Dr. Diana Pasulka is a writer and professor of religious studies. Her most recent book, American Cosmos, is a plain-clothes investigation into the way beliefs are constructed, maintained, and exchanged at a cultural level. In it, Pasulka catalogues her journey through the highest echelon of the UAP world, and the surprising identities of the monastic mystics she found there. We talk about disclosure, belief, meaning, the speciation event, and covert government operations. Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Get learned with this episode's reading list (affliate links): American Cosmic by Diana W. Pasulka: https://amzn.to/3JR4d69 Heaven Can Wait by Diana W. Pasulka: https://amzn.to/3n8AgWj Simians, Cyborgs, and Women by Donna Haraway: https://amzn.to/3n8AgWj Sand Talk - How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta: https://amzn.to/3yR7uMM Abduction & Passport to the Cosmos by John E. Mack, PhD: https://amzn.to/40gZWOX Exhalation & Stories of You Life by Ted Chiang: https://amzn.to/406uu6w 00:00 Go! 00:05:51 Religious studies, stealth ads, an ethnography 00:12:30 Media, conjuring, & cyborgs 00:23:43 Proto-human mythology 00:39:54 Narratives of other worlds 00:45:37 Building belief 00:51:57 Good vs Evil & Media Apocalypse 00:56:49 AI & Evolution 01:05:39 Indigenous narratives & the future 01:16:10 Causes for Optimism 01:22:56 Hierarchy of beings 01:29:16 Project bluebook 01:39:55 Making sense of the phenomenon 01:46:57 Knock on the Door 01:56:53 Revolutionary technologies 02:05:47 Plurality of the future 02:11:24 Psychonauts & pure experience 02:15:19 Closing remarks #AmericanCosmic #uap #religiousstudies Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Michael Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671