En iyi Horror Literature Enthusiasts podcastleri (2024)

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13 Tales of Halloween: The Silent House 8:23

4d ago8:23

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Happy Halloween! In this episode, "The Silent House," Lena Harper buys an old Victorian home, seeking the solace of quiet. But the house she moves into is more than just still—it’s unnaturally silent, devoid of life. Soon, she begins hearing whispers from within the walls, warning her of the house’s dark past and urging her to leave. But as the sil…

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Communicating Fears in Film: "Beetlejuice"..."Beetlejuice Beetlejuice"! 1:24:37

3d ago1:24:37

1:24:37

October is upon us! With scary movie season under way we continue our "Communicating Fears in Film" spotlight theme. Host Garret Castleberry is joined by Kyle Hammonds to analyze the spooky movie hall-of-fame fan-favorite, 1988's Beetlejuice, and its juggernaut legacy sequel in 2024's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Each movie is directed by Tim Burton an…

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13 Tales of Halloween: The Shadow's Hunger 7:54

19h ago7:54

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In today’s haunting episode, "The Shadow’s Hunger," we follow Elias Thorne, a reclusive writer who becomes increasingly aware of a shadow that doesn’t belong to him. As the days pass, the shadow grows stronger, feeding on Elias’ fear and creeping closer with each passing night. Trapped in a house filled with darkness, Elias discovers that his deepe…

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Simon Bacon - Horror Scholar, Part 2 (Future Folk Horror/Communicating Fears Crossover) 42:21

1d ago42:21

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In this crossover episode, the Special Topics October spotlight series on "Communicating Fears in Film" continues with Part 2 of our conversation with horror scholar Simon Bacon, editor and contributor of the anthology Future Folk Horror: Contemporary Anxieties and Possible Futures (Lexington Books, 2023). Host Garret Castleberry explores movements…

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13 Tales of Halloween: The Song of the Sea 8:33

6d ago8:33

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In this eerie episode, "The Song of the Sea", we follow a lighthouse keeper who becomes captivated by a haunting melody that drifts from the ocean each night. As the song lures him closer to the shore, he discovers the source—a vengeful siren, bent on claiming his soul for her watery depths. In this chilling gothic tale, the sea holds more than jus…

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13 Tales of Halloween: The Keeper of the Dolls 8:39

3d ago8:39

8:39

In the chilling conclusion to our Halloween series, "The Keeper of Dolls", a young girl inherits her great-grandmother’s house, only to discover that the dolls lining the walls are far more than lifeless antiques. When she begins hearing them move at night, Laurel uncovers the terrifying truth: the dolls are vessels for trapped souls, and one of th…

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13 Tales of Halloween: The Clockmaker's Curse 7:27

4d ago7:27

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In today’s haunting episode, "The Clockmaker’s Curse", a man inherits his great-grandfather’s workshop, only to discover that the clocks within are not as silent as they seem. At night, the clocks begin to tick, each chime bringing with it the terrifying vision of a faceless figure drawing closer. As time itself unravels, the man realizes that his …

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13 Tales of Halloween: The Glass Coffin 8:37

5d ago8:37

8:37

In this unsettling episode, "The Glass Coffin," a wealthy man’s obsession with eternal life leads him to commission a glass coffin, a tomb that promises to preserve him forever. But once sealed inside, he discovers the terrible truth—that life without freedom is a fate far worse than death. As the glass becomes his prison, he realizes that death ca…

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Why We Love Horror: The Psychology of Dark Themes in Writing and Media 19:50

10d ago19:50

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In this episode, we journey into the psychological shadows of storytelling, exploring why writers and creators are drawn to darker themes like horror and mystery. What drives creators like Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Shirley Jackson, and Stephen King to weave tales of dread and fear? We're joined by authors Kelly Martin, A.G. Porter, and …

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13 Tales of Halloween: The Forgotten Bride 8:27

10d ago8:27

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In today’s episode, "The Forgotten Bride", we unravel the haunting tale of Edmund, a man whose wedding day turned into a nightmare when he accidentally abandoned his bride in the depths of a vast, maze-like church. Decades later, her face—decayed and hollow—begins to appear wherever he goes. As Edmund’s guilt consumes him, he realizes that some mis…

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13 Tales of Halloween: The Bones Beneath 8:48

11d ago8:48

8:48

In today’s episode, "The Bones Beneath," a family moves into an old Victorian home only to discover that it harbors a deadly secret. When their daughter begins hearing the sound of digging beneath her floorboards, they investigate, uncovering the skeletal remains of a woman who died searching for something precious. As they dig deeper, they realize…

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13 Tales of Halloween: The Midnight Bell 8:17

12d ago8:17

8:17

In this episode, "The Midnight Bell", a small village is gripped by terror as a mysterious bell tolls each night at midnight, marking another death. Determined to uncover the source of the haunting sound, young Jacob ventures into the fog-shrouded hills, where he uncovers a truth darker than death itself. Filled with gothic horror, eerie landscapes…

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Simon Bacon - Horror Scholar (Future Folk Horror/Communicating Fears Crossover) 33:58

12d ago33:58

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The Special Topics "Communicating Fears in Film" theme RETURNS with a 2-week limited engagement this October! First up, we transition from our Future Shock Film focus on Terry Gilliam's The Zero Theorem to an interview with the editor of the horror criticism anthology Future Folk Horror: Contemporary Anxieties and Possible Futures, horror scholar S…

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13 Tales of Halloween: Portrait of the Dead 8:51

13d ago8:51

8:51

In today’s haunting episode, "Portrait of the Dead", we dive into the chilling world of an artist with a dark obsession. His ability to capture the likeness of the recently deceased is unmatched, but his talent comes with a terrible price. With each portrait he completes, the spirits of the dead return—trapped, unable to move on. As he tries to out…

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13 Tales of Halloween: Fated in Stone 7:53

14d ago7:53

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In this episode, we follow Emily Lake on a routine visit to Bonaventure Cemetery that takes a sinister turn. When Emily stumbles upon a gravestone with her exact name and age, she’s forced to confront an unsettling mystery. Is it a bizarre coincidence, or a glimpse into her own fate? As eerie whispers fill the mist and strange shadows close in, Emi…

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13 Tales of Halloween: A Thrift Store Nightmare 5:36

15d ago5:36

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In today’s episode, "A Thrift Store Nightmare,” we unravel the terrifying tale of a haunted stuffed animal with a dark and vengeful secret. When Grace brings home an old bear from a thrift store, she has no idea it’s possessed by the ghost of a young boy murdered by his own brother. As night falls, the bear whispers its tragic story, revealing its …

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13 Tales of Halloween: The Phantom Room 6:28

16d ago6:28

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In this eerie episode, we tell the chilling story of "The Phantom Room", where an innocent traveler encounters something far darker than he ever imagined. After booking a simple night’s stay in an old inn, Peter finds himself trapped in a room that grows larger with every passing moment. As the shadows stretch and a ghostly figure watches, Peter di…

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Future Shock Film: The Zero Theorem (2013) 1:02:50

16d ago1:02:50

1:02:50

In a world where the search for cataclysmic equations unlock universal truths, one dystopian data analyst faces apocalyptic existential crisis. Completing his unofficial dystopian tryptic, famed director Terry Gilliam (Brazil, 12 Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) posits a dystopian digital future in which corporate monoculture accelerates it…

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Ghosts of Arlington: Haunting Tales from Alabama's Historic Antebellum Home 18:12

18d ago18:12

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In this spine-tingling episode of Fabled Collective, host Vanessa is joined by Jennifer Guthrie. They venture into the grand halls of Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens in Birmingham, Alabama. Built in the early 1840s, this stately mansion has stood as both a testament to antebellum architecture and a silent witness to the dark legacy of the ens…

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Future Shock Film: Roundtable Reflection 1:15:34

19d ago1:15:34

1:15:34

In a world where free speech converges with film studies, one group of students fight the pandemic and enter the "forbidden zone" whereby their thoughts on Future Shock Cinema enter the public sphere. Following the accelerated film class Special Topics in Media Studies, course designer and primary instructor Garret Castleberry is joined by a handfu…

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Future Shock Film: The Hunger Games (2012) 1:41:42

26d ago1:41:42

1:41:42

In a world where civil war long ago reshaped the Americas as we know them, the "Districts" of Panem grow restless in a fixed resource economy. Their only raison d'tre to be satiated by the annual games in which they embrace a lottery system that places their youth in mortal combat. Directed by Gary Ross and released in 2012, with a superstar perfor…

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Introducing: Fear Daily 23:48

27d ago23:48

23:48

Fear Daily takes you into the shadows of the past, unearthing the 1990s most terrifying tales of monsters, madness, and life after death. Join us as we explore the ghost stories and supernatural encounters left on an old online bulletin board that continues to operate somewhere in an unknown part of the Pennsylvania Rust Belt—a time capsule of soci…

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Spooky Campfire Stories That Feel All Too Real 24:51

1M ago24:51

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In this spine-chilling episode of Fabled Collective, we dive into a collection of spooky, scary campfire stories that will have you questioning what’s real and what’s fiction. While these tales aren’t true, they’re crafted to feel like the creepy real ghost stories or true scary stories you might hear around a campfire—or in the pages of the classi…

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Future Shock Film: Minority Report (2002) 1:28:39

1M ago1:28:39

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In a world where free will routinely faces interruption from government intervention, one agent faces the crossroads between duty to the status quo and revelatory transformation. Directed by Steven Spielberg, released in 2002, and starring global superstar Tom Cruise, Minority Report provided excitement for audiences while still adhering to the sci…

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The Dark History of Creepypasta and the Haunting Allure of Internet Horror 31:02

1M ago31:02

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In this chilling episode, we explore the dark and mysterious world of Creepypasta—the viral horror stories that have captivated online audiences for over a decade. From the origins of Slender Man and Jeff the Killer to the haunted Ben Drowned legend, we dive into the most famous Creepypasta characters and their disturbing impact on modern horror cu…

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Future Shock Film: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) 1:44:29

1M ago1:44:29

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In a world where ecological effects from advanced climate change force key shifts in social conditions, humankind enters a new age forged by the advent of AI companionship. In this episode, our Future Shock season burrows deeper into the frail space between humanity and technology. Hosts Garret Castleberry and Scott McMurry examine director Steven …

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Future Shock Film: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) 1:26:41

2M ago1:26:41

1:26:41

In a world where resource scarcity leads to ravaging globals wars, societal remnants scavenge post-apocalyptic wastelands in search of fuels to sustain what little remains of civilization. Somewhere between projected future failures and unreliable mythic narrators emerges the chainmetal capper to Mel Gipson's star-making role of "Mad" Max Rockatans…

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The Monster and the Golden Egg 40:34

2M ago40:34

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In this episode, we explore the ancient fable of "The Goose and the Golden Egg," uncovering the dark lessons hidden beneath its surface. From the haunting consequences of greed to the symbolic golden eggs in our own lives, we’ll dig deep into the themes of this tale and how its warnings still echo in today’s world. We'll reflect on the dangers of i…

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Future Shock Sound Bite: Literature Overview 18:27

2M ago18:27

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In this inaugural "Future Shock Sound Bite", host Garret Castleberry briefly overviews key academic scholarship selected to accompany the educational approach to studying future shock science fiction film. Future Shock sound bites will function as complementary additions to the episodic Special Topics film analysis episodes. These supplemental mini…

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Future Shock Film: Soylent Green (1973) 1:08:54

2M ago1:08:54

1:08:54

In a world where rapid overpopulation leads to accelerated resource scarcity, near-future police detective Thorn (an icy Charlton Heston) investigates a murder that involves an upper-class power player, an escort with limited social mobility, and an increasing sense of sociopolitical conspiracy. Featuring an unnerving supporting role (and final scr…

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Future Shock Film, Prologue 44:16

2M ago44:16

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In a world where film podcasts stagnate along the information super highway, two hosts stand between humankind's filmic past and the futurist projections anticipated by the fading star of a dying mass medium. Special Topics in Media presents "Future Shock Science Fiction", a time loop season set in the past, produced in the present, projecting towa…

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2024 Summer Movie Season Super-Pod, Part 2! 49:43

2M ago49:43

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Labor Day Weekend marks to social and cultural end point to summertime for many people in the U.S. With this season of change upon us, the voices at Special Topics in Media bid a fond farewell in the most cinematic way we can--talking about this year's Summer Movie Season! Kyle Hammonds joins host Garret Castleberry for an in media res discussion a…

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Witnessing a Phoenix Rise 28:42

2M ago28:42

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In this fascinating episode, we dive deep into the mysterious legend of the phoenix—an ancient mythical creature that rises from its own ashes, embodying the eternal cycle of life, death, and rebirth. We explore the origins of the phoenix in Egyptian, Greek, and Persian mythology, unraveling the dark yet hopeful symbolisms surrounding this legendar…

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2024 Summer Movie Season Super-Pod, Part 1! 51:14

2M ago51:14

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As the Summer Season winds down, and people everywhere return from vacation to head back to work, school, and everywhere in-between, Special Topics winds back this year's clock to revisit the best (and worst?) of the 2024 Summer Movie Season. Host Garret Castleberry is joined by Kyle Hammonds for an abbreviated retrospect of the summer that was (an…

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Film Listology: #81 - 8 1/2 1:15:14

3M ago1:15:14

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Winding down the categorical "80s" in our "Film Listology" season of Special Topics in Media, hosts Garret Castleberry and Scott McMurry demonstrate intellectual strengths but maybe also foreign film limitations in their evaluation of the Federico Fellini mid-life masterpiece, 8 1/2 (1963). A bold expression of cinematic self-reflection situated al…

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The Loch Ness Monster (Chap. 22-23) 1:17:17

3M ago1:17:17

1:17:17

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Film Listology: #82 - Laura 50:12

3M ago50:12

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In this episode, we resume our "Film Listology" countdown with #82 on the Listology Super Index, a second film to emerge on the list from director Otto Preminger, 1944's Laura. A fulfilling cross between film noir and melodrama, Laura features Gene Tierney in a role that combines presence versus absence to suggest a liminal pot-boiling who dunnit? …

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100th Episode Monologue! 24:57

3M ago24:57

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This month Special Topics in Media celebrates its 100th episode with a monologue progress report that details the successful vision of the program, reviewing its epistemological tenets, while peaking ahead as the show begins continues its edutainment mission. Hosts: Garret Castleberry Producers: Garret Castleberry, Will McMurry (Audio Engineer), Al…

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The Ghosts of Bellefonte 29:19

3M ago29:19

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In this spine-chilling episode of Fabled, Vanessa K. Eccles takes us on a journey through the eerie remnants of Bellefonte, Alabama—a ghost town shrouded in mystery and silence. Once a thriving community, Bellefonte has been abandoned for nearly a century, leaving only whispers of the past and a lone cemetery. Vanessa delves into the town's history…

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Film Listology: #83 - Back to the Future 1:15:40

3M ago1:15:40

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In this episode, our Special Topics "Film Listology" focus captures the spirit of summer movie popcorn fun with the 1985 time-travel comedy classic from director Robert Zemeckis, Back to the Future. Released from Universal Pictures and co-produced by Amblin Entertainment, Back to the Future situates a cultural moment in time torn between the "me-ge…

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Film Listology: #84 - The General 35:00

3M ago35:00

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In this episode, the Special Topics focus on Film Listology chugs forward with an examination of Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman's Civil War-set action-adventure-comedy, The General (1926). Considered by Keaton among his favorite features, The General hybridizes genres in a time before many film genres had yet to emerge as distinctive storytelling…

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Film Listology: #85 - Once Upon a Time in the West 43:20

4M ago43:20

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In this episode, hosts Garret and Scott weigh the artistic beauty of Sergio Leone's 1968 masterpiece Once Upon a Time in the West, and compare it against the film's lower profile as a pop culture artifact. Do fewer distribution opportunities help protect the film as a critical darling, or is relegating it to cult status a precursor to a short lifes…

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Film Listology, Reveal Episode! #85-81 42:15

4M ago42:15

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In our July RETURN to the Film Listology experiment, Scott McMurry reveals the next five films currently ranked by the analytics super index. What movies emerge as the Dialogic Duo debate the #85-81? Should each of these be canonized in the Top 100, or is the data scheme exhibiting flaws in its matrix? Screen these film classic all month long and c…

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Of Love and Legend: Full Novella Audiobook 1:00:19

4M ago1:00:19

1:00:19

In a realm where magic intertwines with destiny, Of Love and Legend follows a young woman's journey of love, sacrifice, and self-discovery as she becomes entangled in a prophecy that binds her fate to a legendary king. Chivalry isn't dead. The enchanted wood lured Guinevere into its embrace all of her teen years. It held her whole heart until the n…

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Joker: Top 5 Clown Princes of Crime 1:10:16

4M ago1:10:16

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In this BONUS episode epilogue to our Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Season 2 focus, we are thrilled to be rejoined with Batman (and now Joker!) scholar Kyle Hammonds. In this continuation of our conversation concerning Batman's arch nemesis, we count down our Top 5 incarnations of the "Clowned Prince of Crime". Spanning comics, cartoons, literary…

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Haunted Savannah: The Ghosts of the Marshall House 6:18

5M ago6:18

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Hear the eerie past of one of Savannah's oldest and most haunted hotels, The Marshall House—a hotel filled with ghosts and history. Located on historic Broughton Street, this hotel boasts a rich history dating back to its construction in 1851 by Mary Marshall. Unlike other historic hotels in Savannah, The Marshall House was always intended to be a …

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Joker: The Dark Side of Film Fandom (Author Interview) 1:03:34

5M ago1:03:34

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Following the success of our Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Season 2 Retro Rewind season, this week we sit down with academic scholar and author of the newly released book, Interpreting and Transmitting Kynicism in Joker: The Dark Side of Film Fandom (Lexington Books, 2024). In a twist of fate, Joker's author is none other than guest host and frie…

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The Science of Bad Vibes 8:15

5M ago8:15

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The science of bad vibes is interesting. Have you ever visited a place that felt unusually peaceful or, conversely, oppressively heavy? Throughout my travels to various haunted locations, I’ve encountered places steeped in history and tragedy, where visitors often sense lingering negativity. Sensitive individuals are especially prone to feeling the…

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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns TIME JUMP SPECIAL, "The Batman" (2022) 58:54

5M ago58:54

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In this RETRO REWIND episode, host Garret Castleberry sits down with communication and comics scholar Kyle Hammonds to unmask their Bat-fandom and review Kyle's favorite Caped Crusader moments. Spinning out of the Special Topics in Media Season 2 focus on "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns", Garret and Kyle pick the conversation back up with a 2022 r…

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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Bat-Mania Roundtable 1:53:50

5M ago1:53:50

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This week Special Topics in Media hosts a "Bat-Mania Roundtable" as part of our Season 2 RETRO REWIND focus on Frank Miller's Batman:The Dark Knight Returns (1986). In this episode, the dialogic duo is joined by another pair of super scholars Karen Anderson-Lain and Kyle Hammonds, as well as comic shop proprietor Brian "Buck" Berlin. The panel disc…

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