The Michael Collins Interview | Matt Beall Podcast
episodePreviously titled “Exploring Ancient Mysteries: Peru, Giants, and Lost Civilizations | Michael Collins #35” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 13, 2026
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What ancient civilizations are discussed in Peru?
Well, I did pretty well for myself working in a job that I was really miserable at. I worked in sales. And, you know, so I had a lot of money saved up. And that was able to kind of propel me forward for quite a while. Luckily, until I'll be honest with you, until this year, I really thought I was going to have to maybe make some changes this year, especially at the beginning of this past year. I say this year, 2024. you know, there was a plan last year that if things didn't start kind of hitting within a specific period of time, I had set a date that I was going to have to get a job. And then things started kind of taking off a little bit enough, enough to pay the bills. Right. And, um, And I, uh, I served in the military. I get disability from that, from my time in there.
And that really has been helpful. Um, so, uh, yeah, um, it's 2024 is a great year for seeing growth and, um, it was very exciting, a lot of great opportunities and chance to work with a lot of really amazing people. Um, and so, uh, yeah, looking forward to what else is to come. Yeah. Cool.
Do you know about how many countries you've been to in the last seven, eight years?
A lot. I should probably tally that up at some point because I get asked that a lot. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Maybe over 50 or something. I don't know.
Yeah, yeah. Well, we're going to talk about all those spots that you've been to. There's some crazy, crazy stuff. Yeah, yeah. I mean, we both just got back from South America, so that might be a pretty cool place to start.
What is the significance of the Longyou Caves?
for that site. The history that we know of here in the Americas, specifically North America, isn't what we've been told. Now all of the rock and everything that's been excavated from those caves, they've never found. And we're talking about tens of thousands of tons of excavated rock that's never been accounted for. If there was ever a place for the argument for geopolymer, In my opinion, Sacsayhuaman is a great example to explore that idea. I think that the cart ruts are tied into coring stone and that they served a purpose for movement. The archaeologists dismissed it because they knew that they had drastically rearranged the exterior of the structure of Chichen Itza.
uh yeah okay so we're rolling so welcome hey yeah good to have you here brother good to have you good to get to know you last night yeah it was yep um yeah gonna be a wild conversation so so uh we're gonna be talking about kind of all the different places that you've explored over the last what how many years you've been doing this um
What a doozy of a first question. Yeah. I went straight to the challenge. Yeah. Put me on my heels right away. Yeah. Um, I think about seven or eight years. Okay.
Yeah. Okay.
Um, Yeah, I like to say I officially retired in 2016. I quit an old job there. And then I really wanted to travel. The plan was to take a year off and travel. But a year turned into two years. And I figured I better figure out a way to... maybe make some money at this or turn it into something. Right. So that's what I did. So I kind of started around 2018, maybe 2019, somewhere in there. Cool. Recording.
But your channel, you've got a YouTube channel, and that's really taken off within the last 12 months, I think you said, right?
Yeah, this last year... Yeah, I've been a lot of growth on this last year. I made a lot of changes over the last two years. And I think a lot of that really started coming into effect over the last year, which has been great.
Yeah.
Yeah, for sure. Yeah.
So how did you get through that time period of really no income coming in until, you know, you've got something, you've got an actual viable YouTube channel?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What ancient civilizations are discussed in Peru?
3:10–8:23
2
How do ancient sites in Peru compare to Egypt?
8:23–12:47
3
What evidence is there of giants in South America?
12:47
4
What is the significance of the Longyou Caves?
0:30–5:44
5
What insights do cart ruts provide about ancient technology?
5:44–14:53
6
What discoveries are being made in Bolivia?
14:53
7
How are ancient sites in North America relevant?
0:30–15:12
8
What are the implications of exploring ancient technology?
15:12–2:59:58