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MonsterTalk

MonsterTalk: The Science Show About Monsters is 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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65:26

MTL003 - Douglas Tait - acting, makeup and monsters

MonsterTalk ·

2020/05/15

Actor Douglas Tait joins us to talk about playing monsters in film. Douglas has played Bigfoot more than any other actor. Doug was born on December 17, 1978 in Tarzana, California. He is known for his work on Annabelle Comes Home (2019), Hellboy (2019) and Legacies (2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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72:37

MTL001 - Brian Sharpless - 22MAR2020

MonsterTalk ·

2020/05/06

[EXPLICIT] Audio from 22MAR2020 MonsterTalk Live with Dr. Brian Sharpless, discussing real world psychology and monsters. Remastered to reduce distortion - but still has some audio issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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212 - We Believe in Dinosaurs

MonsterTalk ·

2020/04/25

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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62:45

#211 - The Screaming Skulls

MonsterTalk ·

2020/03/31

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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02:46

Announcement: MonsterTalk Live

MonsterTalk ·

2020/03/29

We're doing a live video-chat with guest Brian Sharpless. Sunday night March 29, 2020 9 pm EST The show is free - but it's being streamed via Facebook so you'll need to join the MonsterTalk Facebook Group to participate. We plan to switch to streaming via YouTube soon - but this worked well in our small trial run last week. Hopefully, you'll enjoy hanging out with some other listeners and talking monsters. The topic for this one is the psychological conditions behind popular horror movies

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71:59

Spooktator Presents: Hellier (Haylier)

MonsterTalk ·

2020/03/29

It's Blake here! I made a little cameo over at Hayley Stevens' podcast The Spooktator, joining Jeb Card (In ReSearch Of) to talk about the paranormal series HELLIER (Amazon, YouTube). If you're not familiar with that show, it's an independent paranormal show that combines pretty much every kind of paranormal topic you can think of into a strange narrative about... you know what? Just check it out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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210 - Going Viral: The Covid19 Monster

MonsterTalk ·

2020/03/15

[Reminder: This was recorded in the early days of the pandemic of 2020. Please refer to the CDC for the latest and most accurate information about COVID19 and variants.] Discussing COVID19 with virology expert Vincent Racaniello. Best place to get up to date Covid19 Information: WHO (World Health Organization) and CDC (Center for Disease Control) sites for the latest factual information on this pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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52:51

209 - Strange But True

MonsterTalk ·

2020/03/11

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 and unusual while arming them with the right tools to examine the questions critically. Topics include haunted houses, zombies, the mystery of Dyatlov pass and more. Learn

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11:08

Introducing Life's Little Mysteries

MonsterTalk ·

2020/03/02

The world can be a pretty mysterious place and we at Live Science love to ask and answer questions about mysteries big and small: about ancient civilizations, our planet and our solar system, the plants and animals that live alongside us, our bodies and how they work, and the technologies that we use every day. Join us on this exciting voyage of discovery and downright weirdness as we solve… Life’s Little Mysteries. Find Life's Little Mysteries in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audioboom, iHeartRadio,

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78:17

208 - Monsters in the Media

MonsterTalk ·

2020/02/22

We welcome Dr. James Mueller, associate dean of Journalism at the University of North Texas, in a discussion of how to read historical (and current) news about monsters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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66:52

207 - The Guyra Ghost

MonsterTalk ·

2020/02/01

Karen Stollznow tells us about the 1921 Australian events known as The Guyra Ghost. (Concurrent with her Fortean Times piece in Jan 2020 edition) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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85:16

#206 - Magic: Wicca and Witchcraft

MonsterTalk ·

2020/01/22

We are joined by Rebecca Fox, who has been both a witch and a science & skepticism advocate, to discuss the history of modern witchcraft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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77:07

#205 - Burial Practice Makes Perfect

MonsterTalk ·

2019/12/29

Tana Owens Orman joins us to discuss burial practices. Victorians, mummies, space, tombs, legends and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:58

Christmas Special 2019

MonsterTalk ·

2019/12/24

A reading of The Night Wire by H. F. Arnold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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78:19

204 - Joe vs the Sea Monsters

MonsterTalk ·

2019/12/19

We're joined by veteran monster investigator Joe Nickell (of CSI) to discuss three historic sea monster cases he thinks he's solved. Classic monsters and science in this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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01:18

MonsterTalk finally has a shop!

MonsterTalk ·

2019/12/12

Snag some merchandise based on our new artwork at http://bit.ly/shopmonstertalk - 30% off sale going on right now.

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#203 - Will O' The Wisp

MonsterTalk ·

2019/11/15

This episode we look at Will O' The Wisp, Ghost Lights, Ball Lightning and all manner of glowing monstrous and bizarre lucent phenomena. Joining us for the discussion is researcher, Jerry Drake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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202 - Monstrous with Carlyn Beccia

MonsterTalk ·

2019/10/29

Carlyn Beccia has written a new book for kids that combines Monsters and Science! Monstrous: The Lore, Gore and Science Behind Your Favorite Monsters is an ooey-gooey romp through the world of monsters and the many fascinating things you can learn when you apply science to their premises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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114:57

#201 - Serial Killers

MonsterTalk ·

2019/10/23

Discussion is on serial killers, their motivations, their methodologies and how to balance fascination with the macabre with keeping the victims rather than the killers foremost in mind. Listener discretion advised. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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118:34

Introducing "IN RESEARCH OF"

MonsterTalk ·

2019/10/05

This is a sample episode of our new show In reSearch Of, which I'm co-hosting with Jeb Card. I hope you'll consider subscribing. I'm planning to keep the regular IRO episodes free, but offer bonus content for Patreon supporters. This is the pilot episode of In reSearch Of, the show where we watch the original TV show IN SEARCH OF… and consider some of the explanations that the producers chose not to present. In our inaugural episode, we watch the TV Special In Search of Ancient Astronauts, a

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