Running Scared Media
Welcome to Running Scared Media!
In this collection of shows, we will bring you stories straight from the people who live them. Imagine lacing up your shoes, hitting your favourite route, and joining us as we literally go for a run with inspiring athletes. This isn't just a recording; it's an innovative, in-the-moment experience, capturing raw, authentic conversations as they unfold. Our brand is built on these real-time, unscripted interviews with real people, cultivating a trusted community where you're directly with the source, sharing in their journey. Through these unfiltered conversations, you'll hear their triumphs, struggles, and "why"—all while putting in your own miles—and discover what truly motivates someone to push their limits, conquer challenges, and find joy in every step.
Whether you're training for your first 5K or your next 50K, every step has a story.
Explore all our amazing shows, including:
- Running Buddies: In-depth interviews with incredible runners.-
- Sole Sisters with Justine and Kylie: Candid conversations with inspiring female athletes.
- Rucking Around with Ari: A dedicated show for all things rucking.
We also create original horror audio narratives intended to motivate joggers (aka jogcasts).
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 79
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Episode 49 Aliens (1986)
Those loveable chest burstin' Xenomorphs are back and so is the Running Scared Podcast with back-to-back episodes on the Alien franchise. This time around, we dive into the blockbuster masterpiece th…
Episode 48 Alien (1979)
Oh Captain, my captain! Why do you suck so bad, Captain Dallas? Running Scared hosts Robert Lendrum and Jamie Roberts interrogate the sci-fi horror classic Alien (1979) and have a lot to say about th…
Episode 47 The Fan (1996) featuring guest host Winston McMartin
Everyone has that one buddy who loves his team a little too much, but that buddy isn't Robert Di Nero. In Tony Scott's 1996 thriller The Fan, Di Nero channels some of his past performances as unstab…
Episode 46 Barbarian (2022)
Poor Tess is cold, wet and just wants to put her head down and get some zzzs. But some weird dude is in her AirBnB. So, she does what we would all do, kick him to the couch and sleep in his bed. Noth…
Episode 45 GingerDeadMan (2005)
As a gift to our Patreon members, we dropped this episode a couple weeks back. Now it's here for all to enjoy, catch it if you can! And if you ever do catch this straight to DVD flick, stomp it into …
Episode 44 Black Christmas (1974)
Happy Holidays from the Running Scared team of Robert Lendrum and Jamie Roberts. To get you in the festive spirit, we're reviewing a Canadian cult classic Black Christmas (1974). Although made on a s…
Episode 42 Blumhouse's Halloween trilogy (2018-22)
Three scoops of murder victims courtesy of Michael Myers, Blumhouse Productions and the boys at Running Scared as we review the entire Halloween trilogy; Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021) and …
Episode 41 Candyman (2021)
What happens when you say "Candyman" 5 times in the mirror? You might start wondering why the original Candyman haunted young black children in his own neighbourhood. Was that the central problem tha…
Episode 40 The Exorcist (1973)
After a little break, Co-hosts Robert Lendrum and Jamie Roberts are back to review a classic film from the horror pantheon, William Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973). Nearly 50 years after its release,…
Episode 39 Friday the 13th pt. 6 Jason Lives
Considered a turning point in the F13 series, Jason Lives takes Jason from supernatural stalker to re-animated zombie with a penchant for hilarious murder. Running Scared co-hosts revisit the grassy…
Episode 38 Mother! (2017)
Say what you want about Darren Aronofsky, he sure knows how to turn an anxiety dream into a panic inducing movie. The Running Scared boys try to hang on as the rollercoaster ride that is Mother! (201…
Episode 37 Chopping Mall (1986)
What happens when you give Johnny 5 from Short Circuit a laser gun and program it like an ED-209 from Robocop, drop it into suburbia in the 80s, give it the uber-authoritarian position of mall cop an…
Episode 35 The Sadness (2021)
Writer, Director, Editor, VFX Guy, Probably an Extra, Canadian Rob Jabbaz makes our skin crawl before he slowly peels it off and pukes on us in the exploitation horror fuckfest that is "The Sadness"(…
Episode 34 Blade (1998)
Wesley Snipe's love letter to the 90s is not only a thrilling modernization of the vampire mythos, but a comic movie with a black hero who arrived just in time to save Marvel's butt. Running Scared c…
Episode 33 X (2022)
X gonna give it to ya in more ways than one. The 2022 Ti West slasher asks us to put our keys in a bowl and see where a hot night in 1979 Texas takes us. Sex and horror are hardly strange bed fellows…
Episode 31 Dog Soldiers (2002)
Are there any good werewolf flicks? Neil Marshall's 2002 action horror Dog Soldiers, throws its helmet in the ring as one of the best. Running Scared Co-host Jamie Roberts gets back to his Scottish r…
Episode 30 Scream (2022)
What do you get when you make a requel of a 30 year old film that was in itself an homage to 80s slasher films? Well, you get something... cohosts Robert Lendrum and Jamie Roberts dissect the ourobor…
Episode 29 Tremors (1990)
Is Tremors (1990) the tentacle porn version of the floor is lava? Director Ron Underwood brings us a comedy horror about two lovable losers just trying to make it in the isolated town of Perfection,…
Episode 27 Malignant (2021)
What do you get when you take 90s superhero movie aesthetics, horror film jump scares, and a B-level buddy cop movie and jam them all together? You get James Wan's 2021 film Malignant! A film that is…
Episode 26 The Running Scared State of the Union 2022 Year in Review
Co-hosts Robert Lendrum and Jamie Roberts pause to consider the State of the Running Scared Union and review our first year as podcasters. Sure it's a bit of navel gazing, but it's a good moment for…