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This is our world, and these are the stories it tells. A paleontology podcast by Sean Willett.
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Journey into a dark and primeval world of post rock, math-rock, and post-metal, as host Sean Willett guides you through your brooding Tuesday nights. Every show features a new discovery from the forefront of paleontological science, from the skeletons of colossal dinosaurs to the pint-sized remains of Burgess Shale predators. So sit back, relax, and welcome to The Lost World.
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Playlist: And So I Watch You From Afar - A Little Bit of Solidarity Goes a Long Way Talk Talk - Myrrhman Chapelier Fou - Philémon Mogwai - Boltfor Do Make Say Think - Horripilation Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Undoing A Luciferian Towers Respire - A Heart Still Pines B.A. Johnston - Canadian Beers
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Playlist: Black Country, New Road - Chaos Space Marine Tanya Tagaq - Teeth Agape Boris - I Want to Go to the Side Where You Can Touch... And So I Watch You From Afar - V Hold Echoes From Jupiter - L'assemblage de la fusée relativiste Wolves In the Throne Room - Wolves in the Throne Room
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Playlist: Talk Talk - Ascension Day Slint - Good Morning, Captain Bark Psychosis - Big Shot Tortoise - A Suvery Godspeed You! Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues Explosions In The Sky - Your Hand In Mine
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Playlist: And So I Watch You From Afar - VIII Jettison The 8-Bit Big Band - Meta Knight's Revenge (From "Kirby Superstar") Chapelier Fou - L'anti Etna Orange Crate Art - Train Guy (Extended Version) birds in the brickwork - A Brief Glimpse The Basement Paintings - Cave Dance Silver Mt. Zion - Movie (Never Made)…
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Playlist: Saltland - Magnolia Mono - Scarlet Holliday Deafheaven - Honeycomb Big Brave - Borer A Common Truth - Iron Rain
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Season 2: Enigmas; Episode 7: Marrella splendens; In paleontology, there is a word for fossil sites that seem to defy the laws of chance and nature: lagerstätten. This is the story of the most famous of the lagerstätte, a site only recognized for what it truly was decades after its discovery. This is the story of the Burgess Shale. Like the podcast…
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Mini-episode 2: Barinasuchus arveloi This episode topic was chosen by Mathieu Dechalain. The pseudosuchians ruled before the dinosaurs, but they didn't just disappear after the end-Triassic extinction event. This is the abridged story of the rest of their history, and how they adapted to life during the reign of dinosaurs and beyond. Like the podca…
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Season 2: Enigmas; Episode 6: Megalosaurus bucklandii We take a lot for granted, including what we think we know about the world. Even the most familiar of prehistoric animals was once interpreted completely differently, and there is no telling if it won't change again. This is a story about the first dinosaurs to be called dinosaurs, and how we mu…
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Mini-episode 1: Tyrannosaurus rex, Part 2; Everyone knows T. rex. Everyone loves T. rex. But why? This is how our favourite prehistoric celebrity rose to fame, and how our view of dinosaur paleontology has changed in the last century. Like the podcast? Contribute to my Patreon campaign! Find my blog here. Find my Twitter here.…
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Season 1: Dynasties; Episode 5: Tyrannosaurus rex, Part 1; There have been many dynasties, but there is only one true king. But even kings start small. And even kings must die. The first part of a two-part season finale. Like the podcast? Donate to my Patreon campaign! Find my blog here. Find my Twitter here.…
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Season 1: Dynasties; Episode 4: Arthropleura armata; Humans have a troubled relationship with bugs. To be perfectly blunt, we don't like them very much at all. But at least they're small — easily crushed, swatted, and flicked away. This wasn't always the case. When the right conditions presented themselves 350 million years ago, bugs seized their c…
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Season 1: Dynasties; Episode 3: Shuvosaurus inexpectatus; Dinosaurs ruled the world for over 150 million years, but this doesn't mean they were the only ones vying for the throne. When a kingdom is passed to a new family, only one family member can be king — and dinosaurs had an older sibling. Find my Tumblr here. Follow me on Twitter here. Find Wa…
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Season 1: Dynasties; Episode 2: Charnia masoni; One of the greatest mysteries of paleontology is centred around one of the simplest organisms ever to inhabit our planet, a member of an ancient dynasty that ruled a world we can only begin to imagine.
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Season 1: Dynasties Episode 1: C. Megalodon A brief introduction, and then on to the fearsome mega-toothed shark — and how it changed paleontology forever.
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