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Episode 16 - Malcolm

Welcome to the Juras-Sick Park-Cast podcast, the Jurassic Park podcast about Michael Crichton's 1990 novel Jurassic Park, and also not about that, too.  Find the episode webpage at:  Episode 16 - Malcolm In this episode ( stream it here! ), my terrific guest Dr. David Hone chats with me about:   May Day, Victoria Day, high tea, Tea Cup Dinosaur hunters, excavating dinosaurs, Dr. Alan Grant, trace fossils, body fossils, eggs, fossil nomenclature, Computer Assisted Sonic Tomography fails, CAST process being non-viable, prospecting with drones, Velociraptor v. Deinonychus, making the best deductions, describing dinosaurs, Dilophosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Stegosaurus, Man's Hubris and Science, West World and Andromeda Strain, Triceratops, sauropods, character backstories, Ian Malcolm, anti-technology paleontologists, the future of paleontology, photogrammetry, Eli Kish, AMNH 5027, tail vertebrae, Leaellynasaura, Crichton's research, pterosaurs, the Aviary, Cearadactylus, ornith

Episode 15 - Airport

Welcome to the Juras-Sick Park-Cast podcast, the Jurassic Park podcast about Michael Crichton's 1990 novel Jurassic Park, and also not about that, too.  Find the episode webpage at:  Episode 15 - Airport In this episode ( stream it here ), my terrific guest Robbie Dorman chats with me about:   Burial , Westerns, Chuck Palahniuk, world building, magic, magical moments, mysteries, velociraptors, Malcolm's motivations, corporate malfeasance, Columbia University, science and scientists, Chaos Theory, relating to genre-fiction readers, building tension, movie Alan Grant v. novel Alan Grant, cool scientists, show don't tell, metatextual documentation, House of Leaves, Michael Crichton, The Simpsons Show Podcast , awful episodes of the Simpsons,  Plus dinosaur news about: The Tanis site and end-Cretaceous meteor strike   First articulated ornithomimid specimens from the upper Maastrichtian Scollard Formation of Alberta, Canada Featuring the music of Snale  https://snalerock.ba

Episode 14 - Target of Opportunity

Welcome to the Juras-Sick Park-Cast podcast, the Jurassic Park podcast about Michael Crichton's 1990 novel Jurassic Park, and also not about that, too.  Find the episode webpage at:  Episode 14 - Target of Opportunity In this episode ( stream online here! ), my terrific guest Steve Bull chats with me about:   The Toronto Raptors playoff run, boating, mornings, setting alarms, sleeping through alarms, Jurassic Park, Aliens, The Dark Knight and the Batman voice, The DaVinci Code, Stephen King, Dan Brown, Michael Crichton, pop culture, Harry Potter, Black Eyed Peas, Jurassic World, Blue, compromising on screen time with kids, scary movie moments, appealing to the masses, Billy and the Clone-a-saurus, Brides Maids, comedy, Office Space, Second City, Evan Carter , stand-up comedy, boating, Power Boat TV, Toronto Island, how to get guests to Isla Nublar, Safehaven Marine , Harambe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Disney movies, Back to the Future, Days of Thu

Episode 13 - Choteau

Welcome to the Juras-Sick Park-Cast podcast, the Jurassic Park podcast about Michael Crichton's 1990 novel Jurassic Park, and also not about that, too.  Find the episode webpage at:  Episode 13 - Choteau  In this episode, my terrific guest Phil Hore chats with me about:   The X-Men, Australia, the Outback, Alpha Flight, the Australian theatrical release of Jurassic Park, nerds, Matilda, Walzing Matilda, Diamantinasaurus, and Banjo Paterson, Australovenator, Wolverine, sauropod babies and nesting, The Goodies, Triceratops evasive manoeuvers, arctometacarpals on Tyrannosaurs, Land of the Lost, hot tips on how to get the job you want at a museum, type specimens of fish, HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin, HMS Endeavor and Sir Joseph Banks, Dry Store Room No. 1 , cataloguing pubic hair, Dr. Livingston and Tanzania, The inside scoop on Dinosaur Train, real estate in London, unbelievable strokes of circumstance, David Attenborough, The Prehistoric Times, John Hammond's characterization

Episode 12 - Hammond

Welcome to the Juras-Sick Park-Cast podcast, the Jurassic Park podcast about Michael Crichton's 1990 novel Jurassic Park, and also not about that, too.  Find the episode webpage at:  Episode 12 - Hammond   In this episode, my terrific guest Sullivan Rogers chats with me about:   The Junior Novelization of Jurassic Park, podcasting, doing things wrong, Gail Herman, differences between Spielberg's film adaptation and the junior novelization, wiggling around, frog DNA, Mr. DNA,  dilophosaurus, poison, John Hammond, the electric fences, billionaires, raptors, escaping raptors, being 10 years old at Jurassic Park, being scared of dogs, the Jurassic Park franchise, Tim puking, dimetrodon, amargasaurus, secuirty cameras, and more! Plus dinosaur news about: Yamaceratops juveniles  from the Mongolian desert.  Vectiraptor greeni  from the Ilse of Wight. Featuring the music of Snale  https://snalerock.bandcamp.com/releases   Intro: Atom-Age Vampire-Cat In The Brain . Outro:  Hummingbird