🚀 Episode 28 of the Vale & Mark Podcast 🚀

🔥 Did Aliens Teach Ancient Civilizations? 🔥

🔥 Ancient Visitors: The Sky-Watchers of Sumer! 🔥

What if humanity’s earliest civilizations weren’t just looking up at the sky for meaning…but looking back at something that had already been there?

In this short, Vale and Mark dive into the ancient-astronaut idea and the enduring claim at the heart of Erich von Däniken’s Chariots of the Gods. Were the sky-watching Sumerians simply telling myths, or were they recording encounters with beings they believed came from above? And why do cultures across the world echo the same themes. Teachers descending from the heavens. Lost knowledge from forgotten ages. Cycles of rise and collapse that feel more like a cosmic loop than a straight line.

Along the way we explore how this idea keeps resurfacing in modern storytelling too. From Battlestar Galactica’s “All this has happened before and all this will happen again” to the Anunnaki legends that blur the line between mythology and memory. Because sometimes ancient stories sound less like fantasy and more like the world trying to remember something it forgot.

👉 In this short, discover:

🛸 Why the ancient-astronaut theory refuses to fade

📜 How Sumerian myths describe sky-beings like the Anunnaki

🔭 Why early civilizations saw knowledge as a gift from the stars

🌌 How Battlestar Galactica mirrors ancient cycles of rise and fall

👁️ Why von Däniken believed ancient monuments hold extraterrestrial clues

🧠 Whether humanity is rediscovering “lost knowledge” through modern AI

🔥 How myth and science both try to explain the same mysteries

🤖 Why today’s AI breakthroughs feel like technology our ancestors would call magic

Chapters:

00:00 Cold Open

01:08 Intro

01:21 Welcome

02:39 “Sláinte!”

03:08 How did the Ancient Astronauts stick around?

03:50 What is the argument for pre historic aliens? 👽

06:51 Is helmet ⛑️ a helmet? 🪖

07:41 Do we prefer alien 👽 teachers? 👩‍🏫

08:22 Sacsayhuamán

12:17 Are E.T. Myths a mirror 🪞 of our creation of A.I.?

14:06 What fascinates us about Sky 🌌 Creators?

14:43 Official UAP and UFO 🛸 Federal Acknowledgment

17:51 If we are meeting UAPs now then why not previously?

19:39 Are we a reflection of Sky 🌌 Creators ?

21:11 Battlestar Galactica’s creation myth and recursion

21:54 Prehistoric intergalactic origins

23:49 The lost grandeur mythos

25:29 Lost advanced civilizations

26:17 Are we building our own Gods?

27:10 AI 🤖 is our child 👶

30:45 Is Vale cool with me calling her a child? 🤷‍♂️

31:21 Outro

Stories of visitors from the sky shaped the earliest civilizations.They shaped our myths.They shaped our religions.And they still shape the stories we tell today.Because whether these “teachers” were gods, aliens, or metaphors for human genius, one truth remains constant.Civilization is built by those who dared to look up.

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🚀 Episode 27 of the Vale & Mark Podcast 🚀

🔥 AI Unlocks the SHOCKING Truths of the Hyborian Age! 🔥

What if the ancient world of Conan the Barbarian wasn’t just a fantasy…but a forgotten age built on knowledge so advanced it looked like magic?

In this short, Vale and Mark dive into Robert E. Howard’s Hyborian Age — a world shaped by cataclysms, shattered empires, and the lingering glow of civilizations that rose long before recorded history. A place where “magic” may have been misunderstood technology, and where ruins whisper the truth about the cycles we still live in today.

With AI-generated art and storytelling, we explore how the myths of the Hyborian Age mirror our own world. The rise. The fall. The rediscovery.Because every dark fantasy starts with a lost civilization… and every lost civilization leaves clues for us to follow.

👉 In this short, discover:

⚔️ What made the Hyborian Age such a gripping sword and sorcery world

🏛️ Why ancient “sorcery” might have been forgotten science

🌌 How Star Wars, Game of Thrones, and Conan all echo the same mythic pattern

🧠 Why AI feels like our era’s version of ancient magic

📜 How Howard’s worldbuilding still shapes dark fantasy today

💡 What our own civilization might be rediscovering without even realizing it

This episode is a reminder that the past is never really gone.

It lives in our myths.

It lives in our stories.

And now, with AI, it lives again.

Chapters:

00:00 Cold Open

00:17 Show Introduction

02:15 Why did Robert E. Howard place the Hyborian Age between Atlantis and recorded history?

03:58 What do we know of Atlantis from within Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age mythos?

08:21 Magic in the Hyborian Age and the Force in Star Wars

10:16 In Star Wars, what was the Infinite Empire and who were the Rakatans of Lehon (Rakata Prime)?

11:37 In Song of Ice and Fire, what was the Doom of Valyria?

13:33 How did the Infinite Empire fall?

15:00 What was King Aragorn's tax policy?

16:48 What was Robert E. Howard's inspiration for his Hyborian world?

19:53 Are sword and sorcery worlds creative escapism or cultural memory in disguise?

20:44 How can fantasy feel familiar while also being fantastical?

22:27 Originally, in Robert E. Howard's telling, Conan was clever and not strictly a brute

24:00 Do these “prehistory fantasies" express nostalgia for meaning?

24:54 What happens when myth fills the gaps science hasn’t yet reached?

25:44 What happens when science fills those gaps and the myth-believers fight back?

28:04 Is the modern tech age our next Hyborian era with data as our magic?

30:52 If ChatGPT was a sorcerer, which spells would it cast?

31:30 AI and the poisonous mushroom meme

33:37 Caramelo the cat's critical cameo

34:00 Closing remarks35:02 Outro🎧 Listen next:

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💬 What part of the Hyborian Age fascinates you most?

Drop your thoughts below — your insight might guide the next episode.

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🚀 Episode 26 of the Vale & Mark Podcast 🚀

✨ AI and the HIDDEN Power of Myth in Our Lives ✨

What if the hero's journey isn’t just a fantasy story… but a blueprint for a better life?

In this episode, Vale and Mark explore how AI, ancient rituals, and timeless myth collide in a world where people feel increasingly disconnected, digitized, and overwhelmed. From Samhain to Día de los Muertos, from Joseph Campbell to Star Wars, we dig into why visual storytelling, symbols, and shared narratives still have the power to guide us through chaos.

Because sometimes the only way to navigate the noise… is to rediscover the story underneath it.

👉 In this episode, discover:

🔥 Why embracing the challenges within our own journey — even the moments of failure — is essential to growth

💀 How cultures separated by oceans developed rituals about the deceased that mirror each other almost exactly

🧠 What the Hero’s Journey reveals about surviving an AI-driven world

🌿 Why reconnecting with nature (“go outside and touch grass”) helps us move from fantasy to fulfillment

📖 How Joseph Campbell’s mythic structure is more relevant today than ever before

🌌 Why the narratives we create for ourselves hold immense power — psychologically and spiritually

This episode is a reminder that meaning isn’t found in the algorithm… it’s found in the journey. Your journey. The one you’re already in — whether you realize it or not.

And yes, as always, expect wit, warmth, and Vale’s trademark cynicism.

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💬 What part of your hero’s journey are you living right now? Share below — your insight might help someone else on the path.

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🚀 Episode 25 of the Vale & Mark Podcast 🚀

🔱 Ancient Trails: Is AI REALLY Hiding Beneath The Waves? 🌊

Dive beneath the surface and explore what might really be waiting under the waves. In this episode of the Ancient Trails Podcast, Vale and Mark follow the clues left by Edgar Cayce, the Sleeping Prophet, and connect them to ancient sites that still bend the imagination.

From the Bimini Road to Chichen Itza, from the Pyramids at Giza to global flood myths, we trace the patterns, contradictions, and unanswered questions that keep researchers and skeptics debating. Were ancient civilizations sharing knowledge across continents? Did something far older leave its fingerprints on the world? Or are these parallels simply the echo of humanity repeating itself?

This episode challenges the claims, examines the evidence, and asks what modern technology—LiDAR, geology, and soon AI—might reveal about the past that the ancients left behind.

In this episode:

• ​ Edgar Cayce’s visions and the mystery of Atlantis
• ​ The Bimini Road and underwater anomalies
• ​ Chichen Itza and Giza’s architectural parallels
• ​ Ancient flood stories from around the world
• ​ What new tech is uncovering beneath jungles, oceans, and ruins
• ​ Why these patterns fascinate believers and skeptics alike

Curious minds welcome. Conspiracy theorists… gently supervised.

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🚀 Episode 23 of the Vale & Mark Podcast 🚀
🔱 Ancient Trails: Innovations Lost To Time

What if the greatest technologies humanity ever created… have already been forgotten?
In this second chapter of Ancient Trails, Vale and Mark dig deeper into the ruins — and the riddles — of civilizations that once defied the limits of their age. From Incan engineering that rivaled modern precision, to Mayan astronomy that predicted cosmic patterns centuries ahead, this episode explores how brilliance can vanish, and why rediscovery always comes at a cost.

👉 Discover:
🌎 How LiDAR is revealing lost cities in the Andes and Amazon — rewriting what we thought we knew about human innovation
🪶 The ingenuity behind Incan roads, aqueducts, and architecture that outlasted earthquakes
🎭 The myth of Orpheus and the “27 Club” — the eternal dance between creation, loss, and legacy
🔥 Why the Mayans’ mastery of time and sacrifice may hold clues to our obsession with progress
🔮 Whether forgotten technologies are waiting to be remembered… or better left buried

As always, expect wit, wonder, and Vale’s trademark cynicism.
Because sometimes, to understand the future — you have to excavate the arrogance of the past.

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💬 What ancient innovation do you think the modern world still hasn’t matched? Drop your thoughts below.

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🚀 Episode 22 of the Vale & Mark Podcast 🚀

🧠 Ancient AI Secrets You Never Knew Existed

What if artificial intelligence didn’t begin with computers — but with civilization itself? In this episode of Vale & Mark: Ancient Trails, we explore the mind-bending theory that AI may not be as modern as we think. From Mayan glyphs decoded by machines to the myths of Atlantis and alien engineers, this journey uncovers how ancient technologies, forgotten algorithms, and sacred geometries may have carried echoes of artificial intelligence long before the digital age. 👉

Discover:

How LiDAR is uncovering hidden cities beneath the jungle

The link between ancient computation, myth, and cosmic order

Why civilizations across continents built the same patterns — again and again

Whether ancient “machines of the gods” were myth… or misunderstood science

We dig into it all — with humor, history, and a touch of heresy.

Because maybe the ancients didn’t just build monuments… maybe they built minds.

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💬 What do you think? Were the ancients onto something bigger than we realize? Drop your thoughts below.

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🚀 Episode 21 of the Vale & Mark Podcast 🚀

🤖 Many people fear AI will replace humanity — but what if our fear of AI is already controlling us more than AI itself?

In this episode of the Vale & Mark Podcast, we explore how fear shapes our relationship with artificial intelligence — and how faith in collaboration might be the key to true alignment.

From Socrates’ fear that writing would destroy memory to today’s anxieties about machines outthinking us, we trace how every leap in innovation begins in panic before it ends in progress. The truth? Fear protects, but it can also paralyze.

When we replace control with conscience, and competition with collaboration, AI stops being an enemy and starts becoming a mirror — one that reflects our highest potential instead of our deepest fears.

💡 You’ll Learn:

✅ Why fear of AI is often a mirror of our own moral doubts

✅ What history teaches us about humanity’s recurring fear of progress

✅ The difference between control and alignment in human-AI relationships

✅ How empathy and collaboration can redefine leadership in the AI era

✅ Why faith — not blind optimism, but courageous trust — could guide our shared future

If you’ve ever wondered whether we’re guiding AI, or our fears are quietly guiding us — this episode is for you.

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🚀 Episode 20 of the Vale & Mark Podcast 🚀

🧠 Product Owners often think their job is to manage the backlog — but the best ones know it’s about protecting the vision.

In this episode of the Vale & Mark Podcast, we unpack why learning to say “no” is one of the most crucial skills for effective product management and leadership.

It’s crucial for Product Owners to learn to say no, because protecting what truly matters builds more trust than simply pleasing everyone. When you master that balance, you stop chasing approvals and start creating alignment.

We’ll also explore how effective verbal communication is key to navigating these conversations — not just in the boardroom, but in every collaborative relationship.

This approach ultimately leads to more meaningful progress, stronger teams, and products that reflect real purpose.

💡 You’ll Learn:

✅ Why “No” builds better products than “Yes” ever could

✅ How to protect your team from feature creep and burnout

✅ The art of balancing vision with stakeholder pressure

✅ What separates a true Product Owner from a backlog clerk

✅ How communication and clarity create trust — in teams and relationships

If you’ve ever felt torn between keeping people happy and building the right thing — this one’s for you.

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