{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F815fe7ba-8305-422c-91bf-914323a88e9b","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Fish People - Ep  117\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/815fe7ba-8305-422c-91bf-914323a88e9b\"></iframe>","title":"Fish People - Ep  117","description":"This week, Anna and Amber bring you the result of episode planning by two hosts who have had a VERY long year and who refuse to back down from a dumb joke. We're talking Mersons of Interest, aquatic apes, men who wear fish, and more! Make sure to listen through the end for...what can only be described as a musical masterpiece.\nLinks\n\nAre mermaids real? (NOAA National Ocean Service)\n\nDid Human Evolution Include a Semi-Aquatic Phase? (The Scientist [not the Coldplay song])\n\nThe African ape-like foot of Ardipithecus ramidus and its implications for the origin of bipedalism (Elife)\n\nThe Neanderthal Ear\u2014Prone to Irritating Infections (Sapiens)\n\nFantastically Wrong: The Murderous, Sometimes Sexy History of the Mermaid (Wired)\n\nAn Archaeological Puzzle on the Danube (The New York Times)\n\nLepenski Vir (Atlas Obscura)\n\nThe genomic history of southeastern Europe (Nature)\n\nThe Ichthyophagi: Fishing for Monstrosity in Alexander Romances (EsoterX)\n\nOlaus Magnus (Strange Science)\n\nOlaus Magnus, A Description of the Northern Peoples, 1555: Volume III, Volume 3 (via Google Books)\n\nThe Mythology of Kingship in Neo-Assyrian Art (via Google Books)\n\nNeo-Assyrian fish-apkallu wall panel relief (British Museum)\n\nNeo-Assyrian apkallu figurine (British Museum)\n\nBerossus on the Creation (Livius)\n\nOannes: The Best Evidence for Ancient Aliens? (Jason Colavito)\n\nContact\nEmail the Dirt Podcast: thedirtpodcast@gmail.com\nAffiliates\n\nWildnote\n\nTeePublic\n\nTimeular\n\nFind this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/dddd1215-eeb0-4139-b885-732091a9088a/uploads-2f1612927465714-puvwh93kw2-3b3c967815ee02703f7cfe1c7eed.jpg"}