Episodes
Don't Rebel! We've got a truly epic spacey love story this week when Star Wars' AHSOKA TANA meets the Guardians of the Galaxy's GAMORA. Will these two find their love to finite or... INFINITE? Find out! Plus: is Gimli the dwarf that Snow White has been waiting for all this time? Find out with our guest BLYTHE KALA!
Published 10/21/20
Published 10/21/20
Can you date someone who's just like you? Can you date someone who's a fan of you? We strive to answer these hard hitting questions and more as we ship INDIANA JONES with RICK O'CONNELL (The Mummy) as well as the musical pairing of RAMONA FLOWERS (Scott Pilgrim) and DAZZLER (X-Men). And who better to join us then the one and only, YAEL TYGIEL. Ship with us won't you?
Published 09/29/20
It's Mario's 35th birthday! So we're celebrating by trying to find love for two of his oldest friends... We're shipping DONKEY KONG with the ape from Skull Island, KING KONG! Then, we're going to the fastest Karter around TOAD and we're shipping him with a mushroom-taking mystery solver... SHAGGY (Scooby Doo). What will happen when Shaggy sees this walking psychotropic at Burning Man? Listen to find out! 
Published 09/08/20
The wonder thing about an ALL TIGER SHIP is that we're releasing this kind of, not really Tiger King themed episode months late! Find out who's the real Tiger King top when we ship TIGGER (Winnie the Pooh) with HOBBES (Calvin & Hobbes). Then let's dig into some real literature as we ship GOLLUM (LOTR) with MRS. HAVISHAM (Great Expectations). All that and more with our guest Nikki Urban!
Published 08/25/20
A relationship more powerful than any Ships in the Night has ever seen before.... can a relationship last between the Almighty himself GOD (the Morgan Freeman one) and Watchmen's own god DR. MANHATTAN. Who watches the sex tape the Watchmen make? Then it's time for a talking to on a talk show ship with SPACE GHOST who'll be shipping on the east coast with SNL's THE CHURCH LADY. All that and more with returning guest, comedian DAVE CIACCIO!
Published 08/11/20
No ships for you! Just kidding, we're nicer than this guy. But tune in to hear what happens when we start a ship between Seinfeld's THE SOUP NAZI and The Muppets' SWEDISH CHEF. Then we're going case solving with two badass detectives, JESSICA JONES and SHERLOCK HOLMES. And we're not going alone, we've got KATY DOLLE to join us for this one...
Published 07/28/20
It's not just a fantasy, we're shipping that stylish, boyish doctor JD (Scrubs) with that excitable, friendly, time-traveling doctor THE DOCTOR (the 13th one, specifically). How will these universes unite in beauty and smut? You'll have to listen to find out. Plus a ship of pure unbelievable power... ONE PUNCH MAN and SUPERMAN! And this episode welcomes back the wonderful, amazing ALEXIS TORRES!
Published 07/14/20
They may be villains, but they're wearing masks in public, so we think they deserve love; can SHREDDER and DARTH VADER take a break from trying to kill teenagers long enough to hook up?  Plus, we inadvertently realize GREASE is the most confusing love story of all time as we pair SANDY with WOLVERINE.  SAM HORWITZ is back on the pod, and he desperately wants us to find love for JONNY QUEST.  One of us presents possibly the least-convincing matchmaker argument in the show's history... come...
Published 06/30/20
It's our two-year anniversary! We didn't make a big deal about it! Can the purr-fect crime make purr-fect lovers with CATWOMAN and KITTY PRYDE? Can the dulcet tones of Ringo Starr help OPTIMUS PRIME grab hold of THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE'S caboose? Plus, guest EVE ESQUIRE provides us with an unseasonably spooky matchmaker segment when she brings in Marvel's AGATHA HARKNESS (we know... we had to look her up too!)
Published 06/16/20
What does it mean to be truly isolated? Well TRUMAN BURBANK (The Truman Show) and RAPUNZEL (Tangled) certainly could spin us a yarn about it. But what if they hooked up? Then! It's the miniature horse with the biggest heart LIL SEBASTIAN (Parks and Recreation) and the sitcom horse with the smallest heart of all BOJACK HORSEMAN, how will this celebrity pairing go? Let's find out with returning guest YAEL TYGIEL, this week on SHIPS IN THE NIGHT!
Published 05/19/20
Join us and guest Meredith Paul for a special all matchmaker episode of Ships in the Night Live! This week, we try to find love for loveable, yet lonely, singles PORKINS (Star Wars) and NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM (Harry Potter). Will we be successful? You'll have to listen in to find out!
Published 05/05/20
What happens when a capitalist raccoon starts a relationship with a middle-manager? Find out as we ship everyone's favorite capitalist, TOM NOOK (Animal Crossing) with jerk boss BILL LUMBERGH (Office Space)! Then we'll make time for some "foxy" love with FOX MCCLOUD (Starfox) and ROBIN HOOD (Disney's Robin Hood)! And we're doing it with the host of the Sweet Virgin Brian podcast... Brian Inciong! Recorded live (but isolated) on Twitch 4/8/20
Published 04/21/20
Join us for the first of a few live taped specials for 'Ships in the Night! Originally broadcast live on Twitch with The Pack Theater. We play an extended matchmaker game with the live chat and our guest Elizabeth Hayhurst. Settle in as we find love for characters like Ford Prefect (Hitchhiker's Guide), McLovin (Superbad), and... Minoru Mineta (My Hero Academia)? As long as Los Angeles is locked down, join us for these live episodes weekly at 8pm PST at twitch.tv/packtheater
Published 04/07/20
Venture down a path of sadness... horny sadness that is! We're shipping MOANING MYRTLE (Harry Potter) with DEBBIE DOWNER (Saturday Night Live) for some weirdly downtrodden fan fiction. Then, we come up with the story of a manly man's love affair... the story of RON SWANSON (Parks & Rec) and CHIEF HOPPER (Stranger Things). Can you BEAR such a ship? Join us with our special guest, stand up comedian KELLY MCINERNEY! 
Published 03/24/20
EMPEROR PALPATINE may not have had a partner when he made a clone son, but he deserves love too! On today's election special, we run off a long list of possible romantic interests submitted to pair up with ol' Darth Sidious. Join us and returning guest ALEX SALEM as we run through 23 candidates for the heart of Emperor Sheeve Palpatine!
Published 03/10/20
WHO WILL CONQUER WHO? When CONAN THE BARBARIAN and SAMANTHA (Sex and the City) hit it off, will this lead to the destruction of New York? Or the true 'filling' of Samantha's needs. Then is a sidekick love affair when a farmer's market meeting leads to a secret relationship between RON WEASLEY (Harry Potter) and SAMWISE GAMGEE (Lord of the Rings)! Plus the deepest cut matchmaker character ever: NIDDLER (Pirates of Dark Water)! All that with our guest FRANKIE GRIFFEN!
Published 02/25/20
This week we are down to clown... because we're shipping KRUSTY THE CLOWN (The Simpsons) with Gotham's own HARLEY QUINN! Will this rebound be the end of the two of them? Plus, two royal felines meet up as we ship MUFASA (The Lion King) with OLD DEUTERONOMY (Cats). Will we make the jellicle choice? Find out as we welcome our guest RYAN NILSEN for all that and more on this week's SHIPS IN THE NIGHT!
Published 02/11/20
Let's fly away to love! This week we ship SUPERGIRL with someone else who knows what it's like to live in a family member's shadow... LUIGI MARIO! Then, can two of the wealthiest characters on TV find love together? Let's find out when we ship TAHANI AL JAMIL (The Good Place) with SCROOGE MCDUCK (Ducktales)! Plus, we play matchmaker for one of Westworld's underlings... All that and more with our guest ADRIAN SNOW!
Published 01/28/20
What's allowed while on a break? And does that determination stand up while dating a purple dinosaur? Find out the answers as we ship paleontologist ROSS (friends) and BARNEY THE DINOSAUR (Barney & Friends)! Then we're journeying through Springfield and then under the sea as we find a crossover romance between BART SIMPSON (The Simpsons) and ARIEL (The Little Mermaid). Join us and special guest CHLOE ZAK on the first 'Ships in the Night of 2020!
Published 01/14/20
What better way to celebrate a new year than with pointless nostalgia?! This special retrospective looks back at some of our favorite segments from 2019... stroll with us down the suspiciously sticky sidewalks of memory lane! Thank you all for a great year!
Published 12/31/19
It's another all holiday special! Get in the giving spirit as find the hard working romance between DOBBY THE ELF (Harry Potter) and BUDDY THE ELF (Elf). Then you're going to see something grow three sizes this day as we ship THE GRINCH and MR HANKEY (South Park). Plus a holiday matchmaker from a galaxy far far away... All that and more with our guest CHRISTIAN BLADT!
Published 12/17/19
This week's ship is kind of a big deal. We're shipping ROB BURGUNDY (Anchorman) with CARRIE BRADSHAW (Sex and the City)! Then, it's the undercover love crossover that is groovy baby, yeah! Spy our fanfic lovestory between AUSTIN POWERS and JAMES BOND! All that and more with our guest, live-action Cathy, Susan Sassi! 
Published 12/03/19
Let's make some REAL magic as we ship Harry Potter's LORD VOLDEMORT and the Wizard of Oz's WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST! Can love spark in the face of their evil plans? Then it's a rodent romance as we ship CHARLES ENTERTAINMENT CHEESE with STUART LITTLE! All that and more with our guest Elizabeth Hayhurst on Ships in the Night!
Published 11/19/19
Take a ride on the Magic School Bus indeed... see what happens when we ship two transforming travelers of space and time... THE TARDIS and THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS. Then it's a musical name mashup when we ship the Guardians of the Galaxy's ROCKET RACCOON with The Beatles' own lovesick gunslinger ROCKY RACCOON. PLUS we play matchmaker for the Ghostbuster's EGON SPENGLER. All that with special guest Dave Child! This is 'Ships in the Night!
Published 11/12/19