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Two Blerds steal science.

Inspired by the article: https://www.sciencealert.com/cannabis-use-linked-to-epigenetic-changes-study-finds

Written & Performed by Wi-Moto Nyoka

Produced by Dusky Projects

Music by Dusky Diana

A second moon says goodbye. 

Inspired by the article: https://www.earth.com/news/its-official-earth-now-has-two-moons-captured-asteroid-2024-pt5/

Written & Performed by Wi-Moto Nyoka

Produced by Dusky Projects

Featured song “Beautiful” by Ikwe & “Don’t Push” by Community Education featuring Dusky Diana 

A woman finds the love she’s been searching for. 

Inspired by the article: https://scitechdaily.com/neuroscience-surprise-different-types-of-love-light-up-different-parts-of-the-brain/

Written & Performed by Wi-Moto Nyoka

Produced by Dusky Projects

Music by Dusky Diana

Mother monkey gives testimony. 

Inspired by the article: https://www.newsweek.com/monkey-kill-dogs-puppies-revenge-india-captured-1660998

Written & Performed by Wi-Moto Nyoka

Produced by Dusky Projects

Music by Dusky Diana

Featured song “Hacked In” by Community Education featuring Dusky Diana

A daughter pledges to alter her family’s destiny at any cost.

Inspired by the article: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20240809/Columbia-study-reveals-bacteria-create-free-floating-genes-challenging-genetic-code-norms.aspx

Written & Performed by Wi-Moto Nyoka

Produced by Dusky Projects

Music by Dusky Diana

A divorced woman considers buying a sex doll with a bionic penis.

Inspired by the article: https://metro.co.uk/2018/01/08/male-sex-robots-unstoppable-bionic-penises-coming-year-7213306/

Written & Performed by Wi-Moto Nyoka

Produced by Dusky Projects

Music by Dusky Diana

 The clone of an overachiever plans her prison break.

Inspired by the article: https://www.psypost.org/2021/09/psychologists-have-uncovered-a-new-uncanny-phenomenon-called-the-clone-devaluation-effect-61846

Written & Performed by Wi-Moto Nyoka

Produced by Dusky Projects

Music by Dusky Diana

Feature song “A Kind of Interlude” by Dusky Diana

A teacher tries to navigate going to the bathroom. 

Inspired by the article: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2024/10/central-pa-school-district-installs-surveillance-windows-in-gender-inclusive-bathrooms.html?outputType=amp

Written & Performed by Wi-Moto Nyoka

Produced by Dusky Projects

Music by Dusky Diana

Featured Song ‘Fake Bech” by Ikwe

Eco-terrorists risk their lives to set a forest free. 

Inspired by the article: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-studying-earths-trees-issue-a-stark-warning-to-humanity

Written & Performed by Wi-Moto Nyoka

Produced by Dusky Projects

Music by Dusky Diana

With additional scoring by Burgh Records

A woman tries to have a good date.

Inspired by the article: https://www.science.org/content/article/cocaine-sharks-found-waters-brazil

Written & Performed by Wi-Moto Nyoka

Produced by Dusky Projects

Music by Dusky Diana

Featured song “Messin’ Around” by Ikwe

Additional song “Dark Tension” by Mattia Cupelli

Tune in to our special Halloween episode with Steven Broadnax III, author of the Black horror play "Bonez", as we discuss magic, men, and Black folx.

Stream this incredible play at People's Light until Nov. 3rd and check out the supporting podcast The Boneyard. This amazing work is part of the Queerways Residency hosted at People's Light Theater.

Shout out to Andrew, Nora, and Brent!

Music by Community Education

Produced by Dusky Projects

We conclude our third season with a Ariell R Johnson, owner of Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse. Tune in as we talk about longevity, community, and the ups and downs of making your lane.

Music by Community Education

Additional Music by Private Hell Productions

This week we talk to Sumiko Saulson and Kenya Moss-Dyme of Black Women In Horror about Afro-Surrealism, tech billionaires, and why you don't need to be good or famous to be a future ancestor. Check out their work at blackwomeninhorror.org Music by Community Education Additional music by Private Hell Productions & Mattia Cupelli

We continue with our Flash Fiction Frenzy where each week we feature a new guest, talk about the season, and share short spooky stories. Our guests this Friday are Sara and Monika of Bitches on Comics. Tune in as we talk about water rats, building community in the apocalypse, and why dead beat dads are in all the disaster movies. Check out Sara's work at saracentury.com and Monika on IG @audres.revenge.film Music by Community Education Additional track by ⁠Private Hell Productions

We're doing something special this month with a Flash Fiction Frenzy, where we talk to new guest every week and read short spooky stories inspired by the season. This week we discuss our season theme "Land/Place" with Sharai of Nightmare on Fierce Street and Ryan aka Brother Ghoulish. Music by Community Education Additional track by Private Hell Productions

Tracy Cross is a BWAS alumni turned Flash Fiction guest and we're thrilled to have her. We talk about legacy, monkey butlers on deserted islands, and why horror writers are normal people. Follow Tracy on Twitter @Tracycwrites, IG @Tracycrosswriters or just check out her website here.

Music by Community Education

Additional Music by Private Hell Productions

Tune in for our Feature Friday episode with author Akhim Alexis as we discuss language death, saving the culture you love, and why dictionaries matter.  Follow him on Twitter @akhimalexis1

Music by Community Education

Additional music by⁠ Private Hell Productions 

After an “oceanic rapture,” a lone survivor adapts to his new reality in ways both mental and physical. Written by Akhim Alexis, voiced by Bethany Harris, sound design by Gabe Castro, produced by Dusky Projects.

Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia. 

After an “oceanic rapture,” a lone survivor adapts to his new reality in ways both mental and physical. Written by Akhim Alexis, voiced by Bethany Harris, sound design by Gabe Castro, produced by Dusky Projects.

Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia. 

Tune in as we continue with part 2 of our Flash Fiction Friday episode with a very special guest. 

Music by Community Education

Additional music by Private Hell Productions 

Tune in as we speak with Richard Larson about memory, identity, and rivers vs. oceans. Find him on IG: @richlarsonwrites  or learn more about his work at  patreon.com/richlarson.

Music by Community Education 

Join us as we speak featured author Ebele Mogo about Nollywood horror films, how spooky the sound of high heels are and our love/hate relationships with social media. Follow her on Twitter @ebyral

Music by Community Education 

Additional music by Private Hell Productions 

A young woman finds herself called back to her home, to help protect a river that nourished her and her community.

Written by Ebele Mogo, performed by Nancy Marie, sound design by Gabe Castro, and produced by Dusky Projects. 

Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia. 

Join us as we talk with Nicole Shawan Junior, counter-storyteller and founder of SeaSalted Honey andRoots. Wounds. Words., and deputy director of Prison and Justice Writing at PEN America. We reflect on why water is a portal, looking at the future with hope, and mermaids. 

You can find out more about Nicole's work at NicoleShawanJunior.com

Music by Community Education

Additional music by Private Hell Productions 

Join us as we speak with our featured author Nadine Tomlinson about Caribbean vampires, the importance of metamorphosis, and how writing heals. Follow her on IG and Mastadon @nadinestorying to learn about her upcoming projects. 

Music by Community Education

Additional music by Private Hell Productions 

A Jamaican woman takes more than she gives, until the sea teaches her a valuable lesson with implications for everyone around her.

Written by Nadine Tomlinson, performed by Bethany Harris, sound design by Gabe Castro, and produced by Dusky Projects.

Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia.

Take a listen to our conversation with our featured author of the month Amin Chehelnabi (Twitter @TheGodintheBowl and IG @amin_chehelnabi01  ) as we discuss chosen family, the pros and cons of culture and community, and who is really gonna save us. 

Music by Community Education

Join us as we gab with Kat, co-host of The Ghouls Next Door,  about living in fire, who we think will save the planet, and why this story needs six seasons and a movie. 

Music by Community Education

Additional Music by Infraction

SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions 

When the crew of a mobile rescue unit in a future Australia decide to break the law it’s a countdown for who will reach the sanctuary first; our heroes, the police, or the fire. We continue with our theme of Land & Place with part 2 of Wandjina by Amin Chehelnabi.

Performed by Nancy Marie

Sound design by Gabe Castro

Directed by Hannah Simms

Produced by Dusky Projects

Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia.

When the crew of a mobile rescue unit in a future Australia decide to break the law it’s a countdown for who will reach the sanctuary first; our heroes, the police, or the fire. We continue with our theme of Land & Place with part 1 of Wandjina by Amin Chehelnabi.

Performed by Nancy Marie

Sound design by Gabe Castro

Directed by Hannah Simms

Produced by Dusky Projects

Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia.

Tune in for our (early) Final Friday episode with featured author Taiyo Fujii as we speak about family, climate crisis, and why he writes sci-fi. We are honored to have "Becoming Martians" making its U.S. premiere on our podcast. 

Music by Community Education

Join us as we talk about space colonization, Octavia Butler, and what our lives on Mars would be like with Tira Adams, Mistress of the Imaginarium. Featuring flash fiction by Lii Xu.

Music by Community Education

SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions 

Space Sounds by NASA

When the human colony Mars reaches a point of no return, a father must reveal a life changing secret to his son that will transform their family for generations to come.

Written by Taiyo Fujii 

Translated by by Toshiya Kamei 

Performed by Kilusan Bautista

Sound design by Gabe Castro

Black Women Are Scary is now also airing Fridays @ 10pm on WPEB 88.1 FM

Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia.

Join Shirai and Trent of Nightmare on Fierce Street as they guest host our Final Friday episode. They talk about complicated black female protagonists, annoying family members, and how ghosts can be mean. 

Music by Community Education

Join us as we talk survival, creature features, and what's it like to be the last woman standing with sci-fi and horror film director Eunice Levis. 

Music by Community Education & "Dark Tension Rising" by Mattia Cupelli

SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions 

Diamond can't seem to die. No matter how hard she tries her dead best friend, Aida, won't let her rest until she destroys the monster that ruined their lives. But Diamond is no hero, just a survivor who wants nothing more than to pay her debt to the dead. No matter what it costs her.

Written by Wi-Moto Nyoka

Performed by Makeba Dixon-Hill

Sound design by Gabe Castro

Black Women Are Scary is now also airing Fridays @ 10pm on WPEB 88.1 FM

Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia.

Join us as we speak with our featured author Shweta Taneja about Indian traditional storytelling, women in sci-fi, and why dolphins. 

Music by Community Education

Join us for our first Flash Fiction episode of season 3 as we speak to Lakase Cousino, founder and editor of The Seelie Crow Magazine, about writing magic to find courage in real life situations, Indian storytelling festivals, and why dolphins. 

Music by Community Education

SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions 

In a near future where all the toddlers are called by the ocean, mothers all over the globe must come together to understand what’s happening to their children or risk losing them forever.

Written by Shweta Taneja

Performed by Joylyn Miller

Additional voices by Gabe Castro and Wi-Moto Nyoka

Sound design by Gabe Castro

Black Women Are Scary is now also airing Fridays @ 10pm on WPEB 88.1 FM

Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia. 

Thank you for tuning in to Black Women Are Scary. Take a listen to what's on tap for the fall and please consider making a tax deductible contribution here. Your support will go towards production costs for season 3 where we will continue to celebrate BIPOC authors in the genre. See you in the fall!

Join us for our Final Friday of season 2, as we discuss immigration, studying psychology while writing horror, and why we love monstrous women with our featured author Kim M. Munsamy.

Music by Community Education 

Join us as we discuss late stage capitalism, supernatural pregnancies, and what makes a monstrous woman with special guest Sara Century, co-host of Bitches on Comics podcast. Featuring flash fiction written by myself and Sara, inspired by this month's story "Nature". 

Music by Community Education

SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions and Burgh Records

TW: episode contains discussions around unwanted pregnancy, adoption, and reproductive rights.

Rani’s pregnancy, though unwanted, seemed normal until a visit from a terrifying woman changed her future forever.

Written by Kim M. Munsamy

Performed by Alexa Gold

Directed by Kennedy Allen

Sound Design by Gabe Castro

And your humble host, Wi-Moto Nyoka

Project support by: The Velocity Fund administered by Philadelphia Contemporary with generous funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the Philadelphia Independent Media Fund administered by Scribe Video Center with funds provided by the Independence Public Media Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation.

Join us as we talk about growing up with ghosts, how to catch bad spirits, and Hoodoo with our featured author Tracy Cross.

Music by Community Education

Join us as we discuss what makes a good friend, the role of community in mental health, and magic black women with special guests Kat & Jazz of Girl, That's Scary, a horror & sci-fi podcast that covers sub-genres, series, movies franchises, and everything in between.

Flash Fiction "Oh Baby" by Nadira X Rene 

Music by Community Education

SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions 

TW: episode contains discussions around suicide, suicide prevention and healing.

When Ava decides to embrace a family tradition to level up her love life, she ends up discovering just how terrifying getting what you want can be.

Written by Tracy Cross

Directed by Kennedy Allen

Sound design by Gabe Castro

And your humble host, Wi-Moto Nyoka

Project support by: The Velocity Fund administered by Philadelphia Contemporary with generous funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the Philadelphia Independent Media Fund administered by Scribe Video Center with funds provided by the Independence Public Media Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation.

For this month's Final Friday episode we interview our featured author Alicia McCalla. Join us as we talk about Gen X vs. Millennials, the joy in writing horror, and what's up with stalker romance.

Music by Community Education

Join us as we talk about survival skills we learn from video games, our favorite bad horror movies, and what do you if you find out you're dating an alien with special guest Kathryn Hoist, horror movie reviewer and hair stylist extraordinaire. Featuring flash fiction by Kathryn and myself, inspired by this month's story "Superhero Baby Boy". 

Music by Community Education

SFX by Burgh Records

A story of gaming, resistance, and motherhood. 

Written by Alicia McCalla

Directed by Kennedy Allen

Performed by Tiyana Smith

Sound design by Gabe Castro

And your humble host, Wi-Moto Nyoka

Project support by: The Velocity Fund administered by Philadelphia Contemporary with generous funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the Philadelphia Independent Media Fund administered by Scribe Video Center with funds provided by the Independence Public Media Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation.

For our first Final Friday episode we interview our featured author this month Valjeanne Jeffers. Join me and fellow misfit Gineiris Garcia, as we talk about Black folx in Speculative Fiction, the role of love in horror, and the cost of change. 

Music by Community Education