Screens of the Stone Age
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Screens of the Stone Age

Josh Lindal, Dr. Kimberly Plomp, and Dr. Ross Barnett

Active · Publishes every 2 weeks

Key Metrics

Episodes
134
In catalog
Apple Rating
5.0 / 5
8 Apple ratings
Cadence
Every 2 Weeks
~every 14 days
Avg Length
58m
Per episode
Latest
Jun 07, 2026
Active

About the Show

The podcast where scientists review movies about prehistoric people! From The Flintstones to The Croods, from Iceman to Encino Man, from Year One to One Million Years BC, we dig into popular movies about the ancient past and sift the facts from the fiction. Hosts with expertise in archaeology, paleoanthropology, human evolution, paleontology, and paleogenetics take you behind the scenes to learn the truth about cave people like Neanderthals and Cro Magnons, and Pleistocene Megafauna like woolly mammoths and sabretooth cats. Plus, history movies, science fiction, pseudoarchaeology, and dinosaurs!

Partnership & Audience Signals

Guest Interviews

Regularly hosts outside guests

Established Catalog

134 episodes — long track record

Production & Distribution

Active Since
Jun 15, 2021
Consistency
100%
Format
Episodic
Hosting
screensofthestoneage.com

Recent Episodes

Episode 130: Classic Caveman Cartoons (Part 1)

Jun 07, 2026 51m

Today we’re digging deep into the Stone Age of cinema and reviewing classic cartoons about prehistoric people. From the world’s first animated dinosaur to the advent of colour film, we watched…

Episode 129: Gendy Tartakovsky’s Primal (2019-)

May 24, 2026 49m

Primal (2019-) is an animated series by Gendy Tartakovsky set in an alternate prehistory in which Neanderthals and dinosaurs coexist. Setting aside the anachronisms, this series has received critical…

Episode 128: Caveman AI Slop

May 10, 2026 1h 1m

Today we’re yelling at all you young whippersnappers to get off our lawn! That’s right, your favourite elder millennial academics are reviewing AI generated caveman slop. It’s a world of polydactyl…

Episode 127: Don Verdean (2015) w/ Dr. Andrew Kinkella

Apr 26, 2026 1h 10m

Today we’re reviewing Don Verdean (2015), the story of a washed-up Biblical archaeologist who, under pressure from his financial backers, begins to fake his discoveries. This movie is rife with…

Episode 126: Luggage of the Gods (1983)

Apr 12, 2026 48m

Luggage of the Gods (1983) is the surprisingly unproblematic story of a relict tribe of cave people living in the uncharted central part of America who are thrust into contact with the outside world…

Episode 125: Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)

Mar 29, 2026 1h 1m

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) is a surreal documentary by Werner Hertzog offering viewers an unprecedented glimpse of Europe’s oldest Palaeolithic art inside France’s Chauvet Cave. As we step into…

Episode 124: Stone Age Advertising (Part 2)

Mar 15, 2026 50m

We’re back with more caveman TV commercials! From deodorant to veganism to car insurance, it seems like prehistoric people have been exploited to sell everything. All this commercialism seems to be…

Episode 123: Stone Age Advertising (Part 1)

Mar 01, 2026 52m

Today we’re exploring the crazy world of marketing – caveman style! We’re reviewing a compilation of television commercials featuring prehistoric people. McDonald’s, Budweiser, Doritos—if it’s modern…

Episode 122: Boonie Bears: Blast into the Past (2019)

Feb 15, 2026 51m

Today we’re exploring the world of the Boonie Bears, China’s biggest animation brand. In the sixth feature film, the bears Blast into the Past—30 thousand years, to be exact, to a time when dinosaur…

Episode 121: Cavegirl (1985)

Feb 01, 2026 45m

Today we’re reviewing Cavegirl (1985), a movie which Wikipedia misleadingly describes as a “sex comedy”. It tells the story of a teenage nerd (i.e., incel) who is accidentally thrown back in time due…

Episode 120: Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974)

Jan 18, 2026 49m

Today we’re reviewing Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974), a children’s TV series about a Neanderthal family from Hanna-Barbera, creators of The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, and more. Unlike those series, however,…

Episode 119: The Rap Guide to Evolution (2009)

Jan 04, 2026 1h 15m

To kick off the New Year, we’re reviewing The Rap Guide to Evolution, a music album by Baba Brinkman which is... pretty self-explanatory, really. So here’s an hour and 15 minutes of us explaining it!…

Episode 118: Cavemen S01E09 Caveman Holiday (2007)

Dec 21, 2025 54m

Happy Longnight! Today is the December Solstice, and to celebrate we’re reviewing a very special holiday episode of 2007 sitcom Cavemen, based on the popular Geico insurance commercials. Everyone is…

Episode 117: Teenage Cave Man (1958)

Dec 07, 2025 49m

Today we’re reviewing the paradoxically and yet aptly named Teenage Cave Man (1958), the story of a 30-something teenage rebel who dares to break the rules and explore beyond his Stone Age tribe’s…

Episode 116: Prey (2022) with Dr. Carlton Shield Chief Gover

Nov 23, 2025 1h 8m

This week, by popular request, we are reviewing Prey (2022), a prequel to the Predator franchise in which the eponymous alien hunter meets his match on the American Great Plains of 1719. We’re joined…

Episode 115: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) with Joe Wood

Nov 09, 2025 1h 23m

We’ve dug too far! We overshot the Stone Age and hit the Dinosaur Age again! Today we’re joined by palaeontologist Joe Wood to review The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), the second movie in the…

Episode 114: The Lost Tribe (2009)

Oct 26, 2025 1h 7m

We’re continuing spooky month with a movie that’s as confused about theology as it is about evolution: The Lost Tribe (2009) tells the story of some insufferable tech bros and their girlfriends who…

Episode 113: Legend of the Bog (2009)

Oct 12, 2025 59m

It’s October, and as is tradition, we’re reviewing scary Halloween movies this month! First up is Legend of the Bog (2009), a movie with just enough Vinnie Jones in it to justify putting him on the…

Episode 112: Phineas and Ferb (2007-)

Sep 28, 2025 55m

Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher are precocious STEM-minded stepbrothers trying to make the most of their 104 days of summer vacation. Today we’re reviewing five episodes of this popular Disney…

Episode 111: The Armstrong and Miller Show – The Origins Of…

Sep 14, 2025 1h 1m

The Armstrong and Miller Show (2007-2010) was a very British sketch comedy show featuring a recurring cast of characters, including a group of cavemen navigating anachronistic scenarios. Join us…

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