In this episode, Meagan is joined by two Substitute Sisters – archaeologist and television producer, Annelise Baer, and the host of the podcast Digging Up Ancient Aliens (and also an archaeologist), Fredrik Trusohamn, to talk about everything Ancient Aliens. Our discussion includes the origins of the ancient astronauts hypothesis that inspired it, behind the scenes info from Annelise’s time as a researcher for the show, and the not-so-extraterrestrial origins of some of the Ancient Aliens team’s favorite archaeological sites. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and more.
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Links to all of Annelise’s social media can be found here: https://linktr.ee/annelisebaer
Fredrik can be found via the Digging Up Ancient Aliens website: https://diggingupancientaliens.com/
Here are our sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Aliens
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_astronauts
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-idiocy-fabrications-and-lies-of-ancient-aliens-86294030/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoarchaeology
- https://www.science.org/content/article/believe-atlantis-these-archaeologists-want-win-you-back-science
- https://hyperallergic.com/470795/pseudoarchaeology-and-the-racism-behind-ancient-aliens/
- https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/gobekli-tepe-mystery-new-chapter-in-history-robert-adam-schneiker/
- https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/review-of-ancient-aliens-ultimate-evidence-s01e01-beyond-nazca https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/94/
Meagan is joined by Substitute Sister and astronomer Dr. Allison Kirkpatrick for a discussion on all things spooky (or, more accurately, completely terrifying) about space. We cover rogue black holes and planets, asteroid deflection, gamma ray bursts (oh hey Betelgeuse!), and the mysterious Great Attractor (is it God!?).
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and more.
Allison can be found on Twitter @AkAstronomy.
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Here are our sources:
- https://observer.com/2021/03/oumuamua-alien-interstellar-object-ice-comet-study-reveal/
- https://www.space.com/oumuamua-first-interstellar-visitor-true-nature-mystery#:~:text=’Oumuamua%3A%20The%20solar%20system’s%201st,(and%20unknowable)%20star%20system.
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_black_hole
- https://www.livescience.com/rogue-black-hole-milky-way.
- https://www.audacy.com/krld/news/national/nasa-detects-the-biggest-explosion-ever-recorded-in-space
- https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/17/world/gamma-ray-burst-detection-scn/index.html
- https://www.livescience.com/gamma-ray-brightest-of-all-time
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/record-breaking-gamma-rays-reveal-secrets-of-the-universes-most-powerful-explosions/
- https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Space_for_you/Gamma-ray_bursts_are_we_safe#:~:text=For%20a%20few%20seconds%20every,%2Dray%20bursts’%20or%20GRBs.
- https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/how-deadly-would-a-nearby-gamma-ray-burst-be/
- https://www.universetoday.com/118140/are-gamma-ray-bursts-dangerous/
- https://www.space.com/33579-will-the-great-attractor-destroy-us.html
- https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-confirms-dart-mission-impact-changed-asteroid-s-motion-in-space/
This (belated) Thanksgiving episode features an exceptionally giggly discussion on spooky birds. It’s got a little bit of everything, from dinosaur-like cassowaries capable of disemboweling an adult human to owls as Mothman to meat raining from the sky!
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Thousands of crop circles have appeared in fields worldwide. Theories about what created them have included everything from horny hedgehogs to extraterrestrials. In this episode we discuss the history of crop circles and cover who (or what) is really behind them.
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This episode is the second half of our two-part series on the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. Most of us have heard of Amelia Earhart but as prominent as she is in the history books there is still a ton of uncertainty surrounding what happened to her. Last time, we focused on the details of the trip and the possibility that she and Noonan ran out of fuel and crashed into the ocean. In this episode, we review some of the other popular hypotheses about what befell the famous pilot and her navigator. You can listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or Pandora.
Here are the sources we used for this episode:
Podcasts: Vanished: Amelia Earhart; Astonishing Legends, Episodes 4 & 5: Amelia Earhart Vanishes Parts 1 & 2
This episode is the second half of our two-part series on the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. Most of us have heard of Amelia Earhart but as prominent as she is in the history books there is still a ton of uncertainty surrounding what happened to her. Last time, we focused on the details of the trip and the possibility that she and Noonan ran out of fuel and crashed into the ocean. In this episode, we review some of the other popular hypotheses about what befell the famous pilot and her navigator.
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We’re back on the alien train, folks! In this episode, Paige tells us about her husband’s “alien abduction” experience, and we discuss the science and psychology that may be behind your favorite ET encounter stories, from sleep paralysis to recovered memories from surgeries gone wrong. The only thing we know for sure is that your brain is a very weird place! You can listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or Pandora.
Here are the sources we used for this episode:
Podcasts: Strange Arrivals, Episode 11, “Extraordinary Claims”
