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Paleo Bites

Welcome to Paleo Bites, the weekly podcast hosted by Matthew Donald where we make dumb jokes, reference pop culture, derail like crazy, and oh yeah, discuss and rate dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Each episode Matthew and a rotating set of guest co-hosts talk about a different genus of primeval critter, explain basic stats, exchange plenty of banter, barely fact-check, and at the end, rate the creature one out of 65 million for any reason, including but not limited to sexiness, mana, and dexterity. So join Matthew and his friends as we embark on this prehistoric odyssey and review the dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuul as well as many other extinct beasts, entertaining folks while undoubtedly making serious paleontologists weep. Musical sting by Magnus Ringblom from Epidemic Sound.

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Comedy Funny Science Natural Sciences Humor Nature
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
24 minutes
Episodes
308
Years Active
2019 - 2025
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Phorusrhacos, the Wrinkle Bearer

Phorusrhacos, the Wrinkle Bearer

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Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Ben O’Regan discuss Phorusrhacos, the last hurrah of giant land-based theropod dinosaurs as top…

00:22:10  |   Tue 10 Jan 2023
Oviraptor, the Egg Thief

Oviraptor, the Egg Thief

(image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oviraptor)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Stephen Curro discuss Oviraptor, the most unfairly judged dinosaur found fossilized with a bunch of eggs …

00:22:11  |   Tue 03 Jan 2023
Hybodus, the Crooked Tooth

Hybodus, the Crooked Tooth

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Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Natasha Krech discuss Hybodus, a seemingly ordinary looking shark that might have actually had a temp…

00:20:16  |   Tue 27 Dec 2022
Microraptor, the Tiny Thief

Microraptor, the Tiny Thief

(image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microraptor)

Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Christina Eilert discuss Microraptor, a beautiful ebony gem that went butterfly-mode and had four wings …

00:20:58  |   Tue 20 Dec 2022
Carnotaurus, the Meat-Eating Bull

Carnotaurus, the Meat-Eating Bull

(image source: https://dinosaurpictures.org/Carnotaurus-pictures)

Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Ben O’Regan discuss Carnotaurus, a carnivore that heard all other dinosaurs end in ‘saurus’ so …

00:22:25  |   Tue 13 Dec 2022
Acrocanthosaurus, the High Spined Lizard

Acrocanthosaurus, the High Spined Lizard

(image source: https://dinosaurpictures.org/Acrocanthosaurus-pictures)

Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Stephen Curro discuss Acrocanthosaurus, perhaps the biggest and meanest predator before …

00:20:17  |   Tue 06 Dec 2022
Platyhystrix, the Flat Porcupine

Platyhystrix, the Flat Porcupine

(image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platyhystrix)

Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Natasha Krech discuss Platyhystrix, an amphibian with the head of a frog, the back of a newt, and the…

00:21:46  |   Tue 29 Nov 2022
Minmi, of the Minmi Crossing

Minmi, of the Minmi Crossing

(image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minmi_paravertebra)

Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Christina Eilert discuss Minmi, a cutesy wittle turtledillo with a cutesy wittle name, one of t…

00:22:01  |   Tue 22 Nov 2022
Homo neanderthalensis, the Neanderthal

Homo neanderthalensis, the Neanderthal

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Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Stephen Curro discuss Homo neanderthalensis, the archetypal caveman and our bulkier, hairier, and dumber cousins, not unl…

00:26:01  |   Tue 15 Nov 2022
Erectopus, the Upright Foot

Erectopus, the Upright Foot

(image source: https://dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Erectopus)

Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Lexi Ryan discuss Erectopus, perhaps the worst name of any dinosaur ever, or maybe the best if you'r…

00:36:33  |   Tue 08 Nov 2022
Koshisaurus, the Lizard of the Koshi Region

Koshisaurus, the Lizard of the Koshi Region

(image source: https://images.dinosaurpictures.org/Koshisaurus/Koshisaurus_NT_899f.jpg) Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Matt David Seivert discuss Koshisaurus, a dinosaur with very little know…
00:38:13  |   Tue 01 Nov 2022
Brontomerus, the Thunder Thighs

Brontomerus, the Thunder Thighs

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Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Christina Eilert discuss Brontomerus to round out Bronto Month, a real voluptuous dinos…

00:26:25  |   Tue 25 Oct 2022
Brontotherium, the Thunder Beast

Brontotherium, the Thunder Beast

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Host Matthew Donald and guest co-hosts the De Papier brothers from Matt’s other show The Writ Wit discuss Brontotherium, a creature almost certainly called Meg…

00:18:01  |   Tue 18 Oct 2022
Brontosaurus, the Thunder Lizard

Brontosaurus, the Thunder Lizard

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Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Stephen Curro discuss Brontosaurus, a real dinosaur of a dinosaur that wasn’t valid for a while until su…

00:27:42  |   Tue 11 Oct 2022
Brontoscorpio, the Thunder Scorpion

Brontoscorpio, the Thunder Scorpion

(image source: https://fossil.fandom.com/wiki/Brontoscorpio)

Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Christina Eilert discuss Brontoscorpio, a big fat nope of a creature and the first of our Paleo Bit…

00:29:59  |   Tue 04 Oct 2022
Australotitan, the Southern Titan

Australotitan, the Southern Titan

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Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Ben O’Regan discuss Australotitan, the biggest Australian land animal of all time that probably had venomous tail spines …

00:16:06  |   Tue 27 Sep 2022
Tiktaalik, the Large Freshwater Fish

Tiktaalik, the Large Freshwater Fish

(image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiktaalik by Zina Deretsky)

Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Christina Eilert discuss Tiktaalik, a real asshole that should have known what horrible…

00:28:03  |   Tue 20 Sep 2022
Meraxes, the Great Dragon

Meraxes, the Great Dragon

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Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Lexi Ryan discuss Meraxes, a dinosaur named after a dragon in A Song of Ice and Fire that lived about as long ago as Geor…

00:32:49  |   Tue 13 Sep 2022
Koolasuchus, the Crocodile of Lesley Kool

Koolasuchus, the Crocodile of Lesley Kool

(image source: https://walkingwith.fandom.com/wiki/Koolasuchus)

Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Ben O’Regan discuss Koolasuchus, a giant amphibian from far later than when giant amphibians wer…

00:25:15  |   Tue 06 Sep 2022
Sciurumimus, the Squirrel Mimic

Sciurumimus, the Squirrel Mimic

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Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Christina Eilert discuss Sciurumimus, a predator with a squirrel-like tail that was probably real cuddly if it didn’t hav…

00:22:24  |   Tue 30 Aug 2022
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