Talking Scared
Conversations with the biggest names in horror fiction. A podcast for horror readers who want to know where their favourite stories came from . . . and what frightens the people who wrote them.
Podcasting since 2020 • 232 episodes
Talking Scared
Latest Episodes
221 – The Best Scary Books of 2024
How else to end 2024 than with an entirely subjective list of the best things I’ve read over the year? How many of you will guess the number one spot? I bet none of you will guess the number two? Let ...
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Episode 221
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220 – Grief and Monsters: The From a Buick 8 Deep Dive
It’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...
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Episode 220
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219 – State of the Horror Nation 2024, with Emily Hughes, Stephanie Gagnon & Anna Dupre
… and we’re back! Just in time for this seasonal tradition. The State of the Horror Nation 2024 – our expert-led review of the best that the year had to offer in terms of horror writing and pen-and-ink nightmares. I’m joined,...
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Episode 219
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[From the Vault] Catriona Ward & The All-Consuming Spoiler Warning
This is the last way-back episode before the show returns with a scream next week. But this is an episode worth remembering – my first ever conversation with Catriona Ward, about her game-changing The Last House on Needle...
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[From the Vault] Zakiya Dalila Harris & The Fear of Not Being Black Enough
A chance to revisit one of my favourite books and favourite ever conversations this week. Zakiya Dalila Harris’s The Other Black Girl came out in early 2021, and for once I was ahead of the curve! Right from the star...
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