Extraterrestrial life
Subject in Astronomy
Extraterrestrial life has come up in 3 episodes across 3 podcasts in TMT, including This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, The Joe Rogan Experience, Ctrl-Alt-Reset. 5 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
JaimeCo-host who connected Beth with the show and reports a near-death experience
Jaime says the beings he perceived in a craft during his 2003 experience were only keeping records and meant no harm.
“all they were doing was just keeping tabs, keeping records. That's all they were doing”
Ctrl-Alt-Reset: Episode 2: Aliens - What If We're Not Alone? (May 3, 2025) · Listen from 24:32
Jaime recounts seeing an orange orb pass directly through a window in 2002.
“this orange orb about the size of a small basketball comes in through the window. And it literally went through the window”
Ctrl-Alt-Reset: Episode 2: Aliens - What If We're Not Alone? (May 3, 2025) · Listen from 11:47
Jaime argues that highly evolved extraterrestrials would be perceived by humans as angels or enlightened spirits.
“I mean, a highly evolved ET is going to be perceived as an angel or some kind of enlightened spirit”
Ctrl-Alt-Reset: Episode 2: Aliens - What If We're Not Alone? (May 3, 2025) · Listen from 14:35
Neil deGrasse TysonAmerican astrophysicist cited by Colbert as an ideal talk-show guest
Tyson argues UFO sighting reports are concentrated in English-speaking countries, making it largely an American phenomenon.
“I'm just saying this UFO thing is such an American phenomenon”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #683 - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Sep 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:53:30
Tyson argues the evil alien trope projects humanity's own history of conquest onto aliens.
“I think the evil alien concept is our own fears placed upon them in our storytelling. It's a mirror to how we know we would behave in that situation”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #683 - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Sep 16, 2026) · Listen from 22:00
Theo VonAmerican stand-up comedian and host of the podcast This Past Weekend
Von speculates that aliens are future humans whose bodies have changed through disuse and technology.
“And then I believe that we just become the alien. So all we're seeing, the aliens are just us”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #683 - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Sep 16, 2026) · Listen from 22:58
Joe RoganAmerican comedian and host of The Joe Rogan Experience
Rogan counters that advanced aliens would be fascinated by humanity, as humans study and intervene in less advanced ecosystems.
“But the idea that they wouldn't be interested in us seems to me silly”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2554 - Carlo Rovelli (Sep 15, 2026) · Listen from 2:05:57
Carlo RovelliItalian theoretical physicist specializing in quantum gravity and author of popular science books
Rovelli thinks it most probable that aliens have seen humanity and ignored it as uninteresting.
“That they have already seen us and they thought we were totally uninterested”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2554 - Carlo Rovelli (Sep 15, 2026) · Listen from 2:01:36
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · 1 episode
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
- Ctrl-Alt-Reset · 1 episode
Episodes
#683 - Neil deGrasse TysonThis Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Sep 16, 2026 · 2 h 20 min
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson joins Theo Von in New York to discuss his book Lost in Space, aliens, space debris, the billionaire space race and human tribalism.
#2554 - Carlo RovelliThe Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 15, 2026 · 2 h 38 min
Physicist Carlo Rovelli and Joe Rogan discuss relational quantum mechanics, time, consciousness, AI, nuclear risk, black holes, aliens, wildlife and the origins of war.
Episode 2: Aliens - What If We're Not Alone?Ctrl-Alt-Reset · May 3, 2025 · 1 h 13 min
Ctrl-Alt-Reset hosts Matt, Jaime and Steve discuss extraterrestrial life, Jaime's near-death experience and alleged ET encounters, telepathy, channeling, crop circles, AI and UFO disclosure.