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Ep 147 - Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
Goosebuds - March 27, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsThe Goosebuds Boys Paul, Chad, and Kevin read R.L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000 book Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid. One may argue that title could apply to virtually anything in the Goosebumps bibliography but we got it for this one; a surprisingly meta tale about board games and choose-your-own-advent...
Ep 146 - So Weird: 'Family Reunion'
Goosebuds - March 13, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsHope you had cable in the 90s because the Goosebuddies are checking out the Disney Channel cult show So Weird and its pilot episode 'Family Reunion' about paranormal believer Fi, her rocker mom, and the tour bus family that explores the things in the world that make a teenager cryptically whispe...
Ep 145 - Return to Ghost Camp
Goosebuds - February 27, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsThis episode the Goosebud Boys cover R.L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000 book Return to Ghost Camp, a sequel that has no returning characters or plot threads. It's not even the same camp. Can protagonist Dustin Minium evade the shape-shifting fox monster known as The Snatcher? At least this book gives ...
Ep 144 - Man-Thing (2017) (w/ Adam Teterus)
Goosebuds - February 14, 2023 08:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsWhoever knows fear burns at the touch of the Man-Thing! And we had a similar response to reading this comic book! Chad, Paul, and Kevin are joined by expert Adam Teterus (Man-Thing Minute), to cover R.L. Stine's infamous 2017 Marvel series. This story shows the usually-horrifying Man-Thing now...
Ep 143 - Horrors of the Black Ring
Goosebuds - January 30, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsWe're putting a ring on it! Chad, Paul, and Kevin read through R.L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000 book Horrors of the Black Ring. That's multiple horrors, not just one. Little Beth has to deal with a possessed teacher, poor sweet animal violence, and a Nazgul attack on her school. Also we will all be ...
Ep 142 - The Werewolf In The Living Room
Goosebuds - January 16, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsIt's a new year with new book crimes being committed, Goosebuddies. Chad, Kevin, and Paul cover R.L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000 The Werewolf In The Living Room. In this the scariest thing isn't the possible lycans' it's the international crime of moving a person against their will to a new location...
Ep 141 - Adventure! - Revenge of the Body Squeezers
Goosebuds - December 26, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsWe're squeezing out the year with one last Body Squeezer story. R.L. Stine's Give Yourself Goosebumps book Revenge of the Body Squeezers. Having defeated the green Squeezers in the Goosebumps 2000 books, you now face the kinkier blue variation. They're gonna squeeze you down into little black ba...
Ep 140 - The Adventures of Pete & Pete: 'Nightcrawlers'
Goosebuds - December 12, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsThis episode Chad, Paul, and Kevin retreat from the harsh horror winter to the safe shelter of The Adventures of Pete & Pete to discuss the episode 'Nightcrawlers', a charming story from the first season about Little Pete and his friends trying to stay up for eleven nights in a row. We do not re...
Ep 139 - The Mummy Walks
Goosebuds - November 28, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsPrepare for the horror of complex Middle East politics, Goosebuddies. That's right, Chad, Paul, and Kevin cover R.L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000 book The Mummy Walks. It has surprisingly little undead emperors and a lot of political intrigue about a fictional country. Did Tom Clancy write this? Al...
Ep 138 - Adventure! - It Came From The Internet
Goosebuds - November 21, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsPlug in, y'all. We're going web crawling! Chad, Paul, and Kevin go on an Adventure! with R.L. Stine's Give Yourself Goosebumps book It Came From The Internet. Our computer has a virus named Spydie, a charming little sentient vampire bug that certainly has franchise potential. Can we find a way t...
Ep 137 - Scream School (w/ Anthony Burch)
Goosebuds - October 24, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsHappy Halloween Week, Goosebuddies! This episode Chad, Paul, and Kevin are joined by Anthony Burch (Dungeons & Daddies, League of Legends) to discuss R.L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000 book Scream School. This book has surprisingly little school in it. Seems the real horror is being raised in the ente...
Ep 136 - Jekyll and Heidi
Goosebuds - October 12, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsThis episode takes place in the Transylvania of America: Vermont. Chad, Paul, and Kevin read R.L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000 Jekyll and Heidi. This is a story about a sensitive poet girl dealing with a dark family secret, town riots, and chugging monster potions. We also discover how the Springfi...
Ep 135 - Dinosaurs Destroy Detroit
Goosebuds - September 19, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsWe're going to the dangerous wilds of Michigan! Chad, Paul, and Kevin read Johnathan Rand's Michigan Chillers story Dinosaurs Destroy Detroit. This is a very accurate portrayal of The Great Lakes State, including that local time window that only opens for one week every fifty years. It's a bit...
Ep 134 - Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales
Goosebuds - September 12, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsAre you ready for some ghostly tales? They may not be scary but they're strange. Chad, Paul, and Kevin read through (Sir) Brian Jacques' Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales. We focus on three stories: Jamie and the Vampires, Allie Alma, and The Sad History of Gilly Bodkin. Each a different flavor ...
Ep 133 - Adventure! - Zapped In Space
Goosebuds - August 29, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsHey Goosebuddies! Paul, Kevin, and Chad are back for another Adventure! episode: R.L. Stine's Give Yourself Goosebumps #23: Zapped In Space. We head on down to Madame Zapp's VR arcade-- a new tech business with so many games (two of them in total)! One's a progressive snow-woman story, the othe...
Ep 132 - Invasion of the Body Squeezers Part 2
Goosebuds - August 15, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsWe're back with R.L. Stine's Invasion of The Bodysqueezers Part 2. If you haven't listened to the previous Goosebumps 2000 episode you may want to catch up on this story of Jack Archer aka Saucerman as he is now God's Lone Soldier against the endless swarm of green goo invaders. Also Mr. Fleshma...
Ep 131 - Invasion of the Body Squeezers Part 1
Goosebuds - August 01, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsKevin, Chad, and Paul tackle the first and only multi-book Goosebumps 2000: R.L. Stine's Invasion of the Body Squeezers Part 1! Despite the title, there is no squeezing in this book. But there are ominous asteroids, Gameboy aesthetics, and a reminder that 'Not all families are same.' We'll ...
Ep 130 - Adventure! - D&D Endless Quest - Dungeon of Dread
Goosebuds - July 11, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsGather your bag of holding, Goosebuddies, we're going on an Adventure! We go through the 'Pick A Path' aka 'Endless Quest' of the Dungeons & Dragons book Dungeon of Dread. With Kevin as our Book Master, Paul and Chad journey through corridors upon corridors, befriend Loris the halfling, comprehe...
Ep 129 - Brain Juice
Goosebuds - June 28, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsDrink up, buddies! Kevin, Chad, and Paul return to read R. L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000 book Brain Juice. It's a story about genuinely dumb-dumb kids, a scientist who teaches via prank parables, and a rare 3rd party narration that changes our tale from horror to full on jovial farce. We also creat...
Ep 128 - Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls
Goosebuds - June 20, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsGhouls out for the summer, Goosebuddies! Paul and Kevin cover R.L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000 book Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls. Chad missed out on this episode as this story is pretty forking rad! It's got body possession, teens knocking down mailboxes, and the power of dance! Enjoy the episode....
Ep 127 - Return to HorrorLand (w/ BrutalMoose)
Goosebuds - May 30, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsGrab your tickets; we're going back to HorrorLand! Chad, Kevin, and Paul are joined by 90s nostalgia scholar BrutalMoose to cover R.L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000 book Return to HorrorLand. This story asks hard questions such as 'How much money would it take to sell your kids to a reality show?'...
Ep 126 - Eureeka's Castle: 'Show # 1 & 2' (w/ Josh Henderson)
Goosebuds - May 16, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsWhy are we watching an old Nick Jr show? Because it was written by Jovial Bob Stine! Before Goosebumps was a thing on bookshelves, R.L. Stine was head writer on this wacky, non-educational children's show Eureeka's Castle. Chad, Paul, and Kevin are joined by guest Josh Henderson (Pretend Friends...
Ep 125 - Aliens Ate My Homework (w/ Marly Halpern-Graser)
Goosebuds - April 25, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsWe swear we did our homework; a very nice A+ papier-mâché volcano but a galactic cruiser (stuck on shrink mode as often happens) crashed into our basement and things escalated from there. Paul and Chad are joined by writer Marly Halpern-Graser (Thundercats Roar, Aquaman: King of Atlantis, Mad...
Ep 124 - Headless Halloween
Goosebuds - April 11, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsIn this episode Chad, Kevin, and Paul review R.L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000: Headless Halloween. It's a story about sociopath teen Brandon Plush who feels no remorse about the lives he destroys. Brandon Plush's endless campaign of mean pranks finally runs into the (literal) dead-end that is Raven's...
Ep 123 - Chillogy
Goosebuds - March 21, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsIn this episode Chad, Kevin, and Paul review the Goosebumps TV mini-series 'Chillogy'; a collection of three episodes centered around the magical miniature company town of Karlsville. These stories are not based on R.L. Stine's books making these pretty unique to compare to the rest of the serie...
Ep 122 - Animorphs Megamorphs #3: Elfangor's Secret
Goosebuds - March 08, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsThe Ghoulastic Book Club returns to cover our favorite 90's YA book series about child soldiers: Animorphs. In this episode we cover K.A. Applegate's Megamorphs #3: Elfangor's Secret. While Paul fights his way back to our timeline Kevin and Chad are joined by guest Kayla Cline (Spooky Scouts,Th...
Ep 121 - Adventure! - Attack of the Beastly Baby-Sitter
Goosebuds - February 21, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsThe parents are away for this Adventure! episode and the boys need a babysitter. Preferably not one that's secretly a rat monster. That would be nice. Also one that lets us watch R-rated movies and won't tell the adults about it. In this episode Paul, Chad, and Kevin read through R. L. Stine's...
Ep 120 - Are You Terrified Yet?
Goosebuds - February 14, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsAre You Terrified Yet? This is the question R. L. Stine asks of us in this (and every) Goosebumps book. In this episode Chad, Kevin, and Paul read the Goosebumps 2000 book where stuttering Craig deals with a series of awkward social obligations and falls into gambling addiction despite a compl...
Ep 119 - Fright Camp
Goosebuds - January 24, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsPack your bags once again, Goosebuddies! Paul, Chad, and Kevin head to R.L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000 story Fright Camp; a poorly run summer event hosted by legendary director (and likely R.L. Stine self-insert) R. B. Farraday! Farraday's frights include sexual kappas, shooting gorillas, and vom...
Ep 118 - Revenge R Us (w/ Jordan Morris)
Goosebuds - January 17, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 738 ratingsIn this episode the Goosebuds Boys are joined by the hilarious Jordan Morris (Bubble, Jordan Jesse Go!) to discuss a story about revenge and the magic power all birds have. In R.L. Stine's book 'Revenge R Us', kids are sociopaths who don't blink at the thought of a family member ripping their o...
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