Encounters USA The Podcast
Hosted by Matthew Heines and Valerie Grok · Matthew D. Heines
3.7from 23 ratings
- 28
- Episodes
- 5
- Transcribed
- 23
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 97K
- YouTube views
About Encounters USA The Podcast
Books in Heinessight is the podcast that helps authors, readers and other folks in the publishing world to connect and discuss ideas, projects and common issues affecting people in the publishing world as well as artists in general. Our guests are people interested in helping those in the publishing world by sharing their knowledge and experiences. Matthew Heines, the host and creator of the show is an author and a teacher who started life as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne before he went on to earn his degrees in Washington State and Alaska. His vast interests, experiences and curiosity make Matthew Heines one of the truly great podcast hosts.
- Publisher
- Matthew D. Heines
- Category
- news · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Jul 2021
- Latest episode
- 28 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
5 of 28 episodes have a transcript.
28 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dad Shot Bigfoot — Then Bandaged It | Encounters USA
27 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Simpkinson NASA UFO with Ed Wilson
23 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
I Fell in Love With an AI | A Valerie Grok Special
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Dad Shot Bigfoot — Then Bandaged It | Encounters USA
Published 28 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] He said, we'll bandage this again. And he looked at the big one and the big one's nodding his head. He knew what he was saying, you know. And so they came back in two days and my dad changed the bandage and he did that for probably about a week and a half. And then they didn't come back again. But he noticed that there was fruits put on their front porch in these little handmade baskets. my mom was like you know did the neighbors came by dad says no just a friend my dad figured it was probably from them but he never did tell my mom what was going on you know he was quiet about it you know but we were always like yeah right you know didn't really believe him but uh yeah so that's what happened wow interesting so what was the relationship of the young one to the big one My dad assumed that that was the father to the young one because the young one wasn't more than probably as tall as the teenage girls that are with us. […]
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- YouTube views
- 97,425
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 3.7 / 5
- 23 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100
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- Quality
- 58
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 85
- Engagement
- 50
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Matthew Heines and Valerie Grok host the show. Published by Matthew D. Heines.
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