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Oh, hi, hello, welcome.

This is Let's Talk About Myths, baby, and I'm your host, Liv, here with more of the

spookiest of spookies.

Conversation edition.

Today, I spoke with one of the biggest names in ancient spooky, Daniel Ogden.

He is professor at Exeter in the UK, and we actually spoke because I had one of his PhD

students on the show, Ryan Denson, to talk about all things sea monsters.

You must remember that one from earlier this year.

It was great.

So when he suggested I speak with Professor Ogden, I was eager.

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