The Worker's Cauldron
A podcast about the cultural politics of the paranormal. Where Karl Marx shakes his fist at the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot speaks to us about the legacies of colonialism. We discuss the contemporary obsession with all things supernatural through a socialist, feminist lens and ask what our strange experiences and beliefs tell us about the society we live in.
The Worker's Cauldron
Colonialism, Creationism and Cryptozoology
In this episode of the workers cauldron we talk about how rumors of living (non-avian) Dinosaurs in Central Africa and alleged glowing pterosaurs in Papua New Guinea are intricately linked to the history of racism and colonialism.
Bonus Content: Problematic LEGO sets, Human Zoos and Raquel Welch
References
Wide Atlantic Weird: Monsters of the Frontier
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monsters-of-the-frontier-mokele-mbembe-and/id1448284008?i=1000502151641
Edward Guimont: Hunting Dinosaurs in Central Africa
https://contingentmag.org/2019/03/18/hunting-dinosaurs-africa/
Daniel Loxton and Donald Prothero: Abominable Science!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12930972-abominable-science
Darren Naish: Hunting Monsters
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/my-new-book-hunting-monsters-cryptozoology-and-the-reality-behind-the-myths/
Allison Hopper: Denial of Evolution Is a Form of White Supremacy
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/denial-of-evolution-is-a-form-of-white-supremacy/