Pseudo-Archaeology
Hosted by Dr. Andrew Kinkella, Pseudo-Archaeology takes a critical look at fringe theories and fake science in archaeology. From ancient aliens to lost civilizations, this podcast debunks popular myths using real archaeological evidence and expert analysis. With a mix of humor and scholarly insight, each episode challenges misinformation while highlighting the importance of scientific thinking and ethical storytelling. If you're curious about the truth behind sensational archaeological claims, Pseudo-Archaeology is your go-to guide for separating fact from fiction.
The Pseudoanthropology of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) - Ep 184
Last time in episode 183 we checked out the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) meetings and found out that while they are behind in public outreach and always a bit too academic for the sake of being academic, they are trying to change their ways a bit and that is a nice thing. Today we look at the unfortunate case of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), who has decided that feelings matter more than facts and irrelevance is preferable to change.
The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Meetings 2026! - Ep 183
Let’s head on over to the 2026 Society for American Archaeology meetings in San Francisco! While there, I saw an amazing sight - a few intrepid archaeologists that were trying to communicate with the general public! Come with me and let’s analyze these extremely rare specimens.
Don Verdean is a Terrible Movie - Ep 182
I wish that I could give you a more positive report, as I am always a cheerleader for all movies, but check it out:
Don Verdean is awful.
I’m sorry. Let us commiserate together. Also be sure to check out the Screens of the Stone Age podcast! Those guys are great.
Skull Wars is a Great Book - Ep 181
I have decided to stop using David Hurst Thomas’ 2000 book Skull Wars in my classes because it is a bit old at this point. But it’s still great, and gives an excellent overview of relations between archaeologists and the Native community, including many Pseudoarchaeological beliefs from the 19th and early 20th centuries!
ENCORE: The Dead Sea Scrolls - Ep 161
So there I was, minding my own business when the Ronald Reagan Library gave me a call and asked me to check out their exhibit on the Dead Sea Scrolls! Did they want me because I am a world-renowned archaeologist, or because I’m an archaeologist who lives only 10 minutes away? Either way, it was great.
Debunking junk archaeology and putting the real science out there for all to learn.
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2026
- May 19, 2026 The Pseudoanthropology of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) - Ep 184 May 19, 2026
- May 5, 2026 The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Meetings 2026! - Ep 183 May 5, 2026
- Apr 21, 2026 Don Verdean is a Terrible Movie - Ep 182 Apr 21, 2026
- Mar 24, 2026 Skull Wars is a Great Book - Ep 181 Mar 24, 2026
- Mar 10, 2026 ENCORE: The Dead Sea Scrolls - Ep 161 Mar 10, 2026
- Feb 25, 2026 Is Carbon 14 Dating Fake? - Ep 180 Feb 25, 2026
- Feb 11, 2026 Dan Farah’s Movie Age of Disclosure and his Interview on Bill Maher’s Club Random - Ep 179 Feb 11, 2026
- Jan 28, 2026 My Top 10 Favorite Cryptids - Ep 178 Jan 28, 2026
- Jan 13, 2026 2025 Year in Review - Ep 177 Jan 13, 2026
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2025
- Dec 30, 2025 PROMO: CRMArch Podcast Ep 313 Dec 30, 2025
- Dec 2, 2025 The Silurian Hypothesis: Does it Actually Contain Lizard People? - Ep 176 Dec 2, 2025
- Nov 18, 2025 Mysteries Unearthed With Danny Trejo: Have I Sold Out (Yet Again)? - Ep 175 Nov 18, 2025
- Nov 5, 2025 Art Bell and the Coast to Coast AM Radio Show - Ep 174 Nov 5, 2025
- Oct 22, 2025 Another Silly Symposium: Quest for Ancient Civilizations - Pseudo 173 Oct 22, 2025
- Oct 7, 2025 I Read “Sex is a Spectrum” and I’m Not Convinced - Ep 172 Oct 7, 2025
- Sep 24, 2025 Peopling of the New World - Pseudo 171 Sep 24, 2025
- Sep 10, 2025 Debunking Graham Hancock’s Easily Debunkable “Debunking the Debunking Industry” - Ep 170 Sep 10, 2025
- Aug 27, 2025 The Shroud of Turin Returns on Piers Morgan Uncensored - Ep 169 Aug 27, 2025
- Aug 13, 2025 Kinkella Climbs the Mount Everest of Pseudoarchaeology (He Reads Graham Hancock’s Fingerprints of the Gods) - Ep 168 Aug 13, 2025
- Jul 30, 2025 Remembering Brian Fagan - Ep 167 Jul 30, 2025
- Jul 16, 2025 Shroud of Turin: The Regurgitation - Ep 166 Jul 16, 2025
- Jul 2, 2025 Cosmic Summit 2025: The Mount Everest of Laughable Pseudoarchaeological Nonsense! - Ep 165 Jul 2, 2025
- Jun 18, 2025 Current Events: Pseudoarchaeology Stories on the Pyramids, the Ark, and hanging out with Flint and Milo from a Plane! - Ep 164 Jun 18, 2025
- Jun 4, 2025 Fountain of Youth is a Terrible Movie - Ep 163 Jun 4, 2025
- May 21, 2025 Speaking to the Public at the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Meetings: Me, Flint Dibble, Milo Rossi (Miniminuteman), and More! - Pseudo 162 May 21, 2025
- May 7, 2025 Encore - Atlantis: Let’s Do This! - Ep 137 May 7, 2025
- Apr 23, 2025 The Dead Sea Scrolls - Ep 161 Apr 23, 2025
- Apr 9, 2025 The Moana Surfrider: Haunted? - Ep 160 Apr 9, 2025
- Mar 26, 2025 Live from the Royal Hawaiian! - Ep 159 Mar 26, 2025
- Mar 12, 2025 Kinkella Visits Sedona Arizona and Gets New Aged - Ep 158 Mar 12, 2025
- Feb 26, 2025 Monolith: 2001, 2010, Today and Forever! - Ep 157 Feb 26, 2025
- Feb 12, 2025 The Chupacabra is Coming to Get You! - Ep 156 Feb 12, 2025
- Jan 29, 2025 Kinkella Meets the Witchdoctor of Belize! - Pseudo 155 Jan 29, 2025
- Jan 15, 2025 From the Jungles of Belize: Beware the Duende! - Ep 154 Jan 15, 2025
- Jan 1, 2025 Encore - The Curse of King Tut - Ep 128 Jan 1, 2025
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2024
- Dec 19, 2024 ENCORE: Kinkella Visits "The Thing" - Ep 98 Dec 19, 2024
- Dec 4, 2024 2024 End of the Year Review! - Ep 153 Dec 4, 2024
- Nov 20, 2024 Six Degrees of Menendez Murders: I Knew a Guy Who Knew the Guy - Pseudo 152 Nov 20, 2024
- Nov 6, 2024 Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse 2: When One Apocalypse is Not Enough - Ep 151 Nov 6, 2024
- Oct 9, 2024 What’s The Deal With Percy Fawcett and The Lost City of Z? - Ep 150 Oct 9, 2024
- Sep 25, 2024 “The Atlantis Puzzle” and the Richat Structure: African Atlanteans Won’t Leave Me Alone - Ep 149 Sep 25, 2024
- Sep 11, 2024 Completing the Circuit of Silliness: The Baghdad Battery - Ep 148 Sep 11, 2024
- Aug 28, 2024 Let There Be Darkness: The Dendera Light - Ep 147 Aug 28, 2024
- Jul 30, 2024 Let’s Find Amelia Earhart! - Ep 146 Jul 30, 2024
- Jul 17, 2024 Helena Blavatsky - Ep 145 Jul 17, 2024
- Jun 23, 2024 Sci-Fi, H.P. Lovecraft, and Pseudoarchaeology - Ep 144 Jun 23, 2024
- Jun 5, 2024 The Megalithic Temples of Malta - Ep 143 Jun 5, 2024
- May 23, 2024 The Bimini Road - Ep 142 May 23, 2024
- May 8, 2024 The Yonaguni Submarine Ruins - Ep 141 May 8, 2024
- Apr 24, 2024 Flint Dibble and Graham Hancock Talk for 4.5 Hours on The Joe Rogan Experience - Ep 140 Apr 24, 2024
- Apr 10, 2024 Kinkella Visits the USS Hornet - Ep 139 Apr 10, 2024
- Mar 13, 2024 The Lost Continent of Mu: For The Times When Atlantis Isn’t Quite Dumb Enough - Ep 138 Mar 13, 2024
- Feb 28, 2024 Atlantis: Let’s Do This! - Ep 137 Feb 28, 2024
- Feb 14, 2024 Augustus Le Plongeon: The World’s Most Interesting Pseudoarchaeologist - Ep 136 Feb 14, 2024
- Jan 31, 2024 The Scopes Monkey Trial - Ep 135 Jan 31, 2024
- Jan 17, 2024 Piltdown Man - Ep 134 Jan 17, 2024
- Jan 3, 2024 2023: Year in Review - Ep 133 Jan 3, 2024
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2023
- Dec 20, 2023 Where Were You In 1984: Kinkella Reviews Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Ep 132 Dec 20, 2023
- Dec 5, 2023 Kon-Tiki! - Ep 131 Dec 5, 2023
- Nov 22, 2023 Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg: The Accidental Pseudoarchaeologist - Ep 130 Nov 22, 2023
- Nov 8, 2023 Gunung Padang Is Not A Pyramid: Does Anyone Double-Check Anything Anymore? - Ep 129 Nov 8, 2023
- Oct 25, 2023 The Curse of King Tut - Ep 128 Oct 25, 2023
- Oct 11, 2023 Alright Already! I’ll Do the Mexican Alien Story! Sheesh. - Ep 127 Oct 11, 2023
- Sep 27, 2023 Building Your Own Media Empire - Ep 126 Sep 27, 2023
- Sep 13, 2023 Ignatius Donnelly: The Pseudoarchaeologist Who Was Also a U.S. Congressman - Ep 125 Sep 13, 2023
- Aug 30, 2023 Fun with Logical Fallacies - Ep 124 Aug 30, 2023
- Aug 16, 2023 My Appearance on “Wired Support: Archaeology”: Behind the Scenes and Responding to the Comments - Ep 123 Aug 16, 2023
- Aug 2, 2023 Kinkella Remembers Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Ep 122 Aug 2, 2023
- Jul 19, 2023 Kinkella Reviews Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - Ep 121 Jul 19, 2023
- Jul 5, 2023 Kinkella Visits the Rosicrucian Museum in San Jose - Ep 120 Jul 5, 2023
- Jun 21, 2023 Remembering My Friend Cam - Ep 119 Jun 21, 2023
- Jun 7, 2023 Shipwrecks and Treasure Hunting - Ep 118 Jun 7, 2023
- May 24, 2023 The Younger Dryas Comet Impact Hypothesis - Ep 117 May 24, 2023
- May 10, 2023 The Face on Mars and its Appearance in “Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders” - Ep 116 May 10, 2023
- Apr 26, 2023 Kinkella Revisits Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Ep 115 Apr 26, 2023
- Apr 12, 2023 The Maya Cenotes - Ep 114 Apr 12, 2023
- Mar 29, 2023 Gobekli Tepe - Ep 113 Mar 29, 2023
- Mar 15, 2023 The Silurian Hypothesis vs The Solutrean Hypothesis: A Race to the Bottom! - Ep 112 Mar 15, 2023
- Mar 1, 2023 Answering Your Questions and Dating the Sphinx - Ep 111 Mar 1, 2023
- Feb 15, 2023 The “Water Erosion Hypothesis” and the Age of the Sphinx - Ep 110 Feb 15, 2023
- Feb 1, 2023 The Great Tonewood Debate - Ep 109 Feb 1, 2023
- Jan 18, 2023 Clovis First Forever (or Not) - Ep 108 Jan 18, 2023
- Jan 4, 2023 Maya Apocalypse 2012 - Ep 107 Jan 4, 2023
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2022
- Dec 21, 2022 Ancient Maya Astronauts - Ep 106 Dec 21, 2022
- Dec 7, 2022 Kinkella Reviews Graham Hancock's Netflix Show "Ancient Apocalypse" - Ep 105 Dec 7, 2022
- Nov 23, 2022 Kinkella Visits "The Mystery Spot" - Ep 104 Nov 23, 2022
- Nov 9, 2022 Olmec Stone Heads - Ep 103 Nov 9, 2022
- Oct 12, 2022 PROMO - Summer Blockbusters: Apocalypto - The Dirt 199 Oct 12, 2022
- Sep 28, 2022 The Cerutti Mastodon Site - Ep 102 Sep 28, 2022
- Sep 14, 2022 The Piri Reis Map - Ep 101 Sep 14, 2022
- Aug 31, 2022 Dr. Andrew Kinkella: FRAUD! - Ep 100 Aug 31, 2022
- Aug 17, 2022 The Shroud of Turin - Ep 99 Aug 17, 2022
- Aug 2, 2022 Kinkella Visits "The Thing" - Ep 98 Aug 2, 2022
- Jul 20, 2022 The Crystal Skull of Belize - Ep 97 Jul 20, 2022
- Jul 6, 2022 The Antikythera Mechanism - Ep 96 Jul 6, 2022
- Jun 22, 2022 Chariots of the Gods: A Book Review - Ep 95 Jun 22, 2022
- Jun 8, 2022 Interview With The New Guy - Ep 94 Jun 8, 2022
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2018
- Mar 19, 2018 ENCORE Jason Colavito and Ancient Aliens - Episode 14 Mar 19, 2018
- Mar 5, 2018 Bears Ears Rock Art with Vaughn Hadenfelt - Episode 93 Mar 5, 2018
- Feb 5, 2018 CBC, The Solutrean Hypothesis, and Jennifer Raff - Episode 92 Feb 5, 2018
- Jan 22, 2018 Contact and Immigration In Archaeology - Episode 91 Jan 22, 2018
- Jan 8, 2018 Welcome 2018 and Bears Ears Update - Episode 90 Jan 8, 2018
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2017
- Dec 25, 2017 The Place of Stone - Dighton Rock with Douglas Hunter - Episode 89 Dec 25, 2017
- Dec 11, 2017 Magical Jinn and where to Find them with Mark Allen Peterson - Episode 88 Dec 11, 2017
- Nov 27, 2017 Biblical Archaeology with Eric Cline - Episode 87 Nov 27, 2017
- Nov 13, 2017 GenCon50 and Gaming with Scott - Episode 86 Nov 13, 2017
- Oct 30, 2017 Haunted Objects with MonsterTalk - Episode 85 Oct 30, 2017
- Oct 16, 2017 The Ark Encounter with James Bielo - Episode 84 Oct 16, 2017
- Oct 2, 2017 The Enigmatic Iximaya Hoax With Roxanne Davila and Marcello Canuto - Episode 83 Oct 2, 2017
- Sep 18, 2017 Mermaids and Mummies - Episode 82 Sep 18, 2017
- Sep 4, 2017 (Re-Play) Afrocentrism and the New World - Episode 81 (16) Sep 4, 2017
- Aug 21, 2017 Mayan Hieroglyphics with Jeb Card - Episode 80 Aug 21, 2017
- Aug 7, 2017 Walking Moai Statues with Fernanda Meneses - Episode 79 Aug 7, 2017
- Jul 24, 2017 Hobby Lobby and the Illegal Antiquities Trade with Donna Yates - Episode 78 Jul 24, 2017
- Jul 10, 2017 Indiana Jones and Pseudoarchaeology - Episode 77 Jul 10, 2017
- Jun 26, 2017 Islam, ISIS, and Black Market Artifacts with Nathan French - Episode 76 Jun 26, 2017
- Jun 12, 2017 Antiquities Laws and Regulations - Episode 75 Jun 12, 2017
- May 29, 2017 The Gungywamp - Episode 74 May 29, 2017
- May 15, 2017 Göbekli Tepe, Bad Fox, No Comet - Episode 73 May 15, 2017
- May 1, 2017 Ley Lines with Sharon Hill - Episode 72 May 1, 2017
- Apr 17, 2017 Corn in Unusual Places - Episode 71 Apr 17, 2017
- Apr 3, 2017 How Archaeology Influences Geekery - Episode 70 Apr 3, 2017
- Mar 20, 2017 Cryptozoology and Archaeology - Episode 69 Mar 20, 2017
- Mar 6, 2017 The Polynesian Connection - Episode 68 Mar 6, 2017
- Feb 20, 2017 The Scarith of Scornello with Ingrid Rowland - Episode 67 Feb 20, 2017
- Feb 6, 2017 Pre-Columbian Horses in America - Episode 66 Feb 6, 2017
- Jan 23, 2017 50 Archaeological Sites to See in the World - Episode 65 Jan 23, 2017
- Jan 9, 2017 Why Archaeological Fantasies? - Episode 64 Jan 9, 2017
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2016
- Dec 26, 2016 The Pachuag Hoax - Episode 63 Dec 26, 2016
- Dec 12, 2016 Archaeology and Sherlock Holmes with Vincent W. Wright - Episode 62 Dec 12, 2016
- Nov 28, 2016 Cannibalism with Lourdes Villalta - Episode 61 Nov 28, 2016
- Nov 14, 2016 Movie Night! - Episode 60 Nov 14, 2016
- Oct 31, 2016 MonsterTalk Crossover! and Faeries! - Episode 59 Oct 31, 2016
- Oct 24, 2016 Digging New England Vampires - ENCORE Episode 40 Oct 24, 2016
- Oct 17, 2016 Margaret Murray, Witchcraft and Murder - Episode 58 Oct 17, 2016
- Oct 4, 2016 Digging our Burrow's Cave with Joe Wilson - Episode 57 Oct 4, 2016
- Sep 26, 2016 Cthulhu with Jason Colavito - ArchyFantasies 56 Sep 26, 2016
- Sep 19, 2016 Piltdown Man and the Face on Mars - Episode 55 Sep 19, 2016
- Sep 12, 2016 David Anderson and, Theosophical Society in America, and Why People Believe Weird Things. - Episode 54 Sep 12, 2016
- Sep 5, 2016 Convergence and Independent Invention in Archaeology - Episode 53 Sep 5, 2016
- Aug 29, 2016 Unlucky Mummies and Wonderful Things - Episode 52 Aug 29, 2016
- Aug 22, 2016 Hexham Heads, ley lines, and Wear-sheep-men - Episode 51 Aug 22, 2016
- Aug 15, 2016 DNA in Archaeology with Jennifer Raff - Episode 50 Aug 15, 2016
- Aug 8, 2016 Chris Begley and the Lost City of the Monkey God - Episode 49 Aug 8, 2016
- Aug 1, 2016 Dinos among Men - Ica Stones and Acámbaro Figures - Episode 48 Aug 1, 2016
- Jul 25, 2016 A HISTORY OF PSEUDO-ARCHAEOLOGY: Hyperdiffusion and Aliens - Episode 47 Jul 25, 2016
- Jul 18, 2016 Hobbits, Canibals, Ethnocentrism, and Homo floresiensis - Episode 46 Jul 18, 2016
- Jul 11, 2016 Interview with Nigel Hetherington from Past Preservers - Episode 45 Jul 11, 2016
- Jul 4, 2016 Interview with K Kris Hurst from About.com - Episode 44 Jul 4, 2016
- Jun 27, 2016 Interacting with the Fringe - Episode 43 Jun 27, 2016
- Jun 20, 2016 Interview with Sharon Hill from Doubtful News - Episode 42 Jun 20, 2016
- Jun 13, 2016 Ghost Hunting - Episode 41 Jun 13, 2016
- Jun 6, 2016 Digging New England Vampires - Episode 40 Jun 6, 2016
- May 30, 2016 Witches, Shamans, and Looters with Stacy Dunn - Episode 39 May 30, 2016
- May 23, 2016 A History of Pseudo-Archaeology: Diffusion - Episode 38 May 23, 2016
- May 16, 2016 The Viking-Less Newport Tower - Episode 37 May 16, 2016
- May 9, 2016 Ken's Excellent Epigraphy Trip, Davenport Tablets, and the Kensington Rune Stone - Episode 36 May 9, 2016
- Apr 25, 2016 Archaeological Terms to Use and Abuse - Episode 35 Apr 25, 2016
- Apr 11, 2016 Excavating Roswell - Episode 34 Apr 11, 2016
- Mar 28, 2016 Stonehenge - Episode 33 Mar 28, 2016
- Mar 13, 2016 The Mima Mounds - Episode 32 Mar 13, 2016
- Feb 29, 2016 The Solutrean Hypothesis - Episode 31 Feb 29, 2016
- Feb 15, 2016 The Importance of Myth and Oral Traditions - Episode 30 Feb 15, 2016
- Feb 1, 2016 The Bosnian Pyramids - Episode 29 Feb 1, 2016
- Jan 18, 2016 A Legion of Roman Swords - Episode 28 Jan 18, 2016
- Jan 4, 2016 Out of Place Objects - Episode 27 Jan 4, 2016
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2015
- Dec 21, 2015 Mesa Verde and Horseshoe Canyon - Episode 26 Dec 21, 2015
- Dec 7, 2015 The Nazca Lines and Cargo Cults - Episode 25 Dec 7, 2015
- Nov 23, 2015 Jeb Card and the Mu Stones Pt 1 - Episode 24 Nov 23, 2015
- Nov 9, 2015 Unintentional Looting - Episode 23 Nov 9, 2015
- Oct 26, 2015 The Legend of the Lighthouse - Episode 22 Oct 26, 2015
- Oct 12, 2015 Heavener Runestone and Cracked Cave Oct 12, 2015
- Sep 14, 2015 Crystal Skulls and Herkimer Vodka - Episode 20 Sep 14, 2015
- Sep 7, 2015 The Real and the Fake, Baghdad Batteries and the Antikythera Mechanism - Ep 19 Sep 7, 2015
- Aug 17, 2015 Old World Writing in the New World - Episode 18 Aug 17, 2015
- Aug 3, 2015 Atlantis - Episode 17 Aug 3, 2015
- Jul 20, 2015 Afrocentrism and the New World - Episode 16 Jul 20, 2015
- Jul 6, 2015 Summer Digs and Indiana Mummies - Episode 15 Jul 6, 2015
- Jun 22, 2015 Jason Colavito and Ancient Aliens - Episode 14 Jun 22, 2015
- Jun 8, 2015 Psychic Archaeology - Episode 13 Jun 8, 2015
- May 25, 2015 Jeb Card and Pseudo-Archaeology Pt 2 - Episode 12 May 25, 2015
- May 11, 2015 Jeb Card and Pseudo-Archaeology - Episode 10 May 11, 2015
- Apr 27, 2015 The Coso Artifact - Episode 9 Apr 27, 2015
- Apr 13, 2015 The Curious Case of the Copper Culture Myth - Episode 8 Apr 13, 2015
- Mar 30, 2015 The Newark Holy Stones - Episode 7 Mar 30, 2015
- Mar 16, 2015 Giants! - Episode 6 Mar 16, 2015
- Mar 2, 2015 Global Floods and Noah's Ark - Episode 5 Mar 2, 2015
- Feb 16, 2015 Those Mysterious Mound Builders - Episode 4 Feb 16, 2015
- Feb 2, 2015 Fringe Archaeology and Giants - Episode 3 Feb 2, 2015
- Jan 18, 2015 The Genetic Disk - Episode 2 Jan 18, 2015
- Jan 5, 2015 Debunking Pseudo-Archaeology - Episode 1 Jan 5, 2015