‘The Twilight Zone’: Who’s the Host of the Creepy Podcast in ‘Nightmare at 30,000 Feet’?

One of the joys of Jordan Peele‘s new reboot of The Twilight Zone is how he’s managed to feature well-known stars opposite talented up-and-comers and cult faves. Case in point: For the creepy podcast featured in “Nightmare at 30,000 Feet,” the show went to one of the O.G. podcasting stars, Hardcore History and Common Sense host Dan Carlin. The popular host is known for his idiosyncratic retellings of history’s most intense moments, which makes him a natural choice for the host of fictional podcast Enigmatique.

The new Twilight Zone debuted today with two episodes on CBS All Access: “The Comedian,” starring Kumail Nanjiani, and “Nightmare at 30,000 Feet.” The latter is a brisk and exciting episode that riffs on the classic Twilight Zone installment, “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.” In this new version of the story, Adam Scott plays a famous writer with a past history of mental breakdown. Now, he’s embarking on a long journey to a new job in Dubai. After offering his First Class seat to a family in need of an extra spot, he takes an economy seat with a surprise in the seat pocket. He finds a strange MP3 player fixed on a podcast called Enigmatique. (By the by, “Enigmatique” literally means enigmatic in French.) For much of the episode, then, a narrator is instructing Scott’s character about a disaster that’s about to unfurl, and that podcast host is Dan Carlin.





Dan Carlin is a former journalist and radio host who started podcasting in 2005. His two main shows, Hardcore History and Common Sense, represent his own unique look at history and politics, respectfully. Both are popular, and Carlin’s specific narration style has been called out by Stephen Colbert of all people. Carlin is specifically known for repeatedly saying, “I’m not a historian,” and dramatically declaring, “End quote,” after each primary source he weaves into his show. For more on Dan Carlin and his podcasts, visit DanCarlin.com.

The Twilight Zone debuted today on CBS All Access with two episodes. Episode 3, “Replay” will premiere on Thursday, April 11.





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