A Merry All Hallow’s Eve to Ye All! There will be a regular episode this Friday, but I can’t resist the opportunity to release an episode on the day of Halloween. Mynaa and I discuss a Persian novel concerning Nietzschean existential horror! Sadegh Hedayat grew up in the Iran of the Shah, and was influenced by western writers such as Kafka & Hesse. The urban ... Show More
Aug 19
The Gay Science #16 (IV.276-288)
Continuing with The Gay Science, and beginning with book IV, "Sanctus Januarius". Here, we encounter some of the most famous aphorisms: For the New Year, Preparatory Men ("Live Dangerously!") and Excelsior. Exciting times!Episode art: View of Genoa under the Snow - Eugenio Olivar ... Show More
1h 56m
Aug 12
120: Erich Heller, The Disinherited Mind, pt 2 - Burckhardt, Nietzsche & History
The conclusion of our two-parter on Erich Heller, and the conclusion to season five! We discuss Nietzsche's friendship with Jacob Burckhardt, and how Burckhardt's view of history can inform our understanding of Nietzsche's divergence from him. We also consider Goethe's four ages ... Show More
1h 44m
Aug 5
119: Erich Heller, The Disinherited Mind, pt 1 - Goethe, Schiller & The Symbol
Something happened to the human mind around the birth of modernity: the divorce of reality and the symbol. Once unified in eucharist, the symbolic and the real are now separate spheres of the human mind, and while it initially seemed that art and science might benefit by this sep ... Show More
1h 39m
Jan 2025
Pit and Pendulum (Edgar Allan Poe)
Uncover the chilling terror of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale, The Pit and the Pendulum. This dark and gripping story follows the harrowing journey of a prisoner sentenced to endure unimaginable torment. Dive into this Gothic masterpiece and explore themes of fear, survival, and ... Show More
22m 26s
Mar 2025
CLASSIC STDWYTK, Live: Real-life Covens
True story: Ben, Matt and Noel know 'witches.' We’re all familiar with the spooky, stereotypical witch depicted in film, fiction and folklore – a creepy crone with a pointy hat, riding a broom through the sky and cackling at the moon, often accompanied by her animal sidekick. But ... Show More
38m 38s
Nov 2024
Paul Reads H.P. Lovecraft Part 3
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In this third and final installment, Paul reads aloud the eerie saga of The Colour Out of Space, one of his favorite stories from the master of cosmic horror, H.P. Lovecraft.
So far in our reading, we felt the creeping dread as the Gardner farm transformed under the influ ... Show More
52m 15s
Nov 2024
S5 Ep195: Episode 195: Really Weird Horror Stories
Our opening tale of the macabre is ‘It Breathes, It Bleeds, It Breeds'' an original story by EmpyrealInvective:
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/It_Breathes,_It_Bleeds,_It_Breeds
Our second story this evening is ''Waking Nightmares'' by Teddy:
http://www.creepypasta.com/waking- ... Show More
3h 9m
May 20
HP Lovecraft Was A Super Weird Dude, Part One: Childhood Tragedy
Love him or hate him, there's no denying that Howard Phillips Lovecraft fundamentally altered the course of horror and speculative fiction. So how did he become one of the most influential authors in all of horror history? In the first part of this special two-part episode, Ben a ... Show More
52m 59s