{"podcast":{"title":"The Common Descent Podcast","slug":"the-common-descent-podcast-466591","podcast_index_feed_id":466591,"rss_url":"https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"http://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/1598752/CommonDescentLogo.png","author":"Common Descent","episode_count":379,"summary":"Join David and Will as they explore the paleontologists’ perspective on various topics in life and earth history. Each episode features a main discussion on a topic requested by the listeners, presented as a lighthearted and educational conversation about fossils, evolution, deep time, and more. Before the main discussion, each episode also includes a news segment, covering recent research related to paleontology and evolution. Each episode ends with the answer to a question submitted by subscribers on Patreon. New episodes with new topics every fortnight!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T04:20:14.679099+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast-466591"},"episode":{"title":"Silver Screen Science - Dinosaur Shorts (Gertie, Slumber Mountain, Fantasia)","slug":"silver-screen-science-dinosaur-shorts-gertie-slumber-mountain-fantasia","published_at":"2026-04-16T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast-466591/silver-screen-science-dinosaur-shorts-gertie-slumber-mountain-fantasia","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast-466591","url":"https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/e/silver-screen-science-dinosaur-shorts/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5ga23beqauiqpgft/Silver_Screen_Science_Dinosaur_Shorts.mp3","summary":"Silver Screen Science is our series where we explore science on the big screen and beyond. This year, we’re taking a tour through cinematic history with Old School Dinosaurs! This episode, we compile and compare a handful of dino-themed short films from the early days of dinosaur movies: Gertie the Dinosaur, The Ghost of Slumber Mountain, and the Rite of Spring segment from Disney’s Fantasia. Check out our website for blog posts and more: http://commondescentpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Lots more ways to connect with us: https://linktr.ee/common_descent The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.","meta_description":"Silver Screen Science is our series where we explore science on the big screen and beyond. This year, we’re taking a tour through cinematic history with O…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4661,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-common-descent-podcast-466591/episodes/silver-screen-science-dinosaur-shorts-gertie-slumber-mountain-fantasia/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast-466591/silver-screen-science-dinosaur-shorts-gertie-slumber-mountain-fantasia.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}