The 9th Colony by Colin Curtis was vanity published through AuthorHouse UK in February of 2023. We received an email from a podcast PR rep asking us to have the author on the show as a guest. We don't have authors on the show, but we get a lot of these emails because some PR companies just send blanket form emails without actually having any idea what the podcasts or other entities they're contacting actually do. Normally we just skim and delete, but this one caught our eye because it suggested that Mr. Curtis had expertise in the science of human evolution and space exploration and would talk about "the evolution debate". Considering the book was only 128 pages, it seemed worth a read and review for us this year.

Disclaimer: Most of this year's episodes were pre-recorded many months in advance. Please keep in mind that when we recorded this review in early 2023, the UAP/UFO hearings in congress that took place in July obviously hadn't happened yet. If you haven't yet watched or read the transcripts of those hearings, it's worth your time: UAP Hearing Wrap Up

In addition to our usual barnyard language, today's episode includes discussion or mention of: aliens, alien abduction, cartoon-level violence, conspiracy theories, and UAPs/UFOs.

• U.S. Government Alien/UFO Investigations

  • Office of the Director of National Intelligence's Preliminary Assessment of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

  • National Archives: Project Blue Book

• Kurzgesagt's Short-Form Videos about Alien Possibilities:

  • The Fermi Paradox — Where Are All The Aliens? (1/2)

  • The Fermi Paradox II — Solutions and Ideas – Where Are All The Aliens? (2/2)

  • Why Alien Life Would be our Doom - The Great Filter

  • Aliens under the Ice – Life on Rogue Planets

  • What Do Alien Civilizations Look Like? The Kardashev Scale

• Citations Needed:

  • The Very Real Social Brain Rot of Ancient Aliens and Ancient Apocalypse