Probing Ancient Aliens

Erich von Daniken created Ancient Astronaut Theory in 1968 with the publication of his book: Chariots of the Gods. Without this seminal work, History Channel’s “Ancient Aliens” wouldn’t exist, and neither would this podcast! So for that, Steve and Joey give Mr. VD Viewpoint himself some credit for opening people’s minds over the decades...and perhaps their little colons too! As this episode goes through Erich’s early years as a Jesuit school student questioning the Bible’s interpretation of God all the way to Paradigm Symposium 2012 where he proudly proclaims he’s an “Unreasonable Man,” you better believe our plucky Ancient Astronaut Theorists have much love and more than a little butt-smooching for the former Swiss hotel manager. Childress, Tsoukalos, Noory, Bauval, Coppens, Redfern and the whole shebang gang reflect on how Erich inspired them on their own ancient aliens journey to conspiracy theory stardom of varying degrees. Let’s proooooooooobe into ol’ Erich and find out what ancient alien-designed machi