Episode 41 of the famous Chasmosaurs Podcast is here, and it's a bittersweet one. Today's episode is a tribute to the recently departed Czech palaeoartist Jan Sovák (1953 - 2025) and his frankly ginormous body of work. So ginormous in fact, that we just had to dedicate an entire episode to him. But there's more to talk about. For one thing, there's the new Walking With Dinosaurs series, which we refuse to review in this episode! Also, there's a whole bunch of other palaeomedia coming, as well! Why don't the English know about Jan Sovák? Did the keen olfactory sense of tyrannosaurs evolve to smell the flowers? Will Natee ever live down that time when they started comparing people to Thomas Kinkade? And who will bring the popcorn? Join us as we give you our monthly roundup, and as we dive deep into the life and works of one of Europe's finest dinosaur artists.

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Spring has sprung and episode 40 of the LITC podcast arrives! Today, famous palaeontologist, artist and all-around international fabulous guy Mark Witton returns to the show as he geeks out with our own Marc Vincent about Tyrannosaurus rex! Mark's upcoming new book, King Tyrant, is all about the toothy star from Hell Creek. For Vintage Dinosaur Art, Marc, Gemma and Natee go back to 1950's Denmark and discuss a rare treat from illustrator Verner Hancke, or rather from Gemma's attic. Will Gemma and Natee finally accept the superiority of T. rex over all other dinosaurs? Will Marc finally learn to pronounce "pterosaur" correctly? Are hadrosaurs secretly evil? Is Megatherium going to eat those passengers, or does it just want to play? And how does Gemma really feel about AI? All shall be revealed... in episode 40!

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Just in time to make sure it's not an April Fools joke comes episode 39 of the world-famous Chasmosaurs podcast! It's time once again to talk about that Grand Signeur of palaeoart, his Lordship John Sibbick, King of the Isle of Wight (maybe). This time, we're looking at the lesser-known followup to the classic Normanpedia, the grandly-titled WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH!!! After that, Marc has a chat with Swiss author and historian T.K. Sivgin, who has been known to occasionally contribute to this here humble website. His charming book, The Saurus Family and the Little Trilobite, is available now. Is John Sibbick the greatest of the living palaeoartists? How has that new museum in Zürich been coming along? How angry can one dumb theropod get at a scelidosaur? How much reverb can Gemma add to one episode? And will Natee uncover their secret baritone? You won't wanna miss this one!

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After months of technical mishaps, we finally managed to get the podcast back up and running! Marc, Gemma and Natee start off by having a little moan about terrible dinosaur movies before moving into a fun German book Gemma found at a school! We got some typical late 80s fare, with some very unusual depictions of dinosaurs... Then, Gemma and Marc interview Yasmin Grooters, head of the dinosaur lab at Naturalis Leiden, who recently finished work on a whole herd of Triceratops! Will Natee narrate the next Walking With Dinosaurs special? How is a Quetzalcoatlus like a pair of embroidery scissors? How do you put a museum exhibition together? How many cute nicknames can you give to a giant dinosaur? When are the Hadrosaur Gang going to drop their ballin' hip hop album? And what in the name of all that is holy is wrong with that Deinocheirus? We're back!

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As every year, Marc, Natee and Gemma visited TetZooCon, Darren Naish’ big annual London event about animals, palaeontology, palaeoart and all things tetrapod. And this was a special edition indeed. Not only has this been the last ever edition of the Tetrapod Zoology Conference in its current form (more on which on the show) but we actually gave a talk this time! And what’s more, the talk has been recorded and is included in full on this very special, extra long episode. So indulge yourself, park somewhere if you’re in your car, and enjoy our very final thoughts on a wonderful, bittersweet edition of our favourite event, followed by our live celebration of Fifteen Years of Love in the time of Chasmosaurs: An Ode To Bad Palaeoart.

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Rise and shine, the LITC podcast is here again! We have some colourful and pretty gnarly palaeoart to show you from the spectacularly-named Tudor Humphries. For the interview, Marc and Natee discuss the lovely - and somewhat controversial - book The Iguanodon's Horn, with its author and illustrator, the award-winning Sean Rubin. Is making fun of outdated palaeoart tropes fair game? Will we keep comparing dinosaurs to fish? Why is there a tiger in Africa? Will Natee finally admit that T. R. is their favourite dinosaur? Are we big in Japan, like Godzilla? And will we ever, ever, ever, shut up about TetZooCon? Find out none of this and less in episode 36!

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We've had a month off, but the famous LITC podcast is back in full strength with more fresh news, nostalgic art reviews and exciting interviews! After discussing the new films and documentaries that are coming our way, we review some very English palaeoart from the late 1970s by the unsung Peter Snowball. After that, Natee and Marc interview the Golden Boys of Dromaeosaurs, 3D sculptor Ruadhrí Brennan and returning LITC interviewee Jed Taylor, whose incredible Velociraptor sculpts have set last year's TetZooCon on fire, and are poised to do the same this year. What new shenanigans are these two up to next? Who illustrated the first Pachyrhinosaurus? Do we actually have listeners in Japan? Which Disney villain does Natee resemble most? Will we turn into a gaming podcast? Find all of this out in episode 35!

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Happy days, all! Even moreso than usual, our newest podcast episode dives into the phenomenon of stylized dinosaurs, as we discuss whimsical works from the early 70s by Maurice Wilson, whose work is all but forgotten but holds up a treat, and talk to the esteemed Johan Egerkrans whose angular, dynamic dinosaur art has captured the hearts of the palaeo world. Featuring forgotten Disney movies, exciting board games, pleasing shapes and lots of tea.

How do you strike the balance between artistic simplification and accuracy? What draws so many of us to theropods over all other dinosaurs? Can Johan ever escape the colour brown? Are all imitations of Sean Connery just imitations of Eddie Izzard? And can dinosaurs dance the cancan? All of this and more, in episode 34!

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Happy Easter! Lots of cool stuff on episode 33 of the Chasmosaurs podcast. Natee can finally show some exciting stuff they’ve been working on, for a museum in Switzerland no less! Meanwhile, Marc scares all the kids away imitating a posh dinosaur from the Isle of Wight. For our Vintage Dinosaur Art, the crew takes a peek Inside Dinosaurs with a very unusual book about dinosaur anatomy, and Gemma realizes a long held wish as Ellinor Michel and Bob Nicholls come onto the show to talk about an extrordinary project involving a recreation of one of the long lost creatures of Crystal Palace.

What is Bob Nicholls’ own favourite creation? What has been achieved eleven years since the Friends of the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs foundation began? Has anyone heard of Bing? Can you feel your own caudofemoralis longus? Is Stegosaurus ever going to escape the dreaded walnut? Can we do a whole episode without triggering Natee’s tryophobia? Seriously, has anyone heard of Bing? And do you have little green dinosaurs running around inside of you, operating your body? Find out in episode 33!

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Spring has come early, and episode 32 has come late! In this one, Marc, Natee and Gemma discuss the unusual, singular and slightly deranged dinosaurs from the swinging 60s by cult palaeoartist George Solonevic, as it appears in a book called Dinosaurs and More Dinosaurs. Marc interviews the esteemed Stavros Svenson Kulindadromaeus Kundromichalis on his fabulous book on the dinosaurs of the Triassic. Have we polished up our Swedish? Will Allosaurus emerge from your wardrobe and swallow you up if you've been bad? Would Solonevic be less well-remembered if his dinosaurs looked more, well, normal? Can Stavros truly recreate every single dinosaur that has ever been described? How do you reconstruct the most obscure dinosaurs? Will Stavros and Johan Egerkrans fight to the death for the crown in the Swedish Palaeoart Brawl? You won't want to miss this one!

And, once again, happy year of the Dragon.

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