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12 MAY 2025 · Karen joins Blake to discuss the influential 2-part episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man that introduced a generation of kids to Bigfoot, and the idea that the creature might be interconnected with space aliens living inside a California mountain.
This is part one of a two-part special edition.
The patron edition has extended footage and no modern commercials.
Extensive show notes available here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/128686370?forSale=true
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5 MAY 2025 · Blake and Karen take a minute to catch their breath and talk about where things are in their lives and what's up next in MonsterTalk news.
Links:
https://amzn.to/4d2CfS8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesive_capsulitis_of_the_shoulder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_disease
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_von_Kempelen%27s_speaking_machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw1MsSHHlQs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_von_Kempelen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaGo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_(chess_computer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCarthy_(computer_scientist)
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28 APR 2025 · This is part two of our two part look at Dragons and how these mythical beasts are being used to promote Creationism. Our guest is Dr. Philip Senter and he's the author of a new book about this topic. We use the word bullsh!t a lot in this episode so I slapped an explicit tag on - but I don't think it's too explicit otherwise.
Get Dr. Senter's book here: https://feralhouse.com/the-real-story-of-dinosaurs-and-dragons/
https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-congos-dinosaur-of-discord/
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21 APR 2025 · This is part one of our two part look at Dragons and how these mythical beasts are being used to promote Creationism. Our guest is Dr. Philip Senter and he's the author of a new book about this topic.
Get Dr. Senter's book here: https://feralhouse.com/the-real-story-of-dinosaurs-and-dragons/
Read more about https://mythicalcreatures.edwardworthlibrary.ie/dragons/dragon-of-bologna/
Another https://brill.com/display/book/9789004515413/BP000028.xml?language=en&srsltid=AfmBOoqjSFubZ-GyFq2kpF5Jjasj2O1lPcjK9VAHHqJ9DaXURJ7I5S1P
The https://ncse.ngo/evolutionhas long been a source for how to take action to combat the injection of Creationist material into public education.
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14 APR 2025 · Matt & Karen went out for a little getaway weekend to Victor, Colorado and ended up investigating the allegedly haunted Victor Hotel. Did Eddie die in the hotel elevator? Was Matt caught in embarrassing circumstances? Find out inside!
The show notes here won't show the images so you'll need to hop over to our episode webpage to see them.
https://www.monstertalk.org/s04e28-the-victor-hotel-ghost/
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7 APR 2025 · We're excited to welcome back Peter Bebergal. This time we're talking about mysticism and dybbuks. Be sure and check out the links below including the upcoming talk Peter is giving April 14th for The Last Tuesday Society.
https://www.jewishboston.com/read/the-vibe-of-the-tribe-podcast-episode-52-jewish-magic-and-the-occult/
https://amzn.to/3G9wAgv (affiliate link) 15-Disk Horror Collection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibbur#:~:text=Ibbur%20is%20the%20most%20positive,that%20it%20has%20taken%20place.
https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/event/monster-world-peter-bebergal-zoom/
https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/event/monster-world-peter-bebergal-zoom/
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31 MAR 2025 · We're delighted to get to talk with Adrian Shine, who has worked for decades to raise awareness about Loch Ness and investigated the legendary creature said to inhabit the dark waters of that deep Scottish lake. He's written a new book about Sea Monsters and their connection to the Loch Ness Mystery which releases April 1st, 2025.
https://amzn.to/4lexg4A
https://www.lochness.com/
In the intro you hear a clip of IN SEARCH OF from S01E20 - which features a young Adrian. https://inresearchof.libsyn.com/s01e20-the-loch-ness-monster
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24 MAR 2025 · We're back with part 2 of our interview with Dr. Eleanor Janega to discuss Demons in Medieval Europe - and a lot of that has to do with sexy sex. So… another EXPLICIT tag!
https://going-medieval.com
https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393867817
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/apr/17/the-forgotten-french-tapestry-with-lessons-for-our-apocalyptic-times (The Guardian)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Tapestry (Wikipedia)
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=going%20medieval%20eleanor%20janega
https://amzn.to/4bVAWE8 (AMZ affiliate link)
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16 MAR 2025 · We're joined by the engaging historian Dr. Eleanor Janega to talk about how the people of Europe considered demonic sex during the medieval period of history. This episode is in two parts, and both are explicit.
Presenter on the History Hit channel - https://www.historyhit.com/
Blog - https://going-medieval.com/
Medievalist, author, blogs about medieval history, pop culture, and swearing
Author of: The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
Article: “On sex with demons” - https://going-medieval.com/2020/07/30/on-sex-with-demons/
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10 MAR 2025 · A brief remembrance of our friend, Joe Nickell. (December 1, 1944 – March 4, 2025)
Joe Nickell's extraordinary life came to an end on Tuesday, March 4th and we're posting this brief remembrance this week instead of our regular episode.
https://www.joenickell.com/personas.html
https://www.amazon.com/Science-Monsters-Tracking-Real-Life-Creatures/dp/B0CVXFNJCQ
https://www.monstertalk.org/?s=%22Joe+Nickell%22
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sourtoe-cocktail
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| Organization | Blake Smith |
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