The Time Traveler’s Suitcase

Explore the interface between history, archeology and ancient DNA. The Time Traveler’s Suitcase is a weekly podcast from DNA Consultants. The show is hosted by talk radio professional Pete Ferrand. Most of the episodes include an audiobook excerpt from the publications of Donald N. Yates, a DNA investigator and historian whose works include Old Souls in a New World, Merchant Adventurers of Rhoda and The Cherokee Origin Narrative. Each usually also has an interview with a leading scientist or historical expert.

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Episodes (16)

Mar 10th Children of the Sun
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The Time Traveler’s Suitcase

Mar 10, 2026
56¼ minutes
52 MB

A chapter on America’s link with the sunken continent of Sundaland, according to the trail of rare genes. America’s Euchee Indians, though now much diminished in numbers, claimed to be the oldest indigenous people in the Southeast. DNA Consultants was fortunate to test a sample for them and add it to the database containning profiles of 550 populations around the world. In the 2025 book Countercurrents of Prehistory, two of these Euchee descendants—Bill Bass and Holly McDaniel—are featured, along with their surprising DNA matches. The Euchee Indians, like others discussed in the book, appear to have ori...

The Time Traveler’s Suitcase

Children of the Sun

The Time Traveler’s Suitcase

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