Mar 11th, 2010 · While the Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving the Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, sheds light on the "true" story.
Dec 23rd, 2009 · Essayist Jake Halpern may be a 33-year-old man with a wife, kids and a job at Yale, but that doesn't mean he's no fun and games. When it comes to zombies, Halpern knows you can't take the living dead lightly — and that's why he's endorsing the ultimate zombie survival guide.
Dec 4th, 2009 · Perkins and his group's self-titled album was an excellent follow-up to the singer's heartbreaking 2007 debut, Ash Wednesday. This performance, recorded the day after Halloween, includes epic songs about zombies and the afterlife.
Nov 17th, 2009 · The editors of The New Oxford American Dictionary have announced their 2009 Word of the Year. It was a crowded field. Words under consideration included: zombie bank, death panel and sexting. The winner: unfriend. It means to remove someone as a friend on a social networking Web site such as Facebook.
Oct 31st, 2009 · In honor of Halloween we're talking zombies with legendary horror movie director George Romero: how to recognize zombies, how to defend against them, and (since this is Public Radio) how to try to reason with them, and come to mutual understanding and respect.
Oct 30th, 2009 · Psychiatrist Steven Schlozman recently expanded his practice from humans to the inhuman. Poring over his library of classic zombie films, he came up with neurobiological explanations for the behavior of the undead, such as lack of a frontal lobe and an overactive amygdala.
Oct 18th, 2009 · As Halloween approaches, new generations of literary zombies are rising from the dead and shambling towards the bookshelves — ready to entertain (and frighten) readers of all ages.
Oct 2nd, 2009 · Officials at the University of Florida are making sure they are reading for an attack by zombies. The school has a plan for responding to the undead on its Web site among outlines for dealing with hurricanes and pandemics. A spokesman says the exercise was written by an employee to "add a little bit of levity" to disaster preparation discussions.