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Darren Naish and John Conway talk all things tetrapod, and some things not.

John Conway & Darren Naish


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    Episode 94: Live at TetZooCon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025


    Recorded LIVE at TetZooCon 2024. The audience laughter is real!

    Episode 93: Darren Naish Presents "Badgerman vs Dogman"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024


    In this long awaited episode, TetZooCon, and dogmen, dogmen, dogmen, and… badgerman.

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    Episode 92: Mosasaurs, Mosasauroids, Mosasaurids, Mosasaurines

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023


    In this bumper episode, Darren has lots of news from the world of Darren (but sadly no fat-bottomed rodents), TetZooCon, and Mosasaurs!

    Episode 91: Marine Reptiles Episode VI, The Return of the Weirdos

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023


    Our long-awaited second episode on Mesozoic marine reptiles — the saga continues with Triassic Weirdos, which is a term you shouldn't use.Also with some ranting about certain birds are dinosaurs deniers (again).

    Episode 90: Special Secret Surprise

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023


    Listen for great secret surprise!

    Episode 89: Marine Reptiles Episode V, The Crocs Strike Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023


    Crocs, crocodiles, crocodyles, crocodylomorphs, crocodylomorphoformes,and non-crocodylilian crocodylomorphoformes!

    Episode 88: Marine Reptiles Episode IV, No Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023


    … of getting through all the Mesozoic marine reptiles in less than an hour. Tune in to the next episode for the thrilling conclusion… possibly.

    Episode 87: Frogs!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023


    In this episode: frogs. And for those who don't like frogs: frogs.

    Episode 86: Scythe Isn't Everything

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023


    In this episode, spinosaur brains, ankylosaur throats, and scythes or reapers or claws or something.

    Episode 85: Big Small Cats

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023


    This week on the podcats, we talk about wild cats, specifically big cats and small big cats in urban and suburban areas.

    Episode 84: The Resurrection

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023


    Darren and John return! … to discuss the books Mesozoic Art, A History of Painting (With Dinosaurs) and bringing back the Dodo.

    Episode 83: Fossil Podcats

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022


    Recent excavations in the vicinity of John's hard disk have yielded a fossilised podcast from the Late 2021 period. Enjoy the retro stylings!

    Episode 82: Totally a New Whale

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021


    In this episode, fossils of the Kimmeridge clay, naughty fossils from Brazil, Ubirajara, Darren's new book, Dinopedia. Cladistics (sigh), domed-headed nose-pickers, and how they use them, a New Whale™, G̡͉̼̱̳͖͕̱̦͊r̼͕̺̃̾͑ͩ̕e̴̻͙͕͍̺͔͒n͙͍̭̘̲̭͔̆̍͑͢ͅd̛͕̪̠̞̩̰ͦͯe̘̣̖̮͒͢ͅl̴̫͖͉͎̃ͣ͊̐i̶͇͇͓̭̳͚̹͒͑̇u̧͍͉̺̠̅̎ş̖̞̬̦̻̺̼ͭ ̨̜̤̃͗̑̚ͅmͯ͏͎̪͍̙͇̮͖̤o̹͇͙̺ͧ̉̒̽͞r̡̬͍̺̹̰̘͙ͦd͈͖͕̦̦̓̓̕ã̧̞̳x̘̪̱̝͍͌̋ͩ͜, and cladistics headaches again. Oh my.

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    Episode 81: Seeing Thylacines in the Thylacine Seeing Scene

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021


    In this rapid-fire episode, TetZoom Con, Alien Worlds, John's 3Dish T. rex heads and the state of their lips, a discussion on eyes and taphonomy, science writing and stupid rules (never use black, kids!), Freddie the seal and free-running dogs. And finally a main event: Thylacine persistence.

    Episode 80: Achievable Evolutionary Goals

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020


    In the eight-oh, FU on Romancing the Stone and Carnotaurus, John's art, Greg Paul again, and Alien Worlds. And for the main event: the Scansoriopterygidae - dead ends that sucked at the evolutionary goal of flying, or, you know, animals adapted to their environment? You decide!TetZoo(m)Con is at on the 12th of December, save the date.

    Episode 79: Abelisaurine Abelisaurid Abelisaur

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2020


    In this triple-A episode, abelisaurians, including Carnotaurus, and long discussion on soft tissue preservation. We also discuss the topic of a book Darren is writing, the grey popular and semi-technical literature on dinosaurs, and its impact on dinosaur science.

    Episode 78: Romancing the Past and Present

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020


    In this episode, Alan Feduccia’s “Romancing the Birds and Dinosaurs: Forays in Postmodern Paleontology“ (no, we don’t get the title either), painting sauropods, reminiscing on Dinosaurs Past and Present (again). Monsters of the Deep and cryptozoology hoaxes. And finally, what we’ve all been waiting for: naked pterosaurs!

    Episode 77: There are Not Enough Sauropod Dinosaurs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020


    In this episode, FU from our listeners, also, news from world of Darren and John: 'how to be a science writer', Goldenose, Darren’s ZSL talk, SuperDinosaur. I News from World of News: Persiophis, bats vs birds, tails of Spinosaurus, and our main event: there are not too many sauropod dinosaurs, fool!

    Episode 76: Shiny and Stinky

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2019


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2019


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2019


    A very special episode, dedicated to everyone’s favourite living plesiosaur, Nessie.

    Episode 71: New New New!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019


    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 ChinaNEW at TetZoo: sungrebe pouches, tetrapteryx, and sauropod life appearance.

    Episode 70: Back in the House

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2019


    In this zombie episode from September: the formidability of cape buffalo, plesiosaur necks, and the domesticability of dinosaurs.

    Episode 69: The SpecZoo Podcats

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2018


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2018


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2018


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2018


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018


    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!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2018


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2018


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2018


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2018


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2017


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2017


    In this shamefully delayed, but convincingly long episode: Ornithoscelida, the faces of Tyrannosaurs, and quite the rant on Arrival:Darren: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆John: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

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    Episode 58: The Spankian Stage

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2017


    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?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2017


    An episode so short, we hardly say anything.

    Episode 56: Rogue Eyes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2017


    The much-anticipated Episode 56 is here. Darren and John discuss the the dinosaur controv-ersy or contra-versy (it controversial) of dinosaur soft tissue, the origin or affinities of Jar Jar Binks, and what we know about dinosaur eyes. Also, Darren's and Mark (Witton - take a drink)'s new azhdarchid paper is out.Finally, Rogue One, which - in a shocking twist - we agree on:Darren: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆John: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆

    Episode 55: The Remake

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2016


    For the third time... no, I can't be bothered. News from the World of News, Cash for Questions! etc.Download here.

    Episode 54: War of the Animals

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2016


    In this thrilling episode, Darren and John discuss, unsurprising phylogenetic studies, why birds won't get in the water and frogs won't get out, the patheticness of viverrids, and whether other animals go to war intentionally (if, indeed, humans do). Also what we think of the Walking With [...] series.Download here.

    Episode 53: Hunting Cultural Monsters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2016


    In this episode, Darren and John discuss Darren's new book, Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths. Lots of of discussion of cryptozoology, and some terrible popular tat.Buy Darren's book here!Download here.

    Episode 52: Not a Prosauropod

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2016


    In this long-awaired episode, remedies for epidemics, the mystery of Eshanosaurus, and xenarthran origins. Probably other things too, but we've recorded so many in the last couple of days I've forgotten (also I have no memory).Download here.

    Episode 51: The Reboot Reawakens

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2016


    In this episode, tool use in not-avian dinosaurs, tetrapods riding tetrapods, and Darren and John give career advice* (yes, really). Then, discussion of Star Wars VII, the first film since the abysmal Lucy John rates higher than Darren.Darren: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆John: ★★★★★★★★☆☆*Advice not sound, do not use for any purpose

    Episode 50: Special Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2016


    In this very special episode of the The Tetrapood Zoology Procarts, big cat books, plesiosaur papers, and Cash for Questions! on Amargasaurus spines, and speculation on the replacements for amphibians. Also, discussion of Star Wars the original series, and a bit of prequel bashing, before moving on to the SPECIAL EVENT.

    Episode 49: Cowboys vs Tetrapodcats

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2015


    In this episode, Darren and John get progressively less serious. Starting White Nose Syndrome in bats and the history of such events, giant herbivores of the Permian, and tool use in snakes, discussion concludes with a chaotic rundown of the merits of Jurassic Hunters AKA Cowboys vs Dinosaurs. Conclusion: better than Jurassic World.Darren: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆John: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆Download here.

    Episode 48: Not Ground Birds Anymore

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2015


    In this much delayed episode, the value of hybridisation in conservation, the proportions of large pterosaurs, evolving flight from gliding animals, and our choice of the best fossil taxon to find with soft tissue preservation.Download here.

    Episode 47: Breading a Machairodont

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2015


    In this episode, many Cash for Questions!: the advantage of sabre teeth, our favourite speculative worlds, the latest fads among deer, flightless pterosaurs and Dong Tao chicken feet. Download here.

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    Episode 46: Large and Lissamphibious

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


    In this question-tastic episode, Darren and John are back with amphibians (or lissamphibians?), the birthing habits of metriorhynchids, melanosomes in birdy dinosaurs, sperm whales, and small dinosaurs (or lack thereof). Download here.

    Episode 45: Extinction Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2015


    In this extinction-filled episode, Nanotyrannus, Schmanotyrannus, the frog problem, the survival of non-avian dinosaurs past the M/C extinction time, and Darren and John's dinosaur movies plots.Also, TetZooCon 2015 - get your tickets here.Download here.

    Episode 44: Jurassic World Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2015


    John and Darren discuss Jurassic World. Spoilers! It's no good.Darren: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆John: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆Download here.

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