First Time Fears

Vibe Check

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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On this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed, Sam and Zach go live from Hollywood in The Ford venue where they share their stories about feeling fear for the first time. Then, they talk to author and educator Tananarive Due.

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0:00.0	Greetings, goblins, and ghouls.
0:05.7	Ooh, okay.
0:07.0	Yeah.
0:07.2	Yeah.
0:07.7	Yeah.
0:08.4	I am the ghost with the most.
0:11.4	Sam Sanders.
0:12.2	I'm Bett Midler in Hocus Pocus, aka Saeed Jones.
0:17.2	Wait.
0:18.2	I was talking about this at dinner the other day.
0:19.9	I'm Zach Stafford.
1:10.9	And I am, I'm Carrie Bradshaw in Hocus Pocus, which is really Sarah Joseph Parker. You can't be Carrie Bradshaw. No. Yes. That character is so stupid. You calling her Carrie Bradshaw in Hocus Focus is so. That's who she is. I see the vision. Thank you. Well, Sistas, you're listening to Vibpect Live in Los Angeles at the Ford here in Hollywood. Woo. Woo! Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Spooky season is here. I love that. Yes, it's here. And today we're so excited to bring an extra spooky episode of Vibe Check. We have a very special guest, horror scholar, and really fabulous, just a new friend of ours. Donato Reeve, do. And then we're going to be exploring the nature and the state of fear, digging into what it means to be afraid today in America, which is a lot, a lot. Yeah.
1:11.4	But before... The only thing scarier than horror movies is the news. Yes. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Imagine a Trump horror film. Like... We're leading it. No, but... We are all the final girl. We are. We are in it. But like, if A24 made it, who is the other lead? in this film?
1:28.0	Yeah.
1:29.0	Of Donald Trump's movie?
1:30.3	Yeah.
1:30.9	824, it, who was the other lead? In this film?
1:28.0	Yeah. Of Donald Trump's movie? Yeah. A-24 would be like Julia Fox as Melania. Oh. Right? Oscar. Yeah? Oscar. Anywho, I cut all y'all off. Sorry, go ahead. Anyway, before we get into all that, how are we doing, ladies? We're back together as a threesome. Which is so great.
1:46.2	Don't call it a threesome.
1:47.5	It's a threesome.
1:46.1	Which is so great.
2:01.4	Don't call it a threesome. It's a threesome. Enjoy. It's a trio. It's a trio. But Sam, we haven't been. I've been with you. So I'd have this to you a minute. How have you been? What's going on? What's the tea? Life has been good. I mean, it's funny. Like, the first Tuesday not talking to y'all, I got up and was just like, what's life? Why does my Tuesday morning
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