NEW YORK (September 13, 2022) – Pop Paranormal is a horror movie and TV podcast hosted by the geekiest couple you know: Karama Horne (aka @theblerdgurl, culture critic parked at the intersection of pop culture and diversity) and Chuck Collins (comic book artist, podcaster and horror connoisseur). Each week, they dissect their favorite horror and paranormal classics, deep cuts and current faves that have left a lasting impact on pop culture. Hot takes, cold takes and insider takes will flow.
Listen to Travel Channel’s Pop Paranormal, launching today, Tuesday, September 13 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
In each of the 10 episodes, Horne and Collins will unpack pop culture’s most classic horror moments and invite listeners to join along as they dissect behind-scenes of the TV shows and movies that keep you up at night and are truly the stuff of nightmares. The couple ponder what makes these stories resonate and become cult classics. Along the way, they are joined by some of Hollywood’s most iconic writers and directors that have breathed life into these creatures, myths and legends.
Upcoming episodes include:
● “The Shining”
● “Nope”
● “Halloween” (featuring Tammie Merheb-Chavez of “Hollyweird Paranormal” podcast)
● “Stranger Things”
● “Jacob’s Ladder” (featuring Jack Finch from “Top 5 Scary Videos”)
● “Candyman”
● “Urban Legend” (featuring legendary director Eli Roth)
● “The Twilight Zone” (featuring Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes – Due wrote the episode, “A Small Town,” for Jordan Peele’s “The Twilight Zone” and Barnes wrote the episodes “Teacher’s Aide” and “Paladin of the Lost Hour” for “The Twilight Zone” in the 1980s)
● “Blood Quantum” (featuring Jeff Barnaby, writer/director of “Blood Quantum”)
● “Mandy” (featuring Aaron Stewart-Ahn, co-writer of “Mandy”)
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Pop Paranormal is produced by Neon Hum.
About Karama Horne:
Karama Horne (@theblerdgurl) is a freelance culture journalist, podcaster, host and content creator parked at the intersection of geekdom and diversity. Founder of theblerdgurl® brand, Karama is recognized throughout genre entertainment as an authority on geekdom and inclusion. She has been seen on red carpets, hosting comic con panels from New York to San Diego and has been featured in USA Today, The New York Times, The Guardian, The San Francisco Chronicle and Black Enterprise. Karama also has bylines atMarvel.com, Rotten Tomatoes, NERDIST, SYFYWIRE, and is a TV critic for The Wrap. Her first novel, set in the world of the Black Panther Universe, “Protectors of Wakanda: A History and Training Manual for the Dora Milaje,” hits bookshelves fall of 2022.
About Chuck Collins:
Chuck Collins is a Haitian American artist and animator based in Brooklyn, New York. His long-running webcomic “BOUNCE!” is a multiple Glyph Comics Award-winning series and has also been featured on Syfy Wire. Recently, Chuck was the art director for an animated advertisement for Netflix’s Biggie Smalls documentary. Chuck is currently drawing “Deaths Day”, an upcoming graphic novel, for Abraham’s Publishing. When Chuck isn’t drawing comics or studying anime, he’s playing Warframe or Mass Effect or watching horror movies and listening to horror podcasts. Chuck is also a co-host on the “Black Daddies in Space” podcast for 24/7 Films.
About Travel Channel
For the bold, daring and spontaneous; those adventurers who embrace the thrill of the unexpected; those risk-takers who aren’t afraid of a little mystery; if you’re up for anything, down for whatever, and above all, love great stories, journey on to Travel Channel. We’re more than you expect and everything you didn’t know you were looking for. Reaching more than 79 million U.S. cable homes, Travel Channel is the world’s leading travel media brand. Fans also can visitTravel Channel for more information or interact with other fans through Facebook, Twitter,Pinterest and Instagram. Travel Channel is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a leading global media and entertainment company available in more than 220 countries and territories and 50 languages whose portfolio also includes Discovery Channel, discovery+, CNN, CNN+, DC, Eurosport, HBO, HBO Max, Food Network, OWN, Investigation Discovery, TLC, Magnolia Network, TNT, TBS, truTV, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies and others. For more information, please visit www.wbd.com
