308 - Altie History Part 1: An Interview with Rick Spears

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History, Science, Society & Culture, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Blake and Karen interview Georgia paleo-artist Rick Spears and discuss his iconic sculpture depicting the local "estuary monster" that inspired the piece. Currently located in the Darien, GA Welcome Center, the statue is a beautiful reminder of the colorful local folklore that we will be discussing in our interview. Rick Spears' website Darien Welcome Center (home of the statue) 2012 Creative Loafing article that cites Blake and Rick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:22.0	The Daily Meditation Podcast.
0:25.0	The accident will create it.
0:27.0	And, I know what scares you.
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0:40.0	It's actually quite unlike anything we've ever seen before.
0:45.0	A giant airing creature, pod ape, one mask.
0:49.0	In Loch Ness, a 24-mile long bottomless lake in the Highlands of Scotland.
0:54.0	It's a creature known as the Loch Ness Monster.
0:58.0	Music
1:19.0	Monster Talk
1:21.0	Welcome to Monster Talk, the science show about monsters.
1:24.0	I'm Blake Smith.
1:26.0	And I'm Karen Stolzner.
1:28.0	I've been doing a bunch of research on Georgia's cryptids
1:31.0	for a presentation that I'll be giving at Dragoncon
1:34.0	and then again in October at Forsyth County Library in coming Georgia.
1:37.0	Part of my research into the topic included a trip down to Dairy in Georgia,
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