Hosts Ashley C. Ford and Shannon Houston talk about the inspiration behind the HBO series Lovecraft Country. They track the show's history from writer H.P. Lovecraft, to Matt Ruff's novel "Lovecraft Country" and Misha Green's TV adaptation. Shannon describes what it was like to be in the writers room and shares some of the works that influenced the show. 
Ahead of the series premiere on August 16th, the hosts share what movies, books, and artists will serve as a primer before you dive into the world of Lovecraft Country. 
Lovecraft Country Radio is produced by HBO in conjunction with Pineapple Street Studios.
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Welcome To Lovecraft Country Radio

The official podcast for HBO’s Lovecraft Country. Every Sunday, Ashley C. Ford and Lovecraft Country writer Shannon Houston discuss the latest episode of the series. Listen every week as Ashley and Shannon share their thoughts on the ties between the horror genre and black culture and explore how the show’s themes connect to contemporary social issues.Stream new episodes of Lovecraft Country, starting August 16th, Sundays at 9 PM on HBO and HBO Max.

TV & Film

After Shows

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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Introducing Trade Secrets (with Misha Green and Kamilah Forbes)

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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Introducing In Session: The In Treatment Podcast

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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Between The World And Me

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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10: Full Circle

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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