It‘s Probably (not) Aliens!

Epizodes

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  Angkor Wat: Colonialism Went to Space College 06.10.2026 1h 22min

  Ancient Aliens would like you to believe Angkor Wat required a trip to space college and a supply of magic water. Apparently, giving Khmer builders credit for knowing how to build things is asking too much.We look at the religious poem being repackaged as an alien encounter, the canals used to transport sandstone, and the enormous amount of skilled, often coerced labour behind the temple. We also compare two supposedly identical pyramids that turn out to have different materials, heights and purposes. Scott has a soundboard clip about magical water. This becomes everyone's problem.Then we follow the claim that Cambodians couldn't have built their own monuments through French colonialism, stolen antiquities and modern conspiracy content. Denying people credit for their history helped justify taking their land and heritage. We discuss efforts to bring that heritage home, and what Khmer water management and farmers' adaptations to drought and flooding can teach us about living through climate disruption.Get new episodes early and support the show on Patreon and Nebula!Subscribe to It's Probably (not) Aliens for weekly episodes about cool ancient history! And give us a 5-star review if you have the time. It really helps us out!Tristan Johnson Bluesky | Twitter | YouTubeScott Niswander Bluesky | Twitter | YouTubeFollow the show on Bluesky or Twitter for more updates!Ask us questions and send us topics to talk about at ProbsNotAliens.comMusic by Rod Kim | Cover art by Skutch | Edited by Stanford See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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  Joan of Arc: God Forbid a Girl Break a Siege 29.09.2026 1h 30min

  We examine Ancient Aliens' claim that extraterrestrials guided Joan of Arc, explore how faith and morale shaped her role in the Hundred Years War, and discuss how turning her into a political symbol erases her agency.
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  Rendlesham Forest: 'Trust Me, Bro' in Binary 22.09.2026 1h 29min

  We examine the alleged binary message from the Rendlesham Forest UFO encounter, its missing evidence and mythical island coordinates, then connect Ancient Aliens' chosen messengers to Silicon Valley's billionaire saviour politics.
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  We Goofed: Scott Had a Baby. We Have Bad News. 15.09.2026 1h 15min

  Scott returns from parental leave for a bleak news catch-up and listener corrections on Yellowstone, aspirin, Soviet labour awards, Scooby-Doo and Thanos, with his soundboard ready and his willingness to admit fault under review.
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  Walking Amogus 16.06.2026 1h 9min

  A retired history professor is convinced telepathic aliens who can't use a toaster are quietly replacing humanity, and we trace that goofy panic straight back to a very old and very dangerous idea.
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  The Real Mantis Was The Exploitation We Made Along The Way 09.06.2026 1h 20min

  Tristan and guest Stanford take apart the UFO-lore claim that seven-foot praying-mantis aliens run a hidden hierarchy over human abductions, following it from one historian's hypnosis sessions through sleep paralysis to the management class it's quietly describing.
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  Rosicrucianism Was Just A 1614 S***post 02.06.2026 1h 11min

  Tristan and guest Sarah Davis Baker explore the bizarre history of the Georgia Guidestones, debunking claims of alien population control to reveal a legacy of eugenics, 17th-century hoaxes, and explosive right-wing infighting.
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  Nikola Tesla Was Never Forgotten, He Was Just Sad 26.05.2026 1h 39min

  Ancient Aliens claims Nikola Tesla's death ray was real and the government hid the alien tech, but the secret vault contained a Wheatstone bridge, Donald Trump's uncle filed the debunking report, and the lone-genius myth has been doing real political damage ever since.
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  Tartaria: A Russian Psyop For People Who Hate Drywall 19.05.2026 1h 44min

  Tartaria, the TikTok conspiracy theory that claims a globe-spanning civilization was buried by a mud flood in 1850, is a Russian nationalist psyop that survives because capitalism already erased the workers who actually built the pretty buildings.
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  Leonardo da Vinci Was Just A Guy With ADHD 12.05.2026 1h 11min

  Ancient Aliens claims Leonardo da Vinci got his inventions telepathically from aliens; we trace the great man theory of history from Thomas Carlyle through Francis Galton coining eugenics straight to Peter Thiel's embryo selection, by way of a tank that doesn't work.
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  Anarchist praxis in the 17th century (a love story) 05.05.2026 1h 34min

  Phil and Kevin guest-host as Tristan unpacks how a Pacific island culture's medieval revolt against feudal extraction got rebranded by Ancient Aliens as a failed alien hybrid experiment, with a side trip through the Blavatsky to Lovecraft to von Däniken pipeline that put eugenics-flavored cosmology on basic cable.
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  We Should've Had Shovels For Hands 28.04.2026 2h 4min

  Ancient Aliens says aliens triggered a super volcano 74,000 years ago to cull humanity and preserve a chosen few in bunkers, which is, coincidentally, exactly what Mark Zuckerberg is spending $270 million trying to do.
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  Struck Down In His Prime At 90 Years Young 21.04.2026 1h 22min

  Tristan and Scott kick off a new season by correcting their own mistakes about batteries, Thai colonial history, medieval historiography, Zoroastrian theology, and the historical Jesus while eulogizing their nemesis Erich von Däniken with the dignity he deserves (air horns).
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  The Clearest UFO Photo of 2026 Costs $12 at Party City 26.03.2026 39min

  A viral AI-enhanced "UFO" over Acapulco turned out to be a $12 party balloon, but the real story is how AI upscaling, government disclosure hype, and platform economics are building a world where sharper images mean less truth.
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  Magnets: How Do They (Not) Work? 03.03.2026 1h 15min

  We return to Carnac to debunk claims that Neolithic standing stones are geomagnetic alien batteries, and end up talking about why capitalism ruined our ability to appreciate art.
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  Coral Castle: Women Always Be Wanting You To Make Megaliths 24.02.2026 1h 47min

  Scott takes the host chair as a birthday gift to Tristan and debunks Ancient Aliens' claims about Coral Castle, a coral stone structure in Florida built by a Latvian immigrant using basic engineering that was repackaged as romantic alien mystery by a jeweler in the 1950s.
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  Scott Is Tired So His Pregnant Wife Is The Host Now 17.02.2026 1h 27min

  Emily Pilat fills in for Scott as Tristan debunks claims that Armenia's Karahunj stone site is a 12,000-year-old alien observatory, revealing it's most likely a Bronze Age graveyard with holes for ropes and goats.
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  Sacsayhuamán: The One Where We Solve the Male Loneliness Epidemic 10.02.2026 1h 44min

  Ancient Aliens and Graham Hancock claim Sacsayhuamán's precisely fitted megalithic stones prove alien intervention or a lost civilization, but the Inca built it using sophisticated engineering techniques, organized labour, and generational knowledge; a narrative that both erases indigenous achievement and sanitizes the exploitative labour systems that made such monuments possible.
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  Göbekli Tepe Part 2: Oops, All Tristan Makes You Sad 03.02.2026 1h 28min

  An examination of how ancient alien conspiracy theories serve as gateway content to more dangerous radicalization, and the systemic forces, algorithmic manipulation, economic exploitation, and media incentives, that weaponize curiosity into extremism.
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  Göbekli Tepe Part 1: Using Excessive Amounts of Lube To Move Big Rocks 27.01.2026 1h 36min

  Scott and Tristan examine the archaeological evidence at Göbekli Tepe to disprove claims that the site required alien technology or a lost super-civilization to construct, proving that Stone Age hunter-gatherers were perfectly capable of organizing a massive construction project if they had enough lube.