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URBAN LEGENDS
Season 4 Episode 24
The kids' book series Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was based largely on urban legends, and when I read them for the first time I realized that I…
4 years, 10 months ago
Rewind: The Momo Suicide Challenge
Season 4 Episode 24
In preparation for our season finale next week on Urban Legends, we wanted to replay our deep dive into the 2018 viral internet urban legend about "M…
4 years, 11 months ago
HORROR MOVIES (part two)
Season 4 Episode 23
The genres of modern scary movies known as slashers, meta-horror, torture porn, and social thrillers, each tell us about the anxieties of the generat…
4 years, 11 months ago
Rewind: Monsters
Season 4 Episode 22
We need a little extra time for Horror Movies II, so here is a re-release of a very related and very important episode. Monsters come from the darkne…
4 years, 11 months ago
On Haunted Houses with Carmen Maria Machado
Season 4 Episode 21
Carmen Maria Machado is the author of three books, the award-winning Her Body and Other Parties, a collection of vibrantly haunting short stories, In…
4 years, 11 months ago
SATANIC PANIC EMERGENCY RE-RELEASE
Season 4 Episode 20
Lil Nas X and the sexy-ass Satanic imagery featured in Call Me By Your Name has sparked a mini Satanic panic, especially after his Satan Shoes went v…
4 years, 11 months ago
HORROR MOVIES (part one)
Season 4 Episode 19
Horror movies, consistently written-off by critics, exist unbound from mainstream respectability and because of this, they can often tell us the brut…
4 years, 11 months ago
Unmasking Matilda with Mara Wilson
Season 4 Episode 17
Mara Wilson is a writer, actor, and the former star of the 1996 classic movie Matilda as well as the author of the memoir 'Where Am I Now? True Stori…
5 years ago
INFLUENCERS
Season 4 Episode 16
The new American archetype known as the “Influencer” has existed in various forms long before the advent of social media, and long before Kendall Jen…
5 years ago
Gen Z and the Millennial with Gael from Teenager Therapy
Season 4 Episode 15
Gael Aitor is a senior in high school and the host of the podcast Teenager Therapy, a show where he and four other teenagers talk about mental health…
5 years ago