HBM012: How to Live and Die Until You're 80

Historical medical illustration of hearts

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 college professor (who prefers to remain nameless) collapses in class and becomes one of the few people to survive his own death. On this episode, he tells his story of death and resurrection.

Music: Black Spot ||| Lucky Dragons ||| Guidebooks ||| Nym

HBM011: Puke Quits Trainriding

Photo by Jeff Emtman.

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.

I met Puke when I was walking down the street on a trans-America hitchhiking trip in 2011. We camped together in the park, and before we fell asleep, I pulled out my recorder and had him tell some stories about his impending transition from trainriding to college.

Content Note:
This episode is absolutely rife with foul language.

Photos of Puke over on our facebook page.

The Golden Age of Piracy

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.

HBM010: The Time Travelers Convention

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.

Until tragedy struck, Andrew Nissenbaum was a highly successful stock trader. His loss sparked an interest in time travel. On this episode, Andrew tells his story and explains some of the achievements and hurdles yet to overcome before the 2013 Time Travelers Convention.

More information about the convention: http://www.disaster.tv/

Music: Swamp Dog ||| The Black Spot

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HBM009: Captain Staudinger Flees Myanmar

Photo by Jeff Emtman

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.

Captain Chris Staudinger is an experienced world traveler...now. But back in 2006, he visited Myanmar (Burma), during a time of political unrest, militarization and a general mistrust of anyone American. He looked like a spy.

On this episode, Chris tells his story of escaping the country after he and his friends saw something that they should not have seen.

Photos from Chris' Myanmar trip.

Chris now runs a travel blog with his girlfriend Tawny Clark. They travel the world on next to no money and teach others how to do the same.

HBM007: Placentophagy

Photo by Jeff Emtman.

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.

Humans are one of just four land-dwelling mammals who don't regularly eat their placentas after childbirth. But that's changing as, each year, more and more mothers are electing to save their placenta to eat.

Stepha Lawson is a doula working in Bellingham, Washington. She called me up one day when she had a fresh placenta, ready to be turned into pills for the mother.

Pictures of the placenta she cooked.