Episode 102 - The Tale of the Teen Spirit (feat. Dr. Blair Abelle-Kiser)

It's the return no one wanted, as David and Eli revive the You Dumb Babies side series to take a look at Rugrats (2021). This isn't your millennial parents' Rugrats, but is it any good? Listen to find out. Help immigrants in Maine Maine ACLU - https://www.aclumaine.org/give-aclu-maine/ Maine Needs - https://www.maineneeds.org/give Maine Solidarity Fund - https://www.mainesolidarity.org/ Donate to Free State Justice: freestatejustice.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donate Help Minnesota: www.standwithminnesota.com Get involved with protests: www.fiftyfifty.one indivisible.org Find out what's happening in your area: www.Mobilize.us

It's time for some podcast-on-podcast action as we review Nickelodeon's official Are You Afraid of the Dark podcast! Is this the craziest, most extreme piece of AYAOTD media yet? YES. Listen if you dare. Donate to Free State Justice: freestatejustice.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donate Help Minnesota: www.standwithminnesota.com Get involved with protests: www.fiftyfifty.one indivisible.org Find out what's happening in your area: www.Mobilize.us

The end is nigh, again! David, Eli, and special guest Bryce review The Tale of the Looking Glass, one of the strangest, format-breaking-est episodes of the show to date. It has scares, romance, and twists aplenty, but is it any good? And how DO you actually play Bloody Mary? Listen and find out! Donate to Free State Justice: freestatejustice.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donate Help Minnesota: www.standwithminnesota.com Get involved with protests: www.fiftyfifty.one indivisible.org Find out what's happening in your area: www.Mobilize.us Learn about pets left behind by deported people: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/us/tru…-left-behind.html

Eli, David, and friend of the show Dr. Kiser look at the second episode of AYAOTD: Ghost Island. It has ghosts, romance, and questionable accents, but does it have scares? Donate to Free State Justice: https://freestatejustice.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donate Help Minnesota: www.standwithminnesota.com Get involved with protests: www.fiftyfifty.one indivisible.org Find out what's happening in your area: www.Mobilize.us Learn about pets left behind by deported people: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/us/trump-ice-deportations-pets-left-behind.html

David and Mallory face the horrors of the written word as they review three of the Are You Afraid of the Dark novels from the 90s, as well as a special BONUS book! Listener beware, you're in for a whole lot of nonsense. You know what's not nonsense? Activism and fighting back against the assholes trying to destroy this country. GET INVOLVED. Help Minnesota: https://www.standwithminnesota.com Get involved with protests: https://www.fiftyfifty.one https://indivisible.org Find out what's happening in your area: www.Mobilize.us Find a cause: https://startguide.org/orgs/orgs00.html Or search for organizations in your area who are doing work that helps leftist causes, like Migrawatch work, voter outreach, manning the polls, protest organizing and support, speaking against horrible legislation in your state legislature (and supporting good legislation).

It's the beginning of the end! Again! David and Eli begin their trip to Ghost Island, where the sun is shining, the bellhops are jerks, and the Room 13s are haunted as hell. Donate to help those standing up to ICE in Minnesota: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ Check out Pop Arena's AYAOTD retrospective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aer8EIIt8VU

We celebrate Halloween 2025 with our review of the ONE HUNDREDTH episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark, The Tale of the Darkhouse! AYAOTD expert Bryce and Mallory (the fiancé) join Eli and David to talk Halloween movie recommendations, justice for SarDO, and whether or not Curse of the Shadows lives up to the Are You Afraid of the Dark name. Plus, our traditional Fraidy awards for Season 9 of AYAOTD!

David, Eli, and friend of the show Bryce look at the penultimate episode of Curse of the Shadows! Is this the darkest episode in show history? What will become of our new Midnight Society? And who was the real fifth Beatle? All these questions and more will be answered in The Tale of the Midnight Magic!

We enter the second half of AYAOTD: Curse of the Shadows with the Tale of the Danse Macabre! Friend of the show Dr. Blair Abell-Kiser sits down with us as we check out the glow dance, a magic show, and maaaaaybe a drug deal? It's an episode that really has everything!

We reach the halfway point of AYAOTD: Curse of the Shadows with the Tale of the Phantom Light! The lore in this episode comes hard and fast, like a natural high. Plus, we talk ghosts, lighthouses, and fake 90's heartthrobs.