{"podcast":{"title":"How To Be Scared","slug":"how-to-be-scared-7059621","podcast_index_feed_id":7059621,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6713db08a6cc433c36717789","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/how-to-be-scared","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1729337547919-383f5218-295e-4c78-a908-34573ae77c1b.jpeg","author":"Christopher Ryan","episode_count":36,"summary":"A horror expert and two horror novices discover how to be scared by watching horror films and their ilk. With Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan. Music provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-06T16:19:00.512231+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-be-scared-7059621"},"episode":{"title":"Ep: 18 Near Dark (1987)","slug":"ep-18-near-dark-1987","published_at":"2025-06-19T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-be-scared-7059621/ep-18-near-dark-1987","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-be-scared-7059621","url":"https://shows.acast.com/how-to-be-scared/episodes/6852ef2a0bed216db75d4c8c","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6713db08a6cc433c36717789/e/6852ef2a0bed216db75d4c8c/media.mp3","summary":"YeeHaw! This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan travel to rural Oklahoma to witness the birth of the sexy vampire, in Kathryn Bigelow’s genre melding directorial debut. Is this really a western? That child can’t be smoking, can they? Is that the guy from Aliens? But most importantly, will they be scared? Please like, subscribe and follow us on instagram! @howtobescaredpod Music provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"YeeHaw! This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan travel to rural Oklahoma to witness the birth of the sexy vampire, in Kathryn Bigel…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4424,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-to-be-scared-7059621/episodes/ep-18-near-dark-1987/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-be-scared-7059621/ep-18-near-dark-1987.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}