Monsters in America (interview with Scott Poole)

MonsterTalk

Monster House LLC

History, Science, Society & Culture, Natural Sciences

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2012

⏱️ 74 minutes

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This week on MonsterTalk, the hosts talk with the author of Monsters In America, Dr. Scott Poole. His book chronicles the history of monsters from colonial America to modern times—and tries to tackle the issue of meaning in a world where monsters are “meaning machines.” Content Advisory: The content in this episode is rated is PG13. Be sure to read the episode notes to see the winners of the MonsterTalk t-shirt design contest and see the three winning designs. READ episode notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	If you like this podcast, can we recommend another one? It's called Big Picture Science.
0:38.0	You can hear it wherever you get your podcast and its name tells part of the story.
0:42.0	The Big Picture questions and the most
0:45.2	interesting research in science. Seth and I are the host. Seth is a scientist. I am
0:51.0	Molly and I'm a science journalist and we talk to people smarter than us and we have fun along the way.
0:56.0	The show is called Big Picture Science and as Seth said you can hear it wherever you get your
1:00.5	podcast.
1:03.4	The history of monsters is the history of man.
1:07.0	For without man to vilify fear and even worship these creatures, they couldn't be monsters. For surely it is we who were the measuring stick by whom monstrosity is measured.
1:18.0	But what does it mean when we declare something's a monster?
1:22.0	Scott Poole's new book is all about that question,
1:25.4	framed in the context of the history of America.
1:28.1	Monsters in America. Next, on Monster Talk.
1:33.0	It's actually quite unlike anything we've ever seen before.
1:36.0	A giant hairy creature, Potape,
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