It‘s Probably (not) Aliens!

Tristan Johnson, Scott Niswander

probsnotaliens@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

A weekly deep-dive into ancient history theories and conspiracy claims, using experts and historians to debunk popular “ancient aliens” narratives while reframing the underlying cultural and political myths. Strong booking value for historians, researchers, and media-critical thinkers who can explain evidence, methodology, and the social impact of pseudoscience.

Metrics

Episodes: 161

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 2.8k subscribers

Instagram: 360 followers

Contact Information

probsnotaliens@gmail.com

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Host

Tristan Johnson - Described as a historian who “div[e] through the archives” and hosts the show alongside Scott to explore ancient civilizations and debunk claims popularized by Ancient Aliens.

Scott Niswander - A co-host who joins Tristan “dive through the archives” for weekly discussions on ancient civilizations and myth-debunking, with periodic on-air mentions including taking baby duty while others join.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Researchers/authors with subject-matter credibility in history, archaeology, and/or evidence-based debunking; sometimes media creators or commentators with relevant expertise; guests in these episodes include an academic/historian figure (Jacobs) and topic-specific writers.
Required Achievements:  
Published or documented historical/research claims about specific monuments or movements, Academic background in history or related fields, Notable media work (e.g., documentary-style video essays) relevant to conspiracies/pseudoscience, Podcast media presence as an expert commentator on related canon/topics

Recent Guest Discussions

Mildred - Alien-abduction Hypnosis/memory-manufacturing Claims And Harms In The David Jacobs Framework.

David Jacobs - Hypnosis As Memory-fabrication; Memory Rebuilding; Sleep Paralysis Presence; Square-cube Law Applied To The “seven-foot Insect” Claims; Ethical Critique Of The System Implied By The Mantis Managers.

Stanford - Origins Of The “mantis” From Alien-abduction Lore; Ties To David Jacobs; Hypnosis And Memory Reconstruction Themes.

Sarah Davis Baker - Rosicrucianism Context For The Georgia Guidestones; Claims That The Stones Were Based On Eugenics-era History And Conspiratorial Misreadings; Later Political Blowback.

Recent Topics

Ancient History, Pseudoscience, History, Conspiracy, Ufo

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
It‘s Probably (not) Aliens!
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Walking Amogus

June 16, 2026

David Jacobs spent his retirement from teaching history at Temple University convinced that alien-human hybrids he calls hubrids are quietly moving into apartments in Philadelphia, taking jobs, and waiting for a signal to enslave the planet. The catch is that these telepathic interstellar conquerors apparently cannot work a toaster, order a coffee, or figure out when to clap at a concert, so they abduct people to teach them. Tristan is joined by Mildred from Thought Slime, back for a record n...

The Real Mantis Was The Exploitation We Made Along The Way

June 09, 2026

Somewhere in the deep lore of alien abduction, past the gray guys who run the equipment, sits a manager. Six to nine feet of praying mantis, purple robe for rank, telepathic, standing at the head of the table while the drones do the wet work. It regards you the way a farmer regards livestock. This week, Tristan brings on Stanford (yes, the one we verbally abused all of last season, now a guest in good standing) to work out where this giant bug came from. The trail runs straight to David Jacob...

Rosicrucianism Was Just A 1614 S***post

June 02, 2026

In 1980, a mysterious stranger named R.C. Christian spent the equivalent of $200,000 to erect 19-foot-tall, 119-ton granite monuments in rural Georgia. Ancient Aliens wants you to believe the "Georgia Guidestones" are an extraterrestrial warning to keep the human population under 500 million, passed down by the secret Rosicrucian order. Tristan and guest Sarah Davis Baker are here to inform you that the Rosicrucian manifestos were basically 17th-century German shitposts, and the real author o...

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