Zecharia Sitchin
Referenced in 5 episodes
Definition
Azerbaijan-born author (1920-2010) whose 1976 book 'The 12th Planet' launched the modern Anunnaki ancient-astronaut theory. Mainstream scholars reject his translations of Sumerian texts.
Related episodes
Dr. Heather Lynn | Sitchin’s Anunnaki Inc., Archeology as Espionage, & TikTok Blood Witches
The Higherside ChatsOct 22, 2026
Historian Dr. Heather Lynn argues that the popular Anunnaki ancient-astronaut story, as branded by Zecharia Sitchin, sits on top of 19th-century biblical archaeology and wartime intelligence work, and that it quietly promotes ideas about special bloodlines. She traces how the early decipherment of cuneiform turned into a fight over which group could claim credit for inventing civilization. The conversation then moves to claims that alternative media and UFO disclosure figures are steered through staged social circles she likens to a 'Truman Show' or LARP.
Ismael Cala: The Art of Listening to Yourself
Earth AncientsOct 7, 2026
Former CNN en Español host Ismael Cala discusses his book 'The Art of Listening to Yourself,' describing how he overcame a family history of suicide and mental illness in Cuba through meditation, mentors, and intuition. He introduces the 'piñata mind,' his idea that our minds are stuffed with beliefs and fears put there by others. Host Cliff Dunning opens the episode by arguing that the Durupinar formation near Mount Ararat, recently promoted as Noah's Ark, is just a natural rock formation.
Lee Lecaptain, Knights Templar, What is the Real Holy Grail?
Earth AncientsSep 19, 2026
Professional lumberjack Lee LeCaptain claims a $200 axe head he bought in New Hampshire is a meteoric-iron Knights Templar executioner's axe bearing secret symbols that tell the story of humanity's creation. He describes priests watching it absorb holy water, compass needles spinning over its markings, and a crystal radio picking up strange chatter when the axe was wired to an antenna aimed at Orion. In his book 'What is the Real Holy Grail?', he argues the true Grail is humanity itself, genetically engineered by the Anunnaki, and that powerful institutions have kept this knowledge hidden.
Jason Wilde: From Sky Lords to Water Sages, The Forgotten Ties that Shape Civilization
Earth AncientsSep 12, 2026
Author and independent researcher Jason Andrew Wilde argues that ancient myths, especially Sumerian accounts of the sky-descending Anunnaki and the fish-like Apkallu sages, are distorted memories of real history after the Younger Dryas flood. He favors a 'survivor hypothesis' in which seafaring remnants of an advanced pre-flood culture emerged from the Persian Gulf and rebooted civilization, though he does not rule out ancient beings living beneath the sea. Wilde also recounts a childhood UFO encounter with missing time, a levitating guru in India, and his belief that UAPs are interdimensional beings.
Cliff Falen on Prison Planet, Anunnaki & The Book of Revelation
Aeon Byte Gnostic RadioJul 29, 2026
Author and former preacher Cliff Falen argues that the Book of Revelation is not an end-times prophecy but a coded technical manual describing how the Anunnaki, whom he equates with Gnostic archons, run Earth as a frequency-based prison planet. He claims a 'rebel Jesus,' said to be two-thirds Anunnaki, hacked this system by opening the seven seals, and that the seals, trumpets and vials describe a recurring cosmic reset tied to the planet Nibiru's 3,600-year orbit. Along the way he links Bigfoot to the Anunnaki's genetic creation of humanity, describing his own sighting of a seven-foot hair-covered humanoid.
