Introducing “Lovecraft Country Radio”

The Official Watchmen Podcast

HBO

Tv & Film, After Shows

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Watchmen Executive Producer and Writer Damon Lindelof is back with two important announcements. First of all, The Official Watchmen Podcast is returning with two new episodes! Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) will be in conversation with Lindelof and some of the series' directors and writers. That's coming soon, but in the meantime, there's a new HBO podcast to hold you over. Lovecraft Country Radio is the official podcast of the new HBO series, Lovecraft Country. And we're sharing the pre-premiere episode with you here. In this spoiler-free episode, co-hosts Ashley C. Ford and Lovecraft Country writer Shannon Houston talk about the inspiration behind the series. They track the show's history from writer H.P. Lovecraft, to Matt Ruff's novel "Lovecraft Country" and Misha Green's TV adaptation. Shannon describes what it was like to be in the writers room and shares some of the works that influenced the show. Lovecraft Country premieres August 16 at 9 PM ET on HBO and HBO MAX. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there Damon Lindeloff here with a couple of announcements. First off I want to say
0:14.1	thanks to all of you for watching Watchman and listening to the official Watchman
0:18.1	podcast. So much has happened since our show premiered. Do you remember when it was weird to see police officers and masks?
0:26.4	America is in the midst of a great and overdue reckoning, leading some to say that Watchman predicted the future,
0:32.2	although for those of us who worked on the show,
0:35.3	we feel maybe the show came along a few decades too late.
0:38.8	That said, the synchronicity is between our fictional world and the real one are definitely worth talking about from
0:44.5	the president's Tulsa rally to giant squids washing up on the beach. That actually
0:49.5	happened folks, which is why I'm excited to say that Craig Mason, the Craig Mason, and I are coming
0:56.5	back with two new episodes in just a few weeks.
0:59.4	I have consistently said that making this show was one of the greatest collaborations I've ever been a part of.
1:04.3	So Craig is going to shine a light on some of the creative partners that I worked with and talk to some of the
1:09.2	greatest series and directors and writers of Watchmen.
1:12.8	So stay tuned for all that, but in the meantime, I want to tell you about a new HBO
1:17.1	podcast to hold you over.
1:19.0	It is called Lovecraft Country Radio, and it is the official companion podcast to the new
1:23.6	HBO series Lovecraft country the podcast is co-hosted by one of the series
1:28.4	writers Shannon Houston and writer and horror aficionado Ashley C.
1:32.1	Ford I have seen Lovecraft country it is
1:34.9	fantastic you are going to want to talk about it you're going to want to know
1:38.0	about it so if you haven't yet heard about Lovecraft country don't worry we've got a
1:42.3	spoiler-free episode of the
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