Jack Parsons: NASA's Magical Past

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🗓️ 18 August 2025

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Jack Parsons, the inspiration for Iron Man and devotee of Aleister Crowley, was a brilliant loner genius who revolutionized Jet Propulsion and Rocket Science. Without him, NASA would have never gotten off the ground. But without Magick and Thelema, Jack Parsons would never have come up with groundbreaking discoveries. Join the boys this week as they go out to the American Southwest and learn a thing or two about Rockets, Magick, Scientology and espionage.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, welcome to crackpot, the podcast, we're each and every week.
0:18.0	We dive into a different conspiracy theory and we also discuss the merits and or also the demerits of each. We're your host. I'm Tim. And I'm Zach. Welcome, Zach. Thank you. Beat you to it. You're back. Whoa. You came for another show. Amazing. Each and every week. That's so cool. It is. It's like 52 times a year,
0:40.5	more or less. Hmm. Funny how that works. What? Huh? Somebody took math in high school. No, he didn't,
0:47.3	actually. Um, all right. Last week, you heard all about Mr. Alistair Crowley. Awesome show. The wickedest man alive. That show ruled. I'm glad you liked it. I really liked it. Thank you. I'm still thinking about it. I like it so much. He's a weird guy. And as I said before, we didn't touch on like anything. We just barely scratched the surface. I got that vibe.
1:11.7	But it was still a very cool show. I'm not, like, I'm not hyping it up. Yeah, no, but like, part of me was like, I should read a biography on this guy. And then I'm like, I don't have the time to read a biography on this guy. Because I got to do next week's show. But seriously, check them out if you liked it because it was wild.
1:29.0	But I just briefly, briefly, ever so briefly alluded to this week's episode, which is, as you
1:38.6	already know, Jack Parsons.
1:41.3	Zach, what do you know about Jack Parsons?
1:44.5	Sweet 80s synth band, right?
1:47.4	I saw Alan Parsons Project in concert.
1:51.5	Did you really?
1:52.2	Yes, I did.
1:54.0	It was, how do I say, not a great show.
1:59.2	A letdown?
2:00.7	It was cool, but it was like, why am I here?
2:04.0	Yeah, at some point, probably halfway through, you're like, wait a second.
2:07.0	I mean, he produced Dark Side of the Moon and Abby Road,
2:10.1	or sound engineer for Abby Road, but it's like,
2:12.5	I mean, you can only listen to Eye in the Sky so many times to get hyped,
2:16.7	or the Chicago Bulls theme song. Yeah, moment of realization. You better believe he played that. Okay. Yeah. That's killer. It is killer. Nice. Anyway. Respect. We're not talking about Alan Parsons. That'll be next one. Allegedly allegedly Jack Parsons nothing
2:34.8	right
2:35.1	really nothing
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