Jun 15, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min · 12 segments
New Decade, Same sad, horny vampires Interview with The Vampire Season 1 from AMC In early 20th-century New Orleans, Louis de Pointe du Lac—haunted by guilt and the burdens of immortality—is…
Kate SanchezHost
Matthew GlennHost
This is, uh, a- an awesome television show and right now the third season/spin-off, yeah I don't know what you should call it, uh-
so for people who don't know, um, Anne Rice's books are called The Vampire Chronicles.
Whole thing, all this is to say when we are approaching this it is technically a season three.
It's not a spin-off but they should've just called the show The Vampire Chronicles to begin with and that would've been a lot better with each season having its own subtitle.
[laughs] Yeah, I, I, I discovered more about this after starting to consume it and being conf- a little confused, uh, with like just how many books there are.
"In the early 20th century New Orleans, Louis de Pointe du Lac, haunted by guilt and the burden of immortality is transformed into a vampire by the mercurial Lestat." That's one word to describe him.
[laughs] "Their dark bond deepens with the introduction of child vampire Claudia, forging a tense eternal family that fractures beneath longing, obsession and unending regret." Kate, we've watched the movie which gave us-
... basically the first, um, the first season is like h- the first half of the movie a little bit.
Um, and the second half, the second season is sort of the, the, the conclusion of what happens in the movie.
This is, uh, a- an awesome television show and right now the third season/spin-off, yeah I don't know what you should call it, uh-
so for people who don't know, um, Anne Rice's books are called The Vampire Chronicles.
Whole thing, all this is to say when we are approaching this it is technically a season three.
It's not a spin-off but they should've just called the show The Vampire Chronicles to begin with and that would've been a lot better with each season having its own subtitle.
[laughs] Yeah, I, I, I discovered more about this after starting to consume it and being conf- a little confused, uh, with like just how many books there are.
"In the early 20th century New Orleans, Louis de Pointe du Lac, haunted by guilt and the burden of immortality is transformed into a vampire by the mercurial Lestat." That's one word to describe him.
[laughs] "Their dark bond deepens with the introduction of child vampire Claudia, forging a tense eternal family that fractures beneath longing, obsession and unending regret." Kate, we've watched the movie which gave us-
... basically the first, um, the first season is like h- the first half of the movie a little bit.
Um, and the second half, the second season is sort of the, the, the conclusion of what happens in the movie.
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