SciFriday: Israel’s Stonehenge and the Cult of the Dead

March 6, 2020

We share our impressions of Gilgal Refaim, “Israel’s Stonehenge,” and what scholars have learned after fifty years of studying a megalithic site that’s bigger, older, and contains thousands of tons more rock than Stonehenge.

Aaron Lipkin – Israel Vote Another Deadlock

September 18, 2019

Aaron Lipkin joins us from Israel to comment on Israel’s second election in five months, another apparent deadlock with neither Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud or Benny Gantz’s Blue and White with enough seats to form a new government.

Dr. Scott Stripling – Digging Israel

July 15, 2019

ARCHAEOLOGY CAN be a tricky business—especially when you dig in Israel. Dr. Scott Stripling, Director of Excavations for the Associates for Biblical Researchat Khirbet el-Maqatir and Shiloh, talks about the importance of archaeology for better understanding the Bible.

Epstein’s Little Black Book

July 9, 2019

Friends of billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, arrested Saturday in connection with sex trafficking, may be wondering who’s next.

Trump Becomes First President to Visit North Korea

July 1, 2019

President Trump surprised the world by becoming the first US president to set foot in North Korea Sunday at what looks like an impromptu meeting with Kim Jong-un.

SciFriday: Archaeology is Cool—Especially in Israel!

June 21, 2019

Author and lecturer Avi Lipkin joins us to talk about the work of his son, Aaron, who is bringing to the world the amazing work of the late Israeli archaeologist Adam Zertal.

Best of VFTB: Archaeology, Sodom, and the Exodus

June 10, 2019

ANOTHER “ARCHAEOLOGY is cool” program tonight as we raid the archives for interviews with two archaeologists upsetting the applecart of generally accepted beliefs about the ancient Near East.

Ali Siadatan – Flying Saucers and Fallen Angels

March 11, 2019

Ali Siadatan producer of the groundbreaking documentary UFOs, Angels, and Gods, discuss the links between UFOs and Bible prophecy. Then Timothy Mahoney tells us about his forthcoming documentary Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy, which opens in theaters this week.

Dr. Aaron Judkins & Ty Towriss – Qumran 2 Petra

February 18, 2019

What happens when you take a maverick archaeologist and a filmmaker and drop them into Petra? A film that probably wasn’t sanctioned by OSHA. Aaron Judkins and Ty Towriss discuss their “travelogumentary,” Qumran 2 Petra.

Dr. Phillip Silvia – Searching for Sodom

February 4, 2019

A SUPERHEATED blast from the skies obliterated the area northeast of the Dead Sea about 3,700 years ago. Dr. Phillip Silvia of the Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project explains why he believes they’ve found ancient Sodom.

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