Need To Know
de Bryce Zabel
UFO Secrets or UFO Spin? | Ben Schreckinger
Sobre este podcast
Need to Know is a smart, serious, and accessible podcast about the reality of UFOs/UAP and what the phenomenon may mean for all of us. Produced by Stellar Productions, the show is hosted by award-winning writer/producer and former CNN correspondent Bryce Zabel, who continues the signature UFO/UAP conversation format he helped pioneer: informed, evidence-driven, open-minded, and focused on what the public has a right to know.
Today, Need to Know features Bryce in conversation with historian Richard Dolan, one of the field's most respected researchers and authors. Together, they examine breaking news, government disclosures, historic cases, credible witnesses, official documents, and the shifting landscape of Disclosure. The show also includes expanded formats such as Project Book Club with Chrissy Newton, Need to Know Xtra with Tyler Stevens, and other special episodes that explore the mystery from fresh angles.
From 2021 to 2025, Bryce co-hosted Need to Know with investigative journalist Ross Coulthart. Their collaboration helped define the show's distinctive mix of journalism, analysis, historical context, and plainspoken curiosity. In 2025, Ross moved on to host Reality Check for NewsNation, while Bryce continued the Need to Know mission and also agreed to produce Sound, Light & Frequency for iHeartPodcasts.
With exclusive interviews, breaking-news analysis, hidden history, and thoughtful commentary grounded in evidence, Need to Know guides listeners through the noise and toward understanding. The questions remain urgent: What is happening in our skies? What do governments know? Who — or what — may be behind the phenomenon? And what happens next?
Stellar Productions is the production company of Bryce and Jackie Zabel. Its work spans television, film, books, and podcasts, with credits including the NBC UFO series Dark Skies, the Syfy original film Official Denial, the Disney animated feature Atlantis: The Lost Empire, the WGA Award-winning limited series Pandemic, the UFO disclosure book A.D. After Disclosure, and the podcasts Need to Know and Sound, Light & Frequency.
Episodios
Los 20 episodios más recientes de 93
- UFO Secrets or UFO Spin? | Ben Schreckinger · 1 h 10 minIn this episode of Need to Know Interviews, Bryce Zabel sits down with journalist Ben Schreckinger to explore the growing battle over UFO secrecy, government transparency, and…
- Jay Stratton Steps Out of the Shadows · 1 h 23 minIn this episode of Need to Know, Bryce Zabel and Richard Dolan take a deep dive into Jay Stratton's new book, Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent…
- Can the Phenomenon Be Both Hardware & Consciousness? · 1 h 7 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 78In this episode of Need to Know, Bryce Zabel and Richard Dolan break down the sixth government UAP file release, including the newly released videos, historical documents, and 37…
- What Should We Tell The Children? · 1 h 9 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 77How should we talk to children about UFOs, unexplained phenomena, and other sensitive subjects? In this episode of Need To Know, Bryce Zabel and special guest Ben Hansen explore…
- Whose Narrative Is It Anyway? · 1 h 17 min · Episodio 76In this episode of Need to Know, Bryce Zabel and Richard Dolan examine the recent Ross Coulthart–UAP Gerb interview and the accusations directed at Lue Elizondo, asking who is…
- Is the Tic Tac Really Lockheed Martin Technology? · 1 h 16 minIn this episode of Need to Know, Bryce Zabel and Richard Dolan revisit one of the most debated claims in modern ufology: Ross Coulthart's statement that the famous Nimitz "Tic…
- Does Spielberg Land Disclosure Day? · 9 minIn this episode, Bryce Zabel offers his perspective on Disclosure Day not simply as a movie, but as a cultural milestone in the UFO conversation. He examines how Steven Spielberg…
- Desert Storm - Need to Know Xtra · 1 h 1 minIn this special Need to Know episode, producer Tyler Stevens returns from Contact in the Desert 2026 with a firsthand look at the biggest UFO conference in the world. Tyler and…
- The Day After Disclosure Day · 1 h 12 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 74In this episode of Need to Know, Bryce Zabel and Richard Dolan tackle one of the most important questions in the UFO conversation: what do we actually mean when we say…
- Neil deGrasse Tyson's Alien Pivot — Commentary · 10 minNeil deGrasse Tyson seems to be pivoting on UFOs. After years of mocking the subject, he's now saying that military witnesses, whistleblowers, and congressional testimony have…
- Show Me The Saucers — Commentary · 8 minThe Trump administration's first major UFO/UAP document release has triggered a worldwide media firestorm — with newly declassified files, Apollo-era astronaut reports, military…
- UFO Disclosure Plot Twist · 1 h 19 min · Episodio 73In this special Need to Know episode, Bryce Zabel, Richard Dolan, and producer Tyler Stevens react in real time to the Trump administration's first major UFO/UAP file release…
- UFO Hail Mary · 1 h 13 minIn this episode of Need to Know, Bryce Zabel and Richard Dolan talk about Project Hail Mary, the disappearance of General McCasland, Brent Friedman's story about former Secretary…
- JC & Herrington (Sound, Light & Frequency) · 1 h 11 minBryce Zabel and Brent Friedman dive deeper into two core stories that have sparked major interest: the mysterious "party crasher" at the Dark Skies premiere and Brent Friedman's…
- Crash · 1 h 14 minIn this Need to Know episode, Bryce Zabel and Richard Dolan take a deep, methodical look at the reality of UFO crash retrievals, treating the subject not as speculation but as a…
- Turn The Page To 2026 · 1 h 16 min · Episodio 71In this Need to Know year-end special, Bryce Zabel and Richard Dolan look back at 2025 as a year defined less by breakthroughs and more by normalization, confusion, and…
- Spielberg's Disclosure Day · 1 h 17 minIn this special Need to Know episode, Bryce Zabel is joined by longtime collaborator Brent Friedman for a deep dive into the newly released trailer for Disclosure Day, Steven…
- Age of Disclosure? · 1 h 10 minIn this episode of Need to Know, Richard Dolan and Bryce Zabel break down the newly released documentary Age of Disclosure. They frame it as one of the strongest insider-driven…
- Mirage Men (Project Book Club) · 1 h 6 minIn this episode, Bryce Zabel and Chrissy Newton dive into Mirage Men, a provocative and unsettling exploration of how UFO mythology has been manipulated and, at times…
- Beyond The Sea · 1 h 10 min · Temporada 68In this Need to Know episode, Bryce Zabel and Richard Dolan dive deep—literally—into the realm of USOs (Unidentified Submerged Objects), as Dolan previews his upcoming second…
