The Truth About Big, Fat Lies
This week in the Cold, we ponder lies and the lying liars who tell them. I don't want to give too much away, because it's just too good. Swear it is! Please join us. This episode is also available as ...
15 Nov 202114min
What makes up a Hero?
Come join us this week in the Cold, as we take a hard look at the feats and character traits that make up a hero in both fiction and real life. The common definition of what it means to be a hero has ...
8 Nov 202118min
Dracula, the Gothic Pimp
Today in the Cold, we are talking about possibly the most fascinating, alluring, and confounding character in all of literature...Count Dracula. What is it about Bram Stoker's "Dracula" that inspired ...
25 Okt 202111min
My Life in a Haunted House (for real)
As promised, this week in the Cold, I'm telling you all about what it's like to live in the wonderful, old, story-machine that is my home. Did I mention that it's haunted? Yes, haunted! But life in a ...
18 Okt 202113min
The (Ghost) Stories We Tell
This week in the Cold, we're talking about the woo-woo, the spiritual, the paranormal, and why even the most rational of us just love, love, love it. The paranormal is such a tasty spice in the storie...
11 Okt 202113min
The Dangerous Allure of the Horror Story
It's October, which means Cold is going all-in on ghosts, monsters, aliens, and all creatures of the night or things that go bump in the dark. This week, we're diving head-first into the bloody, brain...
4 Okt 202116min
The Lost Cosmonauts of the Soviet Union, and Other Harrowing Real-Life Space Tales
Today in the Cold, we have some harrowing real-life stories that sound like they're straight out of science fiction. We uncover chilling tales of the lost cosmonauts of 1950s and 60s Soviet Russia, in...
20 Sep 202121min
Getting Damned Serious About Humor: How the "Outlander" Novels are a Gold Standard for Weaving Humor into an Epic
This week in the Cold, we talk about humor as a crucial element to any story that endeavors to rise above cliché. We zero-in on Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" novels as a gold standard for tackling very...
13 Sep 202116min
