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• History of KISS

  PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A RE-POSTING OF AN OLD EPISODE FOR COPYRIGHT REASONSCian & Donal tackle the history of the band KISS using the autobiographies of the four members to tell the tale ...

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• Jewel Of Seven Stars Part 2 (REPOST)

  PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A RE-UPLOAD OF A 2020 EPISODE FOR COPYRIGHT REASONSIn PART 2 of JEWEL OF SEVEN STARS, enter the Wide Atlantic Weird cabin-in-the-woods to find the place stuffed with mummified cats, cursed relics and forbidden idols as we delve into THE JEWEL OF SEVEN STARS! This 1903 book from Dublin-born Bram ‘Dracula’ Stoker affords us the perfect excuse to doff a pith helmet, drink cognac, and tell mystical tales of turn-of-the-century Gothic London and spooky, mysterious Egypt!

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• Restless Dreams: 90s Survival Horror Nostalgia (with Aodh O' Catháin) REPOST

  NOTE: this is a repost from 2020 for copyright reasonsVideo games have played a key role in the evolution of horror storytelling over the last couple of decades. And if you have fond memories of pre-rendered backgrounds, polygonal zombies, bad controls and even worse voice acting, then this episode RESTLESS DREAMS: 90S SURVIVAL HORROR NOSTALGIA is for you! Cian and Aodh get misty-eyed recalling the highs (and hilarious lows) of the Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Dino Crisis franchises. The 90s and early 00s were something of a boomtime for big-budget, mainstream horror games. But there's much to discuss: what exactly makes a game 'survival horror?' Why did the Resident Evil series become a silly action slugfest? And just where exactly has that sly bastard Albert Wesker gone off to this time?Along the way, find out why whether a psychological take on horror gaming is better than zombies-in-your-face, and why dinosaurs are awesome but endless key unlocking puzzles aren't. So make yourself a Jill sandwich, find yourself a crackly radio, and pray that you're still the master of unlocking. You're about to enter the world of survival horror ...And this is our last escape.

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• Everything Ends In Mystery (a signoff of sorts)

  OMNIA EXEUNT IN MYSTERIUM

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• Apocalypse Kong: Kong Skull Island (with Dr Justin Mullis)

  Dr Justin Mullis drops into the Explorers Club to discuss the 2017 film Kong: Skull Island. Topics include: -Japanese cryptozoology -The depiction of apes in popular culture -Kong as a colonial Lost World story? -the ecology of Skull Island -The significance of the 70s Vietnam setting -John Goodman and the Monarch organisation -Kong’s reinvention as a Kaiju -Some of the best CGI in a recent creature film? -The Skullcrawlers’ link to the original 1933 King Kong -Cryptozoology in the Monsterverse -The mystical gateway that often guards the Lost Worlds Links: -Justin’s academia edu -Justin's Notes for the episode (availability pending) -Justin at Adventures In Poor Taste -From Cryptids to Kaiju -Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction, John Rieder -Kaiju Transmissions episode -G-Fest 2024 -King Kong Cometh, Paul A. Woods -Kong Unmade, John Lemay -Encyclopedia of Weird War Stories, Paul Green -The Great War and Prehistoric Memory, Ross J Wilson

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