The Monsters Are Due - A Twilight Zone Podcast
The Twilight Zone is more than just a TV show--it’s a cultural touchstone. Join Nicole and Peter every Tuesday as they take an occasionally funny and always insightful dive into a Twilight Zone episode, highlighting the actors, stories, and behind-the-scenes magic that helped make Rod Serling’s series one of the most iconic in television history. https://themonstersareduepodcast.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/themonstersaredue.bsky.social
Episodes
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Execution
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When murderous cowboy Joe Caswell is brought forward in time to 1960, he learns that retribution can follow you no matter where—or when—you are. Nicole and Peter get pulled into this big city episode and discuss malevolent phone booths, deescalation techniques, and a new winner of the Bud McCord Memorial Award.
We hope you’ll join us.
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Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
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Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
People Are Alike All Over
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
Sam Conrad is an astronaut who was surprised to find that the denizens of Mars are people just like him… but is that really a good thing? Nicole and Peter will dive into this eerily alike episode and discuss Teenya Coladas, the folly of biologists in sci-fi, and which cast member was the pilot of the year in 1970.
We hope you’ll join us.
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Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
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Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Long Live Walter Jameson
Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Walter Jameson is a well-regarded history professor, but he may have been witness to a great deal more history than his students could possibly know. Nicole and Peter will flip through the photo album of this timely episode and discuss some in-camera aging effects, connecting Weird Al to The Twilight Zone, and giving your daughter’s hand but not her brain.
We hope you’ll join us.
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Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
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Tuesday Jul 08, 2025
A World of Difference
Tuesday Jul 08, 2025
Tuesday Jul 08, 2025
Arthur Curtis walked into his office—or had he actually stepped onto a stage as actor Gerald Reagan, playing the Arthur Curtis role? Nicole and Peter clock in to this silver screened episode and discuss some friendly neighborhood origins, the final spouse of Ida Lupino, and vacationing in beautiful San Francisco.
We hope you’ll join us.
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Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
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Tuesday Jul 01, 2025
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Tuesday Jul 01, 2025
Tuesday Jul 01, 2025
Our world is full of Maple Streets and eventually they’ll just destroy themselves. Nicole and Peter will give their titular episode its due and discuss The Twilight Zone’s connection to the George of the Jungle theme song, yet another Forbidden Planet and Disney connection, as well as the domino effect from The Night Stalker to The X-Files.
We hope you’ll join us.
Official site: https://www.themonstersareduepodcast.com/
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Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
Reach out to us: themonstersareduepodcast@gmail.com
Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Mirror Image
Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Millicent Barnes arrived at a New York bus depot and saw more of herself than she bargained for — an exact copy trying to replace her. Nicole and Peter will punch their ticket for this episode and discuss a delightfully ornery old man, the sacred space of the women’s restroom, and what exactly qualifies as a doppelgänger movie.
We hope you’ll join us.
Official site: https://www.themonstersareduepodcast.com/
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Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
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Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Elegy
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Three intrepid astronauts have landed on an asteroid eerily similar to Earth with one caveat: everything and everyone is completely frozen in time. Nicole and Peter will clock this episode and discuss our favorite taxidermied dog, the perils of a stationary car race, and a chaotic neutral English butler with a score to settle.
Official site: https://www.themonstersareduepodcast.com/
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Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
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Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
The Purple Testament
Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
Lt. William “Fitz” Fitzgerald has developed a frightful talent: he can see which of his fellow infantrymen are marked next for death. Nicole and Peter dare to peek at this bleak episode and discuss a series of on-set disasters, Rod Serling’s WW2 experience, and yet another Disney connection.
We hope you’ll join us.
Official site: https://www.themonstersareduepodcast.com/
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Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
Reach out to us: themonstersareduepodcast@gmail.com
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
The Last Flight
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Lt. William Terrance Decker of the British Royal Flying Corps took off in 1917… but landed his plane in 1959. It’s only after being interrogated by a pair of American Officers that he discovers the fateful reason why. Nicole and Peter will taxi-in to discuss excitable air bases, books for the blind, and devastating nicknames.
We hope you’ll join us.
Official site: https://www.themonstersareduepodcast.com/
Follow us on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/themonstersaredue.bsky.social
Like the show? Buy us a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/themonstersareduepodcast
Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
Reach out to us: themonstersareduepodcast@gmail.com
Tuesday May 27, 2025
The Fever
Tuesday May 27, 2025
Tuesday May 27, 2025
Franklin Gibbs thought he was a normal, mature, and thoughtful man— but that was before he caught The Fever from a one-armed bandit. Nicole and Peter will cash in on this gamble of an episode and discuss how a slot machine got a voice, a prop which producer Buck Houghton said was like getting a machine gun, and where this episode fits in the canon of The Spooky Time Mystery Hour.
We hope you’ll join us.
Official site: https://www.themonstersareduepodcast.com/
Follow us on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/themonstersaredue.bsky.social
Like the show? Buy us a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/themonstersareduepodcast
Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
Reach out to us: themonstersareduepodcast@gmail.com