Monster Talk
MonsterTalk is the science show about monsters—a free audio podcast that critically examines the science behind cryptozoological (and legendary) creatures, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, or werewolves.
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Qu'est Que C'est?
Remorseless killers are the stuff of countless films. Sadly, the ...
Remorseless killers are the stuff of countless films. Sadly, the real world has even more of them. Jack the Ripper, Ted Bundy, H. H. Holmes, John Wayne Gacy—these remorseless psychopaths filled graveyards with corpses and sleeping minds with...
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Onan the Jar Burying
In modern science the homunculus refers to various models of ...
In modern science the homunculus refers to various models of the human mind, but in medieval times it was something quite different. Join us for a fascinating interview with professor William R. Newman, of Indiana University’s Department of...
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ThylaCinema and Nocturnal Submissions
Join the hosts of MonsterTalk for an interview with Daniel ...
Join the hosts of MonsterTalk for an interview with Daniel Nettheim, director of a new film about a man hunting for thylacines. The Hunter stars Willem Dafoe as the eponymous character tasked with seeking out the last living thylacine in the...
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What the Bigfoot market will bear
In the forests of Pennsylvania, on a dark September night, ...
In the forests of Pennsylvania, on a dark September night, a trail-cam took a series of controversial pictures. The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO) still claims they show a juvenile Bigfoot. Skeptics claim the photos show a bear. Join...
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Hell Hath No Furry!
Episode 50 of MonsterTalk takes us to a small English ...
Episode 50 of MonsterTalk takes us to a small English village in the 1570s where a morning church service is interrupted by a horrific storm which heralds, perhaps, the appearance of Satan himself in the form of a huge black hound. Join us as we talk...
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Internet Video Hoaxes: A Mammoth Undertaking
Did you see that popular Internet video that allegedly showed ...
Did you see that popular Internet video that allegedly showed a mammoth crossing a river in Siberia? You probably figured it was a hoax—and we did too—but we decided to get to the bottom of the matter. Join us as we discuss the methods and...
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Monsters in America (interview with Scott Poole)
This week on MonsterTalk, the hosts talk with the author ...
This week on MonsterTalk, the hosts talk with the author of Monsters In America, Dr. Scott Poole. His book chronicles the history of monsters from colonial America to modern times—and tries to tackle the issue of meaning in a world where...
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Something Wiccan This Way Comes
In this episode of MonsterTalk, two skeptics interview a witch ...
In this episode of MonsterTalk, two skeptics interview a witch about how to battle evil with magic. Emily Carlin is a magical instructor at The Grey School—an online magical university and the author of Defense Against the Dark: A Field Guide to...
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Squatching with The Krampus
By popular demand, we take a brief aside into fantasy ...
By popular demand, we take a brief aside into fantasy to talk with one the more sinister figures associated with the Winter Holidays: The Krampus. Then we get a bit more serious as we welcome one of the co-hosts of the popular podcast The Bigfoot...
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Unbottling some Jinn
If you think Genies are funny like in Aladdin, or ...
If you think Genies are funny like in Aladdin, or sexy like in I Dream of Jeannie get ready to have your assumptions challenged. In the Middle East, Jinn aren’t whimsical characters of fantasy. They are considered to be frightening, real...
