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The Cryptonaturalist

by Jarod K. Anderson

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Episode 67: Strange Animals

August 6, 2025 · 10 min

Jarod K. Anderson’s new novel set in the world of The CryptoNaturalist is now available for preorder! You can find more information here: https://linktr.ee/jarodkanderson Strange Animals is a cozy, creepy story of a man’s transformative…
Episode 66: The Counting Pines

November 15, 2024 · 16 min

"Crypto" is a slippery prefix, and it's best to be careful with it. Thanks to Evan Dicken for writing the bulk of today’s episode. By day, Evan Dicken studies old Japanese Maps and crunches data for medical research at Ohio State…
Episode 65: Autumn Traditions

October 15, 2024 · 18 min

Autumn is full of fun, cozy traditions, like keeping watch on the knothole man so he doesn’t reach too far into our world. Thanks to Harrison Hamm for this episode’s hidden lore segment. Harrison Hamm is an LA-based poet, screenwriter…
Episode 64: Northern Pondhawk

September 1, 2024 · 15 min

Best to have a telepathic microphone when searching for cryptid dragonflies. Sometimes the simple, straightforward solutions are the best option. Thanks to Luísa Black Ellis for this week’s hidden lore poetry. Luísa is a Brazilian-American…
Something in the Woods Loves You - Audiobook Preview

August 15, 2024

This episode is an audiobook preview for Something in the Woods Loves You, Jarod K. Anderson's new memoir coming this September from Timber Press and Hachette Books. For more information, visit JarodKAnderson.com.

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Episode 63: Corvid

August 1, 2024

Many seemingly common corvids are cryptids. There’s a world of difference between perceiving a thing and knowing the full story. Thanks to Jamie Lackey for today’s hidden lore. Jamie Lackey lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and their…
Episode 62: Volunteering

July 1, 2024 · 17 min

Volunteering is a great reminder that many of the most important things in life don’t involve money changing hands. Thanks to Bennett Berardi for this week’s hidden lore poem. Bennett is an arborist and honorary goblin moonlighting as a…
Episode 61: Tending the Garden

June 15, 2024 · 16 min

Contentment is both a skill and a gift we grant ourselves. The CryptoNaturalist is written and read by Jarod K. Anderson. Preorders for Jarod K. Anderson’s new memoir about loving nature and struggling with depression are now open. Visit…
Episode 60: Moss Tide

May 15, 2024 · 13 min

Ebbing and flowing, teaming with life, soft to the touch. Some things are better left to themselves. Thanks to Emily Kramer for today’s hidden lore poem “An Absence of Ants.” Emily is a poet from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with an MA in…
Episode 59: Moon Shadow

April 16, 2024 · 17 min

Night is Earth’s shadow and many creatures call it home. The moon’s shadow is a different sort of night entirely. Thanks to Nicolette Nuytten for today’s hidden lore, “Water Beetles.” Nicolette works at the library and spends her free…
Episode 58: Ghost Flies

April 1, 2024 · 20 min

What counts as a ghost is, perhaps, open to interpretation. Thanks to Steve Shell for voicing today’s field report. Steve is a co-creator, writer, and voice of the narrator on the Old Gods of Appalachia podcast. Old Gods is entering the…
Episode 57: Breakfast

March 15, 2024 · 16 min

An early morning record focusing on starting the day The CryptoNaturalist way. Thanks to Joseph Giglio for today’s hidden lore, “The Sky.” Joseph is currently an MFA student at George Mason University and originally from Buffalo, NY. He…

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About the show

The CryptoNaturalist is a scripted fiction podcast all about real love for imaginary nature. It’s about cryptids and other weird and wild topics. Featuring poetry and field reports to make our world a richer, stranger place. New episodes 1st/15th.