Monster Dear Monster

A Podcast Exploring Monsters in Popular Culture

About the show

Diving into the contrasts and evolution of monsters between their folklore origins and contemporary depictions in various media. Discussions center on film, video games, and literature.

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Episodes

  • Episode 96: Old Man Yells at Dummy [Ligottiverse]

    January 25th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  2 hrs 16 mins
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    We continue discussion of Thomas Ligotti's short stories collected in "Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe." This episode covers the last three tales in Dreams for Insomniacs, and a portion of Chapter 1 of Conspiracy Against the Human Race.

  • Episode 95: Abstract of Twilight [Ligottiverse]

    January 11th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  2 hrs 6 mins
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    We continue our descent through Thomas Ligotti's short stories collected in "Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe." This episode covers the first three tales in Dreams for Insomniacs.

  • Episode 92: The Nyctalops Trilogy [Ligottiverse]

    December 7th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  2 hrs 42 mins
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    We continue our discussion of Thomas Ligotti's short tales with The Nyctalops Trilogy, and tackle the intro to The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror.

  • Episode 89: Dreams for Sleepwalkers (part 2) [Ligottiverse]

    November 9th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 56 mins
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    We continue our discussion of Thomas Ligotti's short stories collected in "Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe." This episode covers, "Alice's Last Adventure," and "Dream of a Manikin."

  • Episode 87: Dreams for Sleepwalkers (part 1) [Ligottiverse]

    October 26th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 36 mins
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    We begin discussion of Thomas Ligotti's short stories collected in "Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe."