Monster House Presents

It's actually quite unlike anything we've ever seen before.

A giant hairy creature, part ape, part mad. In Larkness, a 24-mile long bottomless lake in the highlands of Scotland. It's a creature known as the Loch Ness Monster. I'm sorry. Welcome to Monster Talk, the science show about monsters. I'm Blake Smith.

And I'm Karen Stolznor. Hey there, Monster Talkers. This week we're going to be catching up with Karen and her husband Matt, who are in the UK promoting Karen's latest book, Bitch, The Journey of a Word. We're going to just

hop right into the chat, but I did want to say thanks on behalf of both of our families for all

of our new Patreon signups, for all the kind words that have been sent, and for all the folks

who have reached out to ask for my resume or connect with me on LinkedIn. I remain, as always,

pathologically optimistic,

and we hope to weather the coming challenges that are rolling towards us.

But your support makes so much of a difference

and helps us keep going in the face of adversity.

And for that, we both thank you.

Hang on tight, folks.

I know we're not alone, and I know you're not either.

And I have to quickly apologize for the muddy quality of my audio.

I keep forgetting that this new podcasting rig has a separate OS control for the microphone

that I cannot see when we're recording.

I will do my best to make sure that's saved in a better setting.

Monster Talk.

Yeah, I'm going to go ahead record.

There we go.

Great.

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