Download this episode (Right-Click, Save As) In this episode, we talk with Dr. Steven Johnson of the University of Florida about invasive species and specifically focus on the cane toad. This incredibly robust and prolific toad excretes poison fluid from glands on its back and has been introduced from its native habitat into several locations around the world, most notably (and destructively) in Australia. Mentioned […]
Download as MP3 (Right-click, Save As) We are joined by Ph.D. student Minwen Huang, who shares with us the history of the literary genre of Chinese Ghosts called Zhiguai, and how such beings (and literature) are viewed from ancient times to the present. A wiki page about the character for “ghost”: 鬼 Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture: Writings from the Pre-Qin […]
MonsterTalk Classic interviews return with a look at robots and automata of the ancient classical world.
Download MP3 (Right-Click, Save As) We interview Dr. David Aveline about his new project studying people who see or experience ghosts. He’s just getting started, but it’s a really interesting conversation about how one puts together research into such a strange and complicated topic. Notes:An article about Dr. Aveline’s research The Thomas Theorem (1928) by William Isaac Thomas and Dorothy […]
Download MP3 (right-click, Save As) We are joined by author Kathryn Hulick, author of the new book Strange but True: 10 of the World’s Greatest Mysteries Explained. The book introduces 10 weird topics covering everything from Atlantis to Zombies and meshes it all with skepticism and critical thinking. It’s a great way to introduce a curious teen to the strange […]
Subscribe to our YouTube channel and get notifications when we’re going live. We’d been wanting to get into video work for a while, but the pandemic (and Karen’s gentle nudging) has pushed us into making that a reality. You can find our show on Sunday nights at 9 pm ET on our channel:We’re not currently doing live streams, but new […]
Karen and Blake discuss the new film We Believe in Dinosaurs with filmmaker Clayton Brown (who co-directed with Monica Long Ross) and paleontologist Dan Phelps.
Download MP3 (Right-Click, Save As) Today Karen and Blake discuss “Screaming Skulls” – a surprisingly common yet particularly English kind of haunting. Karen has a new short story based on this legend. Multiple Examples: Bettiscombe manor, Bettiscome, Dorset Dickie – Tunstead Farm, Tunstead Milton, Derbyshire Skull of St Ambrose Barlow – Wardley Hall, Manchester (1641) – Catholic relic Skull of (Katherine) Anne Griffith – Burton Agnes Hall, Yorkshire (1620) “Owd […]
Discussing COVID19 with virology expert Vincent Racaniello.
Download this episode (Right-click, Save As) We welcome Dr. James Mueller, associate dean of Journalism at the University of North Texas. He’s the author of three books (with a fourth on the way) and they are: Shooting Arrows and Slinging Mud: Custer, the Press, and the Little Bighorn Tag Teaming the Press Towel Snapping the Press. He’s also a […]
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