I waited for all of the episodes of LC to be released before watching; over the course of a weekend, I binged the entire season. After finishing season 1, with the myriad of questions I had, this podcast was recommended by a family member. After listening to the entire series, I must say that many questions were answered; also, many answers/revelations I did not have questions about were received. I will be rewatching LC with insights and knowledge from this podcast. It will def increase my joy and view of season 1. It was a pleasure listening to this podcast, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who wants added knowledge; knowledge about life, love and Blackness, not just LC. Thanks.

I was so glad that a show like Lovecraft Country has a companion podcast, but it’s disappointing when the podcast barely digs into the show. The hosts just say they “love” everything and aren’t really critical or do much analysis of the show. Occasionally there would be some interesting insights, but the hosts spent so much time patting themselves on the back that it was hard to get through.

I just finished listening to the first episode of this podcast (after watching the first episode of the television series). The hosts are incredibly insightful and knowledgeable. They provide a profound perspective on how the show’s circumstances, plot, and characters reflect the racial tensions and injustices of the past and present. They provide excellent analysis of and insight to how Black people view and experience the world. Not only does the discussion make an already creative television production even more compelling, but it adds educational value by making the subject matter more accessible and meaningful. Excellent! I look forward to more! Thanks.

The host’s seem like shills for the show. Rarely do they delve in subjects, as everything seems very superficial. Also, was not really feeling how they tried to excuse the silenced Native American voices. It’s too bad that Native Americans and their descendants are treated like invisible people and remnants of the past, just like the white man wanted. However, this podcast and show play right into this toxic rhetoric. Was thinking about giving 1 star, but that’s just too harsh because at the end of the day black and brown people need to remain allies. Please keep this in mind moving forward. We still exist.

Wow. Incredibly entertaining, informative and empowering podcast. Love this series it is a must listen.

As a white woman who felt fairly woke, my eyes are opened more with each episode of this podcast. I had never put myself into the life of a black woman and these two uber-articulate women allow me to do that. I find all of it so horrifyingly fascinating - or fascinatingly horrifying. The reality of the world is forever different for me now. I watched Lovecraft Country a few weeks before I found out about the podcast and I have started watching it again to see all the different nuances that were put in there that I missed by being a white person. I’m so happy that this podcast exists and that I found it and I wish all white people, but especially women, would listen to it.

This podcast is beautifully done and really helps you to understand what you are watching and what it means. I realize after listening to the podcast each week I have to go back and watch the show again. Love it.

Thanks ladies for your deep and insightful podcast! This pod is the PERFECT accompaniment to the show! ❤️❤️❤️

When I first heard about this, I rolled my eyes and thought it was just another marketing ploy. I was so wrong. I started to look forward to listening to this after watching an episode and it deepened my love for the show and constantly expanded my mind. It is so so so so good!!

I rarely get into a podcast spinoff of a show but Lovecraft Country is too good y’all! The insight these fierce womyn give us on the show, the struggles writers faced in the writer’s room, the complex relationships and issues broken down serve as their own fine content, but also deeply enhances the filmed content. So so good. I’m gushing I know. Oh! And the further reading recommendations at the end are the stuff of an amazing college curriculum I hope to take someday. Can’t wait for another season to get into it!

Thank you ladies for guiding me on this wild ride! I learned so much about so many things. The show was excellent and your podcast was icing on the cake. I’ll miss tuning in for your commentary.

I absolutely loved listening to this. I have a deeper appreciation for the show and can’t wait to rewatch the series with new insight.

Like EVERYTHING to me lately. I’ve listened to each episode at least 3 times. It’s not only the insight to the show that you receive from it, but also the insight into history, culture and family life. I now preach about Hyppolyta and naming yourself too often to family members and friends but I don’t care! Everyone MUST listen to this podcast & really absorb the messages they are sending. Love you ladies! Thank you!

Thank you for your insight on this fantastic show. It really helped me to better appreciate such a nuanced show, especially as a white woman. This show is a gritty and difficult invitation for white folks to question our American society through an enthralling action/drama filled sci-fi horror show!

I’m really excited to have this podcast to help me pick apart the events in each episode of this show. There is so much to process and you ladies are incredible. Thank you!

Best Podcast I’ve listened to, the depth, the explanations, the references, the love, the expression of blackness. This has been an Amazing journey and made the show that much better. The hosts make an amazing team. This is the first Podcast I’ve listened to that has honestly made me laugh, joyful, hopeful, and made me tear up. Just an amazing show.

It was so gratifying to hear that part of my soul articulated and understood.

Loved each and every episode of the podcast and getting to watch along with the show! Cannot recommend this podcast enough. Thank you Ashley C Ford and Shannon Houston for the incredible conversations, I would love to see more of this dynamic collaboration ❤️

I watched episode 3 and then noticed the podcast. A great add!

You ladies were great!! Loved hearing the takes on the show and from the actors and actresses!!

I was halfway through the series when I discovered this podcast. It has enhanced my enjoyment of the show and has really taught me a lot! Highly recommend!

Great insights and discussion. I just finished watching this spectacular series last week and wanted more insight. Your podcast discussions are very enlightening(except too much foul language). Thank you for the references for further research. As well I hope the series Lovecraft Country wins tons of awards for acting, writing, directing. Lovecraft Country is an Excellent show/Black Excellence at its finest.

I already watched the whole first season and decided to listen to this after the fact. I absolutely wish I would have listened to this sooner! It is a delight to listen to all this wonderful context that the hosts add to the show. I enjoyed the show very much, but this gives me that next level of appreciation. Thank you so much!

I enjoy your commentaries of each episode. The background information and in-depth analysis is riveting.... I love the historical aspects and wish more of that was included in the show notes....

The series and this podcast are both FIRE! The way the hosts interact with each other is extremely refreshing! I wish the podcasts were longer, b/c there is so much to cover! I am so looking forward to both coming back...if they do!

After watching the series with my daughter, you have me totally addicted. What a well thought, complex story! There’s no way to fully understand this tale without your input.

Phenomenal, if you’re a fan of this HBO show and you need a friend to help you go deep into the nuances, this podcast is for you. Jacqueline Scott-Bailey

I discovered this podcast halfway through the series. I enjoyed and appreciated how well planned each episode of the podcast was. I am not a horror enthusiast but could follow the thinking and meaning behind the episodes of the tv series better after listening to the podcast. Kudos, great job!

Jetheo Tull Thick As A Brick. The entire

Enjoyed listening to the companion podcast after each episode. The in depth review provided an opportunity to rewatch episodes with a different experience. Thank you for this!!

Listening to this podcast after watching each episode of Lovecraft Country has been one of the best experiences during the pandemic. You two beautiful empowering women with your great voices are my newest she-roes. You’re both widely educated, grounded and hardworking. It’s so clear how passionate you are about Black America, our voices (in all its tones and shades), our expertise and experiences through time and space. This podcast, the HBO series, your expertise, and voices will always be in my heart. Thank you and I hope you both come back!

I am so glad I found this podcast! I am going back and rewatching. Love the deep dives, resources and theme discussion! Thanks ladies!

I really like the podcast and hearing an explanation of what happened in the episodes. Also, I like the hosts. However, why are there so many f-bombs. I am not saying it should be sanitized with no swear words, but there are too many swear words and it takes away from the great conversations they are having on the show. It is especially upsetting on a show that features such great words from the likes of James Baldwin.

Shannon seems hella cool but has a terrible voice for podcasting sorry boo

I was jolted watching the first episode of Lovecraft Country, there’s so much going on. It was great to listen to Ashley and Shannon breakdown the many themes being addressed by the series!

Really enjoyed watching the Lovecraft Country series on HBO! It was a wild ride that played on varying levels of emotions, drama, horror, and fantasy. Thank you for providing excellent insight from the show runner’s and writers perspective. Great interviews with some of the cast members added even more depth to the series. Hope there is a season/series wrap up podcast. Fingers crossed for Season 2!!

I have been forever changed by Lovecraft Country and all its challenges, but even more by the Black Girl Glory that is this podcast! Every discussion and reference has been the exhumation of my journey in both Black womanhood in America and facing the horror genre with a wider set of eyes! Thank you! Magical, as expected!

Thank you so much for bringing the conversations to life this way! I felt affirmed in the feelings, suspicions and the relative works that came to mind! Y’all got it going on. I felt like i was in the writer’s room!

This really helps me understand way more and I especially love the “homework” It opens up a wide discussion of how each episode and particular scenes effects me and how it affects the show as a whole...

Awesome companion podcast to one of the best shows on TV this fall. I love how the show celebrates Black joy, creativity, and resilience and am glad to report this podcast does the same. Super insightful. Highly recommended if you’ve watched Lovecraft Country!

One of the best podcast ever, loved every discussion, it helped me to pay closer attention to each subsequent episode, and appreciate them more. I couldn't wait to hear the coming weeks show sometimes more than the episode.

I wld have loved to listen to their discussions abt Lovecraft, but I couldn’t make it through this podcast’s first episode because of that valley girl voice. It was so extra.

Loved the podcast Ladies. God Bless. L.D. in L.A.

I love the show and the podcast! I love the connection as well as THE STORY AND THE his•story behind it as well. I feel like black families all NEED to sit and watch this show. The writers and producers of this show are THE EMBODIMENT OF LOVE,LIGHT,& FREEDOM! Continue spreading YOUR TRUTH! The characters in the SHOW Does not matter, the trivial THINGS DOES NOT MATTER! Its THE MESSAGES! LOVE IS THE MESSAGE! For those who understand what True unapologetic LOVE is, THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE EXPLAINED! SPEAK YOUR TRUTH ALWAYS BECAUSE YOUR TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE! 🤎🤘🏾🐢

This was such a great podcast. Could not wait to listen each week.

I’m just starting the show & podcast now that all the episodes are out—it’s so layered and scary and interesting. This episode in particular is good in their discussion of the sons of Adam: the key to why sexism & racism are intertwined like vines! The discussions in this podcast are so deep!

I can't say enough great things about this podcast! In fact, this is the first review I've written on this platform (and you know all these apps are consistently nudging you to write one) and I'm more than happy to do it. Kudos to the hosts because you can tell they've immersed themselves in the experience of writing on the show to the point where they've practically graduated to this intellectual plane high above us mere mortals. I'm exaggerating of course but not by much. If the show made you think on a few things as opposed to just having it play in the background, then this podcast is for you. I guarantee whatever thoughts you had, these ladies are going to speak and expound on it. Great work to everyone involved!

At first it was a lot to take in but the show turned out to be life changing. Great work. It gave my co host and I a chance to discuss the ways it impacted us on our podcast Small Victories and Side Notes

This podcast is much needed to follow the show! Lovecraft is so deep and having the podcast to follow along is great!

Enjoyable Podcast, but a few concerns. It seems this has been edited down to an hour, so there are topics in every episode that could be further discussed. It would be nice to have a black male cohost to discuss those things related to Tic/Montrose/George. Also, the generalization of all white people are the enemy is off putting. It was refreshing when the guests talked about black experiences, therefore exalting those topics that are rarely discussed rather than “well, those white folks...” If there’s a season 2, I’d bring back Ashley but replace Shannon. The “valley girl” type (like omg Buffy, etc) doesn’t help me relate.