This month's episode is all about the act of reading. What does it mean to read? What are we even reading, and why do we care so much about that fact in the first place? We're covering the random devaluation of a format, personal preferences, and the importance of diversification. 

CW: Swearing, mentions of substance abuse,

Intro-Music by aaroncookmusic “Lo-fi Jazz Chill Cafe” on audiojungle.
Background-Music by HotLoops “Lo-Fi Jazz Soul Loop” & “Lo-Fi Jazz Hop” on audiojungle.

Store Bell Sound effect by 'Sounds and Bells' on YouTube.
Glass/Mirror SFX from Slay the Princess by BlackTabbyGames.
"Record Needle Rip" by freesound_community on pixaby.  

Hosts: Sherigan (He/Him); Mischief (They/She)

Happy Spooktober! We're back and ready to talk about a brilliant stop-motion movie that just celebrated its 15th year anniversary. We're talking about our impressions - old and new - of Coraline's truly horrific adventure. 

CW: Mentions of sexual assault (allegations against Neil Gaiman), mentions of transphobia, swearing, mentions of parental neglect, manipulation, death, and spiders. 

Intro-Music by aaroncookmusic “Lo-fi Jazz Chill Cafe” on audiojungle.
Background-Music by HotLoops “Lo-Fi Jazz Soul Loop” & “Lo-Fi Jazz Hop” on audiojungle.

Store Bell Sound effect by 'Sounds and Bells' on YouTube

Hosts: Sherigan (He/Him); Mischief (They/She)

Hades II is out in Early Access, which means that we’ll be topical and talk… about the previous game. Hades (2020) is an isometric roguelite with a lot of charm by Supergiant Games. We’re talking about our many escapes through the underworld, our favourite boons, the Greek Pantheon overall, and gush a lot about the soundtrack. 

CW: Swearing, mentions of abuse (this is the Greek pantheon); mentions of substance abuse. 

Intro-Music by aaroncookmusic “Lo-fi Jazz Chill Cafe” on audiojungle.
Background-Music by HotLoops “Lo-Fi Jazz Soul Loop” & “Lo-Fi Jazz Hop” on audiojungle.
 
Store Bell Sound effect by 'Sounds and Bells' on YouTube

Hosts: Sherigan (He/Him); Mischief (They/She) 

It's time for the thief among thieves:  Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar. Sherigan and Mischief want to learn more about the character behind the persona. Furthermore, due to the (late) arrival of Sh- Herlock Sholmes, we're also able to talk a bit about the most famous detective while we're at it. 

CW: Mentions of suicide, murder, Swearing

Intro-Music by aaroncookmusic “Lo-fi Jazz Chill Cafe” on audiojungle.
Background-Music by HotLoops “Lo-Fi Jazz Soul Loop” & “Lo-Fi Jazz Hop” on audiojungle.

Store Bell Sound effect by 'Sounds and Bells' on YouTube

"Inside Old Train" sound effect by kokoreli777 on Pixelbay 
"Secret Tunnel" song/sound effect taken from "The Cave of Two Lovers" Episode 22, Avatar The Last Airbender, Book 2: Earth. 

Hosts: Sherigan (He/Him); Mischief (They/She)

Books mentioned: 
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief, first published in 1907 by Maurice Leblanc
Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes, first published in 1910 by Maurice Leblanc

Death Note could probably be considered a classic in its own right. It’s been adapted multiple times and has remained at least partially relevant in the cultural zeitgeist. It’s time to grab a bag of BBQ flavoured potato chips and get your notebooks ready. 

CW: Mentions of Suicide, Swearing

Intro-Music by aaroncookmusic “Lo-fi Jazz Chill Cafe” on audiojungle.
Background-Music by HotLoops “Lo-Fi Jazz Soul Loop” & “Lo-Fi Jazz Hop” on audiojungle.

Store Bell Sound effect by 'Sounds and Bells' on YouTube

Additional:
Death Note without monologues by misa and BluebsTopCat
"Why Death Note the Musical is an Unexpected Masterpiece" by IzzyIzTrash

Today, Sherigan and Mischief find themselves on a path in the woods. We’re talking about the psychological visual novel Slay the Princess (2023) published by Black Tabby Games. Careful, there are some glass shards on the floor.

(The format of this podcast is still undergoing changes as both Sherigan and Mischief pore over the best strategy for this project)

CW: Swearing; Mentions of Depression and Suicide, Mentions of body horror and gore.

Intro-Music by aaroncookmusic “Lo-fi Jazz Chill Cafe” on audiojungle.
 Background-Music by HotLoops “Lo-Fi Jazz Soul Loop” & “Lo-Fi Jazz Hop” on audiojungle.
Store Bell Sound effect by 'Sounds and Bells' on YouTube
Glass/Mirror SFX is from Slay the Princess.

Additional:
Mischief's tier list
Sherigan's tier list

Welcome to our first podcast episode! Listen freely and of your own will! - Today, Sherigan and Mischief talk quite a bit about vampires. The duo discusses the potential origin of the vampire myth and its fictional adaptations, especially focusing on Dracula (1897). Moreover, the two further discuss the adaptations of Stoker’s vampire mythos through F.W. Murnau’s movie Nosferatu (1922) and Netflix’s series Castlevania (2017). All the while, they pore over the hardest question of them all: “If evil, why hot?”

(The format of this podcast is still undergoing changes as both Sherigan and Mischief pore over the best strategy for this project)

CW: Swearing; Mentions of Depression and Suicide

Intro-Music by aaroncookmusic “Lo-fi Jazz Chill Cafe” on audiojungle.
Background-Music by HotLoops “Lo-Fi Jazz Soul Loop” & “Lo-Fi Jazz Hop” on audiojungle.

Secondary Sources:

D’Agostino, Thomas, and Arlene Nicholson. A History of Vampires in New England. Published by Haunted America, a Division of the History Press, 2010.

Fall, Wendy. “Vampires: Reflections in a Dark Mirror”. The Palgrave Handbook to Horror Literature. ed. Kevin Corstorphine and Laura R. Kremmel Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, pp. 205–18.

Gilmore, D.D. (2009) Monsters: Evil beings, mythical beasts and all manner of imaginary terrors. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Groza, Adriana. Transylvanian Vampires: Folktales of the Living Dead Retold. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2014.

Gothic Afterlives: Reincarnations of Horror in Film and Popular Media. Lexington Books, 2021, pp. 61-78.

Miller, Elizabeth Russell. A Dracula Handbook. Xlibris, 2005.