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 Man Knows What He Wants, Scary Stories to Date in the Dark, What Gravestone Have You Gotten To, and I Want the Fancy Witch. *** Come chat with us, and other rad fans of the show, in our FACEBOOK GROUP! iTunes FacebookTwitter InstagramYOUTUBE Or, search for us on SPOTIFY if you aren't afraid to answer the cats / bats / rats question.

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EP.170 — A Group of Bats That Used to Be Men

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. 

EP.169 — What If It Was Chucky and Annabelle?

EP.168 — Slight Molecular Adjustments Make Red Bull Complete Poison

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, and other rad fans of the show, in our FACEBOOK GROUP! iTunes FacebookTwitter InstagramYOUTUBE Or, search for us on SPOTIFY if you'd order something simply called "sandwich." 

EP.167 — Crawl in People's Yards

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: 

EP.166 — Birthday Party Ideas for Mikes Dot Com

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 chat with us, and other rad fans of the show, in our FACEBOOK GROUP! iTunes FacebookTwitter InstagramYOUTUBE Or, search for us on SPOTIFY if you'd like to work at SeaWorld to "change the system from the inside."

EP.165 — Be the Vampire Bartender You Want to See in the World

 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 fans of the show, in our FACEBOOK GROUP! iTunes FacebookTwitter InstagramYOUTUBE Or, search for us on SPOTIFY if you think that the funniest person in the world is probably more of a Dracula.

EP.164 — Call Me By Your No-Nos

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 GROUP! iTunes FacebookTwitter InstagramYOUTUBE Or, search for us on SPOTIFY if you'd like to hang out at a space bar with a couple gods. 

EP.163 — He Lives in Space but He is Also in Charge of the Hand of Space

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 Happen Here Where There are No Big Indecent Guys. *** Come chat with us, and other rad fans of the show, in our FACEBOOK GROUP! iTunes FacebookTwitter InstagramYOUTUBE Or, search for us on SPOTIFY if you would eat any and all Fairy Food that you came across and enjoy your Big Joyful Spirited Away Pig Life. 

EP.162 — Short Gray Bob

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: 

EP.161 — What's an Emotion You Might Feel at Night?

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: Tio Sancho Taco Shells Commerical *** Come chat with us, and other rad fans of the show, in our FACEBOOK GROUP! iTunes FacebookTwitter InstagramYOUTUBE Or, search for us on SPOTIFY if you also checked and the Tio Sancho Taco Shell commercial is definitely fake, which is honestly a huge bummer, and I really wish it wasn't, because wow the joy and shock I felt watching it for the first time believing in its wild awful glory, wow wow, what a thing.

EP.160 — Think of the Times You Pulled Together Instead of Apart

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, in our FACEBOOK GROUP! iTunes FacebookTwitter InstagramYOUTUBE Or, search for us on SPOTIFY if you'd like to hear children come on our show live and ridicule us. 

EP.159 — All Bats Are Beautiful

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.  

EP.158 — Fossil Fuel Flosh Sticks

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 other rad fans of the show, in our FACEBOOK GROUP! iTunes FacebookTwitter InstagramYOUTUBE Or, search for us on SPOTIFY if you'd like to hear some tales from the app Fart Stories.

EP.157 — Is He Naughty?

You know all those burning questions you've had about David's husband? Like, who even is that guy? Let 'em burn. Because we're asking questions about Emily's husband today. The game is Would You Tanner. Or Would Tan Rather. Or something like that. But it's speculative, it's suspenseful, and their very marriage hangs in the balance. Topics include: These Richards and These Jeffreys, His Hair is a Favor to Us, He's Got a Big Big Job, Tanner's Big Trees, Carnival Sparker, I Love the Arts, The Audience is Familiar with My Hair Journey, I Hear Those Wedding Bells Un-ringing, and A Fine Enough Showman.

EP.156 — Blast a Little Toot

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