Podcast
Plastic Plesiosaur Podcast
A Podcast about the natural world, things that people claim are part of the natural world, and things that used to be. With Trey the Explainer, and Miles Greb.
- Natural Sciences chart
- #173
- Episodes
- 58
- Releases
- Monthly
- Typical length
- 1 hr 48 min
- On air since
- 2021
- Latest episode
- 4 days ago
Episodes
58 episodes, newest first
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1 hr 5 min
Interview with Marq Evans of Capturing Bigfoot.
Season 5, Episode 5
Show notes
Trey and Miles spend an hour with Marq Evans who directed Capturing Bigfoot.
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2 hr 9 min
The Holy Grail, Green Jars, and the "Hillbilly Beast"!
Season 5, Episode 4
Show notes
We are finally back!
Trey tells a ghost-hunting story?!
Miles details the NEW WORLD quest for the holy grail and a mysterious, newly discovered Green Jar.
The Monster Quest for this episode is S04E02 - "Hillbilly Beast" --A search in Eastern Kentucky for an elusive creature that is said to make terrifying, wild screams. Investigators look at photographic evidence, and explore the deep woods in an attempt to find the source of these mysterious sounds.
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1 hr 39 min
Atlantis Found In New Orleans, T-Rex Handbags, and Shark Attack Mania.
Season 5, Episode 3
Show notes
In this episode Trey details the "discovery" of Atlantis off the coast of New Orleans, right where everyone expected it!
Also - did you know a company has used T-Rex biological matter to create a handbag! Well, Trey breaks down the real story.
The Monster Quest this time is S04E1: "Monster Sharks"
MonsterQuest investigates great white sharks whose attacks on humans are on the rise. It follows an expedition in an attempt to tag the first great white in the Atlantic.
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2 hr 12 min
The Last Shadow Of The Yeti - Featuring Darren Naish
Season 5, Episode 2
Show notes
This episode is all about the Yeti.
Monster Quest goes out on a special 90min adventure to find the Yeti, so we follow in turn and devote the whole episode to the Himalayan giant.
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1 hr 34 min
New Monster Quest Series / Harry and The Hendersons Review.
Season 5, Episode 1
Show notes
Trey brings up some rather questionable archeology that the VP of the United States used in a speech to make a political point.
Miles and Trey finally got to meet in real life! They review Harry and the Hendersons together and talk about how well the film holds up.
The Monsterquest this time is a review of the new show, that is mostly a series of shorts.
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1 hr 17 min
When Whales Attack: The True Story of Moby Dick!
Season 4, Episode 12
Show notes
Trey reports on new audio evidence from Loch Ness - is this a sign of Nesie?
The Monster Quest this episode is S03E24 The Real Moby Dick: MonsterQuest goes to the Azores in order to look for an albino sperm whale and investigate the theory that such an animal would be hostile.
Miles and Trey detail the history of monster whale attacks, including one famous animal the troubled the late Roman empire.
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1 hr 58 min
Big Wild Cats in New York & Critical Thinking Tools.
Season 4, Episode 11
Show notes
Joined by Special Guest Jonathan M Berman, PhD, Founder of the March for Science, and Author of Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement
Miles talks about some alarming disinformation spreading on one reputable Youtube "Science" channels"
The Monster Quest this week is S3.E23 "Tigers in the Suburbs"
MonsterQuest looks into claims that large cats are on the prowl in the forests of the United States.
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1 hr 57 min
Green Kids, Moses, and Wild Apes.
Season 4, Episode 10
Show notes
Miles breaks down the story of "Green Children of Woolpit", a tale about true tale of two young children found with green skin.
Trey details the "discovery" of a Moses autograph in a cave and talks about what is really going on with this find.
The Monster Quest this episode is S02E33 " Killer Chimps in America."
MonsterQuest looks into reports of chimpanzees on the loose in the United States.
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1 hr 44 min
OMG It's a UFO!
Season 4, Episode 9
Show notes
Trey leads us threw the discovery of a new Roman bust, with interesting medieval ties.
The Monster Quest this episode is S03E21 - "Terror from the Sky" - "MonsterQuest goes to Mexico to investigate the phenomena of Unidentified Flying Humanoids.
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1 hr 25 min
The Company That Cried Wolf.
Season 4, Episode 8
Show notes
The Dire Wolf is back, or so one company claims.
Trey and Miles break down what is actually going on.
The MonsterQuest this Episode is S3E20: The Real Cujo: "MonsterQuest looks at feral dogs packs in the United States and examines whether such packs pose a risk to human beings."
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2 hr 31 min
The Episode Where We Kill Bigfoot.
Season 4, Episode 7
Show notes
Trey tells the story of the latest effort to "revie" the wooly mammoth, this time by turning on novel genes in Mice.
We welcome EDGE Science of Youtube fam onto the show, where he talks Sci Comm and Paleontology.
Miles and Trey dig deep into the history of the famous Patterson–Gimlin film that turned bigfoot from a folk tale into a cultural phenomenon.
The Bigfoot conversation starts around 35 Mins in!
The MonsterQuest this episode is S3.E19 Critical Evidence - MonsterQuest looks at five key pieces of evidence for the Sasquatch: the Patterson footage, the Freeman footage, the Cripplefoot tracks, the mid-tarsal break, and maps of sighting density.
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1 hr 50 min
People Keep Saying There is a Dinosaur in the Congo.
Season 4, Episode 6
Show notes
Early 20th century German Exploders and Modern Day Creationists keep saying there is a Sauropod dinosaur in the Congo! Going by the name of Mokele-mbembe some say this creature lives in the remote regions of Southern Africa. It is true these regions are not that well explored, is is true that people are seeing a longed neck dinosaur? And what is it's link to creationists?
All that and more from Miles and Trey, on this Plastic Pleasiour Podcast!
Monster Quest this epoisde is - S3E18 -The Last Dinosaur "MonsterQuest goes to the jungles of Central Africa in search of Mokele-mbembe which is believed by some to be a living relic of the dinosaurs."
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1 hr 31 min
Monsterquest Finds Something!
Season 4, Episode 5
Show notes
We are finally back - and Miles shares a story about how one bag of Cheetos change the ecosystem of a cavern.
Trey talks about the amazing discovery of a Smilodon Cub.
The Monsterquest this time is S3.E17- Killer Crocs- MonsterQuest goes to India and the Florida Everglades to investigate claims of giant crocodiles.
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2 hr 16 min
The Monkey Man of New Deli & The Four Christian Cults (Featuring - Knowing Better)
Season 4, Episode 4
Show notes
Trey details some of the real information we have about the infamous Sea Peoples who attacked Egypt and then disappeared into history.
Knowing Better joins the show to talk about Youtube creator history, his recently finished projects of detailing the four major Christian Cults, and more. Also, he watches his feature episode of Monster Quest with the guys!
The Monster Quest this episode is E03S16 - The Curse of the Monkey Man - MonsterQuest goes to India in order to look into reports of an ape-like creature called the "Mande Barung".
You can back Miles's comic on Kickstarter here!
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2 hr 7 min
Are you There God? It's Me, A Pterosaur.
Season 4, Episode 3
Show notes
Miles talks about the Clovis people and the Anzick-1 child that inspired his graphic novel - Clovis.It is on Kickstarter now!https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/curtisclow/clovis-hardcover-graphic-novel?ref=by9p6y
We are joined byTyler Stone, an emmy-nominated photojournalist, freelance artist and content creator. Tyle is also a science communicator on Tiktok.
The Monster Quest for this episode is S03E15 - Flying Monsters - MonsterQuest goes to Papua New Guinea in an effort to track down a prehistoric flying monster.
As it's the first time MQ has talked about this Cryptid we go into great detail into the creature and the culture around those who seek it.
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1 hr 48 min
Giant JellyFish are Overwhelming America! (Maybe)
Season 4, Episode 2
Show notes
Miles tells the story of the deadly Moa that went extinct in 1445, but same say this giant flightless bird can still be found!
Trey details the discovery of an an immaculately preserved Woolly rhinoceros.
With Special Guest - Kaveh Taherian - Writer and illustrator of Mothman's Compendium of Southern California Cryptids, and other comics. Also a Podcaster on 500 Tabs and MusicalSplaining.
Check out his book/art here!
The MonsterQuest this episode is - S03E14- Killer Jellyfish - The most venomous animals in the sea may be smarter than we know. The Monsterquest team led by Dale Pearson travels to Australia to research and find new information on the deadly box jellyfish.
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2 hr 28 min
Catch a Tasmanian Tiger By It's Toe & Flint vs Handcock Debate.
Season 4, Episode 1
Show notes
The show is back!
Trey visits the Ripley's Believe It or Not! show floor, and it gets him thinking about the validity of some famous medieval and ancient torture devices.
Miles shares his thoughts on notes on the infamous Flint Dibble vs Graham Hancock debate on Joe Rogan.
The Monster Quest this episode is S3E13- Isle of the Lost Tiger -"MonsterQuest goes to Tasmania in an effort to track down the thylacine which is thought to have gone extinct in the 1930s."
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29 min
Emergency Micro Podcast - New Thylacine Photos Just Dropped!
Show notes
Forrest Galante has one again came upon the centuries most amazing new information about the extant Tasmanian Tiger! Miles and Trey however are not sure if these new photos are truly examples of Australia's famous Marsupial.
Following this breaking cryptid story on this micro podcast.
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1 hr 44 min
Florida Sea Serpent - Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Sources - Guest C. M. Kosemen
Season 3, Episode 14
Show notes
Miles looks into the sources of the 90's show Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. A show hosted by Jonathan Frakes that claimed to tell true stories that were too strange to be believed. But what is stranger is the source of these stories all seem to come from one man. Miles breaks down his story and other...strange...works.
Trey talks about some beautiful new freesia's found in Pompeii.
Special Guest is fan favorite C. M. Kosemen
The Monster Quest is S3E10 - "Sea Monsters" - Monster Quest examines video footage taken of a creature in a Florida river.
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2 hr 27 min
Vs. Forrest Galante (Also Ogopogo)
Season 3, Episode 13
Show notes
Forrest Galante The host of Animal Plant'sExtinct or Alive has put out a video claiming to have psychical evidence of the extinct Thylacine . Trey and Miles look into this claim, and as they do uncover more dubious claims this Animal Enthusiasts and TV personality has made.
The Monster Quest this episode is S03E09 "Lake Demons" - A dive team visits Lake Okanagan in search of evidence for Ogopogo.
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