In the Same Vein

What do the men of the vague East, ambiguously homosexual bad boys, and the sparkling redhead in your Biology class all have in common? They’re threats to American masculinity. Oh, and they want to suck your blood. In our media-rich fifth episode, the pod bites into the immortal myth of the vampire. Listener, beware...!

Timestamps:

0:25 introduction, appetizer, and blood-sucking tidbits

14:33 whetting our palate with the myth’s orientalist origins

32:50 do vampires take pre-workout? and other questions for the eighties

55:00 post-Twilight, undead daughters of the confederacy, and a return to fetishistic form

1:37:11 outro, ft. contenders for the next hot monster

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This episode’s interludes borrow from the Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) soundtrack, composed by Josef van Wissem and Sqürl.