Packed with emotion and pulling the nostalgia heartstrings, how does The Land Before Time (1988) hold up today? Clemson University English Lecturer Peter Cullen Bryan takes us through the links between Don Bluth's classic film and other palaeomedia. _______________ Follow Dr Peter Cullen Bryan on Twitter @pfxbryan Don Bluth. Somewhere Out There: My Animated Life . SmartPop, 2022. 1988 Pizza Hut puppets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce17QquyL8s Forgotten Disney: Essays on the Lesser-Known Prod...
Jun 21, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Creative all-rounder Lucas Zellers recently worked on a D&D handbook that presents the real-life stories of extinct animals, and then twists them into D&D-suitable monsters. ____ Check out Lucas' work: Scintilla Studio https://scintilla.studio/ Book of Extinction https://magehandpress.com/extinction Making a Monster podcast https://scintilla.studio/monster/
Jun 08, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Dino-obsessed content creator Tom Jurassic joins me for a visit to Prehistoric Domain, an immersive dinosaur wildlife park that can be viewed in a web browser or in virtual reality. __ Prehistoric Domain https://www.prehistoricdomain.com/ Check out Tom Jurassic's 'Tales from a Jurassic World' https://www.youtube.com/@talesfromajurassicworld
Jun 01, 2023•44 min•Season 2Ep. 3
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May 31, 2023•2 min
Vicky Coules is a PhD candidate and researcher at the University of Bristol in the UK looking into the entanglements between visual culture and dinosaurs. Her research took her into the story of the 1871 attack on a nascent Palaeozoic Museum destined for New York’s Central Park. Vicky and Michael Benton recently published a paper on the topic. __ Coules, V., & Benton, M. J. (2023). The curious case of Central Park’s dinosaurs: The destruction of Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins’ Paleozoic Museum ...
May 26, 2023•46 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Multi-talented entertainer and science communicator Michael Mills is the feature guest on the first episode of Fossils and Fiction for 2023. Michael is the creative director of Heaps Good Productions and 'Vice-Chancellor' of Dinosaur University. Michael has a podcast, PalaeoJam, and a show playing at the Adelaide Fringe Festival about foundational palaeontologist Mary Anning. We cover all of these in our conversation. This episode also features a song called 'These Curious Things'. Words and mus...
Feb 01, 2023•38 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Could you get two more different topics in palaeontology than gaming and the ethics of amber from conflict zones? Join Jake Atterby from the University of Birmingham to discuss the former and Dr Emma Dunne from Friedrich-Alexander University for the latter. Papers: Clements, T., Atterby, J ., Cleary, T., Dearden, R. P., and Rossi, V.: The perception of palaeontology in commercial off-the-shelf video games and an assessment of their potential as educational tools, Geosci. Commun., 5, 289–306, htt...
Jan 29, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this edition of the Fossils and Fiction Research Journal, we hear from Dr Ellen Mather who was lead author on a paper reclassifying a long-known eagle fossil as instead belonging to Australia's first known vulture, and Dr Stephen Poropat who describes the discovery of sauropod teeth from Queensland. Access the articles here: Poropat SF, Frauenfelder TG, Mannion PD, Rigby SL, Pentland AH, Sloan T, Elliott DA. 2022. Sauropod dinosaur teeth fromthe lower Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation ofQueen...
Jul 22, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 11
This episode of Fossils and Fiction features two Australian PhD candidates talking about papers they've recently published. Isaac Kerr from Flinders University discusses his paper reporting the discovery of a new ancient kangaroo in Papua New Guinea while Adele Pentland from Swinburne discusses her recent work on the pterosaur Ferrodraco lentoni . Follow Isaac on Twitter @IsaacARKerr and Adele @AdelePentland . Papers mentioned: Kerr, I. A. R. and Prideaux, G. J. (2022) ‘A new genus of kangaroo (...
Jul 06, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Mosasaurs, ichythyosaurs, and plesiosaurs galore! Em Blamey is the Creative Producer at the Australian National Maritime Museum. The Museum currently has an exhibition entitled 'Sea Monsters'. Em describes the specimens included and the stories told about these magnificent oceanic creatures. 'Sea Monsters' is open on the following schedule: Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, 25 June 2022 to 14 August 2022; Newcastle Regional Museum, September 2022 to February 2023; Western Australian M...
Jun 28, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Tom Jurassic spills his thoughts on Dominion and being a fan creator in the Jurassic community. We dive deep into the biggest topics from the film, including [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]. This episode contains detailed spoilers from Dominion. Follow Tom on Twitter @Tom_Jurassic , and check out the Jurassic Park Podcast , Collect Jurassic , and Jurassic Collectables ....
Jun 13, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 8
This episode features a chat about Sue the T. rex, Jurassic Park, Dr Who, dinosaur fandom, media tourism and more with Dr Ross Garner, Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University. Follow Dr Garner on Twitter @ DrRPG_TV . Referenced material: Washington Post article on reviving the thylacine ; Article in The Conversation about Claire Dearing ; Article about Sarah Harding . 'Doctor Who and the Dinosaurs' in Doctor Who and Science , 2021...
Jun 09, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Combine dinosaurs with LEGO in this episode of Fossils and Fiction. The interview guest is Tullett, modelbuilder for the Brickman. We chat about building LEGO dinos and the team’s exhibition Jurassic World by Brickman, open now at the Australian Museum, Sydney, until July 17. For more information and to book tickets to Jurassic World by Brickman, visit https://exhibition.thebrickman.com/
Jun 04, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 6
This brief episode of Fossils and Fiction is a review of the Apple TV+ series 'Prehistoric Planet', narrated by David Attenborough and produced by Jon Favreau. For more information about Prehistoric Planet, visit the Apple TV+ show page .
May 31, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Dr Adam Yates is the Senior Curator of Earth Sciences at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. He joins Fossils and Fiction for a discussion about the history of megafauna, dinosaurs, and other creatures of the Australian continent. We focus on the Alcoota Fossil Beds, crocodiles, geologic change, and Antarctica. A transcript and more detailed show notes will be available at FossilsFiction.co .
May 04, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Penny Packham is the Museum Coordinator for the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum in Bathurst, NSW. Penny talks to Fossils and Fiction about the Museum's extraordinary collection and their new kids' exhibition, the Dino-Store. This episode features the voices of children interacting with animatronic dinosaurs, discussions about tourism during COVID, and a magnificent Tyrannosaurus specimen. A transcript of this episode is available now. You can submit comments for inclusion in future episodes...
Apr 20, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Trish Sloan is the Collection Manager at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Natural History Museum in Winton, Queensland. Trish joins Fossils and Fiction to talk about engaging with her community, developing the Museum’s collection, and offering visitor-focused experiences. To learn more about the Australian Age of Dinosaurs, visit their website , Facebook , or Instagram . The Australian Age of Dinosaurs is a non-profit, independent institution. To support their work, consider becoming a member . A...
Apr 07, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Boria Sax is an author and Adjunct Professor at Mercy College whose work focuses on the relationship between humans and the natural world. He joins Fossils and Fiction for a discussion about his book Dinomania: Why we love, fear, and are utterly enchanted by dinosaurs . Resources referenced in this episode: Dinomania: Why we love, fear, and are utterly enchanted by dinosaurs (2018), by Boria Sax ; Avian Illuminations: A cultural history of birds (2021), by Boria Sax ; Jurassic Park (1993) by Mic...
Mar 31, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 1
This brief introductory episode of Fossils and Fiction explains the idea behind the podcast.
Mar 17, 2022•3 min
