Don't Be Afraid of Your Dreams

The good news is your date is here, the bad news is he's dead. David is back with an extra girthy episode just in time for Valentine's Day! Find out what "Bram Stoker's Dracula" has to teach us about love, fate, and hair care as we enroll in Prince Vlad's Charm School. It's the time of the season for luhhhhhhveeeeeeeeng.

Pull down your moon magic and walk between the worlds! It's Halloween, and it's A Course in Fearacles-Day 31!

It's Devil's Night, and special guest Brooke Adair Walters joins us to discuss the gift of fear! We revisit her time as a maze designer at Knott's Scary Farm, and explore the importance of saying "yes" when life presents unexpected opportunities. Brooke shares the journey that led her to becoming a marketing expert and life coach, as well as insights into nurturing our creative spirit. It's A Course in Fearacles-Day 30!

Carla returns once again as we report live from Nights of the Jack: A Drive-Thru Halloween (s)Experience. We bring you all the jack o'lantern content you could want, along with hot topics like the whereabouts of Suri Cruise and bathtub drowning statistics. It's A Course in Fearacles-Day 29!

Today we join good friend Anthony Methvin in the patch to await The Great Pumpkin. We're missing spooky season the way we've come to know and love it, but Halloween finds a way! We discuss our love of haunts, the significance of our favorite time of year, and the magic of the Paul Lynde Halloween Special. It's A Course in Fearacles-Day 28!

Writer, lover of all things horror, and friend in Halloween Kevin Larkin Angioli drops in for Day 27! How do we reinvent Halloween for 2020? When do you decide to share your most cherished films and experiences with your children? Were things just BETTER in the 70s and 80s? Today's installment of A Course in Fearacles is an overstuffed Trick or Treat bag bursting with the Halloween spirit!

Today the absolutely delightful Alexander Legér-Small drops by to discuss the intersection of music and horror, his favorite films, and an insatiable hunger for bad ass bitches. We also ponder if we should blame or thank our mothers for everything. All of this and more! It's A Course in Fearacles-Day 26.

Today we talk old and new favorites! It's time to freshen up our watch lists for Halloween week.

As we head into the last week of October, let's pull a card from the Oracle Deck and see what the Spirit of Halloween would like us to know. It's a Course in Fearacles-Day 24.

Who needs a haunted house when you have yourself! Is your house...clean? It's A Course in Fearacles-Day 23.

Today we talk about costumes, positive projections, slipping into someone else's skin, and cultivating aspects of self. BUT. Not before warming up with a rant about candy and why seasonal items disappear from store shelves so quickly Seriously. WHY!? It's all in a day's work, and today is A Course in Fearacles-Day 22!

Grab your jammies and join our slumber watch party! Carla returns for her first ever viewing (! ! !) of "A Nightmare On Elm Street". Sync up our audio commentary and watch along with us. Stay tuned after the movie for riveting reveries as we rhapsodize about the 80s and lament the loss of franchises that stand the test of time. It's A Course in Fearacles-Day 21!

Today we're insane in the membrane, Samhain in the brain! (Ok fine it's pronounced Sow-in but that doesn't rhyme.) For day 20, we get our Woo on with special guest Soleil as we discuss how we can honor the pagan roots of our favorite holiday. Halloween but make it RITUAL.

What do you do to rest and regain your evil power? When the world is just too much, sometimes you need to withdraw into your box of earth until you're ready to face it all again. Today we discuss keeping your seasonal tank full, and stop by some of the filming locations from the original "Halloween". It's A Course in Fearacles-Day 19.

A scary story for you today! An Unexpected Journey, or Why Hiking is Bad Reason #4397.

Quick question! If your soul was fed into a machine that could turn it into a movie or a song, what would it be? Today we take a whirlwind journey though art we recognize at a soul level, delighting in the absurd, and cap things off with some listener mail. It's A Course in Fearacles-Day 17!

Today we hit the lab for a little weird science and ponder--do love and Halloween mix? Nah! That's the kind of chemistry that leads to broken hearts and explosions. Halloween is your boyfriend now! It's a Course in Fearacles-Day 16.

It's parents day on Don't Be Afraid of Your Dreams! My Mom and Dad drop by the studio so I can hold their feet to the fire on hot topics like raising horror-loving gaybies, old timey Halloween memories, and what the hell even are our family portraits!? Things really escalate with our Frightening Round challenge when we determine if they have what it takes to be awarded with honorary horror Doctorates. All this and more on Day 15 of A Course in Fearacles!

When did you come out as a Hallow-sexual? Were you a Hallow-baby or did you experiment with Nativity-normativity before embracing your authentic self? Share your story as we declare today National Halloween Coming Out Day!

Why be a PG-13 ghoul grabber when you can be a slow burn succubus? Today we remind ourselves that mainstream success is no indicator of quality; if you're being ignored and under-appreciated, you're on the right path! The things that move and challenge us aren't for everybody, and neither are you.

Is horror your love language? What was your gateway drug? Does V.C. Andrews know me better than I know myself!? Let's dust off our closet skeletons and water our attic flowers! It's not just another manic Monday; it's A Course in Fearacles-Day 12.

It's a trick or treat grab bag as we creep our way towards a new week! Bake a cake in honor of MC Lyte's birthday, and ponder our message from the Horracle encouraging us to find and use our authentic voices. It's a A Course in Fearacles-Day 11

You totes need a totem! Today we discuss identifying our own personal Halloween symbol to aid in grounding our dark powerssssssss. And give that creeping bitch Christmas a little side eye.

It's Day 9, and this is your Friday Night Fright! Special guest Carla Holden joins us for a ghost hunting expedition through the haunted hills of Altadena. We'll attempt to contact the spirit world while asking the big questions: are Scottish ghosts the only specters who can be bothered to manifest in broad daylight? Will our favorite chain restaurants come back from the dead post-pandemic? And why do people love hiking so much? All of this and more as we inch ever closer to Halloween!

Are the spirits of the dead closer than ever this time of year? Are you surrounded by signs? Is a pumpkin sometimes just a pumpkin? Who can say! Wait...I can. Today we're talking about cultivating your own brand of magic and listening when the universe jumps out and says BOO!

I MUST EXPRESS MYSELF! Today we examine the wisdom of Delia Deetz. Has 2020 been stifling your creative spirit? Halloween to the rescue! Transform your space and your life--this is your art and it is DANGEROUS! It's also Day 3 of our T-shirt challenge. It's not a T-shirt, it's a 3-shirt!

Consider the stars...or don't! Is Astrology just a bunch of hocus pocus? Is Susan Miller personally waging a war against Halloween? And what DO we have to look forward to? All of this and more as I deliver a stunning monologue in my second horror T-shirt of the week. My wardrobe might say Halloween casual, but this FACE is all business and ain't nothin' casual about it.

Let's see dem Tees! Throw open the doors to your haunted closet and show me alllllll your deepest secrets. Oh. And also your favorite horror and Halloween T-shirts. I'll be posting a T-shirt a day this week on Instagram. You should do it too, and tag me @unreliablenarrator or #fearacles so I can lewk at your lewwwwwks. ||| Intro music: The Voices by Josh Woodward |||

There's only one way to fight the Sunday Scaries--Trick or Treat yo'self! ||| Intro music: The Voices by Josh Woodward |||

Are you an Annie, a Lynda, or a Laurie? Does Lindsey Wallace actually know more than all 3 of them combined? Choose your Halloween vixen persona and head over to our poll to let us know which one really GETS you. ||| Intro music: The Voices by Josh Woodward |||

Today we get all worked up discussing what it takes to craft the perfect seasonal soundtrack and present the first of our Halloween playlists. Fire up Halloween NecRomance: Songs to Seduce and Se-die by and woo your October lovah. Tit-for-tat-it and hit me back with YOUR playlist. I need all the help I can get! ||| Intro music: The Voices by Josh Woodward | Halloween NecRomance Playlist: Intro - The XX | Time of the Season - The Ben Taylor Band - | Black Mirror - Arcade Fire | Love Is to Die - Warpaint | Nightlight - Silversun Pickups | Lose Your Soul - Dead Man's Bones | Suspirium - Thom Yorke | It's a Crime I Never Told You About the Diamonds in Your Eyes - The Black Heart Procession | I Let Love In - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Vampires - Bat for Lashes | Flesh for Fantasy - Billy Idol | Nightcall - Kavinsky | Inside Your Mind - Gypsy & The Cat | Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby - Cigarettes After Sex | The Stations - The Gutter Twins | It's You - PJ Harvey | Don't Let Them In - Perfume Genius | All Night Long - Peter Murphy | Skin - Oingo Boingo | Halo - Depeche Mode | We Radiate - Goldfrapp | On the Square - Mac DeMarco | Born to Die - Lana Del Rey | Sleep - Garbage ||| Find us on Spotify: unreliablenarratorprod

We're ringing in spooky season with 31 days of Halloween goodness! 2020 has been one big bastard of a BOO! after another. Our favorite holiday may look different this year, but we're gonna shape-shift like setzy lycans and howl at the moon, "AAAAYOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUU can't take Halloween away from us." Let's make some Halloween #fearacles, baby! ||| Intro music: The Voices by Josh Woodward | Outro music: Don't Be Afraid of Your Dreams by RoseScythe |

When this episode is in your ears, where will it tickle you? Navigate the labyrinth of shelf-accsheptanshe with a little help from Buffalo Bill and "The Silence of the Lambs". Special thanks to Dor Dotson and Jame Gumb. ||| Intro music: The Voices by Josh Woodward | Outro music: Don't Be Afraid of Your Dreams by RoseScythe | American Girl: cover by Bernhard Käferböck | Selection from Silence! The Musical: music and lyrics by Al and Jon Kaplan |

We're celebrating Friday the 13th and the holiday season with our Season 2 premiere, so gather 'round the Yule log as David brings you tales of terror from his awkward past and arguably more awkward present. Grab some nog and fluff your dirty pillows--we're dreaming of a Carrie White Christmas. ||| Intro music: The Voices by Josh Woodward | Outro music: Don't Be Afraid of Your Dreams by RoseScythe | A Night Like This: cover by Craig Maddox | Spooky piano Christmas carols by Myuu |

Visit the Pet Sematary with David...again! Everybody else is doing it, so why can't we? What happens when our old stories lose their power? Are you being called into a new expression of yourself? Sounds awful. Let's talk about it! ||| Intro music: The Voices by Josh Woodward |Outro music: Don't Be Afraid of Your Dreams by RoseScythe |

5...4...3...2...DONE! Say goodbye to 2018 as we battle post-holiday ennui, try on our new faces, and learn how to be good at math. Our first episode of 2019 is a celebratory grab bag with your name on it, all wrapped up in a red and green striped bow. Happy New Year! ||| Intro music: The Voices by Josh Woodward |Outro music: Don't Be Afraid of Your Dreams by RoseScythe |

Pour the nog and stoke the Yule log! In this holiday episode, David talks scary ghost stories, tales of the glories, and Christmas miracles. Y'know, just another Monday on Don't Be Afraid of Your Dreams. ||| Intro music: The Voices by Josh Woodward |Outro music: Don't Be Afraid of Your Dreams by RoseScythe |

Sometimes the only way to survive is to out-crazy Crazy. David talks coping with chaos in this lean and mean li'l episode that'll have you buzzing. ||| Intro music: The Voices by Josh Woodward | Self-Care: Lee Rosevere |Outro music: Don't Be Afraid of Your Dreams by RoseScythe |

Grab your trail mix! We're taking a hike up to the burial ground beyond the Pet Sematary where the dead are most definitely not at rest. If a heartfelt dream has failed to take root in the sour ground, and you're plagued by the shambling corpse of disappointment...maybe sometimes dead is better. ||| Intro music: The Voices by Josh Woodward | Hypnocil Segment: Alcyone by Ars Sonor, Follow Your Dreams by Scott Holmes |Outro music: Don't Be Afraid of Your Dreams by RoseScythe |

It's our party, and we'll fly if we want to! We're celebrating the season, horror, and everything that makes us so wonderfully weird. Special guest Daniel Montgomery stops by to help David untangle what it means to be a Halloween-loving-horror-obsessed-man-witch. ||| Intro music: The Voices by Josh Woodward | Outro music: RoseScythe |

In this first episode, David talks about one of his horror triggers “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors”, and explores what can happen when someone gives us permission to dream. Do you need a Nancy Thompson in your life? Spoiler alert: we all do! ||| Interview clip with Wes Craven from Post Mortem with Mick Garris | Intro music: Prototype by Assimilation | Hypnocil Segment: Alcyone by Ars Sonor, Follow Your Dreams by Scott Holmes | Outro music: RoseScythe |

David invites you into a conversation about the role horror can play in making sense of the human experience. Let's share our stories and face our monsters together.