Three best buddies - Rhys Darby, Dan Schreiber, and Leon 'Buttons' Kirkbeck bring you The Cryptid Factor - a podcast dedicated to all things weird that are yet to be defined by science.Since 2008 they have passionately (and often awkwardly) been discussing 'cryptids' and monsters like Yeti, Chupacabra, Bigfoot and Nessie - as well as weird news of the world, UFO's, Time travellers, robots and space stuff.Though they take these pseudosciences as seriously as they can, they struggle to take th ...
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A podcast all about Our Flag Means Death! Glenn has never seen it, Alyssa DEFINITELY has. Join them in Glenn’s journey and Alyssa’s trauma.
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Avast Ye! Join the Brigade of Imbeciles as they journey together to break down the world of HBO’s Our Flag Means Death, onscreen and off. Each week, we set sail on an adventure to explore what makes the show so exhilaratingly devastating. From character deep dives to sneak peeks behind-the-scenes, the Brigade of Imbeciles is your one-stop-shop for all things Our Flag Means Death related. Our Flag Means Death is created by David Jenkins and stars Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi as the titular St ...
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Created by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, Wellington Paranormal’s television debut in 2018 took Aotearoa by storm and its international release saw it shoot to #1 on the streaming charts in the USA, beating Rick and Morty, Ted Lasso and everything else (it was #1!). Now you can hear the stars of Wellington Paranormal (Mike Minogue and Karen O'Leary) stumble their way through their very own podcast, where they discuss making the "greatest tv show of all time" (according to their mums). Th ...
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Join Dean Regas, astronomer, author, and space expert on a journey through the stars! Guests from all over the globe bring their knowledge and passion about today’s latest scientific discoveries and advancements. From eclipses to supernovas, from rockets to rovers; there’s a whole universe to explore! Dean is the author of “How to Teach Grown-Ups About Pluto” and “100 Things to See in the Night Sky” and was the longtime host of PBS' Stargazers television program. Looking Up is a production o ...
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Making Art After Dark (with Dr. Tyler Nordgren)
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Dean chats with astronomer and artist Dr. Tyler Nordgren. Listen in to hear about how Dr. Nordgren revived the style of vintage WPA posters to raise awareness for night sky preservation in national parks!What are your fave works of art with an astronomy theme? Send us your thoughts at lookingup@wvxu.org or post them on social media using #lookingup…
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99!! At LAST!! it's the penultimate to the ultimate 100 issue - and as per usual it's full of epic craziness. In here the AI bot team wreak havoc in the background producing fake news, there's Kings in UFOs, bees in showers, secret sightings of an old Oasis, copyright threats from Bono and 99 bottles of Bigfoot casts on the wall. Also get ready for…
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Become a Solar System Ambassador (with Kay Ferrari)
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Dean chats with Kay Ferrari, NASA's Solar System Ambassadors Coordinator, a program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Listen in to and learn about what it takes to earn this coveted title and how you can participate!Send us your thoughts at lookingup@wvxu.org or post them on social media using #lookinguppodFind Us Online: Twitter: @lookinguppod @de…
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Dean chats with Pat Ammons, Senior Director of Public and Media Relations at Space Camp—yes, THE Space Camp! Listen in to discover how this iconic educational experience began and what exciting developments are on the horizon.Have you ever wanted to be an astronaut? Did you go to Space Camp? Dean wants to hear from you! Send us your thoughts at loo…
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A Unifying Roof Above All of Us (with Babak Tafreshi)
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Dean chats with Babak Tafreshi, National Geographic photographer, world explorer, and public speaker. Listen in to learn about how Babak captures the beauty of the world at night.Send us your thoughts at lookingup@wvxu.org or post them on social media using #lookinguppodFind Us Online: Twitter: @lookinguppod @deanregas, Instagram: @917wvxu @deanreg…
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The Moon Belongs to Everyone (with Chris Cokinos)
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Dean chats with Chris Cokinos, author of Still as Bright: An Illuminating History of the Moon from Antiquity to Tomorrow. Listen in to learn more about what makes the moon so magical. Special thanks to Jack Horkheimer and James Albury from Star Gazers!Homework: Try out Dean's 7-Night Stargazing Challenge!Go outside on 7 clear nights and do some sta…
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Here we go again! In here you'll find a GI hunting for a costume, dead rockers in finger tattoos, vampire and bogeyman warfare, and monoliths found in the wild (yet again) Also you'll hear of self cloning mutant crayfish become old news and an eyewitness account of bad parenting. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Saving Sheep From a UFO (with Rhys Darby)
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Dean chats with Rhys Darby, comedian, actor and host of The Cryptid Factor podcast. They discuss cryptozoology, ETs and a few of Rhys's greatest Sci-fi roles.Send us your thoughts at lookingup@wvxu.org or post them on social media using #lookinguppodFind Us Online: Twitter: @lookinguppod @deanregas, Instagram: @917wvxu @deanregas, Tiktok: @cincinna…
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This episode is for all the aliens and wave-chasing, space-travelling future Cryptid Knights out there! In here Dan has Druid news for Buttons and at last Rhys gets his very own (and very noisey) museum piece. There's news of a time-travelling Simpson, an elaborate intestine restaurant ruse, and a freaky human skinned robot face. There's also fish …
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Hunting Meteorites in Antarctica (with Scott VanBommel)
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Dean chats with Scott VanBommel, meteorite hunter and senior research scientist at Washington University in St. Louis. Listen to learn what it takes to find a meteorite (you'll have to start looking down). Send us your thoughts at lookingup@wvxu.org or post them on social media using #lookinguppodFind Us Online: Twitter: @lookinguppod @deanregas, I…
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In this episode - Rhys is ahead of his time, Dan is listening to the band 'The Lip Slitsticks' and Buttons employs the 'Trisand' effect - making it highly likely that this will be the most listened episode ever! Also In here there's old men failing at reminiscing, Goonies Tridems, buried Mash, banned books on banned books, cheap top-secret Chinese …
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Celebrating the Cosmos Every Day (With Robert Nemiroff)
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Dean chats with Robert Nemiroff, one of the creators of the Astronomy Picture of the Day website. They discuss the site's legacy and various astrophotography techniques.Send us your thoughts at lookingup@wvxu.org or post them on social media using #lookinguppodFind Us Online: Twitter: @lookinguppod @deanregas, Instagram: @917wvxu @deanregas, Tiktok…
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This episode has the team in their usual places... that is if you can count Buttons being somewhere unusual as usual. You'll find news of hidden microphones and camouflaged cigars, Ray Jay getting busy changing the fabric of time, Magical Banks getting full of tellers, underground dino-aliens from Harvard... along with lots of family Cameos! We als…
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The one where O’Leary and Minogue take a break
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In this episode Miniogue and O’Leary make an important public service announcement. You won’t want to miss it as they make the announcement and then seemingly change their minds multiple times before settling somewhere in the middle. To be continued? Follow us on Instagram here! Follow us on TikTok! And subscribe to our YouTube channel! This is a F…
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Wellington Paranormal The Podcast: The Live Show Podcast
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Behold! It’s the Wellington Paranormal The Podcast The Live Show Podcast! Recorded this year at the Podfest held at Q Theatre in Auckland. With guests Maaka Pohatu, Coiri Gonzales-Maceur and a live audience! Follow us on Instagram here! Follow us on TikTok! And subscribe to our YouTube channel! This is a Frank Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co…
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#094 The 'This Paranormal Life' Special Issue
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**SPECIAL ISSUE** Rhys and Dan are in London - and take the opportunity to storm the secret studio of podcast cousins Rory and Kit from 'This Paranormal Life'. With Buttons dialed in, they catch up and cover off a great deal of usual weirdness, along with the unusual addition of some ghost stories! There's also time-traveling Albert Einstein and re…
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In this epic episode we gain the second ever entry into the Cryptid Factor museum... a 135 million year old mystery! Also in here there's UFO wreckage being 'drug' out, a pigeon spy being detained, delayed phone calls being made from the dead, lemonade lazy code, a Thylacine musical, some OK ABC DNA proof and screen-shares within screen-shares! Als…
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They Might Be Into Astronomy (With John Linnell)
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Dean chats with John Linnell, one half of the iconic band They Might Giants. Listen in to hear about the vision for their 1992 album Apollo 18, John's backyard astronomy practice, and a mini-lesson from Dean on astronomy misconceptions!Homework Assignment: Write to Dean with your astronomy questions and he might answer them in a future episode! Use…
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The Cohen Holloway Interview - Part Two
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Cohen is back for the second part of his interview with O’Leary and Minogue. He really has had an incredible career and can currently be seen as the lead in The Cleaner available on Neon. Follow us on Instagram here! Follow us on TikTok! And subscribe to our YouTube channel! This is a Frank Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i…
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The Cohen Holloway Interview - Part One
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Cohen Holloway is one of Aotearoa’s most gifted actors and funniest human beings. He has had a prolific career as both a drama and comedy performer having appeared in everything from Taika’s Eagle v Shark; Boy; Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Thor:Ragnorok to Jane Campion’s Top of the Lake and Power of the Dog. We loved this chat and it went so long …
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What did they find on Asteroid Bennu? (with Dr. Nicole Lunning)
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Dean chats with Dr. Nicole Lunning from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, who explains the challenges and successes of collecting samples from asteroid Bennu. Plus, a recap of the April 2024 solar eclipse! Find Us Online: Twitter: @lookinguppod @deanregas, Instagram: @917wvxu @deanregas, Tiktok: @cincinnatipublicradio @astronomerdean, Episode transcript: …
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Tim Van Dammen is the guest on this week's show and he is an absolute legend. Director of HUNDREDS of New Zealand’s best music videos over the last 20 years, TVD joins us to discuss his pathway to directing eps of Wellington Paranormal. His debut feature film and maybe even a little bit of Time Bandits. Follow us on Instagram here! Follow us on Tik…
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Here we are again - in a scarily regular type fashion! In here theres there's your usual Schreiber wang-ons, Buttons blah-blahs & Darby breakdowns - but in amongst it all there's an ACTUAL EARTH RUMBLING! Also you'll find flying zombie salt shakers, flying spaghetti monsters, haunted swag dolls, Donald Duck call-ups, unlicensed cut-outs, mountain c…
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Minogue and O’Leary discuss the Mt Vic Hooters episode and Karen gives Mike a thorough dressing down about the time she was fuming at him on set. Sheesh! Follow us on Instagram here! Follow us on TikTok! And subscribe to our YouTube channel! This is a Frank Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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What's a Sonic Thump? (with NASA Quesst's Jonathan Rathsam and Ed Haering)
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Dean discusses NASA Quesst's X-59 aircraft with Senior Research Engineer at NASA Langley, Dr. Jonathan Rathsam and Aerospace Engineer at NASA Armstrong, Ed Haering. Will supersonic air travel make a comeback? Homework assignment: Would you go on a suborbital flight? Send us your thoughts at lookingup@wvxu.org or post them on social media using #loo…
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...aaaaand we're back! This episode sees Hollywood, the UK coast and a dodgy basement come together to bring you: a Texan sized underwater model anomaly, an earthquake predicting doomsday fish, and SpiceGirl singing humpback whale helping humans talk to aliens! Theres also in-mate dating apps, time travelling thespians, vortex ship size guest appea…
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The One with witches and, possibly, God
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Minogue and O’Leary breakdown the Fear the Briannas episode and also talk about getting into fights, talking to God and playing word games with Mum. Follow us on Instagram here! Follow us on TikTok! And subscribe to our YouTube channel! This is a Frank Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Interview Episode: Hair and Make Up Designer, Cath Maguire
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We are honoured by the presence of Hair and Make Up Designer Cath Magiure, who came on board at the end of season 2 and then headed up seasons 3 and 4. Cath is one of life’s great humans and we hope you enjoy this chat about a critical role in film and TV production. Follow us on Instagram here! Follow us on TikTok! And subscribe to our YouTube cha…
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Inside the Alien World of Scavenger's Reign (with Joe Bennett and Chris Prynoski)
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Dean chats with Scavenger's Reign show creator, Joe Bennett, and executive producer Chris Prynoski, about what it takes to create an alien world from scratch. Homework Assignment: What are your thoughts on alien life? How will we make contact?Would we ever even recognize alien life if we saw it?Send us your thoughts at lookingup@wvxu.org or post th…
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Mike and Karen’s Best Fan Q&A of All Time
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Minogue and O’Leary answer fan questions and there are some absolute crackers this week. There may also be a bit of gossip from Producer Paul Yates and Jemaine Clement on the future of Wellington Paranormal. Follow us on Instagram here! Follow us on TikTok! And subscribe to our YouTube channel! This is a Frank Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co…
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O’Leary and Minogue discuss one of their all time favourite episodes, Taniwha! This episode guest starred the Prime Minister of the time’s partner as a fisherperson captured by this mythical Maori ‘beast’. And, as usual, Minogue and O’Leary struggle to remember what day of the week it is. Follow us on Instagram here! Follow us on TikTok! And subscr…
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Pale Blue Perspective (with Ann Druyan)
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Dean chats with author, director and Cosmos producer Ann Druyan about her perspective on the universe. Listen in to hear about a "Noah's Ark of human culture," the biggest group picture ever taken, and a love story that transcends our solar system.Homework assignment: What would you select for your own Golden Record? Send us your chosen songs, soun…
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Mark Mitchinson AKA Ghost Cop Miller from Mt Vic Hooters joins the pod for a fantastic chat about his career and incredibly interesting life. O’Leary and Minogue loved doing this one and reckon you will love hearing it. Follow us on Instagram here! Follow us on TikTok! And subscribe to our YouTube channel! This is a Frank Podcast. Hosted on Acast. …
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O’Leary and Minogue’s important and informative catch up
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Minogue and O’Leary babble on about all things non-Wellington Paranormal but very much recent and up to date if a little bit hungover and under the weather and feeling sorry about it. Follow us on Instagram here! Follow us on TikTok! And subscribe to our YouTube channel! This is a Frank Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor…
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Catching Eclipse Fever (with Dante Centuori)
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Looking Up is eclipse-ready! Dean chats with Dante Centuori, executive director of the Armstrong Air and Space Museum, about the upcoming April 8th Solar Eclipse. The museum is situated on the eclipse's path of totality, making it the perfect destination for Eclipse day.Homework Assignment:Take a look at this eclipse map and find out if you are in …
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Producer Paul Yates is interviewed on his career and his genius idea to make a TV show with the cops from WWDITS. Follow us on Instagram here! Follow us on TikTok! And subscribe to our YouTube channel! This is a Frank Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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