AS A GUEST: conversation ensues. At least this truth we hold to be self-evident: that scholars in all fields use evidence, but that all evidence is not created equal. The early modern period was defined as "early" modern in part by the emergence of the category of evidence (and the condition of self-evidence) in fields as diverse as law, science, theology, and epistemology. The question of what counts as "evidence" was therefore central to the intellectual history of that nearby previous period; it has also become central to the concerns of disciplines which have been so distinguished by virtue of the information and hints they count as much as the wider methodologies they deploy. Through the lenses of its participants' work, this audio file, evening colloquia exploring the resilient differences between varied assertions in their definitions of historical or scientific fact smooths over the roiling waters of contention. Differing views and impressions compel no enmity but rather a sense of satisfaction and familiarity. We go through the naturally arising topics and emerge with our inward files in better order. Familiar names get dropped and prophetic utterances reveal hitherto cryptic evolutionary developments. Follow along as we watch a Monster Movie.