SOMEDAYS YOU JUST CAN'T GET RID OF A BOMB

My interest in Marxism was not just political but intellectual as well -- those two were inseparable. It didn't cause me problems on a day-to-day apart from when the university management tried to alter my conditions of employment! I think in some ways I was very fortunate but the liberal ideology you write about is very much a real thing that has to be constantly interrogated. As for organizations, my IRL comrades in the trade union were essential but I think it is vitally important to not place oneself in a position where you are at legal risk (if organizations are illegal I would be cautious as whatever organizations exist are almost certainly monitored or infiltrated) but the internet can be a great resource. I also think a certain degree of intellectual independence is not the worst thing in the world as all too often organizational fidelity can come at the cost of your own thinking.

As someone from the North of England who is also a Marxist, it's gotta be Friedreich Engels

1. Don't listen to gatekeepers who spout things like "you aren't a real fan unless you've done xyz" and don't feel like you have to watch a certain kind of horror if you don't like it -- there's plenty of horror films I've never watched
2. Watch and read widely, follow whatever interest you might have, and don't be afraid to like stuff because some people have said it's not good
3. Horror history is fascinating and well worth getting into. In film, the early Universal and Hammer films often get neglected and that's a real shame. ]
4. Recommendations are generally good and horror fans are pretty great at sharing films and books with people

Wisecrack got there first https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9SZOQ7R4M4&ab_channel=Wisecrack :(

Okay okay, it's on my list :)))

Any episode with laborkyle is a good one :))) and thank you so so much for listening

Oh too many good ones to choose from but I have a soft spot for a good lost episode creepypasta. For it's hilarious anti-Soviet ideology, the Russian Sleep Experiment is fascinating too.

AS IT SHOULD BE

I think there's a diversity of reasons why people might seek out spoilers -- there might be things that would be traumatic for people to have dropped on them unexpectedly for example. I don't think spoilers ruin something because the joy of art is not necessarily in what is done, but in how it is presented and communicated.

I think that's a fair point, but the hope is that even if you haven't seen the film you should be able to enjoy listening. And I get it that you might not watch a film directly because of an episode but maybe you might stumble across something down the road, and appreciate it a little more because you've already listened to an episode of the pod

o7 thank you, so so much. It is deeply appreciated.

Guy Endore’s The Werewolf of Paris?

Along with Glen Duncan's "The Last Werewolf", this is my favorite modern werewolf novel and I rarely see it talked about online

Having looked up a very little about it, I can safely say I am going to have to read this now.

For years, YEARS I have studiously avoided having an opinion on anime online, and reading Kentaro Miura has absolutely blown that to hell. Maybe Junji Ito next.

finger on the monkey paw curls

Peter Straub's "Ghost Story" (it might be obvious but it is SO good) -- I'm also a fan of Mrs. God too by Straub. As for Campbell The Darkest Part of the Woods is really good and in terms of short story collections, check out Told by the Dead too.

Some recent favorites: Christopher Buehlman, "Between Two Fires", Eric LaRocca, "Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes", Gretchen Felker-Martin "Manhunt" and Cassandra Khaw "Nothing But Blackened Teeth"

WHY ELSE WOULD I BE WRITING IT 😈

Yeah, Ian's work absolutely slaps -- I find his writing super interesting even if I take a slightly different perspective in my upcoming book