Road To Rebirth: A Jurassic Podcast

About Road To Rebirth: A Jurassic Podcast

From Jurassic Park to Jules Verne, Roland Squire explores how dinosaurs captured human imagination across 200 years of fiction. Season 2 — Stones to Stories — traces prehistoric literature from Victorian fossil hunters to Cold War science fiction, taking in Michael Crichton, Arthur Conan Doyle, and beyond. For fans of Jurassic Park, dinosaurs, natural history, and the books that put teeth into deep time.

Publisher

Roland Squire

Category

arts · tv & film · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Feb 2025

Latest episode

15 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

36 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Sept 2026

   Monsters & Myths with Natalie Lawrence (Author of Enchanted Creatures)

   While I’m ensconced in the maintenance shed getting ready for the next few episodes I’m going to bring you my extended interview with Natalie Lawrence. In it we talk about her love for the Pangolin and Richard Owen’s fascination with the Aye-Aye. Enchanted Creatures https://amzn.to/4dQqtuK (affiliated link so I might earn commission on items bought) Links Mark Witton: Unicorns, dragons, monsters and giants https://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2018/04/unicorns-dragons-monsters-and-gia...

2. 

   1 Sept 2026

   Living Dinosaurs, Cryptids and Michael Crichton’s Congo with Eddie Guimont

   You're in a canoe, sweating in thick jungle heat, and something enormous stirs in the water ahead. That's the mood pulling us into Mokele-mbembe, the legendary "living dinosaur" of Central Africa, and the bigger question we can't stop circling: why do we keep needing monsters, especially when the world feels like it's running out of mysteries? I'm joined by historian Eddie Guimont, whose research into dinosaur hunting, lost cities and conspiracy culture shows how cryptozoology ties into colon...

3. 

   18 Aug 2026

   Celebrating Sam Neill with James Mottram

   How did a self-described character actor become the beating heart of the biggest film franchise on Earth? At the beginning of July we lost our dinosaur man, Dr Alan Grant himself, Sam Neill. This is an episode I never expected to make, but I could not let the moment pass without turning a very sad event into a celebration of a remarkable life and career. I am joined by James Mottram, author of the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World Ultimate Visual Histories and the Jurassic Park script book. J...

Who has been a guest on Road To Rebirth: A Jurassic Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Mark Newbold
• Conor O’Keeffe
• Tom Jurassic
• Derrick Davis
• James Mottram

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

3.7 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

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Quality

71

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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