Bridget Phetasy admires grit and authenticity. On Walk-Ins Welcome, she talks about the beautiful failures and frightening successes of her own life and the lives of her guests. She doesn’t conduct interviews—she has conversations. Conversations with real people about the real struggle and will remind you that we can laugh in pain and cry in joy but there’s no greater mistake than hiding from it all. By embracing it all, and celebrating it with the stories she’ll bring listeners, she believe ...
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A weekly podcast featuring two people with soothing voices, talking about a spooky film we've made each other watch.
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A nighttime story with a happy ending is what we were used to as kids, but as we grow older, we realize the world is not such a happy place after all. MaddMike, a popular horror story narrator that originated on YouTube, started a podcast, The Scarecast, to tackle the real horrific experiences of people all across the world. From crazy encounters meeting people on Craigslist, creepy pizza deliveries in the middle of nowhere, to individuals encountering evil spirits that follow them wherever ...
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The Forbidden Books Group Presents, Necronomipod: The Lair of the Bookish Worm
Necronomipod, Stoffel and Moncada
Ever wanted to talk with someone about a book you just read? You could just join a book group and talk about it, drink a little, veer off on tangents, work back around to the book again, and finally wrap it up by picking the next book. But what happens when the book you just read is about about hungry zombies or a haunted house, and your Traveling Pants?reading friends aren?t really into reading it, much less discussing its finer points? That?s what we?re here for. We Two Mikes will be your ...
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Deep within the redwood forest of the Northern California coastline sits a town that is mostly unheard of. It is hidden by fog and hard to find, but once you get to this area, there is no leaving. Sandcastle is one of the many entrances to Purgatory and settles between the gateways of Heaven and Hell. Every day is a new day where crime is confused with the atrocities of the underworld. The preternatural creatures fight for the right of humans to live or die while science continues to confuse ...
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We saw it on the news. The images still haunt us. Two years ago this month, a desperate sea of humanity rushed the Kabul airport as the American military started mass evacuations in Afghanistan. Many were left behind to face the Taliban, while some escaped to countries like Iran and Pakistan. For over 80,000 refugees, America is now home. Their lives continue, but our news feeds have moved on, blasting stories about today’s crisis-du-jour. Now these evacuees live beside us, trying to make en ...
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The Grue-Crew behind GruesomeMagazine.com gathers to review the latest horror film available on VOD, streaming, and from independent filmmakers, searching for the diamond in the rough. If it is scary, gory, creepy, or just blindly WTF, Gruesome Magazine will suffer the bad and champion the great.
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Riot season has returned with Antifa activists throwing poo at an event in Portland and pro-Palestinian activists causing damage at the University of Washington. 0:00 - Patriarchy So Crafty 6:13 - The Perfect Jean 8:00 - Weather 8:24 - Parade of Morons 13:13 - Sheath 14:17 - Parade of Morons Continued 16:21 - Phetasy News 17:17 - The Internet Is Gl…
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E337. Gerrymandering Exposed - How Maps Steal Your Vote - Kate Compton Barr
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1:16:20Kate Compton Barr, a North Carolina state senate candidate, deliberately ran a campaign she knew wouldn't win to highlight gerrymandering issues. She and Bridget discuss how politicians strategically redraw voting districts to maintain power, techniques like "packing" and "cracking," and why it’s one of the most extreme problems facing our country …
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S9E3 - 9 TRUE Scary Stories: I Have A Ghost Story...
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32:18Season 9, Episode 3 of The Scarecast Podcast delivers nine chilling true stories that defy explanation and blur the line between the natural and supernatural. Listeners will hear a haunting account from a caregiver about a resident whose deceased husband’s ghost was seen locked in a basement, a terrifying encounter with a massive, two-legged wolf-l…
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E336. Why Cities Are The Toughest Battlegrounds In Modern War - John Spencer
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1:34:30Accidental urban warfare expert, John Spencer, joins Bridget for a discussion about navigating the concrete jungle of modern combat. He shares his evolution from a 25-year active duty service member, to analyzing hypothetical US military operations in mega-cities, teaching strategy and tactics at West Point, to finally setting up a research center …
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E335. The Dark Truth About Sugar Daddy Websites - Brook Urick
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1:33:40Brooke Urick, author of Wink, Wink, Nudge, Nudge: Sexual Exploits and Secrets from Inside a Sugar Daddy Website, joins Bridget to discuss the seductive lies of sugar daddy websites, the murky world of "soft prostitution," and how these platforms prey on young women. They cover the long term repercussions of being on OnlyFans, what porn and online g…
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S9E2 - 5 TRUE Scary Stories: Have You Encountered the Dogman?
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35:23After a brief hiatus, The Scarecast returns with a chilling new episode, Season 9 Episode 2, packed with true stories that will keep you up at night. Mike is back from the chaos of busy season in public accounting and ready to deliver a fresh batch of spine-tingling tales for all the loyal listeners who stuck around during the break. This episode f…
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E334. Humans’ Messy Relationship with AI - Sarah Rose Siskind
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49:52Sarah Rose Siskind returns to Walk-Ins Welcome for a fascinating chat about AI, exploring its strengths, quirks, and why it sparks insecurity in so many. She and Bridget unpack humanity’s love-hate dance with robots, wrestling with the paradox at its core: Will robots become too human? Why aren’t they human enough? They dive into AI’s struggle to n…
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E333. The Legacy of Slavery: What Still Haunts America - Coleman Hughes
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1:22:46Coleman Hughes returns to the podcast for a wide ranging conversation with Bridget about his new teaching position at University of Austin, their mission to rescue free speech from the clutches of woke academia, what a healthy version of DEI might look like, and the course he's teaching about the legacy of slavery and what aspects of American socie…
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E332. Do Tariffs Destroy Economic Freedom? - Nick Gillespie
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1:13:02Editor at Large of Reason magazine, Nick Gillespie returns to the podcast discuss the current state of libertarianism, why he feels it’s moving into a revival, Trump’s tariff tantrums, what’s wrong with the deportations, the problem with Europe, pondering how California lost Hollywood and Silicon Valley and what it will take to recover, and whether…
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E331. Republicans Are Finally Cool! - Meghan McCain
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1:14:00Bridget sits down with Meghan McCain to discuss her new show Meghan McCain’s Happy Hour with 2Way, which provides live feedback from the audience and keeps her in touch with what the normies are actually worrying about. They address concerns that popular independent podcasters have been co-opted by the right wing, mirroring the way left wing media …
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E330. Confronting the Truth About The Trans Movement - Lisa Selin Davis
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1:25:41Bridget sits down with Lisa Selin Davis, author of Tomboy, who confesses to soft-pedaling some truths about the trans movement and activism in that book. Now, she’s working on a new project, unraveling the threads she was nudged to ignore and diving headfirst into the hot-button issues she was once told to dodge. They discuss the youth gender cultu…
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E329. Why Men Feel Lost Without Marriage - Conn Carroll
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1:18:43Bridget sits down with Conn Carroll, author of Sex and the Citizen: How the Assault on Marriage Is Destroying Democracy, for a discussion about the history and purpose of marriage, why it's a fundamental part of what makes us human, monogamy vs. polygamy, how dating apps turn certain men into digital sultans, and how the decline of "I do" threatens…
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E328. The Rise of the MAHA Moms - Mary Katharine Ham
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1:10:47Fellow brunch hater, Mary Katherine Ham, returns to discuss Trump’s win on the heels of debating whether or not she and Bridget would vote for him in the lead up to the election, and their respective “Awww, f*ck it” last minute decisions. They cover the true nature of RFK Jr.’s influence in swinging votes for Trump, why COVID lockdowns and policies…
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E327. The Rise of the Woke Right - James Lindsay
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1:45:47James Lindsay returns to the podcast for a fascinating conversation about the “woke right” which is essentially a resurrected version of the alt-right with a hipster twist. He and Bridget discuss the consequences of academia’s grievance culture spilling into society and the resulting self-censorship, how people felt freed by Trump’s election in rea…
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E326. Touch Grass vs Transhuman: The Battle of the New Digital Age - Katherine Dee
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1:26:18Buckle up for a wild ride through the digital apocalypse with Katherine Dee, where influencers are dying, AI’s churning out slop, and Substack’s the artisanal Etsy of writing in a world drowning in fluff. From the collapse of legacy media to TikTok as "digital fentanyl," she’s got the scoop on how we’re all losing our humanity to screens—yet cravin…
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E325. Game Theory, Poker & The AI Arms Race - Liv Boeree
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1:26:21Professional poker player, physicist, and general badass, Liv Boeree, sits down with Bridget for a fascinating conversation about the mind games of poker, where intuition meets math, how game theory shapes everything from philanthropy to AI ethics, and the paradoxes of AI consciousness. They discuss being pathologically competitive, beating the boy…
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E324. Should America be a Monarchy? - Curtis Yarvin
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1:22:12Bridget sits down with Curtis Yarvin, political theorist and writer formerly known as Mencius Moldbug. They discuss the road that brought Curtis to this point, his debate with Ilya Shapiro, whether capitalism requires democracy, whether oligarchs are more concerned with the outcomes of power rather then power itself, the Arab Spring, debating “isms…
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E323. The Big Homeless Non-Profit Scam - Jared Klickstein
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1:25:50Bridget sits down with Jared Klickstein, author of Crooked Smile, to discuss the gritty realities of addiction, homelessness, and the policy failures that have turned them into epidemics. They cover Jared's personal story, being raised by heroin addicts, his own struggle with addiction, surviving a decade on Skid Row, and how he got clean. They dis…
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E322. Michael Malice on the Art of Being Nasty
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1:01:15Dive into a whirlwind conversation where Michael Malice and Bridget dissect everything from the dark art of comedy to the cultural chaos of California, all while roasting each other with the finesse of seasoned stand-ups. From diabolical childhood antics to the current political landscape, they cover it all, including anarchy, Gavin Newsom with a s…
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E321. X's Censorship Controversy - Matt McDonald
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1:05:29Bridget and Matt McDonald, managing editor at The Spectator magazine, dive into the bizarre story of Elon's alleged alt account, the story that revealed the truth, the subsequent censoring of the story on X and the suspension of the journalist's account. They also cover the chaotic world of modern journalism and social media, why the destruction of…
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E320. Finding God In Science - Spencer Klavan
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1:27:03Spencer Klavan sits down with Bridget to discuss his new book, Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith. They talk about faith, science, nihilism, depression, personal growth, the false dichotomy between scientific rationality and religious belief, the fact that many great scientists were theists, and that the moder…
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The Scarecast Files #19: The Entity From Commerce
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11:58In this chilling podcast episode, we dive into a terrifying encounter that occurred 20 years ago in Commerce, California. A group of friends, out for a night of harmless fun, stumbled upon something they couldn't explain near a massive Scientology building on Sheila Avenue. Finding a quiet place to park so they can drink and smoke would bring them …
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E319. The High Cost of Speaking Up For Women - Paula Scanlan
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1:13:40Original Air Date - 9/21/23 Paula Scanlan, former University of Pennsylvania swimmer and team member with transgender athlete Lia Thomas, sits down with Bridget to discuss her experience on the team, her decision to speak up about the controversial issue, and ultimately testifying before Congress. She and Bridget talk about how the university tried…
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The Scarecast Files #18: The Whaley House | San Diego, CA
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33:16In this episode, we explore the chilling history and paranormal activity surrounding the Whaley House, one of America's most notorious haunted locations. We begin with the tragic execution of "Yankee Jim" Robinson on the site where the house would later be built, setting the stage for centuries of supernatural occurrences. The Whaley family's unfor…
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click to listen The Two Mikes reunite for the holidays and bring along a Linda! We talk over Joe Hill's new short story and then spend a stupid amount of energy reimagining it as a Hallmark Christmas movie. It's Cocktail Time! The Shotgun In a rocks glass with ice mix: two shots rye 1 shot Kahlua (or other coffee liqueur) dash orange bitters stir a…
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E318. Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up - Abigail Shrier
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1:33:06This episode was originally published 2/29/24 Abigail Shrier returns to talk about her latest book Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up. She and Bridget discuss what led her to write the book, her initial premise, how it changed along the way, why kids today seem to be in a lot of psychological pain, the potential harms of too much therapy, …
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The Scarecast Files #17: Gehr Industries | Commerce, CA
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11:31In this spine-chilling episode, we delve into the haunted history of the Gehr Industries warehouse in Commerce, CA. From ghostly employees and spectral children to unexplained phenomena, the warehouse teems with paranormal activity that has left workers shaken for years. We explore the building's intriguing past, including its connection to Howard …
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E317. Thank God for Gen X - Drea de Matteo
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1:18:39Bridget sits down with Drea de Matteo, star of The Sopranos, to discuss her personal and political evolution, their mutual gratitude for being part of Gen X, how Drea never intended to become a political activist, how COVID and the lockdowns influenced her thinking and led her to start questioning her preconceptions about the Left and the Right, wh…
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The Scarecast Files #16: Finally caught our house ghost…
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8:23In this episode, we explore a family's 15-year journey living alongside an unseen presence in their Victorian home. What began as mysterious footsteps evolved into tangible evidence when a motion-activated camera captured a translucent figure in the upstairs hallway. The story intertwines the family's experiences, their grandmother's antique collec…
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E316. Woke vs. Working Class: The Battle for America's Future - Patrick Ruffini
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1:12:26Bridget sits down with Patrick Ruffini, a Republican pollster and author of Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP. The book explores the transformative political landscape of recent American elections, challenging previous narratives about the Republican Party's demographics and highlighting a significant m…
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E315. The Billionaires Behind the Gender Identity Movement - Kara Dansky
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1:03:44Kara Dansky, a feminist, activist, and author of The Reckoning: How the Democrats and the Left Betrayed Women and Girls, sits down with Bridget to discuss her critique of gender identity politics and its impact on women's rights. Kara argues that the Democratic Party and left-wing activists have betrayed women by embracing gender identity ideology,…
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E314. How To Save America - Tulsi Gabbard
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2:04:32Original Air Date - April 11, 2024 In honor of Tulsi Gabbard's nomination for Director of National Intelligence, we're re-airing her April interview. 4-Term Congresswoman, U.S. Army veteran, and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard sits down with Bridget to talk about her new book, For Love of Country: Leave The Democrat Party Behind. She and …
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E313. Why Gen X Had It Better - Dana Loesch
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1:19:24Bridget sits down with radio talk-show host and author, Dana Loesch, for a conversation about growing up Gen X, the freedoms they had that kids don’t have anymore, the role of technology in the development of the nanny state, what the constant ability to check on your kids does to parents, whether we’re training our kids to have no expectation of p…
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E312. The Dark Queen of Comedy - Adrienne Iapalucci
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1:34:01The Dark Queen, Adrienne Iapalucci joins Bridget for a hilarious conversation about having a love-hate relationship with comedy, constantly contemplating quitting, being fearless when tackling controversial topics, the inability to be a conventional employee, and why Adrienne loves pissing people off. They cover drug escapades, allowing politics to…
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E311. My Conversation with A Harris Voter
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1:30:14Bridget sits down with Ravi Gupta to unpack Trump’s big win and the divides that continue to shape today’s political landscape. They dive into the intense emotions stirred up by the election, the tough truths facing both political parties, and the personal challenges of navigating political differences within families. Together, they explore what t…
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E310. The Day I Met John & Yoko: Final Hours with a Legend
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1:20:49Bridget sits down with Laurie Kaye to discuss her book, Confessions of A Rock N’ Roll Name-Dropper which covers her life leading up to conducting John Lennon's final interview on December 8th, 1980, hours before his tragic death. They cover her journey from a young music enthusiast in LA to becoming a respected rock journalist, including her pivota…
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S9E1 - 8 TRUE Scary Stories: Do You Believe In The Paranormal?
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39:08Welcome to S9E1 of the Scarecast, where we kick off our new season with a spine-tingling collection of eight bone-chilling tales guaranteed to give you the creeps. In this episode, we delve into the depths of darkness to bring you a mix of short frights and lingering terrors that will haunt your dreams long after the candles have burned out. Join u…
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E309. Hey! Teacher! Leave Them Kids Alone! - Erika Sanzi
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1:32:56Bridget sits down with Erika Sanzi, the Director of Outreach at Parents Defending Education (PDE), an organization dedicated to addressing ideological biases in schools. She and Bridget discuss PDE’s mission to bring political neutrality back into classrooms, the indoctrination of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and gender identity policies in schools, …
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E308. Bureaucracy is Crushing American Dreams
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1:38:49Max Meyer joins Bridget to talk about the new tech magazine he just launched Arena. They discuss Arena's mission to be on the side of the future and the people building it, his desire to offer a tech magazine that's an alternative to the other big name tech magazines out there that seem focused on demoralizing people about the future and making the…
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In the heart of Ukraine's mountains, a summer camp becomes the stage for a series of chilling events that defy explanation. An 18-year-old counselor's first job turns into a nightmare when inexplicable occurrences begin to plague the camp. From mysterious figures in the forest to an unnaturally aggressive snake, the boundary between reality and the…
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E307. To Vote Or Not To Vote For Trump - Mary Katharine Ham
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1:28:52Mary Katharine Ham, a Fox News contributor and former CNN commentator, sits down with Bridget for a frank yet fun conversation about whether or not either one of them will vote for Trump. The decision rests not on a choice between Trump and Kamala, but a choice about whether or not they can bring themselves to vote for Trump, even though they low k…
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[Interview] Actor, Michael C. Williams – GHOST GAME (2024)
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8:03Some of you may not recognize Michael C. Williams at first glance, but stick him in a dark basement, turn him around, and have him stare at the wall—instant recognition. Michael is THE Michael from the now iconic THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, which this year celebrates 25 years of forever changing the path of our genre. Michael’s career continues to gro…
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V/H/S/BEYOND (2024) Horror Movie Review - Best of the Series? Maybe...
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11:59Doc reviews the latest in the V/H/S franchise, V/H/S/BEYOND (2024)
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E306. How October 7th Exposed the West's Madness
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1:43:31Author Brendan O’Neill joins Bridget to talk about his book, After The Pogrom: 7 October, Israel and The Crisis of Civilization. They discuss the aftermath of Hamas's attack on October 7th, 2023, what it told us about the West, the lure of barbarism, the rise of antisemitism, why we shouldn’t be allowed to forget what happened on October 7th, and w…
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E305. Wokeness Must Die A Thousand Deaths
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1:36:22Journalist and author of Go Woke, Go Broke, Charlie Gasparino, sits down with Bridget for a frank and fun conversation about the state of journalism, "wokeness," the progressive radicalization of corporate America, and the financial fallout they’re seeing as a result. They discuss the need for journalists to be fair in their reporting, allowing for…
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The Scarecast Files #15: The Craigslist Killer
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17:50In this chilling episode of The Scarecast, we delve into the disturbing case of Miranda and Elytte Barbour, known as the "Craigslist Killers." In 2013, this newlywed couple, aged 19 and 22, lured 42-year-old Troy LaFerrara to his death through a Craigslist ad offering companionship. We explore how the Barbours orchestrated their gruesome plan, with…
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E304. The Self-Sabotage Paradox - David Puder
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1:33:38Bridget sits down with psychiatrist Dr. David Puder, for a wide ranging discussion about about the challenges of working with severely ill patients, the importance of empathy in therapy, and the societal impact of social media on mental health, the difficulties of motivating patients to exercise, and the complexities of medication in psychiatric tr…
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[Interview] Lynn Lowry – A Genre Legend Invites You To A HALLOWEEN FEAST
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16:48Throughout her career, Lynn Lowry has amassed a resume that is second to none. She has worked with genre giants like Lloyd Kaufman, George Romero, and David Cronenberg and starred in films that are now considered horror classics. First stepping in front of a camera in the early 70s – Lynn continues to release numerous films a year – I believe in ou…
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