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New! Unidentified--Graham Hancock, Ancient Aliens, and the Chad Rogaine Experience
Season 6, Ep. 10
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We discuss the woe-is-me posturing of non-scientist Graham Hancock, and his ludicrous theories about an advanced civilization wiped out by the last ice age, which spread its knowledge far and wide, and thus is responsible for all of the ancient structures we normally credit to people like the Egyptians, the Mayans, etcetera. I should mention we had a strange interference pattern occur during the recording process, but I'm sure nothing untoward, or very Stupid, happened. See you in a couple of weeks.
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18. New! Unidentified--Roswell--It wasn't aliens, dummies.
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17. New! Unidentified--Roswell: The mortician's tale, and the little alien bodies
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16. New! Unidentifed--So, what really happened at Roswell?
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15. New! Unidentified--The Roswell incident (as told by an expert UFO believer)
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