Podcast appearances and mentions of nat cassidy

I was joined by author Nat Cassidy to talk about dads in horror, daddy issues, just "the dad of it all" and of course, When the Wolf Comes Home.  Books Mentioned: When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy Scream All Night by Derek Milman Whalefall by Daniel Kraus Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig Hamlet by Shakespeare Just Like Home by Sarah Gailley The Shining by Stephen King Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Allison Bechdel

I've been looking forward to releasing this one…   Nat Cassidy comes to Talk Scared about When the Wolf Comes Home, his new novel that I –and people like me – are already calling out as one of the Best Books of the Year™.   It's a shaggy, undisciplined, sprinting beast of a book that obeys no rules. You may think it's a werewolf novel, and you may be right... but also very wrong. It's a book about transformations of many kinds, about fatherhood and the very nature of fear itself. But it's also funny, scary and sad as hell.   You'll love the damn thing, and this conversation.   Enjoy!   Other books mentioned:   Mary: An Awakening of Terror (2022), by Nat Cassidy Nestlings (2023), by Nat Cassidy Play Nice (forthcoming, 2025), by Rachel Harrison   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

Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about TV writing jobs, book subscription services, and Meta. Then, stick around for a chat with Nat Cassidy!Nat Cassidy writes horror for the page, stage, and screen.His acclaimed novels, including Mary: An Awakening of Terror,Nestlings, and Rest Stop (Bram Stoker Award nominee), have been featured in best-of lists from Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, NPR, the Chicago Review of Books, the NY Public Library, Amazon, and more, and he was named one of the "writers shaping horror's next golden age" by Esquire.His award-winning horror plays have been produced throughout New York City and across the United States. He won the NY Innovative Theatre Award for his one-man show about H. P. Lovecraft, another for his play about Caligula, and was commissioned by the Kennedy Center to write the libretto for a short opera (about the end of the world, of course). From 2020 - 2023, Nat was the scriptwriter for Shakespeare Theatre of DC's annual WILL ON THE HILL event, a comedy fundraiser about Shakespeare and politics featuring a star-studded cast of journalists, members of Congress, ambassadors, and veteran actors. With WILL ON THE HILL, Nat's scripts helped raise over a million dollars for arts education. You've also maybe seen Nat on your TV, playing various Bad Guys of the Week on shows such as Law & Order: SVU, Blue Bloods, Bull, Quantico, FBI, and many others. Additionally, Nat is commercial voiceover actor and a member of the audiodrama production company, Gideon Media, which produced hit sci-fi podcasts such as Steal the Stars and Give Me Away, as well as the authorized audiodrama adaptations of the Paramount Pictures classic, Witness, and Wallace Shawn's The Designated Mourner. Nat authored the novelization of Steal the Stars, published by Tor Books and named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR. He lives in New York City with his wife.

Show Notes:This week we have the fantastic Nat Cassidy on the show again to chat about horror and his new book When the Wolf Comes Home! He told me how he fell in love with horror when he was just 6 years old, the horror books he's currently reading, and the books and movies that inspired him when he was writing When the Wolf Comes Home. I also asked him what scares him and who he'd cast as the two main characters in a film adaptation of When the Wolf Comes Home!Nat's Socials: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/natcassidy?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAafj9dsyzjmRcPmJiHwmA-vMV_ivN3TQZxzQjWZYNZF9pBH7mBqG6vVSROK84A_aem_0XjJVn9JQpwgb4O5wp78Nw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catnassidy/ Buy “When the Wolf Comes Home:” https://bookshop.org/p/books/when-the-wolf-comes-home-nat-cassidy/21421672?ean=9781250354341&next=t Who's There? Socials:Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whostherepc.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whostherepcEmail: whostherepc@gmail.com Website: https://www.whostherepodcast.com Join the Email List: https://mailchi.mp/4a109b94d3bc/newsletter-signup

Get ready to listen to us say “peat” about a hundred times because we're discussing The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister. We talk about the Haddesley sibling dynamics, the infamous Bog Wife herself, the bog as a character, and of course, generational trauma. Join us and special guest Todd Osborne (husband of the pod) on April 29 for a special one-year celebration of his poetry collection, Gatherer, and a chat about The White Lotus season three. Then read along with us for our next Bookpisode about When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy on May 13. Feeling extra supportive this week? Head over to our Patreon and consider supporting us for just $3/month! Don't forget to leave us a rating and review on Apple podcasts, and we'll read it on the pod!TOC0:30 – Get on our Patreon, and icebreaker12:14 – Book intro16:20 – Siblings and their relationship dynamics33:33 – Who is the bog wife?44:00 – The bog is a character52:00 – How did they stay isolated?56:20 – Generational trauma and the patriarchy1:03:20 – Ratings1:06:18 – What's on the blog? What's up next?Links: https://electricliterature.com/in-kay-chronisters-novel-a-father-is-sacrificed-for-a-bog-wife-who-never-arrives/

If you're anything like us, peace is wandering the stacks of a dusty, cramped bookstore, looking for the next title to lose yourself in. The Stacks, The Losers' Club's new monthly series, aims to evoke that feeling by discussing the month's new genre releases while also sharing recommendations for the books, movies, shows, podcasts, and music they're consuming. Fear not, for this is a spoiler-free zone. Just know that a wish list hates to see us coming. In its inaugural episode, Losers Randall Colburn, Jenn Adams, Dan Caffrey, and Sammie Kuykendall dish on the latest news in publishing, including James Patterson's collab with Mr. Beast and the new Hunger Games prequel about Haymitch Abernathy. After discussing new April releases from Natalia Theodoridou, Nat Cassidy, Ronald Malfi, and more, they share their own recommendations, all of which you can see below. Books: Maeve Fly by CJ Leede Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano Hell House by Richard Matheson Mostly Hypothetical Mountains by Josh Tillman Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay Strange Pictures by Uteksu The Winner by Teddy Wayne Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn Williams Other recs: Adolescence (series) Chaos: The Manson Murders (movie) Coulda Been Love (web series) Dark Horse (movie) Ghosts in the Burbs (podcast)

The second Let Us Palaver minisode – in which Nat Cassidy dig into the things we couldn't say about The Drawing of the Three, and give MAJOR SPOILERS about whole Dark Tower series. We're really start to wonder if Chris is punking us.   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

The Ka-tet picks up exactly where we left off: on the beaches of Midworld, with Roland Deschain. (If none of that makes any sense to you, go listen to episode one of the Dark Tower Deep Dive immediately) Nat Cassidy, Chris Panatier and I gather for a long, philosophical, expletive-littered conversation about Book 2: The Drawing of the Three. We get further into the character of Roland and his quest, and spend some time with the gaggle of oddballs he meets along his scenic tour of the coast. The seafood is particularly tasty! It's good to be talking Tower again. Enjoy.   Nnedi Okorafor's article on Odetta/Detta   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

In this podcast, Nat Cassidy talks about his early life lessons, creative journey, and beginnings as a writer. About Nat Cassidy Nat Cassidy writes horror for the page, stage, and screen. His books include Mary: An Awakening of Terror, Nestlings, and Rest Stop. His award-winning horror plays have been produced throughout New York City and … Continue reading

Our main feature is The Gorge. We're also reviewing Out Come the Wolves, Elevation, The Ceremony is About to Begin, Meth Gator, Popeye's Revenge, Bloodstains by Gaslight by Red Lagoe, The Spirit by Thomas Page, and Rest Stop by Nat Cassidy.

Here is the first Let Us Palaver minisode – in which Nat Cassidy and I kick Chris off the call, and get to grips with the inner workings of The Dark Tower, without spoiling anything for him, or any of you on your first trip through these books. If you still listen after this spoiler warning and the two I give in the first few minutes of the episode… well, you only have yourself to blame. But for seasoned ‘slingers. I hope this is fun.   Support Talking Scared on Patreon 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

Get Clay's books here!Welcome to my new show, Couchsurfing Critics!The ever-talented and amazing Clay McLeod Chapman has returned for another epic round of conversation with yours truly. This time, we're smashing duration records and defying interview conventions. It is, I would say, the closest to just us grabbing coffee and chatting that we could have hoped for, and I am very pleased with the result. For those of you looking for a concentrated discussion of Clay's delicious upcoming release WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES, might I direct you elsewhere. But! If you want to know what we think about some of the best authors working today, our thoughts on looking at people's book shelves, and some getting really serious about cancer and the pitfalls of belonging to a family, I've got just what the doctor ordered. (and apparently for Nat Cassidy the doctor ordered some Beano, because he is certainly labeled a car farter in this episode. Sorry Nat. I think it was out of love?)In addition to Clay's amazing examination of the culture of radicalization in contemporary America, I would like to recommend that you listen to his top quality podcast called FEARMONGERS. He gets on the best of horror guests, has delightful conversations, and even cajoles them into reading for us all. It's a great little library-backed bit of entertainment.Coming up on The ARC PartyI've got a lot on the books for the next few weeks. I will be recording a discussion with Eric LaRocca in a few days to support the release of his new novel AT DARK I BECOME LOATHSOME, which everyone needs to read. It's grief horror done so so so so so so so well. Also, I'll be talking with Craig Clevenger about the reissue of his debut novel THE CONTORTIONIST'S HANDBOOK. I'm really stoked about this one, as it's been one of my favorites for a while now.I've just recently confirmed with Chuck Wendig that he will be joining me at some point to discuss THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, which I loved!I am planning something called MALERMONTH, where I have on a guest or guests to talk about some awesome Josh Malerman novels, including hopefully DAPHNE, PEARL, and maybe another. GOBLIN? We'll see. I've also started talks with Cynthia Pelayo's representation, and have some tentative plans with Joshua Hull, and many more. I'm also very excited for Shortwave Publishing's first quarterly shipment for 2025 to its Kickstarter backers. The box looks insane and I'm so excited! I'm so scared!Finally for you YouTuberssssss: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thearcparty.com/subscribe

Send us a textIt's that time of year again. When I celebrate the winter solstice by getting some horror authors to come and talk in deep, emotional detail about a scary book that we like. This time the Christmas Special Deep Dive kicks the tires and looks under the hood of Stephen King's most underrated novel: From a Buick 8. My friends on this weird-ass-road trip are Ally Malinenko and Nat Cassidy. I asked them to do it for a coupla reasons. 1) They are lovely 2) hey really get King, and 3) they can speak to this book's focus on grief and loss. And oh boy do we talk grief, loss, afterlives and everything else. Turns out it's not just a book about a car after all. Don't worry though, Ally is charming, Nat is snarky and together we'll make you laugh.  And Christmas is supposed to be tinged with melancholy isn't it… Enjoy! Other Books Mentioned Matterhorn (2009), by Karl MarlantesHearts in Atlantis (1999), by Stephen KingThe Colorado Kid (2005), by Stephen King“The Night Flyer” and “Popsy,” in Nightmares and Dreamscapes (1993), by Stephen KingNestlings (2023), by Nat CassidyThis Appearing House (2022), by Ally Malinenko Support Talking Scared on Patreon Come talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com  Support the show

We want to share a scene from the award winning show "Almelem", where Mary, the mother of Jesus, tells the harrowing story of the birth of her first child. Kristen Vaughan, who plays Mary, and Sean Williams, the writer of Almelem, have a quick conversation to introduce the scene. Almelem, by Sean Willams, can be found wherever you get your podcasts. Starring Kristen Vaughan, Nat Cassidy and Dani Martinek Designed by Bart Fasbender, Music by Adam Blau Directed by Jordana Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We want to share a scene from the award winning show "Almelem", where Mary, the mother of Jesus, tells the harrowing story of the birth of her first child. Kristen Vaughan, who plays Mary, and Sean Williams, the writer of Almelem, have a quick conversation to introduce the scene. Almelem, by Sean Willams, can be found wherever you get your podcasts. Starring Kristen Vaughan, Nat Cassidy and Dani Martinek Designed by Bart Fasbender, Music by Adam Blau Directed by Jordana Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey Cinners, this week, we discuss all sorts of horror goodies: movies, books, news, and more!! Two fantastic new books, REST STOP by Nat Cassidy and IN THE MAD MOUNTAINS by Joe Lansdale, are available that you have to add to your collection! See the show notes below for the links.SHOW NOTES:https://readjumpscares.com/https://tachyonpublications.com/product/in-the-mad-mountains-stories-inspired-by-h-p-lovecraft/https://shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/rest-stop-a-novella-by-nat-cassidy/PLEASE FOLLOW US AND REVIEW!!:Please subscribe to us on YouTube: / @cine-fulcutspodcast Please find us on INSTAGRAM: @cineful_cutsPlease find us on Spotify: spotify.link/ncvbbRYDmDbPlease find us on Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Send us an e-mail why don't ya!: Cinefulcuts@gmail.comCo-Host: Shannon Bushmann - Montalbano (Instagram: @shannonvonbushmann)Co-Host: Sean O'Connor (Instagram: @seanoc32)Producer: Sean O'Connor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Freewheeling, saxophone soundtracked deep dive chat between Matt n Nat re all things Stephen King. It's our biggest Survivor Type episode yet with the award winning horror novelist Nat Cassidy, author of "Mary", "Nestlings" and the upcoming "When The Wolf Comes Home".

This week, we're reading Nat Cassidy's second horror novel about vampires, babies, and New York real estate that is so completely not ADA compliant. With special guest, our friend and resident horror book recommender Katie! Talking points include: navigating the inherent antisemitism of vampire mythology, Capri-sunning a human being, different types of evil landlords, and truly so much stuff about motherhood. I'm sure three childless adults in their thirties are really gonna be the expert on that subject. Support the show

Tananarive talks to author, playwright, actor and screenwriter Nat Cassidy about how his different artistic endeavors have fed into a single creative drive. On fluidity in creativity and the persistence to follow your dream -- and then the NEXT dream.  LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL at https://www.speakpipe.com/LifewritingPodcast (We might play your message!) Join Tananarive's mailing list at https://tananarivelist.com Join Steve's mailing list at https://stevenbarneslist.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey Cinners, Sean was fortunate enough to have Nat Cassidy come on the podcast to talk about his fantastic new novella REST STOP. Nat is just about the most fun person you're ever going to hear and this interview covers so many fascinating topics. You can pre-order Nat's new novella in the show notes below. We've read it and it's hands down a new splatterpunk classic!SHOW NOTES:https://shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/rest-stop-a-novella-by-nat-cassidy/https://bookshop.org/p/books/rest-stop-nat-cassidy/21621438?ean=9781959565369PLEASE FOLLOW US AND REVIEW!!:Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CINE-FULCUTSPODCASTFind us on INSTAGRAM: @cineful_cutsFind us on Spotify: spotify.link/ncvbbRYDmDbFind us on Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cine-ful-cuts/id1702441060Send us an e-mail why don't ya!: Cinefulcuts@gmail.comCo-Host: Shannon Bushmann - Montalbano (Instagram: @shannonvonbushmann)Co-Host: Sean O'Connor (Instagram: @seanoc32)Producer: Sean O'Connor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PREORDER REST STOPNat Cassidy was kind enough to join me once more on the podcast to talk about his upcoming novella, out on Shortwave, called REST STOP (preorder link above the cover image). While REST STOP is a quick read, and pretty chock-full of violence and creepy crawlies, we managed to get pretty deep into a conversation about generational trauma and survival - themes that are present throughout this depraved story. We also talked about Nat's upcoming novel from Tor Nightfire, WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME, out on April 22nd of 2025, and a little bit about Nat's two chapbooks that he also released through Shortwave, which you should absolutely go buy immediately. Coming soon on the podcast: Keith Rosson returns to talk about the closing title in his FEVER HOUSE duology - THE DEVIL BY NAME. Later, I'll be talking to Tim Waggoner about his novelization of Ti West's X trilogy, of which I've read X and it's fan-fucking-tastic.For folks that prefer YouTube: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thearcparty.com/subscribe

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Here's the audio from the July 10, 2024 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, with guests Nat Cassidy & A.T. Sayre. Hot night, hot crowd, hot readings! We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking... Continue Reading →

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Clay McLeod Chapman, for me, arrived at a time where I was in-between podcasts, and going through some health things, etc. Which is to say that I kinda missed his emergence onto the scene. So, I heard him on podcasts talking about his then-new book GHOST EATERS, and I became interested. Last year, it didn't work out to interview Clay for WHAT KIND OF MOTHER, which was disappointing. SO, when I caught wind that he had something coning out on Shortwave, I took it as my chance to finally get him… on the line. What you're about to listen to sounds a lot like old friends gabbing about things that they're excited about. Just know it's the first conversation I've ever had with Clay, which goes to show just how fun and open and comfortable it is to chat with the dude.And apologies to Nat Cassidy, but Clay's episode is like a minute and change longer than yours. I guess we'll just have to have you on again, to top your old pal. Do you want cake at your ARC Party? I know I do. For the folks that want a YouTube link: Get full access to The ARC Party at www.thearcparty.com/subscribe

Carrie White turns 50 years old today! April 5th, 1974 – the day King's debut came out, and the world of horror we know live in changed forever.  To celebrate such an auspicious anniversary, there are only two people I could invite to this party. Step up Nat Cassidy and Ally Malinenko – writers who understand King and that bitter, brutal world between childhood and adulthood. We talk about empathy and monsters, about the horror of high school, the abject and the menstruation taboo and about how we are all living in Margaret White's America now… Raise a glass to the prom queen of horror. She can light her own candles. Enjoy! Support Talking Scared on Patreon Come talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Support the show

Joe shows David his magnet fishing set and David shows Joe his metal detecting apparatus. They are very excited about their new bits of kit. Joe imagines what it would be like to magnet fish a blue metal teapot out of a river and discovers there are regulations about where you can and can't use a magnet. They both worry about where they are going to do their new found hobbies and how embarrassing it is going to be. Joe helps David with some role play and pretends to be the farmer as David asks if he can metal detect on his land. They get a bit sidetracked when a bomb shell relevation hits them like a ton of lead. Nat Cassidy has a new podcast out and it sounds really good and its pushed Chatabix even further down the charts. FOR ALL THINGS CHATABIX'Y FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE/CONTACT: You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@chatabixpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatabix1 Insta: https://www.instagram.com/chatabixpodcast/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chatabix Merch: https://chatabixshop.com/ Contact us: chatabix@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week the guest is the brilliantly funny Natalie Cassidy. Davi, Jon and Alfie try and convince her to support Exeter City but end up talking about trashing hotels. Presented by David Earl, Jon Beer and Alfie Indra. And if you'd like to receive episodes early and be part of an online community - where we chat once a month and talk lower league football and Exeter amongst other stuff, including creating our own make-believe football team, Gorchester UTD then sign up to Patreon.com/davidearl www.Gorchesterutd.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Horror Fiction Author Nat Cassidy Raises the Stephen King Bar... Welcome Novelist, Actor, Musician & Playwright, Nat Cassidy to TYOUSK Podcast! In this Constant Reader Interview, Nat and I Chat: -Dusty Desert Kids & What's Shaking, Shakespeare? -Not a Fairytale Fan. -Which King Character deserves Bodily Harm? -Signed Stephen King Books -King Character Crushes? -Checking into Room 1408... More from Nat Cassidy: http://www.natcassidy.com/ Please Give the Show some Love and Post a 5-Star Rating on your Favorite Podcast Outlet! End Credits: (Keys of Moon) Sound Cloud Twitter: @UnderratedSKPod Insta: UnderratedSKPodcast Kim C. Will Return with Wind Through the Keyhole!

Nat Cassidy is an American actor, musician, and author. His latest novel is Nestlings.

Nat Cassidy is an American actor, musician, and author. His latest novel is Nestlings. Episode airs 11.27.2023

Join us as we discuss, Schrader's Chord, by Scott Leeds;  Dead Silence, by S.A. Barnes; The Shadow Cabinet, by Juno Dawson; Nestlings, by Nat Cassidy;  A Sliver of Darkness, by C.J. Tudor.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each purchase you make on our Bookshop page that goes to support the production of our podcast.

Sometimes when you're doing something scary good company can be a blessing.  Nat Cassidy is good company. And this week he talks me through the haunted hallways and avenues of his New York horror ode, Nestlings – but he also helps me tackle the very real world horror that is turning our newspapers into nightmare-fodder and the Middle East into a tinderbox. But have no fear (well, always have a little fear!) this is no mere despairing, depressing look at reality. We also talk about gargoyles and vampire-adjacent things, about New York winters and longing for home … and of course, about Stephen King.  Enjoy! Nestlings was published October 31st by Tor Nightfire Books mentioned: Mary: An Awakening of Terror (2022), by Nat CassidyNightmares in the Sky (1988), by Stephen King and F-Stop Fitzgerald‘Salem's Lot (1975), by Stephen KingThe Shining (1977), by Stephen KingFrom a Buick 8 (2002), by Stephen KingRosemary's Baby (1967), by Ira LevinThe Keep (1981), by F. Paul WilsonI, Claudius (1934) by Robert GravesThe Guns of August (1962), by Barbara W. Tuchman Support Talking Scared on Patreon Come talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Support the show

Show Notes: Nat Cassidy's Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/natcassidy Website: http://www.natcassidy.com/ Buy NESTLINGS: https://tinyurl.com/5zsvheyp  Who's There? Socials: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/whostherepc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whostherepc Email: whostherepc@gmail.com  Website: https://www.whostherepodcast.com  In this episode I chat with Nat Cassidy about his newest novel NESTLINGS, which he describes at Rosemary's Baby meets Salem's Lot. He tells me how he got into horror, who his favorite horror authors are, and we talk a lot about Jewish horror novels and movies and how there aren't enough of them, and more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whostherepod/support

In this episode, Trevor sits down with Nat Cassidy, author of Mary and Nestlings, both available from Tor Nightfire. Nat talks about his love for art and literature, his origins as a screenplay writer and actor, the connections he has to art and craft, and the symbolic and religious resonance of his latest novel, Nestlings.Nestlings is available everywhere on Halloween 2023, and you can find more information about Nat at natcassidy.com. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pre-order NESTLINGS today! While you're at it, grab MARY as well!This book has it all! A creepy luxury building with secrets. An opportunity too good to be true. Something not feeling right. Some kind of monsters? While this book does tackle some serious topics, such as living with a disability after having just had a baby, dealing with loss and grief, and having shitty landlords, it is entertaining and well paced! It's a great read and really shines on many levels. This is my first time talking to Nat, though you'd never know it, from how we got along. It was almost instantly that I was opening up to Nat about things, and he was sharing his own difficult struggles that helped him to create this story. It was utterly delightful, inspirational, and I think it helped me want to confront some of my trauma of going through having cancer.I consider this book, as well as the conversation, as a way for us to all take a look at the shit circumstances we've found ourselves in lately, and say “what the fuck” and try to move past it. It's not all serious. We had plenty of jokes and fun, and a nice chunk of it is spent talking about Stephen King, who was celebrating his birthday the night we recorded. Maybe his birthday ears were ringing. Please, just immediately go buy Nat's books. He's a talent, and I think he's gonna be my best friend one of these days.For those who want to visual experience: Get full access to The ARC Party at www.thearcparty.com/subscribe

Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQX-nWBQWKL3lnx52f3AuCwNAT'S WEBSITE: http://www.natcassidy.com/BUY MARY: https://tornightfire.com/catalog/mary-nat-cassidy/FOLLOW ME ON…GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/58041478-iliketoreadpodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/iliketoreadpod/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/rpolansky77FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/iliketoreadpodMEDIA MAVEN BLOG: https://rpolansky77.wixsite.com/website

Welcome to New York......It's been waiting for you.  Nat Cassidy stopped by talk about his new novel, Nestlings and horror set in the city of New York. We talk Josh Groban, NYC slashers, the rise of Jewish horror, and erotic thrillers of the 90s Shownotes: https://booksinthefreezer.com/2023/08/15/episode-156-new-york-city-horror-with-nat-cassidy/

Thrust your fists against the post and still insist you see the… …oh hello. You came back. Thank Gan. We have a monster to defeat this week. Yes, this is the second part of the Talking Scared dive into Stephen King's IT. This time we are getting weird. Joined by stalwart friends, Ally Malinenko (Ghost Girl, This Appearing House) and Nat Cassidy (Mary: An Awakening of Terror), I'm delving below ground and into the cosmic tangle that underpins all of King's fiction. We're asking what is Pennywise? Where did he come from? What does he want and what the hell is that giant turtle doing? It has been a labour of love, talking for hours with friends about my favourite book. Thank you so much for listening, and remember… we're stronger together. Enjoy!Support Talking Scared on PatreonCome talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Support the show

Come get a balloon, bring your slingshot, let's float…it's here!!!Yes, finally we're off to Derry, to do battle with that goddamn clown. But as everyone knows, we can't fight Pennywise alone. That's why I'm taking my trusty, loyal, brave band of Losers with me. Nat Cassidy (Mary: An Awakening of Terror) and Ally Malinenko (This Appearing House) are joining me for a tour of the sewers, subtext and sociological horrors at the heart of King's IT. Halfway through we realised this would to be a two-parter, ‘cos there is just too much to say. The horrors will follow in Part Two, this time we focus mainly on the heart. We talk about the characters, the depictions of childhood… and yes we get into that  scene (with possibly surprising opinions). I so hope you like this episode gang. I want to finally take the chance to explain what this book means to my enduring boyish heart. Enjoy!Read Grady Hendrix's essay HERESupport Talking Scared on PatreonCome talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Support the show

Hi listeners! It's Renee, and today we're doing something a little different with the feed. Now that Badlands Cola is complete (for now) we thought we would use this post-season downtime to share some really cool shows with you. Today, we're swapping feeds with a show called Give Me Away! Give Me Away is an ensemble science fiction podcast about a spaceship that crashes in the Nevada desert...and screams. The screams of thousands of extraterrestrial political prisoners uploaded into its horrific mainframe. The only way to free them... is to transfer them into the bodies of humans willing to share their minds with an alien second consciousness. But who would volunteer for that? Graham Shapiro, divorced and adrift at age 50, is one of the first to raise his hand. I don't know about you, but this is the time of year where I crave bingeable content. Hook me in the first few minutes, and then throw me a pile of episodes that I can sink my teeth into, lose an afternoon to. And...oh wow, Give Me Away is 100% that. I'm so grateful that their team reached out to me because this...might be my favourite show right now? The pacing is impeccable, there's this beautiful prickly tension that just slowly ramps up throughout, and most of all, it does the thing that I personally think the best sci fi does, which is capture your imagination with some seriously human questions like...how much of your mind, body, and soul would you give up (honestly!) to save a stranger from the outer reaches of space? Give Me Away is an expertly produced show about radical hospitality, so give their pilot episode a listen now, and then make sure you check Episode 2 out at Gideon-Media.com, or wherever you get your podcasts. Enjoy! TRANSCRIPTS: Transcripts for Give Me Away are available at www.gideon-media.com/transcripts. CREDITS: Give Me Away is written by Mac Rogers, directed by Jordana Williams, sound designed by Bart Fasbender, music composed by Adam Blau, assistant directed by Marty McGuire, and produced by Cara Ehlenfeldt. Cover art by Kate Kosma. Featuring Sean Williams, Hanna Cheek, Kevin R. Free, Nat Cassidy, Diana Oh, Dani Martineck, Rebecca Comtois, Alba Ponce de León, Jorge Cordova, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, and Stephanie Willing.

It's that time of year again. A time to reflect, to look back over a tumultuous twelve months, and to talk about the horror books that helped us survive them.2022 has been a helluva year for the good kind of horror. Far too much for one man to cover. So I've drafted in some highly qualified friends – Emily Hughes and Janelle Janson. They have their fingers right on the arterial spurt of the genre – and they have each read far more than me.Together we deliver this year's State of the Horror Nation – talking about big issues in horror, the key books we've adored…and the dozens and dozens of titles we're looking forward to in 2023.We raise a glass to a late and beloved horror icon, we make some new year's resolutions, and Janelle and Emily get a bit squeaky about their big horror crush. Bet you can guess who (it's not me!)Thanks for all your support this year.Books picked:Ghost Eaters (2022), by Clay McLeod Chapman – ep. 110A Child Alone With Strangers (2022), by Philip Fracassi – ep. 120Echo (2022), by Thomas Olde Heuvelt – ep. 78Our Share of Night (2022), by Mariana EnriquezAll the White Spaces (2022), by Ally Wilkes – ep. 76We Are Here to Hurt Each Other (2022), by Paula D. AsheMary: An Awakening of Terror (2022), by Nat Cassidy – ep. 101Burn the Plans (2022), by Tyler Jones – ep. 81Just Like Home (2022), by Sarah Gailey Books anticipated: Don't Fear the Reaper (2023), by Stephen Graham Jones Silver Nitrate (2023), by Silvia Moreno GarciaVampires of el Norte (2023), by Isabel CañasPinata (2023), by Leopoldo GoutTell Me I'm Worthless (2023), by Alison Rumfitt (already out in UK)Spite House (2023), by Jonny ComptonLone Women (2023), by Victor LavelleEverything Darkness Eats (2023), by Eric LaRoccaEpisode 13 (2023), by Craig DilouieHouse of Good Bones (2023), by T. KingfisherNights Edge (2023), by Liz KerinThe Edge of Sleep (2023), by Jake EmmanuelThe Drift (2023), by C. J. TudorBad Cree (2023), by Jessica JohnsMaeve Fly (2023), by C.J. LeadeA Light Most Hateful (2023), by Hailey PiperLooking Glass Sound (2023), by Catriona WardThe Beast You Are (2023), by Paul TremblayThe Salt Grows Heavy (2023), by Cassandra KhawBurn the Negative (2023), by Josh WinningHow to Sell a Haunted House (2023), by Grady HendrixAbnormal Statistics (2023), by Max Booth IIIThe Insatiable Volt Sisters (2023), by Rachel Eve MoultonCamp Damascus (2023), by Chuck TingleExtended Stay (2023), by Juan MartinezHouse of Cotton (2023), by Monica Brashears Support Talking Scared on Patreon Come talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Support the show

If you like SDITE, I think you'll like Give Me Away. This audio drama imagines: what if there was such a thing as consensual body snatchers, aliens that cohabit in the minds of willing humans. What does sharing a body look like? It incorporates the clammy shared-body fascination of Venom with the gentle comedy of All Of Me against the backdrop of a relatable contemporary social and political setting. I adore the concept of this show, and it's made by the team behind Steal The Stars, another fantastic sci-fi podcast! You can listen to Give Me Away anywhere you listen to podcasts, and find transcripts at gideon-media.com. This is episode one: Is That Thing Screaming? The screaming spaceship lands just as Graham Shapiro's life is falling apart. The world reels, and Graham makes some big decisions. Featuring Hanna Cheek, Sean Williams, Kevin R. Free, Nat Cassidy, Diana Oh, Dani Martineck, Rebecca Comtois, Alba Ponce de León, Jorge Cordova, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, and Stephanie Willing. Written by Mac Rogers, directed by Jordana Williams, sound designed by Bart Fasbender, music composed by Adam Blau, assistant directed by Marty McGuire, and produced by Cara Ehlenfeldt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Part Two of his interview, Nat Cassidy explains why the “rape room” got cut, why horror exists, why writing a script is forty-seven thousand times easier than writing a novel, why actors should celebrate the audition even if they don't get the job, why Open Source Shakespeare is the adapters' best friend, and why the elitism and classism of rehearsal rooms drove him from pursuing a career as a classical actor. Plus, a special easter egg for all you logophiles: listen for the word stichomythia in action!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“She dared me to read Macbeth”: How the lonely son of a single mom in Arizona was inspired by a teacher who despised him to embrace his demons and become a celebrated scribe of horror. Author, Actor and POP “Measure for Measure” script adaptor Nat Cassidy talks about the spellbinding image of Sissy Spacek covered in blood, the fulfillment of writing for audio, the short distance between Shakespeare and Stephen King, and just how much can happen when kids have too much time on their hands... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello- Jeffrey here! Over here in Chicago, we've just kicked off recording for Season Five of unwell- it is so wonderful to be back in the studio with these actors, and I am SO excited for you to hear what we're working on. In the meantime- we're thrilled to bring you the first episode of Gideon Media's “Give Me Away.” It's a sci-fi thriller from Mac Rogers, who wrote some of my very favorite pieces of audio in the genre- including  The Message, LifeAfter, and Steal The Stars.  You can hear the rest of the series, and find credits, transcripts, and more at gideon-media. org. === The screaming spaceship lands just as Graham Shapiro's life is falling apart. The world reels, and Graham makes some big decisions. Featuring Hanna Cheek, Sean Williams, Kevin R. Free, Nat Cassidy, Diana Oh, Dani Martineck, Rebecca Comtois, Alba Ponce de León, Jorge Cordova, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, and Stephanie Willing. Written by Mac Rogers, directed by Jordana Williams, sound designed by Bart Fasbender, music composed by Adam Blau, assistant directed by Marty McGuire, and produced by Cara Ehlenfeldt. Transcripts are available at www.gideon-media.com/transcripts. Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.com and follow us on Twitter @mediagideon, Instagram @gideonaudio, and Facebook @gideonaudio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're heading into largely uncharted horror waters this week with our guest Nat Cassidy. Nat's debut horror novel, Mary: An Awakening of Terror dares to confront one of the last true taboos of horror fiction. No, it's not cannibalism, or necrophilia, or the bowel movements of Tucker Carlson … no… it's the menopause. That's right. Female physiology. The horror, the terror, think of the children!!!Nat and I talk about why horror shies away from the topic of middle age and menopause, and why he was inspired to tell this story when he was just thirteen years old. We talk about Stephen King and Carrie and their lasting influence. And we look back at the worse year of Nat's life, and how it helped fuel the writing of Mary.We also promise (and fail) to talk about Bruce Springsteen, our shared north star. Watch this space for more on that in the future.Enjoy!Mary: An Awakening of Terror is published on July 19thth by Tor NightfireOther books discussed in this episode include:We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families (1998), by Philip GourevitchCarrie (1974), by Stephen KingParasite (1980), by Ramsey CampbellSupport Talking Scared on PatreonCome talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Support the show

Nat Cassidy joins myself and Special Guest Co-Host Ally Wilkes to discuss his new book, MARY: AN AWAKENING OF TERROR.No Spoilers in this one. Too good. Just go buy it.Purchase MARY here:https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Awakening-Terror-Nat-Cassidy/dp/1250265231Follow Nat on Twitter here:twitter.com/natcassidyFollow Ally on Twitter here:twitter.com/unheimlichmanvrFollow The Curator on Twitter here:twitter.com/curatorofhorrortwitter.com/terrifyingtomes

After discussing Green Day's American Idiot on a previous episode (Ep. 48), Al became fixated on a couple of questions. Did Green Day send Jesus of Suburbia on a Hero's Journey? And were they telling essentially the same story that Titus Andronicus told in The Monitor (Ep. 34) and that Genesis told in The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway?Here to help Al grapple with these questions is playwright/novelist/actor/musician Nat Cassidy, who makes his return after appearing on Ep. 27. Nat breaks down the aspects of each album that fit the pattern of a Hero's Journey and those that don't, as well as discuss what he loves about each album and the many projects that he has been working on of late.You can follow Nat on Twitter at @natcassidy and on Instagram at @catnassidy. You can find out even more about Nat's work at natcassidy.com.Al is on Twitter at @almelchiorBB, and this show has accounts on Twitter and Instagram at @youmealbum. Be sure to follow @youmealbum to find out in advance about upcoming guests and featured albums for this podcast.1:17 Nat joins the show2:35 Al explains why he wanted to do an episode on these three albums4:35 Nat summarizes the plots of all three albums13:04 Are these plots examples of the Hero's Journey?19:35 Nat talks about how these albums allude to other pieces of pop culture21:04 Each protagonist shares the experiences of being lost and being “punk”23:01 Al and Nat discuss their relationship with punk rock28:14 None of the protagonists want to fit in29:56 Does the Civil War theme obscure the message of The Monitor?33:49 The protagonists from American Idiot and The Monitor both revel in other people thinking they're losers35:19 Al highlights some of the similarities and differences between the protagonists39:06 Jesus imagery plays a key role in each of these stories40:48 Nat and Al ponder the role of nihilism in these stories46:28 Nat argues that Jesus of Suburbia did change by the end of American Idiot49:34 Nat thinks doing a rock opera helped take Green Day's sonic journey to a more varied, interesting place52:10 Nat sees Genesis embracing chaos throughout The Lamb54:00 Nat thinks The Monitor's protagonist may go on a Hero's Journey after all57:10 To what degree are these protagonists' journeys a reflection of their times?1:10:59 Nat wonders if The Monitor is asking whether a Hero's Journey is even possible now1:12:23 Al asserts that Patrick Stickles' New Jersey is not the stereotypical New Jersey1:16:36 Does Nat have a favorite among these three albums?1:27:04 Nat discusses his current and upcoming projects

Joshua finds a new home with Graham, and hates it. Jamie can't find any home at all. Featuring Sean Williams, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, Hennessy Winkler, Rebecca Comtois, Dani Martineck, Diana Oh, Neimah Djourabchi, and Nat Cassidy. Written by Mac Rogers, directed by Jordana Williams, sound designed by Bart Fasbender, music composed by Adam Blau, assistant directed by Marty McGuire, and produced by Cara Ehlenfeldt. Transcripts are available at www.gideon-media.com/transcripts. Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.com and follow us on Twitter @mediagideon, Instagram @gideonaudio, and Facebook @gideonaudio.

Heroes aren't born, they're made. This is the epic tale of Jack Kirby, the most famous cartoonist you never heard of: Born in the Lower East Side slums, veteran of the battlefields of France, co-creator of CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE AVENGERS, THE X-MEN, Kirby had his biggest fight after his comic books became an international sensation: He had to fight for his name, and the recognition he was denied. This is the entire audio version of the New York Times Critics' Pick play by award-winning Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente, presented without commercial interruption. Starring the original New York cast of Steven Rattazzi, Amy Lee Pearsall, Nat Cassidy, Joseph Mathers and Timothy McCown Reynolds. Part of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The screaming spaceship lands just as Graham Shapiro's life is falling apart. The world reels, and Graham makes some big decisions. Featuring Hanna Cheek, Sean Williams, Kevin R. Free, Nat Cassidy, Diana Oh, Dani Martineck, Rebecca Comtois, Alba Ponce de León, Jorge Cordova, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, and Stephanie Willing. Written by Mac Rogers, directed by Jordana Williams, sound designed by Bart Fasbender, music composed by Adam Blau, assistant directed by Marty McGuire, and produced by Cara Ehlenfeldt. Transcripts are available at www.gideon-media.com/transcripts. Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.com and follow us on Twitter @mediagideon, Instagram @gideonaudio, and Facebook @gideonaudio.

Actor/writer/musician/songwriter Nat Cassidy took Al somewhere on this episode that he thought he'd never go back to – the 90's swing revival. He chose Rapid City Muscle Car by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies (aka The Daddies), which to Al's surprise was more than just a swing album. They talked about the variety of genres represented on the album, what Nat loves about various tracks, what Nat looks for in music he listens to and the many projects he is currently working on.To learn more about Nat and his work, be sure to visit natcassidy.com.You can reach Nat on Twitter at @natcassidy and on Instagram at @catnassidy.Al is on Twitter at @almelchiorBB and @youmealbum. Be sure to follow the latter account for information on upcoming guests and albums. He is also on Instagram at @youmealbum. 1:15 Nat joins the show…and with a purpose2:01 The various projects that Nat has been working on4:04 The difficulties involved in acting on a podcast6:51 Without live shows to play, Nat has learned some new musical techniques10:10 All of Nat's favorite music meets two criteria14:55 How Nat wound up listening to The Daddies despite growing up in a “classic rock” home23:25 Nat wasn't sure which Daddies album to choose, because they are all so different26:11 The three complaints that people tend to have about The Daddies29:10 Al dreaded listening to this album for a really bad reason31:35 Nat acknowledges that the album does not get off to a great start Breakdown of selected tracks34:47 The Search38:05 The Ding-Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line42:29 Chrysalis45:10 Skyline Drive47:18 Impossible Dream/Come Back to Me52:30 Inertia Rhapsody57:06 Equus58:54 Johanna of the Spirits59:40 Bobby Kennedy1:04:03 Lovers Understand 1:11:28 Does Nat have a favorite Daddies album?1:15:38 The last two episodes have taught Al an important life lesson

Forbes magazine’s Rob Salkowitz moderates this Zoom roundtable of the full cast and crew of the epic comic book podcast drama KING KIRBY about the impact and influences of the show, including stars Steven Rattazzi, Amy Lee Pearsall, Nat Cassidy, Joseph Mathers and Timothy McCown Reynolds, writers Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente, and composer/editor Bobby Cronin. The cast talks about bringing the conflict between Marvel Universe co-creators Jack Kirby and Stan Lee to life, the difference between doing the show as a live stage performance and a podcast, how they’ve been keeping their sanity during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more!  KING KIRBY is the epic story of the greatest superhero cartoonist whoever lived, and what happened to his legacy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With his old “pal” Stan Lee, Jack creates the Marvel Universe and becomes a Swinging Sixties sensation. But his tensions with Lee very quickly come to a head, leading him to strike out on his own. But Jack learns the hard way that lightning only strikes twice in the comics.  Written by Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente. Starring Steven Rattazzi as Jack Kirby, Amy Lee Pearsall as Roz Kirby, Joseph Mathers as Joe Simon, Nat Cassidy as Stan Lee, Timothy McCown Reynolds as Martin Goodman. Music composition and sound editing by Bobby Cronin. Original stage production directed by John Hurley. Recorded at Midtown Comics Downtown in Manhattan.  Follow King Kirby on Instagram @kingkirbyplay & on twitter @KingKirbyPlay Part of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The war is over, but Jack’s struggle is just beginning. The comic book industry struggles as the world moves on from fighting, but he and Joe Simon’s romance books become giant sellers. They’re no match for a right-wing witch hunt from the U.S. Senate though, and Jack is forced to go back to the one place he swore he’d never return to.  Written by Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente. Starring Steven Rattazzi as Jack Kirby, Amy Lee Pearsall as Roz Kirby, Joseph Mathers as Joe Simon, Nat Cassidy as Stan Lee, Timothy McCown Reynolds as Martin Goodman. Music composition and sound editing by Bobby Cronin. Original stage production directed by John Hurley. Recorded at Midtown Comics Downtown in Manhattan.  Follow King Kirby on Instagram @kingkirbyplay & on twitter @KingKirbyPlay Part of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As his Captain America takes the world by storm, Jack meets the love of his life, only to find himself sent to France to fight the Germans in person. His fame goes with him into the service, leading to a dangerous assignment that nearly costs him his life.  Written by Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente. Starring Steven Rattazzi as Jack Kirby, Amy Lee Pearsall as Roz Kirby, Joseph Mathers as Joe Simon, Nat Cassidy as Stan Lee, Timothy McCown Reynolds as Martin Goodman. Music composition and sound editing by Bobby Cronin. Original stage production directed by John Hurley. Recorded at Midtown Comics Downtown in Manhattan.  Follow King Kirby on Instagram @kingkirbyplay & on twitter @KingKirbyPlay Part of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Great Depression, Jack Kurtzberg draws himself out of the tenement slums of Manhattan and into the world of comics. A chance meeting after a strike at the Popeye cartoon studio leads him to a job with the self-styled “King of the Comics” and the invention of a star-spangled avenger beloved the world over.  Written by Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente. Starring Steven Rattazzi as Jack Kirby, Amy Lee Pearsall as Roz Kirby, Joseph Mathers as Joe Simon, Nat Cassidy as Stan Lee, Timothy McCown Reynolds as Martin Goodman. Music composition and sound editing by Bobby Cronin. Original stage production directed by John Hurley. Recorded at Midtown Comics Downtown in Manhattan.  Follow King Kirby on Instagram @kingkirbyplay & on twitter @KingKirbyPlay Part of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Sarit and Elisheva speak with Nat Cassidy, and award-winning actor, writer, and musician who has acted in four full productions of Hamlet, three times as the title role and once as Claudius. They talk about what drew Nat to Hamlet originally and what kept him coming back, the differences between his many Hamlet productions, and how to get into this enormous role as an actor. They also discuss what Hamlet teaches us about theatre's purpose. Nat's website: http://www.natcassidy.com/ Check out Nat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/natcassidy

Heroes aren’t born, they’re made. This is the epic tale of Jack Kirby, the most famous cartoonist you never heard of: Born in the Lower East Side slums, veteran of the battlefields of France, co-creator of CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE AVENGERS, THE X-MEN, Kirby had his biggest fight after his comic books became an international sensation: He had to fight for his name, and the recognition he was denied. An audio version of the New York Times Critics' Pick play by award-winning Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente, starring the original New York cast of Steven Rattazzi as Jack Kirby, Amy Lee Pearsall as Roz Kirby, Joseph Mathers as Joe Simon, Nat Cassidy as Stan Lee, Timothy McCown Reynolds as Martin Goodman.  Music composition and sound editing by Bobby Cronin. Original stage production directed by John Hurley. Recorded at Midtown Comics Downtown in Manhattan.  Follow King Kirby on Instagram @kingkirbyplay & on twitter @KingKir35759690. Part of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Note From Writer Mac RogersI can’t remember now where I read it, but some years ago my eye was caught by a reference somewhere to the Aztec god Tezcatlipoca – the god of night winds, discord, and obsidian – who entrapped a great crocodile called Cipacti and distorted her body to make the land he walked on. I was not only taken by the phrase “the god of obsidian,” but also by the resonance of the image. There are always people who are ready and willing to build their lives upon the energy and captivity of others. God Of Obsidian is a three-part podcast drama based on a play I wrote that my theater company produced in 2017. The entire creative team from that play – director Jordana Williams, producer Sean Williams, my co-performer Rebecca Comtois – have returned alongside our sound designer Bart Fasbender and co-producer Nat Cassidy to bring the story from stage to podcast.It was the first script I wrote after the 2016 election (Steal The Stars was the second), my first fully thought-out reaction to that calamity. I spent a lot of those months grappling the idea that a person with little or no conscience can lie over and over until the sheer force of repetition and confidence give the lie an ugly facsimile of reality in the minds of the people who hear it. I wanted to write about it, but I needed to smart small, at a level I could wrap my mind around. I needed to start with just two people.  What happened next was interesting: while God Of Obsidian started off as a political allegory, by a short ways into the writing process I had largely put that out of my mind. The more I wrote Alice and Nathan, the less I wanted them to function as symbols, and the more I wanted their relationship to feel real in its emotional dynamics, even as it was surrounded by a background feeling of sinister magic. In reading real life personal accounts of many people who had escaped emotionally manipulative relationships, I noticed one common element that many of the escapees emphasized: You will never get restitution or catharsis, you will never your gaslighting partner to admit they did wrong.  All you can do is leave.  I chose to wrap this character drama in a fairy tale because the extraordinary force of gaslighting often reminds me of a kind of enchantment – an enchantment one can never defeat, only escape.It doesn’t feel at all strange to bring this 2017 play into audio in the year 2020. The helpless fury that originally sparked it never fully abated, and has, for obvious reasons, recently blazed back into full conflagration. It’s the angriest I’ve ever been writing a script, but I hope there’s some compassion and hope in there as well. I hope it’s also a story about how you can always hold onto a part of yourself, how even all alone and buckling under lies, you can still make fire.  

A Note From Writer Mac RogersI can’t remember now where I read it, but some years ago my eye was caught by a reference somewhere to the Aztec god Tezcatlipoca – the god of night winds, discord, and obsidian – who entrapped a great crocodile called Cipacti and distorted her body to make the land he walked on. I was not only taken by the phrase “the god of obsidian,” but also by the resonance of the image. There are always people who are ready and willing to build their lives upon the energy and captivity of others. God Of Obsidian is a three-part podcast drama based on a play I wrote that my theater company produced in 2017. The entire creative team from that play – director Jordana Williams, producer Sean Williams, my co-performer Rebecca Comtois – have returned alongside our sound designer Bart Fasbender and co-producer Nat Cassidy to bring the story from stage to podcast.It was the first script I wrote after the 2016 election (Steal The Stars was the second), my first fully thought-out reaction to that calamity. I spent a lot of those months grappling the idea that a person with little or no conscience can lie over and over until the sheer force of repetition and confidence give the lie an ugly facsimile of reality in the minds of the people who hear it. I wanted to write about it, but I needed to smart small, at a level I could wrap my mind around. I needed to start with just two people.  What happened next was interesting: while God Of Obsidian started off as a political allegory, by a short ways into the writing process I had largely put that out of my mind. The more I wrote Alice and Nathan, the less I wanted them to function as symbols, and the more I wanted their relationship to feel real in its emotional dynamics, even as it was surrounded by a background feeling of sinister magic. In reading real life personal accounts of many people who had escaped emotionally manipulative relationships, I noticed one common element that many of the escapees emphasized: You will never get restitution or catharsis, you will never your gaslighting partner to admit they did wrong.  All you can do is leave.  I chose to wrap this character drama in a fairy tale because the extraordinary force of gaslighting often reminds me of a kind of enchantment – an enchantment one can never defeat, only escape.It doesn’t feel at all strange to bring this 2017 play into audio in the year 2020. The helpless fury that originally sparked it never fully abated, and has, for obvious reasons, recently blazed back into full conflagration. It’s the angriest I’ve ever been writing a script, but I hope there’s some compassion and hope in there as well. I hope it’s also a story about how you can always hold onto a part of yourself, how even all alone and buckling under lies, you can still make fire.  

A Note From Writer Mac RogersI can’t remember now where I read it, but some years ago my eye was caught by a reference somewhere to the Aztec god Tezcatlipoca – the god of night winds, discord, and obsidian – who entrapped a great crocodile called Cipacti and distorted her body to make the land he walked on. I was not only taken by the phrase “the god of obsidian,” but also by the resonance of the image. There are always people who are ready and willing to build their lives upon the energy and captivity of others. God Of Obsidian is a three-part podcast drama based on a play I wrote that my theater company produced in 2017. The entire creative team from that play – director Jordana Williams, producer Sean Williams, my co-performer Rebecca Comtois – have returned alongside our sound designer Bart Fasbender and co-producer Nat Cassidy to bring the story from stage to podcast.It was the first script I wrote after the 2016 election (Steal The Stars was the second), my first fully thought-out reaction to that calamity. I spent a lot of those months grappling the idea that a person with little or no conscience can lie over and over until the sheer force of repetition and confidence give the lie an ugly facsimile of reality in the minds of the people who hear it. I wanted to write about it, but I needed to smart small, at a level I could wrap my mind around. I needed to start with just two people.  What happened next was interesting: while God Of Obsidian started off as a political allegory, by a short ways into the writing process I had largely put that out of my mind. The more I wrote Alice and Nathan, the less I wanted them to function as symbols, and the more I wanted their relationship to feel real in its emotional dynamics, even as it was surrounded by a background feeling of sinister magic. In reading real life personal accounts of many people who had escaped emotionally manipulative relationships, I noticed one common element that many of the escapees emphasized: You will never get restitution or catharsis, you will never your gaslighting partner to admit they did wrong.  All you can do is leave.  I chose to wrap this character drama in a fairy tale because the extraordinary force of gaslighting often reminds me of a kind of enchantment – an enchantment one can never defeat, only escape.It doesn’t feel at all strange to bring this 2017 play into audio in the year 2020. The helpless fury that originally sparked it never fully abated, and has, for obvious reasons, recently blazed back into full conflagration. It’s the angriest I’ve ever been writing a script, but I hope there’s some compassion and hope in there as well. I hope it’s also a story about how you can always hold onto a part of yourself, how even all alone and buckling under lies, you can still make fire.  

Hey there movie fans! This week chat with the charming and talented Nat Cassidy! Nat is an actor, writer, playwrite and horror enthusiast. We chat about the process for creating the incredible novel and podcast series "Steal The Stars" as well as what inspires both his writing and his acting. We also talk about his love of horror and how that has influence all of the art he makes and works on. 

Happy almost New Year (or New Years Eve as most normal people say). Also, welcome to Season 2 of The Cary Allen Picture Show! Today I sit down with Joshua Youngerman a fantastic actor and super interesting human. We talk about lots of stuff including baseball, sex scene awards, and much much more. Below is something I copy and pasted from Joshua's website:Joshua Youngerman has been acting in both films and theatre since starting college.  His stage work while training includes Oedipus the Prequel (23:59); Arcadia (MU Department of Theatre); Meltdown (Spectrum Theatre Ensemble); Bryony Lavery's Illyria (Queen Mary Theatre Company); Measure for Measure (LAMDA); and Interview, 1946 and Bug (Rose Bruford College) .  His English professional stage work includes Merchant of Venice (The Cambria); The Hottest Day (The Space); and A Defintion of Love, Bread, and A Stairway to Heaven (Theatre Royal, Bath).  His American professional stage work includes Jig A Boo & The Execution and the Rapture  (Playwriting Collective); Bird (Primary Stages, ESPA) written by Nat Cassidy; and Paving (Crashbox Theatre Company).  His film work includes Confession (Envelope Sky Productions); A New Project (Helicopters Sing); Orthodox (Zeitgeist Films) with Stephen Graham; Jagoda (Smokescreen Pictures); and Most Beautiful Island (Glass Eye Pix).  He recently completed filming on independent drama Easy Living (Bay Bridge Productions) with Caroline Davernas (Hannibal) and Elizabeth Marvel (House of Cards).   Trained at Acting Studio Chicago, University of Missouri, LAMDA, and got an MA in Acting at Rose Bruford College, a DRAMAUK institution that graduated Gary Oldman and Lake Bell. 

Guess who's back (back again) -- it's ON THE RAILS, bae-bae! This week: the anticipated and much delayed STATE OF HORROR '18 PT. 2! Nat Cassidy, Eric Gilde, and Sarah League return to discuss where horror is headed years from now...but not before creating a pitch for National Treasure 3, espousing the virtues of bass guitar, and deciding what horror icons have BDE or not. Plus: Eric's response to Chrissy and Jessy (#Episode106) and all the shart references. We ain't kidding.RULES:"The Candyman Can" -- Any time the name of something is uttered three times, it becomes a trigger for someone's drinking from that point on.Anytime a famous movie monster or someone who played one is mentionedAnytime limbs are mentioned "Man it's a hot one" -- any reference to the Weather be hot / the world being a hot mess"Nobody puts Baby in the corner" -- if someone refers to Sarah being the youngest in the room"Oh Canada" -- anytime you say Sorry or a variation on apologyAnytime Eric mentions baseballAnytime Sarah mentions serial killers or Last Podcast On The LeftAnytime the state of the world yielded an awkward pause See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

WE BACK! ON THE RAILS is rolling again with guests Nat Cassidy, Eric Gilde, and Sarah Lahue! This week: they process their HEREDITARY related trauma and cover THE STATE OF HORROR FILMS IN 2018. Along the way, they decide how The Walking Dead should end, give it up for Logan Marshall Green, and coin the greatest Will Smith pun ever. No, we aren't kidding. Plus a tribute to Anthony Bourdain.Featuring beers by Platform Beer Co, Springdale Beer, and Grey Sail Brewing!DRINKING GAME RULES:* A Quiet Place: If there's an awkward stretch of silence, first one to break it drinks* Any time a superlative is attached to Hereditary* Any time someone says "My wife" without using the Borat voice* Any time Nat coughs*Any time someone says "That moment when..." or "That scene when..."*Any time someone is critical of Trump*Whenever A24 is mentioned*Whenever Nat mentions Stephen King*Whenever Sarah mentions the TonysFollow Nat on Twitter and Insta at @natcassidy / @catnassidyFollow Eric on Twitter and Insta at @ericgildeFollow Sarah on Twitter at @sarahthecolor See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Eastenders Weekly, The only weekly podcast all about Eastenders. This week we discuss episodes of Eastenders from 9th - 13th April This week we discuss: E20's launch night, Phil and Mel's kiss, Vincents 1 man mission for £7000, "I'm doing this now" with Billie Jackson, The rough side of the Slater family, Billy and Honey never getting back together, Joyce goodbye at The Vic, Shrimpys other women, Whitneys Halway there with Woody, We play a Game of "Slater Family Values", #Havin' a Butchers - a look at the cast of EastEnders twitter account, Twitter Poll and Outro. Time Stamps 0:00:52 - 1 Minute Round Up 0:01:59 - Mel catches her pray 0:27:18 - Vincents lies to Kim 0:42:08 "I'm Doing This Now" with Devon Anderson Twitter: @DevonAnderson87  0:52:49 - Mo see's big things in the Slaters future 1:07:35 - Billy and drunk Honey, Woody comes knocking, Shrimpy's other women, final fairwell for Joyce 1:19:22 - GAME - "Slater Family Values" 1:22:19 - #havin' a butchers a look at: @benchampniss @mouthwaite @jennarusselluk @Nat_Cassidy @tillykeeper @jasarmfield   Podcast theme by https://soundcloud.com/kelly-taylor-25 Don't forget please leave a review, subscribe and follow us Twitter: @eastendersweek  E-Mail eastendersweekly@gmail.com and find all things Eastenders at https://eastendersweekly.podbean.com/

Welcome to Eastenders Weekly, The only weekly podcast all about Eastenders. This week we discuss episodes of Eastenders from 9th - 13th April This week we discuss: E20's launch night, Phil and Mel's kiss, Vincents 1 man mission for £7000, "I'm doing this now" with Billie Jackson, The rough side of the Slater family, Billy and Honey never getting back together, Joyce goodbye at The Vic, Shrimpys other women, Whitneys Halway there with Woody, We play a Game of "Slater Family Values", #Havin' a Butchers - a look at the cast of EastEnders twitter account, Twitter Poll and Outro. Time Stamps 0:00:52 - 1 Minute Round Up 0:01:59 - Mel catches her pray 0:27:18 - Vincents lies to Kim 0:42:08 "I'm Doing This Now" with Devon Anderson Twitter: @DevonAnderson87  0:52:49 - Mo see's big things in the Slaters future 1:07:35 - Billy and drunk Honey, Woody comes knocking, Shrimpy's other women, final fairwell for Joyce 1:19:22 - GAME - "Slater Family Values" 1:22:19 - #havin' a butchers a look at: @benchampniss @mouthwaite @jennarusselluk @Nat_Cassidy @tillykeeper @jasarmfield   Podcast theme by https://soundcloud.com/kelly-taylor-25 Don't forget please leave a review, subscribe and follow us Twitter: @eastendersweek  E-Mail eastendersweekly@gmail.com and find all things Eastenders at https://eastendersweekly.podbean.com/

This week's beloved novel is STEAL THE STARS by Nat Cassidy! Also featured: grandma kidnapping, deleted memories, writing advice, and much more!Click to view: show page on Awesound

Nat Cassidy is back! In this episode, Lisa chats with Nat about his recent successes, including his recently published novelization of the sci-fi noir thriller, "Steal the Stars." (It's SO GOOD!) They also get into his newly published play, "Tenants Or, When the Hornet Arrives," a cutting-edge, horrific tale about love, lust, and psychopaths.  Links to Nat's work can be found here: http://www.natcassidy.com/. ​  

In this bonus episode, Lisa reviews Steal the Stars, a podcast written by Mac Rogers and directed by Jordanna Williams. Starring Ashlie Atkinson as Dak and Neimah Djourabchi at Matt, the show also features Nat Cassidy as Lloyd (see episode 08 for more on Nat!).   

Co-founder of Tor Labs Interview starts at 16:53 and ends at 40:00 “This story is 14 episodes, and it is about security chief Dakota Prentiss and Matt Salem, who are both ex-military, working at a secret military base that happens to have a flying saucer, an alien, and a mysterious thing called the harp. No one really knows quite what it does. They instantly fall in love with one another, but the hitch is that when you sign up for this gig there is an absolute, ironclad no-fraternization policy. ” News “Amazon Echo Silver” on Saturday Night Live (YouTube video) - May 13, 2017 “8 People Test Their Accents on Siri, Echo and Google Home | Wired” (YouTube video) - May 16, 2017 Seattle Times editorial on Amazon's donation of space to Mary's Place homeless shelter - May 14, 2017 “Why Silicon Valley is All Wrong about Amazon's Echo Show” by Chris Messina at Medium - May 11, 2017 Tech Tips “Alexa Calling Has a Major Privacy Flaw” by elise oras at Medium - May 12, 2017 “Amazon says caller blocking for Alexa/Echo is coming, amid customer complaints” by Todd Bishop at GeekWire - May 13, 2017 eReaderIQ Interview with Jennifer Gunnels “Tor Books Launching ‘Tor Labs', a New Serialized Fiction Podcast Imprint” - Tor Books press release on May 1, 2017. Mac Rogers Gideon Productions Arrival and Ocean's Eleven Arrival (Stories of Your Life MTI) by Ted Chiang LifeAfter (iTunes) Felix & Paul Studios (VR) Steal the Stars by Nat Cassidy - available for pre-order with delivery on November 7, 2017 Content “Amazon Prime Reading Launches in the UK” by Nate Hoffelder at The Digital Reader - May 18, 2017 “Amazon Starts Weekly Bestseller Lists” by Jim Milliot at Publishers Weekly - May 18, 2017 Next Week's Guest Mark Sullivan, author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads!

Lisa presents a special, Halloween version of the podcast in Episode 08. She chats with Justin Park about spooky science news from Oct. 24th to Oct. and also discusses the fine line between horror and science fiction with award-winning NYC playwright, Nat Cassidy.