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An Irish podcast about 'Lost Worlds' in lore and literature
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Just Like His Old Man: Son Of Kong (with Eddie Guimont)
Episode 5
Friday, 19 April, 2024

Return to Skull Island back in 1933 with Eddie Guimont to see whether there's more to the overlooked SON OF KONG than you've heard. Topics include: -UPDATE ON PERCY FAWCETT’s LOST CITY! -Occult beliefs in Bolsonaro’s government -Was Kong intended to be sympathetic? -The origins & making of Son of Kong -The real-life colonial adventures of Kong’s creators -The social and economic world of Kong’s 1933 -The trope of the ancient lost monument-builders -The ethnicity of the Skull Islanders -Willis O’Brien’s special effects -Lovecraft and Mysterious Islands Links: Jason Colavito on Percy Fawcett https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/a-plausible-explanation-for-the-lost-city-of-manuscript-512 Kong: The History Of A Movie Icon, Ray Morton, 2005 https://www.raymorton.com/books/king-kong-the-history-of-a-movie-icon-from-fay-wray-to-peter-jackson/ When The Stars Are Right, Edward Guimont and Horace A Smith https://www.hippocampuspress.com/other-authors/nonfiction/when-the-stars-are-right-h.-p.-lovecraft-and-astronomy From Crypto's to Kaiju, Justin Mullen (currently restricted access) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03080188241234141