Time Travel, Ancient Egypt, and the Hidden Queer Stories of the Past – Neil Laird

The Uncommon Minds Experience · Aug 17, 2026 · 14m

This conversation is for anyone who has ever wondered what history books left out—and whether the ancient world was more accepting than we've been told.

Neil Laird knows this terrain intimately. He's a multiple Emmy and BAFTA-nominated executive producer who has developed, overseen, and produced over 1,000 hours of factual programs for Discovery, BBC, PBS, History Channel, and National Geographic . He's traveled to over 70 countries, filming crumbling Egyptian tombs, lost Mayan cities, and mysterious shipwrecks at the bottom of the sea .

But after 25 years of making "non-fiction" films about…