Podcast Episodes

277 - Jeff Kripal & The Superhumanities pt 2

Season 2 Episode 16

Part 2 of a 2-part interview with Dr. Jeff Kripal of Rice University’s Religious Studies dept. He’s the author of several books that cover topics ove…

3 years, 7 months ago

276 - Jeff Kripal & The Super Humanities

Season 2 Episode 15

Part 1 of a 2-part interview with Dr. Jeff Kripal of Rice University's Religious Studies dept. He's the author of several books that cover topics ove…

3 years, 7 months ago

275 - Beast Hunter Pat Spain

Season 2 Episode 14

Pat Spain joins us to talk about his new book series.  Host of NatGeo's Beast Hunter series, Pat has collected gripping tales of travel, terror, and …

3 years, 7 months ago

274 - Investigating Pop Psychology

An interview with Dr. Stephen Hupp, lead editor on the new volume Investigating Pop Psychology: Pseudoscience, Fringe Science, and Controversies co-e…

3 years, 7 months ago

Christmas Ghost Story #010 - The Signal-Man

Episode 10

Apologies for my voice - but despite a nasty cold I've done my best to bring you a spooky Christmas Ghost Story - this time from the mind of Charles …

3 years, 8 months ago

273 - The Bloodsucking Catfish - Candiru (Explicit)

Season 2 Episode 12

We're joined by ichthyologist Dr. Nathan K. Lujan to discuss the legendary vampire catfish of the Amazon, the candiru! Explicit Tag on this one for f…

3 years, 8 months ago

272 - The Peculiar Platypus Part 2

Season 2 Episode 11

We continue our discussion of the platypus with Dr. Gilad Bino. In part 2 we explore the features that make them unique. Their extremely sensitive bi…

3 years, 8 months ago

271 - The Peculiar Platypus

Season 2 Episode 10

The platypus is a fascinating creature from the family called monotremes. There is a lot left to be discovered about these animals and in part 1 we h…

3 years, 8 months ago

270 - Ghost Hunting in Deadwood

Season 2 Episode 8

We're joined by MonsterTalk family member Matt Baxter (Karen's husband and host of Ask a Paranormal Investigator) to talk about his investigation of …

3 years, 9 months ago

269 - Fun Ruiners

Season 2 Episode 8

In a departure from our normal format, Blake and Karen discuss how science ruins all the fun of some very popular Sci-Fi/Horror tropes.  Alternate …

3 years, 9 months ago