The Podcast About the Unknown
Carlos Gemora loved the feeling of the dirt at the cemetary where he used to dig graves. One day he climbed down into the loamy, silty soil and looked up at the sky. It felt like a womb... a death womb.
This piece was produced by Alex Kime and Jeff Emtman, with support from Bethany Denton. Our editor at KCRW is Nick White.
Music by Nym and Lucky Dragons
HBM producers Jeff and Bethany are having more and more trouble bearing silence.
On this episode, Jeff calls back crow researcher Kaeli Swift and asks her what it was like to sit in silence with a stranger. And Bethany explains the differences in the anxieties that she and Jeff have towards silence.
Music: The Black Spot
Please note that there are some delicate tones in this podcast. If you're listening in a noisy environment, you might miss them. That's not necessarily a bad thing...just pay attention to the sounds around you.
Season 4 of Here Be Monsters will begin in June.
Here's a little gift for you. It's clips of every episode of Here Be Monsters. You can use this page as a hub to your discovery of HBM. As each clip plays, a comment will pop up in the bottom of the player. Click that comment and a new tab will open with a link to the full episodes. Pretty neat, right?
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2015 will be a great year for this podcast! We'll keep you posted about the exciting developments that are happening behind the scenes right now, including the first ever HBM Live show in NYC. Happy New Year!
Here Be Monsters' creator and host Jeff Emtman grew up in a small town in Eastern Washington.
In the summers, he struggled to find things to do, so he started going to bed an hour later each night. During his nocturnal summer, his friends decided to throw a dance party in the laundromat.
This episode is a recording from a live storySLAM organized by The Moth. However, please note that this audio is not from The Moth's much-loved podcast.
Most medium-to-large sized cities have storytelling events monthly or more. While the Moth isn't the only organization with live events, it is one of the best organized. Check their events page to see if they're in your town
The story on today's episode might sound familiar if you're a regular listener to Here Be Monsters. And that's because it's a much shorter version of HBM021: Potential Energy, our Season 2 premiere episode.
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Please note: This is a very early episode of Here Be Monsters that aired in 2012. This episode no longer appears on the official HBM feed. However, you can still download it here.
Earlier this year, the files for the Red Star OS were leaked by a Russian exchange student studying in North Korea. In this Brief, we're going to take a look at the operating system--meant for use in what many consider to be the most isolated country on this planet.
Being a nerd, I was curious to know what computers looked like in North Korea. What happens when you try to access blogs, facebook, or the Here Be Monsters homepage. So I downloaded and installed it, played some games, listened to old Here Be Monsters shows, surfed the web...you know.
Here's a link to screenshots of the operating system
Music from: Lucky Dragons
Please note: This is a very early episode of Here Be Monsters that aired in 2012. This episode no longer appears on the official HBM feed. However, you can still download it here.
A brief followup to Episode 10: The Time Traveler's Convention.
Ben "New Roommate" Becker tells us about his favorite historical period.
HERE BE MONSTERS
An independent podcast about fear, beauty and the unknown.
Produced by Jeff Emtman and many others since 2012
