylqHdrrpDx1xMpfz4Ekc1eu2BSlyS9Gk98U3wL3_ss_dU) Podcast, Ghosts-n-Heauxs (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/buzzsprout-142/ghostsnheauxs) Site, The Oman House (http://www.theomanhouse.com/) TV Series, Billions (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4270492/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Film, Rounders (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128442/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Film, The Girlfriend Experience (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1103982/?ref_=nv_sr_2?ref_=nv_sr_2) Book, The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading (https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780955847639) by Ian Rowland TV Series, Penn and Teller Bullshit, "Alternative Medicine" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0771272/) Book, Composed: A Memoir (https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143119395) by Rosanne Cash Podcast, The Moment with Brian Koppelman (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/slate/the-moment-with-brian-koppelman) "Night Call" by 4aStables (https://www.4astables.com/) . Additional sfx from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/) .