Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse (E318)
Added 2025-04-05 03:24:00 +0000 UTCGraham Hancock is a British journalist and author who gained worldwide fame for his pseudo-archaeological theories. Hancock proposes that an advanced, globally connected civilization existed more than 12,000 years ago and that remnants of their knowledge survived a catastrophic event, informing later cultures around the world.
His Netflix series, Ancient Apocalypse, amplifies Hancock’s claims, suggesting that mainstream archaeology has deliberately ignored or suppressed evidence supporting his controversial hypotheses.
As Annie Kelly and Fall of Civilizations podcaster Paul Cooper explain to Travis and Brad on this episode, all of this is a hot load of ahistorical rubbish.
But why does this story have enough appeal for two seasons of a Netflix show in the first place? And why is Keanu Reeves involved with it?
Annie and Paul take a deep dive into Graham Hancock’s work, picking apart the fallacies that sustain it and the questionable characters that promote it.
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Paul Cooper
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Comments
Annie is married to the Fall of Civilizations guy?! There must be some conspiracy here... I had no idea... gonna bake on this.
wc
2025-04-14 20:35:12 +0000 UTCI saw Hancock at a book launch several years ago. A friend—who I’ve since realized is incredibly pilled—invited me out for the event and some drinks afterward. The bookshop was packed, and this eloquent professor got up and started talking about serpent mounds and similar topics. It was all very interesting, and I had no idea so many people were into ancient archaeology. Then the Q&A started, and things took a strange turn. Someone asked if Hancock thought the pyramids were built using telepathy. He was surprisingly open to the idea. He also talked about his daily use of psychoactive substances over the past thirty years, which he credited for helping him develop his insights. From the sheer amount of weed and hallucinogens he claimed to be consuming, I was amazed he could write a book at all. He started to remind me of a guy I knew at university who smoked way too much weed and was always trying to convince me the moon landings were faked. Hancock had this almost fanatical presentation style, insisting he was being silenced by “big archaeology.” It had the same intense, conspiratorial vibe as that stoned student from uni. My friend told me Hancock might come across as a little crazy at times but insisted he’d “been proved right every single time.” I just shrugged and assumed he was one of those eccentric academics, which isn’t exactly rare in higher education. I forgot about him for a while—until Ancient Apocalypse came out. That’s when I looked him up again and realized his theories are, for the most part, complete bollocks.
Adam Vandelay
2025-04-11 12:33:20 +0000 UTCMy senior year of high school debate the topic was ocean policy and we ran a case about establishing marine protected areas. I wrote a hidden advantage about sunken archeological sites out of Hancock's book Underworld. Good times.
Jeremy Olivier
2025-04-10 23:47:53 +0000 UTCIf Graham had not been fucking coward he would told a tale of Finno-Korean Hyperwar
Jan
2025-04-09 06:02:59 +0000 UTCCataclysms - caused by cats? The truth may surprise you.
Ian
2025-04-09 00:13:08 +0000 UTCSo, an energy vampire like Colin Robinson??
Laura Walsh
2025-04-08 12:32:14 +0000 UTCWhen I was in HS there was an upperclassman that was completely pilled by “The Sign and the Seal” Dude even wrote an argument for the conspiracy in the school newspaper. Cannot believe people still listen to this guy.
TravisPewPewPew
2025-04-07 20:37:50 +0000 UTCWhat? This thing got a second series while the Benandanti show which actually had a great story got pulled after 6 episodes?
hhhhhm
2025-04-06 14:44:22 +0000 UTCLove Paul love Graham obvie love Annie and Travis and Brad and I just wanna ask why can’t we all just love one another
hugo de bugré
2025-04-06 09:57:31 +0000 UTC
