{"podcast":{"title":"In Research Of","slug":"in-research-of-184213","podcast_index_feed_id":184213,"rss_url":"https://inresearchof.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://inresearchof.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/0/8/9/008931fd64894383/InResearchOf_Logo_1400.jpg","author":"Blake Smith","episode_count":120,"summary":"The show where we watch the 1970s TV show \"In Search Of...\" and look at possible explanations the producers didn't consider.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T00:20:11.585808+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-research-of-184213"},"episode":{"title":"S04E19 - Earth Visitors (Explicit)","slug":"s04e19-earth-visitors-explicit","published_at":"2024-12-14T21:53:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-research-of-184213/s04e19-earth-visitors-explicit","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-research-of-184213","url":"https://inresearchof.libsyn.com/s04e19-earth-visitors-explicit","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/inresearchof/S04E19_EarthVisitors.mp3?dest-id=1467629","summary":"Blake tries to talk Jeb off the ledge as we return to the classic theme of \"ancient astronauts\" in this throwback episode titled: Earth Visitors . Some links relevant to our discussion: Dejah Thoris (character) MUFON/Harzan scandal Roman Dodecahedrons (archaeology) Frank Frazetta Boris Vallejo We mention Zecharia Sitchin . Research suggests humans grow more neurons than did Neanderthals. A bunch of this episode comes from the work of Maurice Chatelain, who we shall refer to as \"Shadowlane.\" His book Our Cosmic Ancestors sports one of the more interesting book covers we've seen while researching this show. He also wrote Our Ancestors Came from Outer Space. Maurice Chatelain's credentials appear to have been somewhat overstated in the episode. We'll be talking about several \"Out of Place Artifacts\" or OOPAs in this episode. Let's start with the \"Boot Print\" aka The Meister Print . (pictured below) See also this article by Glenn Kuban. Very compelling stuff. I guess. I mean it sort of looks like show print. This interesting looking skull also sent us down some research holes. The text of the episode seems to be talking about the Del Mar Skull but the image doesn't look like a close match. A lot of \"shapes on the earth\" are discussed. The shapes require you to do a lot of work. We'll get into that in the episode. But one is the Maltese Cross that is absolutely stunning, so long as you ignore that some of the points are hundreds of miles from the alleged anchor points and that the temples allegedly at each point were centuries apart. Skeptical response via CSICOP. Also - this is supposed to be a \"pyramid\" but seems to be more of what geometry wonks call a \"triangle.\" I'm trying to find the type of terminal behind our statistician. And - behind the scenes I've managed to con…","meta_description":"Blake tries to talk Jeb off the ledge as we return to the classic theme of \"ancient astronauts\" in this throwback episode titled: Earth Visitors . Some li…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":9672,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/in-research-of-184213/episodes/s04e19-earth-visitors-explicit/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-research-of-184213/s04e19-earth-visitors-explicit.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}