The Pirates Don’t Eat The Tourists: Jurassic Park & Prehistoric Fiction
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.
Stones To Stories: The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs with Mark Witton
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Plymouth, summer of 1841. Richard Owen stepped before the British Association for the Advancement of Science and coined a word that would reshape our understanding of the deep past: Dinosauria. This episode follows that word from Owen’s meeting hall to South London, where sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins turned fragmentary bones into life-size stone giants.
I am joined by palaeoartist and author Mark Witton for a conversation about the history of the site and then Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs trustee Andrew Brady, and Jurassic Outpost’s Caleb Burnett and I go f...
Stones To Stories: Before the Word “Dinosaur” with Natalie Lawrence (author of Enchanted Creatures)
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Charles Dickens opened Bleak House with a megalosaurus waddling up Holborn Hill. This episode traces the stories we told about the bones in the rock before we knew what they were. I’m joined by Bexhill Museum curator Julian Porter and author Natalie Lawrence.
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Road To Rebirth: The Film Episodes
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Before Season 2 begins, here’s every film episode from Season 1 in one place!
Season 1 of The Pirates Don’t Eat The Tourists was called Road to Rebirth. Over the course of the season, we worked our way through all seven Jurassic films, from Spielberg’s original in 1993 to Jurassic World Rebirth in 2025.
This compilation brings together all seven film episodes as a single listen. Perfect for catching up before Stones to Stories begins on 3rd June, or for new listeners wanting to understand where the show came from.
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Stones To Stories: The Book List
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Hello and welcome to the first episode of Season 2 of ‘The Pirates Don’t Eat The Tourists’.
The subtitle this year is ‘Stones to Stories’ and I will be looking at how we went from fossil folklore to alien planets populated with dinosaurs and taking in a whole host of other exciting dinosaur tales.
The season starts in earnest sometime in the Spring.
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What Jurassic Can Learn from Star Wars with Mark Newbold (FanthaTracks)
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What can Jurassic learn from Star Wars? Would Jurassic work as a TV show or would it loose it’s special cinematic exclusivity?
All of these questions and more are discussed in today’s special episode with my wonderful guest Mark Newbold!
If you want to follow Mark’s work then please head to @prefect_timing on Instagram and visit FanthaTracks.com
Here is also a link to Mark’s interview with David Vickery for ILM.com - https://www.ilm.com/jurassic-world-rebirth-david-vickery-interview-ilm/
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Jurassic 2025 - End of Year Special with Tom Jurassic and Conor O’Keeffe
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To round out the year and to launch the brand new podcast look and name I am joined by Conor O’Keeffe and Tom Jurassic to chat all things Jurassic’25.
Tune in next week for part 2 with my interview with journalist Mark Newbold and a tease about the new upcoming 2026 season.
Thanks for all the support in 2025 and Happy New Year!
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The “Final Episode” with (nearly) everyone
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Hello!
I’m here with the ‘final episode’ of ‘Road to Rebirth’. Thank you all so much for listening along.
Stay tuned for future announcements!
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Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) SPOILER Review with Derrick Davis and James Mottram
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It’s finally here!
Grab a Snickers, some Doritos and a can of Dr.Pepper and listen to our Spoiler review of ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’
You can find more about Derrick and his fantastic book, ‘Invertiverse’ at derrickdavismedia.com
And more on British Cinematographers Magazine here (James’s interview with ‘Rebirth’ cinematographer John Mathiseon is in July’s issue)
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Jurassic Graphics with Matthew Clark (Lead Graphic Designer for ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’)
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Today I am joined by the Lead Graphic Designer of ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’, Matthew Clark, as we discuss the visual world building in the original 1993 movie.
The conversation has made me see this film I love and have watched multiple times in a new light.
If you want to follow Matthew and see some behind the scenes pictures from the new film then you can...
The Creators of The New Era with James Mottram
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Happy Rebirth Release Day!
I’m very excited to bring you my interview author of 3 behind the scenes ‘Jurassic’ books - James Mottram.
We recorded this before I’d seen the film but after he’d seen it for the first time so this is spoiler free.
We don’t just talk about Rebirth we also dig into how he came to create those b...
Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) SPOILER FREE Review
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We’ve made it!
In 2 days time the film will be released and we will officially have a new film to explore.
I was lucky enough to see it early and today I’m bringing you my spoiler free first impressions.
If you don’t want to listen yet that’s fine I won’t be offended.
All I will say is make sure you see this on the bigge...
Jurassic World Dominion (2022) with Jack Ewins and Sam Phillips
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We’ve made it!
2022’s ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ was heralded as the end of the Jurassic Era bringing back the original Big Three Sam Neil, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum but did the series have anything new to say?
Locusts anyone?
In this fun and revealing conversation, Sam and Jack who both worked on the viral marketing for Dominion, s...
7 Questions Jurassic World Rebirth Needs to Answer
We're two days away from Jurassic World Rebirth and I've got questions.
In this short solo episode I work through exactly what I need from this film — the hopes, the anxieties, and what it would actually take for Jurassic to feel genuinely exciting again.
Nine minutes. No guest. Just me, before it's too late to speculate.
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) with Samantha Endres
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Fallen Kingdom is the gothic sheep of the family. It continues to divide fans but since its release is it well worth a rewatch?
In this episode I'm joined by the fantastic Samantha Endres from ‘Jurassic Outpost’
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Jurassic World (2015) with Brad Jost (The Jurassic Park Podcast)
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In 2015 ‘Jurassic World’ roared into cinemas and audiences turned out in their droves to see it.
Now as we embark on a brand new story it’s time to look back at the last 10 years of a film that changed a the brand from ‘Jurassic Park’ to ‘Jurassic World’
Joining me is host and genuinely lovely human Brad Jost. We chat about all our thoughts on th...
What Jurassic Park Got Right (and Wrong) About Dinosaurs — with Conor O'Keeffe (Museum Educator)
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How accurate are the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park? Conor O'Keeffe works in museum education and spends his days answering exactly that question for the public.
We go through the franchise's most iconic animals, dig into the real science behind them, and explore the surprisingly dramatic history of palaeontology itself. Conor also has a suggestion for a future Jurassic scene that I haven't been able to stop thinking about.
Find Conor at @conorontology on Instagram and Blue Sky.
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Welcome to Jurassic Universe with Tom Jurassic
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The Jurassic Franchise might not be the ‘everything is connected’ style of series like Marvel or Star Wars but there are looks of interesting expanded media that have been created.
Me and @Tom_Jurassic dig into all of the stuff that’s out there. We also talk about canon in general and what we would love to see from a spin off show!
Tom’s ‘Tal...
Jurassic World Rebirth - FINAL TRAILER Reaction!
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It's here!
I've literally just thrown this together and got it out to you.
Let me know your favourite scenes over on my Instagram @roadtorebirthpod
New full episode with Tom Jurassic coming tomorrow evening
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Jurassic Themes of John Williams with Neil Brand (Broadcaster & Film Composer)
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This week I’m excited to bring you an episode all about the wonder of John Williams.
Joining me is composer, pianist, writer and broadcaster Neil Brand.
We discuss Williams' influence on film music, the collaboration between Williams and director Steven Spielberg over the years, and the thematic elements of wonder and life present in the score for ‘Jurassic Park’.
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Ten Years of Jurassic Fandom with Steven Ray Morris (See Jurassic Right)
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Steven Ray Morris has spent ten years hosting See Jurassic Right — one of the longest-running Jurassic podcasts around. In this episode he joins me to talk about what keeps a fandom alive, his own journey into podcasting, and his hottest Jurassic takes.
We swap series rankings, debate what Gareth Edwards brings to the franchise, and Steven shares some of the best fan stories he has collected over a decade of conversations.
Find Steven and See Jurassic Right on Apple Podcasts | @stevenraymorris | @seejurassicright
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Jurassic Park 3 (2001) with Daniel Stephen (Stuck On Sorna)
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Are you ready for a #SpinosaurusSummer?
In 1998 the fact that there would be a Jurassic Park 3 was almost a mere formality however what the story would be was far from certain.
This week I’m joined by Daniel Stephen the host and creator of the amazing ‘Stuck on Sorna’ podcast to dissect one of the most talked about films in the series.
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) with Caleb Burnett (Jurassic Outpost)
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1993 was a huge year for Steven Speilberg. He released 'Jurassic Park' and 'Schindler's List' to great critical and commercial success. He took a few years off but he couldn't stop thinking about returning to the world of the dinosaurs
This week I sit down with composer Caleb Burnett and discuss our memories of seeing the film for the first time, the playstation vide...
The Lost World: A Novel (1995) with Guy Adams and James Lovegrove
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I think genius of Michael Crichton lies not in his warmth but in his coldness – the clinical precision with which he constructed scientifically plausible nightmares that became billion-dollar franchises.
Speaking with authors Guy Adams and James Lovegrove, I explore how Crichton – the Harvard-educated doctor turned novelist – approached storytelling like a surgical procedure, meticulously researching cutting-edge science and reducing his sleep hours as deadlines...
Jurassic Park (1993) with Derrick Davis (Jurassic Time)
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If you are as excited as I am about Jurassic World Rebirth which is releasing this summer this is the podcast for you. Each week in the lead up to the film I am going to be sitting down with a guest to discuss an entry or aspect of the Jurassic franchise.
This is episode two and it’s all about ‘Jurassic Park’, the Oscar winning 1993 film that launched a billion dollar franchise.
We talk about our first experiences of seeing the film and Derrick gives a very detailed...
Jurassic Park : A Novel (1990) with James Lovegrove
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If you are as excited as I am about Jurassic World Rebirth which is releasing this summer this is the podcast for you. Each week in the lead up to the film I am going to be sitting down with a guest to discuss an entry or aspect of the Jurassic franchise.
This is episode one and it’s all about Michael Cricht...
Road to Rebirth Trailer
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Do you remember the first time you saw a dinosaur?
The first episode of Road to Rebirth lands on the 9th April.
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Jurassic World Rebirth Trailer Reaction
Are you as excited as me that a new Jurassic film is out this summer? Directed by Gareth Edwards, from a script by original Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp, and stuffed full with amazing actors - there’s no better time to go back to where it all began.
This is a mini episode going over the first trailer for the film and my initial thoughts.
From the 9th April episodes will be dropping weekly starting with a deep dive of the original Jurassic Park novel by Michael Crichton so g...
