In this episode, Jeffrey Mishlove interviews filmmaker Lance Mungia about their upcoming documentary, The PK Man, exploring the life of Ted Owens—a man who claimed to control weather, influence events, and summon UFOs through psychokinesis. Jeffrey shares insights from his decade-long correspondence with Owens, while Lance reveals the creative vision behind the film and shows excerpts. This conversation also kicks off their crowdfunding campaign, inviting viewers to participate in the journey to help bring this extraordinary story to the screen.
00:00 Introduction
01:02 Ted Owens: a controversial psychic
03:06 Evidence of Owens’ PK abilities
05:32 Lance Mungia joins the project
08:51 Crowdfunding campaign announcement
12:30 Jeffrey’s journey with Ted Owens
18:09 UFO connections and contemporary relevance
22:24 Owens’ uncanny predictions
26:46 The power of consciousness
29:04 Closing appeal
To visit our CrowdFunding page, please go to: https://crowdfundr.com/12W122
To visit our PK Man Playlist with other videos about Ted Owens, go to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDclhMCOIszRjzxlCTFJAfmOUooerkVII
New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He is Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science.
Lance Mungia is a film and video maker. He is director of the documentary, Third Eye Spies, produced with parapsychology researcher Russell Targ. He has also worked closely with director James Fox, producing The Phenomenon and The Program.