174 episodes
Goosebuds Goosebuds
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Welcome to Goosebuds! A podcast where your hosts Paul Ritchey, Chad Quandt, and Kevin Cole dig into the Young Adult Literature of Goosebumps by R.L. Stine and give these tomes the deep critique and respect they deserve. Sometimes they get too scared and cover other adjacent 90s books and culture instead. Come join us and re-discover the stories you grew up with or jump in for the first time.
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Ep 173 - Adventure! - The Badlands of Hark
Your Goosebuds Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole read through the 1985 CYOA book The Badlands of Hark, written by R.L. Stine! This is written before Goosebumps, Fear Street, or Horrorland; what sort of sci-fi fantasy world does a younger Stine have in his soul? Turns out it's one with an endless maze. A lot of death in this hellworld of R.L.'s. Can Paul and Kevin survive and find The Nonspecific Treasure?
OFF TOPICS: Phone Cord Twirling, Beet Feudalism, Picard's robot body, Robot Hands, RoboCop, Chad's First Cousins Once Removed
Adventure begins: 14:15
You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more perks at patreon.com/goosebuds
Style your skeleton with Goosebuds at goosebuds.store
Email: goosebuds@gmail.com
Twitter: @GoosebudsPod
Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole)
Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
Cover art by Brock Gallagher (@brockadile) -
Ep 172 - Dr. Maniac vs Robby Schwartz
Your Goosebuds hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole review R.L. Stine's Goosebumps Horrorland book Dr. Maniac vs Robby Schwartz where aspiring cartoonist Robby discovers his comic creations come alive to eat squirrels and torture local kids. But also none of this matters as Robby resets the narrative multiple times (it was all a joke, reader!) and it causes an emotional cataclysm for your Goosebuddies . To be honest, this episode really broke us. But don't CTRL+ALT+DEL on us; we'll keep pounding through Young Adult books because tackling R.L.'s legacy is our great purpose in life.
OFF TOPICS: Rocky, Bioshock/Judas, Ben Franklin, Code Lyoko vs Reboot
Book discussion begins: 16:40
Complete mental breakdown begins: 1:23:59
You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more perks at patreon.com/goosebuds
Style your skeleton with Goosebuds at goosebuds.store
Email: goosebuds@gmail.com
Twitter: @GoosebudsPod
Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole)
Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
Cover art by Brock Gallagher (@brockadile) -
Ep 171 - Adventure! - Zork: The Forces of Krill
Beware of grues, Goosebuddies! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole check out another Choose Your Own Adventure book based off one of the first adventure games ever: Zork! This 'What-Do-I-Do-Now" Book is Zork #1: The Forces of Krill by S. Eric Meretzky. Is Krill the Ganon of this world? Would we be shaking in our +1 Boots at the mention of his lizard men if we had played the original game? It seems Krill just likes hiding in holes in the ground, which isn't that much different than Tears of the Kingdom. We also discuss how delicious 'dino damage' used to look on toys. Enjoy the episode and stay alive!
Book adventure begins: 12:00
OFF TOPICS: Daylight Savings Time, Bugs, Jurassic Park Battle Damage Toys, J. Kenji López-Alt, Bugs Part II
You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at patreon.com/goosebuds
Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at goosebuds.store
Email: goosebuds@gmail.com
Twitter: @GoosebudsPod
Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole)
Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net) -
Ep 170 - The Scream of the Haunted Mask
There's a terrifying affliction of fear going around; so we're enforcing a Haunted Mask mandate! Your Goosebuds hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole read R.L. Stine's Goosebumps Horrorland book The Scream of the Haunted Mask. It's been a year since the original story and Carly Beth is worried she'll put the mask back on and become evil. She could just get rid of it, maybe try to destroy it, but it stays locked in her basement. Until it doesn't. But also: Ghost horses haunt the local children's center/farm! It's very tragic. This book that's really about spectral steeds should've been called Goosebumps: Horse Death.
Book discussion begins: 17:30
OFF TOPICS: Millenial Internet Faux Pas, Willy's Chocolate Experience, X-Men Movies
You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at patreon.com/goosebuds
Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at goosebuds.store
Email: goosebuds@gmail.com
Twitter: @GoosebudsPod
Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole)
Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net) -
Ep 169 - Monster Blood for Breakfast
This episode is part of a balanced bookfast-! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole read the third of R.L Stine's Goosebumps Horrorland series: Monster Blood for Breakfast. The iconic green growth slime is back for a fifth time. And somehow this is the least-scary story!Protagonist Matt Daniels deals with the terrifying idea of... being taller and stronger and winning the swim meet? We also get the next chapter of the Horrorland narrative and meet monster revolutionary Byron. We also discuss toy belts with I.P. powers and the mystery of missing Skeeter.
Book discussion begins: 12:50
OFF TOPICS: Chad's beef with the Disney Imagination Belt, Where's Skeeter??
You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at patreon.com/goosebuds
Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at goosebuds.store
Email: goosebuds@gmail.com
Twitter: @GoosebudsPod
Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole)
Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net) -
Ep 168 - American Chillers: Iron Insects Invade Indiana (w/ Payton Whaley)
The corn state is in trouble, listeners! Small robotic drones designed like metal wasps are terrorizing the youth. They are not being used for war. Let us make that clear: this is not a metaphor about drone warfare at all. Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole cover Johnathan Rand's American Chillers: Iron Insects Invade Indiana. And we're joined by the wonderful Payton Whaley (WTIU's Flyover Culture). Payton's an Indiana boy like Chad and the two bond about their lives in the 'Crossroads of America', working for public television, and enjoying a time when there weren't metal menaces filling the skies. It was a simpler time. Anyway, this is a good episode! Enjoy.
Book discussion begins: 4:30
Off Topics: MIMAL THE ELF, The Friday Zone
Check out Payton's show Flyover Culture: youtube.com/flyoverculture
You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at patreon.com/goosebuds
Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at goosebuds.store
Email: goosebuds@gmail.com
Twitter: @GoosebudsPod
Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole)
Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
Note: This is a re-upload as a former version had corrupted audio.
Customer Reviews
Never About the Victims
If you're looking for comentary about everyone's favourite horror books for children, and 911 jokes which aren't about the victims, then look no further. Goosebuds have you covered.
I'm a big fan of the "friends hanging out", and Paul, Dom, and Chad do an excellent job in that regard. In between tearing down the works of R.L. Stein (he's had it too good too long) they make each other laugh, talk about Tim Allen, and tell jokes which are hardly ever about the victims.
I will say that if you want focused Goosebumps discussion, this probably isn't the podcast for you. The time spent talking about the books is probably matched by discussion of that weird Spiderman/Elsa thing, or the jokes which are mostly not about the victims.
Overall, an excellent podcast with great hosts. Highly recommended. Funny, informative, and not always about the victims.
Rekindling My Childhood Fascinations
To say that R L Stine is a literary genius is a stretch, but he was a crucial part for many of us growing up and acquiring an interest in reading.
Hearing the three Goosebuds laugh and joke their way through the many plot holes, nonsense cliffhangers, and woefully negligent parents of Goosebumps both rekindles fond memories and reminds me how low budget the TV series was.
(Also, I've been giving Goosebumps to the tweens and teens I teach English to due to it being relatively accessible. Goosebuds acts as a funny supplement to the brighter kids who are trying to learn and understand humour in English.)
A Pre-Eminent Podcast For the Most Prestigious of People
Goosebuds is the perfect podcast for any book lovers, and you don’t need to have read any of R.L Stein’s (or his legion of ghostwriters if Dom’s conspiracy theory is to be believed) books to enjoy it - the wonderful hosts always keep you up to speed. Chad, Paul and Dom inject plenty of humour into their analysis of the Goosebumps books, as well as some choose-your-own-adventure books and some from other series, like the incredible Animorphs! There’s also a spooky soundtrack that will scare the skeleton right out of you. But be warned listener, once you start listening, YOU’LL NEVER BE ABLE TO STOP <maniacal laugh>.