You're tuning in to Lovecraft Country Radio. There's some strong language and spoilers ahead.

Buckle up.

Hello, my name is Ashley C Ford. I am a writer, podcaster and horror enthusiast.

And I am Shannon Houston. I'm one of the writers for HBO's new series Lovecraft Country.

I'm also a film and TV critic at Paste magazine, a parent of three free black children.

And a person who watches at least one episode of Buffy Season 3 every week.

So we are here to welcome you to Lovecraft Country Radio, the official HBO companion podcast.

As we start to dive into this, I just want to start by saying, actually, I'm fucking scared.

I am literally scared of the show that I worked on. I watched this episode, especially the ending.

When the monsters came out, I was literally watching it through my fingers, like a total scaredy cat.

Please, you have to help me get through this. This is part of your job.

I'm here for you. I am here for you. Listen, I'm going to be your horror doula.

I am going to hold your hand and walk you through a beautiful, terrifying experience with life.

And it's going to be amazing. We're going to have so much fun.

And you are going to be, I feel like my horror sommelier.

Ooh, I like this. I like this. I'm going to, you know, Lovecraft Country.

We like to remix things on this show. I'm going to remix that.

And I'm going to claim Lovecraft sommelier, right?

Yes. I'm here to connect you and our audience to the writer's room and the writer's experience.

And to kind of like give you guys all the references and the themes and the conversations that we had,

the arguments that we had about scenes that we'll get into.

And I'm also really excited for this to be interactive, right?

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