216 - Invasive Species

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A look at invasive species, focusing especially on the cane toad: its biology, its impact, and efforts to control it in Australia and the US. With Dr. Steven Johnson of UFL.

New BigFootage coming soon

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Patrons will be getting a new episode of BigFootage soon. I've got it in the can but have to edit it. The topic? 1970's Bigfoot. Tag-line? It breeds with ANYTHING. (Spoiler: It most certainly does not.) who support the show at any level wherein I watch Bigfoot-themed movies and documentaries and review them. There are more than 200 of these kinds of movies (of wildly varying quality), and I'm only getting started. Also - if you check out this amazing movie poster I think you may find a few more of what the Cockney might call "porky-pies." ...

215 - Chinese Ghosts

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We are joined by Ph.D. student Minwen Huang, who shares with us the history of the literary genre of Chinese Ghosts called Zhiguai, and how such beings (and literature) are viewed from ancient times to the present.

Creationists Review-Bombing "We Believe in Dinosaurs"

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You may recall our recent episode on the documentary We Believe in Dinosaurs. It was pointed out to me that the Amazon reviews for the movie are being 1-star review bombed by creationists who are angry about the film as a "hit piece." Personally, I enjoyed the documentary and found it to be - if anything - more balanced towards giving the Ark Encounter folks a platform to openly state their agenda than I would have. At any rate, if you enjoyed the film and care about communicating fact-based ideas about this contentious (but non-controversial scientifically...

214 - Talos Another Tale of Gods and Robots

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MonsterTalk Classic interviews return with a look at robots and automata of the ancient classical world. Adrienne Mayor joins us to talk about her book Gods and Robots. Greek myths, ancient science, and monsters abound.

MTL - Dr. Kiki - Aliens and Monsters

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A discussion of monsters and aliens of sci-fi and horror with "Dr. Kiki" Kirsten Sanford of THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE and DR KIKI'S SCIENCE HOUR.

MTL - Conspiracy Theory with Ashley Landrum

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A discussion of conspiracy theory with professor Ashley Landrum of Texas Tech.

MonsterTalk Live - Banachek - 10 May 2020

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We got to sit down and talk with the mentalist, magician and skeptic Banachek. You may know him as the creator of Penn & Teller's famous "bullet catch" or as the expert behind the JREF's Million Dollar Challenge testing or from his amazing performances or even from his podcast (Banachek's Brain).

MonsterTalk Live - Banachek - 10 May 2020

MonsterTalk

We got to sit down and talk with the mentalist, magician and skeptic Banachek. You may know him as the creator of Penn & Teller's famous "bullet catch" or as the expert behind the JREF's Million Dollar Challenge testing or from his amazing performances or even from his podcast (Banachek's Brain).

MonsterTalk Live - Speak of the Devil (Joe Laycock & Natasha Mikles)

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Our May 3, 2020 interview with Joe Laycock and his spouse and co-conspirator Natasha Mikles is here for you. Talking about his book, Speak of the Devil.