• HNAC Covers Dawn of the Dead 1978
    Jan 16 2026

    Pace and Emily cover the 1978 movie, Dawn of the Dead!

    Books Referenced:

    -A Queer Lectionary ed. Peter Carlson

    -Chuck Tingle's Camp Damascus and Bury Your Gays

    -An article about the editor of the first Star Wars novel, Judy Lynn Del Rey

    -The video Pace mentioned about Minneapolis Area Synod Lutheran pastors on immigration


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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • HNAC Covers Pet Sematary (1989) with Brandon Grafius
    Dec 11 2025

    Emily (they/them) and Pace (they/them) are joined again by Brandon Grafius as he talks about his new book Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Fiction. We then dissect the film Pet Sematary. Will you come over and play with me? First I play with Jud. Then mommy came, and I played with mommy. Will you play with us?

    CW: Discussion of racism, toxic masculinities, ableism, queerphobia related to the film

    Brandon Grafius' Lurking Under the Surface and Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Fiction

    -Stephen King's Pet Sematary
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • HNAC Covers Night of the Living Dead (1968)
    Nov 12 2025

    Pace (they/them) and Emily (they/them) continue our quest for brains by covering the classic Romero flick Night of the Living Dead.


    CW: discussion mentions racism, lynching, and sexual assault


    Media Referenced in Episode:

    -Emily's art project on insta

    -The Free People's Village by Sim Kern

    -On Repentance and Repair by Danya Ruttenberg


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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • HNAC Covers White Zombie (1932)
    Oct 30 2025

    Pace and Emily cover the first zombie movie, White Zombie.


    CN: racism, colonialism, film's depiction of blackface


    Books mentioned in episode:

    -On Repentance and Repair by Danya Ruttenberg

    -The Magic Island by William Seabrook

    -The Black Guy Dies First by Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris

    -Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine


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    58 mins
  • HNAC Covers Deep Blue Sea (1999) with River Cook Needham
    Oct 22 2025

    Pace (they/them) and Emily (they/them) are joined by River Cook Needham (she/fae) to cover the 1999 classic sharksploitation film, Deep Blue Sea.


    CW: Suicide mention


    Books referenced in episode:

    -Q Rag Zine by Pace Warfield

    -Currents in Theology and Mission Vol. 48 N. 3, co-edited by River Cook Needham and Pace Warfield

    -On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg


    -Chance, Necessity, Love: An Evolutionary Theology of Cancer by Leonard M. Hummel & Gayle E. Woloschak


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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • This Way Lies Madness: A Chat with Authors of the Anthology
    Sep 10 2025

    Pace and Emily sit down with horror authors Sara Larner, Alan Baxter, and Callum Rowland to discus the upcoming horror short story anthology This Way Lies Madness: Short Stories from the Edge of Darkness, edited by Lee Murray and Dave Jeffrey, and published by Flame Tree Publishing. Pre-order your copy now!


    CW: discussion of suicide and mental health regarding their connections to some of the short stories


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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • HNAC Covers Serial Mom (1994) with special guest Dr. Peter Marra
    Aug 27 2025

    Pace and Emily are joined by Peter Marra, author of Queer Slashers, to talk about the iconic 90s film Serial Mom.

    CW: discussions of queer and transphobia, fatphobia, and misogyny

    Links to media:

    -Queer Slashers by Peter Marra

    -You Must Take Part in Revolution by Badiucao and Melissa Chan

    -Twenty-Four Seconds from Now by Jason Reynolds

    -Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

    -Star Wars: Bloodline by Claudia Gray

    -More information about Artauldian Style

    -Q Rag Zine by Pace

    -A Queer Lectionary edited by Peter Carlson


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    3 hrs and 4 mins
  • End of Season Witch Retrospective
    Jul 3 2025

    Join us as we wrap up the season, talk about our favorite movies, and all the witch things going on.

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    3 hrs and 10 mins