Garrett's Service and Edison's Conquest of Mars

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Garrett's service is the first crime anyone said aliens built the pyramids. The show feeds off of Egyptomania which has such a long complex history it's been going on for so long, says Sukhos. And and Sukhos if he watches we'll get very angry if we say that because they don't say aliens built the Pyramids but heavily imply it all the time.

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.