The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Asteroid Behind the Bible's Most Famous Disaster
Ancient texts and archaeological discoveries suggest that biblical disasters like Sodom and Gomorrah, and geological anomalies like the Köfels landslide, may have been caused by asteroid airbursts from the Taurid stream, a threat still active today.

The Basement: Luke Caverns | How One Mistranslated Number Has Hidden Atlantis for Centuries
Anthropologist and explorer Luke Caverns details his groundbreaking lidar projects in the Amazon and US, shares his family's legacy of treasure hunting, and recounts the personal journey that led him to embrace independent archaeology focused on the Americas.

Basement #007: Hugh Newman | Giant Skeletons, Sumerian Myths, and Megaliths
Hugh Newman, an explorer and author, reveals how recent discoveries at ancient sites like Karahantepe and Gobekli Tepe are forcing a radical re-evaluation of early human civilization, pushing back timelines for advanced astronomy, metrology, and complex societal structures by thousands of years.
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