Season 1

Andy and Alyssa reflect on the last year and a half of reading the original 62 Goosebumps books. They talk about trends through the arc of the series, their favorite books, the kinds of horror that appeal to each of them, the fairness or unfairness of the Gooseverse, walking the line between comedy ...

Andy and Alyssa finish off the original Goosebumps series with #62: Monster Blood IV. They discuss RL Stine’s ambivalence; knitting; possible time warps; some number of mice; #EggWatch; Peachtree Street; embarrassment; Niles’s and Frasier’s los brother; the military-industrial complex; Prospero; bla...

Andy and Alyssa read Goosebumps #61: I Live in Your Basement! They discuss sexual innuendo and imagery, meta moments, The Invitation (2016), George Orwell's 1984 (1949), controlling moms and Munchausen by Proxy, Sonia Kaspbrak, The Sixth Sense (1999), The Night Listener (2006), Mommy Dead and Deares...

Andy and Alyssa read Goosebumps #60: Werewolf Skin. They talk old-fashioned film cameras & the 21st century; nonsensical schooling choices; next door Hannahs; living trees; nocturnal animals; werewolf found families; bardcore Aerosmith; scary neighbors; The People Under the Stairs (1991); Rear W...

Andy and Alyssa read Goosebumps #59: The Haunted School. They talk makeup, bison, strange architectural choices, Welcome to Night Vale, My Friend Dahmer (film, 2017), Ray Bradbury's "All Summer in a Day" (1954), the Derry sewer system, Abducted in Plain Sight (2017), cats in horror, Titane (2021), T...