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Lovecraft Country Radio

HBO

Tv & Film, After Shows

4.8 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Ashley C. Ford and Shannon Houston talk about the inspiration behind the HBO series Lovecraft Country. 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. Ahead of the series premiere on August 16th, the hosts share what movies, books, and artists will serve as a primer before you dive into the world of Lovecraft Country. Lovecraft Country Radio is produced by HBO in conjunction with Pineapple Street Studios. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Ashley C Ford, I'm a writer, podcast host and horror enthusiast.
0:24.0	And I'm Shannon Houston, I'm one of the writers for HBO's new series Lovecraft Country.
0:29.4	I'm also a film and TV critic at Pace magazine, a parent of three free black children,
0:34.5	and a person who watches at least one episode of Buffy Season 3 every week.
0:40.4	We are hosting the upcoming podcast Lovecraft Country Radio, the official companion podcast
0:47.1	to the HBO series Lovecraft Country.
0:50.2	Ashley, I'm so psyched to be talking about the show finally, way back in 2017, which was
0:56.0	basically 23 million years ago.
0:58.7	I met with a delightful storyteller named Misha Green.
1:03.4	I'd read this book called Lovecraft Country ahead of our meeting and then she proceeded
1:07.7	to tell me all the ways she intended to adapt the hell out of this story.
1:12.8	How she saw horror and conversation with blackness and queerness and fantasy and imperialism
1:18.5	and this very strange country we call America.
1:21.4	I thought to myself, even if I don't get the job and I will cry myself to sleep for
1:25.8	the next six months if I don't, I am watching the fuck out of this series.
1:31.3	So don't think of me as a writer on the show.
1:33.8	Think of me as like kind of a psychotic fan girl and a critic who will literally never
1:38.6	stop talking about this show ever.
1:40.6	You don't have to stop talking about this show because I'm going to want to talk about
1:44.5	this show with you all the time.
1:46.6	Yes.
1:47.6	I grew up loving horror and because there was very little censorship in my house, I was
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