The Pirates Don’t Eat The Tourists: Jurassic Park & Prehistoric Fiction

Send me a voice message! Dinosaurs are real, which is exactly why they are so hard to write. Humans never lived alongside them, so any prehistoric fiction that wants characters, conflict, and drama has to cheat time, bend geography, or invent new science. I’m joined by Adam Roberts, professor of nineteenth-century literature at Royal Holloway and a leading critic of science fiction, to unpack how...

Send me a voice message! In today’s episode we walk through the Natural History Museum as both a beloved London landmark and a working scientific institution, from its cathedral-like main hall to the hidden stories baked into the terracotta. Along the way, we unpack how Victorian ambition, dinosaurs, and modern conservation collide inside the UK’s most visited attraction.  Support the show If you...

Send me a voice message! 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...

Send me a voice message! 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. For the extended interview with Natalie Lawrence, you can hear it by subscribing to the Plus version of the podcast...

Send me a voice message! 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...

Send me a voice message! 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. Support the show If y...

Send me a voice message! 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 Mar...

Send me a voice message! 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! Support the show If you enjoy the show then i...

Send me a voice message! 🦖 Got a minute? Help shape the future of the podcast by filling in this quick form: https://forms.gle/wsz1wNygN4uhe39y5 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! Support the show If you enjoy the show then it would mean a lot to me if you could rate & review on Apple P...

Send me a voice message! 🦖 Got a minute? Help shape the future of the podcast by filling in this quick form: https://forms.gle/wsz1wNygN4uhe39y5 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 Cin...

Send me a voice message! 🦖 Got a minute? Help shape the future of the podcast by filling in this quick form: https://forms.gle/wsz1wNygN4uhe39y5 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 lig...

Send me a voice message! 🦖 Got a minute? Help shape the future of the podcast by filling in this quick form: https://forms.gle/wsz1wNygN4uhe39y5 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...

Send me a voice message! 🦖 Got a minute? Help shape the future of the podcast by filling in this quick form: https://forms.gle/wsz1wNygN4uhe39y5 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...

Send me a voice message! 🦖 Got a minute? Help shape the future of the podcast by filling in this quick form: https://forms.gle/wsz1wNygN4uhe39y5 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’ Support the show If you enjoy the sho...

Send me a voice message! 🦖 Got a minute? Help shape the future of the podcast by filling in this quick form: https://forms.gle/wsz1wNygN4uhe39y5 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...

Send me a voice message! 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 Juras...

Send me a voice message! 🦖 Got a minute? Help shape the future of the podcast by filling in this quick form: https://forms.gle/wsz1wNygN4uhe39y5 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...

Send me a voice message! 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’. You...

Send me a voice message! 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 stori...

Send me a voice message! 🦖 Got a minute? Help shape the future of the podcast by filling in this quick form: https://forms.gle/wsz1wNygN4uhe39y5 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 ‘...

Send me a voice message! 🦖 Got a minute? Help shape the future of the podcast by filling in this quick form: https://forms.gle/wsz1wNygN4uhe39y5 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 th...

Send me a voice message! 🦖 Got a minute? Help shape the future of the podcast by filling in this quick form: https://forms.gle/wsz1wNygN4uhe39y5 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 Lovegro...

Send me a voice message! 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 fr...

Send me a voice message! 🦖 Got a minute? Help shape the future of the podcast by filling in this quick form: https://forms.gle/wsz1wNygN4uhe39y5 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...

Send me a voice message! 🦖 Got a minute? Help shape the future of the podcast by filling in this quick form: https://forms.gle/wsz1wNygN4uhe39y5 Do you remember the first time you saw a dinosaur?  The first episode of Road to Rebirth lands on the 9th April.  Support the show If you enjoy the show then it would mean a lot to me if you could rate & review on Apple Podcasts. It really helps this...