The White Meat Podcast

The White Meat Podcast

Beneath a quiet park in Philly lie buried the bodies of hundreds of enslaved people. What if, one night, they all came back as zombies, but they only ate white people? That's the premise of White Meat, a movie being written and directed by David Dylan Thomas. On this podcast you'll hear from him as he interviews the people helping make and inspire this movie on topics as varied as film production, Black horror, and Black history, and get updates about the film itself.

Episodes

The Choreography of Horror w/ Lela Aisha Jones

October 27, 2025 • 65 mins
In this episode we talk to White Meat: Appetizer choreographer Lela Aisha Jones about witnessing, embodiment, and all of the other concepts informing the movement of zombies in our film.

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Shooting Horror w/ Jalen Ramseur-Williams

October 14, 2025 • 43 mins
On this episode we talk to cinematographer Jalen Ramseur-Williams about his work on White Meat: Appetizer, his influences, and the challenges of shooting on an iPhone.

Learn mroe about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com
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Affordable Housing w/ Wi-Moto Nyoka

October 1, 2025 • 59 mins
On this episode we talk to horror filmmaker and immersive storyteller Wi-Moto Nyoka about her new film Affordable Housing and the value of face-to-face communications.

Her latest event, Black Girls Are Scary Live!, is happening October 16th, 2025.

Learn more about White Meat.
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Where the bodies are buried w/ Doug Mooney

September 16, 2025 • 50 mins
On this episode we talk to Doug Mooney, President of the Philadelphia Archeological Forum about the bodies buried beneath Washington Square Park and the battle for control of the land where African American ancestors reside.

Read Reverie in an Ancient Potters Field (on page 167)

Meet me and our producer Stephanie Malson at the Delco Horror Haven Invasion on September 27th.

Learn more about White Meat.
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Memoir of a zombie victim w/ Billie Swiggard

September 4, 2025 • 54 mins
In this episode we talk to Billie Swiggard who plays Rich Lady in White Meat: Appetizer and whose real life backstory involves going from acting on Brodway to fighting AIDS as a doctor to transitioning at 67 years old.

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Horror’s greatest zombies w/ Elliot West

August 24, 2025 • 60 mins
This episode we talk to White Meat: Appetizer production assistant (and high school student) Elliot West about his love of zombie movies as well as his adventures on set.

Learn more about White Meat at our website and follow us on Instagram.
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When puppets attack w/ Dan Ludwig

August 6, 2025 • 81 mins
On this episode we talk to Breaking Mayberry co-host Dan Ludwig about the Puppet Master series and other beloved li’l killers from Chucky to the dolls of Tales from the Hood.

Learn more at whitemeatmovie.com and vote for our SXSW panel, Black FXellence: Unsung Women of Color in FX.
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Creating reality w/ Jai Monee

July 23, 2025 • 47 mins
This episode we talk to White Meat: Appetizer production designer Jai Monee about how she uses objects and color to turn a real restaurant into a fake coffee shop.

Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com
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Black FX-ellence part two w/ Fre Howard

July 8, 2025 • 48 mins
We begin season three by welcoming our first return guest, makeup and FX artist Fre Howard, to discuss her work on White Meat: Appetizer.

Also check out our new theme by Gangstagrass.

Learn more at whitemeatmovie.com.
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That’s a Wrap on White Meat: Appetizer!

May 14, 2025 • 22 mins
We finished shooting! I reminisce about how it felt to be on set, tell some tales, and let you know just how far folks will travel to be a part of the experience.

Learn more at whitemeatmovie.com.
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The Horror of Body Image w/ Madison Wheatley

April 30, 2025 • 29 mins
In this episode we talk to author Madison Wheatley about her latest novel Ambrosia and how it deals with the fear that comes with how we think we should look, how she approaches writing villains, and her own inspirations as a writer.

Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com
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100 Horror Movies a Year w/ David Katznelson

April 19, 2025 • 47 mins
On this episode we talk to horror buff David Katznelson about his project to watch every horror film from 50 years prior to the current year. So right now it’s 2025. He’s looking at movies from 1975. Back in ’24 he was looking at ’74 and so on. Find out what hidden gems he’s found and how horror’s changed over the past half century.

Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com
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The Horror of Washington Square Park w/ Sarah Stopper

April 3, 2025 • 48 mins
On this episode we talk to interpretive specialist, tour guide, and horror fanatic Sarah Stopper about the hidden histories of Washington Square Park and Philadelphia in general and the struggle to preserve history in a time when those in power would rather we forget.

Learn more at whitemeatmovie.com
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Scoring Horror w/ Clayton Worbeck

March 19, 2025 • 44 mins
On this week’s episode we talk to film composer Clayton Worbeck about what it’s like to score horror and how it differs from composing for other genres. We also talk about his favorite film composers and why heavy metal seems to pair so well with scary movies.

In other news we got a write up in The Philadelphia Citizen and we found a location for our short!

Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com.
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Creating a Dark Universe w/ Dalton Deschain

March 6, 2025 • 52 mins
In this episode we to talk to Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe? cohost Dalton Deschain about extending Universal’s failed attempt at a horror version of the MCU into nearly 30 “fake” movies that people love as much as if they were real.

Learn more about White Meat at https://whitemeatmovie.com/.
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Self-publishing horror w/ Lisa Meehan

February 26, 2025 • 20 mins
On this week’s episode we talk to horror author Lisa Meehan about her debut novel Killian Farm and how her past as a filmmaker informs her current work.

This is the final week of our Kickstarter for White Meat: Appetizer. The last day you can contribute is March 2nd. Support us now!
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The London Coffee House and the erasure of Black history

February 19, 2025 • 21 mins
This week I talk about news that Penn is replicating a famous coffee house without talking about the literal slave trading that went on there and how this is indicative of the erasure of Black history that’s going on right now and how that makes me wanna make White Meat that much more.

Support our Kickstarter now! Going on until March 3rd!
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Best horror of 2024 w/ Marta Rusek

February 11, 2025 • 56 mins
On this episode we talk to horror aficionado Marta Rusek about our favorite horror films of 2024 and some of the themes that emerge.(Mild spoilers for Longlegs, Heretic, The Substance, and The Girl with the Needle)

Back our Kickstarter for White Meat: Appetizer.

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Building a horror community w/ Delco Horror Haven

February 4, 2025 • 62 mins
On this week’s episode we talk to Delco Horror Haven founders Karen Chiarini, Tamme McClelland, and Lisa Pietras about supporting horror creators and fans in Delaware County and why we all love horror so damn much.

Back our Kickstarter for White Meat: Appetizer at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/daviddylanthomas/white-meat-appetizer

Learn more about White Meat at https://whitemeatmovie.com/
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Great action sequences w/ Miles Chapman

January 28, 2025 • 68 mins
On this episode, we talk to Escape Plan scribe Miles Chapman about what makes for a great action sequence, what it’s like to be a screenwriter in Hollywood, and the challenges of an ever shifting business model for film.

Support our Kickstarter launch on February 1st!
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