The Good Friends of Jackson Elias

Just One More Thing - Episode 2

Welcome to the second episode of Just One More Thing! Once again, Matt and Scott are returning to a couple of recent episodes of the Good Friends, filling in gaps and offering some second thoughts.

This time, we’re revisiting the two episodes we recorded with Heather Miller, riffing on he...

306: Quatermass and the Pit (long cut)

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This episode is our long-overdue exploration of the strange world of Professor Bernard Quatermass, and especially the 1967 film adaptation of Quatermass and the Pit. While we've mentioned Nigel Kneale on the podcast before, di...

306: Quatermass and the Pit (advert free)

This episode is our long-overdue exploration of the strange world of Professor Bernard Quatermass, and especially the 1967 film adaptation of Quatermass and the Pit. While we've mentioned Nigel Kneale on the podcast before, discussing his TV drama The Stone Tape and horror ...

305: How to be an Investigator (long cut)

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This episode is our attempt to sharpen our own skills as investigators, or at least hope that others can learn from our mistakes. Scott and guest host Seth Skorkowsky have been playing an in-depth investigative campaign together recent...

305: How to be an Investigator (advert free)

This episode is our attempt to sharpen our own skills as investigators, or at least hope that others can learn from our mistakes. Scott and guest host Seth Skorkowsky have been playing an in-depth investigative campaign together recently, and both independently realised that they are terrible at ...

Just One More Thing - Episode 1

As regular listeners to the Good Friends will have heard, we are launching a new series of bonus episodes under the name “Just One More Thing”. And here is the first of them.

We often find ourselves with ideas or research we couldn’t quite fit into a regular episode, or maybe we’ve ...

304: Haunted Landscapes (advert free)

Building on last episode's discussion of Lovecraftian horror and detective fiction explored in Heather Miller's Ripples From Car...

304: Haunted Landscapes (long cut)

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303: Call of Cthulhu and Detective Fiction (long cut)

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This episode delves into the complex relationship between detective fiction and Lovecraftian horror. The two genres are closely related, both in their literary origins and in their broad tropes. But, as our guest host argues, they ulti...

303: Call of Cthulhu and Detective Fiction (advert free)

This episode delves into the complex relationship between detective fiction and Lovecraftian horror. The two genres are closely related, both in their literary origins and in their broad tropes. But, as our guest host argues, they ultimately serve almost opposing purposes. We explore how detectiv...

302: Carnival of Souls (advert free)

This episode delves into the 1962 horror film Carnival of Souls. While it wasn't a commercial success, it has become a classic of the genre, influencing everyone from George Romero to David Lynch. The story of its origins is almost as strange as the film itself, and we go into both in de...

302: Carnival of Souls (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode delves into the 1962 horror film Carnival of Souls. While it wasn't a commercial success, it has become a classic of the genre, influencing everyone from George Romero to David Lynch. The story of its origins is a...

301: Bringing Historical Games to Life (long cut)

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This episode delves into techniques and inspirations for enlivening our historical games of Call of Cthulhu. That said, the ideas we explore can be applied to any historical RPG scenario. We discuss why we're drawn to historic...

301: Bringing Historical Games to Life (advert free)

This episode delves into techniques and inspirations for enlivening our historical games of Call of Cthulhu. That said, the ideas we explore can be applied to any historical RPG scenario. We discuss why we're drawn to historical settings, expanding on some of the media that influence us ...

300: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 5 (long cut)

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This is the conclusion of our investigation into HP Lovecraft's novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. We start off with som...

300: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 5 (advert free)

This is the conclusion of our investigation into HP Lovecraft's novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. We start off with some final thoughts on the story itself, and then move o...

299: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 4 (advert free)

We are continuing our investigation into HP Lovecraft's novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, heading deep into the catacombs below Pawtuxet. This section contains some of the ...

299: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 4 (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

We are continuing our investigation into HP Lovecraft's novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, heading deep into the catacom...

298: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 3 (advert free)

We are continuing our investigation into HP Lovecraft's novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Here, Dr Willett and Ward's father start investigating the weird goings-on at the ...

298: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 3 (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

We are continuing our investigation into HP Lovecraft's novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Here, Dr Willett and Ward's f...

Submissions for the Blasphemous Tome!

Good evening everyone!

Matt here! We've recently had a couple of queries about specifications for (and where to submit) submissions for the Blasphemous Tome.

Just in case anyone else out there was wondering the same thing, I thought I'd drop you a line.

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