Best Build A Creature Podcasts (2025)

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'Task': Brad Ingelsby, Emilia Jones, Tom Pelphrey, & Sylvia Dionicio Discuss Their Gritty Crime Series, Potential 'Mare of Eastown' Crossovers, & Much More [Bingeworthy Podcast] 45:06

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'Task': Brad Ingelsby, Emilia Jones, Tom Pelphrey, & Sylvia Dionicio Discuss Their Gritty Crime Series, Potential 'Mare of Eastown' Crossovers, & Much More [Bingeworthy Podcast]

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S19 Ep51: Monsters, Myths & Murder: Hometown Legends 19 Part 1 (Sn. 19 Ep. 51) 1:16:43

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The Invisible Hierarchies that Rule Our World (with Toby Stuart) 1:13:15

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Status isn't fixed; it's transferred and "bestowed," shaping who gets resources, attention, and opportunity. So argues author Toby Stuart of UC Berkeley in his book, Anointed. He and EconTalk's Russ Roberts explore why hierarchies persist--reducing conflict, allocating scarce resources, and curating our overwhelming choices--and how endorsements, b…

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Introducing a chilling new podcast: TWISTED TALES WITH HEIDI WONG 8:09

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Reality is the real horror. Every Monday, poet and paranormal obsessive Heidi Wong unearths the chilling true stories behind the world’s most terrifying legends. From haunted dolls to cursed houses, each episode of Twisted Tales reveals the disturbing real-life events that inspired horror’s biggest blockbusters and the ones too twisted to make it t…

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‘Good Boy’: Ben Leonberg & Kari Fischer On Crafting A Haunted-House Thriller From A Dog’s POV, Indy’s “Performance,” & Festival Reactions [The Discourse 23:38

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They say dogs can sense death, staring at something just beyond our perception. In “Good Boy,” that instinct becomes the engine for an entire film. Directed by Ben Leonberg and produced by Kari Fischer, the story unfolds entirely from the perspective of a golden retriever named Indy, who seems to be the only one aware that a house carries a siniste…

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‘Play Dirty’: Shane Black On Reinventing Parker, Mark Wahlberg Stepping In for RDJ, Marvel Memories, ‘The Nice Guys’ Sequel & More [The Discourse Podcast] 21:24

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The underworld is crowded with thieves, but Parker has always stood apart. Created by Donald Westlake in the early 1960s, the character has been portrayed on screen by actors including Lee Marvin, Mel Gibson, and Jason Statham. He's a blunt-force professional who isn’t Bond, isn’t Batman, but something rougher, hungrier, and coded by his own ruthle…

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S19 Ep50: That's not human: A chilling 911 call (Sn. 19 Ep. 50) 55:05

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We have something special for you tonight... A frightening 911 call we couldn't shake from our minds, paired with stories we've received on the MAU hotline from the same state with similarities so chilling they just can't be ignored. Keep it spooky and enjoy! Season 19 Episode 50 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryp…

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S19 Ep49: The trick is the treat: Best of Halloween (Sn. 19 Ep. 49) 1:01:20

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We're kicking off the official start of spooky season right with a special Best of Halloween episode! Happy fall and October! Keep it spooky and enjoy. Season 19 Episode 49 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: CORRECTION: It's been brought to my atten…

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Eating with Intelligence (with Julia Belluz) 1:05:49

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Losing weight should be simple: eat less, exercise more. But according to author and health journalist Julia Belluz, it's complicated. Listen as Belluz talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about her new book, Food Intelligence. Belluz argues that a calorie is pretty much a calorie whether it's carbs or fat. Keeping calories under control is often har…

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‘The Man In My Basement’: Nadia Latif & Willem Dafoe On Their Visceral and Poignant Thriller, Powerful Themes Staying with You, Robert Eggers’ ‘Werewolf’ & More [The Discourse Podcast] 38:49

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‘The Man In My Basement’: Nadia Latif & Willem Dafoe On Their Visceral and Poignant Thriller, Powerful Themes Staying with You, Robert Eggers’ ‘Werewolf’ & More [The Discourse Podcast]

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S19 Ep48: Cornfield UFOs, horse-headed entities and more mirrored men (Sn. 19 Ep. 48) 1:01:05

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We have some super strange calls for you tonight, horse-headed entities, UFOs, and the notorious mirrored men return to the show. Keep it spooky and enjoy! Season 19 Episode 48 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Support the show! Get ad-free, extend…

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‘All Of You’: Brett Goldstein On Love, The Science of Soulmates, ‘Shrinking’ Surprises, & ‘Ted Lasso’ [The Discourse Podcast] 23:47

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Love stories are rarely clean, and in “All of You,” the mess is the point. The new drama follows Simon and Laura, lifelong friends played by Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots, as they drift in and out of each other’s lives while a soulmate test promises definitive answers to the question of “the one.” Instead of neat bows and easy catharsis, the fil…

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Jonathan Grant — Critics, Experiments, Secrets, and the Business of Play (#92) 1:13:58

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About Jonathan Jonathan Grant is a creative director at Zynga, founder of Orbital Games, and co-host of We Thought It Would Be Easy with Jordan Weisman. His career spans startups, acquisitions, and AAA environments, where he’s pitched ideas in Zynga boardrooms, built risky new projects, and collaborated with legends of the industry. Jonathan’s work…

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‘Adulthood’: Josh Gad & Kaya Scodelario On Sibling Chaos, 'Crawl 2,' & The Long Road To ‘Spaceballs 2’ [The Discourse Podcast] 21:41

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Secrets in the family have a way of festering, and in Alex Winter’s new thriller “Adulthood,” that rot takes the form of a literal body. The film thrusts estranged siblings Megan and Noah, played by Kaya Scodelario and Josh Gad, into a spiral where responsibility can no longer be avoided, and every choice risks compounding into catastrophe. The fil…

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S19 Ep47: Prairie State Paranormal: Tales from Illinois (Sn. 19 Ep. 47) 1:02:13

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Tonight we have Chicago ghosts and many more petrifying paranormal entities from the Prairie State. Keep it spooky and enjoy! Season 19 Episode 47 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Support the show! Get ad-free, extended & bonus episodes (and more)…

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Steven Pinker on Common Knowledge 1:23:20

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Why are Super Bowl ads so good for launching certain kinds of new products? Why do we all drive on the same side of the road? And why, despite laughing and crying together, do we often misread what others think? According to bestselling author and Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, it all comes down to common knowledge, or the phenomenon that happ…

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‘HIM’: Justin Tipping On Mashing Horror & Sports, Marlon Wayans’ Career-Best Performance, & Building A New Mythology [The Discourse Podcast] 19:59

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The drive to be the best has always carried a cost, but in Justin Tipping’s new film “HIM,” that cost curdles into something nightmarish. Opening September 19 through Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions and Universal Pictures, the story takes the familiar arc of athletic ambition and twists it into a surreal descent where glory and terror run side…

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‘Chief of War’: Jason Momoa On His Hawaiian Epic, Directing the Finale, Historical Accuracy vs. Spectacle, & ‘Street Fighter’ [Bingeworthy Podcast] 21:21

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On this episode of Bingeworthy, host Mike DeAngelo heads into ‘Chief of War’, Apple TV+’s bruising, beautiful, and epic historical saga told largely in the native Hawaiian language and anchored by Jason Momoa as Ka‘iana. The series reframes Hawai‘i’s unification through a warrior-exile (Momoa) who’s seen the outside world and returns warning that t…

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S19 Ep46: The fae folk, naked humanoids and a worm-ridden ghost (Sn. 19 Ep. 46) 1:03:51

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Tonight we're sharing stories of the tricky fae folk, restless hospital haunts, creepy pale crawlers in the woods and much more. Keep it spooky and enjoy! Season 19 Episode 46 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Support the show! Get ad-free, extende…

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S19 Ep45: Don't let them in: Best of Black Eyed Kids (Sn. 19 Ep. 45) 1:06:53

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Lock your doors, and no matter how much they beg... do not let them inside. We have another 'best of' for you tonight that's sure to bring you an intense feeling of dread. Keep it spooky and enjoy! Season 19 Episode 45 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NO…

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How Did America Build the Arsenal of Democracy? (with Brian Potter) 1:05:05

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American manufacturing of aircraft during WWII dwarfed that of its enemies. By the end of the war, an American assembly line was producing a B-24 bomber in less than an hour. But that success was far from inevitable. Structural engineer and writer Brian Potter speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the logistical challenges of ramping up product…

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#282 - Two Player Town (Population Two) 35:28

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This week on the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, we’re talking two players! Tag Team is a head-to-head brawler, and Suna Valo is exactly the same, but for farms! Finally, Matt waxes lyrical about General Orders’ Samurai Sequel: ‘Sengoku Jidai’ - and, within it, has perhaps found a game that’s too small for even our perma-shrunk noggins. Have a great we…

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S19 Ep44: Civil War ghosts, Virginia pale crawlers and a psychic dogman (Sn. 19 Ep. 44) 1:10:35

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Tonight we have creepy pale crawlers, chilling ghostly activity, a telepathic dogman and so much more. Keep it spooky and enjoy! Season 19 Episode 44 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Support the show! Get ad-free, extended & bonus episodes (and mo…

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‘Alien: Earth’: Noah Hawley On Creature Design, Transhumanism & Proving The Show Belongs In The ‘Alien’ Canon [Bingeworthy Podcast] 21:36

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On this episode of Bingeworthy, host Mike DeAngelo is joined by writer, director, and showrunner Noah Hawley ("Fargo," "Legion") to discuss his new FX series, "Alien: Earth." The highly anticipated prequel series debuted August 12th and runs through September 23rd, delivering a bold new chapter in the iconic sci-fi horror franchise. Set in a future…

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Elan Lee — Building Exploding Kittens, Marketing as Design, Retail Pitches, and Playing to Sell (#91) 1:17:32

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About Elan Elan Lee (@elanlee) is the co-creator and chief executive officer of Exploding Kittens, a leading gaming and entertainment company. Under his leadership, Exploding Kittens has expanded its portfolio to nearly 30 different games with more than 60 million games sold in more than 50 countries since its founding in 2015.Before founding Explo…

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S19 Ep43: Ghostly pets, devil dogs and monster big cats (Sn. 19 Ep. 43) 1:01:39

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Get ready for some purr-anormal activity, tonight we have ghostly pets, hellhounds, big cat cryptids and so much more. Keep it spooky and enjoy! Season 19 Episode 43 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Support the show! Get ad-free, extended & bonus …

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How Teams Succeed (with Colin Fisher) 1:03:22

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What makes some groups thrive while others crash and burn? According to organizational-behavior scholar Colin Fisher, the real villains are rarely individuals, but dysfunctional teams and organizations. Listen as he and EconTalk's Russ Roberts discuss the reasons for the free-rider problem and the importance of meaningful, well-defined tasks to inc…

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S19 Ep42: Alien beings, a missing building and mothman crossing the road (Sn. 19 Ep. 42) 1:04:19

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Tonight we're diving into the ol' grab bag, which means a plethora of mysterious stories including an alien encounter, a glitch in the matrix, the infamous mothman and much more. Season 19 Episode 42 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Support the sh…

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S19 Ep41: Paint It Black: Black dogs, ABCs and the woman in black (Sn. 19 Ep. 41) 1:03:10

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It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black. Tonight we have black cryptids, black shadow figures, black eyed kids and so much more. Keep it spooky and enjoy. Season 19 Episode 41 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Support the show! Get a…

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Humans Are Overrated (with Christine Webb) 1:10:53

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Are humans the most intelligent species, or just the most arrogant? NYU primatologist Christine Webb, author of The Arrogant Ape, believes that human exceptionalism is a myth that does more harm than good. Listen as she speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about how research has skewed our understanding of animals' capabilities, the surprising inner…

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#281 - Tom’s Game Gauntlet II: The Return of ‘Game Gauntlet’ 33:14

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It’s just little old Tom this week on the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, and he’s taking you through a bunch of odds and ends that might otherwise slip through the metaphorical cracks of the metaphorical floorboards. They wouldn’t fit through the real floorboards. That’d be silly. And we don’t do silly, here. Let us know what you think of these episod…

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‘Platonic’ Season 2: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Stoller & Francesca Delbanco On Codependency, Physical Comedy & More [Bingeworthy Podcast] 27:15

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n this episode of Bingeworthy, host Mike DeAngelo is joined by comedy icons Seth Rogen & Rose Byrne, along with creators Nicholas Stoller & Francesca Delbanco, to discuss Season 2 of "Platonic." The hit Apple TV+ comedy series returned August 6th and runs through October with new episodes that double down on codependency, middle-aged mayhem, and Ro…

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S19 Ep40: Twisted triangle UFOs, Colorado bigfoot and alien abduction evidence (Sn. 19 Ep. 40) 1:06:39

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Tonight we have it all -- aliens, ghosts, cryptids, messages from the beyond and so much more. Keep it spooky and enjoy. Season 19 Episode 40 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Support the show! Get ad-free, extended & bonus episodes (and more) on P…

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S19 Ep39: Snatched from Earth: Best of alien abduction stories (Sn. 19 Ep. 39) 1:13:26

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Tonight we're sharing some of the best alien abduction calls we've received in the last 9 years of doing MAU. Have fun falling asleep tonight. Keep it spooky and enjoy! Season 19 Episode 39 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Support the show! Get ad…

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Hemingway, Love, and War (with David Wyatt) 1:06:28

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What can Ernest Hemingway teach us today about the morality of war, the eternal and transient nature of love, and how to write a masterpiece? Listen as author and teacher David Wyatt talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about Hemingway's epic For Whom the Bell Tolls. Topics include Hemingway's role in the wars of the 20th century, the book's context …