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The Key to the Legend of the Map Monsters 7 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Join us for a fascinating look at the mysterious sea monsters that decorated medieval maps. We talk with Chet Van Duzer about his recent book Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps, which bring...
Return of the Revenge of the Son of the Bride of MonsterTalk 31 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
MonsterTalk returns from its break with guests Donald Prothero and Daniel Loxton who introduce their long-awaited book Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids. REA...
MonsterTalk Special #002 12 Jun 2013 | 04:42 am
The Tetrapod Zoology Podcast Super Cross-Over Tetrapodcats (sic erat scriptum) MonsterTalk host Blake Smith teams up with paleontologist Darren Naish and artist John Conway to introduce MonsterTalk l...
MonsterTalk Special #001 5 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pm
In this special episode of MonsterTalk, we take a brief break from our break to bring you breaking news about Ben Radford’s monstrous new project Undead Apocalypse—a board game featuring zombies, vamp...
What's Good for the Mongoose... 17 Apr 2013 | 12:00 pm
On the Isle of Man, between the World Wars, a lonely hilltop was home to a family of hardscrabble farmers. The father was a former piano salesman, and he struggled to make ends meet for his wife and d...
The Zombie Antpocalypse 19 Mar 2013 | 09:21 pm
What if your will were not your own? What if your mind were being controlled by something other than your own volition? This isn’t an imaginary scenario. Real lifeforms here on earth can profoundly in...
Weak Are The Champ Puns 6 Mar 2013 | 01:00 pm
The shores of the lake were packed with strangers looking to catch a glimpse of the beast. A $50,000 reward was issued for its capture. Newspapers around the world carried the story of the strange cre...
Arachnophilia 20 Feb 2013 | 01:00 pm
Some people have a fear of bugs and creepy crawlies. Kristie Reddick and Jessica Honaker—collectively known as The Bug Chicks—work to fight myths about these fascinating creatures and to promote scien...
Hop Springs Eternal 6 Feb 2013 | 01:00 pm
London of the 1830s was terrorized by an astonishing figure—a caped man with long sharp metallic claws who spouted blue fire from his mouth and leaped over rooftops. Surely such a creature could be no...
Witch You Talkin' About? 23 Jan 2013 | 01:00 pm
According to legend, in the early 1800s the farm of John Bell of Tennessee was terrorized by a supernatural assailant who came to be known as The Bell Witch. MonsterTalk hosts Blake Smith, Ben Radford...
