Best T C Warren Podcasts (2025)

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Tales to Terrify 721 Dafydd McKimm & L. T. Williams 42:35

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Welcome to episode 721. We have two tales for you this evening. First, a village plays host to a visitor with an insatiable appetite. Then, an English iron and coal magnate finds his work is transforming more than just his career. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Dafydd McKimm’s Mesdames et Messieurs, the Gorger Tarap Tradaire as read by …

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Tales to Terrify 720 E. F. Benson 42:31

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Welcome to episode 720. We have one classic tale for you tonight, about an old country estate that’s corridors holds more than portraits and shadows. COMING UP Good Evening: Patreon Author Interview Series: Derek Alan Jones: 00:01:06 E. F. Benson’s How Fear Departed the Long Gallery as read by Georgia Cook: 00:03:03 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Pa…

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326 - The Origin of Language - Madeleine Beekman 46:11

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We sit down with Dr. Madeleine Beekman, a professor emerita of evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology at the University of Sydney, Australia, whose new book, The Origin of Language, presents a completely new and fascinating theory for how language emerged in homo sapiens, in human beings, in you and me and the rest of us. Madeleine Beekman How…

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Tales to Terrify 719 James Fritz & Keith LaFountaine 49:44

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Welcome to episode 719. We have two tales for you this week. First, we meet a woman with a hunger for justice. Then, a man fears for his relationship thanks to his girlfriend’s obsession with a chatbot. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 James Fritz’s Going Wendigo as read by Erin Grassie: 00:02:56 [Trigger] Keith LaFountaine’s Love, Unto as read by …

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Tales to Terrify 718 Halloween Flash Contest + E. F. Benson 1:04:28

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Happy Halloween and welcome to episode 718. First, we meet the four runners-up and one winner of our first ever Halloween Flash Fiction Contest. Then, a classic tale about a man who inherits a house and the dark history that comes with it. COMING UP Good Evening: Happy Halloween: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Runner-Up: Jared Conger’s From the Dark Woods as r…

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325 - Cognitive Dissonance - Part Two (rebroadcast) 57:58

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In this episode we welcome Dr. Sarah Stein Lubrano, a political scientist who studies how cognitive dissonance affects all sorts of political behavior. She’s also the co-host of a podcast about activism called "What Do We Want?" and she wrote a book titled Don’t Talk About Politics which is about how to discuss politics without necessarily talking …

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Tales to Terrify 717 C. W. Stevenson 50:19

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Welcome to episode 717. We have one tale for you this week, about a man whose farm becomes the feeding ground for a beast straight out of legend. COMING UP Good Evening: Halloween Flash Contest: 00:01:06 C. W. Stevenson’s Goat-sucker as read by Charles Conover: 00:03:54 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terri…

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Tales to Terrify 716 Bret Chandler, Nelson Allister & Jonathan Agar 40:07

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Welcome to episode 716. We have three tales for you this week, about an ominous voice calling from the woods, a dangerous bargain to break a curse, and a descent into madness at the hands of a monstrous clock. COMING UP Good Evening: new release from Frank Oreto: 00:01:06 Bret Chandler’s The Voice Past the Tall Jack Pines as read by Michelle Kane: …

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324 - Cognitive Dissonance - Part One (rebroadcast) 57:57

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In this episode, the story of a doomsday cult who predicted the exact date and circumstances of the end of the world, and what happened when that date passed and the world did not end. Also, we explore our drive to remain consistent via our desire to reduce cognitive dissonance. When you notice you’ve done something you believe is wrong, then you w…

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Tales to Terrify 715 Erica Waters 44:40

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Welcome to episode 715. We have one tale for you this week, about a stray dog that causes otherworldly chaos. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Erica Waters’ (Un)canny: A Study in Canine Folklore as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:02:24 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Krystal Hammond Krystal Hammon…

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Tales to Terrify 714 Laila Amado & Akis Linardos 44:37

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Welcome to episode 714. We have two tales for you this week, about guardian eldritch horrors and the risks of messing with time. COMING UP Good Evening: Halloween Flash Contest and Thank-yous: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Laila Amado’s Heaven is Experiencing Staffing Shortages and Somehow This is My Problem as read by James Barnett: 00:04:00 Akis Linardos’ R…

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323 - Job Therapy - Tessa West (rebroadcast) 55:06

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Are you unhappy at your job? Are you starting to consider a change of career because of how your current work makes you feel? Do you know why? According to our guest in this episode, Dr. Tessa West, a psychologist at NYU, if you are currently contemplating whether you want to do the work that you do everyday you should know that although this feeli…

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Tales to Terrify 713 R. S. Nelson & QED 32:23

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Welcome to episode 713. We have two tales for you this week. First, a woman has one hell of a mess to clean in her bathroom. Then, we get to the bottom of who’s haunting the house. COMING UP Good Evening: Halloween Flash Contest & Patreon Author Interview Series feat. JV Gachs: 00:01:06 R. S. Nelson’s Supplies Needed to Clean the Bloodbath in My Ba…

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Tales to Terrify 712 Mark H. Harris & Avra Margariti 50:59

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Welcome to episode 712. We have two tales for you this week. First, a woman running from her dark past battles curiosity at the sounds in the attic. Then, a girl carries her guilt deep into the subway where she shelters from the apocalypse with a band of misfits. COMING UP Good Evening: Halloween Flash Contest: 00:01:06 Mark H. Harris’ Don’t Look a…

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322 - Intellectual Humility - Tenelle Porter 1:07:44

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Can intellectual humility be measured? What influences it and affects it, limits it and enhances it? What even is it, scientifically speaking? We explore all of this and then play an episode of How to Be A Better Human featuring psychologist Tenelle Porter telling comedian Chris Duffy how she is researching how to conduct better research into intel…

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Tales to Terrify 711 Elizabeth Gaskell 1:01:47

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Welcome to episode 711. We have one classic tale for you, about a remote country house where the halls echo with haunting music and the footsteps of spectral children. COMING UP Good Evening: Halloween Flash Contest: 00:01:06 Elizabeth Gaskell’s The Old Nurse's Story as read by S. H. Cooper: 00:04:58 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread th…

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Tales to Terrify 710 John Betancourt & T. R. Steele 47:26

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Welcome to episode 710. We have two tales for you this week. First, a young woman facing eviction turns to an online ritual for help. Then, we learn the secret to keeping fish at its freshest: necromancy. COMING UP Good Evening: Patreon Bonus: 00:01:06 John Betancourt’s Sock It To Me as read by Danielle Hewitt: 00:03:35 [Trigger] T. R. Steele’s Jul…

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321 - Easy Crafts for the Insane - Kelly Williams Brown (rebroadcast) 1:18:08

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This episode is about suicide prevention and awareness. Author Kelly Williams Brown tells us about her book, Easy Crafts for the Insane, in which she recounts how, after she gained fame and success as a NYT bestselling author, her world came apart. Then an anti-anxiety-drug-induced manic state nearly ended her life. 988 Suicide Prevention Month Kel…

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Tales to Terrify 709 Obiwulu Chisom Peace, J. V. Gachs & Blaize M. Kaye 40:19

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Welcome to episode 709. We have three tales for you. About the blurred line between myth and reality, putting a price tag on the immortal soul, and the pull of freedom in the face of genetic servitude. COMING UP Good Evening: Submissions: 00:01:06 Obiwulu Chisom Peace’s The Whispering Groves as read by Anne Marie Lewis: 00:03:28 J. V. Gachs’ An Hou…

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Tales to Terrify 708 Anne Wilkins 51:42

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Welcome to episode 708. We have one tale for you this week, about a grieving mother desperate for relief from her parental responsibilities who seeks sanctuary at a play centre built on buried secrets. COMING UP Good Evening: Submissions and Patreon Interview Series: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Anne Wilkins’ Hidden Treasure as read by AJ Fitzwater: 00:04:28…

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320 - Misguided - Matthew Facciani 1:08:55

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What is misinformation? How does it differ from disinformation or just plain ‘ole propaganda? How do we protect ourselves from people with nefarious intentions using all of these things to affect our thoughts, feelings, and behavior? That’s what we discuss in this episode with Matthew Facciani, social scientist and author of Misguided: Where Misinf…

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Tales to Terrify 707 Sabine Baring-Gould 1:00:42

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Welcome to episode 707. We have one classic tale for you tonight, about a preserved finger with a personality all its own. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Sabine Baring-Gould’s A Dead Finger as read by Brian Rollins: 00:02:45 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Brian Rollins Brian Rollins on X Br…

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Tales to Terrify 706 Derek Alan Jones & Damir Salkovic 43:52

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Welcome to episode 706. We have two tales for you this week. First, a passenger learns things work a little different at the airport. Then, a Soviet scientific expedition sent to investigate a meteor impact site discover they may be the subjects rather than the observers. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Derek Alan Jones’ Everything That Was All of…

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319 - Love Factually - Eli Finkel and Paul Eastwick 1:06:08

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Two psychologists who study love, relationships, and human mating behavior pick apart the movie "The Notebook" and tell us what it gets right and what it gets wrong when it comes to portraying how humans actually, truly think, feel, and behave. Eli Finkel and Paul Eastwick are the cohosts of the Love Factually podcast, a show that discusses the rom…

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Tales to Terrify 705 Edd Vick & Donovan Douglas Thiesson 50:52

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Welcome to episode 705. We have two tales for you this week. First, we learn that immortality isn’t everything it’s chalked up to be. Then, she waits in the deep, listening for the voice that will call her home. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Edd Vick’s Dead by Night as read by Rish Outfield: 00:02:34 Donovan Douglas Thiesson’s Janelle is Still J…

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Tales to Terrify 704 F. Marion Crawford 49:55

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Welcome to episode 704. We have a classic tale for you this week, about an ancient tower, a mysterious grave, and the two men who stumble across its nightly inhabitant. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 F. Marion Crawford’s For the Blood is the Life as read by Charles Conover: 00:02:49 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop…

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318 - The Intention Action Gap - Britt Frank (rebroadcast) 1:10:01

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In this episode, we sit down with therapist Britt Frank to discuss the intention action gap, the psychological term for the chasm between what you very much intend to do and what you tend to do instead. It turns out, there's a well-researched psychological framework that includes a term for when you have a stated, known goal – a change you'd like t…

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Tales to Terrify 703 Chris Riley & Rob Gillham 45:34

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Welcome to episode 703. We have two tales for you. First, we learn that even villains can fall in love. Then, a man clearing out his childhood home uncovers dark truths about a childhood friend. COMING UP Good Evening: Patreon Author Interview Series: 00:01:06 Chris Riley’s Hatchet Man as read by Colin Duncan: 00:03:18 [Trigger] Rob Gillham’s The H…

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Tales to Terrify 702 F. W. Weatherstone 52:04

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Welcome to episode 702. This week , we meet a young Scottish woman who inherits the duty of tending to an old stone shelter… and the ancient thing that dwells within. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 [Trigger] F. W. Weatherstone’s The Bothy in the Field as read by Stephanie Nemeth-Parker: 00:02:48 TRIGGER WARNINGS The Bothy in the Field contains sc…

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317 - Don't Talk About Politics - Sarah Stein Lubrano 1:10:11

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Sarah Stein Lubrano tells us about her new book, Don't Talk About Politics, which urges us not to lose hope or become frozen in frustration when it comes to polarization and faulty discourse because the good news is that we don't just know, scientifically, why the marketplace of ideas is currently failing us, we know how, scientifically, we can do …

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Tales to Terrify 701 Derek Alan Jones, Nick Badot & Victoria Brun 56:50

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Welcome to episode 701. We have three tales for you this week. First, a boy learns the importance of respecting old traditions. Then, we sample an exclusive menu with the most exotic of flavours. And finally, a woman chosen for ritual sacrifice holds her people’s future in her hands. COMING UP Good Evening: Submissions: 00:01:06 Derek Alan Jones’ A…

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Tales to Terrify 700 Philip Madden & Mary Elizabeth Braddon 39:27

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Welcome to episode 700. We have two tales for you this week. First, a pastor seeks to avenge his murdered family with the help of an unlikely ally. Then, a young artist learns the deadly cost of heartbreak. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Philip Madden’s The Pastor as read by Curtis Michael Holland: 00:03:01 [TRIGGER] Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s The …

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316 - Cultures of Growth - Mary C. Murphy (rebroadcast) 1:08:13

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In this episode we welcome psychologist Mary C. Murphy, author of Cultures of Growth, who tells us how to create institutions, businesses, and other groups of humans that can better support collaboration, innovation, performance, and wellbeing. We also learn how, even if you know all about the growth mindset, the latest research suggests you not ma…

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Tales to Terrify 699 Tabitha Lord, Bryan Carrigan & Avra Margariti 48:22

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Welcome to episode 699 We have three tales for you, about a modern-day Frankenstein’s monster, a horny teen who gets more than just a hookup, and a young woman trapped inside her house by a mysterious guest. COMING UP Good Evening: Submissions are open: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Tabitha Lord’s Monster as read by Amanda Stribling: 00:03:37 Bryan Carrigan’s…

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Tales to Terrify 698 Daniel Stride & Rachel Bolton (Stoker) 55:12

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Welcome to episode 698 and happy StokerCon! We have two tales for you this week. First, a strange child develops a special bond with the hermit in his garden. Then, a woman goes to extreme lengths to leave her abusive husband. COMING UP Good Evening: StokerCon 2025: 00:01:06 Daniel Stride’s The One Who Saw Too Much as read by Jesse Holt: 00:04:09 […

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315 - May Contain Lies - Alex Edmans 39:43

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Alex Edmans, a professor of finance at London Business School, tells us how to avoid the Ladder of Misinference by examining how narratives, statistics, and articles can mislead, especially when they align with our preconceived notions and confirm what we believe is true, assume is true, and wish were true. Alex Edmans May Contain Lies What to Test…

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Tales to Terrify 697 A. A. Nour 51:44

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Welcome to episode 697. We have one tale for you this week, about a woman torn between who she feels she should be and true beast that lurks within her. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 [Trigger] A. A. Nour’s Lonely Skin as read by Erin Grassie: 00:03:09 TRIGGER WARNINGS Lonely Skin contains scenes of Animal Death. PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Pat…

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Tales to Terrify 696 Derek Alan Jones & Akis Linardos 45:42

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Welcome to episode 696. We have two tales for you this week: about a man on an empty highway struggling to trust his fading memory, and a woman whose skepticism is tested by her lover’s carnal faith. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Derek Alan Jones’ Somewhere on US-50, Sometime in the Night as read by Drew Sebesteny: 00:02:36 Akis Linardos’ Baited…