This book by Diana Walsh Pasulka has come up 3 times across 2 different shows: Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman. One of those mentions was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Diana Walsh Pasulka, Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-12-28 and the most recent from 2024-06-27. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Joe Rogan Experience #2091 - Diana Walsh Pasulka
“when I did American Cosmic which is the first book about UFOs again which I never thought I'd be studying I encountered this man Tyler”— Diana Walsh Pasulka
The guest here is Diana Walsh Pasulka: Professor of religious studies at UNC Wilmington and author of American Cosmic and Encounters, who studies UFO and abduction phenomena as a historical and religious subject. Religious studies professor Diana Walsh Pasulka on UFOs as interdimensional phenomena, government secrecy, psychedelics, and the mystical roots of religion.
Joe Rogan Experience #2095 - Moshe Kasher
“but I'll recommend book to people it's called American Cosmic and it's essentially about this whole Flying Saucer”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Moshe Kasher: Stand-up comedian, author, and podcaster raised by deaf parents between Oakland and an ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community; got sober at 15 and wrote the memoir Subculture Vulture. Comedian Moshe Kasher joins Joe Rogan for pool-hall hustlers, deaf culture and the hidden history of sign language, addiction, disease, and cosmic theories.
Diana Walsh Pasulka: Aliens, Technology, Religion & the Nature of Belief | Lex Fridman Podcast #149
“professor of philosophy and religion at uncw and author of american cosmic ufos religion and technology this book is one of the most fascinating”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Diana Walsh Pasulka: Professor of philosophy and religion at UNC Wilmington and author of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, and Technology. She studies belief, Catholic history, and how the UFO phenomenon functions as an emerging religion. A religion scholar argues UFOs are becoming a new religion, and that belief itself, in tech and aliens alike, manifests reality.
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