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Hollywood hated Nefarious. Critics gave it 27 percent. Audiences gave it 97 percent. And Steve Deace said he nearly died twice making it. In this episode, Lance Wallnau sits down with bestselling author and Blaze podcaster Steve Deace to talk about what really happened after Nefarious hit theaters in 2023, and why he's about to go even further with his next film. In this episode: * Why Steve says he nearly died twice, nearly divorced, and nearly went bankrupt while making Nefarious, and what he says happened on the other side of that * The real story behind the massive gap between Nefarious's 27 percent critic score and 97 percent audience score, and who Steve blames for it * Why Sean Patrick Flannery says his own Hollywood agent refuses to acknowledge he was in the film, and what happened when a major director screened it privately * The plot of Steve's new film, a redemptive supernatural thriller he describes as "the Omen meets A Christmas Carol," where the devil pitches a runaway young woman to become a demonic Mother Mary and give birth to the Antichrist * Why Steve believes storytelling, not politics, is the last place left in culture where real persuasion happens, and why he says a movie can be a bigger force multiplier than a Senate race * How Steve builds an entire script from visions he says come to him at 5 a.m., and why his son and director Damien Levett are part of the team behind this project * What it will take to finish funding the film, and how viewers can get involved Podcast Episode 2218: The Antichrist Is Coming to Hollywood? Steve Deace Reveals His Next Movie | don't miss this! Listen to more episodes of the Lance Wallnau Show at lancewallnau.com/podcast
"There are ways to downsize a college, but with Hampshire it felt more like a hollowing-out." Our latest installment of The Hampshire Tapes features a conversation with Ida Kao (F18) about having a ringside seat for Hampshire College's decline. We talk about how how she's trying to preserve the school's spirit by co-curating the Post-Hampshire project, what it was like trying to pursue an education in the face of Hampshire's financial crisis and COVID, the ups and downs of editing The Omen during those times, her exploration of The Omen's archives how it led to a nostalgia for the Hampshire before her time, and how she recognized pretty early on that some of Hampshire's troubles weren't fixable (at least not by sit-ins). We also get into Hampshire's stabs at student government (see her Div III), the institutions that came and went before her arrival (more Div III)and what that said about ahistoricism on campus, whether she felt short-changed by her time there, and more. Follow Ida on Bluesky and learn more about the Post-Hampshire project • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Stripe, Patreon, or Paypal, and subscribe to our e-newsletter
Before Nick Troisi ever became the vocalist of Omen Skye, he spent years living what he calls the “rock-star lifestyle” without actually having the band. He joins Justin and Mike to talk about addiction, getting sober, learning to scream in his car and finally using the musical potential he thought he had wasted.Nick takes us through the whole path: getting cut from Chesapeake JV football, receiving his first guitar, using music to process his parents' divorce, auditioning as a vocalist with two weeks of practice, surviving his first show and selling 84 tickets at Omen Skye's second performance.They also get into the reality of building a metalcore band in 2026: management, promoters, PR, distribution, international listeners, expensive Instagram advertising, synchronized stage production and the deeply annoying requirement that every musician also become a content creator.Omen Skye's new single “Vanquish” arrives August 28. They'll be performing at Metro Gallery in Baltimore on September 13.Omen Skye links and “Vanquish” pre-save:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omenskyeband/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091131224729&mibextid=LQQJ4dYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCGnWKACBlO2nSmMJRsI59nQ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@omen_skye?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcVanquish: https://arsontheory.vyd.co/VanquishFollow Nick Troisi:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomadic_fanatic/Subscribe for new episodes of If This Doesn't Work… every Monday at 9 AM.
Send us Fan MailWhat happens when divination moves beyond the tarot table and into relationship with the living world?In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles welcome Joanna Farrar, author of The Diviner's Path: A Nature-Led Approach to Divination with Tarot, Runes, and Pendulums, for a rich conversation about divination, animism, omens, and spirit communication.Joanna explains what divination actually is, how symbolic systems like tarot and runes function as languages, and why observation and pattern recognition are essential when working with signs from birds, weather, animals, and the land. They also explore augury, pendulums, spiritual hygiene, discernment, journaling, fate versus free will, and how to build trustworthy relationships with spirits without surrendering your own agency.This episode is a grounded guide to making divination more relational, practical, and deeply connected to place.Connect with Joanna Farrar: Coffee & Divination InstagramA live 90-minute workshop teaching A Living SpellLeandraWitchwood.com LeandraWitchwood.com A four-week LIVE Business Witch Experience. October 2026 The Delphi Intuition Activation Retreat is a four-day pilgrimage into sacred voice, intuitive trust, and embodied oracular practice. Through initiation at Delphi, ceremony in the Corycian Cave, and ritual in Greece's prophetic landscapes, you will deepen your connection to your inner knowing and learn to recognize how intuition speaks through the body.Learn more at elysewelles.com/visitgreece Samhainfest is a two-day celebration of witchcraft, folklore, ritual, music, and ancestor reverence, held October 31 to November 1, 2026, in Havre de Grace, Maryland.Learn more and get tickets at samhainfest.com.Support the Podcast!✨FREE Business Witch Grimoire - 5 Business Witch practices with step-by-step guidance. Get your copy: https://leandrawitchwood.com/
Was für ein Staffelfinale! Wie finden wir Rhaenyras Make-Up? Und warum hat Alicia jetzt einen Crush auf Daemon Targaryen? Wir besprechen heute House of the Dragon Staffel 3, Folge 8: Rhaenyra erfährt, dass Aegon noch lebt, und wird zunehmend rücksichtsloser, während Daemon den möglichen Frieden mit den Grünen ablehnt. In Stolperstadt eskaliert die Lage zur blutigen Schlacht, bei der Ulf mit Silberschwinge schließlich beide Seiten und die Stadt selbst mit Drachenfeuer verwüstet. Am Ende stürzt sich Helaena aus dem Fenster, während eine Stickerei ihren Tod und Rhaenyra blutüberströmt auf dem Eisernen Thron zeigt, ein düsteres Omen für den weiteren Krieg. #HouseOfTheDragon #Staffel3 #hotds3 #hotd #Folge8 Nächste Woche besprechen wir Stranger Things Staffel 1, Folge 1 & 2. Instagram: @aliciajoe und @cashisclay_attitude Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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**Please note this is a Spookysode, there are going to be triggers present in this episode that aren't present in typical episodes. Contents hold more intense subject matter, please take caution. **Don't Buy the Fucking DiamondIt's Spookysode time! Kim takes us through the legendary curse of the Hope Diamond and its long trail of bad luck. Charlye digs into death omens and the ways people have believed death might warn us it's coming.witchbitchamateurhour.comPRINTS RUNNING OUTthe-witch-bitch-amateur-hour-podcast-shop.fourthwall.comAnahata's Purpose 2026anahataspurpose.com/events/anahatas-purpose-20222026 Witches' Bazaarwww.inkedgoddesscreations.com/pages/witchesbazaar?srsltid=AfmBOoo0ff6LkpRJjpOEHcxTBLTP4_cIi9vaWWOqJvMmCRbGmD8pF-bIMagnolia Street: A Practical Magic Fandom Podcastwww.instagram.com/p/DbOJCHsCeyI/Want to help support the Podcast? Consider becoming a Patron!patreon.com/wbahpodcastAdvertise with us!Just shoot an email to wbahpodcast@gmail.comSnag yourself some WBAH Merch!Meet New Witches!Your Average Witch Podcastyouraveragewitchpodcast.comIt's A Whole Thing Podcastwww.wholethingpodcast.comPlay The Sims With Charlyetwitch.tv/charlye_withawhy Support the showGet Ya Witch Shit!Crepuscularconjuration.comCharm by Charlye MichelleAncestor Oil and Fire Scrying Sessionscharmbycharlye.comOur Video EditorEldrich Kitchenm.youtube.com/channel/UC_CwBrVMhqezVz_fog716OwContact Us (Come Eat With Us)Instagram @WitchBitchAmateurHourFacebook @WitchAmateurHourwbahpodcast@gmail.comHandwritten letters are actual magic!601 Kingston RdSte 300 #1011Benton, LA 71006We are not doctors, lawyers, or professionals. We're amateurs. Nothing we say should be taken as advice, instruction, or seriously. Any actions taken based on our content can and will lead to chaos, injury, existential crises, your pets no longer loving you, and possibly death. We make no promises and assume no liability.
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The number of the day is 666. What does fox hunting, Smuckers jelly, and magic knives have to do with the Anti-Christ? Find out on this edition of Octoberpod AM classic horror podcast with tales of demons, dark monks, and a tribute to the late horror icon Sam Neill. Your horror host Edward October will be your guide through the mist enshrouded English countryside, filled with ancient ruins and hidden dangers. First up: Horrifying History presents the true tale of The House of 200 Demons. Then, during the Intermission, Edward October pays tribute to Sam Neill with a deep dive into one of his early horror roles in OMEN 3: THE FINAL CONFLICT. Plus: The true history of The Black Monk of Pontefract, presented by Horrifying History. Featuring guest contributions by: Brenda, creator/host of the podcast Horrifying History. Sharpen your magic daggers because we're serving up mad monks, ferocious fox hounds, global conspiracies, end times prophesies, a house haunted by hellish harbingers, music from the depths of despair to the realms of holiness, the Anti-Christ, Second Coming, and a tribute to a horror icon who left us far too soon. Join the hunt for the Nazarene on this edition of Octoberpod AM: the retro horror podcast for bold individualists. // PROMOS Brew Crime Backlook Cinema Curious Cat // ABOUT THIS SHOW retro horror film history podcast supernatural horror film discussion classic horror film history podcast Halloween supernatural horror podcast folklore haunted history podcast occult horror history // FOLLOW Find more true, true-ish & classic horror / paranormal content by following us on social media! Bluesky: @octoberpod.bsky.social // Twitter: @OctoberpodVHS // YouTube: Octoberpod Home Video // Instagram: @OctoberpodVHS // TikTok: @octoberpod // Or follow us on the worldwide web at OctoberpodVHS.com // LINKS & REFERENCES Sam Neill interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX9fJPhDl64Sam Neill James Bond Audition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdfiLW-mxsYLiner Notes for The Final Conflict Original Motion Picture Score by Jerry Goldsmith (Deluxe Edition) by Robert TownsonThe Final Conflict (Original Score), “Main Title” -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmL4mMhAsro&list=PLqnnuEVGcRQxxr9fUboujHkoZs-CTs7sS&index=1&pp=iAQB8AUBThe Final Conflict (Original Score), “The Second Coming” -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glGHCflMgUE&list=PLqnnuEVGcRQxxr9fUboujHkoZs-CTs7sS&index=7&pp=iAQB8AUBThe Final Conflict (Original Score), “The Hunt” -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI6DmfmL54M&list=PLqnnuEVGcRQxxr9fUboujHkoZs-CTs7sS&index=9&pp=iAQB8AUBThe Final Conflict (Original Score), “The Final Conflict” -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7_v69paPs4&list=PLqnnuEVGcRQxxr9fUboujHkoZs-CTs7sS&index=15&pp=iAQB8AUB (Skip to about 4:58 to hear the “Christ Triumphant” motif) // NO AI PLEDGE Octoberpod was conceived and performed in its entirety by real human creators … and it always will be. No AI was used to write, narrate, compose music, or generate promotional imagery/video for this episode. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/octoberpod-am--5482497/support.
A spiritualist, Jnana, says the fall of the traditional leader from a palanquin could, according to tradition, be interpreted as a possible bad omen
At Gen Con 2026, Wizards of the Coast had several major Dungeons & Dragons announcements, including the “Arcana Unleashed” gameplay expansions and the introduction of “Universes Beyond,” bringing crossovers like World of Warcraft and Star Wars to the game. The company also confirmed the return of classic settings like Dark Sun and Greyhawk, the latter featuring creative material from Gary Gygax's archives. Actor Joe Manganiello was appointed as the Chief Creative Officer of D&D Icons, an initiative designed to bridge the game’s 50-year heritage with its future by bringing back legendary creators to develop new, official material. Paizo unveiled a major tonal shift with “13 Omens”, a rules-light modern supernatural horror RPG featuring a shared dice pool mechanic and a system designed for one-shot narrative arcs. Alongside this new title, the publisher announced “Invaders of the Dark,” an ambitious campaign that blends science fiction and fantasy by uniting the Pathfinder and Starfinder settings. This crossover promises to allow players to experience the impact of an alien invasion across Golarion, marking a significant development for the publisher’s tentpole offerings. Free League Publishing announced “Free League Unbound,” a new digital platform built by Adam Bradford that directly addresses player concerns regarding digital ownership. The service enables users to download permanent PDFs of their purchases, ensuring long-term access, while offering a cross-device digital reader and compendium. In addition to the platform launch, Free League showcased revised core rules for “The One Ring”, which maintain full retro-compatibility, and announced major expansions such as “The White Tower and the Hall of Gold” and a bestiary titled “Creatures Strange and Foul”. Paradox Interactive's surprise alpha playtest for “Vampire 6th Edition”, which introduces a more modern, narrative-driven ruleset. Darrington Press shared a content roadmap for “Daggerheart”, committing to two major books annually through 2030, while celebrating significant growth in character sheet creation on Demiplane. Finally, Catalyst Game Labs showcased new sourcebooks and editions for “Shadowrun” and previewed an upcoming alpha playtest for the “He Who Fights with Monsters” TTRPG. #wotc #paizo #freeleague #gencon2026 Pathfinder Second Edition: Bundle of Frogs! https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/7XLLGg Mammoth Chronicles Bundle: https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/L0rK3O From Rivers to Fjords- Basic Roleplay Bundle: https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/E0WYEP Mantic Companion App: https://companion.manticgames.com/ Use our Referral code: MCTXEE Support Us by Shopping on DTRPG (afilliate link): https://www.drivethrurpg.com?affiliate_id=2081746 Matt’s DriveThruRPG Publications: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?author=Matthew%20Robinson https://substack.com/@matthewrobinson3 Chris on social media: https://hyvemynd.itch.io/ Jeremy's Links: http://www.abusecartoons.com/ http://www.rcharvey.com Support Us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/upturnedtable Give us a tip on our livestream: https://streamlabs.com/upturnedtabletop/tip Donate or give us a tip on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/2754JZFW2QZU4 Intro song is “Chips” by KokoroNoMe https://kokoronome.bandcamp.com/
On this episode Tim & the crew are joined by Araceli Martinez to discuss Trump Launches ANOTHER Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship Fake News REFRAMES Trump's Criticism of DEI Is Creepy CLOWN Video an Omen of the Apocalypse? Side Effects of Ozempic Include Blindness and STOMACH PARALYSIS Hosts: Tim @Timcast (everywhere) | https://www.shoutout.fans/timpool Phil @PhilThatRemains (X) | https://allthatremains.komi.io/ Brett @Brettdasovic (X) Producer: Carter @carterbanks (X) | @trashhouserecords (YT) Guest: Araceli Martinez
Thank you for listening! Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Topics include: Charcuterie Cyberpunk Coffee/Tea Recipe book with OGL D20 stats. 17. The Voice in the Night – William Hope Hodgson Sea horror. Isolation. Transformation. Hodgson makes the ocean feel biologically alien. Underwater (2020) – Ancient things below human scale. 18. The Monster Maker” — Ray Bradbury, Planet Stories, Spring 1944 — Fear and perception generate monsters; the real threat is partly an intelligence manipulating what people think they see. The Mothman Prophecies (2002) – Omen, pattern, unseen intelligence. 19. The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe Obsession and mortality tightening inward. The Raven (2012) – Obsession and mortality tightening inward. 20. The Plattner Story – H. G. Wells A man slips into a flipped, alternate dimension and comes back geometrically wrong. Multiverse dislocation before Marvel made it fashionable. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – Multiversal fracture of meaning. 21. The White People – Arthur Machen Youth, ritual, secret worlds behind glamour. Machen's fae horror undercuts innocence with something ancient and hungry. K-Pop Demon Hunters (2025) – Pop mythology as open cosmology; spectacle swallowing structure.
Thank you for listening! Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Topics include: Charcuterie Cyberpunk Coffee/Tea Recipe book with OGL D20 stats. 17. The Voice in the Night – William Hope Hodgson Sea horror. Isolation. Transformation. Hodgson makes the ocean feel biologically alien. Underwater (2020) – Ancient things below human scale. 18. The Monster Maker” — Ray Bradbury, Planet Stories, Spring 1944 — Fear and perception generate monsters; the real threat is partly an intelligence manipulating what people think they see. The Mothman Prophecies (2002) – Omen, pattern, unseen intelligence. 19. The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe Obsession and mortality tightening inward. The Raven (2012) – Obsession and mortality tightening inward. 20. The Plattner Story – H. G. Wells A man slips into a flipped, alternate dimension and comes back geometrically wrong. Multiverse dislocation before Marvel made it fashionable. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – Multiversal fracture of meaning. 21. The White People – Arthur Machen Youth, ritual, secret worlds behind glamour. Machen's fae horror undercuts innocence with something ancient and hungry. K-Pop Demon Hunters (2025) – Pop mythology as open cosmology; spectacle swallowing structure.
This week, Chris and Ed stare directly into the terrifying history of solar eclipses. From celestial dragons and fire-dogs devouring the sun, to wars stopped by sudden darkness, sacrificial substitute kings, retina burns shaped like the eclipse itself, and American doomsday prophecies that refuse to die - this one is a scorcher.SHOW NOTESBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/scared-all-the-time--7084296/support.Get the latest episodes of our bonus show NEW FEAR UNLOCKED -- and a whole lot more! -- by supporting the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ScaredAllTheTime
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Give It Up writer/star Gareth Reynolds breaks down some of the movies about comedians that made him with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Give it Up (2026) The Aristocats (1970) The Aristocrats (2005) Funny People (2009) This is 40 (2012) Man on the Moon (1999) Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond (2017) I'm From Hollywood (1989) Comedian (2002) American Movie (1999) Joan Rivers: Piece of Work (2010) A History of Violence (2005) Rabbit Test (1978) George Carlin: Jammin' in New York (1990) George Carlin's American Dream (2022) George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya (2008) Punchline (1988) The Omen (1976) Bill Hicks: Relentless (1992) American Splendor (2003) American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009) Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979) Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982) Blue Collar (1978) The King of Comedy (1982) Meet the Parents (2000) Taxi Driver (1976) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Pee-wee as Himself (2025) Innerspace (1987) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Air New Zealand The Dollop Podcast Peter Jackson Weta Workshop The Lord of the Rings film franchise Dave Anthony Our first podcast with The Dollop John Lennon Paul McCartney Our Glenn Howerton podcast episode Harlan Ellison New York Friars Club in New York The Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles Judd Apatow Adam Sandler Scott Alexander TFH Guru Larry Karaszewski Andy Kaufman Jim Carrey Comedy Central ABC's Wide World of Comedy TV series (1973-76) Elvis Presley Bob Zmuda Fridays TV series (1980-82) Mark Blankfield Lawrence Welk The Pretenders Late Night with David Letterman TV series (1982-93) Kyle Anderson Jerry Seinfeld Gary Shandling Orny Adams Dane Cook Joan Rivers Don Rickles The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV series (1962-92) The Dewey Decimal System Dick Clark Russell Crowe Edgar Allan Poe Billy Crystal Gareth and Dave's Past Times Podcast George Carlin Johnny Carson Tom Hanks Sally Field John Goodman David Seltzer Bill Hicks Paul Giamatti HBO MC Hammer Vanilla Ice Rush Limbaugh The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV series (1992-2014) David Letterman David Cronenberg Denis Leary Richard Pryor Paul Schrader Yaphet Kotto Harvey Keitel Robert De Niro Jerry Lewis Sandra Bernhardt Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese's Life in Film book by Mark Binelli (2026) Paul Reubens Thomas Jane Our Martin Short podcast episode Gareth and Jake Johnson's podcast We're Here To Help SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We're a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Golden boy Ryan Davis reunites with our Unit to welcome a new authorial voice to the reading rotation with Christie Golden's Omen. Her novel briefly fuels our hopes for Young Jedi Knights: The New Class, as we flow-walk back in time to rehash well-worn discourse surrounding the Rule of Two and trade Force psychosis theories like exotic beasts at the Coruscant Livestock Exchange and Exhibition.
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The Hallow (2015), The Ritual (2017), and Antlers (2021) Cryptids occupy a couple of different categories in modern life. One of them is fun, if a bit kitschy and silly: think concrete bigfoot statues sitting in whimsical gardens or funny little Mothman plaques hanging on the wall. But another is truly terrifying, buried down deep below the surface of our culture and our geography, a place where most people refuse to even touch the soil, much less dig. On this episode, we are going to dig deeply into those terrifying cryptid myths and uncover some wonderful horror films. Because in the last decade or so, a handful of filmmakers have chosen to put spade to soil and go deeply into that taboo territory and yielded some wonderfully horrific results. Films mentioned in this episode: Antlers (2021), The Blair Witch Project (1999), Bugonia (2025), Cocaine Bear (2023), District 9 (2009), Frankenstein (2025), The Hallow (2015), Hellraiser (2022), The Irishman (2019), The Mothman Prophecies (2002), The Nun (2018), The Omen (1976), The Ritual (2017), Scars of Dracula (1970), Shaun of the Dead (2004), The Signal (2007), Southbound (2015), Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Weapons (2025), Whistle (2025)
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Siyabonga Motha speaks to Mark Anderson, CEO of BirdLife South Africa who shares some interesting facts and debunks some common myths about crows. They also touch on the intelligence and sophistication of the bird's memory. Tags: 702, The Aubrey Masango Show, Siyabonga Motha, Weird and Wonderful, Crows, Death, Bad Omen, Revenge, Good memory, Ravens, Scavengers, Tools, Intelligence The Aubrey Masango Show is presented by late night radio broadcaster Aubrey Masango. Aubrey hosts in-depth interviews on controversial political issues and chats to experts offering life advice and guidance in areas of psychology, personal finance and more. All Aubrey’s interviews are podcasted for you to catch-up and listen. Thank you for listening to this podcast from The Aubrey Masango Show. Listen live on weekdays between 20:00 and 24:00 (SA Time) to The Aubrey Masango Show broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and on CapeTalk between 20:00 and 21:00 (SA Time) https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk Find out more about the show here https://buff.ly/lzyKCv0 and get all the catch-up podcasts https://buff.ly/rT6znsn Subscribe to the 702 and CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfet Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hey kid, there’s a spider in your bed! From Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) We’re going back to horror history class with Episode 212: Slashers Come of Age and Horror Finds Religion 1975-1979. Seven years ago, in the early days of the Scariest Things, we did some horror history, diving into some of the more obscure titles that you may not be aware of. We stopped at the early seventies, and then went on a very long hiatus. But now we are back with some (maybe) forgotten gems from 1975 to 1979. Friend of the podcast Ian Parker joins Eric and Mike in this deep dive. It took a while, but we are back to our chronology of horror movies. We have picked up the baton and are moving our movie history lessons forward. The seventies were a turbulent period in history. The Hayes Code, now dead and defeated, is no longer. The early seventies started playing around in the margins with movies that pushed the boundaries of what was possible. The advent of the massive summer blockbuster began to separate movies into big-budget and indie-budget films, and horror was part of that trend. Jaws (1975) and The Exorcist (1972) proved that with the right director, scary movies could bring in big money and be legitimate critical darlings as well. The doors opened for studios to pour big money into movies that would become The Omen, Alien, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Carrie, landmark movies all. Big-name actors with great pedigrees were coaxed into performing in big studio horror projects. Gregory Peck did The Omen. Faye Dunaway at the height of her career did The Eyes of Laura Mars. It wouldn’t be long before Jack Nicholson got cast in The Shining (1980), but we’ll get to that one later. Having said all that, the studios weren’t quite all-in yet. There were a few pet projects out there. But the domain of the horror movie was still in the dilapidated old downtown movie houses and drive-in theaters. You couldn’t yet rent movies for home viewing. If you wanted to go see independent horror movies, you had to be willing to get down and dirty. The Cineplex wasn’t yet ready for showing off the gory delicacies that were being cooked up in the era when the boundaries between R and X hadn’t been settled yet. Slasher Movies Come of Age Horror never forgot its roots. You could still make a low-budget movie, with no-name actors, scare some teenagers, and turn a profit. But a guy in a rubber suit wasn’t going to cut it anymore. Real explicit violence and raw visceral horror are now how to make a memorable mark. Following in the footsteps of Black Christmas (1972), Last House on the Left (1972), and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), the slasher film was going to find the sweet spot of low budget and mass appeal. Enter Halloween (1978). Stabbing and spooking were now moving into the suburbs. On a budget of $325,000, Halloween would go on to earn $47,160,000. On a budget of $325,000, Halloween would go on to earn $47,160,000. Hollywood noticed. The impact of Halloween would be felt primarily in the early eighties, but a few filmmakers picked up on the trend early. The slasher films influenced directly in the wake of Halloween include: Don’t Go Into the House (1979), Silent Scream (1979), Tourist Trap (1979), Driller Killer (1979), Prom Night (1980), Maniac (1980), Friday the 13th (1980), Don’t Go into the Woods (1981), Madman (1981), Happy Birthday to Me (1981), My Bloody Valentine (1981), The Burning (1981), The House on Sorority Row (1982), and The Slumber Party Massacre (1982). All of these films featured a masked killer (usually) and some sort of stabbing weapon (usually), and oblivious teen victims (usually), with sexual activity usually as part of the equation (usually)… and a final girl (usually). That’s the modern slasher template. It didn’t take long for filmmakers to figure out the formula. Our great directors who would lead horror for the next twenty years were in place. John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, and Wes Craven had their knives out and were ready to dominate the field. This genre still felt fresh. The sequels had yet to take control of the industry, and the concept felt raw and scary. This trend would find its killer’s stride in the 80’s, but this is when the slasher movie came out of the shadows. Horror Gets Really Weird, and Discovers God While the sixties still had a safety belt on, and the eighties went for the reliable thrills, the seventies was a period that allowed directors to stretch out their ideas. The early seventies also contributed a number of strange films, but it is hard to match the back half of the seventies with the likes of The Manitou (1976), Phantasm (1979), Hausu (1977), and Eraserhead (1977), which brought wildly original concepts to the table. Religion was a big thing too. Conventionally, there were movies like The Omen and The Exorcist that were, while very scary, using traditional good-and-evil concepts. This era also had a more counter-cultural and artistic interpretation of holy horror. God Told Me To (1976) and The Visitor (1979) were gonzo strange concepts that never found an audience, but were challenging with their takes of what celestial beings might be. What is Jesus, really? For that matter, what is God? An alien? Perhaps. Truly strange, blasphemous stuff. Perhaps it was all the hallucinogens that were popular of the era. Cosmic horror found truth in a far-out metaphysical moment. It wouldn’t take long for the politicians and the morality police to put an end to such wild concepts. But in truth, the conservative backlash was waiting in the next decade. In the seventies, the liberal notions of acceptable content had plenty of room. That would be coming to an end soon, especially when movies could come home on cable TV and VHS. The Scariest Things History of Horror Episodes Episode 22: The Silent Era 1920s Episode 25: The Rise and Fall of the Golden Age 1930’s and 1940s Episode 29: Horror Comes Back – The Matinee Era Part 1 1950-1954 Episode 31: The Height of the Atomic Age – The Matinee Era Part 2 1955-1959 Episode 51: The International Gothic Trend – Horror From 1960-1964 Episode 53: The Diversification of Horror – Horror From 1965-1969 Episode 57: Horror Gets Trippy – Horror From 1970-1974 Episode 213: Slashers Come of Age and Horror Finds Religion 1975-1979 Friend of the Podcast Ian Parker joins Eric and Mike to talk about some deep cut movies from the late seventies. We have tried to avoid the obvious stuff and to notify our audience about some curious gems that you might have missed when shuffling through your streaming options: Burnt Offerings (1976) Don’t Go Into the House (1979) God Told Me To (1976) Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) Rabid (1977) Shock Waves (1977) The Witch Who Came From the Sea (1976) The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) The Manitou (1978)
The Lost Boys, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, Fright Night, The Village, and The Collector headline this episode of This Week in Horror History, covering July 27 through August 2. Summer horror gets vampiric, supernatural, folklore-soaked, and dangerously familiar as we revisit an iconic 1980s vampire movie, the resurrection of Jason Voorhees, M. Night Shyamalan's isolated village nightmare, a brutal home-invasion trap thriller, and a modern Métis horror novel about a loved one who returns profoundly wrong. Inside this episode:July 28, 2020 — Empire of Wild receives its U.S. publicationCherie Dimaline's supernatural horror novel follows Joan, a woman searching for her missing husband. When she discovers a charismatic preacher who looks and sounds almost exactly like him—but insists he is someone else—her search leads toward Métis folklore, the rogarou, stolen identity, grief, and an ancient hunger wearing a familiar face. July 30, 2004 — The Village releases in the United StatesM. Night Shyamalan transforms an isolated community surrounded by forbidden woods into a haunting story about fear, control, ritual, and the dangerous power of a carefully protected lie. The villagers have been taught that creatures wait beyond the boundary, certain colors must never be worn, and safety depends upon everyone obeying the same rules. July 31, 1987 — The Lost Boys releases in the United StatesJoel Schumacher gives vampire horror leather jackets, motorcycles, beach fog, neon boardwalks, and unforgettable 1980s style. Beneath the lights and nightlife of Santa Carla, a gang of young vampires offers danger, immortality, and the seductive promise of never having to grow up. August 1, 1986 — Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives releasesTommy Jarvis accidentally resurrects Jason Voorhees with a bolt of lightning, transforming the Crystal Lake killer into a fully supernatural slasher icon. Faster, funnier, and more self-aware than many earlier entries, Jason Lives combines gothic cemetery imagery, summer-camp terror, black comedy, and one of the franchise's most memorable versions of Jason.Deep-Cut Spotlight — The Collector A desperate thief breaks into a wealthy family's home and discovers that a masked killer has already transformed the property into an elaborate maze of wires, traps, locked rooms, and carefully arranged suffering. The Collector captures the brutal energy of late-2000s horror, combining home-invasion suspense, post-Saw trap horror, survival-thriller momentum, and the terrifying idea that every possible escape route has already been anticipated by someone waiting inside.Horror Birthdays This Week: David Warner, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, and Wes Craven enter the birthday roll, bringing connections to The Omen, Waxwork, Predator, The Terminator, Aliens, Planet Terror, The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Scream.Weekly Recommendation — Fright Night A teenage horror fan becomes convinced that his charming new neighbor is a vampire—but nobody believes him. Desperate for help, Charley Brewster turns to Peter Vincent, a washed-up television horror host who has spent his career pretending to battle monsters. Funny, stylish, spooky, and filled with practical-effects vampire horror, Fright Night remains one of the great horror-comedies of the 1980s. It combines the vampire-next-door premise with suburban paranoia, late-night horror television, supernatural action, and the realization that imaginary courage may suddenly need to become real.From Empire of Wild and The Village to The Lost Boys, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, The Collector, and Fright Night, this week in horror history proves that the most dangerous monsters do not always remain hidden. Sometimes they wear the face of someone you love, live inside your community, move into the house next door, or rise from the grave when lightning strikes.
In honor of Sam Neil, we're covering the 1997 cult classic Event Horizon! We'll talk about Mr. Omen 3 himself, talk about how troubled the production was for the movie, and take a trip to Transylvania salt mines! Also, this is the only time as episode has ever had a trigger warning when describing what was cut from the film!
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This week, Bloody Good Horror celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Omen. Rather than simply revisiting a horror classic, we explore the cultural moment that gave birth to one of the most influential supernatural films ever made. We discuss Richard Donner's classic Hollywood direction, Jerry Goldsmith's iconic score, Damian's chilling and enduring legacy, and why the fears driving The Omen in 1976 feel surprisingly relevant today. Plus, we revisit what still works, what hasn't aged as well, and whether The Omen deserves its place among horror's all-time greats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Send us Fan MailThis week we're drafting the best summer horror movies. We define the essential ingredients of summer horror, defend our selections across six themed categories, and assemble three competing twelve-film rosters.Mentioned in the EpisodeMain EpisodeBest Summer Horror Movies Draft - YouTubeRelated EpisodesEpisode 453: Summerween Starter PackEpisode 401: I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)Episode 398: I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006)Episode 390: Honeydew (2020)Episode 386: Hell of a Summer (2025)Episode 342: The Omen (1976 vs. 2006)Episode 337: Uncle Sam (1996)Episode 334: In a Violent Nature (2024)Episode 332: Summer of '84 (2018)Episode 292: Infinity Pool (2023)Episode 280: The Devil's Rejects (2005)Episode 270: Piranha (1978)Episode 261: Evil Dead II (1987)Episode 254: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)Episode 244: Barbarian (2022)Episode 241: The Lost Boys (1987)Episode 232: Pearl (2022)Episode 230: Tourist Trap (1979)Episode 227: Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)Episode 222: Jaws 3-D (1983)Episode 217: Rosemary's Baby (1968)Episode 206: X (2022)Episode 202: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)Episode 176: Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021)Episode 169: The Evil Dead (1981 vs. 2013)Episode 163: Rear Window (1954)Episode 144: Wrong Turn (2021)Episode 138: Wrong Turn (2003)Episode 127: Friday the 13th Part III (1982)Episode 104: I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)Episode 102: Midsommar (2019)Support the showThanks for listening to Hack or Slash! Want more from the show? Join us on Patreon for extended episodes, bonus reviews, B-sides, watchalongs, behind-the-scenes extras, and more ways to help keep the show alive and slashing.Support us on PatreonYou can also hang out with us between episodes in our community spaces. Join the Discord for watch parties, episode discussions, horror recommendations, and general spooky nonsense.Join our DiscordFollow Hack or Slash:WebsiteYouTubeRedditInstagramTikTokHave thoughts on this week's movie? Leave a comment, send us a voicemail, or tag us online. We love hearing your thoughts on the movies we cover.Happy slashing!Music Credits: "Hack or Slash" by Daniel Stapleton
This week, Bernie catches up with longtime friend Kevin Goocher, who shares his journey from singing in Christian bands to fronting legendary metal acts like Omen, Phantom X, and Of Gods and Monsters. They also discuss Kevin's latest chapter in country music and the experiences that have shaped his decades-long career. The conversation is a candid look at perseverance, reinvention, and a lifelong passion for creating great songs, no matter the genre.instagram.com/kevingoocher******************************************Hungry for more?Check us out at https://isbreakfast.com******************************************
Bryan Johnson says he cloned himself as a newborn. What actually happened is stranger and older than the headline. We break down the real science (Yamanaka factors, induced pluripotent stem cells) then follow the thread back through five hundred years of doppelganger folklore, Paracelsus and the alchemical homunculus, blood magic and the Bathory legend, The Island and Never Let Me Go, the Egyptian ka, the Ship of Theseus, and all the way back to Gilgamesh. He didn't invent this story. He just gave it a petri dish and a following.
Thank you for listening! Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Topics include: Charcuterie Cyberpunk Coffee/Tea Recipe book with OGL D20 stats. 17. The Voice in the Night – William Hope Hodgson Sea horror. Isolation. Transformation. Hodgson makes the ocean feel biologically alien. Underwater (2020) – Ancient things below human scale. 18. The Monster Maker” — Ray Bradbury, Planet Stories, Spring 1944 — Fear and perception generate monsters; the real threat is partly an intelligence manipulating what people think they see. The Mothman Prophecies (2002) – Omen, pattern, unseen intelligence. 19. The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe Obsession and mortality tightening inward. The Raven (2012) – Obsession and mortality tightening inward. 20. The Plattner Story – H. G. Wells A man slips into a flipped, alternate dimension and comes back geometrically wrong. Multiverse dislocation before Marvel made it fashionable. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – Multiversal fracture of meaning. 21. The White People – Arthur Machen Youth, ritual, secret worlds behind glamour. Machen's fae horror undercuts innocence with something ancient and hungry. K-Pop Demon Hunters (2025) – Pop mythology as open cosmology; spectacle swallowing structure.
Thank you for listening! Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Topics include: Charcuterie Cyberpunk Coffee/Tea Recipe book with OGL D20 stats. 17. The Voice in the Night – William Hope Hodgson Sea horror. Isolation. Transformation. Hodgson makes the ocean feel biologically alien. Underwater (2020) – Ancient things below human scale. 18. The Monster Maker” — Ray Bradbury, Planet Stories, Spring 1944 — Fear and perception generate monsters; the real threat is partly an intelligence manipulating what people think they see. The Mothman Prophecies (2002) – Omen, pattern, unseen intelligence. 19. The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe Obsession and mortality tightening inward. The Raven (2012) – Obsession and mortality tightening inward. 20. The Plattner Story – H. G. Wells A man slips into a flipped, alternate dimension and comes back geometrically wrong. Multiverse dislocation before Marvel made it fashionable. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – Multiversal fracture of meaning. 21. The White People – Arthur Machen Youth, ritual, secret worlds behind glamour. Machen's fae horror undercuts innocence with something ancient and hungry. K-Pop Demon Hunters (2025) – Pop mythology as open cosmology; spectacle swallowing structure.
Welcome back to The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, where this week Clay and Amanda sink their teeth into one of the defining horror films of the 1970s: The Omen. Richard Donner's chilling classic follows diplomat Robert Thorn as he slowly realizes that his adopted son Damien may not just be a troublesome child, but the literal Antichrist. Along the way, there are mysterious deaths, creepy priests, prophetic photographers, and one of cinema's all-time great scores by Jerry Goldsmith. Clay and Amanda unpack the film's lasting legacy, its influence on religious horror, and why The Omen remains every bit as unsettling nearly fifty years after its release.Now, there's one thing that's always bothered me about this movie. Everyone keeps talking about the "Hounds of Hell" like they're some horrifying, unspeakable evil. Have you seen the dog? That is an adorable animal! Big floppy ears, shiny coat, excellent posture. Who's the good infernal boy? You are! Yes, you are!The characters keep reacting like, "Dear God, it's the Hound of Hell!" Meanwhile, I'm over here wondering if he's accepting belly rubs. Honestly, the poor thing gets a terrible reputation just because of where he's from. If he were called the "Friendly Neighborhood Dog of Moderate Concern," everyone would be lining up with tennis balls.Sure, he bares his teeth a little. Sure, he occasionally appears in graveyards and helps usher in the apocalypse. Nobody's perfect. My uncle Larry once ruined Thanksgiving by microwaving fish, and we still invite him over.Clay and Amanda, thankfully, spend their time discussing the film's genuinely terrifying atmosphere, Damien's unsettling presence, and why The Omen has become such a cornerstone of supernatural horror. I'll be listening closely... while quietly wondering if someone remembered to pack a few dog treats.Because I don't care if you're from Heaven, Earth, or the fiery pits of eternal damnation—every good dog deserves a scratch behind the ears. Even if he does technically work for Satan.
If you live in a city, you've probably had that moment in the middle of the night. You hear a scratching in the walls, or you catch the glowing eyes of a raccoon peering out from a dumpster, and for a second, the concrete world feels a lot less 'controlled' than we like to pretend. We've been taught to think of cities as 'biological deserts'—places where nature goes to die. But my guest today, Dan Werb, says that's a myth we tell ourselves to feel safe. Dan is an award-winning epidemiologist and a musician, and in his new book, Our Wild Familiars, he explores the 'synanthropes'—the wild creatures that aren't our pets, but aren't quite strangers either. They are the coyotes, the bats, and even the octopuses that are learning to use our cities as laboratories for their own rapid evolution. He's also the author of The Invisible Siege and City of Omens.(0:02) The unexpected biodiversity of urban areas and wild familiars(1:18) What is a Synanthrope?(4:15) The Myth of the Biological Desert(8:04) The Ancestral Bond between early humans, ravens, and foxes(9:15) Crows and Grudges(12:42) Stepping Stones in the Concrete(14:20) The Epidemiological Triangle(17:58) The Illusion of AI Connection(19:56) The Museum of MemoryEpisode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast
In the final years of Sennacherib's reign, the Neo-Assyrian Empire entered a strange period of peace. After decades of war, conquest, rebellion, and the destruction of Babylon, the greatest military power of the ancient Near East suddenly stopped expanding.Was Sennacherib simply more interested in building Nineveh than campaigning abroad? Had Assyria reached the natural limits of profitable conquest? Or were omens and divination beginning to restrain the king's decisions?The question became far more dangerous when Sennacherib unexpectedly removed his established crown prince and elevated a younger son: Assur-ahu-iddina, better known as Esarhaddon. Sickly, deeply religious, and apparently favored by prophets and diviners, Esarhaddon was proclaimed the heir during a period of intense religious activity surrounding the restoration of the Akitu festival.His older brothers did not accept the decision.This episode follows the final years of Sennacherib, the religious and political logic behind Esarhaddon's elevation, the rivalry among the Assyrian princes, the assassination of Sennacherib by his own sons, and the brief civil war that brought Esarhaddon to the throne.Along the way, we examine how omens actually influenced Assyrian policy, why sacred oaths may have mattered more than modern historians assume, and how royal propaganda transformed a violent succession crisis into proof that the gods themselves had chosen the new king.Topics include Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, Urdu-Mullissu, Naqia, the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Assyrian divination, the Akitu festival, the destruction of Babylon, Assyrian succession, ancient prophecy, royal assassination, and the religion of ancient Mesopotamia.
Folks, welcome back in to Tall Tale Social Club, we're excited to spend another hour with you guys, talking strange. This one's about the moments when reality seems to skip. Real people, mostly anonymous, sat down and typed out the glitch in the matrix experiences they've never been able to explain. If you've ever arrived somewhere with no memory of the trip, felt a place go strangely familiar, or caught the world doing something it shouldn't for a few seconds, these are gonna resonate.We also get into the real science of déjà vu, and the actual simulation argument.ever experience your own glitch in reality? Send it in to mothy@talltalesocialclub.com--------TIME STAMPS:0:00 - Journey Down The Rabbit Hole…0:48 - INTRO 2:22 - Jefferson Aeroplane 6:06 - STORIES: THE DRIVE THRU & VANISHING VEHICLES9:40 - Long Drive Thru Times 13:00 - It Do Be A Hard Knock Life 15:00 - STORIES: DOPPELGANGÄR DOUBLE TROUBLE 19:20 - No Thank You Doppelgänger Daddy 24:00 - The Doppelgänger Intermission 24:30 - Christian's Got More To Say (Classic) 28:00 - Double Walkers, Omens & Death By Diarrhea 30:30 - STORIES: TRIPPY TRAVELS32:00 - Cotton Eyed Joe / Should We Shorten The Intro? 38:00 - Breaking Down These Glitchy Travel Tales 41:30 - STORIES: THINGS THAT CAME BACK44:00 - Bringing Back the Stephen King is a Pervert Bit 49:30 - STORIES: AURORA55:00 - Wrong Place, Wrong Ritual Episode Coming Soon55:50 - LISTENER STORY: THE VANISHING KEYS62:00 - Tad's Through History: A Crash Course64:04 - THOUGHTS & THEORIES71:10 - Super Secret Code Word 71:44 - PEACE.________Become a Member at www.talltalesocialclub.com Shop Merch at www.talltalesocialclub.com/merch Follow us on Socials @talltalesocialclubFollow Mothy on X @heymothySubmit your story → mothy@talltalesocialclub.com
Jeremy and Joe challenge each other with Spain and France trivia before diving into the high-stakes World Cup semifinals. They weigh the merits of Lionel Messi's historic run against England's quest for a long-awaited championship, exploring how a breakthrough for a long-suffering international team could serve as a positive omen for the Buffalo Bills. 06:19 - Spain France Trivia Challenge 11:51 - World Cup Semifinal Update 12:37 - Rooting For Team Messi 14:06 - Global Sports Omen Discussion
We're once again joined by the incredible Seanan McGuire to ask all about Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos! She tells us all about how the novel came to be, how it felt to write a full novel rather than a series of web fiction episodes, and why Segante has a single nipple piercing. We also spend a lot more time talking about cross-species fertility than you'd expect in a Magic the Gathering lore podcast. If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
July 10, 2026 – Jeffrey Huge, Chief Investment Officer at JWH Investment Partners, tells Jim Puplava that the market's gains are being driven by extreme concentration in technology and semiconductors. He cautions that a significant portion of...
"So synanthropes are animals that have adapted to human-modified environments, and the Greek translation essentially is together with humans, so synanthrope. And they're a fascinating subset of wild animals that they're all around us, but we don't really notice them. And so in this new book, I was excited about writing something that had to do with the natural world. I was excited about writing something that touched on climate change. These are not just insects and earthworms and things like that. These are very large predators that have nevertheless found a way to survive among us. And that in and of itself I think is just an amazing story and what I explore in this book."If you live in a city, you've probably had that moment in the middle of the night. You hear a scratching in the walls, or you catch the glowing eyes of a raccoon peering out from a dumpster, and for a second, the concrete world feels a lot less 'controlled' than we like to pretend. We've been taught to think of cities as 'biological deserts'—places where nature goes to die. But my guest today, Dan Werb, says that's a myth we tell ourselves to feel safe. Dan is an award-winning epidemiologist and a musician, and in his new book, Our Wild Familiars, he explores the 'synanthropes'—the wild creatures that aren't our pets, but aren't quite strangers either. They are the coyotes, the bats, and even the octopuses that are learning to use our cities as laboratories for their own rapid evolution. He's also the author of The Invisible Siege and City of Omens.(0:02) The unexpected biodiversity of urban areas and wild familiars(2:32) Defining synanthropes and the myth of the biological desert(6:04) Why cities are becoming magnets for wildlife and natural biodiversity(14:32) How our discarded garbage acts as a reliable nutrition source(18:01) The raccoon city and highly adaptable urban mesopredators(21:49) Redesigning cities as crucial sites for wildlife conservation and containerisation(26:31) The impact of highways on mountain lion migration in Los Angeles(31:03) The ancestral spiritual bond between early humans, ravens, and foxes(38:24) Facial recognition, grudges, and the intense intelligence of urban crows(42:40) Discovering giant Pacific octopuses living in discarded garbage near Seattle(49:04) How translucent boardwalks helped save baby salmon afraid of the dark(52:42) Building green corridors and ecological stepping stones in the concrete(1:01:07) Cultural shifts in pods of orcas sinking boats off the Iberian coast(1:05:23) Social epidemiology, vulnerable populations, and insights from City of Omens(1:08:29) The epidemiological triangle and the environmental causes of novel viruses(1:16:08) The rhythm shift required to observe wild animals in urban spaces(1:25:26) Why we need more cosmological humility when studying animal biology(1:31:06) The illusion of AI connection and why engaging with nature expands the mind(1:34:46) Memories, Laughter, and Animal ConnectionEpisode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast
Send us Fan MailThis week we're building a Summerween starter pack. We define what makes a Summerween movie, recommend sweaty seasonal essentials across camps, beaches, and back roads, and map out ways to celebrate beyond the watchlist.Mentioned in the EpisodeMain EpisodeGravity Falls: “Summerween”Spirit Halloween SummerweenSummerween 2026: Alternate picks if you missed out on Spirit Halloween's “Terrifier” dropSummerween Home Décor | Official LEGO® ShopOld (2021)Super 8 (2011)Addams Family Values (1993)Lake Placid (1999)Dangerous Animals (2025)Jaws (1975)The Deep House (2021)Leviathan (1989)47 Meters Down (2017)Ghost Shark (2013)Jeepers Creepers (2001)Robert the DollAre You Afraid of the Dark?St. Augustine Lighthouse Dark of the Moon Ghost TourRelated Episodes020: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)104: I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)112: The Hills Have Eyes (1977 vs 2006)169: The Evil Dead (1981 vs 2013)176: Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021)152: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)202: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)230: Tourist Trap (1979)241: The Lost Boys (1987)261: Evil Dead 2 (1987)268: Evil Dead Rise (2023)280: The Devil's Rejects (2005)341: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)398: I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006)332: Summer of 84 (2018)334: In a Violent Nature (2024)386: Hell of a Summer (2025)270: Piranha (1978)390: Honeydew (2020)138: Wrong Turn (2003)090: The Last House on the Left (1972 vs 2009)102: Midsommar (2019)292: Infinity Pool (2023)258: Knock at the Cabin (2023)217: Rosemary's Baby (1968)362: From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)342: The Omen (1976 vs 2006)Support the showThanks for listening to Hack or Slash! Want more from the show? Join us on Patreon for extended episodes, bonus reviews, B-sides, watchalongs, behind-the-scenes extras, and more ways to help keep the show alive and slashing.Support us on PatreonYou can also hang out with us between episodes in our community spaces. Join the Discord for watch parties, episode discussions, horror recommendations, and general spooky nonsense.Join our DiscordFollow Hack or Slash:WebsiteYouTubeRedditInstagramTikTokHave thoughts on this week's movie? Leave a comment, send us a voicemail, or tag us online. We love hearing your thoughts on the movies we cover.Happy slashing!Music Credits: "Hack or Slash" by Daniel Stapleton
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If you live in a city, you've probably had that moment in the middle of the night. You hear a scratching in the walls, or you catch the glowing eyes of a raccoon peering out from a dumpster, and for a second, the concrete world feels a lot less 'controlled' than we like to pretend. We've been taught to think of cities as 'biological deserts'—places where nature goes to die. But my guest today, Dan Werb, says that's a myth we tell ourselves to feel safe. Dan is an award-winning epidemiologist and a musician, and in his new book, Our Wild Familiars, he explores the 'synanthropes'—the wild creatures that aren't our pets, but aren't quite strangers either. They are the coyotes, the bats, and even the octopuses that are learning to use our cities as laboratories for their own rapid evolution. He's also the author of The Invisible Siege and City of Omens.(0:02) The unexpected biodiversity of urban areas and wild familiars(1:18) What is a Synanthrope?(4:15) The Myth of the Biological Desert(8:04) The Ancestral Bond between early humans, ravens, and foxes(9:15) Crows and Grudges(12:42) Stepping Stones in the Concrete(14:20) The Epidemiological Triangle(17:58) The Illusion of AI Connection(19:56) The Museum of MemoryEpisode Websitewww.creativeprocess.info/podInstagram:@creativeprocesspodcast