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Hosted by Vesta Vaingloria & Heather Noel · society · EN-US
Open your graves to us. As self-identified adult goths, Vesta and Heather dig into the lives of adult goths and goth-adjacent friends. We get into the psychological and sociological experience of living in this subculture when it’s not a phase, mom (but on that note, tell me about your mother). You will not find music reviews or makeup tutorials here, but music, aesthetics, and club gossip will inevitably bleed into the conversation. Let us dig up the deeply human remains: Religion. Sex stuff. Gatekeeping. Substance abuse. Family. Being in the same clubs with all of your exes until you die.
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Signup to Generate a PitchOpen your graves to us. As self-identified adult goths, Vesta and Heather dig into the lives of adult goths and goth-adjacent friends. We get into the psychological and sociological experience of living in this subculture when it’s not a phase, mom (but on that note, tell me about your mother).
OPEN GRAVES is hosted by Vesta Vaingloria & Heather Noel. The show has published 74 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "74 - On Dissonance and Resonance" (17 June 2026, 52 minutes), "73 - Existential Dread (but you can dance to it) In conversation with returning guest DAVEY HAVOK" (13 February 2026, 66 minutes), and "72 - Memento Mori, Carpe Noctem" (13 January 2026, 43 minutes).
OPEN GRAVES publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 64 minutes across 74 episodes.
Booking probability for OPEN GRAVES is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. OPEN GRAVES requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. OPEN GRAVES's contact route on record: verified email.
Vesta Vaingloria & Heather Noel hosts OPEN GRAVES, a society podcast with 74 episodes published.
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Recorded from Jake’s white linen adorned home in his absence, Heather and Vesta discuss amongst many things, the recent convergence of so many goth events on one weekend, showing that what can seem like a cohesive...
Episode #73
<p>The Black Sun is Bleeding Silver!</p><p>As Davey himself put it, AFI's newest album, "Silver Bleeds The Black Sun," is a litany of sonic flares honoring and signaling the Goth community. Or as Heather put it, "Shots...
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<p>Happy-ish new year. This was recorded in November 2025, and due to late publishing has become a bit of a time capsule, as things have changed since this recording. We revisit the topic of “memento mori” and the end...
<p>We are joined by an iconic duo, Mimi Sosa-Delcampo and Michelle Morales to focus on a topic that we have deftly avoided leaning too hard into: the role of fashion in the goth identity. We come at it from an angle...
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<p>You’re in for a twofer! We are late to the publishing game of talking about Cruel World, so this is a download about Kite, Chelsea Wolf, Actors, Mareaux, Clan of Xymox, of course Nick Cave, the divisive topic of...
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<p>Well, Open Graves is now a pop-psychology podcast. We revisit a topic from one of our earliest episodes: dating in the goth community, and how we handle it when it falls apart. This iteration is less about the goth...
<p>To commemorate Obelisk’s two year anniversary in March, we have assembled the team to download about the journey from day one to year two, which began with a power outage! Now that the infamous back room is opened...
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<p>We are joined by the enthusiastic, self-described late-blooming goth Arkonn, who is totally not going through a midlife crisis. We learn about his not-goth partner of 21 years (100 years in gay time), the dichotomy...
<p>In the early weeks after the election and Halloween, Heather and Vesta try to process these two disparate events. On brand as ever, we open with the darkness of the dystopia in the first half, and then claw toward...
<p>Welcome to Open Graves After Midnight, in which we are still in Rocky’s house getting into the cliffhangers from part one (and some whiskey and wine). This includes a graphic encounter with Rozz Williams, empathy as...
<p>Welcome to Open Graves After Dark with Rocky Slaughter, an alleged recovering goth who keeps getting pulled back in. We jump right into the darkness with discussion of growing up a feral latchkey child and loving it...
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<p>We apologize for literally talking about the weather, but we are on the porch talking #summergoth and what this time of year means for us. Between kayaking, beach and lake bathing, and all of the goth pool parties...
<p>In our most literal Open Graves yet, we are recording a mini-sode in the cemetery. Heather and Vesta catch up after what we will politely call a hiatus, due to chaotic personal lives. Chill with us until we get...
<p>After a brief recap of Obelisk’s one year anniversary party, we are joined by fellow valley-goth DJ, Randy LeoDragon. He discusses wrangling goths for the film industry through the Bat Pack and being an ethical goth...
<p>We are back to talk about the neurodivergence of it all: the prevalence of ADHD, Autism Spectrum, synesthesia, and “hautism” in the goth community. People who are drawn to subculture seem to be having the human...
<p>Depression gets all the stereotyped attention when it comes to diagnosing the goth community, but it is not news that we have higher than average proportion of neuro-spicy members, specifically Autism Spectrum and...
<p>As we get deeper into the hospitality rider’s worth of wine, Matthew Setzer tells us more about getting into flesh hook suspension, playing a Skinny Puppy show right after getting his vasectomy, balls in general, and...
<p>We are honored to be joined by Matthew Setzer, who you may recognize from such projects as Skinny Puppy, London After Midnight, and most recently Front Line Assembly, but also from around LA nightlife. He talks with...
<p>After a holiday hiatus, we’re back in the graves! This topic comes up in some capacity in almost every episode, so we decided to focus on it intentionally: mental health in the goth community. Depression, anxiety...
<p>Trauma takes a front seat in part two of our conversation with Bob Gardner, and from there it’s a whole journey (content warning: the darkness circles back at 1:01:40 - 1:03:20 with discussion of childhood sexual...
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