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Episode 601 - The Vengeance of Nitocris (Patreon)

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2022-06-24 04:07:23
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We're bringing The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast to a close with the Tennessee Williams weird tale The Vengeance of Nitocris!

ALL THE THANKS IN THE UNIVERSE to Reader Supreme, Mr. Andrew Leman!

(here's that clip mentioned from The Naked Gun)

Next Up: COMMENTS and a BONUS CHAT: WHAT WE'VE LEARNED

Comments

Morgan J

I know I'm awful late to the party, but this episode is cool considering I drive past Tennessee Williams' birth place every day for work. Plus it was realeased on my birthday last year. Great last episode to a swell chapter of the podcast.

Sweatin' to the Great Oldies

What I'd really enjoy is a book that picks up just where this story ends. Perhaps from the point of view of one of those fine musicians. The Pharaoh is dead. The priests are dead. A vacuum where the elite once lived. The gods are angry. You just played the best show of your life and you can't possible tell anybody about it. What comes next?

Lord Rancid

The HPLHS Classic Props set really IS amazing. In case anyone was doubting our 2 hosts here ;)

Illegal_Structures

What a beautiful message from Andrew. Thank you for sharing it, and thank you to everyone on the HPLLP crew for such an amazing show. I’m also proud of you guys (and gals; I don’t want to forget about the female readers), and it’s been a pleasure to listen for so many years 🙏❤️ I look forward to joining you at Strange Studies. I hope you will stay true to your Lovecraftian roots, but sometimes it’s good to open up the relationship.

Jeppe Mulich

The HPLLP is dead, long live Strange Studies.

Rory Campbell

I love this show and so happy to be on this journey with you guys!

MonsterTalk

The motif of the powerful person who invites their enemies to a banquet only to destroy them mid-revel is really interesting. I've come to doubt it ever really happens, but such stories are tied to Vlad the Impaler, some German folklore, and (I presume) other tales across history. This could certainly be the Ur-tale of such types, or at least the Herodotus version could be.

Ada Terrill

What a lovely send off from Andrew to the OG show. Not going to lie, I choked up a little. I’m excited for what comes next though! Can’t wait for 13 more years of strange stories.

Innsmouth Gold

Wow, 601 episodes. Thanks for an amazing ride guys, glad that is continuing in mutated form!

Ko-Wahi Kit

As someone who was here way back when you first switched to a subscription model on your website ($6.66 if I remember correctly) I’m pretty stoked to be here for another transition of the podcast. So many of the projects I loved back then have faded away, been canceled, or just straight disappeared leaving only broken URLs in their wake. I’m just glad you two are still around, still reading, and still Weird. But I do just want to check, those old episodes will still have the classic HP Podcraft opening sting and scream right? I do nostalgia relistens every now and then and I’d hate for that iconic scream to be missing.

Squirrely_Wrath

Lol, omg. Which one of you couldn't resist adding the subtle porn music at the mention of the orgy? I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Chad? Been around since probably your first year and a Patreon subscriber since you guys went that direction. And I will be until you stop or I'm dead whichever comes first. May ye rest well HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast and long live Strange Studies of Strange Stories! Congrats guys!

Fred Bednarski

I have to say, Andrew's message at the end really hit me. It put in words how I feel about the show. I discovered the podcast somewhere in 2010, when I had to do long commutes for night shift work. This was during a tough part of my life, but HPPodcraft playing in my car made those long and lonely commutes so much better. It was like having two good friends there with me talking about all those cool stories they've read. We never met, and I don't even comment on here, but on this occasion I want to thank you Chris and Chad for being such a good company all those years. The podcast is dead, long live the podcast! I will keep listening as long as you keep making 'em. Here's to another 601 episodes! ....anyway, so what kind of dishes do you all think would be served at the Egyptian Denny's?

Erik Gordon

Well now that the podcast is finally over I can tell y'all how much I don't like... What? I didn't finish it yet. What ?It's just a name change? ...Ok I can't wait for my favorite pod hosts to come back and do the best show ever. At least they kept Andrew... wait do they read these? Shit congrats fellas and ad astra!

The King in Jell-O

Fantastic send off to the HPLLP, Chris and Chad. Andrew's message at the end was really sweet! It's been an awesome ride following your show over the last 5 years and I can't wait to see what Strange Studies holds in store! Congratulations on a big 601, folks. PS: Thanks for the callout!

FB

I discovered and promptly supported the HPLLP in Spring of 2010, just after moving to a very rural town in Asia. As we had a new baby at the time my social life was nil, and recreation was limited....night walks on dark roads along rice fields while listening to Chris and Chad became a much-needed mental break! Thanks for 601 great shows, and I'm sure the next chapter in the life of the 'cast will be great. I mean, we've kind of left HPL behind already...he only wrote so much. And a rebrand takes some of the limitations away from choosing stories. I've loved the Shirley Jackson and sci-fi and more straight monster tales.

Christine M

I didn't expect to get choked up, given that the podcast is simply being reborn. But Andrew getting a little verklempt got me going too! Like others here, I've listened to the show in good times and also found it a therapeutic distraction in hard times, from going through cancer treatment to sitting in hospital rooms with my children wondering if they would be OK, and of course during the pandemic. (We're all pretty happy and healthy now, thank goodness!) I'm looking forward to Strange Studies. Congrats on 601 shows!

Tomas Rawlings

I first discovered the podcast back in 2012 and it’s been a part of my life ever since. The joy I get each time an episode drops is from the host’s genial humour, enthusiasm and curation is huge. At times when life has been hard, the hpodcraft has been a ray of sunshine. The podcast moving to its new home feels a natural evolution to me as some of my favourite episodes have been non Lovecraft ones; Dracula, Beowulf to name a few. I’m raising a glass to the past, present and future of the podcast. The king of podcasts is dead, long live the king! PS. Long live “lurker at the threshold” too.

Steve

Is this thing still going? My money was on 29 episodes. Good job I lost that bet.

Robert Curtin

Awwww Andrew, love you man! Making me cry as well, knock that off! He better get to stick around, or I'll pull that old lady from the Bus and start writing letters of complaint! Such delicious melancholy at the transition, but I wish you guys all the best in the years coming up! I will be here till the end, either mine or the show's. Thank you guys for so many years of incredible content, I can't wait to see what's next!

Josh Miller

Great show as always. Andrew's note at the end moved me to tears. I'm so glad I found this podcast, it's been incredibly inspirational and thoroughly entertaining. I wish you all the best of luck moving into your new endeavors and I'm very excited to see where it goes. Cheers!

Aaron La Vene

This podcast has been such a major part of my life and I found a new love for weird fiction and a rekindled love for horror because of it. I also had some incredible memories made by this podcast. Driving up the mountains of Thailand during a massive thunderstorm, overlooking the land and the storm clouds from above during the climax of The Other Gods, I felt like the high priest himself. I will never forget that moment of utter awe. Or the night my wife and I were in a tiny jungle hut laughing our absolute asses off at Day of The Dragon which I’m seriously considering getting a crocodile with a 4 chambered heart tattooed on me at some point , even tho no one will ever understand it. Andrews message brought a tear to my eye. Y’all are the absolute best podcasters around and I listen to quite a few. But you both make it seem so easy, it’s like sitting at a bar with some buds and talking about some crazy story we heard. Nothing would be cooler than just grabbing a beer with y’all. I hope you guys do another life performance so I can thank ya in person. Also, the half cross eyed thing. I think I know what he meant. In movies when someone is being nefarious they glance to the side. One eye is in center (crossed) the other glancing to a side. So I could see how he could come up with the term half crossed as silly as it is, I assume that’s what he meant. See ya on the other side.

Rasmus Juul

Perhaps you could even say that Indiana Jones is the dime store version of Tennessee Williams...

Colm Kearns

Ah lads I actually choked up a bit listening to Andrew's message. I don't know when exactly I started listening to this podcast, but it's been a weird and wonderful presence in my life for years. The music, production and (of course) readers have never been anything but superb, and it's introduced me to so many great authors and stories. Chad and Chris have a combination of insight, wit and warmth that has made every episode a pleasure and an education to listen to. Here's to vegintillions of more episodes under the new name!

Brown Jenkin Himself

Thank you Chad and Chris for giving us HPLLP. The podcast got me through a really dark time in my life and I really owe it to you both. I look forward to more years of strangeness down the road! That being said dying mid-orgy by the hand of a pissed off Pharoah babe sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me! Where do I sign up??

Joel Cuthbert

I love Andrew Leman. What a perfect way to wrap up the original run.

superkeaton

A beautiful sendoff by Andrew. Love you guys, can't wait to see what's next for the written word of weird.

Jim Cannon

As I am listening to the show and the story unfolds, I start getting some mild Deja Vu, certain I have heard this before. I start wondering if it's based on an historical event... and then at the end, the explanation. Herodotus. Of course. Who, it should be said, is still considered a truthful reporter but not a great fact checker.

Jim Cannon

Congratulations on 13 years and the transition to the new title and broader subject matter! I've been a loyal listener for well over a decade - I still remember putting together Lego tables for a summer exhibit and listening to "The Street" while wondering how to let you guys know a tall beaver is just a hat made of beaver fur - its been a long, strange, fun ride and I've learned a lot about weird fiction and the evolution of the genre from you guys. Andrew, I think, spoke for all of us, and I think further that we also agree he's the third member of the team. I know I always get excited when he's reading, and I wish he had more time to do those historical overviews like he did years ago. Anyway, I'm in it for the long haul myself. Hope you guys keep doing this forever.

Shana Carter

Brilliant choice to presage the new era with "The Vengeance of Nitocris" by Tennessee Williams. I must say, it's reassuring to see that even a future Titan of American Literature can fall prey to Paid-By-The-Word Syndrome. At least, that's how I account for the epilogue, though I must give Williams kudos for adding more padding via lampshading: "Glad would I be to end the story here; for surely anything following must be in the nature of an anticlimax." It takes some nerve to straight up tell the reader, "Look, you've already read the best part of the story, it's all downhill from here." Looking forward to more Strange Studies of Strange Fiction!

Jeremy Impson

Farewell HPLovecraft Literary Podcast...

Jamie Brittain

Gonna go ahead and say with absolute certainty that Tennessee Williams would have absolutely adored Andrew Lehman's reading of his work.

Eric Lofgren

Thank you for all the great memories!! I was there at the beginning and I'm not going anywhere anytime soon, so here's to so many more :)

Grackles

Cheers, gents! This podcast has meant so much to me over the years. Sometimes when I'm in a wretched mood and nothing works to bring me out of it, I'll suddenly think, "I need a dose of HP Podcraft" and after a while I feel better. I mean, sometimes it takes a few days, but fortunately your library is big enough that I can listen for a few days! I know you have said repeatedly that you can't understand why people would listen to hours of you, or listen to you while trying to sleep, or listen to the whole catalogue at once, but I've done all those things more than once, and I can't tell you how comforting it is. Your friendship with each other, your relationship with your amazing wives, your humor, intelligence, kindness and creativity are all such an antidote to (waves hands wildly and tears up) all the rest of everything. I thank you so much for bringing your brand of what it is to be human to us every week for so many years. Thank you for keeping going and planning a whole new world of weird wonderfulness for us to visit every week in the future!

Brittany King

I LOVE Andrew as a reader, but also as a guest! Would be great to have him provide commentary on an episode of the new pod!

Dan Pratt

“Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.” – Henry David Thoreau I discovered HPPodcraft in 2009, after searching for something Lovecraft-related to listen to while painting my mother-in-law's townhouse (not a euphemism, folks). Whether it was your mellifluous tones, smart and enthusiastic analysis, or just the latex fumes, I was immediately hooked. Of course, the downside of being an early listener has been the real-time delay waiting for a new episode to drop, but it's all been worth it. Memorable moments: Chad sharing memories of his father. Chris admitting that he thinks Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows" is just meh. Anytime Chad realizes that he's taking the plot construction of a Manimal episode too seriously. Chris introducing their reader as "Andrew Mother****ing Leman. I could go on and on. Congratulations to you and your spouses on this very significant achievement in the history of Lovecraft scholarship.

John Escobales

Andrew nailed his thank you and I want to echo his sentiments as well as the feelings of many others here. This show is always a mood lifter even when you guys get into deeper darker waters, sometimes even more so then because it’s nice to hear honest intelligent commentary on those things since it’s become increasingly difficult to find in the old familiar places we had come to expect it in. Mostly it’s the warmth of your friendship though that you really carry through it all and certainly pours through the headphone’s providing a place I like to return to again and again. Thank you!!!