Celebrating Halloween, the panel discusses one of Washington Irving's best-known works—The Legend of Sleepy Hollow—with special attention to the role of characterisation, historical detail, and descriptive imagery in a near contemporary to Jane Austen.Continue reading

Catherine McNeur writes a wonderful account of environmental conflicts and how they became class conflicts and fights over the boundaries between rural and urban in antebellum Manhattan. TAMING MANHATTAN is a great starting place for reading engaging and relevant environmental history,

The panel discusses the concluding chapters and a series of insightful reader questions about the influence of Austen's religion, the role of romance in her novels, and her development of realistic, compelling characters with flaws and areas of growth.Continue reading

The episode wherein we talk a hell of a lot about witches.

In this episode, we talk with Helen Lewis and her new book, The Genius Myth. We talk about how to think about artists with problematic pasts, the influence of wives on “geniuses” and how to create a legacy. Plus, what would a le Carré video game look like? All that and more in this episode. […]

A fun chat with Kelley Armstrong all about her new book The Haunting of Paynes Hollow, folklore, audiobook narrators, and bears.  Plus – Dave has some wacky stories from his play. ITUNES – SPOTIFY

The completion of my review of the lengthy but excellent book "The Republic of Nature" by Mark Fiege. Strongly recommended. What did you think?

The panel discusses chapters 35–49, with special attention to the rational development of Elizabeth's appreciation of Mr. Darcy, and to Jane Austen's reformist, but not revolutionary, attitude to the social mores and expectations of Regency-era England.Continue reading

A fun chat with Trilina Pucci all about her new book One Killer Night, the San Francisco 49ers, Capri Suns, and gummy worms. Plus – Dave’s students struggle with 80s music. ITUNES – SPOTIFY

Welcome Cromrades to the final episode of our Clark Ashton Smith journey. We've loved our time with the poet of Auburn, CA and we hope you are all finding more to read from him. We send him off with a creepy, twisted, parasitic episode focused on "The Vaults of Yoh Vombis". Join us in the shadows won't you...?Show Notes: Story http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/231/the-vaults-of-yoh-vombis Evaluation of CAS

We’ve spent a lot of this year talking about the sadly departed David Lynch – but surrealist film doesn’t begin and end with Lynch, so we’re dedicating the October espresso podcast to one of the greats of experimental filmmaking: Maya… Continue reading →

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The panel discusses chapters 18–34, with topics of interest including Mr. Darcy's concealed gallantry, whether Mr. Collins has any goodly qualities, Elizabeth's sensible regard for her family's reputation, and her internally conflicted personal values.Continue reading

Send us a text A man André refers to as the "Zelig" of Comics pops in to talk about his long history in the industry! Bob Schreck is a hugely influential comic book editor celebrated for his impact across multiple major publishers. His career highlights include co-founding Oni Press and serving as a pivotal editor at Dark Horse Comics, where he oversaw landmark titles like Frank Miller's Sin City. Schreck later moved to DC Comics, editing high-profile runs such as Batman Hush, Green Arrow Qui...

I’d like to say we workshopped a better title than this, but we clearly didn’t.John, Aldo, and Stephen embark on a new journey into the world of manga! This week: we trial three chapters of four different stories to get a feel for the landscape, and we select two to stick with for an additional seven chapters apiece. The readings are: One Piece Death Note Cipher Academy Dragon Ball

In this episode, we welcome Federico Varese to the show. Federico is the co-curator of the new exhibition being held by the Bodelian Libraries showing off some of the materials the library has in the John le Carré archive. He also served as editor of Tradecraft: Writers on John le Carré a new collection of […]

Send us a message! Let us know what you think? We are back and this time we're returning to the Action Zone and Sci-Fi Horror Sector with the horror turned action sci-fi sequel, M3GAN 2.0! The United Nations of Horror is a Podcast about ALL THINGS HORROR! From thrillers of yesteryear to today's modern-day horror, we are here to present fun and intelligent conversation about the genre films we love! Join us and please help spread the word about the United Nations of Horror Podcast and Video Ca...

We’re joined by Christa Carmen for a fun chat all about her new novel How to Fake a Haunting, ghost tours, horror movies, and how her husband falling asleep while watching TV gave her the idea for the book. Plus – Dave gets an unexpected gift, Laura learns the hard way she’s not a sourdough … Continue reading Ep. 307 How To Write A Book By Pranking Your Husband With Christa Carmen

The panel reads chapters 1–17 of Pride and Prejudice, with special attention to the developing form of the novel in the Regency era, the biographical connexions between Austen's life and her novels, and the initially peripheral nature of the protagonists.Continue reading

Send us a text Our host thaws out from a deep Cry-sleep to talk with a new author who has a lot to say on the subject! John R. Carlos is a speculative fiction author whose stories live in the space where technology gets complicated and people decide they're not going to take it anymore. A former Wing Commander in the Royal Australian Air Force, a 42-year career that took him from Perth to global hot spots, John brings that high-stakes, big-picture experience right onto the page. His work, lik...