161: Monster of the Week (with Emily VanDerWerff)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vampires, werewolves, and aliens, oh my! We’re joined this week by the incomparable Emily VanDerWerff to talk about her book, the Monster of the Week genre, and the horror genre. We discover Emily’s love for A Christmas Carol, Emily breaks a cardinal vampire rule, and make a LOT of horror recommendations. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week, Amanda recommends Jane Harper’s</span> <a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/556546.Jane_Harper"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> mystery thrillers</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43189874-well-met?from_search=true&qid=opre4UxLzV&rank=1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Well Met</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">by Jen DeLuca.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Content Warning:</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode contains conversations about diseases, body horror, death & existentialism, misogyny, environmental destruction, isolationist horror, the horror genre, and possession. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Guest</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Emily VanDerWerff is a critic at</span> <a href= "https://www.vox.com/authors/emily-todd-vanderwerff"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Vox</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, author of</span> <a href="https://t.co/qnnZ6x41nX"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Monster of the Week</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(with Zach Handlen), host of the TV history podcast</span> <a href="https://t.co/z9YA6PFi5i"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Primetime</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and co-creator of the comedy-mystery podcast</span> <a href="https://t.co/eTSWUi7jUY"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Arden</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. Find her on Twitter</span> <a href= "https://twitter.com/tvoti"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">@tvoti</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p> </p> <