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The Iceman Goeth
Episode 27
Late 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, …
15 years, 6 months ago
On Monsters
Episode 26
This week on MonsterTalk, author Stephen Asma (Professor of Philosophy at Columbia College Chicago) speaks about his comprehensive book surveying Wes…
15 years, 7 months ago
The Rise of Bat Boy
Episode 25
In the pantheon of American monsters, only one truly dominated the newspapers of the 1990s. Checkout lines everywhere were haunted by the bald-headed…
15 years, 8 months ago
Dragon*Con's Skeptrack 2010
Episode 24
THIS WEEK’S EPISODE was recorded before a live studio audience at Dragon*Con’s Skeptrack 2010 (in Atlanta, Georgia). MonsterTalk hosts Ben Radford an…
15 years, 8 months ago
Just Scratching the Surface
Episode 23
MonsterTalk frequently explores tales of imaginary monsters — creatures of myth, fiction, and folklore. Today, the hosts consider a real creature, on…
15 years, 9 months ago
Cryptozoology & Science, Part 2
Episode 22
This week, MonsterTalk continues its discussion of the intersection between science and cryptozoology. The hosts interview Dr. Donald Prothero and Da…
15 years, 9 months ago
Cryptozoology & Science: Part 1
Episode 21
What is cryptozoology? Is it science? Is it folklore? Does it make predictions? In part 1 of a 2-part series, MonsterTalk examines cryptozoology as a…
15 years, 10 months ago
The Columbus Poltergeist (featuring James Randi)
Episode 20
In 1984, objects began to fly around the room in the presence of a Columbus Ohio teen named Tina Resch. The local paper claimed this was a poltergeis…
15 years, 11 months ago
Cthulhu Rises
Episode 19
In this special literary edition, MonsterTalk ventures into a dark domain that can be confidently called fiction: the monstrous, genre-defining oeuvr…
16 years ago
Bringing Light to a Moth
Episode 18
In this episode, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (formerly CSICOP) investigator Joe Nickell joins the MonsterTalk crew for a look into the West Virgi…
16 years ago