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An Acquired Taste Podcast

S3 Ep244: When COVID-19 Hits Close to Home & Why Scary Movies May Help Anxiety

An Acquired Taste Podcast

Audioboom Studios

Philosophy, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Relationships

5.03.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This is a tough episode, friends. Kathleen says goodbye to a family member suffering from COVID-19, and the women talk about how this virus is affecting families. Then, Bethany offers some light distraction in the form of scary movies. Turns out, there’s a history of people with anxiety turning to horror films to ease their symptoms. Why does this work? Bethany brings you some theories. And a TasteBud is still dating during social distancing, and is loving it! 

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Bethany's Sources:
“When Reality is Scary Enough, These Movies are Safe Nightmares” by Erik Piepenburg https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/movies/scary-movies-virus.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesarts
“Why Some People With Anxiety Love Watching Horror Movies” by Caroline Bologna
“The Power of Horror Films As A Cure For Anxiety” by Tiffany Simone
“Why Some Anxious People Find Comfort in Horror Movies” by Abby Moss

Transcript

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0:00.0

Presenting Hop On Board, a podcast series by Southeastern, six podcasts, six celebrity

0:06.2

hosts, taking you on a whistle-stop tour of some of the best places to explore by rail

0:10.8

on the Southeastern network.

0:12.4

Join Greg Wallace as he tucks into delicious food and drink, rave-wilding, uncovering

0:17.2

unsolved mysteries and spooky happenings, and Miranda Sawyer getting Artie on the Ken

0:21.9

Coast.

0:22.9

Get the inside track on Kenton East Sussex with Hop On Board, listen now wherever you

0:27.2

get your podcasts.

0:30.0

Stop laughing, this is erotic.

0:32.0

I'm on a new medication and I think it's making me lose me.

0:36.9

I would have been a Ted Bundy victim.

0:38.5

Yeah, I had no idea that so many people out there felt the same way I did.

0:43.3

Now I want a peanut colada.

0:45.8

And a quiet taste.

0:47.8

This is an acquired taste podcast.

0:49.6

I'm Bethany, your flaky skinned, my fire escape is my backyard.

0:54.3

I'm still drinking too much coffee, friend.

0:57.8

I'm Kathleen, your very sad friend today.

1:02.0

And every week, Kathleen and I meet up to discuss our lives and what's weird in the world

1:06.3

and we invite you to join us.

1:08.5

We have been trying to keep you guys all happy and distract you during the coronavirus pandemic.

1:15.6

But this week it is hitting kind of close to home.

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