{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Far Lantern","title":"Mary Anning 1: A Sea Monster on the Shore","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3512,"description":"Mary Anning: The Woman Who Unearthed a Lost World\nAlong the fossil shores of Lyme Regis, Mary Anning learns to read a world hidden in stone. Her discoveries travel into museums and scientific arguments, while letters, friendships, and the daily business of earning a living keep the story close to the woman who found them. Four quiet episodes follow family work, extraordinary animals, and the uneven journey by which knowledge and credit find their way into history.\n\nEpisode 1 — A Sea Monster on the Shore\nA young fossil seller learns that a customer's curiosity and a household's needs do not always agree. Beside her mother and brother, Mary Anning develops the eye and judgement that will bring a remarkable ancient animal out of the Dorset cliffs.\nAs the discoveries travel farther than their finders, an unexpected act of help gives the family room to continue. A carefully written reply brings the evening home to friendship, work, and the small kindness of remembering another person.\n\nChapters\n\n\nSources & Further Reading\n\nMary Anning: a remarkable fossil collector\nTemnodontosaurus platyodon, found 1811–1812\nProteosaurus, found 1818\nThe Life of Mary Anning ... a Contemporary Biographical Memoir by George Roberts\nReturn of Mary Anning's book\n\nKeep the Lantern Burning\nEnjoyed our time together? If you'd like to help keep these stories coming, you're warmly invited to support Night Passage Studios on Patreon. Our Keepers of the Lantern also get the occasional opportunity to help choose where our curiosity takes us next.\nhttps://www.patreon.com/nightpassagestudios\n\nMeticulously crafted from human imagination, curiosity, love, and attention to detail.\nA Night Passage Studios production, narrated by Laurence, our carefully crafted AI-generated voice.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JjU-s1zYiBdy-c7v0k9cD-2wJFybSmb4ueq2vkbVtYo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMGVk/NTk3NmJiYjcxYzY2/Y2UyMmNjNTNkYWQ5/NTI4Mi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}