The Question in Bodies

Episode 6: We Appreciate Power, with Tamsin Davis-Langley

This episode, I'm joined by queersoteric hero Tamsin Davis-Langley to talk about one of the Great Questions of our era. Grimes or Poppy?  That's where we start, anyway. But it gives us an inroad to talking about billionaire Singularity enthusiasts, whether consciousness is an emergent phenomenon, the shocking history of sideburns and sandwiches, and how you get a banging pop tune inspired by the sort of people who want us dead.  Stick around for the discourse, and then go and find Tamsin's book (writing as Misha Magdalene) Outside the Charmed Circle.

Episode 5: Neurodiversity in Horror, with Joanna Swan

In episode 5, I'm joined by actor Joanna Swan to talk about the horror of being neurodiverse in a neurotypical world, why the best depictions of neurodiversity in cinema are in horror, and to do some deep dives into the movies Excision (2012) and May (2002).

Episode 4: Return of The House of Psychotic Women, feat. Kier-La Janisse

In this episode I talk with Kier-La Janisse – writer, editor, festival programmer, award-winning director of Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched and much more – about her hugely influential book House of Psychotic Women, the new and expanded edition of which is due out very soon. You can pre-order the book at fabpress.com/hopw-expanded-edition-hardcover.html.

Episode 3: Bodies in Space, with Gwendolyn Kiste

It's episode 3! I'm super honoured to have with me multiple award winning author and official Nicest Person in Horror Gwendolyn Kiste. I talk with Gwendolyn – writer of The Rust Maidens, Boneset and Feathers, And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe and others – about the modern Gothic, the relationship of the human body to its environment and some other stuff, because we like digressions, like what an ambry is. You should totally go and look at gwendolynkiste.com: her new novel, Reluctant Immortals, has just come out and is well worth your time.  

Episode 2: The Good For Her Cinematic Universe, with Eve Elizabeth Moriarty

In this week's episode, I'm joined in a flurry of tripartite author names by my pal Eve Elizabeth Moriarty, to talk about the Good For Her Cinematic Universe: the "girl bossification" of horror, bad takes about The Witch (2015), Midsommar (2019) and Promising Young Woman (2020), and how all these things reflect more than just dodgy critique.  Eve's take on Midsommar can be found here.  

Episode 1: Hope, Joy and Storytelling, with Dr. Monique Lacoste

Welcome to the first episode of The Question in Bodies, a catalogue of inconclusive conversations about culture, media, gender, bodies, literature, movies and horror. In this episode, Howard is joined by friend Dr Monique Lacoste where we talk about how in a world where Disney owns our imaginations, whether there's a place for genuine hope and joy in our movies.