Episode 15: Rare Exports – A Christmas Tale (2010)

We have a special holiday episode today! Rare Exports is the crazy story of an illicit archaeological excavation which unearths the frozen remains of Santa Claus, who then goes on a murderous rampage in search of naughty children. To be honest, it’s not really about archaeology at all, but the Venn diagram of stone age movies and Christmas movies basically only overlaps at this one and a Flintstones Christmas special, and I think we made the right choice. Get in touch with us! Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Email: [email protected] In this episode: Joulupukki, the Finnish Santa Claus tradition: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20171221-does-santa-claus-come-from-finland Other scary Christmas traditions: https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/scary-christmas-a-look-at-the-world-s-most-unusual-creepy-and-odd-holiday-traditions-1.4726583 Philippa Langley helped to discover the remains of King Richard III in a Leicester car park: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/08/philippa-langley-richard-third-car-park Hunting mammoth ivory in Siberia: https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/sep/01/mining-woolly-mammoths-ivory-siberia-amos-chapple-in-pictures Dinosaur 13 (2014), documentary about the ownership of Sue the Tyrannosaurus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZywsT8Sy-c The Hobby Lobby antiquities smuggling controversy: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/28/623537440/hobby-lobbys-illegal-antiquities-shed-light-on-a-lost-looted-ancient-city-in-ira The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth’s Ultimate Trophy by Paige Williams: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38743554-the-dinosaur-artist