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The Andrew Klavan Show

These Liminal Space TikToks Are Giving Eerie

The Andrew Klavan Show

The Andrew Klavan Show

Society & Culture

4.8 โ€ข 22.7K Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 23 April 2026

โฑ๏ธ 13 minutes

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Usually my producer enjoys locking me in a dungeon for his own amusement. However, today he's thrown me into an empty backroom and since I can't find the exit, I'll instead react to TikToks about liminal spaces. - - - Today's Sponsor: Helix Sleep - Go to https://helixsleep.com/KLAVAN for your exclusive offer. - - - DailyWire+: Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://dailywire.com/subscribe ๐Ÿ“ฒ Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. ๐Ÿ“— Read my short story, "Jesus, the Movie" at the New English Review: https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/jesus-the-movie ๐Ÿ“™ My NY Times best-selling non-fiction book, "The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness" has been nominated for an Edgar Award. Available for purchase here: https://dwplus.shop/KingdomofCain ๐Ÿ“˜ My latest novel, "After That, The Dark" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/AfterThatTheDark ๐Ÿ“š Save the Klavan by shopping my merch here: https://dwplus.shop/AndrewKlavanMerch - - - Socials: Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3B5RI1jย  Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3D7AzXpย  Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TXNt08ย  Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Rtfifp - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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All right, today we're going to watch videos about liminal spaces.

1:04.8

Now, if you have not watched Clavens on the Culture, my new show with my son, Spencer Claven, no relation. You should watch it. It is all, this second episode is all about liminal spaces. We went and saw a movie called Exit 8, which is all about liminal spaces. And it is an amazing conversation. And we're hoping this show is popular so we can keep it going. If it's not, we're going to take it off. So if you haven't watched it, Clavon's on the culture, me and Spencer talking about exit eight, it is about liminal spaces. What are liminal spaces you're asking? Well, be quiet. Who asked you? The first important thing is that this is brought to you by Helix Sleep. Helix mattresses. Go to helixsleep.com slash Clavin for a great deal on a terrific mattress. All right, what are liminal spaces.

1:44.6

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1:46.1

All right, what are liminal spaces?

1:50.4

Liminal spaces are spaces that are kind of uncanny.

1:55.3

They're like spaces that exist in what sometimes called the uncanny valley,

2:00.2

where there might be normal, but they just don't look right.

2:07.2

They're like a hallway, an empty hallway maybe, or an open space with objects that don't belong there.

2:08.8

Just eerie spaces.

2:14.0

If you think about the movie The Shining, the Little Boy, going down the hallways, those are liminal spaces.

2:17.7

So I don't know what these videos are, but they somehow have to do with liminal spaces. So let's watch them and then say something about them. The feeling of liminal spaces is one of

2:24.7

the strangest things in the human experience. Places like airport, this entire movie, the terminal.

2:32.8

Weird outdoor staircases like this. Really staircases in general.

2:37.0

Gas stations, things that are like a point on your journey and libraries. That one's never talked about, but the feeling of a library.

2:46.0

A mall, like the feeling of being in between things. In astrology, the liminal spaces are the third house, the sixth house, the ninth house, and the

2:55.8

12th house, also known as the Cadin houses.

2:58.7

None of these liminal cadent houses are the end point.

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