I recently wrote a piece for Adventures in Poor Taste with the self-evident title 'Finding Bigfoot' Celebrates 100 Episodes of Spectacle and Spectacular Failure": This Sunday, cable channel Animal Planet will air the 100th and final episode of Finding Bigfoot, a show...
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Squaring the Strange Archives: Halloween Horrors and Hoaxes
In the latest in a series highlighting past episodes and archives of Squaring the Strange, here's a look back at a show you might have missed: To start the episode, Ben shares a tale from the road about being on the Oprah network’s Miracle Detectivesand...
Squaring the Strange Archives: Bad Clowns
In the latest in a series highlighting past episodes and archives of Squaring the Strange, here's a look back at a show you might have missed: For week 3 of our spooky Halloween series, Ben, Celestia and Pascual delve into the spooky and fascinating topic of...
Squaring the Strange Archives: : Never Sleep Again
In the latest in a series highlighting past episodes and archives of Squaring the Strange, here's a look back at a show you might have missed... Ben and Pascual begin with a nod to the band Shriekback, who provided our podcast’s theme music—see them if you can,...
Squaring the Strange Archives: Deadly Urban Legends
In the latest in a series highlighting past episodes and archives of Squaring the Strange, here's a look back at a show you might have missed: Ben begins with a primer on what folklore is and how urban legends fit into that tradition. As apocryphal tales often...
Why ‘They’ Aren’t Calling It ‘Terrorism’: A Primer
For those have asked, "Why aren't they calling it terrorism?" here's a breakdown; it depends on who "They" are, and whether you're talking about formal or informal definitions of "terrorism." My new article is a primer on the topic... In the weeks since Mark Conditt...
‘Squaring the Strange’ Archives Highlight: Legal Skepticism with Andrew Torrez
As my awesome podcast Squaring the Strange (co-hosted by Pascual Romero and Celestia Ward) comes upon its one year anniversary, I will be posting episode summaries from the past year to remind people some of the diverse topics we’ve covered on the show, ranging from...
‘Squaring the Strange’ Archives Highlight: The Lizard Man of Scape Ore
As my awesome podcast Squaring the Strange (co-hosted by Pascual Romero and Celestia Ward) comes upon its one year anniversary, I will be posting episode summaries from the past year to remind people some of the diverse topics we’ve covered on the show, ranging from...
‘Squaring the Strange’ Archives Highlight: In Defense of Pedantry
As my awesome podcast Squaring the Strange (co-hosted by Pascual Romero and Celestia Ward) comes upon its one year anniversary, I will be posting episode summaries from the past year to remind people some of the diverse topics we’ve covered on the show, ranging from...
‘Squaring the Strange’ Archives Highlight: The Stonehenge Surprise Crop Circle
As my awesome podcast Squaring the Strange (co-hosted by Pascual Romero and Celestia Ward) comes upon its one year anniversary, I will be posting episode summaries from the past year to remind people some of the diverse topics we’ve covered on the show, ranging from...