Sea Monsters w/ Prema Arasu

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by University of Western Australia research fellow, and creative writer, Dr. Prema Arasu. They discuss Prema’s new book, The Book of Sea Monsters. Follow Prema: @prema_arasu

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to talk nerdy. Today is Monday, October 6th, 2025, and I'm the host of the show, Dr. Kara Santa Maria. And as always, before we dive into
0:23.6	this week's episode, I want to thank those of you who make talk nerdy possible. Usually at the
0:29.2	top of the show, I call out the top patrons for this week, but I thought I might do something
0:34.6	a little bit different and give a shout out to my top patrons of all time.
0:40.1	It's because of you that I'm able to keep this show on the air.
0:43.5	So looking back on the entire life of this podcast in celebrating, what are we on?
0:50.2	Episode 571. Wow. I'm going to start here with the top patron of all time. episode 571.
0:54.5	Wow.
0:56.8	I'm going to start here with the top patron
0:57.6	of all time
0:58.4	David J.E. Smith
0:59.7	followed by
1:00.5	Daniel Lang,
1:01.7	Brian Holden,
1:02.9	Gabrielle F.
1:03.7	Haramio,
1:04.5	Jeffrey Sewell,
1:05.5	Chuck Blevall,
1:07.0	David Compton,
1:08.5	Juan Navarro,
1:09.7	Juan Gutierrez,
1:32.7	Pasquale Jalati, Joe Wilkinson, Ulrika Hagman, Howard, Anu Bonavage, Mary Niva, Doug Petapier, Wolf Witt, Anitusar, Jacob Rochester, Dave Martin, Joseph Lomore, and so many more of you. Thank you all. You keep this show possible. You keep it so that it is free to download for anybody who wants to enjoy
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