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[mindme]

Yeah, I'm big into having a fan going. Well, in the dead of Canadian winter not so much. But I also find I become addicted to the fan sound. It's great white noise for smoothing over the sirens and street drive bys.

What's in the pipe line for Monster Talk?

[DoctorAtlantis]

Something may (or may not) be lurking in the swamp of Arkansas... That's all I can say right now.

[Crowskie]

Something may (or may not) be lurking in the swamp of Arkansas... That's all I can say right now.

Lurking, yes. But I am nowhere near the swamp. 

Btw, I grew up in Woodruff County, AR, home of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker sightings. I'm not sure how this information can help, but I thought I would share.

[DoctorAtlantis]

Something may (or may not) be lurking in the swamp of Arkansas... That's all I can say right now.

Lurking, yes. But I am nowhere near the swamp. 

Btw, I grew up in Woodruff County, AR, home of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker sightings. I'm not sure how this information can help, but I thought I would share.

Stay tuned then!

[Crowskie]

Still tuned... 

[JMA]

Still tuned... 

Me too!

[mindme]

As always, I'm on a masturbation fast until we get a new episode of Monster Talk. No pressure, Dr Atlantis. But it goes without saying I'm a loaded pistol.

[DoctorAtlantis]

New ep will be up Wed.  Had some problems and missed my deadline for this past Wed.

[mindme]

I noticed the most recent ep of Monster Quest had Joe Nichol. I didn't see much of it before I fell asleep. It's the one about the space lizard. Stanton Friedman is in this one. Really Stanton? You really think a floating space lizard has been walking around West Virginia for the last 60 years? God. Oddly the show referred to him as Dr. but his wiki page says he only has an MA.

Oddly they also jammed in the star child skull (another great future topic). That's a really sad story. The guy takes his skull from doctor to doctor  until he finds one that goes "hey this is new to me!"

[DoctorAtlantis]

I noticed the most recent ep of Monster Quest had Joe Nichol. I didn't see much of it before I fell asleep. It's the one about the space lizard. Stanton Friedman is in this one. Really Stanton? You really think a floating space lizard has been walking around West Virginia for the last 60 years? God. Oddly the show referred to him as Dr. but his wiki page says he only has an MA.

Oddly they also jammed in the star child skull (another great future topic). That's a really sad story. The guy takes his skull from doctor to doctor  until he finds one that goes "hey this is new to me!"

The Star Child is annoying to me in that no matter WHAT the experts say about it, they can't address the claims of the owner.   He says it is an Alien Human hybrid.  How can you prove it isn't?  You can't.  How can he prove it is?  He can't.  Who has the burden of proof?  Well, if you're not in topsy-turvy land, he does. 

But TV is topsy-turvy land.

[Jack]

I can't believe I've never posted here. Love the show; big fan. That Ken Feder interview was fantastic.


I was listening to an old SGU episode(Live at DragonCon '08) and a strangely familiar voice jumped out at me around 39:10.

[DoctorAtlantis]

Wow - was that when I asked about the physiological difference between beliefs are stored vs. general knowledge?  That seems like a long time ago...

Glad you love the show!

I post here and on JREF - and on skeptic's own board "skepticforum".  I wish (sort of) that as small as the skeptic online world is we didn't thin ourselves out so much, but all these places have a different vibe.

Glad you found this thread!

[mindme]

Yeah, just double checked. Monster Quest's lizard man show calls Stanton "Dr." at the 8:30 mark. Slipshod writing/fact checking on Monster Quest's part? Or does Friedman have a PhD I'm unaware of?
 

[DoctorAtlantis]

Yeah, just double checked. Monster Quest's lizard man show calls Stanton "Dr." at the 8:30 mark. Slipshod writing/fact checking on Monster Quest's part? Or does Friedman have a PhD I'm unaware of?

That's funny.  I'll need to snag that as an audio clip.

[DoctorAtlantis]

What happens when a creature thought to be extinct is spotted alive in the swamps of Arkansas? Can such a creature have survived? Can scientists verify the story? And when a town’s hopes and a school’s grant money are on the line, to what lengths will people go to find proof?

This week on MonsterTalk we discuss these issues with Scott Crocker, the documentary filmmaker behind Ghost Bird — a feature length exploration into the mystery of the Ivory-billed woodpecker.

Producer's Note: The audio during the show is rough during the host-chat before the interview.  It clears up a good bit after about 5 mins.  Apologies for this.  We are seeking an alternative recording program and will be working to improve our sound.

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