Pyramids, skulls, Roswell debris, and a dare to question everything.
Lost Origins puts Andrew and CK, two self-described history nerds, across from guests on everything from the Paracas skulls to the Roswell crash. Dr. David Miano explains why a cylinder seal read as a solar-system map is nothing of the sort, and Brien Foerster argues that history is far older than what is taught.
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Lost Origins is a conversation show about ancient mysteries, lost civilizations, alternative history and alien encounters, carried by Andrew and CK, who bill themselves as a pair of history nerds. The tone before the interview is loose. A cocktail-umbrella riff opens one episode, and in another a Super Bowl bit drifts into talk of the golden snitch. The pair are happy to laugh at themselves on mic. Then a guest takes the floor. The episode titles sketch the range: 'The Egyptian Origins of America's Pyramids', 'The Paracas Skulls', 'Inside Hangar 18', 'The New Human', 'World of Antiquity'. That spread runs from megalithic building in the Americas to crash-retrieval history to modern contact accounts, and it does not all point one way. Brien Foerster calls his work part of an awakening, insisting that history is far older than what is taught and that the public is 'eating it up like hot dogs.' Dr. David Miano comes at the material differently. He is asked to explain what a cylinder seal actually is and why one that has been read as a map of the solar system is not a depiction of it, and he traces how the Greeks, like earlier peoples, pictured the world as a flat circle until Aristotle and others argued for a sphere. Guests are also allowed to overrule the question. In 'Inside Hangar 18', with Andrew recording solo, he sets out his understanding of how the Roswell wreckage relates to Area 51 and Wright-Patterson in Dayton, Ohio, and Tom Carey answers that he has it backwards. Asked whether some American sites could be remnants of a Mayan presence, Adam Stokes says the border we draw between North and South America has never really existed. The conversation with Mary Rodwell goes into stranger territory: an eight-year-old who described doing scientific work in a gray body aboard a craft, and a family in the Lake District said to have been taken on board. In 'Veritas Nunquam Perit', Andrew and CK talk between themselves about a Stockholm University senior lecturer in history, religion and philosophy whom they describe as an initiate in the 'left-handed arts', and about the encounter in a Moroccan souk they say shaped his practice. They sound delighted by how many foreign professors and researchers they get to talk to. Around the conversations sit shout-outs to Inner Traditions, pitched as a source of books on ancient mysteries and esoteric knowledge, and thanks to Patreon supporters. The show states its mission plainly: ask the questions people are too uncomfortable or afraid to ask. The sign-off repeats it: 'we challenge you to question everything.' If you want to hear a fringe reading tested, start with 'World of Antiquity'. For UFO history, start with 'Inside Hangar 18'. If you want every claim checked on the spot, know that the pushback comes in some conversations and not in others.
Made for: Suits a listener drawn to ancient mysteries and UFO history who wants to hear researchers make their case in their own words, and who enjoys easygoing banter between the questions.
What sets it apart: Its guests pull in opposite directions: Brien Foerster says academics ignore his data, while Dr. David Miano is brought on to explain why a cylinder seal is not a solar-system map. Guests such as Tom Carey will also tell Andrew outright that he has it backwards.
Lost Origins explores all things ancient mystery, alternative historical theory, extraterrestrial phenomena, and lost civilizations. Every week, Andrew and CK chat with experts, researchers, and authors on esoteric history and mind bending mysteries.
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A measured, speculative discussion of Maya influence, North American pyramids, and cultural borders.
Lost Origins turns a question about North American pyramids into a broader discussion of how cultural borders get drawn, and how easily modern maps can shape older history.
A lively, curious conversation about scholarship, mystical experience, and dark magic.
Lost Origins frames this single episode around an unusual route into dark magic: an academic life in history, religion, and philosophy alongside initiation in left-handed arts.
A regression-driven UFO discussion connects gray bodies, mantid forms, and bright orbs described as passed relatives.
Lost Origins follows a strange thread through this episode: reported ties between human bodies, nonhuman forms, and the soul. A guest describes an account in which a person appears to function in a gray, zeta-like body aboard craft while the human body remains nearby, before a…
A lively ancient-history conversation about looking again at mysteries too often treated as settled.
Lost Origins follows Brian Forster's visit to Gobekli Tepe and other major sites in ancient Turkey as a way into a broader question: where ancient history gets fenced off, and who decides the limits.
Tom Carey argues that Roswell material went to Wright-Patterson, not Area 51, placing the claim inside the base's wartime history.
Lost Origins takes the familiar Area 51 pull and turns it toward Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where Tom Carey says the Roswell wreckage, debris, and bodies were taken.
Overlooked lives, read from the sources, talked through warmly.
Mike Duncan narrates Rome's full history solo, from Aeneas to Romulus Augustulus's exile in 476.
["Lost Origins S04E01 centers on Adam Stokes's claims about North American mound builders, Egyptian parallels, and biblical temples in North America.", "Andrew hosts solo on day 26 of quarantine while CK is still coordinating the show's return to co-hosted production, and Stokes joins from home while teaching a high school class, a college class, and homeschooling his six-year-old.", "The conversation moves through the New Earthworks, Poverty Point, Serpent Mound, Cahokia, Mystery Hill, Casa Grande, and Cliff Palace, with dates like 100-500 C.E., 1700-1000 B.C.E., and 1,376 feet for Serpent Mound.", "Stokes argues for diffusionism, cites Semitic inscriptions and a 13.1-acre Giza comparison for Monk's Mound, and then connects the discussion to the Book of Mormon, South America, and the Great Lakes."]
Lost Origins S03E23 looks back at season 3 through Dr.
Andrew and TK on Lost Origins interview Mary Broadwell, an Australian counselor, clinical hypnotherapist, former nurse, and midwife, about The New Human: Awakening to Our Cosmic Heritage.
["Brian Forrester says 19 Paracas skulls were tested and 15 produced mitochondrial DNA tied to the Black Sea region of Eurasia.", "He says the skulls lack a sagittal suture, have two rear openings, and place the foramen magnum farther back than normal, which he reads as genetic rather than bound.", "The conversation then moves to Gobekli Tepe, where Forrester points to an 11,500-year date, 10-ton to 20-ton T-shaped pillars, and only 5% excavation.", "He also brings up Titus's Tunnel and Hatusha, where he describes a 0.88-mile limestone passage, polygonal masonry, and core-drilled stone as signs of older engineering."]
Lost Origins has Andrew speaking with Tom Carey about Roswell, Wright-Patterson, Area 51, and Hangar 18, centered on Carey's book UFO Secrets Inside Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
Lost Origins interviews ancient historian Dr.
Lost Origins hosts interview Bruce Fenton about The Forgotten Exodus and its challenge to Africa-centered models of human evolution.
Lost Origins interviews Darrell Sims, who describes alleged encounters beginning at age four in Midland, Texas, and says a later incident involving his six-year-old son turned him from a reported victim into an investigator.
Lost Origins interviews Boston University geologist Dr.
Lost Origins interviews Dr.
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Lost Origins hosts Chase Jarvis, Andrew, and CK interview David Matheson about star myths, Buddhism, Hindu traditions, and the recovery of the essential self.
Lost Origins S03E12 features Robert Edward Grant discussing his transition from 25 years in medical-device and pharmaceutical companies to work involving light, sound, geometry, data sovereignty, and encryption.
Lost Origins interviews Anyextee, an esoteric researcher, filmmaker, author, and former music-industry executive, about Maya architecture, cymatics, and ancient mystery traditions.
A rapid-fire interview show exploring ancient mysteries, alternative history, and lost civilizations with experts and authors.
The episode begins with a fictional ad segment before transitioning into the hosts' banter about summer weather and introducing the show's theme of exploring ancient mysteries.
The host welcomes listeners and promotes the show's website and social media, discussing ancient mysteries and alternative history.
This episode features an interview with author Christopher Dunn about his work on ancient mysteries and alternative history.