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

spoilers ahead. Buckle up. I want you to show him more that love I know is in you before.

It's too late. How many times I gotta tell you? I don't need your advice when it comes to raising my son.

He might not be yours.

I don't care if you've got a bullet in your gut. We settled that a long time ago you shut your fucking mouth.

I know. I know. We agreed. I wouldn't speak of it when I have to know. You might be all tick-as-lack.

Girl, um... Ashley. I... I... Okay. So... It's a lot. It's a lot. Let's take a moment to acknowledge what we just listen to.

The thing is, it's a tale as old as time, isn't it?

Papa was a roll. Please cut that. Don't let me say how much.

I was just... Yes. Old as time. Papa was a rolling stone or in this case,

Papa's were rolling stones like we don't know. Flur all. I did not see that coming, Shannon.

It happened, but I didn't know. I didn't even suspect. What did we just watch?

We gotta get into this. Let's get right in. Breakdown episode two. Whiteies on the Moon.

Welcome to Lovecraft Country Radio. I'm Ashley C. Ford, podcast host writer and horror enthusiast.

And I'm Shannon Houston, a writer for the HBO series Lovecraft Country and mother to three

free black children. Amen. Today we're talking about all the themes episode two brought up for us.

Religion and power, legacy and lineage and surveillance. And of course, we'll wrap things up with the

references you may have missed. All right, so we pick up where the first episode left off,

Atticus, George and Letti are in this huge ass mansion. Right. Atticus has just been told

welcome home to this huge ass mansion. I love it, right? And we find out in this huge ass mansion

that Atticus is by blood a member of this family slash cult slash group of warlocks, the sons of Adam.

And these white folks were mad as hell. And they did the thing that white folks do. We're first,

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