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PODCAST

Let The Cat In

Kaaron Warren, Aaron Dries, J. Ashley-Smith

The award-winning podcast in which three horror writers and their guests riff on objects, inspiration, and those ideas that scratch at the door, miaowing to be let in. Guests to date include Nathan Ballingrud, Alan Baxter, JS Breukelaar, Isobelle Carmody, Brian Evenson, Lisa L. Hannett, Kathe Koja, John Langan, Helen Marshall, Paul Mannering, Lisa Morton, Lee Murray, Jason Nahrung, TR Napper, Dan O"Malley, Garth Nix, Sarah Read, Lynda E. Rucker, Angela Slatter, Melinda Smith, Cat Sparks, Paul

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01:33:19

Episode 20 – Slide rule

Let The Cat In ·

2022/10/25

The Cat reconnects with its purpose, turning trash into treasure with co-owner of Canberra's legendary Green Shed, Sandie Parkes. While Kaaron is haunted by an old woman in a knife and Joseph cashes in on his teenage son's emotional vulnerability, Aaron makes a robot out of paddle-pop sticks. Wet string is discussed, and doctors' waiting rooms. The history and mystery of objects, their journeys and purposes old and new. The tragedy of objects unused. Fine art. Trench art. The slide rule world, set

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01:00:21

Episode 19 – Plane

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2022/10/14

The Cat gets temporal (via a dingey side-alley packed full of flashers) with special guest Alan Baxter, award-winning author of Sallow Bend and The Gulp, and bona fide kung fu master. While Kaaron remembers a story from primary school and Aaron remembers his first kiss, Joseph blows the lights in the bus station. Al chases a flasher through the streets of London. Time is discussed, as is nostalgia, and the sadness for things in one's life that no longer exist. Al shares his grandma's secret past in

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01:02:00

Episode 18 – He-Man

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2022/10/06

The Cat makes like Funes and gets memorious with special guest T. R. Napper, author of modern cyber-punk classics 36 Streets and Neon Leviathan. Joseph remembers a childhood event in third person, Kaaron steals her classmate's stranger-danger story, and Aaron steals somebody's homework. Intersubjective memory is discussed, alongside evolutionary theories of pain avoidance and what it means to be human. Also the Masters of the Universe. Smell and memory. Repressed memory syndrome. The memories stuck

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01:07:21

Episode 17 – Albums

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2022/09/25

The Cat is back! Kicking off Season 2 with some little-known pub trivia, some Australian TV kitsch, and special guest, er... J. Ashley-Smith? Kaaron warns against the dangers of cigar-shaped UFOs, and Aaron researches insects that kill other insects to wear their corpses. Joseph delves into his ancestry to discover unknown family members, moustaches, and the mystery of the missing Rodin. Also discussed are secret societies, our receptivity to particular kinds of ideas, the joys of the longest of

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Episode 16 – Dolls

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2022/05/06

Join the Cat and crew for an epic wrap-up, recap, clip-show avoidance season finale, with special guest star... drum roll... our very own Aaron Dries. In this, our last episode of Season 1, Aaron has celebrity thrust upon him, Kaaron steals the celery (maybe), and Joseph sleeps in a hammock made from Aaron's toenails. Milk is discussed (whether on toast, or in a tall glass), as is creative obsession, JG Ballard and the Brady Bunch. Also obsession as a fugue state, the telling and retelling of family

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01:02:36

Episode 15 – Crow

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2022/04/04

In the penultimate episode of the season, the Cat gets magical with special guest, the illustrious queen of fantasy (and all the animals), Isobelle Carmody, bestselling author of The Obernewtyn Chronicles, among many other beloved titles. Also, Crow. While Joseph returns to the attic of his childhood, Kaaron digs in her treasure box for 1820s brooch porn, and Aaron wards off magpies with dangerously distorted train-track pennies. Isobelle shares her childhood mind-control experiments and traumas

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01:07:03

Episode 14 – Journal

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2022/03/12

The Cat grapples with life's big questions in a super extended go-go mix episode with special guest the sensational Sean Williams, bestselling author of many books and stories, composer and musician (as theadelaidean), all-round Renaissance man, and entertaining meal companion. While Aaron thwacks mandarines at passing trains, Kaaron takes a trip back to the Bishop's widow's snowglobe, and Joseph spies on his neighbours to see what they covet. Sean stresses (a bit too earnestly) that he is not a

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Episode 13 – Herman

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2022/02/27

The Cat gets technical as unparalleled horror editor Ellen Datlow joins the show from NYC, bringing behind-the-scenes insights into the conceptualising, compiling, editing and introduction of her (then) latest anthology, Screams From The Dark. While Joseph gets lost in a Borgesian labyrinth of shoes, Kaaron discovers the smells of the past, and Aaron takes a drubbing for his failure to correctly identify an alpaca. Ellen endorses cannibalism (of one’s own stories) and shares anecdotes from her time

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01:07:21

Episode 12 – Canon

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2022/02/13

The Cat gets shonky in this bumper episode with a right-royal guest: the monstrously majestic Garth Nix, New York Times bestselling author of the Old Kingdom and Keys to the Kingdom series, and The Left-Handed Booksellers of London. While Aaron risks drowning to save his favourite books, Joseph fixates on random blinking lights, and Kaaron collects children's teeth in a jar – other people's children. Garth coins the 'flop' of a book and finds a tooth in his caramel. The joys of walking are discussed

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01:04:53

Episode 11 – Fun

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2022/01/29

The cat gets sartorial in our latest episode, starring this week's special guest, the unputdownable Kathe Koja, author of The Cipher and the Shirley Jackson Award-winning Velocities. While Kaaron pines for clothes she's given away, Joseph has a clothing crisis, and Aaron makes a startling confession. Kathe brings the FUN – literally – and outlines the basis of her religion. We learn about clothes as a shortcut to character, clothes as armour, and ghosts in the clothes we don't wear but can't give

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01:01:51

Episode 10 – Buddha

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2022/01/15

The cat is back! Ring in the new year with an episode of numinous dimensions, starring this week's special guest, the illimitable Lynda E. Rucker, author of The Moon Will Look Strange and You'll Know When You Get There. Kaaron gets inspired on a long car trip, while Aaron populates the butchers paper of childhood with nightmares. Joseph curses everybody by misnaming the Buddha. Lynda reveals the secrets of the weatherman, and unveils her creative fugue state. Divers topics are discussed:

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Episode 9 – Bust

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2021/12/14

In which the cats go deep and get Pavlovian with the singular and extraordinary Brian Evenson, author of The Glassy, Burning Floor Of Hell and Song For The Unravelling Of The World. Kaaron is transported by a box of treasures, Aaron gets lost in Seattle, and Joseph invents the bogus concept of 'Projectionism.' Brian escorts visitors to the grave of H.P. Lovecraft and shows off his Edgar Allen Poe bobblehead. We learn about the power of getting lost, mull on the joys of misperception, and share real

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Episode 8 - Clock

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2021/12/02

Welcome, welcome! Step right up! Come feast your ears on the most delectable, the most memorious, the most professional podcast we've aired to date. In this show we hang with the wonderful JS Breukelaar, author of The Bridge, Collision, and American Monster, and mull on lost and forgotten things. Kaaron is transported by a smell, Aaron behaves inappropriately with a latex mask, and Masonic bling makes Joseph look like a wanker. Jenny is trolled at Christmas and tells tale of the ring held together

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Episode 7 – Mould

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2021/11/16

In which a podcast muddles through lockdown with the incontrovertible Paul Tremblay. In this week’s show, Kaaron revisits a macabre swimming hole, Joseph gets down with the kids, and Aaron sobs into his keyboard. Paul shares his first art love, his passion for first-person assholes, and the inspiration for his new novel, The Pallbearers’ Club. We learn about Meatloaf’s broken leg, crowd-surfing possums, and the sartorial habits of fighting fish. Existential revelations about buried mixtapes are

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01:04:42

Episode 6 – Scarab

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2021/11/01

In which we get the snake vibe with special guest – our first from overseas, and the recent past – the unparallelable John Langan. In this week’s show, Aaron compares his writing process to a movie about Sarah Palin, Kaaron focuses on the details, while Joseph imagines everyone naked – with disastrous results for his powers of public speaking. John tries his damnedest not to overuse ‘that’ and gets cloned from a mosquito in amber. We learn about finding your voice, the value of play, the importance

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01:01:08

Episode 5 – Lei

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2021/10/17

In which we welcome the sensational Melinda Smith to our most sensuous, saucy and salacious episode to date! Joseph shares his toilet books and Kaaron shrieks in a bar, while Aaron flogs the pants he's wearing for a mere 50c. Everyone holds sexists to account for their misogyny, and rails against knee-jerk retribution in fiction. Melinda's lei triggers discussion of curses, spurning and Sharon's shit honeymoon to Bali. We learn about the ways in which the pandemic has affected our ideas of intimacy,

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Episode 4 - Ptolemy

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2021/10/02

Over polenta chips and tepid threats of robotic erasure, a podcast welcomes its first guest – the eloquent, charming Daniel O’Malley. We learn about Aaron’s lovely handwriting and Kaaron’s teenage exploits in Delhi. Battle lines are drawn and fisticuffs waggled over which Avengers did it better (I think we all know the winner of that particular contest - hem hem, Diana Rigg). The lost art of letter writing is bemoaned, while the genius of writing oneself into a corner is extolled. Dan convinces one

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Episode 3 - Mirror

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2021/09/08

In which our hosts commit to a name for their podcast after debating the complicated genders of cats. We learn of Kaaron's passion for minor characters, and Aaron’s bleak and bloody ‘comfort’ reads. While Joseph struggles to remember the word ‘raconteur’, everyone agrees on the dark cosiness of Daphne DuMaurier. Kaaron shares the story of a mirror, with a personal history that spans generations, leading to a discussion of ancestral ghosts, the burden of history, and walking on the ceiling. Aaron

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Episode 2 - Scrabble

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2021/09/07

In which—through a mishap with a closed door and a cat outside—a podcast gets a name. And an origin story. Kaaron is transported by smells and shows off her pot of Thar’s Ointment. A discussion of the exoticism and inappropriate uses of tiger balm leads our humble presenters to conclude that their show is NOT for a PG audience. We learn of Aaron’s passion for ugly jumpers and that the real Grief Hole is the petrol station at Pheasant’s Nest. Joseph shares his grandma’s passion for cryptic crosswords

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Episode 1 - StokerCon

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2021/09/06

In which Kaaron, Aaron and Joseph wax lyrical on the nature of ideas and their containment in divers objects. Aaron shares his unusual relationship with The Maxx. Joseph unveils the history of his family’s cursed knife. And Kaaron tells the story of her trauma radio – an object of beauty for some, and horror for others. Check out the episode page for pics and bits.

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