Woo-woo (or just plain woo) is a term used, often in a dismissive way, by skeptics for dealing with phenomena that can’t be verified by independent evidence, but yet, many people strongly believe in. So who better to investigate the “woo-woo” world of the present-day 2012 phenomenon than author Alexandra Bruce (Beyond The Bleep, [...]

First thing this morning I headed up to the GM Building here in Manhattan (yes, there’s still a GM Building, surprising they didn’t sell off the naming rights in the bankruptcy isn’t it?) to be interviewed by the lovely Cali Carlin for the CBS News Early Show’s “Backstage Live.”
All went pretty well until my old [...]

Interesting new report in New Scientist about how the Maya may have used their pyramids. It’s worth reading the whole article, but here’s a snippet:

SIT on the steps of Mexico’s El Castillo pyramid in Chichen Itza and you may hear a confusing sound. As other visitors climb the colossal staircase their footsteps begin to sound [...]

I was interviewed by ABC News recently and the resulting report has just been published here.
Needless to say it’s something of a general piece for an audience that doesn’t know much about the Maya or anything else related to 2012, but it’s worth a read just to sense what’s leaking into the mainstream.
Here’s the part [...]

Interesting story in USA Today today that shows just how mainstream Maya studies, spurred by interest in 2012, is becoming:
Ringing two abandoned pyramids are nine palaces “frozen in time” that may help unravel the mystery of the ancient Maya, reports an archaeological team.
Hidden in the hilly jungle, the ancient site of Kiuic (KIE-yuk) was one [...]

As you’ll know if you’ve read our book or watched our film, one of the stars of the 2012 arena is indisputably John Major Jenkins. As a result I was really excited when a messenger delivered a hot off the press advance copy of John’s new book The 2012 Story: The Myths, Fallacies, and Truth [...]

That was the title of a fun lecture I attended this week at New York’s Explorers Club. The presenter, Ed Barnhart, is the president of The Maya Exploration Center.
In the course of pre-production on our film, 2012: Science or Superstition, it became clear that although we would be able to interview many of the most [...]

I was asked to write a short essay on this topic for Maya-Portal.net, a great looking site affiliated with Carl Calleman and run by the amazing Birgitte Rasine. Here’s the link:
http://www.maya-portal.net/blog/gary/long_count_relevant
If you click through be sure to surf around the whole site, there’s a lot of interesting material there.
Gary Baddeley, producer of 2012: Science or [...]