Episode 47: 2012 (2009) with Dr. Andrew Kinkella

In this episode Dr. Andrew Kinkella joins us to discuss 2012 (2009), a summer blockbuster from Roland Emmerich based on Graham Hancock’s Fingerprints of the Gods and a misunderstanding of the Mayan calendar. We get into the truth about the Maya, mutating neutrinos, pseudoarchaeology, and Roland Emmerich’s love of conspiracy theories.

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In this episode:

The Maya Calendar explained: https://www.mayaarchaeologist.co.uk/public-resources/maya-world/maya-calendar-system/

The Piri Reis Map – Pseudoarchaeology podcast Ep101: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/pseudo/101

Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings by Charles Hapgood: https://books.google.ca/books?id=5iLG2D5eBswC

Earth Crust Displacement Theory: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Crust_displacement

Andy Samberg’s new series Digman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L05ow5zxfEo

The Genius Factory by David Plotz: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/131876/the-genius-factory-by-david-plotz/

Roland Emmerich is adapting the novel Maya Lord: https://filmschoolrejects.com/roland-emmerich-returning-subject-mayan-culture/