Strange Studies of Strange Stories
Education Podcasts
We’ve been creating podcasts since 2009 - first The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast and now Strange Studies of Strange Stories! Each week, hosts Chad Fifer and Chris Lackey discuss a piece of genre fiction. Talented voice actors bring the text to life. Music and sound effects create atmosphere while occasional guest experts show up to make things classy. One free show a month and five more for Patreon subscribers!
Location:
United States
Genres:
Education Podcasts
Description:
We’ve been creating podcasts since 2009 - first The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast and now Strange Studies of Strange Stories! Each week, hosts Chad Fifer and Chris Lackey discuss a piece of genre fiction. Talented voice actors bring the text to life. Music and sound effects create atmosphere while occasional guest experts show up to make things classy. One free show a month and five more for Patreon subscribers!
Language:
English
Episodes
Study 085 - Bears Discover Fire
4/4/2024
Weird Bear Month begins with a touching tale by Terry Bisson: Bears Discover Fire!
Duration:00:32:55
Study 081 - School for the Unspeakable
3/7/2024
March is for Draculas begins with the Manly Wade Wellman story School for the Unspeakable -- special guest Jamie Brittain in attendance!
Study 077 - The Last Question
2/8/2024
We're laser-blasting into a month of science fiction, starting with Isaac Asimov's beloved short story, The Last Question!
Duration:00:32:01
Study 073 - The Thing of a Thousand Shapes - Part 1
1/4/2024
We're celebrating 101 years of Weird Tales with a look at The Thing of a Thousand Shapes by Otis Adelbert Kline - straight outta the first issue!
Duration:00:31:48
Study 069 - Snow White
12/7/2023
We're celebrating the holidays with a month on Grimm's Fairy Tales. First up: Snow White, featuring 100% more torture than we anticipated!
Duration:00:33:42
Study 065 - The Living Dead
11/2/2023
Treat that Halloween hangover with a shot of Blochtober! We're discussing Robert Bloch's Nazi vampire fable, The Living Dead!
Duration:00:29:58
Study 061 - The Fly
10/6/2023
Catch the buzz as we discuss George Langelann's short story, The Fly!
Duration:00:39:02
Study 057 - A Walk in the Dark
9/7/2023
Join us for A Walk in the Dark by Arthur C. Clarke!
Duration:00:33:38
Study 053 - Black Man with a Horn - Part 1
8/10/2023
We're launching back into the Lovecraft universe via the T.E.D. Klein mythos novella Black Man with a Horn!
Duration:00:34:05
Study 049 - It's a Good Life
7/6/2023
We're gathering evil kid stories this month, starting with It's a Good Life by Jerome Bixby - a story made famous by The Twilight Zone!
Duration:00:34:24
Study 045 - The Bloody Chamber - Part 1
6/8/2023
Welcome to Angela Carter's take on the Bluebeard legend: The Bloody Chamber!
Duration:00:33:29
Study 041 - The Island of Doctor Moreau - Part 1
5/4/2023
Climb aboard as we mount our expedition to The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells!
Duration:00:35:46
Study 037 - All Cats are Gray
4/6/2023
Duration:00:34:32
Study 033 - The Black Abbot of Puthuum
3/2/2023
We're joined by Andrew Leman and Sean Branney of the podcast Voluminous as we discuss The Black Abbot of Puthuum by Clark Ashton Smith!
Duration:00:37:14
Study 029 - The Stains
2/2/2023
Join us as we discuss Robert Aickman's award-winning short story The Stains with special guest, writer/director Jeremy Dyson!
Duration:00:54:58
Study 025 - Lamb to the Slaughter
1/5/2023
Happy New Year! We're back with the Roald Dahl crime classic Lamb to the Slaughter!
Duration:00:33:32
Study 021 - The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth
12/8/2022
Join us as we breach The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth by Lord Dunsany!
Study 017 - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
11/3/2022
Join the conversation as we discuss The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin!
Study 013 - A Night in the Lonesome October - Part 1
10/8/2022
We're kicking off October with the haunt that you want: A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny!
Study 009 - Leaf by Niggle
9/9/2022
Acclaimed author J.R.R. Tolkien makes his first appearance on the show with the short story "Leaf by Niggle"!
Duration:00:37:59