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/
