The Backpacker's Guide To Prehistory

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The podcast that provides top travel tips for time travellers. Each episode host David Mountain will be asking experts in palaeobiology about the most interesting, exciting and important aspects of prehistory.

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  • StuckinTenn
    Delightful
    I so enjoy this informative, clever podcast. Fun premise and host, good experts. I still return to relisten every now and then. Thank you for the podcast.
  • Jalachan
    Such a Fun Premise
    This podcast has such a great concept behind it: you are vacationing in one of the great past eras of Earth's history. What's the flora and fauna like, and how's the weather? David Mountain engages with scientists from around the world to explore each age. Highly recommend.
  • fluttershyzz.☕️
    Educational and Excellent podcast!
    They make the podcast fun and knowledgeable by pretending that time traveling existed and what to expect. It gives knowledge and true description of major animals of a era. The sounds of nature contained really gives a imaginative soundscape for any listener to enjoy .
  • jwallmizzou
    If you’re wanting to experience deep time in a fun format, this is your pod
    Really fun podcast that does what the title says: takes you “time traveling” through all the geologic periods. The host is great and the concept is a lot of fun. The host is joined by a couple experts in the particular geologic period for each episode and they go time traveling back to that period to discuss what earth was like. They discuss the atmosphere (better bring an oxygen mask if you’re traveling to anytime before the Carboniferous), the weather (if you’re traveling to the Pleistocene ice age, pack extra layers), the animals, how the continents looked, etc. It’s a great way to travel through the geologic time periods and the host is informative and does a great job driving the narrative. The show has done two seasons so far and it’s covered all geologic periods from the Cambrian Explosion when complex animals first appeared 541 million years ago to the most recent period, the Ice Age. I, personally, didn’t listen to the shows in the order that they were released. I went chronologically, from episode 1.4 the Cambrian, to 2.2 Ordivician, all the way to the Pleistocene ep 1.6, which allowed me to time travel chronologically through the Phanerozoic Eon. Anyway, the podcast is good fun and very informative. Only wish the episodes were a bit longer. I do wonder if he’s finished now that he’s done the entire Phanerozoic, or if he’ll do another season exploring the Pre-Cambrian and maybe the Neolithic or something. 5 stars for the ingenuity of the show’s concept and the host’s ability to pull it off. Well done.
  • Memetic
    Excellent podcast!
    I love this podcast. The format is great! Paleontology is conjecture, of course, but the way the episodes are set up the listener 'enters' the prehistoric scenery as if you were really there. Terrifying but you'll wish you were there!
  • smellulus
    Great podcast
    Fascinating and informative!
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