Michael Masters is a biological anthropologist at Montana Tech University. Heâs written 3 books: Unidentified Flying Objects, The Extratempestrial Model, and Revelation: The Future Human Past. His arguments that aliens are just humans from the future who have figured out time travel are compelling and thorough. Please enjoy this episode!! And buy his books if you do :) Find Mike Masters' books here: https://amzn.to/3QBgaPx *** AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an original series hosted by Jesse Michels that e...
Oct 05, 2024â˘54 min
David Grusch is a former 14-year high ranking intelligence officer who left government in early '23 to blow the whistle on UFOâs. In 2019, he was tasked by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and Pentagon to investigate UFOâs as part of the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon Task Force (or UAPTF). In that context, he slowly started to uncover a covert UFO reverse engineering program being concealed from the civilian government. In June of '23, he outed himself to the public. In July of '2...
Oct 05, 2024â˘1 hr 56 min
Graham Hancock is an unrelenting journalist uncovering the origins of humanityâs forgotten past. His new docuseries on Netflix is called Ancient Apocalypse and it documents the abundance of evidence that humanity is much older than the prevailing belief among mainstream archeologists. Most people believe civilization was started a mere 6,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. Graham explores various archeological sites across the globe that show in fact our civilization is much older than this. ...
Oct 05, 2024â˘1 hr 21 min
Jacque Vallee is the legendary French UFO researcher who formed the basis for Steven Spielberg's eccentric scientist in Close Encounters of The Third Kind. He has worked with every prominent player in UFOology since the 60's including Dr. J. Alan Hynek who served as the Chief Science Advisor to project Blue Book, the Airforce's UFO investigation program from 52'-69'. Vallee has written multiple groundbreaking books that suggest "aliens" are actually interdimensional entities codirecting human ev...
Oct 05, 2024â˘45 min
I spoke to @RedPandaKoala and former AATIP (Gov't UFO program) director Lue Elizondo about the bizarre connection between Nukes and UFOs. Why do these mysterious flying objects consistently show up around around American nuke stockpiles and enrichment sites? We get into the work of journalist Robert Hastings who has documented 100+ cases and we also speculate on some of the reasons behind the strange connection. Spoiler alert: the lame explanations you've been given are probably not right! Follo...
Oct 05, 2024â˘31 min
Blake Lemoine is the recently fired Senior Software Engineer at Google who went public this summer with his concerns around Googleâs natural language system LAMDA. Blake thinks LAMDA is both sentient and shouldnât be under the sole supervision of a private corporation. This provoked a deep, philosophical conversation about the nature of intelligence, consciousness, what will happen with AI, whether itâs aligned with human values and whether human reality is simulated. I think youâll love this ep...
Oct 05, 2024â˘44 min
Martin Shkreli is Americaâs most hated pharma bro. In 2015 he bought daraprim which treats HIV and AIDS induced toxoplasmosis and raised the price dramatically. When questioned, he trolled reporters and the public, while actually accommodating a large majority of requests that needed the drug more cheaply. In doing this, he exposed behavior engaged in constantly by big pharma. In this episode, we talk heterodox health, biology and general science. TIMESTAMPS: Intro: 0:00 Shkreli on Being a Troll...
Oct 05, 2024â˘1 hr 38 min
Skinwalker Ranch is a paranormal hotspot located at the base of the Uintah basin in Utah. Brandon Fugal who is a real estate mogul and patron for frontier science owns the property and studies the various spectacular phenomena that seem to occur. Among these are UFOâs, orbs, cattle multiplications and electromagnetic anomalies. I was lucky enough to be invited to the Ranch. Watch this episode to see my take on the amazing frontier work Fugalâs team is doing there đ˝đ¸ đŹ Watch the Show Here: htt...
Oct 05, 2024â˘25 min
Alex Jones started the controversial media outlet infowars over two decades ago. Heâs gotten a lot wrong, but also gotten a few things very right. And is a fascinating figure worth talking to. In this video we avoided the controversies and decided to focus on the positive aspects of Alex: his background, his resistance against the corporatocracy and desire to empower the average citizen. We also talk about his long relationship with Joe Rogan, the possibility of them starting a media outlet toge...
Oct 05, 2024â˘1 hr 2 min
Garret "G Mac" McNamara is one of the best big wave surfers of all time. He surfed one of the best waves ever at Jaws in 2003, put Nazare Portgual on the map as a surf spot and broke the world record for biggest wave ever surfed in 2013. All of this became the subject of an excellent HBO docuseries called 100 foot wave. An incredible surfer, he's an even better father, husband and a friend. He and his wife Nicole have created an incredible foundation to make the youth better stewards of the plan...
Oct 05, 2024â˘30 min
*** AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an original series hosted by Jesse Michels that explores the frontier of science and tech. Each week, we bring you exclusive interviews with some of the leading thinkers of our time. INSTAGRAM ⤠https://www.instagram.com/jessemichels TWITTER ⤠https://twitter.com/AlchemyAmerican EMAIL/BOOKINGS ⤠usa.alchemy@gmail.com SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7eOJzNRWY4l2UTDvIquxYg?app=desktop original music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LlLRudDi60Uy4...
Oct 05, 2024â˘53 min
In this week's American Alchemy, we interview Tom O'Neill, author of the new bestselling book Chaos: Charles Manson, The CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties. O'Neill and I went to Spahn Ranch, the famous old western movie set in Chatsworth California where the Mansons lived plotted a lot of their murders. We go through his book and its crazy thesis: that Charles Manson could have been an MK Ultra patient. What do you think? *** AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an original series hosted by Jesse Michels...
Oct 05, 2024â˘11 min
Did mushrooms come from outer space to spawn humanity and guide its evolution? From stoned ape theory to ancient mystery rituals, this weekâs American Alchemist Tero Isokauppila (Founder/CEO of Foursigmatic) makes a pretty compelling case đ đ˝đ¸ *** AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an original series hosted by Jesse Michels that explores the frontier of science and tech. Each week, we bring you exclusive interviews with some of the leading thinkers of our time. INSTAGRAM ⤠https://www.instagram.com/jessemic...
Oct 05, 2024â˘19 min
From 2013 - 2022, Eric Weinstein was a Managing Director at Thiel Capital. He is the creator of geometric unity, a unified theory in physics, and the intellectual dark web, a loose coalition of intellectuals dedicated to free thought. Hal Puthoff is former CIA, NSA and AATIP (the governmentâs official UFO investigation program). In the 70âs, he oversaw Stargate: the governmentâs psychic spy program at Stanford Research Institute. In this conversation, we discuss the physics of UFOâs, private aer...
Oct 05, 2024â˘1 hr 2 min
Professor Loeb received a Ph.D. in plasma physics at age 24 from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1986) and was subsequently a long-term member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (1988-1993), where he started to work in theoretical astrophysics. In 1993 he moved to Harvard University where he was tenured three years later. In 2021, Avi founded the Galileo Project whose goal is to bring the search for extraterrestrial technological signatures of Extraterrestrial Technological Civ...
Oct 05, 2024â˘29 min
Meet Deep Prasad. Deep is a 26 year old self taught prodigy working on quantum computing and with a deep interest in UFOâs. In this video we discuss how he combines those interests by attempting to solve the schrodinger many body equation at scale with quantum computing; we also discuss quantum biology, quantum sensing and what, if anything, the aliens have planned for us đ¸đ˝ *** AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an original series hosted by Jesse Michels that explores the frontier of science and tech. Each ...
Oct 05, 2024â˘33 min
Robert Greene and Ryan Holiday: How to Find your Calling A modern Machiavelli, Robert Greene is the bestselling author of the 48 Laws of Power, The Laws of Human Nature and now, The Daily Laws. Ryan Holiday is the bestselling author of Trust Me Iâm Lying, The Obstacle is the Way, Ego is the Enemy and now Courage is Calling. Robert and Ryan have a long relationship but have never been interviewed together. It was an hour to get them in the same room on this weeks episode of American Alchemy, wher...
Oct 05, 2024â˘33 min
Wim Hof, AKA The Iceman, is a Dutch motivational speaker and extreme athlete noted for his ability to withstand freezing temperatures. He has set Guinness World Records for swimming under ice and prolonged full-body contact with ice, and previously held the record for a barefoot half marathon on ice and snow. Heâs hiked Mount Everest barefoot in shorts and run a marathon in the desert with no water. He attributes these feats to his Wim Hof Method (WHM), a combination of frequent cold exposure. I...
Oct 05, 2024â˘38 min
This weeks American Alchemist is Josh Wolfe. Josh co-founded Lux Capital to support scientists and entrepreneurs who pursue counter-conventional solutions to the most vexing puzzles of our time in order to lead us into a brighter future. The more ambitious the project, the betterâlike, say, creating matter from light. Josh is a Director at Shapeways, Strateos, Lux Research, Kallyope, CTRL-labs, Variant, and Varda, and helped lead the firmâs investments in Anduril, Planet, Echodyne, Clarifai, Aut...
Oct 05, 2024â˘28 min
Dr. Garry Nolan is the Rachford and Carlota A. Harris Professor in the Department of Pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He has published over 300 research articles and is the holder of 40 US patents, and has been honored as one of the top 25 inventors at Stanford University. Dr. Nolan was the founder of Rigel Inc. (NASDAQ: RIGL), and Nodality, Inc. (a diagnostics development company), BINA (a genomics computational infrastructure company sold to Roche Diagnostics), Founder of A...
Oct 05, 2024â˘29 min
Shanna H. Swan, Ph.D., is one of the worldâs leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologists and a professor of environmental medicine and public health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. An award-winning scientist, her work examines the impact of environmental exposures, including chemicals such as phthalates and Bisphenol A, on menâs and womenâs reproductive health and the neurodevelopment of children. In this conversation, we focus on her new bestselling b...
Oct 05, 2024â˘23 min
Steve Horvath is a GermanâAmerican aging researcher, geneticist, and biostatistician. He is a professor at the University of California Los Angeles known for developing the Horvath aging clock, which is a highly accurate molecular biomarker of aging. Having a clock thatâs able to predict age is incredibly important for longevity research and begets important philosophical questions that we discuss in this episode. Please enjoy this conversation with Dr. Steve Horvath. *** AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an ...
Oct 05, 2024â˘21 min
Delian Asparouhov and Will Bruey are the cofounders of Varda space. With backgrounds in building the dragon capsule at SpaceX and at Founders Fund, the team wants to build stepwise better materials in microgravity environments (fiber optics, pharmaceuticals etc). On this episode, we talk about their revolutionary approach, the macro trends that allow for it (i.e. cheaper launch costs), the important idea that space commercialization will likely precede colonization and the various risks involved...
Oct 05, 2024â˘22 min
Parapsychology is a fringey field of physics that involves the study of mind over matter effects. Many elite universities had parapsychology departments in the 50âs, 60âs and 70âs. At American Alchemy, we think the field is worthy of further inquiry. On this episode, we explore two of parapsychologyâs most mind blowing instantiations. The first is a government psychic spy program called Stargate. I interview one of the psychic spies in the program, a guy named Paul Smith, who now teaches people ...
Oct 05, 2024â˘26 min
This weekâs American Alchemist is Ross Douthat: Ross is an American political analyst, blogger, author and New York Times columnist. He was a senior editor of The Atlantic. He has written on a variety of conservative topics, including the state of elite education and Christianity in America and "sustainable decadence" in contemporary society. On this episode, we talk about his battle with Lyme disease and its mysterious origins. *** AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an original series hosted by Jesse Michels ...
Oct 04, 2024â˘27 min
This weekâs American Alchemist is Rob Rhinehart: Rob is the founder of Soylent, partner at Mars Bio, and author of the blog mostly harmless. Heâs incredibly intelligent and incredibly eccentric. He lives on a secluded Malibu with goats and horses and eats homemade ice cream all day. He also dabbles in poetry. John Fiorentino, his neighbor, is the founder of gravity blanket (one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns in history), Moonpods, birthdate candles, and now MoonPals. Heâs an outspo...
Oct 04, 2024â˘28 min
This weekâs American Alchemist is Brian Muraresku: Brian is the New York Times bestselling author of the book, The Immortality Key. It documents the Ancient Greek mystery rituals that many said held civilization together and that the fathers of western civilization (Plato, Aristotle etc.) all underwent. Many of these great thinkers claimed the rituals helped them encounter âtheir immortal soulâ. In The Immortality Key, Brian makes a strong case that the drink they consumed in the mystery rituals...
Oct 04, 2024â˘25 min
This weekâs American Alchemist is Christian Angermayer: entrepreneur, investor, and head of Apeiron Investment Group, which manages 3.5 Billion Dollars. Born and bred in Germany, Christian is the first investor in Compass Pathways and founder of Atai Life Sciences, demarginalizing psychedelics and bringing them into the mainstream as FDA-approved treatments and therapies for ailments like depression, addiction, and PTSD. Perhaps more interesting than his business track record is his personality;...
Oct 04, 2024â˘25 min
Todayâs American Alchemist is Justin Mateen. Justin cofounded Tinder in 2012 and currently runs JAM Fund, a $400 million dollar fund that invests in high-growth tech startups. We discuss his deal flow, what he looks for in founders, pattern recognition, and even did some holotropic breathwork together. Justin also forced me to take shots hot sauce after losing to him in Corn Hole. Iâll get him back though. Ranked #1 Seed Investor in the country by Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.co...
Oct 04, 2024â˘16 min
Eric Weinstein is a mathematician, cultural commentator and Managing Director of Thiel Capital. He has a theory in physics, called Geometric Unity, which attempts to reconcile quantum field theory and relativity. He's a walking anomaly and a complete polymath; genius doesn't do him justice. In this episode, we grab in n' out, talk about intergenerational theft, malaise among young people, artificial general intelligence, UFO's and the "theoretical" media company of the future. *** AMERICAN ALCHE...
Oct 04, 2024â˘47 min
