MonsterTalk

July 6, 2011

037 – HAYLEY STEVENS: LAKE MONSTER MYSTERIES

There are very few people who make their living hunting monsters. For most of us who investigate such mysteries, it is a labor of love. Today on MonsterTalk we get to talk with one of our listeners about her investigation into a lake monster. In her investigation she went where few would dare to tread. Join us as we talk with amateur […]

Regular Episode 31 sec read

June 8, 2011

036 – SEARCHING FOR SASQUATCH

This week on MonsterTalk, we talk with Dr. Brian Regal about his new book, Searching For Sasquatch: Crackpots, Eggheads & Cryptozoology. It’s an academic book about the history of the search for Sasquatch—yet not about Sasquatch. Is cryptozoology a pseudoscience? Is it a waste of time? Does real science care about monsters? Does science suppress the secret existence of mystery apes—or has […]

Regular Episode 47 sec read

May 11, 2011

035 – THE ZOMBIE AUTOPSIES

This week on MonsterTalk, we interview Harvard medical doctor Steven Schlozman, author of The Zombie Autopsies and get inside the walking dead to discuss a plausible mechanism for the zombie apocalypse. It took a lot of guts, but in this episode we discuss: How did a doctor becomeinterested in zombies? What can zombies teach usabout neurology? Which is scarier:infection or cannibalism? Why don’t […]

Regular Episode 49 sec read

April 20, 2011

034 – TRACKING THE MAN-BEASTS

Renowned investigator Joe Nickell returns to MonsterTalk to discuss his latest book Tracking the Man-beasts: Sasquatch, Vampires, Zombies, and More—a survey of a human-like monsters that runs the gamut from Almas to Zombie. The book covers scores of monsters from legend and lore, and many entries include insights from Joe’s personal investigations. In this episode possible reasons why there are so many anthropomorphic monsters the evolution […]

Regular Episode 24 sec read

March 30, 2011

033 – RESURRECTING THE EXTINCT

PLENTY OF PEOPLE HAVE HYPOTHESIZED about being able to bring back an extinct animal, but (so far as the MonsterTalk team knows) the only person who has successfully brought an extinct animal’s gene back to be able to express itself in a living organism is Dr. Andrew Pask and his team of genetics experts. Tasmania’s marsupial tiger, the Thylacine, appears to be […]

Regular Episode 51 sec read

March 16, 2011

032 – IS THE SKOOKUM FAIR DINKUM?

IN TODAY’S EPISODE we learn about what has been called one of the best pieces of evidence for the existence of bigfoot. The Skookum cast, found in Washington state in 2000, is alleged to be the body imprint of a bigfoot lying in the mud to reach some fruit. But skeptics think it is just a big Elk print in […]

Regular Episode 43 sec read

March 2, 2011

031 – TRACKING THE CHUPACABRA

IN THIS EPISODE, Ben Radford takes a seat in the interview-chair as we discuss his latest book Tracking the Chupacabra.. It is the culmination of five years of research on the mysterious Latin American goat-sucker—a vampiric creature which has been troubling ranchers since 1995. In this episode we discuss: the origins of the chupacbra legend the nature of the beast why […]

Regular Episode 22 sec read

January 26, 2011

030 – UNMASKING THE NINJA

This 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. […]

Regular Episode 48 sec read

January 12, 2011

029 – ETHNOBIOLOGY — A LIZARD’S TALE

IN 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. […]

Regular Episode 26 sec read

December 22, 2010

#028 – A Bestiary of Creatures

Author 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. Music Monstertalk Theme: Monster by Peach Stealing Monkeys

Regular Episode 18 sec read