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At long last, Andy and Alyssa wrap up Series 2000 with the final installment: Ghost in the Mirror. Along the way, they discuss interior design hot takes, monster twists, friendship reversals, scary furniture, splatterpunk, and more. Follow @saypodanddie on Twitter and Instagram, and get in touch at [email protected]

This month, Andy and Alyssa read Goosebumps Series 2000 #24: Earth Geeks Must Go! As they discuss the penultimate book in Series 2000, they consider aliens, bugs, animal intelligence, bad assignments, baffling world building, body horror, and more. Follow @saypodanddie on Twitter and Instagram, and get in touch at [email protected]

In their first episode of 2023, Andy and Alyssa discuss Goosebumps Series 2000 #23, Slappy's Nightmare. Along the way they discuss curses, stand-up horror, the nature of good deeds, doubles, multiple POVs, and a twist on the usual Slappy narrative. Follow @saypodanddie on Twitter and Instagram, and get in touch at [email protected]

Winter is upon us, so let's revisit some seasonal horror! Andy and Alyssa take a detour into the Fear Street series with Ski Weekend (1991). They discuss a notable lack of skiing, gender troubles, balaclavas, elaborate schemes, terrible driving, Tom Bombadil, ravines, unclear warnings, Vertigo (1958), bullet eating, lodge horror, snowed-in horror, Slasher: Guilty Party (Season 2, 2016), The Hateful Eight (2015), The Lodge (2019), imposter horror, Edgar Allan Poe, Estranged (2015), Piglet...

In honor of the new Netflix series, we're re-releasing our episode about Christopher Pike's The Midnight Club.In this episode, Andy and Alyssa venture into their first non-Stine book: Christopher "Kevin" Pike's The Midnight Club (1994). They discuss conversation ventures into chain letters, Starvation Heights, Boccaccio's Decameron (ca. 1353), deals with the devil, Edgar Lee Masters's Spoon River Anthology (1915), messages from beyond the grave, alternative medicine, mall bookstores, Bu...

This week, Andy and Alyssa discuss Goosebumps Series 2000 #22: Full Moon Fever. Along they way, they talk monster prejudice, Halloween rampaging, aphorisms, Deliverance, Dr. Satan, frickin' mermaids, scary old men, The Hunt for the Wilderpeople, sideshows, The Phantom of the Opera, lunacy and moon pseudoscience, family dinner and messed up hungers, imaginary friends, caged animals, curses, tainted candy, Tom Petty, and ethically-sourced curses. Follow @saypodanddie on Twitter and Instag...

Andy and Alyssa talk with Alan Doucette, prop master for every episode of the Goosebumps TV series! As Alan takes them behind the Goosescenes, they discuss Adam West and other childhood heroes, the multitasking life of a prop masters, starting fires, angering snakes, tarantula fangs, how to get orange pumpkins in winter, Animorphs, Witchblade, Canadian film and television, and the importance of secure working conditions for making art. // Music by Haunted Corpse // Follow @saypodanddie ...

On this Guestpunk episode, Andy and Alyssa talk with Alex of the Gattsy on Goosebumps podcast about the TV adaptation of Calling all Creeps. The message is media rare. You can find Gattsy on Goosebumps on any podcast platform, and you can follow Gattsy on Goosebumps at @goosebumps.podcast on Instagram and follow Alex on Twitter and Instagram at @latterature_ . Follow @saypodanddie on Twitter and Instagram, and get in touch at [email protected]

At long last, Andy and Alyssa return to Goosebumps Series 2000 with #21: The Haunted Car. Along the way, they discuss Home Improvement, cars, Jocelyn from Bob's Burgers, The Virgin Suicides, ghost missions, dangerous dads, The Conjuring, Dr. Death, faking expertise, Catch Me If You Can, evil sexy cars, Stephen King's Christine (of course), Titane, mystery girls, Zoje Stage's Wonderland, declaring oneself evil, Edgar Allan Poe, Hellraiser, complicating evil vs complicating villains, trap...

This week, Andy and Alyssa read Give Yourself Goosebumps #8: The Curse of the Creeping Coffins. Along the way, they discuss art and science; Liz & Dick; desecrated graves; tile puzzles; seraphim; Elvira; Last Night in Soho; co-op living; real estate schemes; transing characters; the yellow pages; humane ghost trapping; The Most Dangerous Game; settler colonialism (again); visual aids; word games; Princess Di; Heaven’s Gate; Roland Barthes; “The Puffy Shirt” episode of Seinfeld; Pet Semata...