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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 ... more
FAQs about MonsterTalk:How many episodes does MonsterTalk have?The podcast currently has 453 episodes available.
March 16, 2011Is The Skookum Fair Dinkum?In the year 2000 startling claims of a body cast of a Bigfoot emerged from the deep woods of Washington State. More than a decade later, MonsterTalk interviews Bigfoot researcher Daniel Perez about the facts behind this contentious artifact — which some still claim to be one of the best pieces of evidence for the existence of Bigfoot. READ full episode notesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/monstertalk--6267523/support....more1h 3minPlay
March 02, 2011Tracking the ChupacabraThis week MonsterTalk co-host Benjamin Radford becomes the interviewee! Radford discusses his newest book, Tracking the Chupacabra. The culmination of a five-year investigation, this book may provide an actual solution to these mysterious humanoid sightings. READ full episode notesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/monstertalk--6267523/support....more42minPlay
February 25, 2011Tracking the Chupacabra (exclusive preview)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....more35minPlay
January 26, 2011Unmasking the NinjaThis week the hosts of MonsterTalk take on the mysterious, mystical, legendary menace of the ninja! Should ninjas be considered monsters? They come out at night, have mysterious powers and use fear and lethality to wreak havoc. But to be sure, we Ask a Ninja. Also, we interview Matt Alt, co-author (with Hiroko Yoda) of Ninja Attack: True Tales of Assassins, Samurai and Outlaws. READ full episode notesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/monstertalk--6267523/support....more52minPlay
January 12, 2011Ethnobiology - A Lizard's TaleIN THIS EPISODE, the MonsterTalk crew interviews Dr. Tony Russell, a professor at the University of Calgary who studies evolutionary and functional morphology in geckos. Dr. Russell’s work includes ethnobiology — the utilization of folklore to guide his research. He discuss the uses and limitations of this mode of research, as well as the remarkable features of the lizards that he studies. READ full episode notesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/monstertalk--6267523/support....more1h 8minPlay
December 22, 2010A Bestiary of CreaturesAuthor Christopher Dell has collected an astonishing array of art from around the world depicting many obscure and mysterious creatures in his new book Monsters: A Bestiary of Devils, Demons, Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Magical Creatures. Christopher Dell joins the MonsterTalk crew to discuss why humans are so fascinated by these bizarre entities. READ full episode notesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/monstertalk--6267523/support....more59minPlay
December 01, 2010The Iceman GoethLate in the 1960s, in the era which gave us the famous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film, fairgoers in Minnesota were confronted with a marvel: a hairy, primitive-looking humanoid frozen in a block of ice. Was it an anthropological relic? Was it a sasquatch? As investigators from the Smithsonian Institute and cryptozoological researchers studied the frozen creature, they came to very different conclusions as to what it represented. The MonsterTalk hosts interview Bigfoot researcher and former side-show performer Matt Crowley — and try to crack the case of The Minnesota Iceman. READ full episode notesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/monstertalk--6267523/support....more1h 13minPlay
November 03, 2010On MonstersThis week on MonsterTalk, author Stephen Asma (Professor of Philosophy at Columbia College Chicago) speaks about his comprehensive book surveying Western monster-lore. Is humankind’s fascination with monsters broader than any single cause? Asma’s On Monsters examines hundreds of legends — and their cultural, psychological and social implications. READ full episode notesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/monstertalk--6267523/support....more55minPlay
October 20, 2010The Rise of Bat BoyIn the pantheon of American monsters, only one truly dominated the newspapers of the 1990s. Checkout lines everywhere were haunted by the bald-headed, wide-mawed visage of Bat Boy. What was Bat Boy, and where did he come from? The MonsterTalk team interviews cartoonist Tye Bourdony, a former employee of the Weekly World News. Bourdony shares his insights about Bat Boy and the rise and fall of the famous tabloid paper. READ full episode notesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/monstertalk--6267523/support....more1hPlay
September 29, 2010Dragon*Con's Skeptrack 2010THIS WEEK’S EPISODE was recorded before a live studio audience at Dragon*Con’s Skeptrack 2010 (in Atlanta, Georgia). MonsterTalk hosts Ben Radford and Blake Smith bravely faced the horror of live questions from listeners — including Australian skeptical activist Dr. Rachael Dunlop, Skeptoid’s Brian Dunning, and others! READ full episode notesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/monstertalk--6267523/support....more1h 1minPlay
FAQs about MonsterTalk:How many episodes does MonsterTalk have?The podcast currently has 453 episodes available.