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Podsothoth: A Lovecraft Book Club

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Podsothoth is a horror and comedy podcast dedicated to the works (and foibles) of H.P. Lovecraft, hosted by recovering goth and internet D-lister celebrity, Tod Beardsley. Every Lovecraft story will be covered over two episodes each. First, Tod will read the story with minimal production, and ideal for people who just want to hear Lovecraft's words. This is the horror part. Following each story is a discussion of, about, and around that story, and have plenty of jokes and giggles. This is the comedy part. Follow the show at https://defcon.social/@podsothoth, or email the show at hideous@podsot...

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3: The Statement of Randolph Carter 21.05.2020 16:00

Tod reads H.P. Lovecraft's The Statement of Randolph Carter , which was first published in the May, 1920 issue of The Vagrant, and republished in the Februrary, 1925 issue of Weird Tales. Discussion about this story will follow in the next episode. Please be aware: this story contains a masculine relationship with a power imbalance, descriptions of Florida swampland, and a police interrogatio...

2: Pickman's Model (Discussion) 17.05.2020 41:31

Tod & Claire discuss Pickman's Model (as read in the last episode), and talk about Lovecraft's painter name-drops, historical locations mentioned in the story, the inability to convince their children to read anything, and the genesis of this podcast, Arkham Horror: The Living Card Game (Night of the Zealot). Also, we discuss the problem of racism in Lovecraft's work and life. W...

1: Pickman's Model 10.05.2020 33:04

Tod reads Pickman's Model , story first published in the October, 1927 issue of Weird Tales . It's about a painter, Richard Upton Pickman, whose talent in depicting nightmare portraits exceeds that of comparable realist artists Johann Heinrich Füssli and Gustave Doré. The story focuses on the night one of Pickman's few remaining friends visited his studio, and the horrors witnessed...

0: Introduction to Podsothoth 11.03.2020 3:59

In which Tod describes how to enjoy Podsothoth: A Lovecraft Book Club, a note on Lovecraft's racism and our editorial changes and commentaries on that specifically, a note to maybe skip up to episode 25 to start with, and the fact that while we make fun of Lovecraft pretty much all the time, we really are sincere fans of Lovecraft and Lovecraftian weird fiction. You can text us now. Why? That...