At long last, Andy and Alyssa wrap up Series 2000 with the final installment: Ghost in the Mirror. Along the way, they discuss interior design hot takes, monster twists, friendship reversals, scary furniture, splatterpunk, and more. Follow @sa

S02E38 - Earth Geeks Must Go! (Goosebumps Series 2000 #24)

Feb 27th, 2023 1h 2m

This month, Andy and Alyssa read Goosebumps Series 2000 #24: Earth Geeks Must Go! As they discuss the penultimate book in Series 2000, they consider aliens, bugs, animal intelligence, bad assignments, baffling world building, body horror, and m

S02E37 - Slappy's Nightmare (Goosebumps Series 2000)

Jan 30th, 2023 1h 6m

In their first episode of 2023, Andy and Alyssa discuss Goosebumps Series 2000 #23, Slappy's Nightmare. Along the way they discuss curses, stand-up horror, the nature of good deeds, doubles, multiple POVs, and a twist on the usual Slappy narrat

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Re-release: Ski Weekend (Fear Street)

Dec 6th, 2022 1h 3m

Winter is upon us, so let's revisit some seasonal horror! Andy and Alyssa take a detour into the Fear Street series with Ski Weekend (1991). They discuss a notable lack of skiing, gender troubles, balaclavas, elaborate schemes, terrible driving

Bonus

Re-release: The Midnight Club by Christopher Pike

Oct 17th, 2022 1h 16m

In honor of the new Netflix series, we're re-releasing our episode about Christopher Pike's The Midnight Club.In this episode, Andy and Alyssa venture into their first non-Stine book: Christopher "Kevin" Pike's The Midnight Club (1994). They d

S02E36 - Full Moon Fever (Goosebumps Series 2000 #22)

Oct 11th, 2022 53m 12s

This week, Andy and Alyssa discuss Goosebumps Series 2000 #22: Full Moon Fever. Along they way, they talk monster prejudice, Halloween rampaging, aphorisms, Deliverance, Dr. Satan, frickin' mermaids, scary old men, The Hunt for the Wilderpeopl

Re-release: Interview with Alan Doucette, Prop Master for the Goosebumps TV Series!

Sep 26th, 2022 55m 49s

Andy and Alyssa talk with Alan Doucette, prop master for every episode of the Goosebumps TV series! As Alan takes them behind the Goosescenes, they discuss Adam West and other childhood heroes, the multitasking life of a prop masters, starting

Guestpunks #9 - Calling All Creeps with Alex of Gattsy on Goosebumps

Sep 12th, 2022 1h 4m

On this Guestpunk episode, Andy and Alyssa talk with Alex of the Gattsy on Goosebumps podcast about the TV adaptation of Calling all Creeps. The message is media rare. You can find Gattsy on Goosebumps on any podcast platform, and you can foll

S02E35 - The Haunted Car (Goosebumps Series 2000 #21)

Aug 29th, 2022 59m 23s

At long last, Andy and Alyssa return to Goosebumps Series 2000 with #21: The Haunted Car. Along the way, they discuss Home Improvement, cars, Jocelyn from Bob's Burgers, The Virgin Suicides, ghost missions, dangerous dads, The Conjuring, Dr. D

S02E34 - The Curse of the Creeping Coffins (Give Yourself Goosebumps #8)

Aug 15th, 2022 1h 4m

This week, Andy and Alyssa read Give Yourself Goosebumps #8: The Curse of the Creeping Coffins. Along the way, they discuss art and science; Liz & Dick; desecrated graves; tile puzzles; seraphim; Elvira; Last Night in Soho; co-op living; real e

S02E33 - Under the Magician's Spell (Give Yourself Goosebumps 7)

Aug 1st, 2022 1h 8m

This week, Andy and Alyssa get NSFW with arguably the best Give Yourself Goosebumps they’ve read to date, GYG #7: Under the Magician’s Spell. Along the way, they discuss nonbinary representation; your local tv listings; Joan Crawford; fog machi

S02E32 - Beware of the Purple Peanut Butter (Give Yourself Goosebumps #6)

Jul 18th, 2022 55m 58s

This week, Andy and Alyssa read Give Yourself Goosebumps #6: Beware of the Purple Peanut Butter. Along the way, they discuss Ritter sport; childcare costs; Staying Out of the Basement; undercompensated academic labor; counting by fives; Perseph

S02E31 - Night in Werewolf Woods (Give Yourself Goosebumps #5)

Jul 4th, 2022 44m

This week, Andy and Alyssa read Give Yourself Goosebumps #5: Night in Werewolf Woods. Along the way, they discuss their new relationship to the closet; 30 years of Goosebumps (shorturl.at/HIQ34); wolf dance parties; nerds; Robert “That F*ckin G

S02E30 - Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid (Goosebumps Series 2000 #20)

Jun 20th, 2022 1h 2m

Andy and Alyssa read Goosebumps Series 2000 #20: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid. Along the way, they discuss anagrams; Arkham Horror; goths; Gertrude Stein; RPGs; Mazes and Monsters; Stranger Things; Through the Looking Glass; chess piece gender; C

S02E29 - Return to Ghost Camp (Goosebumps Series 2000 #19)

Jun 6th, 2022 1h 14m

Andy and Alyssa read Goosebumps Series 2000 #19: Return to Ghost Camp. Along the way, they discuss gayness; the Snatch…er; viral encephalitis; muscles; Mark McGwire; Gertrude Stein; bee-fueled ghosts; Kitty Genovese; Camp Crystal Lake; West Mil

S02E28 - Tales to Give You Goosebumps #3, Part 3

May 23rd, 2022 54m 26s

Andy and Alyssa continue their discussion of Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps (Special Edition #3) with "For the Birds," "Aliens in the Garden," and "The Thumbprint of Doom." Along the way, they discuss The Staircase; taxidermy; topiary;

S02E27 - Tales to Give You Goosebumps #3, Part 2

May 16th, 2022 1h 12m

Andy and Alyssa continue their discussion of Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps (Special Edition #3) with "I'm Telling," "The Haunted House Game," "Change for the Strange," and "The Perfect School." Along the way, they discuss art contests

S02E26 Tales to Give You Goosebumps #3, Part 1

May 9th, 2022 1h 3m

In the first of this three-part series covering Special Edition #3 - Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps, Andy and Alyssa read "The Chalk Closet" "Home Sweet Home," and "Don't Wake Mummy" Along the way, they discuss 17th-century recycling;

S02E25 - Horrors of the Black Ring (Goosebumps Series 2000 #18)

May 2nd, 2022 1h

Andy and Alyssa read Goosebumps Series 2000 #18: Horrors of the Black Ring. Along they way, they discuss HR Giger’s jewelry box; slow deaths; sociopathic joiners; Barbie rating scales; A Dangerous Son; unrequited love; Angel; Maria Bafmord; Shr

S02E24 - The Werewolf in the Living Room (Goosebumps Series 2000 #17)

Apr 25th, 2022 1h 1m

Andy and Alyssa read Goosebumps Series 2000 #17: The Werewolf in the Living Room. Along they way, they discuss Fritz Haarmann; shark tooth necklaces; Mario jokes; werewolf teeth; bifurcated story form; The Bailey School Kids; human trafficking;

S02E23 - The Mummy Walks (Goosebumps Series 2000 #16)

Apr 18th, 2022 1h 8m

Andy and Alyssa read Goosebumps Series 2000 #16: The Mummy Walks. Along they way, they discuss some first-rate #FoodWatch; hijacking; the basis of national economies; Jeep safety; snake wranglers; Shirley Jackson’s “Paranoia”; the Black Mirror

S02E22 - Scream School (Goosebumps Series 2000 #15)

Apr 11th, 2022 1h

Andy and Alyssa read Goosebumps Series 2000 #15: Scream School. Along they way, they discuss new heights of GooseDaddy issues; circling around good storylines without entering them; Doug Jones; postmodern ennui; L.A. novels; Don DeLillo; Harold

S02E21 - The Best Friend (Fear Street)

Mar 28th, 2022 1h 8m

Andy and Alyssa return to the Fear Street series with R.L. Stine's controversial tome The Best Friend (1997). Along the way, they discuss My Cousin Rachel; man hands; Brian de Palma; memory lapses; mirroring; gendered exercise; Love is Blind; G

S02E20 - Jekyll and Heidi (Goosebumps Series 2000 #14)

Mar 21st, 2022 1h 4m

Andy and Alyssa read Goosebumps Series 2000 #14: Jekyll and Heidi. Along they way, they discuss grief; Walt Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; billboards in Vermont; 411; class tensions; fiction v. nonfiction; Gothic tropes; ski sweaters; the Foun

S02E19 - Return to HorrorLand (Goosebumps Series 2000 #13)

Mar 14th, 2022 54m 32s

Andy and Alyssa read Goosebumps Series 2000 #13: Return to HorrorLand. Along they way, they discuss Tom ; meta horror; Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit; mini Super 8 cameras; Pedro Almodóvar’s Bad Education/La mala educación; computerized puppets, o