Silver Linings Handbook Podcast

Silver Linings Handbook Podcast A podcast of interesting conversations with interesting people

10/31/2025

What happens when we stop listening to stories about monsters? We start opening the door to creating them.

In Part 2 of our conversation with horror writer Brett Talley, co-host of The Prosecutors Podcast, joins us to explore how ignoring the monsters of myth, folklore, and horror leaves us vulnerable to the real ones—like Ted Bundy and Bryan Kohberger. These stories weren’t just for scares—they were warnings, moral compasses, and cultural mirrors. 🎧 Listen now: https://bit.ly/48RCD60

10/29/2025

🎥 Watch This Indigenous lives aren’t vanishing—they’re being erased. In Part 2 of “Vanishing Natives,” historian Ed Dentzel returns to spotlight the disappearances of Olivia Lone Bear, Ashley Loring Heavyrunner, Jermain Charlo, Leo Wagner, Jeremy Jourdain & Nevaeh Kingbird—not as isolated tragedies, but as part of a devastating pattern of institutional neglect.

From lakes left unchecked to leads left cold, these stories demand attention. 🎧 Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/vanishingnativesPt2
🎨 Haunting artwork by true crime storyteller and artist Hannah Hill. Explore her work at on Instagram.

When the monsters of myth fail to scare us straight, the real ones step in. From werewolves to Slenderman, folklore warn...
10/29/2025

When the monsters of myth fail to scare us straight, the real ones step in. From werewolves to Slenderman, folklore warns us—but what happens when we stop listening? In Part 2 of our conversation with horror writer Brett Talley, co-host of The Prosecutors Podcast, we explore the monsters we create when we forget the lessons of the old ones.
🎧 Listen now: https://bit.ly/48RCD60

10/28/2025

Part Two of The Monsters We Create is live.

Horror writer Brett Talley, the co-host of The Prosecutors Podcast, returns to explore how monsters reflect our fears, values, and cultural shifts. And this episode features the stunning mask art of Hannah Hill ( on Instagram). We discuss how we see the real monsters when the fake monsters fail - when fiction is not enough to teach people, change people and encourage people.

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🪵🔥 New Patreon Bonus Drop 🔥🪵Campfire Chapters: The Man inAfter last week's story time, I am back with one more campfire ...
10/28/2025

🪵🔥 New Patreon Bonus Drop 🔥🪵
Campfire Chapters: The Man in
After last week's story time, I am back with one more campfire episode for Spooky Season - this week I explore The Man in Mirror. 🪞🍭🙎🏽‍♂️

Pull up sear by the fire as we revisit a story that lingers in the shadows - one that began with whispers through the walls and ends with a name you never want to hear and are warned to never say allowed. In this Patreon-exclusive bonus, I tell a story that blurs the line between urban legend and lived horror, where a woman's cries went unanswered and a mirror became a portal to something far more sinister.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/campfire-man-in-142209609?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

The praise for the host might be over-the-top, but the episodes with Domna Hall were pretry good.https://bit.ly/3EquTuV
10/26/2025

The praise for the host might be over-the-top, but the episodes with Domna Hall were pretry good.
https://bit.ly/3EquTuV

“Horror reflects societal fears and moral values in a way that is accessible and engaging.” — Brett TalleyIn Part One of...
10/25/2025

“Horror reflects societal fears and moral values in a way that is accessible and engaging.” — Brett Talley

In Part One of The Monsters We Make, Brett, a horror writer and co-host of The Prosecutors Podcast, and I explore how folklore and horror stories help us process fear, morality and the fragility of reality.

🎧 Listen now: https://bit.ly/48Hj2W4

🪵🔥 New Patreon Bonus Drop 🔥🪵Campfire Chapters: Caves, Skulls & Sacred LessonsTwo stories. One fire. A journey through fo...
10/24/2025

🪵🔥 New Patreon Bonus Drop 🔥🪵
Campfire Chapters: Caves, Skulls & Sacred Lessons

Two stories. One fire. A journey through folklore, history, and supernatural warning signs.

🕳️ The Cave That Eats You — a tale of greed, isolation, and ancestral echoes.
💀 The Skull That Spoke Too Much — a Southern parable about truth, betrayal, and the cost of ignoring silence.

We travel from Mackinac Island’s sacred warnings to the shadowed woods of the American South. These aren’t just spooky stories—they’re moral architecture.

🎧 Available now for Patreon subscribers.
Check out the link in our bio or go over to https://www.patreon.com/posts/141969206?utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=android_share

Next week: The Man in the Mirror 👤

This storytelling is an excerpt of an episode of with host Cameron Santana, and

What happens when we avoid our fears take— and we stop believing in the monsters we’ve made? In Part 1 of our conversati...
10/24/2025

What happens when we avoid our fears take— and we stop believing in the monsters we’ve made?

In Part 1 of our conversation with Brett Talley, the horror writer and co-host of The Prosecutors Podcast we explore folklore, justice, and the dangerous power of narrative.

🎧 Listen now: https://bit.ly/48Hj2W4

🎙️ New Episode: “The Monsters We Make” (Part One)From Wendigos to Slenderman, folklore and horror stories have long help...
10/22/2025

🎙️ New Episode: “The Monsters We Make” (Part One)

From Wendigos to Slenderman, folklore and horror stories have long helped us wrestle with fear, morality, and the unknown. In this October tradition, Brett Talley, a horror writer and co-host of The Prosecutors Podcast, joins me to explore how monsters—real and imagined—teach us lessons we sometimes can't learn any other way.

We talk about Indigenous legends, Lovecraft’s cosmic indifference, and why horror might be the most honest genre of all.

🎧 Listen now on your favorite podcast platform.

https://bit.ly/48Hj2W4

10/21/2025

🧠 Why do we create monsters?

From the Wendigo to Slenderman, zombies to werewolves—these creatures aren’t just scary stories. They’re mirrors, warnings, and psychological shields.

In this episode, horror writer and co-host of The Prosecutors podcast Brett Talley joins me on the Silver Linings Handbook podcast to explore how folklore and fear shape society.

🎧 Listen now: https://bit.ly/48Hj2W4

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