Julia found a solution in the ocean.

An episode from Jeff’s new project, Neutrinowatch: A Daily Generative Podcast. This episode *should* update itself daily with new content. Delete and re-download to hear the latest version.

HBM149 requires explanation. So here’s a lengthy one.

Jeff tries to become the world’s first slumbering podcast advice columnist.

Cheap thrills from squeezing damp moss.

HBM146’s AI-powered speech bot nows offers strange advice several times daily at https://twitter.com/hypo_inspo

Can computers learn to speak with emotion and conviction?

A paranoid fruit punch expert meets an aspiring valkyrie.

Capturing the sonic fingerprints of important places before they’re gone forever.

Maybe you just need some odd animal sounds.

The effort to find intelligent extraterrestrial life is hampered by the slowness of light, the bigness of space, and some humans who don’t follow the rules.

Chance encounters in food waste bins.

If you’re getting this episode, it means you’re still subscribed to the Here Be Monsters! Good on you! We’ve been switching some technical things around behind the scenes, so if you have duplicate episodes in your feed, unsubscribing and re-subscribing should fix it. Also, Season 9 will be here soon! 10 more episodes about fear, beauty and the unknown. Check back on February 17th, 2021 for the start of the new season.

Here Be Monsters will continue production as an independent podcast, no longer associated with KCRW.

Black Tulsans record a rap album in a house that once belonged to a famous Klansman.

Is volunteering for pain an unnecessary cruelty? Or is it a fundamental part of being human?

New research suggests that Neanderthals did many of the things once thought to be exclusively “human.”

David Pearce wants to end all suffering.

Jacob Lemanski tries to write an unreadable book.

Amanda Provenzano says people are too afraid of death; that’s why she became a death doula.

Jeff makes blackout poetry with cassette tapes.

Is your body more of a machine, or a garden?

If there’s a pill that makes people less racist, should cops be forced to take it?

The smell of gasoline imparts nausea and a heartfelt nostalgia on HBM producer Bethany Denton.