American Alchemy

Our incredible guest today is Nick Cook. In the 1990s, Cook was the aviation editor of Jane's Defence Weekly, the UK based international defense journal. He was also an aerospace consultant and contributor to the journal from 2002 to 2008. He's won awards from the Royal Aeronautical Society in the Defense, Business, Technology, and Propulsion categories and is the last thing from a UFO nut. But in the early 90's he stumbled across an article about Antigravity that would change his life forever. This interview covers his decade long exploration into the most secretive compartments of aviation history -- the quest for antigravity. It takes him from Nazi Germany, to a forgotten American inventor named Thomas Townsend Brown until more contemporary gravity researchers today. Please enjoy this long form conversation with him!Cook's Substack And Most Recent Serialized Novel (Subscribe!!): https://nickcook.substack.com/p/introducing-the-light-beyond-the*** AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an original series hosted by Jesse Michels that explores the frontier of science and tech. Each week, we bring you exclusive interviews with some of the leading thinkers of our time.INSTAGRAM ➤ https://www.instagram.com/jessemichelsTWITTER ➤ https://twitter.com/AlchemyAmericanEMAIL/BOOKINGS ➤ usa.alchemy@gmail.comSUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7eOJzNRWY4l2UTDvIquxYg?app=desktop original music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LlLRudDi60Uy4jcmOSEs1Produced by:Jesse Michels and Bryan FelberWritten by:Jesse MichelsAdditional Writing:Bryan FelberEdited by:Bryan FelberMusic by:Jordyn Edmonds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Secure your privacy with Surfshark! Enter coupon code AMERICANALCHEMY for an extra 3 months free at https://surfshark.deals/americanalchemyPhil Stutz graduated from City College in New York and received his MD from New York University. He worked as a prison psychiatrist on Rikers Island and then in private practice in New York before moving his practice to Los Angeles in 1982.Barry Michels has a BA from Harvard, a law degree from University of California, Berkeley, and an MSW from the University of Southern California. He has been in private practice as a psychotherapist since 1986.The two are the authors of the New York Times bestselling book, The Tools.*** AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an original series hosted by Jesse Michels that explores the frontier of science and tech. Each week, we bring you exclusive interviews with some of the leading thinkers of our time.INSTAGRAM ➤ https://www.instagram.com/jessemichelsTWITTER ➤ https://twitter.com/AlchemyAmericanEMAIL/BOOKINGS ➤ usa.alchemy@gmail.comSUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7eOJzNRWY4l2UTDvIquxYg?app=desktop original music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LlLRudDi60Uy4jcmOSEs1- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please buy The Man Who Mastered Gravity by Paul Schatzkin -- Schatzkin's incredible biography of Townsend Brown: https://shorturl.at/hkmx1 And The Hunt for Zero Point from Nick Cook -- the aviation journalist's very thorough search for Antigravity breakthroughs in Aerospace: https://shorturl.at/dfoX5 Clips From: Interview w/ Oke Shannon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23b44fxvz8I Rupert Sheldrake TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF03FN37i5w&t=148s Bob Lazar on Joe Rogan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEWz4SXfyCQ John Lear Interview w/ George Knapp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGQkkHuwm6w John Warner IV, Beyond Little Anton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4IyGnBY2t0&list=PLbyDV6Pdfgz9C1ZNhSwhTtERbYsof2udb Produced by Jesse Michels and Bryan Felber Written by Jesse Michels Edited by Bryan Felber Music by Jordyn Edmonds Cinematography Bryan Felber Jack Bullock Mario Kidd Additional Research Lincoln Miller JP Sassine Additional Editing Scott Noda Jordyn Edmonds Kevin Thangchaipinyokul Aidan Zulueta Assistant Editors Scott Noda Jack Bullock Featuring Paul Schatzkin Jan Lundquist Linda Leach Nick Cook Eric Weinstein Hal Puthoff Garry Nolan Jacques Vallée Special Thanks for Archival Material Paul Schatzkin Jan Lundquist Linda Leach Stan Deyo and AlienScientist Robert Hastings And the legendary Deep Prasad and Ammar Kandil for helping review!! Hair by: IG: alyssawoodhair - she’s dope, go to her if you’re in LA! | Sponsors | Click https://betterhelp.com/jessemichels for 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor BetterHelp. Join over 4 million people who've met with a therapist on BetterHelp and started living a healthier, happier life. -------------------------- JOIN OUR WHOP (Early Drops/Ad Free) ➤ https://whop.com/jessemichels Check Out Our New Store ➤ https://www.americanalchemymerch.com/ Patreon (Early Drops/Ad Free) ➤ https://www.patreon.com/c/JesseMichels Discord ➤https://discord.gg/crHc44m3kF Instagram ➤ https://www.instagram.com/jessemichelsofficial TikTok ➤ https://www.tiktok.com/@itsjessemichels X ➤ https://twitter.com/AlchemyAmerican Spotify ➤ https://tinyurl.com/jessemichelsspotify Clips Channel ➤ https://www.youtube.com/@JesseMichelsClips Website ➤ https://www.jesse-michels.com/ Media Inquiries ➤ gordon@jessemichelsmedia.com Chapters 0:00:00 Intro 0:07:35 Childhood 0:08:49 Biefeld-Brown Effect 0:12:34 5 Reliable Witnesses 0:21:26 Navy Records 0:22:44 Wounded Prairie Chicken Routine 0:24:30 B2 Stealth Bomber 0:32:39 Bob Lazar / John Lear 0:39:51 Aurora / Astra 0:44:57 Bill Lear 0:46:59 Physics 0:50:35 WWII Nazi UFOs 1:00:31 Robert Sarbacher 1:02:08 Lookout Mountain Lab 1:04:37 AUTEC 1:05:51 Caroline Group 1:09:17 NICAP 1:11:44 Philadelphia Experiment 1:14:34 Hartford UFO Crash 1:20:24 Sidereal Radiation 1:24:41 Ether / Quantum Vacuum 1:28:16 Time Travel / “Die Glocke” 1:32:29 Extended Electrodynamics 1:36:48 Refresh Talent Pool 1:39:03 WILD CARD 1:41:41 New Physics Framework 1:46:28 $50k Brown Experiment Bounty 1:47:48 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code AMERICANALCHEMY at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/americanalchemyAs the country with the fastest growing GDP in the world, China has been a mounting concern for western officials and citizens alike for decades now. But have you ever wondered to what extent the US is being co-opted, undermined, and compromised?How is TikTok being weaponized? How are elites like Hunter Biden, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, and Neil Bush in bed with agents of the Chinese Communist Party (for the latter quite literally)? Why are the Chinese putting rovers on the dark side of the moon? What about the “Chinese spy balloon” that was shot down over the US last year? Is the Chinese military preparing for an all-out cyber war?And why is the CCP allowing an overtly anti-communist themed trilogy of books in that of The Three Body Problem (now a massive hit show on Netflix) to be widely distributed in their highly-censored country? Are these books acclimatizing the populace to alien life and/or is it soft recruitment for the Chinese Space Force? This is what my friend and UFO Whistleblower David Grusch speculates while claiming that China, the US, and Russia are all in a Cold War-style arms race for reverse engineering alien craft. If World War II was about who controls the skies, would World War III be about who controls outer space?To try and get the full picture, I sat down with these two experts:Michael Paul Pillsbury is a foreign policy strategist, author, and former public official in the United States. He is a senior fellow for China strategy at The Heritage Foundation and has been Director of the Center on Chinese Strategy at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., since 2014.Josh Rogin is an American journalist currently serving as a foreign policy columnist for the Global Opinions section of The Washington Post and a political analyst for CNN. He is author of the book Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the 21st Century.*** AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an original series hosted by Jesse Michels that explores the frontier of science and tech. We bring you exclusive interviews with some of the leading thinkers of our time.INSTAGRAM ➤ https://www.instagram.com/jessemichelsTWITTER ➤ https://twitter.com/AlchemyAmericanEMAIL/BOOKINGS ➤ usa.alchemy@gmail.comSUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7eOJzNRWY4l2UTDvIquxYg?app=desktop- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Grusch is a 14 year Intel officer who blew the whistle on UFO reverse engineering programs. Please watch our comprehensive documentary with him on our channel! These are all of the key takeaways from that video.Watch full length documentary here: https://youtu.be/kRO5jOa06Qw?si=D6dl6LtZF8u8oWpYAnd incredible YesTheory documentary: https://youtu.be/kwsWAQ9sJZE?si=VuwWGljLgSbO-1KUTimestamps0:00 - Intro2:55 - Why do UFOs show up around nuclear sites4:07 - Nuclear secrecy as a trojan horse6:14 - Atomic insiders as “debunkers”9:00 - Who is Townsend Brown11:03 - What was going on at Wright Patterson11:44 - UFOs and JFK*** AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an original series hosted by Jesse Michels that explores the frontier of science and tech.INSTAGRAM ➤ https://www.instagram.com/jessemichelsTWITTER ➤ https://twitter.com/AlchemyAmericanEMAIL/BOOKINGS ➤ usa.alchemy@gmail.comSUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7eOJzNRWY4l2UTDvIquxYg?app=desktop original music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LlLRudDi60Uy4jcmOSEs1- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Diana Pasulka is a religious studies professor at UNC Wilmington who has written three books: Heaven Can Wait, American Cosmic and Encounters (links below). The first was about Catholic purgatory and when Pasulka began documenting historical accounts of “divine” or “angelic” visitations in the Catholic tradition she started to notice commonalities among them and modern alien and UFO experiences. Thus began her documentation of the modern religious aspects of the UFO phenomenon along with her journey into classified secret aerospace work in the United States. Her book Encounters served to destigmatize “disclosure” as a global, transhistorical phenomenon that transcends our myopic western frame.It was an honor and a privilege to have her on American Alchemy!You can find Diana Pasulka's books here:Heaven Can Wait: https://a.co/d/0mcVUCoEncounters: https://a.co/d/56UXbUCAmerican Cosmic: https://a.co/d/9VCSbYoI'd also like to give a huge shoutout to Ammar from YesTheory for helping out on this interview! Check out the YesTheory channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@YesTheory/For a deeper dive on UFOs, government disclosure, and the theories behind why these are kept secret, check out my full length documentary with UFO Whistleblower David Grusch here: https://youtu.be/kRO5jOa06Qw?si=S0zHzMiLT2Dm_0jjP.S. check out this very creative paper Dr. Pasulka wrote with Grad student Mark Burchick about the intersection of AI, religious studies and the phenomenon: https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/4uGGCn5NLJI77V9jt9AbfM/*** AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an original series hosted by Jesse Michels that explores the frontier of science and tech. Each week, we bring you exclusive interviews with some of the leading thinkers of our time.INSTAGRAM ➤ https://www.instagram.com/jessemichelsTWITTER ➤ https://twitter.com/AlchemyAmericanEMAIL/BOOKINGS ➤ usa.alchemy@gmail.comSUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7eOJzNRWY4l2UTDvIquxYg?app=desktop original music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LlLRudDi60Uy4jcmOSEs1- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Masters is a biological anthropologist at Montana Tech University. He’s written 3 books: Unidentified Flying Objects, The Extratempestrial Model, and Revelation: The Future Human Past. His arguments that aliens are just humans from the future who have figured out time travel are compelling and thorough. Please enjoy this episode!! And buy his books if you do :) Find Mike Masters' books here: https://amzn.to/3QBgaPx *** AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an original series hosted by Jesse Michels that explores the frontier of science and tech. INSTAGRAM ➤ https://www.instagram.com/jessemichels TWITTER ➤ https://twitter.com/AlchemyAmerican EMAIL/BOOKINGS ➤ usa.alchemy@gmail.com SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7eOJzNRWY4l2UTDvIquxYg?app=desktop original music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LlLRudDi60Uy4jcmOSEs1 - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Grusch is a former 14-year high ranking intelligence officer who left government in early '23 to blow the whistle on UFO’s. In 2019, he was tasked by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and Pentagon to investigate UFO’s as part of the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon Task Force (or UAPTF). In that context, he slowly started to uncover a covert UFO reverse engineering program being concealed from the civilian government. In June of '23, he outed himself to the public. In July of '23, he testified before Congress. We sat down for hours and talked about the entire history of UFO's, UFO and Atomic secrecy, Presidents and their relationships to UFO's and the insane world of Anti-Gravity research.A Film byAmerican Alchemy. Stay tuned for YesTheory's documentary coming October 1st!!! https://youtu.be/kwsWAQ9sJZE?si=F_aA93kIdqb1bvitProduced in Collaboration withYes TheoryWritten byJesse MichelsDirected byAmmar KandilProduced byJesse Michels and Bryan FelberEdited byBryan FelberAssistant Edited byJack BullockCinematography byShawn MalangyaonLuke GaieIan LeachAdditional Cinematography byMario KiddProduction Sound MixerTim BrazzellSpecial ThanksStaffan TaylorRed Panda KoalaGarry NolanHal PuthoffEric WeinsteinJacques ValléeRobert HastingsMichael MastersDiana PasulkaNick CookPaul SchatzkinResources for people who want to dive deeper:Dave's Congressional Testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNgoul4vyDMNewsnation Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUnKRknLVSA&pp=ygUWZGF2ZSBncnVzY2ggbmV3c25hdGlvbg%3D%3DRedpandakoala makes the best documentaries on UFO’s on YouTube and helped me with research for this video: https://www.youtube.com/@RedPandaKoalaRobert Hastings, UFO’s and Nukes: https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Nukes-Extraordinary-Encounters-Nuclear/dp/1544822197/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZPCX9IU3U2FG&keywords=ufos+and+nukes&qid=1694391607&sprefix=ufos+and+nuke%2Caps%2C284&sr=8-1Nick Cook, The Hunt for Zero Point: https://www.amazon.com/Hunt-Zero-Point-Classified-Antigravity/dp/0767906284/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2U1F3Y0CRYXHS&keywords=the+hunt+for+zero+point&qid=1694393431&sprefix=the+hunt+for+zero+po%2Caps%2C196&sr=8-1Paul Schatzkin, The Man Who Mastered Gravity: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Mastered-Gravity-Mysteries/dp/0976200023/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1KHPWW5QDJ0J3&keywords=the+man+who+mastered+gravity&qid=1694389452&sprefix=the+man+who+mastered+gravirty%2Caps%2C567&sr=8-1Diana Pasulka, American Cosmic: https://www.amazon.com/American-Cosmic-D-W-Pasulka-audiobook/dp/B07N31G98W/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VB99MKVCL86U&keywords=american+cosmic&qid=1694393567&sprefix=american+cosmic%2Caps%2C162&sr=8-1Jacque Vallee, Passport to Magonia: https://www.amazon.com/American-Cosmic-D-W-Pasulka-audiobook/dp/B07N31G98W/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VB99MKVCL86U&keywords=american+cosmic&qid=1694393567&sprefix=american+cosmic%2Caps%2C162&sr=8-1Jane’s Defence Weekly: Article on Anti-Gravity: https://www.airplanesandrockets.com/magazines/young-men/g-engines-coming-young-men-november-1956.htmTwining Memo 1947: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20797978-twining-memoBrian Muraresku, Immortality Key: https://www.amazon.com/Immortality-Key-Uncovering-History-Religion/dp/1250207142Robert Becker, The Body Electric: https://www.amazon.com/Body-Electric-Electromagnetism-Foundation-Life/dp/0688069711/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2I2M2CXM6NNH7&keywords=the+body+electric&qid=1694395270&sprefix=the+body+electr%2Caps%2C661&sr=8-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Martin Shkreli is America’s most hated pharma bro. In 2015 he bought daraprim which treats HIV and AIDS induced toxoplasmosis and raised the price dramatically. When questioned, he trolled reporters and the public, while actually accommodating a large majority of requests that needed the drug more cheaply. In doing this, he exposed behavior engaged in constantly by big pharma. In this episode, we talk heterodox health, biology and general science.TIMESTAMPS:Intro: 0:00Shkreli on Being a Troll: 3:04Turing & A.I.: 4:15Anti-Aging: 11:00Trippy Beliefs & Religion: 13:36A.I.: 15:00Human Evolution & Health: 20:56Shkreli's Prison Time: 23:27Love Life: 24:24New Startup & Business: 27:04A.I. & Crypto: 33:05Who is Satoshi: 36:37Favorite Books & Prison Time: 37:51Information Theory: 42:41Top 5 Rappers: 47:06Hillary Clinton: 52:03Martin's Trial: 55:21Pharma & Medical System: 1:02:56Was C0VlD Man-Made?: 1:11:56Relationships & Marriage: 1:22:12Autism Spectrum: 1:27:59Being Misunderstood & OnlyFans: 1:32:11*** AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an original series hosted by Jesse Michels that explores the frontier of science and tech. Each week, we bring you exclusive interviews with some of the leading thinkers of our time.INSTAGRAM ➤ https://www.instagram.com/jessemichelsTWITTER ➤ https://twitter.com/AlchemyAmericanEMAIL/BOOKINGS ➤ usa.alchemy@gmail.comSUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7eOJzNRWY4l2UTDvIquxYg?app=desktop original music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LlLRudDi60Uy4jcmOSEs1- martin shkreli pharma bro Elea Capital wu tang clan investing daraprim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacque Vallee is the legendary French UFO researcher who formed the basis for Steven Spielberg's eccentric scientist in Close Encounters of The Third Kind. He has worked with every prominent player in UFOology since the 60's including Dr. J. Alan Hynek who served as the Chief Science Advisor to project Blue Book, the Airforce's UFO investigation program from 52'-69'. Vallee has written multiple groundbreaking books that suggest "aliens" are actually interdimensional entities codirecting human evolution, not new visitors from Space. In this interview, he makes some fascinating new suggestions around the nature of these entities; we also discuss a real, secret project behind Project Bluebook, his model of reality and time and the commercial group that holds the secrets to the American UFO story.Go out and buy his new book, Trinity! shorturl.at/epsIW*** AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an original series hosted by Jesse Michels that explores the frontier of science and tech. Each week, we bring you exclusive interviews with some of the leading thinkers of our time.INSTAGRAM ➤ https://www.instagram.com/jessemichelsTWITTER ➤ https://twitter.com/AlchemyAmericanEMAIL/BOOKINGS ➤ usa.alchemy@gmail.comSUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7eOJzNRWY4l2UTDvIquxYg?app=desktop original music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LlLRudDi60Uy4jcmOSEs1- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices