In this almost brand-new episode: News from the World of News, Asteriornis the wonderchicken, Dineobellator the velociraptorine, and a stem-anthropoid from Peru. In News from World of Darren and John, Monsters of the Deep, photoluminescence paper, and TetZooCon 2020. What’s New at TetZoo covers Occuludentavis, the passing of Clack and Carroll, and the fact that there are not too many sauropods. And finally, Leakey's aposematic hypothesis, and non-standard takes on hominin evolution.
Episode 75: From the Palaeolithic (AKA 2019)
Enter the Time Machine to a time when Darren and John discuss topics from, like a billion years ago in News From the World of News. Topics include Nessie eDNA, a scathing book review, and PopPalaeo.
Episode 74: Fat-bottomed Rodents
We’re back! In our stunning return, in which we clearly still know how to podcast good and do other stuff good too, we discuss The Summer of The Gulls, the silk road and the rodents therein, TetZooCon and The Dark Crystal.
Episode 73: Green Eggs and Eggs
Episode 73, some news about tyrannosaurs (YAWN) and then eggses and eggses and eggses. I hope you like eggs.
Episode 72: Loch Ness Monster Special
A very special episode, dedicated to everyone’s favourite living plesiosaur, Nessie.
Episode 71: New New New!
NEWs from world of news: pterosaur 'feathers', Sobrarbesiren, scavenging snowshoe hares, and whatever happened to the Kabomani tapir?
NEWs from the world of Darren and John: TetZooCon 2018, Crystal Palace, ZSL book event, ARC-BHS meeting, PopPalaeo Dec 2018, and Darren in China
NEW at TetZoo: sungrebe pouches, tetrapteryx, and sauropod life appearance.
Episode 70: Back in the House
In this zombie episode from September: the formidability of cape buffalo, plesiosaur necks, and the domesticability of dinosaurs.
Episode 69: The SpecZoo Podcats
In this less farty episode, FU, white-eyes (again) and Jinfengopteryx. News World o' News: Junzi the gibbon, Chinese hominins at 2.2 Ma, and books books books. A Cash 4 Question (no we don't do those anymore) on bovids and domestication.
And our main event: Speculative Zoology.
Episode 68: Yes it Farts
We have a new enemy, the SquaMates Podcast. News from Darren and John: John's new superhero/Pokemon crossover fanart, BTCon2018, the Eotyrannus monograph, TetZooCon. News from World of News includes, Loch Ness eDNA, Foro is a touraco, Summerside, Kram, and Ahmed human gait study, leading to a discussion of variation within humans.
Episode 67: Stupid Successful Frog
In this ramshackle episode, FU: how to pronounce generic names for cheetahs. News from World of Darren and John: Darren needs to leave SciAm (give hime money!), Jurassic World and Lego, trees, magpies, and abstract expressionist dinosaurs (yes you need them).
News from World of News (da da dah!): Rashid et al. pygostyle paper, Electrorana a stupid successful frog, which wasn't even actually electric. Also, pterosaurs in amber... or art they? No they're not... unless...
Popular tat: 25 years of Jurassic Park, and John has been made to see Jurassic World 2 against his will. Spoiler - he didn't like it.
John: ★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Episode 66: Giant Man-Babies
In this episode, FU on white-eyes, liberal left and anti-vaxxers, CTO not TCO or was the TCO not CTO? News from the World of "Science and Books": After Man new edition, is the giant cheetah really a cheetah, and sweaty wolverines. News from World John and Darren: sexual selection conference, Ford vs Naish, Dinosaurs HTLE 2nd edition cover. A long-lost (and still lost but remembered) Cash for Question!
A new segment: Darren Summarises TV and Film, including Lost in Space, Cloverfield Paradox, and Infinity War (more like Infinity BORE amirite?).
Episode 65: The Glands of Time
In this episode, John finds his mute switch, News from World of News: giant Rhaetian ichthyosaurs, Dracula pterosaur, Art Bell, and the final (maybe?) Cash for Questions; Aurochs, glands, and finding things.
Episode 64: Reverse the Polarity of the DNA Refraction!
In this episode, Darren meta-review and actual review of God's Word or Human Reason, News from World of News: Occultonectia and polycotylids, seafloor ziphiid fossils, and Chilesaurus AGAIN. Cash for Questions too.
Popular Tat, we've both seen Annihilation, and... we agree!
Darren: ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
John: ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Episode 63: No Bigger than a Cane Toad
In this episode, FU listeners! with glowbones, enantiornithine, Beelzebufo, pterosaurs. Also NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF NEWS Chendytes, Penkalski ankylosaurids, and pterosaurs. More cash for questions and no popular tat (no time!).
Episode 62: Back and Bigger than a Brontosaurus
The podcats is back for reals, and bigger than ever. In this episode fluorescence in chameleons, bite force in frogs, Neanderthal cave art, and cash for questions. Also, a good deal of popular tat, and very special reading, by Darren Naish.
Episode 61: The Ghost of Podcats Past
Episode 61, which has laid dormant for eight months, is here! I don't remember what's in it. Enjoy!
Episode 60: A Question Catalysm
In this Cash for Questions!-filled episode, cats, dogs, toads, wolverines, hominids, caseids, tortoises, stupid ratites, nasty honey badgers, and not everything you wanted to know about turtles. Also phylogenetic trees.
Episode 59: The Arrival of Ornithoscelida Face
In this shamefully delayed, but convincingly long episode: Ornithoscelida, the faces of Tyrannosaurs, and quite the rant on Arrival:
Darren: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
John: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Episode 58: The Spankian Stage
In the brand-spankin' new episode, Darren and John let chaos reign while still trying to say some stuff. Cash for Questions! includes vampires big and small, and a chemistry question which gets a predictably well thought out, knowledgeable and precise answer not read form Wikipedia. Also geology.
Popular Tat is Westworld.
Episode 57: Is This Paper Big Enough?
An episode so short, we hardly say anything.
