The first sister podcast of Escape Pod. Pseudopod began as a biweekly podcast until it switched to a weekly format a few episodes in. In my own opinion, this is probably the best move that Pseudopod could have made. In any event, Pseudopod is the literary magazine of the internet “horror” scene. Like Escape Pod, there are multiple types of episodes including Pseudopods, Pseudopod: Flashes, Psuedopod: Reviews, and Pseudopod: Autopsies (links below). The Pseudopods themselves are currently released weekly on Fridays. These are novellas of approximately half-hour duration (technically defined in the same fashion as Escape Pods) with some additional material before and afterward, though usually less than in Escape Pod. Mur Lafferty and Ben Phillips were co-producers, with Mur Lafferty doing most of the “hosting,” until she had to reduce her commitments so as not to burn out. Currently Ben Phillips and Alasdair Stuart are the co-hosts, with hosting duties split between them.
I would note that I stopped listening to Pseudopod around episode 050 (I have heard a few after and missed a few before), though I intend to catch up at some point.
List of Pseudopod episodes:
Probable time involvement: Less than 1 hour per episode.
Pseudopod 001 to Pseudopod 025
001: Bag Man
Most of the Podosphere knows Scott Sigler's
works. What better way to start a new horror podcast than with one
of his stories.
002: Good Advice
003: Little Boy Leg Bone
004: Returning My Sister's Face
005: Sacred Skin
006: What Dead People Are Supposed to Do
Stay dead, mostly. Anything else is
excessive, including skydiving.
007: Drawing the Moon
008: Indications
009: Counting From Ten
010: Turista
011: Killing Jars
012: Skinwalker: Deception
013: Redmond’s Private Screening
014: Virginia Woods
015: Regis St. George
016: Medicinal
017: Upon The Midnight Clear
018: Oranges, Lemons and Thou Beside Me
019: Through the Many Corridors
020: What You Wish For
021: Fetal Position
022: Them Eyes
023: Civilized Monsters
024: Honest Ghosts
025: Fetching Pepé
Pseudopod 026 to Pseudopod 050
026: Flat Diane
027: My Caroline
028: Lorna
029: Light Like Knives Dragged Across the Skin
030: Seller's Market
031: Last Respects
032: Stitching Time
033: The Sounds That Come After Screaming
034: Bliss
035: Locked Doors
036: Liberation
037: We Are All Very Lively
038: Hell’s Daycare
039: Some Things Don’t Wash Off
040: Wanting to Want
041: Fingerbones Hung Like Mobiles
042: Full Moon Over 1600
043: Everything Is Better with Zombies
044: Stockholm Syndrome
045: Goon Job
046: The Hanging at Christmas Bridge
047: Akropolis
048: Everyone Carries a Shadow
049: Big Boy
050: Everyone Carries a Shadow
Pseudopod 051 to Pseudopod 075
This is around the time I stopped listening. I intend to catch up eventually, probably this summer on my trans-Atlantic flights.
051: Brothers
052: That Old Black Magic
053: The Apple Tree Man
054: Toothache
055: Dead Dog
056: Crab Apple
057: Tenant’s Rights
058: Among Their Bright Eyes
059: Fever
060: The Heart of Tu’a Halaita
061: The Keeper
062: Faith in Sips and Bites
063: The Western Front
064: Connecting Door
065: Doghead
066: Finding Allison
067: Memories of the Knacker’s Yard
068: Across The Darien Gap
069: The Excavation
070: Rapunzel’s Room
071: The Intrusion
072: Heavy Rains
073: Blood, Gridlock and PEZ
074: Tumble
075: The Mill
Pseudopod 076 to Pseudopod 100
076: Tales of the White Street Society
077: Merlin's Bane
078: In a Right and Proper Place
079: Ice
080: Votary
081: It's Easy to Make a Sandwich
082: The Language of Crows
083: Heartstrung
084: The Sons of Carbon County
085: Living in Sepia
086: The Wild Y
087: A Place of Snow Angels
088: The Guardian
089: Wounds
090: The Exhibition
091: Caesar’s Ghost
092: The Sloan Men
093: The Land of Reeds
094: The Skull-Faced Boy
095: No Tomorrows
096: The Cutting Room
097: Mrs Branson Calling
098: Among the Moabites
099: Photo Finish
100: The Music of Erich Zann
In commemoration of their 100th episode, Pseudopod
has released a piece by H. P. Lovecraft.
Pseudopod 100 to Pseudopod 125
101: Homecoming
102: Dear Killer
103: Geist
104: The Book in the Earth
105: Pattern Masters
106: Jihad over Innsmouth
107: Front Row Seats
108: The Teacher
109: In the Coils of the Serpent
110: Spurling’s Virus
111: Radiodemonology
112: Periods
113: Furnace Room Lullaby
114: The Cellar