The Fear with Sarah Morgan

NICK MOHAMMED - HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR 2021

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 23:01:49 GMT

In our annual fright-fest episode! Actor, writer and magician NICK MOHAMMED (Ted Lasso, Intelligence, Mr Swallow) unpacks his biggest fears, including Madame Tussauds’ Chamber of Horrors, the 1980s Crimestoppers ads, Jonathan Creek, Derek Acorah channelling Bruce Forsyth, a recurring anxiety dream and ‘big-bodied’ spiders.

Plus! Is Se7en a horror or a thriller? What is the Troxler effect? What’s the most disappointing magic trick? And what’s like to play a baddie on the world’s kindest TV show?

If you enjoy this chat, why not rate and review it, or, badger us to make more episodes? Unless waiting a year between podcasts is how you get your ‘kicks’. No judgement.

Nick on Twitter: @nickmohammed

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Music by Tim Bazell @heartofgoldmusic

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WILL MACLEAN - HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR 2020

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:01:00 GMT

Back from the dead! The Fear is back for a one off spooky special, recorded on socially distant Zoom in the strange time of October 2020.

Writer WILL MACLEAN (The Cunning Woman, High Strangeness) discusses his debut novel The Apparition Phase, described by Alice Lowe as “horror for the connoisseur”.

We do a (very) deep-dive on his love for 1972s THE STONE TAPE, a sonic ghost story starring Jane Asher and Michael Bryant that still has the power to chill your blood. We also unpack his childhood fear of being stranded on an alien planet, and muse on the very real fear of going mad in mad times.

PLUS: Horror’s often problematic representation of mental illness, and why we take comfort in scary movies in a pandemic. Including: Doctor Who, The Fortean Times, Usbourne Guide To The Supernatural: Ghosts, Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, Saint Maud, The Shining, Rosemary’s Baby, The Yellow Wallpaper, They Live, Lovecraft Country, HR James and Shirley Jackson. Look, we’ve been indoors for a while, alright?

Will on Instagram: @willmacwriting

Find us on @thefearpodcast

The Fear is a podcast where funny people talk about the things that scare us. In each episode comedy writer Sarah Morgan (@sarahlmorgan) asks her guests to bring in three fears - a scary moment from film or tv; a fear from their childhood, and a fear they live with now. It's Spooktacular! The theme music and production is by Tim Bazell.

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Vicki Pepperdine “One misty, moisty morning…”

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 03:00:00 GMT

LAST EPISODE OF THE SERIES.... Writer and performer Vicki Pepperdine (Dear Joan and Jericha, Getting On, Sally4Ever) on her writing routine, finding your voice, a creepy poem from her childhood, Grimm’s fairy tales, going on Celebrity Pointless, teaching Ollie Murs to morris dance, the chest-burster scene from Alien, medical intervention and so much more…

Vicki on Twitter: @vickipepperdine

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The Fear is a podcast where funny people talk about the things that scare us. In each episode, comedy writer Sarah Morgan asks her guests to bring in three fears - a scary moment from film or tv; a fear from their childhood, and a fear or phobia they live with now. It's spooktacular...

The theme music and production is by Tim Bazell. Find us online @Thefearpodcast, and if you like it, rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, not that you will, 'cause you're a bunch of ungrateful goth hipsters who think they're too cool to live. (prove me wrong, kids!)

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Ian Martin “You wouldn’t want to get stuck with him at a party”

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 03:00:00 GMT

Writer Ian Martin (Avenue 5, The Death of Stalin, Veep) on podcasts, his loathing of amateur compound swearing, the ‘death of satire’, The Skeletons from Jason And The Argonauts, a half-remembered PIF from the 60s, and nothing.

Ian on twitter: @ianmartin

Ian’s Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/05/diagnosed-cancer-dead-by-christmas-karmic-voodoo

The theme music is by Tim Bazell. Find us online @Thefearpodcast, and if you like it, rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, not that you will, 'cause you're a bunch of ungrateful goth hipsters who think they're too cool to live. (prove me wrong, kids!)

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Shannon Murray “Whipping up some inspiration porn”

Thu, 28 Nov 2019 03:00:00 GMT

Actor, writer, disability activist and sweary legend SHANNON MURRAY (Silent Witness, Eastenders, Class) on nude scenes, growing up in a rock n’roll household, fancying Dracula, Tales Of The Unexpected, the fear of being trapped in a sauna, the existential ennui of 1980s Sunday evening television, London’s Burning, Poltergeist, the bubble baby, Tubular Bells, The NHS, cockroaches, and bad feminism. And SO much more…

Shannonigans on Insta: @shannonemurray

Shannon’s blog: https://shannonmurray.wordpress.com/

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Kemah Bob “A hug from the inside”

Thu, 21 Nov 2019 03:00:00 GMT

Comedian, TED-talker and Drag King KEMAH BOB (The Guilty Feminist, FOC It Up) has what a lazy comedy reviewer might call a ‘frank and fearless!’ chat about fear, including:

Bipolar disorder and Kanye West, How to start a career in a new country, the Femmes of Colour comedy club, when people are a little bit too into your drag persona, the Leprechaun movies (sort of), death, insanity, the effects of hormonal birth control on the brain, break ups, and much much more…

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Brona C. Titley “A slave to the green man”

Wed, 13 Nov 2019 03:00:12 GMT

BLURB Comedy writer and performer Brona C. Titley (Tracey Ullman’s Show, 8 Out Of 10 Cats) reveals what it’s like to wake up and find you’re the focus of a furious internet pile-on; PLUS we unpack her worst fears including the Hell Money episode of X-files, roads, Stephen King’s Misery, gum-chewers, and FOMO…

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Kate Hodges – Spooky Books Special

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 03:00:00 GMT

Black Shuck! The melting monk! Highgate Vampires! A mystically powerful WH Smiths! To celebrate USBORNE’S WORLD OF THE UNKNOWN: GHOSTS and WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE: OCCULT LONDON, Sarah invited author KATE HODGES (@theekatehodges) to revisit the horror books that traumatised them into the women they are today. Finally, an answer to the eternal question, who’s fitter, Gef the talking mongoose, or a werecrocodile? Plus: Jan Pienowski’s Haunted House, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ('s monster), spontaneous human combustion, Bizarre magazine, The Unexplained partwork magazine, The Day of The Triffids, Climate Change, and Plague panic…

OCCULT LONDON: https://shop.herblester.com/products/welcome-to-the-dark-side-occult-london

THE HARE AND HOOFE: https://thehareandhoofe.wordpress.com/

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David Reed and Danielle Ward: Halloween Spooktacular 2019

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 03:00:00 GMT

Merry Goth Christmas! In a densely packed, cobweb-laden live show from York Theatre Royal, husband and wife team Danielle Ward (Do The Right Thing, The Half) and David Reed (Inside The Comedian, All Rather Mysterious) have a chat about all things halloweeny, including: sad nuns, Poundland's creepy peepers, an off-brand halloween costume quiz, the creepiness of CBeebies Bing, terrifying balloon shops, Richard Felix's podcast ghost tour of York, the upsetting ballad of Margaret Clitherow, Steve Guttenburg's High Spirits and Peter O Toole's finest hour, The Secret Lemonade Drinker adverts revisited, baby monitors, Hereditary, The Shining, Mork and Mindy, 'old portraits and Victorian s**t', home invasion and much, much moooOOOOoooore....

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Michael Lee Richardson: “If you’re not a bit witchy-woo at this point, you’re a Tory”

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Writer Michael Lee Richardson (Bafta winner- My Loneliness Is Killing Me) unpacks his biggest fears: THE WHEELERS FROM RETURN TO OZ, GHOSTS, and FACES AT THE WINDOW...

Plus! We Were Always Here: A Queer Anthology, listening to 911 calls on YouTube, Take A Break Fate and Fortune, Most Haunted, Houdini vs Margery Crandon, Orbs, The Usbourne Book of Ghosts, and much, much more...

My Loneliness Is Killing Me: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00039vv

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Andy Nyman “A flaming Rabbi”

Thu, 17 Oct 2019 02:00:00 GMT

In a gorgeously sprawling chat, Andy Nyman (Ghost Stories, Derren Brown) talks about the latest incarnation and tour of GHOST STORIES; plus ghost trains, haunted theatres, Imposter syndrome, Fiddler On The Roof, The Fog, ITV’s Thriller, religion, the NHS, an American Werewolf in London and much, much more...

The Fear is a podcast where funny people talk about the things that scare us. For each episode, comedy writer Sarah Morgan asks her guests to bring in three fears - a scary moment from film or tv; a fear from their childhood, and a fear or phobia they live with now. It's spooktacular...

THE FEAR:THE LIVE is coming to York Theatre Royal on 25th October with Danielle Ward and David Reed https://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/the-fear-live/

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“Have silent dreams, I am no danger” with TOM NEENAN

Thu, 10 Oct 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Hey you big Halloweenies! Triple-threat Tom Neenan (Mash Report, It’s Always Infinity) joins Sarah for seasonally spooky chat about SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR, his radio show THE HAUNTENING and SIMON BATES VIDEO WARNINGS! And of course Tom unpacks his greatest fears, including:

The poster for the bad 80s horror film the REVENGE OF BILLY THE KID; The Judge Doom dip scene from WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?; and YOUTUBE nightmare holes…

Revenge of Billy The Kid trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pIfFNbm2bk

“Chills” Top 15 Scariest YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1J-vdbp66E&

See Tom LIVE in LA on October 23rd, ticket info and more Neeno goodness here: www.Tomneenan.com

THE FEAR:THE LIVE is coming to York Theatre Royal on 25th October with Danielle Ward and David Reed https://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/the-fear-live/

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The Fear: The Live! in London with Helen Zaltzman

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 02:00:00 GMT

We’re baaaack... live from the London Podcast Festival, HELEN ZALTZMAN (The Allusionist, Answer Me This) unpacks her greatest fears- including a festive fizzy beverage advert, a cruel childhood prank about the apocalypse, and enforced audience participation...

We also dabble in the dark arts to bind a bully, discuss baggy jumpsuits, sexy Santas, and who is the real monster? (spoiler, it’s man.) (#notallmen)

Come and see the next THE FEAR:THE LIVE at York Theatre Royal on the 25th October 2019 with guests Danielle Ward and David Reed. It’ll be a Halloween Spooktacular!

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THE FEAR: THE LIVE at the London Podcast Festival, Sunday 15th September!

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 09:29:29 GMT

The new series is so close you can smell it (sorry about that), but in the meantime here’s details of our forthcoming live shows featuring HELEN ZALTZMAN (London Podcast Festival, September 15th) and DANIELLE WARD AND DAVID REED (York Theatre Royal, October 25th 2019). Ticket links:

LONDON (With Helen Zaltzman)

https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-fear/

YORK (With David Reed and Danielle Ward)

https://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/the-fear-live/

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Ed Byrne “It scared the bejesus out of me”

Thu, 16 May 2019 02:00:00 GMT

In the last ep this series, (boooo) comedian ED BYRNE (Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week) talks about scary stuff including; hangover anxiety; toxoplasmosis; zombie ants; It Follows; A Quiet Place; the Vorvon “Space Vampire” from Buck Rogers In The 25th Century; a clip from an excellent 1970s documentary about Dracula fans; fears of demonic possession while Catholic; mad thoughts; and how fear helps you prepare for a tour…

LINKS:

Ed’s tour dates:

http://edbyrne.com/live-dates/

The Dracula Business video aka “No Caption Can Do Justice To This Vampire Queen” (tweet via and thanks to @criticalprvrsn)

https://twitter.com/criticalprvrsn/status/1121918841045561344

THE FEAR is a podcast where funny people talk about the things that scare us. In each episode, anxious comedy writer Sarah Morgan asks her guests to bring in three fears - a scary moment from film or tv; a fearfrom their childhood, and a fear they live with now. It's Spooktacular!

The theme music and production is by Tim Bazell. Find us online @Thefearpodcast, and rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, if you must.

This programme is a member of the Great Big Owl Network. (insert spooky owl noise here)

THE FEAR WILL RETURN FOR SERIES 3…. when you least expect it…. WOoooOOOooh….. etc.

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Jordan Morris “Don’t think about the Mash hand”

Thu, 09 May 2019 11:18:28 GMT

LA-based comedy writer Jordan Morris (@midnight, Bubble, Jordan Jesse Go!) on creating his monster-packed gig-economy sci-fi sitcom Bubble, plus! Schitt’s Creek, hipster neighbourhoods, The Theme From M*A*S*H, the You Must Remember This podcast and bad Karina Longworth impressions, 1930s horror movies, eyeball trauma in Demolition Man, a frank chat about FOMO, plus special guest Bug the cat, and much much more...

Find Jordan online @jordan_morris

The Fear is a podcast where funny people talk about the things that scare us. In each episode anxious comedy writer Sarah Morgan (@sarahlmorgan) asks her guests to bring in three fears - a scary moment from film or tv; a fear from their childhood, and a fear they live with now. It's Spooktacular! The theme music and production is by Tim Bazell. Find us online @Thefearpodcast, and if you like it, rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, if you must.

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David Quantick "Vampire Bruce Springsteen"

Fri, 03 May 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Emmy-winning writer David Quantick (Veep, The Thick Of It, Brass Eye) talks about his new horror novel ALL MY COLORS, plus! Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell, Stephen King, Chris Morris, Coleridge's opium bully, The Sound of Music, the crap DC super-villain Supremo, the Twitter hellmouth, and much,much more....

THE FEAR is a podcast where funny people talk about the things that scare us. In each episode, anxious comedy writer Sarah Morgan asks her guests to bring in three fears - a scary moment from film or tv; a fear from their childhood, and a fear they live with now. It's spooktacular.

The theme music and production is by Tim Bazell. Find us online @Thefearpodcast, and rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, if you must.

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Jason Hazeley "Aminophylline Suppositories"

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Pifs, plumbing and panic attacks....

Comedy writer Jason Hazeley (Philomena Cunk, Ladybird Books For Grown Ups, Framley Examiner) joins Sarah to unpack his greatest fears, including: The “Grain Drain” Public Information Film, The Young Ones, the closing credits of Camberwick Green, plumbing, and comas! Plus quite an intense and useful conversation about panic attacks. Take care of yourself out there.

The theme music and production is by Tim Bazell. Find us online @Thefearpodcast, and if you like it, rate and review the show why not eh...

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Stuart Goldsmith “You’re a daywalker now, baby”

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Stuart Goldsmith, stand-up, host of The Comedian’s Comedian podcast and ex-goth talks about his favourite spooky things including: Stu’s secret vampire past! Brandon Lee’s The Crow! Clive Barker! A sexy reboot of Bagpuss! Imposter syndrome! An unpleasant moment from the title sequence of The Equaliser! Noseybonk! A creepy-ass children’s rhyme about apples! Witches- bad, or victims of misogyny?! Xylophobia aka the fear of biting on wood! Funny Feet Fetishists! Blade!

Plus – Stuart and Sarah reveal the dark secrets to provoking an emotional response from your comedian guests; and Stuart turns the table on Sarah and reveals SHE was the thing she was scared of all along. Or something. (It’s VERY Com Com Pod.)

Find Stuart Goldsmith, his podcast and tourdates on Comedianscomedian.com

The theme music and production is by Tim Bazell.

Find us online @Thefearpodcast, and if you like it, rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, not that anyone has or will, 'cause you're a bunch of ungrateful goth hipsters who think they're too cool to live. (prove me wrong, kids!)

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Bec Hill “Bowie’s bulge”

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Stand-up Bec Hill (Comedy Club 4 Kids; Bec Hill’s Pun Run) joins Sarah for spine-chilling chat about: Polly Pocket and Sexy Hamburglars! “Monster Ball” week on RuPaul’s Drag Race! The importance of puns! Why fun is better than fear! The ‘chicken bit’ from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! Sexual awakenings in front of David Bowie’s Labyrinth! The Baby From Eraserhead! Pimple popping videos! Baby skulls on Snopes! Rubbish ghost trains! And more…

Follow Bec @bechillcomedian

The Fear is a podcast where funny people talk about the things that scare us. In each episode comedy writer Sarah Morgan asks her guests to bring in three fears - a scary moment from film or tv; a fear from their childhood, and a fear they live with now. It's spooktacular.

The theme music and production is by Tim Bazell. Find us online @Thefearpodcast, and if you like it, rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, not that anyone has or will, 'cause you're a bunch of ungrateful goth hipsters who think they're too cool to live (prove me wrong, kids!)

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Kat Sadler "Don't Have Nightmares"

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 02:00:00 GMT

WooooooOOOooh!! It's stand-up, comedy writer and editor of satirical online women's magazine Succubus, Kat Sadler! (@sadkatler) In a packed show, we discuss; dying on stage while dressed as a ghost; Ted Bundy; Schitt's Creek as a solution to True Crime heebie-jeebies; Succubus live shows; Australian nightmare-fuel children's entertainers The Wiggles; A lobster incident on Queer Eye; Splash (the mermaid movie); The Jaws ride at Universal Studios Florida; Writing topical comedy when the news has been the same forever and ever and ever; fear of not having enough snacks, plus... Bonus Terror: Kat reacts live to "The Changing Rooms Teapot Incident..."

Kat Sadler can be found at @sadkatler and read Succubus online! http://succubusmag.com/

The Fear is a podcast where funny people talk about the things that scare us. In each episode Sarah Morgan's guest is asked to bring in their three biggest fears - a scary moment film or tv; a fear from their childhood, and a fear they live with now. It's spooktacular!

Find us online @Thefearpodcast, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, not that anyone has or will cause you're a bunch of ungrateful goth hipsters who think they're too cool to live (prove me wrong, kids!)

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Glenn Wool

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 13:00:00 GMT

Ahoy hoy you spooky babies! Canadian stand up Glenn Wool (8 Out of 10 Cats, John Oliver's 'New York Stand Up Show') joins Sarah to unpack his greatest fears. Scary first gigs! Anxiety symptoms! Steve-Guttenberg-starring nuclear-panic tv-movie The Day After! When Your Dad Is A Cop! Weird nightmares! Church giggles! It's a hoot.

See Glenn at Soho Theatre 26th-30th march, or on tour across this great nation! Glennwool.com

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John Niven “Weekend At Fat Bernies”

Wed, 07 Nov 2018 11:12:53 GMT

Author and screenwriter John Niven (Kill Your Friends, The Second Coming) talks about the return of his antihero Stephen Stelfox in his visceral new novel Kill Em All. Plus, John’s favourite scary moments including; the cupboard scene from Halloween, Jaws, the 1985 Yellow Pages advert "Signal Box”, “The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water” PIF, Twitter bans, feuding with JK Rowling, internet sh*tbergs, pumpkin carving, and the seasonal ballad of Fat Bernie.

Contains swears, and scares.

WATCH ALONG AS YOU LISTEN!

YELLOW PAGES SIGNAL BOX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3nvtaqN2zw

DARK AND LONELY WATER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg6IVUvVsAs

ANGUISH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAW_7xghhkw

The Fear will RETURN! for series/season 3 in the new year. Don’t have nightmares.

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Robin Ince Halloween Spooktacular

Wed, 31 Oct 2018 11:59:48 GMT

Happy Goth Christmas everybody! Join us for a grotesquely over-sized horror special with the hardest working man in showbiz, Robin Ince.

From the (dis)comfort of the Great Big Owl studio (boo-dio) Robin and Sarah share some spooky Veggie Sushi and a pint of tea, and enjoy a mind-bending chat-cocktail of (amongst other things).... comedian’s brains, sleep deprivation, Robin Williams, Inside Number 9, pages from Ceefax, Dead Line, The Fly, The Dead Zone, The Walking Dead, The Mist, The Road, Hollywood 'bad boys' vs problematic musical dentists, 1970s rabies panic, My Summer of Love, Prince of Darkness, Exorcist III, The Ninth Configuration, the horror comedy anthology Dead Funny Encore, Christopher Lee’s weird-ass Richard O’Brien penned drinking song...and so...much...more... Aw yeah, THIS is how you Halloween, buh-witches!

Find us on twitter with all cobwebs on the letters: @thefearpodcast

Follow Robin: @robinince and buy his book “I’m A Joke And So Are You” at all good bookshops, living or dead.

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Sophie Duker

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:11:03 GMT

It's here! The Fear! Get used to it! Stand up Sophie Duker (News Quiz, Wacky Racists) joins us for a seasonal Cadbury's Scream Egg and a safe-space chat about... First gig nerves! Pregnancy rom coms! Pansexuality! Tree-hugging! Caving in Wales! Talking to adults on the phone! And much, much, muuuucchhh more... If you like it, why don't you just MARRY it? (or leave a pleasant iTunes review.)

Follow the hashtags #actuallyautism and #bhmblacklist for fun and learning!

Follow Sophie: @sophiedukebox.

Music by Tim Bazell.

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Matt Kirshen "Astronaut Punching"

Wed, 17 Oct 2018 02:00:00 GMT

Comedian Matt Kirshen (The Jim Jeffries Show, Probably Science, Bigipedia) shares his fears of heights, the miniseries Stephen King's It, and a childhood trauma in a fairground funhouse; plus Holly Gabrielson (Matt's girlfriend and human person in her own right) joins us to chat about clown attacks, strip club Roombas and immersive horror experiences...

Follow the show: @thefearpodcast

Follow Matt: @mattkirshen

Music by Tim Bazell.

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Carrie Quinlan Doesn't Watch A Horror Film

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 02:00:00 GMT

In a spooktacularly special episode, the bloody (like blood) boo-rilliant (brilliant) Carrie Quinlan (John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, Ask The Nincompoops podcast) decides this isn't the week for popping her horror cherry, because life. Meanwhile, Sarah loses her mind trying to find Halloween-themed comfort television. It's a LOT.

Follow our guest @quinlan_carrie

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Music by Tim Bazell.

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Log a.k.a Jon Blyth

Wed, 03 Oct 2018 08:13:15 GMT

Toot toot! All aboard the wonky-brain train! It's a sensitively-handled anxiety special with journalist, podcaster and publican Jon Blyth, aka Log. The host of the Regular Features podcast talks about how to run a happy pub post-Brexit, teenage eroticism of the Fighting Fantasy books, creepy bits from Vic Reeves Big Night Out, The Orphanage, Five Nights At Freddys, and much much more...

Follow Log: @disappointment

Or visit his pub, The King William IV in Nottingham?

Follow the show @thefearpodcast

Music by Tim Bazell.

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Terri White

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 02:00:00 GMT

In this episode, Sarah sits down with Terri White (Empire magazine's Editor-In-Chief) to talk about her very personal relationship with cinema and scary movies.

Find out how coming-of-age horror films help us make sense of womanhood, plus 'me-dates', True Romance, Scum, Frozen, Watership Down, Dead Man's Shoes, 1980s nuclear panic, and so, so much more.

Follow Terri on Twitter: @terri_white

Follow the show: @thefearpodcast

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Riley Silverman

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 02:00:00 GMT

In this episode, Sarah talks to LA-based stand up comedian Riley Silverman about her biggest fears, including fear of being yourself on stage, Dr Who, panic attacks, Large Marge from Pee Wee's Big Adventure, catfish (the fish, not the online terror), Teenage Mutant Something Turtles, trans representation in cinema and so, so, SO much more. Follow Riley on Twitter @rileyjsilverman

Mentioned in the show: https://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/blog/the-not-so-hidden-transphobia-in-silence-of-the-lambs

This episode was recorded in Hollywood on November 7th 2016, a date we know as 'the before time'.

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Richard Osman

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 02:00:41 GMT

To kick off Series 2, Sarah welcomes the beloved TV presenter, director, producer and acclaimed TV format creator Richard Osman. Take him by the hand for a trip through the theme tune to Tales of The Unexpected, pigeon aversion therapy, stage fright and much, much more....Follow us on Twitter @thefearpodcast. Music by Tim Bazell. This podcast is a member of the Great Big Owl family.

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Danielle Ward

Mon, 03 Sep 2018 03:00:16 GMT

Stand up, musician and host of Do The Right Thing Danielle Ward talks about her fear of flying, horrifying adverts from the 1980s, and... what's that in the curtains!... it's G-G-G Ghostwatch. Explicit rating for swears and scares. This episode was produced by Gav Murphy.

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John Luke Roberts

Sun, 02 Sep 2018 03:00:29 GMT

Stand up comedian John Luke Roberts talks about clown school and coulrophelia, being bullied by birds, and which is the best ending to Little Shop of Horrors. Follow us on @thefearpodcast - and don't have nightmares. WooOOOOooohhh. This episode was produced by Sarah & Gav Murphy.

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Alice Lowe

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 16:34:35 GMT

We couldn't have picked a more perfect first guest in Alice Lowe (@alicelowe) because she is one of the best comedy-horror actor/writer/directors working today. In this show we discuss many spooky things including buttons, David Lynch, freaky pregnancy dreams, Return To Oz and Dyson Airblades. It's a mind-scramble. Explicit warning: Contains scares and swears. Follow us on @thefearpodcast - and don't have nightmares. Or do!

This episode was produced by Sarah & Gav Murphy.

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Trailer: Season 2 beginning 12th September 2018!

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 13:39:59 GMT

The Fear is a comedy podcast about everything that scares us. Comedy writer Sarah Morgan invites her favourite funny guests to bring in and unpack three things that give 'em the fear - their favourite scary scene from film or TV, a childhood terror, and a fear or phobia they live with now. It's spooktacular! This podcast is a member of the Great Big Owl family.

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Phill Jupitus & Jason Manford

Sat, 08 Oct 2016 16:48:28 GMT

But... there hasn't been a podcast here for ten years, not since... the accident...

In this special 'lost' episode, comedy gods Phill Jupitus and Jason Manford take a break from touring with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to talk terror in Phill's back garden. Trigger warning: contains frank chat about spiders, Childcatchers, The Ring, dead otters, and sprouts. Sarah is sorry for the poor recording quality and for being an #apologeticbitch. Special thanks this episode to Tim Bazell for audio-deshafting and the theme music. This podcast is a member of the Great Big Owl family.

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Sali Hughes

Thu, 21 Jul 2016 17:23:59 GMT

WooooOOOOooooh! Our 7th guest on @thefearpodcast is writer, Welshwoman and classy broad Sali Hughes (Guardian, Pretty Honest, Soho Radio). Sali talks trolls, The Godfather, mustard cords, nuclear winter, DEAD EYES and much much more. Plus! Sarah goes fully goth in light of recent relentless current events. Produced by Gav Murphy. Theme music by Tim Bazell.

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Joel Morris

Wed, 01 Jun 2016 12:04:31 GMT

In this ep of @thefearpodcast, Sarah talks to comedy writer and horror nerderlinger Joel Morris (Framley Examiner, Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, The Ladybird Books For Grown Ups) about The Usbourne Guide to The Supernatural World, The Haunting, The Innocents, the best scene from The Exorcist, the unrelenting awfulness of admin, and making his own horror short The Cunning Woman. Oh, and everyone freaks the eff out over the nightmare-fuel that is Bagpuss. Word. Explicit rating for swears and scares. Produced by Gav Murphy. Theme music by Tim Bazell. This podcast is a member of the Great Big Owl Family.

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Rufus Jones

Mon, 02 May 2016 16:48:51 GMT

Rufus Jones (Hunderby, W1A, The Ghoul) talks about evil twins, how not to die in a Marple, the films of Ben Wheatley, Reece Shearsmith, Freudian nightmares, fanny mattresses and chest-witches. It's spooktacccuuullarrrrrrr. Explicit rating for swears and scares. And in this episode - spunk and period bags. Honestly, it's filthy. Find us on @thefearpodcast. This episode produced by Gav Murphy. This podcast is a member of the Great Big Owl Family.

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Margaret Cabourn-Smith

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 16:34:22 GMT

Margaret Cabourn-Smith (Do The Right Thing, Miranda, Catastrophe) joins Sarah in the corner to discuss The Blair Witch Project, the underlying HORROR of Disney's Frozen, her fear of "good-girl syndrome", and why Margaret regretted letting her husband take her up the Edinburgh Memorial. Explicit rating for scares and swears. This episode produced by Gav Murphy. This podcast is a member of the Great Big Owl Family.

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Phil Nichol

Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:49:02 GMT

This episode, stand up Phil Nichol (Perrier Award winner, Catastrophe, Corky and The Juicepigs) unpacks The Wizard of Oz, child vampires, and being alone...Explicit rating for swears and scares. Produced by Gav Murphy. This podcast is a member of the Great Big Owl Family.

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