About this episode

Ellen and Jarod K. Anderson discuss how nature and wildlife inspire creativity through the lens of cryptids.

Join Ellen & the Cryptonaturalist Jarod K. Anderson to talk about the ways that nature and wildlife can inspire our creativity and shape our stories, particularly the enticingly unknowable cryptids.

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