History Fuzz

Ashley Cowie
History Fuzz

Hosted by Scottish filmmaker and writer Ashley Cowie, the History Fuzz podcast presents weekly interviews with leading research scientists. Each episode reveals the motivations, tools, and skills of the ancient skywatchers, surveyors, architects and builders who created awe-inspiring stone structures within monumental landscapes. Become a History Fuzz member for early, ad-free access to new episodes, exclusive video content, documentaries, articles and maps. Visit https://historyfuzz.com/podcast Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-fuzz--5975618/support.

  1. 12/21/2024

    #20 - Dr. Antonio César González-Garcia. Jordan's Astronomical Pioneers

    In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Antonio César González-Garcia, the President of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC) since 2017, a renowned Astrophysicist and Archaeoastronomer whose groundbreaking research bridges the cosmos and culture. With a PhD in Astrophysics from Groningen and extensive fieldwork across Europe, the Near East, and Anatolia, Dr. González-Garcia has dedicated his career to uncovering the celestial connections behind ancient structures. Together, we delve into the archaeoastronomy of Jordan's oldest astronomical architecture, unraveling its influence on the monumental landscapes that culminated in the creation of the iconic Petra Treasury. Exploring both functional and sacred orientations to examining the interplay between religion and architectural planning, this conversation sheds light on the cosmic significance encoded in some of humanity's most awe-inspiring archaeological sites. About History Fuzz History Fuzz is a realm of contemplative inquiry wherein leading research scientists explore the motivations, tools, and skills of the ancient skywatchers, surveyors, architects, and builders who created awe-inspiring structures in monumental landscapes, enshrining their diverse cosmic chronicles in stone. Get More History Fuzz Official Site: https://historyfuzz.com Patreon: https://bit.ly/3Wrct3N Facebook:https://bit.ly/HistoryFuzzFB Twitter: https://bit.ly/HistoryFuzzX Instagram: https://bit.ly/HistoryFuzzIG TikTok: https://bit.ly/HistoryFuzzTok Spreaker: https://bitly.cx/HistoryFuzz Apple Podcasts: https://bitly.cx/7Hu7 Spotify: https://bit.ly/HistoryFuzz YouTube: https://bitly.cx/5cGey Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-fuzz--5975618/support.

    1h 2m

  2. 11/12/2024

    #19 - Professor Steven R. Gullberg. Astronomical Secrets of the Incas Revealed

    Professor Steve Gullberg is a master of Andean archaeoastronomy, and in this episode he reveals how Inca structures align with the cosmos to mark celestial events. Discover Inca astronomy, architecture and cosmovision, at the intersection of time and space, in this illuminating episode of History Fuzz. Contact Steven Gullberg: srgullberg@ou.edu Buy Ashley's new book "Ropes and Ruins" here: https://amzn.to/4dGAWXY Subscribe to the History Fuzz podcast and never miss an episode For $5/month History Fuzz members get early ad-free access to new episodes, exclusive video content, documentaries, articles and maps Send questions, requests, criticisms, suggestions and feedback History Fuzz Online Website : Instagram : Facebook : Youtube Join the History Fuzz team exploring and filming in Colombia All television and media enquiries please contact Eric Radin and AKA Talent To advertise your product or service on this podcast, or to discuss show sponsorship options, please contact Ashley Cowie by email Become a supporter of this podcast: https://bitly.cx/wdDc7 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-fuzz--5975618/support.

    1h 1m

  3. 08/12/2024

    #18 - Professor Radoslaw Palonka. Deciphering Puebloan Archaeoastronomy at Crow Canyon

    Professor Radoslaw Palonka from Jagiellonian University discusses his innovative archaeoastronomy research at Crow Canyon. This ancient monumental landscape in southwestern Colorado reveals how Ancestral Puebloans integrated celestial observations into their rituals, offering deep insights into their societal and ritualistic complexities. Visit Crow Canyon's official website: https://crowcanyon.org/ Buy Ashley's new book "Ropes and Ruins" here: https://amzn.to/4dGAWXY  Subscribe to the History Fuzz podcast and never miss an episode. For $5/month History Fuzz members get early ad-free access to new episodes, exclusive video content, documentaries, articles and maps. Send questions, requests, criticisms, suggestions and feedback History Fuzz Online Website : Instagram : Facebook : Youtube Join the History Fuzz team exploring and filming in Colombia All television and media enquiries please contact Eric Radin and AKA Talent To advertise your product or service on this podcast, or to discuss show sponsorship options, please contact Ashley Cowie by email Become a supporter of this podcast: https://bitly.cx/wdDc7 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-fuzz--5975618/support.

    1h 42m

  4. 06/01/2024

    #17 - Professor Marc Frincu. Ancient Astronomy in the Armenian Highlands

    Professor Marc Frincu is an authority in distributed systems, big data, smart grids, astronomy, and archaeoastronomy. Marc is also the secretary of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture and vice-president of the Romanian Society of Cultural Astronomy. In this episode Marc guides us deep into the Armenian Highlands and relives his extraordinary discoveries of Bronze Age astronomical devices. He discusses the functionality of mysterious spiral and cup-shaped petroglyphs, and delineates crumbling stone structures with starburst alignments to surrounding burial sites and mountaintops. We also dive into Yazidi cosmology, and Mark outlines a north to south Bronze Age meridian line defined by a cone of stones framing the circumpolar stars. And seeking meaning, we discuss ancient perception of the north sky and how it was perhaps associated with notions of mortality, and infinity. Read Professor Marc Frincu’s academic papers: https://bitly.cx/OFOiM Subscribe to the History Fuzz podcast and never miss an episode. For $5/month History Fuzz members get early ad-free access to new episodes, exclusive video content, documentaries, articles and maps. Send questions, requests, criticisms, suggestions and feedback History Fuzz Online Website : Instagram : Facebook : Youtube Join the History Fuzz team exploring and filming in Colombia All television and media enquiries please contact Eric Radin and AKA Talent To advertise your product or service on this podcast, or to discuss show sponsorship options, please contact Ashley Cowie by email Become a supporter of this podcast: https://bitly.cx/wdDc7 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-fuzz--5975618/support.

    58 min

  5. 05/21/2024

    #16 - Ian Hinton. Medieval Church Secrets: Investigating Freemason Alignment Theories

    18th-century Freemasons believed medieval church architects in England oriented their buildings with the azimuth of sunrise on the day of the patronal saint. However, having spent over ten years exploring the English countryside with a compass Ian Hinton surveyed the alignments of over 2000 rural churches and his work thoroughly debunks this romantic masonic notion. In this episode Ian discusses the hidden complexities of church building, revealing a suite of masonic secrets and myths. And after explaining why leylines are “utter nonsense,” Ian reveals how his database of alignments suggests changing weather and climate patterns were key factors in the orientation of English churches. Read Ian Hinton’s academic paper: website: https://bitly.cx/FRbY Subscribe to the History Fuzz podcast and never miss an episode For $5/month History Fuzz members get early ad-free access to new episodes, exclusive video content, documentaries, articles and maps. Send questions, requests, criticisms, suggestions and feedback History Fuzz Online Website : Instagram : Facebook : Youtube Join the History Fuzz team exploring and filming in Colombia All television and media enquiries please contact Eric Radin and AKA Talent To advertise your product or service on this podcast, or to discuss show sponsorship options, please contact Ashley Cowie by email Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-fuzz--5975618/support

    1h 39m

  6. 05/14/2024

    #15 - Professor Timothy Pauketat. Beneath Cahokia: Unearthing Ancient American Pyramid Mounds

    Professor Timothy Pauketat, Director of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, is a leading authority on Mesoamerican-Southwestern connections, and in this conversation he reveals the secrets of Cahokia, the major precolonial ceremonial centre located near St. Louis, Missouri, in the Midwestern region of the United States. Journeying into indigenous American cultures' astronomy and sacred geography, Timothy presents an astronomically aligned landscape reflecting the Milky Way and key stages of the lunar cycle. And he also discusses the possible functions of the enigmatic Birdman tablet, the controversial Chaco Meridian, and the role of frog sounds in ancient rituals and climatology. Professor Timothy Pauketat website: https://anthro.illinois.edu/directory/profile/pauketat Subscribe to the History Fuzz podcast and never miss an episode For $5/month History Fuzz members get early ad-free access to new episodes, exclusive video content, documentaries, articles and maps. Send questions, requests, criticisms, suggestions and feedback History Fuzz Online Website : Instagram : Facebook : Youtube Join the History Fuzz team exploring and filming in Colombia All television and media enquiries please contact Eric Radin and AKA Talent To advertise your product or service on this podcast, or to discuss show sponsorship options, please contact Ashley Cowie by email Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-fuzz--5975618/support

    1h 2m

  7. 05/02/2024

    #14 - Dr. Philip Tonner. Heidegger, Dwelling and Prehistoric Metaphysics

    With a background in philosophy, archaeology, and education Dr. Philip Tonner has taught at a number of Universities and secondary schools across the UK, and he is currently a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow’s School of Education. Regarding his recent book - Dwelling: Heidegger, Archaeology, Mortality, one reviewer wrote “There really isn’t any directly comparable book – it is unique,” and in many ways so too is the following conversation. In this episode we discuss the Phenomenology of archaeology in the context of palaeolithic and Neolithic cultures. Philip shares Heidegger’s work on “Dwelling,” a lifestyle in which agents were consumed by the practical needs of day to day living, where the modern thresholds between mind and body, or thought and action, were nonexistent. This discussion presents an enthralling liminal voyage into ancient mind and cognition through the perspectives of Heidegger, and the interpretations and expansions of Dr. Philip Tonner. Philip Tonner website: https://philiptonner.com/ Subscribe to the History Fuzz podcast and never miss an episode For $5/month History Fuzz members get early ad-free access to new episodes, exclusive video content, documentaries, articles and maps. Send questions, requests, criticisms, suggestions and feedback History Fuzz Online Website : Instagram : Facebook : Youtube Join the History Fuzz team exploring and filming in Colombia All television and media enquiries please contact Eric Radin and AKA Talent To advertise your product or service on this podcast, or to discuss show sponsorship options, please contact Ashley Cowie by email Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-fuzz--5975618/support

    1h 10m

  8. 04/25/2024

    #13 - Dr. Richard Friedman. Chaco Pt 03: Charting the Chacoan underworld

    Dr. Richard Friedman is an expert in Geographic Information Systems [GIS] who integrates aerial technologies with remote sensing and ground surveying at archaeological sites. In this episode we return to the Chaco Canyon in the US southwest where Richard outlines the astronomical, geographical and cosmological aspects of this vast assembly of tracks, roads, ways, sacred structures and underlying alignments. Richard explains that the monumental landscape not only reflects aspects of the night sky, and the cycles of the Sun and moon, but it also served as a complex map of the perceived underworld. Developing on our study into the controversial Chaco Meridian, which was delineated by Professor Stephen Lekson in Episode 02, Richard describes a series of T-shaped stone doorways, or thresholds, at Casas Grandes which might serve as architectural evidence for the arrival of a band of elite Chacoans migrating southwards from Aztec Ruins in Chaco Canyon. Subscribe to the History Fuzz podcast and never miss an episode For $5/month History Fuzz members get early, ad-free access to new episodes, exclusive video content, documentaries, articles and maps. Become a History Fuzz Member Send questions, requests, criticisms, suggestions and feedback History Fuzz Online Website : Instagram : Facebook : Youtube Join the History Fuzz team exploring and filming in Colombia All television and media enquiries please contact Eric Radin and AKA Talent To advertise your product or service on this podcast, or to discuss show sponsorship options, please contact Ashley Cowie by email Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-fuzz--5975618/support.

    1h 29m
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Hosted by Scottish filmmaker and writer Ashley Cowie, the History Fuzz podcast presents weekly interviews with leading research scientists. Each episode reveals the motivations, tools, and skills of the ancient skywatchers, surveyors, architects and builders who created awe-inspiring stone structures within monumental landscapes. Become a History Fuzz member for early, ad-free access to new episodes, exclusive video content, documentaries, articles and maps. Visit https://historyfuzz.com/podcast Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-fuzz--5975618/support.

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