Pseudo-Archaeology

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Dr. Andrew Kinkella brings you stories about pseudo-archaeology and the real stories behind the false claims.

Recent Episodes
  • The Moana Surfrider: Haunted? - Ep 160
    Apr 9, 2025 – 00:35:01
  • Live from the Royal Hawaiian! - Ep 159
    Mar 26, 2025 – 00:26:07
  • Kinkella Visits Sedona Arizona and Gets New Aged - Ep 158
    Mar 12, 2025 – 00:39:05
  • Monolith: 2001, 2010, Today and Forever! - Ep 157
    Feb 26, 2025 – 00:37:48
  • The Chupacabra is Coming to Get You! - Ep 156
    Feb 12, 2025 – 00:30:58
  • Kinkella Meets the Witchdoctor of Belize! - Ep 155
    Jan 29, 2025 – 00:36:21
  • From the Jungles of Belize: Beware the Duende! - Ep 154
    Jan 15, 2025 – 00:33:06
  • Encore - The Curse of King Tut - Ep 128
    Jan 2, 2025 – 00:25:19
  • ENCORE: Kinkella Visits "The Thing" - Ep 98
    Dec 19, 2024 – 00:34:20
  • 2024 End of the Year Review! - Ep 153
    Dec 5, 2024 – 00:47:28
  • Six Degrees of Menendez Murders: I Knew a Guy Who Knew the Guy - Ep 152
    Nov 21, 2024 – 00:34:35
  • Graham Hancock's Ancient Apocalypse 2: When One Apocalypse is Not Enough - Ep 151
    Nov 6, 2024 – 00:49:58
  • What's The Deal With Percy Fawcett and The Lost City of Z? - Ep 150
    Oct 9, 2024 – 00:37:07
  • "The Atlantis Puzzle" and the Richat Structure: African Atlanteans Won't Leave Me Alone - Ep 149
    Sep 25, 2024 – 00:34:33
  • Completing the Circuit of Silliness: The Baghdad Battery - Ep 148
    Sep 11, 2024 – 00:34:51
  • Let There Be Darkness: The Dendera Light - Ep 147
    Aug 28, 2024 – 00:31:51
  • Let's Find Amelia Earhart! - Ep 146
    Jul 31, 2024 – 00:35:59
  • Helena Blavatsky - Ep 145
    Jul 17, 2024 – 00:31:44
  • Sci-Fi, H.P. Lovecraft, and Pseudoarchaeology - Ep 144
    Jun 23, 2024 – 00:30:11
  • The Megalithic Temples of Malta - Ep 143
    Jun 5, 2024 – 00:30:03
  • The Bimini Road - Ep 142
    May 23, 2024 – 00:28:20
  • The Yonaguni Submarine Ruins - Ep 141
    May 8, 2024 – 00:30:20
  • Flint Dibble and Graham Hancock Talk for 4.5 Hours on The Joe Rogan Experience - Ep 140
    Apr 24, 2024 – 00:39:15
  • Kinkella Visits the USS Hornet - Ep 139
    Apr 10, 2024 – 00:33:59
  • The Lost Continent of Mu: For The Times When Atlantis Isn't Quite Dumb Enough - Ep 138
    Mar 13, 2024 – 00:36:08
  • Atlantis: Let's Do This! - Ep 137
    Feb 28, 2024 – 00:37:01
  • Augustus Le Plongeon: The World's Most Interesting Pseudoarchaeologist - Ep 136
    Feb 14, 2024 – 00:36:09
  • The Scopes Monkey Trial - Ep 135
    Jan 31, 2024 – 00:38:55
  • Piltdown Man - Ep 134
    Jan 17, 2024 – 00:33:29
  • 2023: Year in Review - Ep 133
    Jan 3, 2024 – 00:39:48
  • Where Were You In 1984: Kinkella Reviews Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Ep 132
    Dec 20, 2023 – 00:45:28
  • Kon-Tiki! - Ep 131
    Dec 6, 2023 – 00:28:57
  • Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg: The Accidental Pseudoarchaeologist - Ep 130
    Nov 22, 2023 – 00:31:32
  • Gunung Padang Is Not A Pyramid: Does Anyone Double-Check Anything Anymore? - Ep 129
    Nov 8, 2023 – 00:24:37
  • The Curse of King Tut - Ep 128
    Oct 25, 2023 – 00:25:19
  • Alright Already! I'll Do the Mexican Alien Story! Sheesh. - Ep 127
    Oct 11, 2023 – 00:21:46
  • Building Your Own Media Empire - Ep 126
    Sep 27, 2023 – 00:36:58
  • Ignatius Donnelly: The Pseudoarchaeologist Who Was Also a U.S. Congressman - Ep 125
    Sep 13, 2023 – 00:35:12
  • Fun with Logical Fallacies - Ep 124
    Aug 30, 2023 – 00:46:24
  • My Appearance on "Wired Support: Archaeology": Behind the Scenes and Responding to the Comments - Ep 123
    Aug 16, 2023 – 00:38:15
  • Kinkella Remembers Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Ep 122
    Aug 2, 2023 – 00:41:03
  • Kinkella Reviews Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - Ep 121
    Jul 19, 2023 – 00:49:19
  • Kinkella Visits the Rosicrucian Museum in San Jose - Ep 120
    Jul 5, 2023 – 00:32:15
  • Remembering My Friend Cam - Ep 119
    Jun 21, 2023 – 00:45:58
  • Shipwrecks and Treasure Hunting - Ep 118
    Jun 7, 2023 – 00:37:35
  • The Younger Dryas Comet Impact Hypothesis - Ep 117
    May 24, 2023 – 00:38:10
  • The Face on Mars and its Appearance in "Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders" - Ep 116
    May 10, 2023 – 00:31:59
  • Kinkella Revisits Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Ep 115
    Apr 26, 2023 – 00:50:22
  • The Maya Cenotes - Ep 114
    Apr 12, 2023 – 00:43:29
  • Gobekli Tepe - Ep 113
    Mar 29, 2023 – 00:33:02
Recent Reviews
  • Cashficke
    Great to listen to in the field
    I gotta say this show is super entertaining for me. I listen while I survey and commute to and from different projects. Andrew, I enjoyed the little Toyota Land Cruiser moment in one of your episodes. I have an old fj40 that I used to daily drive in high school and undergrad in NM and your story hit home about cruising the desert hit home haha.
  • patd2foxfire
    Hysterical while bursting those bubbles
    This is interesting, humorous, and balanced. I look forward to every release though the host does debunk a lot of fun theories about past cultures!
  • I'm_A_WHOVIAN
    Entertaining and informative!
    If you have a genuine interest in esoterica and archaeology, I highly recommend this podcast! The new host does a great job of debunking common and harmful, misinformation without insulting anyone’s intelligence. He is very entertaining and down to earth, and he is passionate about archaeology enough to honestly acknowledge its flaws. If I had a professor like him I might’ve finished my degree. “The only thing I know is that I know nothing.” **Edit: He does sometimes insult people’s intelligence. I can’t blame him.
  • Octoboy8
    Glad it’s back!
    Dr. Kinkella is a super fun and engaging host and I think that he is the perfect choice to bring this podcast back. I was very surprised to see the podcast returning and I’m excited to continue listening.
  • Elzie D
    Still here
    Looking forward to the reboot
  • Bulletpruf
    Blah blah blah
    Holy cow they talk too fast. It’s like it is playing at 1.5x. If you want to learn about things that aren’t true then this is the podcast for you. The poor guests (some who I would like to hear more from) are constantly talked over by the hosts. A lot of underlying anger at (not debunking of) fringe and false theories and conclusions in the field. Yeah, yeah…, we all know Graham Hancock is a kook. We don’t need to keep reliving it and going over it again, and again, and again. Save your ears and move on, there is nothing worth listening to here.
  • Relax1n79
    New favorite podcast!
    Great and interesting podcast. My only gripe is that the treble needs to be turned down, it’s killing my ears
  • The other me 2
    Great podcast, but stop the background noise
    I love the content it’s generally very interesting but the background noise is just incessant. I sometimes have to expect to hear a toilet flush in the middle of the episode. LOL. But anyway I don’t let that distract you it’s a great podcast
  • Jim1950A
    DEAD PODCAST?
    Haven’t heard a new cast for over a year.
  • ONMYMAC
    Incredibly boring
    Not sure how they do it, but this podcast can take an otherwise interesting topic and turn it into one big whine.
  • bcs1988
    Informative
    Some episodes are better than others. Usually quite informative. Would rate it better if they kept their politics out of it.
  • TeeMick
    Title, really?
    I love the concept of this podcast! The 2 male hosts, however, won't SHUT UP! They have to prove how smart they are by interjecting constantly. I feel so bad for the female host. She can't get a word in edge-wise because she's effing polite. I feel bad for me because I want to listen to this podcast and after a half dozen episodes, I can't take it anymore!
  • Chinese girl's husband
    Not my favorite podcast
    I liking to some episode; and then some others not as much liking to me (from I persceptive.) How can rate good if differintly quality all time, huh?
  • CrassMallarky
    Fantastic show.
    I'm not an archaeologist, or even an enthusiast, but this program is great fun and also filled with information that non-specialists rarely encounter. The male co-hosts come off as a bit full of themselves, but I suppose that's not unusual among people who volunteer to host podcasts. The show as a whole, though, is great. The content more than makes up for the slightly annoying tone.
  • IndyCroft.com
    Interesting and Fun
    This is a really great podcast. The topics are always interesting and super informative, but it's also really fun. I'm an archaeologist so I really appreciate the subject of the podcast. It's fun learning about pseudo-archaeological theories and concepts, but also nice that the hosts discuss why these theories have no basis in real archaeology.
  • j fen bauer
    such good fun
    science that gets to the heart of how frustrating, fun, fascinating, and odd archaelology is.
  • BrooklynJMZ
    Skeptic BS Callers
    I love the podcast because all involved are well knowledgeable in their field and constantly address and debunk the nonsense you see on the History Channel (Hitler alien channel) and Discovery (shark week channel). My only issue is the theme song is absolutely infuriating. Yes. I dock two stars just because that no dinosaur song makes me want to kill myself. You're unwittingly encouraging and inciting suicide.
  • Folklore Junkie
    My Favorite Podcast
    I learned about this podcast through Monster Talk (another excellent podcast and favorite of mine). The archaeology presented in this podcast is superb and it bridges the gap between "Ivory Tower" archaeology and the publics Sci-fi view of archaeology. I think that listeners not familiar with the field will learn a great deal about what archaeologists actually do, how archaeologists "know" what they know. The podcast excellently dispells the myths and pseudo explanations in an interesting and respectful (though not always reverent) way. Everyone should listen to this podcast.
  • Brandon Blahnik
    An Exploration of Pseudoarchaeology
    Do you want to know what's fiction and what's fact in archaeology? Do you like ancient mysteries but prefer to know the truth rather than engage in wishful thinking? If so, this podcast is for you! Each episode is hosted by Sara Head as well as Ken Feder or Jeb Card (sometimes all three). All of the hosts are professional archaeologists and discuss things from that point of view. They often have a guest with expertise on the topic of the episode. Each episode is a deep dive into a particular pseudoarchaeology topic but the hosts are not afraid to go on an interesting or entertaining tangent. As you learn about the subject of each episode, you also learn a lot about the field of archaeology itself (its methods, how evidence is evaluated, the ethical issues involved in archaeology, etc.). If this sounds interesting to you, you should browse the episodes, pick a topic that looks interesting to you, and listen to it. You won't regret it!
  • JTWNSC
    Superb sciences & history podcast
    Superb archaeological podcast that tackles the many myths of the field, from ancient aliens to Atlantis. The hosts are fun & knowledgable and attack each subject with the same intelligence & wit (granted, with some subjects, it's like shooting fish in a barrel). Great listen for anyone interested in actual archeology along with the various myths surrounding it.
  • Strange Animals Podcast
    Excellent!
    I always enjoy these episodes even when the topic isn't something I'd ordinarily listen to. The hosts are funny and articulate, know their stuff, and make a non-archaeologist like me feel like I've just attended a great science class.
  • Gratia Countryman
    Broken Link
    I attempted to subscribe and got a message that this was not a valid podcast
  • Deba$er
    Awesome content needs an audio engineer.
    I listen to every episode. Such a great source of information but lately Ken's mic is almost unintelligible. It a breaking my eardrums when at the volume I need to make sense of Ken suddenly the other host speak. Please fix this! I consider y'all my ancient aliens rehab and I'd hate to relapse due to a technical error!
  • MixWhiskey
    Fantastic!
    A logical, scientific discussion debunking the bunk.
  • jimothy manterd
    Awesome
    Finally someone who attacks Pseudodung also check out the fb page fraudulent archaeology and history to continue the battle!
  • Dr Vornoff
    Necessary
    The Atlantis episode is a must-listen. Although I'll always enjoy lost civilization yarns, I appreciate having the roots of the fictions revealed.
  • Special Agent Suarez
    Finally!
    I really like this podcast. I understand that some would say that it's, as I think one of the first reviewers put it, they tend to "duh" each other to death, but keep in mind that this is a very young podcast and they are still growing. I've been interested in conspiracy theories and anomalous phenomena for a very long time. I always thought that it was more entertainment than truth but with ancient aliens I feel like there should be a label on shows like that that state that it's for entertainment however I appreciate ancient aliens and shows like that because I wouldn't I wouldn't have known about the temple builders of Malta or Gobekli Tepe or other megalithic sites. I love this show because it's real archaeologists who really understand the science and put it in practice on a regular basis. I accidentally found the Archy fantasies blog when Internet researching the stone circle of life thing. And I Immediately fell in love. I think we all know, even those of us who really enjoy shows like ancient aliens, that truth is stranger than fiction and oftentimes way more interesting. What makes the show great is that in its essence it serves as a scholarly rebottle against a lot of the hype and mythos of anthropology and archaeology. If anything there should be a show specifically about this on the discovery channel! They should pit archaeological fantasies against ancient aliens. It would be like funding both sides of the war. In closing this show is in its infancy but that shouldn't deter you from listening. The best way to exercise critical thinking is to listen to the arguments of the people that you disagree with.
  • elsevier
    Love this Cast
    I learned about this cast from the Struggling Archaeologist Podcast and I am now hooked!
  • Switchart
    My wish has come true!
    I was introduced to Ken Feder from Monster talk, and was immediately a fan of this brilliant man. I’ve listened to every MT podcast and the ones with Ken at least a dozen times. I love how he puts fringe Archaeological hypotheses into perspective. I’ve never laughed so hard as I have at his statements. So when I listened to the last MT episode yesterday and heard that Ken was doing a podcast I subscribed right then. I’m listing right now to the first episode and will be this podcasts biggest fan. I’ve bought his books and read a book he mentioned “the Morning of the Magicians” where Erich Von Däniken, got his ideas and most of the content for his infamous book. Anyway Listen to this cast and join the revolution that debunks pseudo Archaeology and learn something.
  • DrAtlantis
    Can you dig it?
    It’s a fun and informative podcast about archaeology and the differences between pop-culture pseudoscience seen on web and TV shows, and actual archaeology which is slow, methodical and evidence-based. The show is not heavily edited, but if you enjoy shows like Tetrapodzoology Podcast, or if you’re a fan of ancient mysteries want evidence and not just fantastic “what if” stories, then this is a show you should subscribe to.
  • Loridans2
    Excellent
    Do not be misled by any other review. This podcast is precisely what it purports to be, discussing exactly what it promises. Anyone who thinks it is less than 4 stars must be having problems following something that at least requires a freshman in college mind. There is no question but that the folks on the podcast know 100 times more than the purveyors of nonsense. Give it a listen for what it is, an educated approach to pseudo-archeology.
  • staan2112
    20 minutes of content packed into an hour
    The hosts of this show, to quote Joe Rogan from another topic, can "Duh each other to death." They can take one completely obvious statement "People with expertise are more trustworthy than people without it." and go over it again and again without bringing up any anything new. Before of bringing up new real world examples of where and when it's a problem, and the implications (which they may eventually get to) they rephrase something that goes without saying way to many times. If you have the patience, this podcast is ok. I will check again in a few months to see if it has improved.
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