{"podcast":{"title":"Weird Medieval Guys","slug":"weird-medieval-guys-6437418","podcast_index_feed_id":6437418,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/weirdmedievalguys/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/weirdmedievalguys","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/weirdmedievalguys/20230621_040641_bed119044b0b7d7de00d451af68e29c2.jpg","author":"Weird Medieval Guys","episode_count":60,"summary":"Leaving no stone unturned in our quest for the weirdest stories, guys, and art from the Middle Ages. The Weird Medieval Guys podcast is brought to you by Olivia , the creator of internet sensation Weird Medieval Guys , and Aran , a historian and fellow weird guy connoisseur.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-medieval-guys-6437418"},"episode":{"title":"What did medieval people think about fossils?","slug":"what-did-medieval-people-think-about-fossils","published_at":"2025-01-20T19:50:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-medieval-guys-6437418/what-did-medieval-people-think-about-fossils","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-medieval-guys-6437418","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/weirdmedievalguys/1856595","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/216197/1856595/weirdmedievalguys/2025_01_20_19_49_31_327b4ec1-cdce-4cbc-bb8d-6583a47a0e57.mp3","summary":"Gather round, rockhounds! It's time to journey even further into the past than usual by taking a look at fossils through medieval eyes. Did dragon myths come from dinosaur bones? Did cyclops myths come from elephant bones? Can rocks be Jewish? All these questions and more, answered..... For more on some of what we discuss, check out: Lapis Judaicus or the Jews' stone: The folklore of fossil echinoid spines by Christopher Duffin https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248606245_Lapis_Judaicus_or_the_Jews%27_stone_The_folklore_of_fossil_echinoid_spines Unicorns, dragons, monsters and giants: palaeoart before palaeontology by Mark P. Witton http://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2018/04/unicorns-dragons-monsters-and-giants.html Walking on Water: Cosmic Floors in Antiquity and the Middle Ages by Fabio Barry Join the official WMG Discord server!! https://discord.gg/6GzvXdWX23","meta_description":"Gather round, rockhounds! It's time to journey even further into the past than usual by taking a look at fossils through medieval eyes. Did dragon myths c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5225,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/weird-medieval-guys-6437418/episodes/what-did-medieval-people-think-about-fossils/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-medieval-guys-6437418/what-did-medieval-people-think-about-fossils.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}