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Episode Notes for
More Map Monsters

Medieval Art expert Asa Mittman discusses his love of monsters, the kinds of monsters that populate medieval land maps, and the persistent practice of monsterization as a cultural method for labeling “out-groups” in human interaction.

Books by Asa Mittman

• Maps and Monsters in Medieval England
• The Ashgate Research Companion to Monsters and the Monstrous
• Inconceivable Beasts: The Wonders of the East in the Beowulf Manuscript

Mentioned in the episode

• MEARCSTAPA: The experimental association for the research of cryptozoology through scholarly theory and practical application
• The Garden of Earthly Delights
• Hieronymus Bosch
• The Garden of Earthly Delights at the Prado Museum

Music

• Monstertalk Theme: Monster by Peach Stealing Monkeys

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