Mara and Josh take another trip down memory lane, recounting their top ten childhood creeps and chills that were more fun than traumatizing. Come join the fun, and let us know what gave you shivers as a kid! Also discussed: Looney Tunes, Lloyd Alexander, WandaVision, Morticia Addams, prohibition, and the Hayes Code. Next month we will be discussing our top ten childhood spoops, which is like last October's episode except focusing on the fun scares and not the traumatizing ones! After that, we will be checking out Redwall by Brian Jacques. Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram. Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

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Top Ten Childhood Spoops (Hello Fellow Kids #42)

The end is here! Mara and Josh have finally reached the conclusion to Brandon Mull's epic Fablehaven series. Did he stick the landing? Tune in to find out! Also discussed: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Brendan Fraser, overpowered D&D characters, Tyra Banks, fetch quests, and Fountains of Wayne. Next month we will be discussing our top ten childhood spoops, which is like last October's episode except focusing on the fun scares and not the traumatizing ones! After that, we will be checking out Redwall by Brian Jacques. Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram. Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

Fablehaven: Keys to the Demon Prison (Hello Fellow Kids #41)

Mara and Josh are excited to dive into the world of Rea and the Blood of the Nectar, a new release from first-time author Payal Doshi. Copies were provided for the purposes of this review. Also discussed: the Welsh language, Wildwood, golf, California's Great America, Michael Gambon, and Izzyzzz. Next month we will not be premiering a new episode. Instead, we will return in September with Fablehaven: Keys to the Demon Prison by Brandon Mull. Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram. Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

Rea and the Blood of the Nectar (Hello Fellow Kids #40)

Mara and Josh dive into DC Comics with Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo's Teen Titans: Raven. How does their first experience with DC's young adult graphic novel line fare? Guess you'll have to listen and find out. Also discussed: Dane Cook, Bronies, nougat, the Pfizer vaccine, and drunk Superman.

Teen Titans: Raven (Hello Fellow Kids #39)

Mara and Josh travel back in time to 1943 and explore big ideas like prejudice, trauma, and truth in Lauren Wolk's Wolf Hollow. Be warned: some of our discussion ventures into territory that may be upsetting for some listeners. Also discussed: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Great Wolf Lodge, "Funky Cold Medina", You're Next, and the dearth of pirate fiction. Next month we will (probably) be reading Rea and the Blood of the Nectar by Payal Doshi. If that's the case, the episode will be released on June 15 instead of June 1. Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram. Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

Wolf Hollow (Hello Fellow Kids #38)

Hope y'all are prepped on the first three books, because we're diving right into the fourth Fablehaven novel! Let's see what Brandon Mull treats us with this time. Also discussed: Stanley Tucci, The Happening, lactose-free milk, Butters from South Park, flat-earthers, and Dobby. Next month we will be reading Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk. Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram. Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary (Hello Fellow Kids #37)

We needed a bit of a palette cleanser this month, so we dove into Molly Knox Ostertag's graphic novel The Witch Boy. Join us as we get to know Aster, Charlie, and the dark forces at play in this quick allegorical read. Also discussed: Toadies, aprons, Addams Family Values, Bluebeard, serial Westerns, and horny nuns. Next month we will be reading Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary by Brandon Mull. Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram. Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

The Witch Boy (Hello Fellow Kids #36)

Surprise! It's another bonus episode, this time about the new novel Prepped by Bethany Mangle. Join Mara and Josh as they explore the ins and outs of love in a doomsday community. Also discussed: Gone Girl, Alan Moore, Scientology, sleepovers, Danimals, Heelys, and "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus. Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram. Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

Prepped (Hello Fellow Kids Bonus #7)

Mara and Josh finish off Jenny Han's trilogy with Always and Forever, Lara Jean, just in time for the new movie on Netflix! Will Lara Jean and Peter stay together? Will Dr. Covey find true love? Will John Ambrose McClaren's name get even longer? Find out here! Also discussed: Jenny Nicholson, grunge music, 10,000 Maniacs, IMDB trivia, barbershop quartets, and the Five Love Languages. Next month we will be reading Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag. Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram. Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

Always and Forever, Lara Jean (Hello Fellow Kids #35)

Mara and Josh start the year off right with Philip Pullman's Clockwork, a novella about how the past sets the future in motion. Let's hope all the horrors we went through in 2020 helped fix this coming year, yeah? Also discussed: Billie Eilish, Juice WRLD, the Secret, Geico commercials, Gwent, and maple syrup. Next month we will be reading Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han. Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram. Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

Clockwork (Hello Fellow Kids #34)

Mara and Josh finish out the year with a return to the world of Small Spaces in this winter-themed sequel by Katherine Arden! How does the chill of a haunted ski lodge stack up against leagues of living scarecrows? Listen and find out! Also discussed: wifi, Jimmy Fallon, Flowers in the Attic, "Mother Knows Best", Balrog wings, and a gritty reboot of Rip Van Winkle. Next month we will be reading Clockwork by Philip Pullman. Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram. Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

Dead Voices (Hello Fellow Kids #33)

Happy Halloween, y'all! To celebrate the spooky season, Josh and Mara take a look back at some of the things that freaked them out as children, and decide if those things still scare them today. Make sure you keep the lights on for this one! Also discussed: Jaws, school libraries, big kid beds, Tim Allen's The Shaggy Dog, bad babysitters, and the Hamburger Helper glove. Content warning: while our list is overall trigger-free, we do acknowledge a scene in Edward Scissorhands that appears to contain sexual assault. For our next episode (releasing December 1st), we will be reading Dead Voices by Katherine Arden. This is the sequel to Small Spaces, so check out that episode if you haven't already! Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram. Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

Top Ten Childhood Spooks (Hello Fellow Kids #32)

Mara and Josh are leaving the big city for rural Virginia to discover the true meaning of bravery! Or, maybe just hang out with some birds named after child stars. Take your pick. Also discussed: Daredevil, The Karate Kid, chickens, Wacky Races, bad pet names, and lettuce butts. Next month (or possibly the end of this month) we'll be taking a break from reading and instead discussing the spookiest things that scared us as kids! No triggers, we promise. Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram. Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

As Brave As You (Hello Fellow Kids #31)

In a strange turn of events, Josh and Mara discuss a book about books! Join them as they explore the rise and fall of the YA paperback scene with Gabrielle Moss's Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s teen fiction. Also discussed: Archie comics, Hank the Cowdog, Friends, finding Playboys in the woods, Chris Christie, and getting picked last in kickball. Next month we will be reading As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds. Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram. Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

Paperback Crush (Hello Fellow Kids #30)

Josh and Mara delve into mystical lands and learn what it means to be... The Children of Blood and Bone (by Tomi Adeyemi). How does the beefiest book of their podcasting career stack up? Find out! Also discussed: Gladiator, eye surgery, Rage Against the Machine, relative temperatures, and John Boyega. Next month we will be reading Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction by Gabrielle Moss. Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram.

The Children of Blood and Bone (Hello Fellow Kids #29)

Join Mara and Josh, two totally young and hip kiddos, as they explore what's hot (and sometimes what's not) in young adult and teen literature! New episodes posted on the first of each month. Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter. Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram.

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