Episodes
Wow.  This is it! The last one! You made it to the weird little farmhouse at the end of the driveway. You thought you might have taken a wrong turn, but no. That's us, waving, from the windows! You were on the right road all along. And what a road it's been. Thank you, sincerely, for your love, your feedback, your participation, your questions, your games, your laughter (we assume), your tears (we assume), and your support during this strange five-year thing that we decided to do and see if...
Published 12/29/21
Published 12/29/21
The Final Meat.  Well, three mini-meats, actually. Which is great! David, Emily, and Mike all bring a meaty question of their own. Get ready to talk Pokemon, Moon Murder, and Endings. Topics include: Stumpkin, Here I Come Bologna, Paperoni, Squirtguns and Fortresses, Just as F****d Up as Everything Else, Antarctic Crimes, Change Every Version of Beauty and the Beast, and A Bobbsey Twins Book With a Gun. *** Come say goodbye forever to us in our FACEBOOK GROUP! iTunes Facebook Twitter ...
Published 12/22/21
Welcome, welcome, welcome. Come in. Sit down in the first of three chairs we've prepared for you. This one is labeled "Would You Blank It," and while sitting in it, you'll witness the final round of this game we truly did invent All this time, we've been trying to reach the perfect equilibrium, and I'm pretty sure we finally did. Topics include: That Big Baby is Pooping Somewhere, Jort in Solidarity, A Medium Guy, Going Jesus or Going Moses, Burning Books is Fine, He Just Puts His Hands in...
Published 12/15/21
Red. Flags. It's the last time we get to create attractive, strange, or maybe downright repulsive people to date! Get in here and talk to us about dealbreakers. Is cookie breath even GOOD? Topics include: Radio Rental, Thinking About the Radisson Blue, Aggressively-Gendered Nannies, I Don't Love Children, Cassie with the Cookie Breath, They're Practically Free, A Rodeo Champion and a Rocket Scientist, Cure Cancer with Kisses, and That Ark Might Come in Handy. *** Come say goodbye to...
Published 12/08/21
Would. I. Rather. This one's about US. Well, it's also about how well we know each other. Some of us wrote questions beforehand, some of us read some beautiful pre-generated questions mostly about rattlesnakes, and some of us made them up on the spot. But no matter the method, we all learned something about each other. And ourselves. Topics include: If You Wanna Shine You Can Shine Any Damn Day You Want, Houseboat Houseboat Hole, Four Skeletons, I've Grown Up a Little Bit, No Gods No...
Published 12/01/21
Oh, hi! It's the sixth-to-last episode of this wonderful, beautiful little son that we call a "podcast." What a thing. We're playing Dark Stories one last time, because we're just feelin' too dang optimistic about the world and we really gotta season it with some BUMMERS. Just kidding. There's a clown in this one. Topics include: The Hexapenultimate Episode, SMS Text Message, Did Something Enter His Body, I'm Sure It's Offensive, That Happens a Lot, Let's Make a Really Loud Fire, Oh My Car,...
Published 11/24/21
It's time for another FINAL ROUND of a BEAUTIFUL GAME. That's right, on this, our 7th-to-last-episode of the Hypotheticast, we're playing our final round of one of our favorite games: The Good, The Bad, and The Answer!  Tune in as we imagine, and then critique each other's imagination! That's fun, right? Oh, yes.  Topics include: Sandy Windyhouse, We Were Such Little Babies, Nobody Will Forget Emily Dussault, I Think From Now On You Should Scoop Your Own Litter Box, Theatre Goosts, Got a...
Published 11/17/21
Oh my god, hi! I can't believe it's you! And you're positively glowing. You're just in time — we're playing a game called Fallout Shelter. It's that ol' apocalyptic mix-em-up with beings + powers + accessories that always brings a smile to the brain. Oh, and there's an important announcement in this episode, so listen. Listen to it! To this episode! Topics include: Make a Butt Listen to Our Podcast, Punish Me with Old Food, She's Single, Well That's What He Has, Time's Up On That, and...
Published 11/10/21
Food! Do you like? I like. Of all the things, Food is certainly one of them. And it's at least in my top five! I'm a real fan.  Today, we're going to design some celebrity meals — inspired by the Saweetie Meal — but for celebrities and restaurants you . . . might not think to combine.  Topics include: Strong and Hot, Christmas Freaks, I Like Quiznos, Can I Have the Olive Loaf?, They Shred the Pig in Front of You, We're Going to Give You Over to Dairy Queen, and When You're Here We're Your...
Published 11/03/21
***CONTENT WARNING: one specific story about bug infestation and human decay.*** He's almost here! Old Mr. Skeletons himself, the self-proclaimed and Wal-Mart Sponsored "Santa of Halloween." It's not a good ad campaign, but it is technically an ad campaign.  But really, the ween is close. So, gather round, and listen to us answer one HUNDRED spooky would-you-rathers. We did all one hundred. We did. Topics include: It's Too Close to Halloween to Use Phones, I Love Spooky, I Am Not...
Published 10/27/21
It's still SO scary out there. But the two antidotes? Oh, you know. Podcasts and friendship. This one's got BOTH. Wait, there are three antidotes. The third one is kissing. And while we do not kiss on this episode, we DO discuss who we would WANT to kiss.  And the Absolutely Certified Mega-Star Hope Nordquist joins us. It's too much. Topics include: Vampire Consent Culture, Terrifying Conversations with Tilda Swinton, Because of How You Just Said "Get Nasty With", All Turtle Guy, Sausage...
Published 10/21/21
It's scarytimes, and there's so much to be scared of. How do you know what to look at, what to be around, what to listen to, in order to really maximize your fear? We're here to help you figure out what the absolute SCARIEST things are. We got this. Topics Include: Carol of the Hells, You Don't Want Your Child to Gut a Horse, Bats are Bad Sneakers, The Invisible Man from England, A Shark Named Jaws, and A Haunted Boatride. *** Come chat with us, and other rad fans of the show, in...
Published 10/13/21
BOO. Yeah, scary. It's that time. Lots of brands are capitalizing on Big Halloween this time of year, and some of them came to us. Weird, I know, but it's true. They asked us to help. So we did, because we're nice. Listen to the amazing ideas we have for making Halloween this year a true capitalist success. Topics include: Dearie is a No-Go, Halloween is the Fantasy Novel of Reality, Yes Horror, Wheel of Jeopardy, Cody's Peloton Prison, Skeloton, The Ghost is Cute Though, and When I...
Published 10/06/21
It's Fall! Autumn! The Third One! Whatever you call it, trees have begun the big dump. But the only thing that's fallin' over here at the Hypotheticast is our ratings. Wait. Anyway, we're doing a couple Autumnal Buzzfeed Quizzes today! Tune in to learn about us, as we learn about ourselves.  Topics include: Wood Paneling is Back, Too Soggy, Lumbersexual Snacks, Easy Bread, OatGurt, Movies Don't Have Feelings, We're Ready for H, Suckin' the Jelly, and Classic Ween. *** Come chat with us,...
Published 09/29/21
Well, well, well. Our beloved Mike is becoming another year older. So he's brought some birthday-party-themed would-you-rathers for us to reaaaaaaally chew on. There's some existential stuff in here, travelers. Come on down. Topics include: Funfetti, John Steinbeck's The Gold, Ooze Into Your Cracks, Trick Take Me to the Emergency Room, You Have to Work for the Box, Hot Dog Factory, A Streamer as Big as You Want, Give Kids Hooks, and A "Died By" Date. *** Come chat with us, and other rad...
Published 09/22/21
A lot of folks are quitting their jobs. Nobody wants to work for you anymore. But what jobs are we going to get? This week, we're discussing what it would be like if we changed careers, but in a fun way. Yeah. Fun. Topics include: The Circle, The Patch Adams Scale, Tiny Anthropomorphic Body Cells, Hoping Someone Will Write a Dark Story About Me Someday, Strike David From the Record, Sea World Sucks, I Would Sleep with Them Where They Are In Their Nest, Break Up With Your Cowboy *** Come...
Published 09/15/21
Ahahaha. Wednesday. It's back again. And so are we! We're playing Red Flags, which is absolutely a game that you all should play, to know exactly where your boundaries are. We all learn something every dang time. Topics: What If I Was Really Aggressive, Until the Ground Beef Stops, Physical Comedy Can't Be Beat, Mr. Bean Lives in the Bean, Touch Me In My No-No, The Star Wars Kid, You Have Strong Suspicions that They're a Serial Killer, and Hot Log. *** Come chat with us, and other rad...
Published 09/08/21
Oh, yes. It's time for a Romantic Dramedy. Mike and Emily take some randomly generated creatures and create some absolutely juicy shows / movies that will almost certain cause some sort of TV Network bidding war.  Topics include: Extreme Fantasy Names, SOS I Need You to Come Here Now, I Should Be a TV Writer, Time Mouse is Terri Gross, King Spacefinder, She Kinda Rains Metal Lightning, and Dollar Tree is Your Friend. *** Come chat with us, and other rad fans of the show, in our FACEBOOK...
Published 09/01/21
Back to school! We're . . . doing it? It looks different, obviously, for many folks. But on THIS podcast, we're making it look very different. Mike and David are going back to school. And Emily's in control. It's a Would You Blank It. Topics include: The Ejection Lever, Duct Tape Your Wrists Together, You're Old School, God Answers Prayer, How Knobby Is Her Hand, Cover Your Necks, He's a Super Nice Guy, Elevated Cafeteria Pizza, and Big Indecent Guys Fail at Real Tests and the Real Tests...
Published 08/25/21
We're makin' up some Dark Stories! That's right. And what's more, we're solving them, too. It's like when the detective in the movie is like "I also did the murder" and everyone's like "well it's not as impressive that you solved it then, is it?" and the detective is like "no not really, but what a twist, right?" It's a little like that. Topics include: Professor Beard, The Infinity Store, Exploding Chocolate Soccer Balls, Saw, I'm Not That Saw Guy, Big and Beefy and Buff, Mushy Grapes,...
Published 08/18/21
We. Love. Corporations.  But you know what we love more than corporations? Marketing for corporations. So, we're playin' a little game called Adverteasing, which is . . . a real game, from a box. We're guessin' slogans, and doing some fairly wild speculation. You'll like it. Or, like, if you don't, that's fine, there's at least a couple other podcasts out there. Topics include: Ross Parrot, Sir Winds a Lot, Taco Techniques, Baby Ankle Weights, ChildSkin (TM), I'm a Business Lady, Teeth...
Published 08/11/21
Ingestion. Embarrassment. Pain. These are things that, apparently, Would-You-Rathers can be about. We're just drawin' some random ones out of a Zobmondo box and hittin' em up with our analysis. We're like, experts, maybe, sort of, in a way.  Topics include: Whoopsie, When No News is Good News, Monicagate, Mel Gibson's Disease, Medicine Is a Mystery, GutscheGate, The Sewer Tsar, Naked Witch, Evil in His Eyes, and She's Kissed for Sure. *** Come chat with us, and other rad fans of the show,...
Published 08/04/21
You've got problems, right? Yeah. Me too. But we all know the real problem in 2021: there isn't enough novelty food.  We're here to change that.  Topics Include: Put Me in an Outhouse, Kum and Go, Fossil Fuel, Kermit's Little Son Tiny Tim, The Floss is in the Fish Stick, Lucky Charms Represents the Duality of Faith and Reason, Lucky Snow, *** Come chat with us, and other rad fans of the show, in our FACEBOOK GROUP! iTunes Facebook Twitter Instagram YOUTUBE Or, search for us...
Published 07/28/21
CW: mention of prison, death Oh hi! Dark Stories! They're here! They're mostly kooky and weird, but this week there's a dash of serious, which is . . . weirdly unexpected. What a ride! We're solvin' it all, baybee. Topics include: Which Ones Are the Dogs Days of Summer, He's a Strong Fish, A Donnie Darko Situation, I Was Immediately Disappointed, Take Notes Tanner, Their Mechanic-Man Relationship, What He's Seen, Big Fart, Inner Dark Stories, and Was It Her Mom? *** Come chat with us, and...
Published 07/21/21