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More Like Ancient FAILiensAliens and the Old West with Maggie FrelengWere aliens present in the Old West? If the movie Cowboys and Aliens is anything to go by, the answer is yes! Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Maggie Freleng joins Brandon and Toby to discuss Aliens and the Old West (Season 3, Episode 1). The Serpent Mound, crashed airships, Tombstone, Laguna del Diablo, giant birds, and so much more.
For more about Maggie, visit www.maggiefreleng.com
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Follow Grab Bag Collab on Instagram and Facebook.2025-07-2559 minMore Like Ancient FAILiensThe Greys with Dana GouldBrandon and Toby welcome guest Dana Gould to talk about The Greys (season 4, episode 3), the little guys with big eyes. Betty and Barney Hill, Roswell, and genetically-engineered creatures. Do advanced creatures need genitalia? Please discuss... For more about Dana, visit https://www.danagould.com/.
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Follow Grab Bag Collab on Instagram and Facebook.2025-07-1855 minMore Like Ancient FAILiensDecoding the Cosmic EggFor centuries, civilizations across the globe have seen the egg as a symbol of birth or rebirth. How is this possible without the intervention of extraterrestrials? Also, there’s a museum in Europe with a big rock that is shaped a little bit like an egg and if you look at some artwork the right way, eyes actually resemble eggs, so maybe there’s something there. Plus, the hippocampus! Toby and Brandon try to decode “Decoding the Cosmic Egg.”
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Follow Grab Bag...2025-07-111h 04More Like Ancient FAILiensUnderground Aliens with Amber Hunt
Whether you are in your enormous underground city hiding from battling sky gods or run into an ant-person who just feels more comfortable beneath the earth’s surface, you, too, have had your life affected by underground aliens. Brandon and Toby are joined by esteemed journalist Amber Hunt to explore the reality behind these subterranean visitors.
More Like Ancient Fail-iens is published early and ad-free on the Grab Bag Collab Patreon page.
Follow Grab Bag Collab on Instagram and Facebook.2025-07-041h 07More Like Ancient FAILiensUnderground Aliens with Amber HuntWhether you are in your enormous underground city hiding from battling sky gods or run into an ant-person who just feels more comfortable beneath the earth’s surface, you, too, have had your life affected by underground aliens. Brandon and Toby are joined by esteemed journalist Amber Hunt to explore the reality behind these subterranean visitors.
More Like Ancient Fail-iens is published early and ad-free on the Grab Bag Collab Patreon page.
Follow Grab Bag Collab on Instagram and Facebook.2025-07-041h 07More Like Ancient FAILiensThe Reptilian Agenda with Dante BascoActor and comedian Dante Basco joins Toby and Brandon for an in-depth look at the human/lizard hybrids that have come to be known as Reptilians. Why is the depiction of extravagant reptiles so ubiquitous across ancient civilizations? What do the Reptilians want from us? What does any of this have to do with the $6 million dollar man? We give our best effort to try to answer these questions.
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Follow Grab Bag Collab on Instagram and Facebook.2025-06-271h 25More Like Ancient FAILiensProject Hybrid with Karen StollznowAre we the product of an alien genetic program? Ancient astronaut theorists say, “yes!” Linguist, author and podcaster Karen Stollznow joins Brandon and Toby to talk about “Project Hybrid.”
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Werner Von Braun, a Nazi treasure-hunting program and a humanoid robot head on the moon are all just part of the story as Toby and Brandon try to wrap their heads around the theory that aliens were involved in the United States’ space program.
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2025-05-3053 minMore Like Ancient FAILiensThe Von Daniken Legacy with Janet VarneyBrandon Reynolds and Toby Ball are joined by actress and comedian Janet Varney to discuss the Ancient Aliens season 5 episode 10 “The Von Daniken Legacy,” which examines the theories of the OG ancient astronaut theorist.
2025-05-2345 minMore Like Ancient FAILiensComing Soon: More Like Ancient FAILiens
More Like Ancient Fail-iens: An Ancient Aliens Podcast is a rewatch podcast about the long-running History Channel show Ancient Aliens. In each episode, two hosts – Toby Ball and Brandon R. Reynolds – and a weekly guest will dive into an episode of Ancient Aliens, talking about UFOlogy, pop culture, and syndicated conspiracy theories.
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