Talking Scared Podcast Transcripts
Neil McRobert · 353 episodes with transcripts
Conversations with the biggest names in horror fiction. A podcast for horror readers who want to know where their favourite stories came from . . . and what frightens the people who wrote them.
Spoken has transcripts of 353 Talking Scared episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 6, 2026.
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298 – Stephen King & The Final Turn of the Big Combination
October 6, 2026
Neil McRobert (0:11)
Hello, and welcome to Talking Scared. I'm your host, Neil McRobert, and this has been a week of big highs and crushing lows.
Stephen King is back on the podcast, and that's about as high as a high get for an Uber fan like me, to talk to my literary hero for the third time about the third and final book in the Talisman series, Other Worlds Than These. It's a saga that means so much to me, and has ever since I was a heartbroken 12 or 13…
Stephen King (3:08)
No, no, I'm not bad. I'm not bad. I have the usual old people problems, but today I have a sore throat and kind of a funky ear.
Neil McRobert (3:18)
Right. Well, we'll try and make this as pain free as possible for you. As ever, I'm going to jump straight in with you because I have just too much to ask you in too little time. So I'll just dispense with the small talk.
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