Old World Exploration with Chris Kelly
His archives span San Francisco, Brooklyn, Johannesburg, Madrid, and beyond, tracing demolished courthouses, orphan trains, and asylums that emerged alongside sweeping “rebuild” narratives.
His archives span San Francisco, Brooklyn, Johannesburg, Madrid, and beyond, tracing demolished courthouses, orphan trains, and asylums that emerged alongside sweeping “rebuild” narratives.
Our history is a lie. Imagine walking into your local post office and feeling like you’ve entered a European palace.
Who actually built these monumental structures more than 10,000 years ago, and why were parts of the site intentionally buried?
The Antikythera Mechanism has been called the world’s first analog computer—but who built it, and how was such astonishing technology created more than 2,000 years ago?
Who John Wesley Powell really was and why he’s one of the key architects behind the modern historical narrative?
This ancient Egyptian temple is believed to be one of the sacred text repositories where the story of Atlantis was carved into the stone.
What explains how humanity abandoned a healing tradition?
In 2011, deep in the harsh mountains of Kabardino‑Balkaria, speleologist Arthur Zhemukhov uncovered a startling find at Khara‑Hora—one that hints at a far older chapter of human history.
The research team plans to submit a proposal to Egyptian authorities to excavate the site.
The deeper we investigate the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, the stranger the official story becomes.
Max Palasi and Guy Anderson explore the life, work, legacy and unanswered questions surrounding Nikola Tesla.
If you’ve ever looked at a lighthouse and felt like something didn’t quite add up, this episode is for you.
The 1893 Chicago World’s Fair is one of the most famous events in American history, but what if we’ve never been told the full story?
The altered skies during the aftermath of the 1871 great fire of Chicago.