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Fossils and Fiction is a podcast of conversations about prehistoric life, featuring paleontologists, creators, authors, experts, and fans. 

Latest Episodes

  • Episode 13: Science entertainer Michael Mills

    Episode 13: Science entertainer Michael Mills

    Multi-talented entertainer and science communicator Michael Mills is the feature guest on the first episode of Fossils and Fiction for 2023. Michael is the creative director of Heaps Good Productions and ‘Vice-Chancellor’ of Dinosaur University. Michael has a podcast, PalaeoJam, and a show playing at the Adelaide Fringe Festival about foundational palaeontologist Mary Anning. We […]

  • Episode 12: Palaeogaming and Myanmar Amber

    Could you get two more different topics in palaeontology than gaming and the ethics of amber from conflict zones?

  • Episode 11: The Research Journal: Hidden Vultures and Sauropod Teeth

    Episode 11: The Research Journal: Hidden Vultures and Sauropod Teeth

    In this edition of the Fossils and Fiction Research Journal, we hear from Dr Ellen Mather who was lead author on a paper reclassifying a long-known eagle fossil as instead belonging to Australia’s first known vulture, and Dr Stephen Poropat who describes the discovery of sauropod teeth from Queensland.  Access the articles here:  Poropat SF, […]