Everyone loves zombies. Why? Because they’re the disgusting, shuffling, brain-eating, undying corpses of your friends and family.
Wait–what? Let’s start again.
Everyone loves an apocalypse. Why? Because the foundations of society crumple and instead of working at a ho-hum but decent job and raising a nice, mostly put-together family, you’re forced to survive hostile terrain, insane machines, cataclysmic weather, incurable diseases, and unfathomably repulsive aliens.
Wait–again? Seriously, guys. Zombies? Invasions? Disaster? Why do we enjoy this stuff?
Let Nick and Tim help answer your questions as they analyze the appeal of post-apocalyptic stories in this episode of Derailed Trains of Thought. Then, because the world can’t get enough death and destruction, they decide to brainstorm a few of their own “end of the world” scenarios for your enjoyment.
But don’t be afraid. As long as you can jury-rig a car battery to operate your iPod so you can listen to your favorite podcast on storytelling, who cares if the world burns. Am I right?