Ancient Aliens on Netflix

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Tonight we're diving in to some of the more degenerate programming on television, namely ancient aliens of the history channel and ancient apocalypse more recently on Netflix. We're examining both tonight because while there is a gap in their respective levels of production value, they have much in common ideologically. They sort of suffer from similar worldviews about them taking on big evil archaeology,. which we'll get into later. And so that's one of the reasons why we're excited to talk about this tonight.

On this Live Show Beg-a-Thon, recorded on May 17, we discuss the pop culture phenomenon and appeal of pseudoarchaeology in its many forms, from fraudulent alternative history books like Erich von Däniken's 1968 book, Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of the Past, to television series like "Ancient Aliens" and "Ancient Apocalypse."

Alongside guest Dr. David S. Anderson, we discuss how phony "what if?" theories often go beyond the goofy, guilty pleasure premises of extraterrestrial visitors and lost civilizations to promote Eurocentric, racist pap and a mindless distrust of "the scientific establishment" in the stupidest and least productive way possible.