Here Be Monsters

By Jeff Emtman and Bethany Denton

Society & Culture Arts Science & Medicine History Philosophy Social Sciences

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A podcast exploring the dark corners of the human mind. Stories from artists, scientists, philosophers and journalists. Decidedly brainy and always interesting.

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HBM126: Sounding the Deep

12.11.2019

Most of the ocean floor has never been mapped in detail. Some scientists are trying to change that, using sonar to see what satellites can’t.

Here Be Monsters episodes:

12.11.2019 HBM126: Sounding the Deep Most of the ocean floor has never been mapped in detail. Some scientists are trying to change that, using sonar to see what satellites can’t.
11.27.2019 HBM125: Deepfaking Nixon How to make the president say what he never said.
11.13.2019 HBM124: Banana Softies A cancer researcher grows tired of euthanizing monkeys.
10.30.2019 HBM123: Water Witches What moves the rods of a water dowser? Is it magic, science or imagination?
10.16.2019 HBM122: Should Cows Have Names? Producer Bethany Denton wants to know if her meat-eater’s guilt is justified.
10.02.2019 HBM121: True North Here Be Monsters host Jeff Emtman climbs a tree, stops believing in God.
09.23.2019 Season 8 = October 2 Here Be Monsters is back! Season 8 begins October 2nd, 2019.
06.05.2019 HBM120: Own Worst Interest Should you have the right to hasten your own execution?
05.22.2019 HBM119: An Episode of Pebbles and Twigs An episode where Jeff finds little things on the forest floor and hands them to you...metaphorically speaking.
05.15.2019 Listen to Lost Notes Lost Notes is a podcast that we love. It’s about music. We think you should subscribe.
05.08.2019 HBM118: Mountain Seabed Meeting an ancient relative that’s no bigger than your thumb.
04.24.2019 HBM117: Grave Oversight Can satellites help prevent genocide?
04.10.2019 HBM116: Finest and Most Rotten (Going Forward) Do you think this is a good world?
03.27.2019 HBM115: Bound in Walton et al. A book bound in the skin of its author causes eye-rolls for its modern-day caretakers.
03.13.2019 HBM114: Envisioning AIDS With your eyes closed in a dark room, a voice guides you through the process of dying from AIDS.
02.27.2019 HBM113: The Last Ones Two radio producers and a conservationist explore grief, loss, and caribou habitat on a snowy walk in the woods.
02.13.2019 HBM112: Negative Space Jeff listens to the spaces inbetween words to see if the answers to his problems are buried there.
01.30.2019 HBM111: Waiting for Earth Bethany Denton wonders if her unborn children still watch her from the premortal existence.
01.16.2019 HBM110: Big Numbers Jeff explains why numbers are like telescopes.
01.02.2019 HBM109: Untitled Noises of New York (Sound Matters) HBM host Jeff Emtman attempts to capture the essence of NYC. Re-aired from the Bang and Bang and Olufsen podcast Sound Matters .
12.19.2018 HBM108: Witch of Saratoga Sleeping in the forest as homage to Angeline Tubbs, aka. “The Witch of Saratoga.”
12.05.2018 HBM107: Carlo Surrenders In theology school, Carlo Nakar asked, “Lord, what is the hardest thing you could possibly ask me to do?” He got a verbal answer.
11.21.2018 HBM106: Beautiful Stories about Dead Animals (part 2) Personal stories of animal death and the bodies they leave behind, as told by writer Kryssanne Adams. Part 2 of 2.
11.14.2018 Listen to Nocturne Nocturne is a podcast that we love. It’s about the night. We think you should subscribe.
11.07.2018 HBM105: Beautiful Stories about Dead Animals (part 1) Personal stories of animal death and the bodies they leave behind, as told by writer Kryssanne Adams. Part 1 of 2.
10.24.2018 HBM104: Scrapheap Reactor Max Turnquist is building a fusion reactor in his bedroom.
10.10.2018 HBM103: Fate’s Notebook Reynaldo Gulin had a notebook full of warnings and advice that was supposed to keep his family from danger. But after he died, a second, unforeseen death shook his family’s faith in Santeria.
09.26.2018 HBM102: Breath Holder Free diver Archer Mayo searches for unusual treasures in the murky water of the Columbia River.
09.12.2018 HBM101: Much Corruption Jeff Emtman finds himself distracted by dragons and their ilk as he kayaks with one of the world’s hairiest people.
08.15.2018 Season 7 and HBM Sweatshirts Our 7th season starts on September 12th, 2018.
06.06.2018 HBM100: Faraway Minds Anna Klein worries that her fantasies of running away to the remote corners of the world may be a familial urge to isolate herself, the same way her father did...a tendency that ultimately contributed to his early death.
05.23.2018 HBM099: Spell for the Repulsion of Astral Vampires In this video episode of Here Be Monsters, Jeff shares his special spell of repulsion for astral energy vampires that are draining humans of their life force en masse.
05.09.2018 HBM098: Feed the Queen There's the new colony of leaf cutter ants at the Victoria Bug Zoo with the potential to reach over more than a million ants.
04.25.2018 HBM097: Fox Teeth The Icelandic government placed a bounty on each Arctic Fox killed (if you can provide its tail as proof).
04.11.2018 HBM096: Are We Still Afraid? Here Be Monsters is almost 100 episodes old. It’s grown a lot since Jeff was a scared 22 year old learning audio editing in his basement. So as we approach the milestone, we take a look back, check in with ...
03.28.2018 HBM095: The Bats that Stay Not all migratory bats migrate. We don’t know why some choose to stay behind at their summer roosts. But according to the University of Washington’s Sharlene Santana, the bats that stay tend to die.
03.14.2018 HBM094: The Fatigue of Violence Susan has seen how humanity’s worst instincts become possible where cyclical poverty, incarceration, and drug addiction wreak havoc on communities.
02.28.2018 HBM093: The Brain Scoop In this episode Divya carries a recorder with her while as she slowly disassembles a deceased pet parrot: snipping joints, scooping brains, removing eyes, separating the skin from the body.
02.14.2018 HBM092: Carry the Scent Robert Larson searches for missing people with his dog Captain Dexter as a K9 search and rescue volunteer. He’s not certified to do this work by any professional agency. He says that he has to work alone to do his ...
01.31.2018 HBM091: Hypnosis of Hunger Producer Bethany Denton found a box in her basement storage room with two old cassette tapes inside. It took her a moment to realize what they were.
01.17.2018 HBM090: Two Small Creatures with Human Eyes Natural history museums are art galleries. Scientifically focussed art galleries, but art galleries nonetheless.
01.03.2018 HBM089: Human Wish Tree Sometimes, Tatianna Zichella asks people to make a wish, write it on a piece of paper, and staple it to a fleshy part of her body.
12.20.2017 HBM088: Riptides and a Sinking Ship A riptide recently pulled Ariana into open water off the shore of Santa Monica. She thinks it’s her closest brush with death thus far. A lifeguard rescued her. The are different kinds of panics, some more helpful than others.
12.06.2017 HBM087: Trifle Not with Sacred Things After dedicating thirty years to the Church of Jesus Christ, Ashley Fryer put down her beloved scriptures unsure what to do with relics of a religion she no longer believed in. This episode follows her journey of spiritual discovery.
11.29.2017 HBM086: Eve is Hungry HBM085: Ascended Fiction got us thinking about hidden knowledge, and whether it's moral to withhold information. So in this follow-up episode, we delve into that more, but this time with Christianity.
11.22.2017 HBM085: Ascended Fiction There's a full reconstruction of L. Ron Hubbard's office in every church of Scientology rumored to be more than a traditional way of honoring the memory of the founder. It might be needed by the author upon his alleged reincarnation ...
11.08.2017 HBM084: Are You Sure You’re Awake? Chrissy was having trouble remembering who she was when she woke up. First she thought it was early-onset dementia, then she thought it was schizophrenia. She had recurring hallucinations about being stalked by a beast that would talk to her...
10.25.2017 HBM083: Sweet Like Snap Peas Ryan thinks the Clinton Cemetery's deep-rooted asparagus taste so good because of the natural quality of their fertilizer.
10.11.2017 HBM082: MI5 MI6 KGB CIA Shortwave enthusiast John Barner and his friends had found a number station believed to be a form of espionage where intelligence agencies broadcast encrypted messages to field operatives.
09.27.2017 HBM081: Kinnikinnick Nick VS The Bear Boy Scout Leadership Camp was a bad fit for Jeff Emtman.

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Here Be Monsters episodes:

HBM126: Sounding the Deep

HBM125: Deepfaking Nixon

HBM124: Banana Softies

HBM123: Water Witches

HBM122: Should Cows Have Names?

HBM121: True North

Season 8 = October 2

HBM120: Own Worst Interest

HBM119: An Episode of Pebbles and Twigs

Listen to Lost Notes

HBM118: Mountain Seabed

HBM117: Grave Oversight

HBM116: Finest and Most Rotten (Going Forward)

HBM115: Bound in Walton et al.

HBM114: Envisioning AIDS

HBM113: The Last Ones

HBM112: Negative Space

HBM111: Waiting for Earth

HBM110: Big Numbers

HBM109: Untitled Noises of New York (Sound Matters)

HBM108: Witch of Saratoga

HBM107: Carlo Surrenders

HBM106: Beautiful Stories about Dead Animals (part 2)

Listen to Nocturne

HBM105: Beautiful Stories about Dead Animals (part 1)

HBM104: Scrapheap Reactor

HBM103: Fate’s Notebook

HBM102: Breath Holder

HBM101: Much Corruption

Season 7 and HBM Sweatshirts

HBM100: Faraway Minds

HBM099: Spell for the Repulsion of Astral Vampires

HBM098: Feed the Queen

HBM097: Fox Teeth

HBM096: Are We Still Afraid?

HBM095: The Bats that Stay

HBM094: The Fatigue of Violence

HBM093: The Brain Scoop

HBM092: Carry the Scent

HBM091: Hypnosis of Hunger

HBM090: Two Small Creatures with Human Eyes

HBM089: Human Wish Tree

HBM088: Riptides and a Sinking Ship

HBM087: Trifle Not with Sacred Things

HBM086: Eve is Hungry

HBM085: Ascended Fiction

HBM084: Are You Sure You’re Awake?

HBM083: Sweet​ ​Like​ ​Snap​ ​Peas

HBM082: MI5​ ​MI6​ ​KGB​ ​CIA

HBM081:​ ​Kinnikinnick​ ​Nick​ ​VS​ ​The​ ​Bear

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