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The Cryptonaturalist
by Jarod K. Anderson
The CryptoNaturalist is a scripted fiction podcast all about real love for imaginary nature. It’s about cryptids and other weird and wild topics. Featuring poetry and field reports to make our world a richer, stranger place. New episodes 1st/15th.
Episodes
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Episode 67: Strange Animals
Jarod K. Anderson’s new novel set in the world of The CryptoNaturalist is now available for preorder! You can find more information here: https://linktr.ee/jarodkanderson Strange Animals is a cozy, creepy story of a man’s transformative journey into the world of cryptids and rare, hidden knowledge.
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Episode 66: The Counting Pines
They said The Counting Pines didn’t exist, but everything has a price, even discovery. Thanks to Evan Dicken for writing the bulk of today’s episode. By day, Evan Dicken studies old Japanese Maps and crunches data for medical research at Ohio State University. By night, he does neither of these...
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Episode 65: Autumn Traditions
Autumn is full of fun, cozy traditions, like keeping watch on the knothole man so he doesn’t reach too far into our world. Thanks to Harrison Hamm for this episode’s hidden lore segment. Harrison Hamm is an LA-based poet, screenwriter, and essayist originally from rural Tennessee. Selected for...
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Episode 64: Northern Pondhawk
Thanks to Luísa Black Ellis for this week’s hidden lore poetry. Luísa is a Brazilian-American poet and self-taught ecologist methodically inspecting mosses in traditional Nansemond and Chesepian territory. She lives a quiet and devotional life in a monastery with her husband, renowned...
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Something in the Woods Loves You - Audiobook Preview
Audiobook preview for Something in the Woods Loves You, Jarod K. Anderson's new memoir coming this September from Timber Press and Hachette Books. For more information, visit JarodKAnderson.com.
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Episode 63: Corvid
Many seemingly common corvids are cryptids. There’s a world of difference between perceiving a thing and knowing the full story. Thanks to Jamie Lackey for today’s hidden lore. Jamie Lackey lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and their cats. She has had over 200 short stories published in places...
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Episode 62: Volunteering
Contentment is both a skill and a gift we grant ourselves. The CryptoNaturalist is written and read by Jarod K. Anderson. Preorders for Jarod K. Anderson’s new memoir about loving nature and struggling with depression are now open. Visit JarodKAnderson.com for more information. To find bonus...
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Episode 61: Tending the Garden
Contentment is both a skill and a gift we grant ourselves. The CryptoNaturalist is written and read by Jarod K. Anderson. Preorders for Jarod K. Anderson’s new memoir about loving nature and struggling with depression are now open. Visit JarodKAnderson.com for more information. To find bonus...
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Episode 60: Moss Tide
Ebbing and flowing, teaming with life, soft to the touch. Some things are better left to themselves. Thanks to Emily Kramer for today’s hidden lore poem “An Absence of Ants.” Emily is a poet from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with an MA in English from Ohio University. She currently works at a…
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Episode 59: Moonshadow
Show Notes: Episode 59: Moon Shadow (00:18:45) Night is Earth’s shadow and many creatures call it home. The moon’s shadow Thanks to Nicolette Nuytten for today’s hidden lore, “Water Bettles.” Nicolette works at the library and spends her free time walking in the woods or reading everything she…
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Episode 58: Ghost Flies
Thanks to Steve Shell for voicing today’s field report. Steve is a co-creator, writer, and voice of the narrator on the Old Gods of Appalachia podcast. Old Gods is entering the homestretch of their fourth season and will be heading out on tour again this summer. Thanks to Emilie Lygren for…
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Episode 57: Breakfast
An early morning record focusing on starting the day The CryptoNaturalist way. Thanks to Joseph Giglio (Jill-eo) for today’s hidden lore, “The Sky.” Joseph is currently an MFA student at George Mason University and originally from Buffalo, NY. He has been previously published in Corvus Review and...
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Episode 56: A Walk in the Woods
There’s something playing music just down the path, but that isn’t the only worthy mystery beneath the trees. Today’s hidden lore was “The Bone Mother’s Daughter” by Tim Goldstone. Tim Goldstone is based on a true event. He has roamed widely and currently writes in remote rural Wales Published...
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Episode 55: Feather Fountain
The Feather Fountain is as beautiful as it is deadly and it’s plenty of both. Thanks to Cecil Baldwin for voicing the Stairway Keeper. Cecil has long been one of my favorite voices in podcasting and you can hear him on the show that first inspired me to create audio-fiction, Welcome to Night…
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Episode 54: Mirror Falls
The mirror falls, like all water, links us to many other versions of ourself. Hidden lore poetry by Matt Dennison. Matt is the author of Kind Surgery, from Urtica Press (Fr.) and Waiting for Better, from Main Street Rag Press. His poetry has appeared in Verse Daily, Rattle, Bayou Magazine,...
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Episode 53: The Uneasiness
Thanks to Tim Murphy for his hidden lore poem “Wildness Unafraid.” Tim Murphy (he/him) is a disabled, bisexual poet who lives in Portland, Oregon. His writing explores disability and our complex, tenuous relationship to the more-than-human world. Tim's poetry appears in Wordgathering, Remington...
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Episode 52: Mecha-Shrew
Thanks to Emily Benson for this episode’s hidden lore poem, “On the Question of the Happiness of Clams.” To find bonus content and a variety of strange rewards, support our show by visiting Patreon.com/CryptoNaturalist. You can also help by rating, reviewing, and telling a friend. The...
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Episode 51: Shadow Fly
Thanks to Hannah Ringler for this episode’s hidden lore poem, “Hekate Cleans House.” To find bonus content and a variety of strange rewards, support our show by visiting Patreon.com/CryptoNaturalist. You can also help by rating, reviewing, and telling a friend. The CryptoNaturalist is written and...
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Episode 50: Willow Man
All trees talk. Some trees walk. Special thanks to Ellen Weatherford for voicing today’s field report! Ellen is a co-host on the Just the Zoo of Us podcast, a family-friendly show that researches, rates, and reviews wildlife, along with hosting a wonderful variety of expert guests. Both of Jarod…
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Episode 43: Prairie Turtle
An island that swims. A gift of a moment. Hummingbirds that rattle the landscape like thunder.
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Episode 25: What on Earth
I don’t want to alarm you, but today’s creature is a lot closer to you than it is to me.
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Patreon Bonus Episode: Winter Horses and Other Unknowables
This is a bonus episode from the CryptoNaturalist Patreon page. Subscribing to our Patreon page supports the show and unlocks more bonus content. Visit www.patreon.com/cryptonaturalist for details.
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Episode 24: You
You are a cryptid worthy of study, a creature of the marshland night, a fascinating animal who is about to make a new friend.
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Episode 23: Omni Sparrow
Today we learn about the small, migratory songbird that’s bigger than all existence.
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Episode 22: Kushtaka
You can’t always believe your ears and you shouldn’t trust cute, furry faces peering up from the sea.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The CryptoNaturalist is a scripted fiction podcast all about real love for imaginary nature. It’s about cryptids and other weird and wild topics. Featuring poetry and field reports to make our world a richer, stranger place. New episodes 1st/15th.
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Jarod K. Anderson
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The CryptoNaturalist is a scripted fiction podcast all about real love for imaginary nature. It’s about cryptids and other weird and wild topics. Featuring poetry and field reports to make our world a richer, stranger place. New episodes 1st/15th.
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The Cryptonaturalist is created and hosted by Jarod K. Anderson.
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