Steve Volk currently serves as a Stoneleigh Fellow with Resolve Philly. In this role, he is working towards transforming the way child welfare is reported on by deepening the media narrative and elevating solutions. He is a 20-year veteran Philadelphia journalist and author of Fringeology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable and Couldn’t.

Steve explores how mainstream media handles stories of the unexplained and why skepticism and belief often clash in reporting the paranormal. He discusses his investigations into lucid dreaming, after-death communication, and the psychological challenges that follow extraordinary experiences. Volk shares how personal encounters—from family hauntings to precognitive dreams—reshaped his understanding of reality and journalism’s responsibility to portray it fairly.

00:01 Introduction

03:06 Defining the paranormal and media avoidance

06:52 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and the broken filter

12:03 UAPs and the limits of mainstream journalism

14:01 Personal experiences and the family ghost

18:36 Lucid dreaming and connection beyond death

25:25 Induced after death communication therapy

33:00 Journalism, skepticism, and belief

45:03 Precognition and the journalist’s dilemma

53:07 Conclusion

(Recorded on November 6, 2025)

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Published on November 28, 2025