Episodes

3 days ago
3 days ago
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.

Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
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).

Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
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.

Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
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.

Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
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.

Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
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.