Writers Dalton Deschain and Dylan Roth first joined together to create Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe? a podcast in which they pitched new installments of the canceled Dark Universe of monster movies. After completing their 30-part saga, they’ve set out to do something new - an all-original cinematic universe of imaginary movies, written, workshopped, and performed on all podcatchers and YouTube. Looking for Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe? Don't panic! Our archive of episodes from 2022 through summer 2025 are now on their own podcast feed. Just search for the old title and it should all be th...
Latest episodes
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1 h 37
The Weird Science Cinematic Universe w/Tyler McCall
It’s her creation! Is it real? Novelist and fashion journalist Tyler McCall joins us in the studio to pitch revisit an unlikely obsession from her youth — John Hughes’ incredibly b…
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1 h 42
Tales of the Lost Shepherd, Part Two
It's TV time! Speed through an entire season of the imaginary television sequel to the imaginary blockbuster movie Last Flight of the Stone Hammer! Who killed Mother Beal? How can…
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1 h 36
Tales of the Lost Shepherd, Part One
PLOT TWIST! Dylan promised that Phase Two would include a sequel to his space sci-fi satire, Last Flight of the Stone Hammer. He's decided to fulfill the promise by giving you both…
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1 h 26
The Eraserhead Cinematic Universe w/A Very Special Episode
Kasey Heisler and Patrick Porter of Brooklyn's punk sensation A Very Special Episode commit cinematic heresy when they pitch us an expanded shared universe of film and television s…
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1 h 37
Vestigial, Part Two
Dalton's kickass space horror "Metroidvania" concludes! Will Linija regain her lost armor? Will we learn the fate of her surrogate father? And what's about [REDACTED]? What's her d…
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1 h 45
Vestigial, Part One
In the deep reaches of outer space, Private Linija Tov of the planet Enoxua lands on an abandoned world with whose power plant is in a perpetual state of meltdown. Her mission: to…
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1 h 50
The Insidious Cinematic Universe w/Kendra Wells
Writer, artist, and voice of Hunter Marin themselves Kendra Wells joins the Pod Universe to try and salvage a movie that Dylan hates with a fury we've never seen before! Can the au…
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1 h 24
Phase 2 Slate Reveal
Did Marvel's Hall H panel leave you disappointed? Are you still itching to learn about installments in an ongoing high concept sci-fi universe? Well buddy we've got some great news…
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1 h 59
Planning War of the Worlds
Get a closer look at Dylan & Dalton's writing process and listen to them work out the story of the first Pod Universe crossover. Be a fly on the wall as they break down characters,…
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2 h 13
War of the Worlds, Part Two
Phase One of the Pod Universe comes to its thrilling conclusion as misfit hacker Xaria (Vera Drew) joins a crew of geeks-turned-guerillas to prevent their Earth from being enslaved…
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1 h 59
War of the Worlds, Part One
Worlds collide in The Pod Universe: War of the Worlds, the culmination of Phase One of a cinematic universe of imaginary sci-fi films! We've got a full-length script, a professiona…
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1 h 40
BONUS: Carol & Jenny return / Stone Hammer sequel
As War of the Worlds production continues through some unfortunate delays, we're pulling a recent bonus episode out from behind the paywall to help tide you over. Enjoy Studio Mand…
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1 h 31
The Flash Gordon Cinematic Universe w/Jadzia Axelrod
Blockbuster comics writer Jadzia Axelrod (with a slew of books out for DC this June) joins our show to reflect on the 1980 cult classic Flash Gordon film adaptation and pitch us he…
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1 h 29
The Species Cinematic Universe with Joshua Rivera
That Studio Softcore you saw on the shelf at the video store might be less sexy — but more interesting — than you remember! Journalist Joshua Rivera joins us to revisit the 1995 sc…
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1 h 09
Lee Cronin's The Mummy
Dylan, Dalton, and Sarah review the new non-Universal monster movie, "Lee Cronin's The Mummy," which takes the basic conceit of "What if there was a mummy?" and goes in a very diff…
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1 h 31
The Unfriended Cinematic Universe with Pete Volk
CONTENT WARNING: This episode centers around a movie whose inciting incident is a teen suicide.We're shaking up our guest episode format beginning with this pitch from PV Guide's P…
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1 h 41
The Faculty w/Taylor Ortega
SPOILER ALERT! We will be spoiling all of 1998's THE FACULTY, right off the bat!Taylor Ortega, comedian and star of the new Netflix series "Big Mistakes," visits The Pod Universe t…
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20 min
BONUS PREVIEW: Boss Baby
A new era begins on our bonus pod, Are You Afraid of Dylan & Dalton? in which Patrons get more control over what movies we watch and what stories we tell!This month, we are pitchin…
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1 h 35
Late Adopters, Part Two
Dalton's madcap social satire of a post-computer world comes to a conclusion! Can Cora Winters' quantum-proof gadget save the future? Who exactly are the True Widows mourning? And…
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1 h 39
Late Adopters, Part One
Five years ago, in the Prime Universe, the advent of quantum computing led to complete socioeconomic calamity. The Internet is now a thing of the past, and the online-addicted mass…