Lovecraft Country Radio

HBO Max presents Trade Secrets, a podcast that gives listeners a VIP pass into the rooms of the world’s best storytellers. We wanted to give you a taste of our first episode, where Misha Green, creator and showrunner of HBO’s ‘Lovecraft Country,’ interviews Kamilah Forbes, the director and executive producer of HBO’s film adaption of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ ‘Between The World And Me.’ Misha and Kamilah dig into what it’s like to be both “a player and a coach” in Hollywood and finding home on set, in music, in Black institutions and beyond. They also take us inside the process of creating Lovecraft Country and Between the World and Me: from working with the actors to the ways that filming during a pandemic changed everything. Subscribe to Trade Secrets now to listen to the full episode.

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Ashley C. Ford is here to give you a taste of HBO's newest podcast, In Session: The In Treatment Podcast. The fourth season of In Treatment features Emmy-Award winning actress Uzo Aduba (Orange Is The New Black) as Dr. Brooke Taylor. Each week, hosts, writer and actor Brandon Kyle Goodman (Big Mouth; Modern Love), and licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Janelle S. Peifer, will break down Dr. Taylor’s week, demystify the process of therapy, and examine the relationship between therapy and patient, all with a healthy dose of good humor and joy. 

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In this special bonus episode of Lovecraft Country Radio, hosts Ashley C. Ford and Shannon Houston are back to discuss the HBO’s new film “Between The World And Me,” based on the 2015 book by Ta-Nehisi Coates and the 2018 stage adaptation directed by Kamilah Forbes at the Apollo Theater, as well as the companion podcast produced by HBO, Spoke Media and Domino Sound. First they debrief what it’s been like to see audiences react to Lovecraft Country since its finale. Then, they unpack a few favorite moments in “Between The World And Me” that caused them to reflect on how white supremacy impacted the entertainment they grew up with and the gut-wrenching fear that comes with Black parents’ love. You can subscribe to HBO’s Between The World And Me Podcast right now and you can stream the special on HBO MAX. This podcast is produced by HBO in conjunction with Pineapple Street Studios. 

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In this final episode of Lovecraft Country Radio, hosts. Ashley C. Ford and Shannon Houston discuss Episode 10: "Full Circle." First, they break down the episode and all its narrative throughlines. Then, they sit down with showrunner Misha Green along with Jurnee Smollett, who plays Leticia Lewis, to discuss what went into making the show.

Recommendations:

- Buffy, The Vampire Slayer (The WB) 

- The Americans (FX)

- The Leftovers (HBO)

- Arrival (2016) 

- “The Nuclear Family Was A Mistake” by David Brooks

- “Let The Dead Bury Their Dead” by Randall Kenan 

- Toni Morrison's 1993 Nobel Prize Speech 

- The poetry of Gwendolyn brooks

- Autobiography in Five Short Chapters by Portia Nelson

- The art of Afua Richardson

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In this episode of Lovecraft Country Radio, hosts Ashley C. Ford and Shannon Houston discuss Episode 9: "Rewind 1921." The hosts follow the characters as they unpack generational trauma while traveling through space and time. They also sit down with Aunjanue Ellis, the actress who plays Hippolyta, to discuss her character's journey this season.

This podcast is produced by HBO in conjunction with Pineapple Street Studios.

Recommendations:

The Burning: Massacre, Destruction and the Tulsa Race Riot by Tim Madigan

“The E-Snuff of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile” by Courtney Baker

“American Horror Story” by Ezekiel Kweku

Sonia Sanchez, “Catch the Fire”

"Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America" by Tonya Bolden

"Flyin’ West" by Pearl Cleage

"Mamas Baby Papas Maybe" by Hortense Spillers,

"Reading Black, Reading Feminist," which is an iconic anthology of essays with works from Spillers, Hazel Carby, Zora Neale Hurston, Bell Hooks, and so many more.

Research: J.B. Stratford (of the Stratford hotel)

Research: Olivia Hooker, the last survivor of the Tulsa massacre, who passed away in 2018

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In this episode of Lovecraft Country Radio, hosts Ashley C. Ford and Shannon Houston discuss Episode 8: “Jig-A-Bobo.” The hosts discuss Dee’s journey following the death of her best friend, and the adult characters who abandon her while in the midst of their own chaos. Then, they sit down with film scholar and producer Tananarive Due discuss the episode’s relationship to horror. This podcast is produced by HBO in conjunction with Pineapple Street Studios.

Recommendations:

Organizations Supporting Black Youth: 

- The Hustlers Guild

- Black Girls Code

- Wings

Films:

- Child’s Play (1988)

- Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

- It Follows (2015)

- The Girl With All The Gifts (2016)

- Anatomy of Wings (2020)

Books: 

Spare the Kids by Dr. Stacey Patton

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriett Beacher Stowe

Misc. 

- Naomi Wadler’s Speech at the March for our lives (2018)

- Topsy and The Golden Fleece (Sculpture by Alison Saar)

- The Langston League Lovecraft Syllabus

- Self Care: Back That Azz Up (Juvenile)

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In this episode of Lovecraft Country Radio, hosts Ashley C. Ford and Shannon Houston discuss Episode 7: "I Am." The hosts discuss Hippolyta's journey as she travels through the multi-verse. They talk about self-exploration as therapy and Shannon gives her insider perspective on being one of the lead writers on the episode. This podcast is produced by HBO in conjunction with Pineapple Street Studios.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Afropessimism by Frank B. Wilderson III

Fugitivity and the Border to Social Death by Paula Von Gleick

In Search of Our Mother's Gardens by Alice Walker

Lemonade by Beyonce

Aunjanue Ellis' The Clark Sisters and Undercover Brother

Pleasure Activism written and gathered by Adrienne Maree Brown

FKA Twig's Two Weeks music video

Pillar Point's Dove music video

Dreams Deferred by Langston Hughes

A Wrinkle in Time directed by Ava DuVernay

Fast Color directed by Julia Hart and starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

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In this episode of Lovecraft Country Radio, hosts Ashley C. Ford and Shannon Houston discuss Episode 6: "Meet Me In Daegu."

First, they sit down with Jamie Chung, who plays Ji-ah, and discuss the episode's themes of monstrousness and the character's coming-of-age journey. Then, they're joined by Inkoo Kang, TV critic for The Hollywood Reporter, to discuss representation of America and Imperialism in the episode. This podcast is produced by HBO in conjunction with Pineapple Street Studios.

Recommendations: 

Films:  

A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) dir. Kim Jee-won 

Train to Busan (2016) dir. Yeon Sang-ho

Books/Essays:

Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut 

Kim Jiyoung, Born In 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo 

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee 

A Kim Jong-Il Production by Paul Fischer 

My Family’s Shrouded History Is Also A National One for Korea by Alexander Chee (NYT)

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In this episode of Lovecraft Country Radio, hosts Ashley C. Ford and Shannon Houston discuss Episode 5: "Strange Case." Eric Eddings, host of The Nod Show and For Colored Nerds, joins the conversation to discuss how black male anger is portrayed in the episode. The hosts also discuss the different forms that code-switching can take and what it means for a Black woman to be "interrupted." This podcast is produced by HBO in conjunction with Pineapple Street Studios.

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In this episode of Lovecraft Country Radio, hosts Ashley C. Ford and Shannon Houston discuss Episode 4: "A History of Violence." The hosts follow the characters as they embark on another cross-country journey, adventure through secret underground tunnels, and grapple with their violent past.

This podcast is produced by HBO in conjunction with Pineapple Street Studios.

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