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    UnFictional

    Introducing 'Here Be Monsters'

    Transport yourself into the unknown with two stories from KCRW's newest podcast, Here Be Monsters .

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    By Bob Carlson • Jun 27, 2015 • 28m Listen

    Transport yourself into the unknown with two stories from KCRW's newest podcast, Here Be Monsters.

    In this episode

    2 stories
    1. 0:00

      Crossing the River, Feeling Watched

      First, in his junior year of high school, Jeff Emtman left his home and everything he knew to live and study in a tiny village nestled in the Cascade Mountain range of Washington state. He was an outsider among outsiders in a tight-knit rural community, and it wasn't long before Jeff felt the unmistakable feeling of being watched.

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      19 min
    2. 19:20

      Fear of Silence

      Then... in the second story from Here Be Monsters , the producers look behind the figurative curtain of radio and podcast producing, at something we call 'room tone.’ Jeff calls back crow researcher and previous program guest Kaeli Swift and asks her what it was like to sit in silence with a stranger.

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      9 min
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    In this episode

    2 stories
    1. 0:0019 min

      Crossing the River, Feeling Watched

    2. 19:209 min

      Fear of Silence

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