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   S6 · E167 · 13 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 34 minNew

   Ramanujan: Show Your Work or They'll Make It Aliens

   We examine claims that aliens supplied Ramanujan's mathematics and great artists' inspiration, explore how creativity works, and connect the myth of solitary genius to colonialism and the neglect of the public support that helps people create.

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   S6 · E166 · 6 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

   Angkor Wat: Colonialism Went to Space College

   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…

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   S6 · E165 · 29 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 30 min

   Joan of Arc: God Forbid a Girl Break a Siege

   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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   S6 · E163 · 15 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

   We Goofed: Scott Had a Baby. We Have Bad News.

   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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   S5 · E161 · 16 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

   Walking Amogus

   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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   S5 · E160 · 9 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 21 min

   The Real Mantis Was The Exploitation We Made Along The Way

   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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   S5 · E159 · 2 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

   Rosicrucianism Was Just A 1614 S***post

   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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   S5 · E158 · 26 May 2026 · 1 hr 39 min

   Nikola Tesla Was Never Forgotten, He Was Just Sad

   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.