Screens of the Stone Age

By: Palaeoanthropological Society of Canada (PASC-SCPA)
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  • The podcast where scientists review movies about prehistoric people.

    Joshua Lindal
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  • Episode 95: Ross from Friends

    Episode 95: Ross from Friends
    Jan 19 2025
    Today we’re talking about Dr. Ross Geller, the best friend from NBC’s hit 1990s sitcom. Ross is probably the world’s best-known palaeontologist, except it’s not clear if he specializes in dinosaurs or Pleistocene mammals. And sometimes he seems to be doing palaeoanthropology... or geology. Anyway, we’re not on a break, so prepare to pivot and achieve a state of true unagi, because we have 18 pages of notes for this episode—front and back!Get in touch with us:Twitter: @SotSA_PodcastBluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.socialFacebook: @SotSAPodcastLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.comIn this episode:Ross Palaeontology YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4rnE_UsfHM&list=PLzzOAyef3Dyo8xLTGP_E2aW_yZhA3PkXf Museums in Friends Blog: https://museumsinfriends.wordpress.com “Mastodon” means “breast tooth”: https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/mammoth-mastodon-differences Chambers and McCahey (2024) 1990s dinomania: Public and popular cultures of palaeontology from Jurassic Park to Friends: https://doi.org/10.1177/03080188241233121 Robert Bakker and the “Dinosaur Renaissance”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_renaissance Whom should we really call a “doctor”? https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5973890/ T. rex and the Crater of Doom (1997) by Walter Alvarez: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691169668/t-rex-and-the-crater-of-doom Bruce Trigger Warning: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/5081017-bruce-trigger-warning?store_id=145043 Real palaeontologist Dr. David Schwimmer: https://www.columbusstate.edu/profiles/schwimmer-david Is it this Ted Rigby? http://rienco.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Ted-Rigby-CV-Updated-Sep-2015.pdfDavid Schwimmer didn’t steal beer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2pDsCk01F4 The Felidae of Rancho La Brea (1932) by John Merriam and Chester Stock: https://archive.org/details/felidofranchol4221932merr/page/12/mode/2up John C. Merriam, Palaeontologist: https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/about-ucmp/history-of-ucmp/john-c-merriam/ Ross Barnett on Ross Geller: https://twilightbeasts.org/2014/05/13/the-one-with-the-sabretooth/comment-page-1/ Why does Ross, the largest friend, not simply eat the other five? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-06ki92PyVY What is Chandler’s Job? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIpA9j1TVYo
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Episode 94: La Brea S01E01 (2021)

    Episode 94: La Brea S01E01 (2021)
    Jan 5 2025

    Today we’re returning to L.A.’s famous tar pits for the pilot episode of La Brea (2021), the timey-wimey story of a family of Los Angelinos who fall into a sinkhole in Wilshire Boulevard and somehow end up in the Pleistocene. If you love ice age megafauna, this episode is for you! The show, maybe not so much.

    Get in touch with us:

    Twitter: @SotSA_Podcast

    Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social

    Facebook: @SotSAPodcast

    Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/

    Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com

    In this episode:

    Dire wolves (Aenocyon dirus): https://tarpits.org/stories/our-evolving-understanding-dire-wolves

    Smilodon: https://tarpits.org/stories/smilodon-saber-tooths-and-tigersoh-my

    Teratornis merriami: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/the-giant-bird.htm

    Megatherium: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-was-megatherium.html

    Marcus (1960) A Census of abundant large Pleistocene mammals from Rancho La Brea: https://web.archive.org/web/20220226104339id_/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/226856

    Spencer et al. (2003) Taphonomic Analysis of Large Mammals Recovered from the Pleistocene Rancho La Brea Tar Seeps: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4096974.pdf

    La Brea Woman: http://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi02v.php
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    47 mins
  • Episode 93: The Christmas Quest (2024)

    Episode 93: The Christmas Quest (2024)
    Dec 22 2024

    Happy Holidays! To celebrate the season we’re reviewing The Christmas Quest (2024), a brand-new Hallmark movie starring Lacey Chabert as an archaeologist searching for the lost treasure of Iceland’s Yule Lads. Josh regales us with stories of his Icelandic/Canadian heritage, from prune cake to giant classist cats to the witch living in his grandmother’s attic.

    Get in touch with us:

    Twitter: @SotSA_Podcast

    Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social

    Facebook: @SotSAPodcast

    Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/

    Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com

    In this episode:

    Gryla and the Yule Lads: https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/the-icelandic-yule-lads-and-gryla

    Icelandic patronymic surnames: https://www.routesnorth.com/language-and-culture/icelandic-last-names-a-simple-guide/

    Icelandic Runic Alphabets: https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/a-guide-to-icelandic-runes

    The Galdrabók (Icelandic Book of Magic): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galdrab%C3%B3k

    Necropants: https://guidetoiceland.is/connect-with-locals/aldasigmunds/the-necro-pants-revisited

    The Rosetta Stone: https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/everything-you-ever-wanted-know-about-rosetta-stone

    Geographic coordinate system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system

    Jólabókaflóðið: https://jolabokaflod.org/about/founding-story/

    One in ten Icelanders will publish a book in their lifetime: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/444296-most-published-writers-per-capita

    Snowmance (2017) trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WeODKICqxA

    Hot Frosty (2024) trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmi794YO-0w

    Kilchurn Castle, Scotland: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/kilchurn-castle/

    Kæstur hákarl (fermented shark): https://yourfriendinreykjavik.com/fermented-shark-iceland/

    Harðfiskur (hard fish): https://grapevine.is/food-main/2016/06/30/food-of-the-week-hardfiskur/

    Vinarterta: https://macleans.ca/society/life/dont-ask-icelanders-how-to-make-their-traditional-christmas-cake/

    Pönnukökur: https://www.cietours.com/en-ca/blog/recipe-icelandic-pancakes

    Dimmuborgir: https://guidetoiceland.is/travel-iceland/drive/dimmuborgir

    UK Escalator PSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zirp59zm1qE

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    1 hr and 15 mins

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