Faith and the Horror genre may seem to be opposites, but every week Reed and Nathan put them in dialogue together. Join us for conversations about the things that haunt us and the things that heal us, explorations at the intersection between faith and fear, where we examine what scares us, in order to find what saves us.
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Keeping up with life is a podcast where we empower you with health, business and family life strategies for you to live your best days.
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Digital Marketing Masters Podcast with your host, Bestselling Author, Matt Rouse. Actionable information and interviews with leading experts in AI, marketing, productivity, and business. Every show has a business-changing idea that you can use to grow your business and your profits.
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Recovering the Beat: Cardiac Health and Rehabilitation Explained - Jamie Barnes and Nic Simpson
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23:15Keeping up with life is a podcast where we empower you with health, business and family life strategies for you to live your best days. In this Episode Exercise Physiologists Jamie Barnes and Nic Simpson dive into the journey of cardiac rehabilitation, discussing how you can restore heart health and improve quality of life through effective recover…
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The fourth installment in the Final Destination franchise slapped an article at the top of the title, threw some 3-D special effects at the wall, and largely dismissed virtually every sensible aspect of quality filmmaking. It's rescued (barely) by some genuinely memorable death sequences in an otherwise aggressively skippable installment. But we di…
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The Worst Kept Secret of Success with Mark Dulaney (274)
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32:49In this episode of Digital Marketing Masters, I sit down with execution coach Mark Dulaney from the School of Execution to unpack the “worst kept secret” of success: doing the work boldly, consistently, effectively and getting a little better every day. We explore why most people stall at “good enough,” how to apply critical self-review to improve …
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Foggy Chats: Finding Your Authentic Voice in Podcasting
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55:31As part of a collegiate course on public speaking, Nathan and Reed were interviewed by professor Noel Manning II about the origins of The Fear of God, its development and change over time, and some of the behind-the-scenes aspects of sustaining a weekly podcast over several years. It was a privilege and delight to speak with Noel, and we would like…
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Bone Lake Interview with Mercedes Bryce Morgan
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22:34We have another special interview for you for a film that's hitting theaters this weekend (Oct, 3, 2025). BONE LAKE is a sharp, clever, sensual thriller that explores the nature of trust and suspicion in relationships through a sleek and disarming, twist-filled narrative. A couple's vacation at a secluded estate is upended when they're forced to sh…
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AI, Authors, and Voice Acting. Round Two with Aaron Ryan (273)
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42:42In this episode of Digital Marketing Masters, I sit down with returning guest Aaron Ryan—author, voice actor, musician, and now 35-book veteran—to dig into the turbulent crossroads of creative work and AI. We talk candidly about toxicity and gatekeeping in the voiceover community, why Aaron stepped back from coaching, and how that decision unleashe…
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We continue our date with destiny during this year's spooky season run by examining FINAL DESTINATION 2, the second installment in the franchise of elaborate, menacing deaths. This one ramps up both the cleverness and the humor for a remarkably fun and invigorating sequel that arguably surpasses its predecessor by better understanding the inherent …
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Scared by the Bible Interview with Brandon Grafius
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37:25We have a very special interview for you today about an upcoming book release that's perfect for The Fear of God spooky season. Friend of the show, professor Brandon Grafius, will release his powerful and thought-provoking book SCARED BY THE BIBLE: THE ROOTS OF HORROR IN SCRIPTURE on October 7th. Those who primarily view the Bible as a testament of…
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It's time for SPOOKY SEASON!!! We're continuing a tradition four years running where as we approach October, we make a run through an entire horror franchise. This year, we're dancing with death (the Mack Daddy!) as we encounter each of the FINAL DESTINATION films. We're starting with a Redux episode of the original from 2000, which we'd previously…
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We welcome a new guest to the FoG this week with a specially curated episode of an 80s cult classic. Lauded filmmaker Michael Mann really only made one traditional horror film, the 1983 chiller THE KEEP. It centers just before the second world war, when the Nazi regime was rising in power. When a small squadron of soldiers disturb a vast crypt in a…
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Traumatika interview with Pierre Tsigaridis & Maxime Rancon
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56:34We have another special interview for you this weekend for a very scary chiller called TRAUMATIKA. From director Pierre Tsigaridis who cowrote the film with his collaborator Maxime Rancon, Traumatika takes viewers to the edge with a nightmarish vision of paranormal terror and generational trauma. Mikey's night terrors become reality when his mother…
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We have a couple of special bonus interviews for you this weekend on films to check out in your local theater. The first is RABBIT TRAP, a haunting and beautiful film about a musician (Rosy McEwan) and her husband (Dev Patel) who move to a remote house in Wales. When the unconventional music they create disturbs some local, ancient folk magic, they…
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FoGadour Book Club (with Troubadour Booksellers)
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19:55If you listened to our episode yesterday about Total Recall, you also heard an exciting announcement about our latest adventure. Starting in October, we're collaborating with Troubadour Booksellers to present our very first book club: FoGadour. Once a month, you're invited to the Charlotte, NC area to visit Troubadour Booksellers for a discussion w…
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From Potential to Performance: Unlocking Youth Athletic Development - Jamie Barnes and Nathan Dance
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20:30Keeping up with life is a podcast where we empower you with health, business and family life strategies for you to live your best days. In this Episode Exercise Physiologists Jamie Barnes and Nathan Dance explore how to nurture young athletes through smart training, balanced development, and long-term performance strategies. Each episode contains p…
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We get our butts to Mars this week for a conversation about an Arnold Schwarzenegger 90s sci-fi classic. Based on a story by Philip K. Dick, TOTAL RECALL was directed by Paul Verhoeven and features intense visual effects, a complex plotline, and some surprisingly rich thematic concerns. It's also full of bullet-riddled action set pieces and a lot o…
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As we head closer to the 2025 spooky season, we're offering a grab bag of assorted films for you, continuing this week with 28 YEARS LATER, the long-deferred sequel to the groundbreaking thriller 28 Days Later from 2002. The creative team of Danny Boyle and Alex Garland return to the world of the infected to offer up a thoughtful and disarmingly po…
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We have a special episode for you this week discussing the latest entry in the filmography of Scott Derrickson: THE GORGE. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller, The Gorge tells the story of an unexpected bond that forms between two soldiers who are each posted on opposite ends of a wide, cavernous opening that holds untold horrors in its depth…
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As impossible as it is to believe, this week's episode marks our 9th Anniversary here at The Fear of God Podcast. For nearly every week, for nearly a decade now, we've been trying to bring you the most thoughtfully-infused and absurdity-laced horror commentary anywhere. This week is no different. To commemorate this occasion, we're bringing along l…
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Twice Bitten: Why ACL Injuries Can Strike Again - Zac Rouse
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29:48Keeping up with life is a podcast where we empower you with health, business and family life strategies for you to live your best days. In this Episode Pippa Hanson talks with Physiotherapist Zac Rouse about the reasons behind ACL re-ruptures, exploring the physical, biomechanical, and rehabilitation factors that can make a second injury more likel…
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It's time to curl up by the campfire for another Ghoul Scouts edition of The Fear of God! This week, Vera and Jess are joined by two favorite FoGers, Jocee Worley and Jackson Harper for an examination of a Canadian werewolf classic (that Jackson has campaigned to cover for years)... GINGER SNAPS. Ginger Snaps tells the story of two outcast sisters,…
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The Epilogue Lady: Reflections on our David Lynch Series
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1:55:45We've finally arrived at the end. Back in April, we started watching the landmark television show Twin Peaks (first viewings for both Reed and Nathan). In May, we began to make our way through the feature films of the late David Lynch. For the next three months, we would dive deep into Lynch's work. We debated, we pondered, we puzzled, we cheered, …
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As our concluding chapter for our coverage of Twin Peaks: The Return, we invited some friends new and old to have a roundtable discussion about the themes of the show, some of its most iconic moments, and what we feel it all adds up to. Alongside Nathan and Reed, we welcome back to the show Julie Ahern, Abby Olcese, Lindsey Dunn, and Steven Beckley…
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Yesterday, we shared with you our final episode (previously only available to Patrons) charting our way through the third season of TWIN PEAKS (commonly known as The Return). It's now time to assess our broader feelings about its themes and interests. Nathan and Reed sit by themselves this week for a disarmingly thoughtful and vulnerable conversati…
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For the past few months, as we've both ramped up for and made our way through our series on the work of David Lynch, our Patron subscribers have been hearing us make our way through his landmark series TWIN PEAKS. We covered every episode of the first two seasons before making our way through the revived third season (known as THE RETURN) from 2017…
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AI & Media +Nerdcasting with Nathan Fletcher (271)
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53:51In this engaging episode of Digital Marketing Masters, host Matt Rouse welcomes Nathan Fletcher, also known as Uncle Nene from Uncle Nay Nay's Nerdcast. They dive into the world of creative work and the challenges of marketing it in today's digital landscape. Nathan shares his journey from a career in marketing and production to starting his own po…
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In a somewhat unconventional episode this week, we tackle some of David Lynch's early short films. Specifically, his early works Six Figures Getting Sick (Six Times); The Alphabet; The Grandmother; The Amputee; The Cowboy and the Frenchman; and Lumiere, or Premonitions Following an Evil Deed. In this brisk, energetic episode, we debate the value of…
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We've reached the last of the feature films for our profile of the late David Lynch with one of his earliest works. THE ELEPHANT MAN released in 1980 and followed the wildly experimental and esoteric Eraserhead with a deeply emotional story of humanity and compassion. It focuses on John Merrick (John Hurt), who suffers from severe physical deformit…
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Interview with Dr. Lindsay Hallam on Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
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54:55We've had the privilege of speaking with a number of unique voices during our series on the work of David Lynch. Today we have a special conversation with Dr Lindsay Hallam, an educator of film studies and prolific contributor to the broader discussion of horror cinema, about her book about TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME for the publication imprint …
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Abraham's Boys Interview with Natasha Kermani
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28:29We have another special interview for you today for a feature film that's in theaters exclusively as of 7/11/25. ABRAHAM'S BOYS: A DRACULA STORY tells a tale of the aftermath of the ordeal from Bram Stoker's classic horror tale. It focuses on survivors Abraham Van Helsing (Titus Welliver) and Mina Harker (Jocelin Donahue) as they struggle to move o…
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We're nearing the end of our series in a couple of weeks about the filmography of the late David Lynch. We turn this week to his final feature film, a wildly experimental and divisive film called INLAND EMPIRE. An exercise in cinematic experimentation to its core, Inland Empire is one of Lynch's most difficult films to figure out. It has a stream o…
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The next installment in our series on David Lynch was made shortly after the booming popularity of the premiere of Twin Peaks. WILD AT HEART, based on a book by Barry Gifford, tells the story of Sailor (Nicolas Cage) and Lula (Laura Dern), two exuberant and impulsive lovers who set out on a cross-country trek fleeing an array of strange characters …
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Fall is a Good Time to Die Interview with Cast and Director
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1:05:02We're happy to present you this week with another special interview episode about a haunting, subversive revenge western that is newly released to video on demand as of June 20th. FALL IS A GOOD TIME TO DIE tells the story of a quiet young ranch hand named Cody (Joe Hiatt), who learns that someone who devastated his family years ago has been releas…
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We're continuing our series on the films of David Lynch this week with what is arguably his most unusual entry: THE STRAIGHT STORY. Lynch had built a reputation on bizarre works like Eraserhead and Lost Highway. His films were often filled with graphic sex and violence as in Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, or even Wild at Heart. So, whe…
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Injured and Unsure: Your Legal Options Explained - Katie Minogue (Maurice Blackburn Lawyers) and Lynda Miller
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35:04Keeping up with life is a podcast where we empower you with health, business and family life strategies for you to live your best days. In this Episode Pippa Hanson talks with Lawyer Katie Minogue from Maurice Blackburn Lawyers and Physiotherapist Lynda Miller about what options are available for people who are injured at work, on the roads, or in …
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Twin Peaks: Fire Chat with Me (Seasons 1 and 2)
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2:45:16We have something a bit unique for you this week. For the past few months, our Patron subscribers have been listening to us make our way through the classic series TWIN PEAKS, seasons 1 and 2. This week, we're presenting brief selections from those chats, currently only available in their entirety to our Patron subscribers. We share our variety of …
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AI & Science Fiction: A Conversation with Tom Easton (270)
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47:33In this episode of Digital Marketing Masters, host Matt Rouse welcomes science fiction author Tom Easton to discuss the intersection of AI and science fiction. Tom shares his background as a retired science professor and his journey into writing science fiction since the 1970s. The conversation delves into the upcoming anthology "Tales of Galactic …
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Continuing our journey through the work of the late David Lynch, we finally arrive at what is often considered his finest film. MULHOLLAND DRIVE brought Lynch some of the largest and most universal acclaim of his career. Its Los Angeles-centric mystery traverses the territories of dream logic, identity, ambition, envy, and the elusive way we all tr…
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We continue our series examining the films of the late David Lynch by tackling one of his most elusive and bleak visions of sex and violence: LOST HIGHWAY. We're joined by special guest Matt Cosper to unpack the surrealist fever dream of a man trapped between two lives, two minds, and perhaps even two souls. It's a compelling portrait of the inabil…
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Kate vanderVoort Talks About Businesses Implementing AI (269)
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34:34In this episode of Digital Marketing Masters, host Matt Rouse is joined by Kate vanderVoort, founder and CEO of Social Mediology and the AI Success Lab, to discuss the integration of AI into business practices. Kate shares her insights on how companies can transition from having no AI involvement to effectively incorporating AI into their operation…
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We arrive in our series on David Lynch at what is widely considered to be one of his greatest films. BLUE VELVET acted as a creative and cultural palate cleanser for Lynch following his strong disappointment and frustration with Dune. It sits quite effectively at the intersection of Lynch's more eccentric qualities and his more accessible qualities…
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Grace and Grit: Balancing Elite Ballroom Dance and Exercise Physiology with Molly Sceney
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23:28Keeping up with life is a podcast where we empower you with health, business and family life strategies for you to live your best days. In this Episode Pippa Hanson talks with Exercise Physiologist Molly Sceney about balancing being an elite Ballroom dancer and an Exercise Physiologist. Each episode contains practical tips and insights on how you c…
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Frank Herbert's landmark science fiction novel has become more culturally central thanks to the recent blockbuster films by Denis Villeneuve adapting the story. But as we make our way through our series on the late David Lynch, we had to stop by Arrakis and grapple with his much-maligned adaptation from 1984. Featuring a massive budget (which came …
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Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see. One chants out between two worlds... fire walk with me. When David Lynch's megahit series Twin Peaks was cancelled after two seasons, people eagerly awaited the announced feature film. Responses were decidedly mixed, however, on the finished film, controversial as it was for missing lo…
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Clown in a Cornfield Interview with Eli Craig
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8:15Hey friends, we have a very brief additional interview to share with you for the upcoming film CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD, in theaters as of May 9th. Director Eli Craig sat down with us for a few minutes to discuss his upcoming film. It's a brief chat, but one we hope you'll enjoy! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy No…
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In January 2025, the iconic visionary filmmaker David Lynch passed away. His films invite numerous interpretations about humanity, creativity, dreams, fears, and they seem to have given entire generations of people open permission to be weird. Since we had never covered him on the show before, we decided to make David Lynch's films the centerpiece …
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AI, Copyright, and the Law with Karin Coger, Esq. (268)
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31:21In this episode of Digital Marketing Masters, host Matt Rose, despite battling a lost voice, welcomes IP attorney and AI consultant Corinne Koger to discuss the intricate relationship between artificial intelligence and intellectual property law in the United States. They delve into the nuances of copyright, patents, and trademarks, emphasizing the…
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We have another special interview for you this week, this time with director Felipe Vargas, whose new film ROSARIO hits theaters on Friday, May 2nd. Rosario is a richly textured paranormal horror story about a woman who, during a severe snowfall, must spend the night with her deceased grandmother's body while she waits for the ambulance to arrive. …
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Sometimes you just have to face your worst fears, like public speaking, or flying, or rapidly replicating creeping, crawling spiders. Infested is a French horror film about residents in a tenement building who suddenly find themselves facing a massive quarantine inside their building as it is overrun by countless arachnids with swift, predatory, le…
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Clown in a Cornfield Interview with Adam Cesare
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38:03We have a special surprise for you today, an interview with award-winning author Adam Cesare about his novel Clown in a Cornfield and its forthcoming film adaptation, which will be exclusively in theaters on May 9th. Clown in a Cornfield is a remarkably thoughtful and accessible book while also being scary, provocative, and an insane amount of fun.…
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