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Talking Scared

Talking Scared

De: Neil McRobert
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Conversations with the biggest names in horror fiction. A podcast for horror readers who want to know where their favourite stories came from . . . and what frightens the people who wrote them.© 2024 Talking Scared Arte Ciencias Sociales Historia y Crítica Literaria
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  • Off Book #11 – JT Mollner & The Long Walk

    Off Book #11 – JT Mollner & The Long Walk
    Sep 12 2025
    It’s walk or die this week on Talking Scared, as we’re joined by the screenwriter of The Long Walk. JT wrote and directed 2024’s cult-hit Strange Darling, and now he’s brought his pen to bear, in finally bringing Stephen King’s beloved early novel to the screen. Along with director, Francis Lawrence, JT has created one of the best King adaptations EVER(!!) and he joins me to talk about exactly how they got this shuffling monster over the finish line. JT tells us all about his journey from actor to writer and director and his feelings about creative control. We discuss the obvious structural hurdles that kept this film from being made for so many years. We acknowledge it’s strain of very dark humour, but also how seriously the movie contends with the threat of the gun in American life. It’s a good conversation about an awesome movie. Enjoy Support Talking Scared on Patreon Check out the Talking Scared Merch line – at VoidMerch Come talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 5 m
  • Episode 252 – John Langan & Water, Water Everywhere

    Episode 252 – John Langan & Water, Water Everywhere
    Sep 9 2025
    School is back in session. Professor Langan is here! No-one gives good literary conversation like John Langan – and this week he returns to Talking Scared to discuss the watery influences, metafictional experimentation, and snake-legged women in his new collection: Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions. It’s my favourite collection of John’s so far, and as ever, he merely used it for a jumping-off point into a cosy fireside conversation about all the books and stories that he keeps in his Alexandrian Library of a head! It’s the most accessible college course you’ll ever take. Enjoy! Other books mentioned: The Fisherman (2017), by John Langan Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies (2022), by John Langan Survivor Song (2020), by Paul Tremblay Fever House (2023), by Keith Rosson King Sorrow (2025), by Joe Hill Great Expectations (1861), by Charles Dickens Dombey and Son (1848), by Charles Dickens Jane Eyre (1847), by Charlotte Bronte Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature (2025), edited by Becky Spratford “Lamia” (1820), by John Keats She Said Destroy (2017), by Nadia Bulkin Issues With Authority (2025), by Nadia Bulkin A Game in Yellow (2025), by Hailey Piper EVENT LINKS Powerhouse of Horror Party (October 24th, 2025) – Tickets Creepaway Summer Camp (June 29th – July 3rd 2026) – Tickets Support Talking Scared on Patreon Check out the Talking Scared Merch line – at VoidMerch Come talk books on Bluesky @talkscaredpod.bsky.social on Instagram/Threads, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 29 m
  • 251 – Kailee Pedersen and The Silence of the Foxes

    251 – Kailee Pedersen and The Silence of the Foxes
    Sep 2 2025
    Ready for some rough rural Gothic? Kailee Pederson’s Sacrifical Animals was one of my top horror novels of 2024. I missed Kailee first time round, but now the book is out in paperback, I jumped at the chance to speak to her. I was NOT prepared for how highbrow this would go though. From a story about toxic families, American Gothic and Chinese mythology, we found our way to opera, classic Latin texts, and more. But we also talk about violence and sex and evil. So it really does cover all the bases. Enjoy! Other books mentioned: Wuthering Heights (1847), by Emily Bronte East of Eden (1952), by John Steinbeck Blood Meridian (1985), by Cormac McCarthy The Road (2006), by Cormac McCarthy Absolom, Absolom (1936), by William Faulkner Salome (1893), by Oscar Wilde Support Talking Scared on Patreon Check out the Talking Scared Merch line – at VoidMerch Come talk books on Bluesky @talkscaredpod.bsky.social on Instagram/Threads, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 15 m
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An excellent podcast interviewing horror writers, plus some horror book reviews. Neil McRobert does a stellar job of both selecting authors to interview and interviewing them. I've gotten so many excellent book recommendations from this podcast, often by authors I'd never even heard of before.

Neil is great at sticking to the point. If you're sick of bloated podcasts with hosts going on and on about stuff that has nothing to do with the subject matter, Talking Scared will be a real treat for you.

If you want to sample it, I particularly enjoyed episode 168 (Tananarive Due & Locked in with the Monsters, on her book set in a haunted juvenile reformatory in the 1950s), 147 (Mike Flanagan & Lighting Up the Darkness, mostly on his Stephen King adaptations), 127 (Grady Hendrix and the Radical Puppet Collective, in which he reveals that he actually belonged to one), 54 (Stephen Graham Jones & Dancing with the Slasher, about My Heart is a Chainsaw), and 40 (Zakiya Dalila Harris & the Fear of not being Black Enough, about her book best read totally unspoiled, The Other Black Girl.)

The best horror podcast I've found

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Loved the suggested titles! Neil, Janelle and Emily expertly go through key horror books and authors in 2022 and beyond. So many great books, so little time!

Great overview of 2022!

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I found "Talking Scared" podcast wholly by accident, but wow, what a find! In each installment host Neil McRobert has an author on as a guest and they discuss their latest work. I was late to the show, and have started working my way backwards as well as listening to each new episode that drops. McRobert has opened my eyes to some authors that I had not previously read as well as their recommendations, many of which are added to my ever-growing TBR list!

McRobert has had authors on such as Stephen King, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Chuck Palahniuk, Tananarive Due, and many, many more authors. He hosts others as well such as Mike Flanagan.

If you're a fan of horror fiction or even just being scared I think you'll enjoy listening to McRobert ask fascinating questions of some of the current great writers of horror fiction.

Great Horror Podcast

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