Episode

Episode 259: Exit 8 with Director and Storyteller - Genki Kawamura

Podcast: Mostly Horror
Published: Apr 9, 2026
Duration seconds: 3446
Processing state: not_requested
Canonical source: https://mostly-horror.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-259-exit-8-with-director-and-storyteller-genki-kawamura-_h8HqsFd-5kT0_q2v
Audio: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/f672b5d5-2c04-4ad0-b15b-f9185f28c570/episodes/31b1d044-1ec2-4e58-a64d-24ad99d4cd90/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=f672b5d5-2c04-4ad0-b15b-f9185f28c570&awEpisodeId=31b1d044-1ec2-4e58-a64d-24ad99d4cd90&feed=pTVB5HkV
JSON: /v1/public/podcasts/mostly-horror-2165535/episodes/episode-259-exit-8-with-director-and-storyteller-genki-kawamura
Markdown: /podcast/mostly-horror-2165535/episode-259-exit-8-with-director-and-storyteller-genki-kawamura.md

Actions

POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mostly-horror-2165535/episodes/episode-259-exit-8-with-director-and-storyteller-genki-kawamura/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/mostly-horror-2165535/episode-259-exit-8-with-director-and-storyteller-genki-kawamura.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

This week we sit down with Japanese director and storyteller Genki Kawamura to talk about his viral horror adaptation Exit 8, liminal horror, and what it all reflects about the world we're living in.