The Dinosaur War

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Smithsonian Institution

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🗓️ 2 October 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Behind the fossilized teeth, bones, and claws displayed in the National Museum of Natural History’s new Fossil Hall is the story of two men and a nasty feud. During the paleontology boom of the late 1800s, scientists O.C. Marsh and Edward Cope went from good friends who named species after each other, to the bitterest of enemies who eventually ruined each other's lives and careers. Come for the dinos, stay for the grudges. Episode originally aired June 12, 2019.

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0:00.0	Hey, side door listeners, it's your host, Lizzie.
0:02.8	We have some fantastic stories for you in the works,
0:05.8	so we've dug up an older favorite that you may have missed.
0:09.6	It's also the first episode that I hosted, so I'm a little partial to it.
0:13.5	In this episode, we tell the story of a bitter feud
0:16.3	between two pioneering paleontologists and their voracious hunt for dinosaur bones.
0:22.5	So enjoy the story of the dinosaur wars.
0:25.4	And we'll have a new episode for you in just two weeks.
0:42.4	This is Side Door, a podcast from the Smithsonian with support from PRX.
0:43.7	I'm Lizzie Peabody.
0:49.3	I bet it's right there.
0:55.0	This, as you know, is my first episode hosting Side Door. And in my first interview, I got to take a sneak preview of the biggest thing to hit the national mall in years.
1:03.0	We closed the rotunda entrance, so this is the only way in and out of the hall until opening.
1:10.0	So we're taking a secret back way.
1:11.6	Yes, secret back to the orange de exhibit.
1:14.6	Mm-hmm.
1:15.6	Oh, man.
1:20.6	I met Chavon Stars, and she took me on an elevator big enough to fit a dinosaur.
1:28.7	And want to know how I know?
1:30.4	Because this is how dinosaurs get into the museum.
1:34.4	Whoa.
1:35.9	Oh, my gosh.
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