Our First Fears is a podcast hosted by Dan Poblocki featuring discussions about Gateway Horror, past and present, with artists working in the genre today.
Episode 27 of Our First Fears is a chat with author, Aaron Starmer, about the Satanic Panic of the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. We get into our own memories of the cultural paranoia surrounding the supposed existence of murderous cults and the myriad ways talk show hosts and news reports assured us that they would corrupt our young minds . . . and SOULS. Aaron Starmer is the author of many books for young readers including The Riverman Trilogy, the Locker 37 series, Spontaneous, Night Swimming,...
16 Apr 2025
26 - Return to Oz with Mar Romasco-Moore
In Episode 26, author Mar Romasco-Moore talks about their love for the cult classic Disney film, Return to Oz and how it influenced their latest young adult novel, Deadstream. This is one of our favorite films EVER, and if you haven’t seen it, you absolutely must. It’s got Dorothy Gale escaping a psychiatric hospital, a talking chicken side-kick, the Emerald City in ruins, a headless princess with nefarious intentions, and a king made of stone who REALLY loves Dorothy’s infamous ruby slippers...
1 Apr 2025
25 - Nuclear Nightmares with Grady Hendrix
Bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, joins Our First Fears for Episode 25 to talk about growing up as a cold-war kid, terrorized by constant reports in the 1980s of threats of a nuclear strike. He found strange solace in certain books and movies at that time, specifically Warday, The Steel, the Mist, and the Blazing Sun, Special Bulletin, and Threads. We chat about these titles and others, along with the primal places in pop-culture from where these stories may have burst, as well as how young ...
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4.4 / 5
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