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The Cryptonaturalist

The CryptoNaturalist is a scripted fiction podcast all about real love for imaginary nature. It’s about cryptids and other weird and wild topics. Featuring poetry and field reports to make our world a richer, stranger place. New episodes 1st/15th.

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Episode 67: Strange Animals

The Cryptonaturalist ·

2025/08/06

Jarod K. Anderson’s new novel set in the world of The CryptoNaturalist is now available for preorder! You can find more information here: https://linktr.ee/jarodkandersonStrange Animals is a cozy, creepy story of a man’s transformative journey into the world of cryptids and rare, hidden knowledge.

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Episode 66: The Counting Pines

The Cryptonaturalist ·

2024/11/15

"Crypto" is a slippery prefix, and it's best to be careful with it.Thanks to Evan Dicken for writing the bulk of today’s episode. By day, Evan Dicken studies old Japanese Maps and crunches data for medical research at Ohio State University. By night, he does neither of these things. His audio fiction can be heard performed on: The NoSleep Podcast, Pseudopod, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Podcastle. He also writes media tie-in fiction for Legend of the Five Rings and Warhammer: Age of Sigmar. If

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Episode 65: Autumn Traditions

The Cryptonaturalist ·

2024/10/15

Autumn is full of fun, cozy traditions, like keeping watch on the knothole man so he doesn’t reach too far into our world.Thanks to Harrison Hamm for this episode’s hidden lore segment.Harrison Hamm is an LA-based poet, screenwriter, and essayist originally from rural Tennessee. Selected for fellowships with New York Stage & Film Filmmakers Workshop, Diverso's The Minority Report, and Roadmap Writers, he has also received research grants for interdisciplinary academic, creative, and pedagogic

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Episode 64: Northern Pondhawk

The Cryptonaturalist ·

2024/09/01

Best to have a telepathic microphone when searching for cryptid dragonflies. Sometimes the simple, straightforward solutions are the best option.Thanks to Luísa Black Ellis for this week’s hidden lore poetry. Luísa is a Brazilian-American poet and self-taught ecologist methodically inspecting mosses in traditional Nansemond and Chesepian territory. She lives a quiet and devotional life in a monastery with her husband, renowned interdisciplinary artist JJJJJerome Ellis. Her loyalties lie with the

Something in the Woods Loves You - Audiobook Preview

The Cryptonaturalist ·

2024/08/15

This episode is an audiobook preview for Something in the Woods Loves You, Jarod K. Anderson's new memoir coming this September from Timber Press and Hachette Books. For more information, visit JarodKAnderson.com.

Episode 63: Corvid

The Cryptonaturalist ·

2024/08/01

Many seemingly common corvids are cryptids. There’s a world of difference between perceiving a thing and knowing the full story.Thanks to Jamie Lackey for today’s hidden lore. Jamie Lackey lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and their cats. She has had over 200 short stories published in places likeBeneath Ceaseless Skies, Apex Magazine, andEscape Pod. In addition to writing, she spends her time reading, playing tabletop RPGs, and hiking.Check out Jamie’s new short story collection Shadows on Glass