- 364
- Episodes
- 118
- Transcribed
- 886
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Talking Scared
Conversations with the biggest names in horror fiction. A podcast for horror readers who want to know where their favourite stories came from . . . and what frightens the people who wrote them.
- Publisher
- Neil McRobert
- Category
- arts · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Sept 2020
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
118 of 364 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Let Us Palaver #11 – Hearts in Atlantis Debrief
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Dark Tower Deep Dive #11 – Hearts in Atlantis
27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
301 – Jane Schoenbrun & Trapped by the Goonies?
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Let Us Palaver #11 – Hearts in Atlantis Debrief
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yeah. Cause I mean, it is, we, The way it is left with like, I think even the way you phrased it was really nice in that you're like, we don't know much, but we know Ted reached the tower, which I mean, we have to assume that or I keep coming back to this idea that like the roses start growing more. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Nat
- Jane Schoenbrun
- Dorian Ravenscroft
- Brian Duffield
- Daniel Kraus
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 349 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 537 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Talking Scared take guests?
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