Satire

Author and poet Sarah Griffin joins us to talk about how the awareness of an audience affects our writing. Guest: Sarah Maria Griffin, https://twitter.com/griffski CONSUME: “AACK Cast!” a podcast about the comic strip Cathy by Jamie Loftus CREATE: Write a 200-400 word monologue f ...  Show more

Burnout is real and it comes around on the regular. Guest: Janina Matthewson, https://twitter.com/j9andif CONSUME: Keep Your Hands off Eizouken! (anime series) CREATE: Think of a story or project you’ve let sit idle. Write a letter from the point of view of someone who has just b ...  Show more

Have you ever gotten some level of success or admiration, but felt like it was all a big lie? This week, Ben discusses what it's like to have a popular YouTube and TikTok following, but not feeling like you deserve it. He also comes face-to-face with the idea that it might all en ...  Show more

I'm your host, Otis Jiry – and in this episode, I'll be performing FOUR tales to terrify you, courtesy of author Matt Dymerski, about malevolent mysteries, rancid rewards, deadly disappearances, and social survival. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertain ...  Show more

Tonight's featured author: Kyle Harrison. Three tales of terror grace your ears this evening: first, an honest attempt to create something good for the world takes on a terrible life of its own; second, a fun trip to an amusement park leads to some strange personality changes for ...  Show more

What do we do when an artist we love does something monstrous? Constance Grady, a culture writer at Vox, talks with Claire Dederer, the author of Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma. They discuss how to reckon with the facts and feelings of consuming art by someone who's done something bad ...  Show more