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…

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 Fucked Up as Everything Else, Antarctic Crimes, Change Every Version of Bea…

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: Th…

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 Prac…

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…

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:…

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…

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…

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:

***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 …

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:…

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.

Yeah, scary.

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, Lumberse…

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:

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 Som…

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…

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 Spacefin…

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 Knob…

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 inc…

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 podcas…

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,…

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.

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, T…

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: …

Would you guest-host it? Yeah, that's right. We're playin' it. Would You Blank It is back, and Raynee is also back. Come find out what she will and won't put up with as a guest-host of a fictional podcast. Turns out: she's tough. Topics include: Large Things, Linty Shrimps, I'm Not a Mean Person, Don't Look Steven in the Eye, Rate These Boobs, Junk…

Raynee's BACK. And she's brought with her some Do, Dump, Dates and some would-you-rathers. What. Are you kidding me. Too good. Too creative. Get her outta here. Topics include: Is it the Goblin, Hand or Mouth Stuff, Spit Rum and Crush Melons, The Gooey Core, Chain Me Up in a Shed, and I Am a Quivering Small Dog. *** Come chat with us, and other rad…

Ah, you. Good ol' you. Here again, to see me. Me! The lowly Hypotheticast. What a privilege. What an honor. Let me take your hat, and your coat. These look expensive. My, my. We've got a guest today, by the way! Her name is Raynee! She's the Would You Rather Madness Champion, and truly shines in her role. She's taking over the podcast! Forever! It'…

Do. Dump. Date. The only three ways. Help us choose. Topics include:

We've got a lot of ideas. Come along with us, and hear them. Or just like, play the podcast, but take out your headphones, go on a walk, and imagine what we might have said. That's the true Hypotheticast.

You know the game. Or do you? Everything you know has changed. Nothing will ever be the same. Would. You. Blanket. Topics include: Next Pandemic, Buttercups, The Pizza Party of the Soul, The B Stands for Blanket, Something That Knows About Ghosts, Dirty Blankets, The Girls Only Dorm, The School to Blanket Pipeline, and Good Morrow. *** Come chat wi…

Sometimes, life needs a little spice. Like, probably all times. When have you ever said that you didn't want spice? What's that? Many times? You enjoy a day without the unexpected? Well, isn't that just normal and responsible of you. This is a spicy episode! About romance! Listen! Topics include: Sylvia Plath is Alive and Well, The Dark Story Withi…

Another day, another six hundred thousand dollars. That's right. That's how much money we make, every day. Collectively, of course. Not individually. We're not monsters. Today's episode is about Dark Things, like rich people. It's Dark Stories, baybee. Come solve mysteries with us. Betcha can't. Topics include: We Unlocked Podcasting, Trash Hut, A …

Is it time? Why, yes! Time for what? That's up to you, my beautiful friend. For us, it is time to make a podcast, in which we answer Would-You-Rather questions and our bond becomes even more powerful. Do you want to be powerful? Join us.

Wuh oh. Wednesday. How would the corporate world be different if, instead of calling it "hump day," we called the middle of the workweek "Wuh Oh Wednesday"? We're not going to answer that question on this podcast, but we are going to explore the character-filled fictional radioactive landscapes of a game called Fallout Shelter! Topics include: Unfa…

Did you know that every problem in the world can be solved by a product? It's no coincidence that both words begin with "pro," because that's what we are. Pros. Here to solve. There is so, so much ethical consumption under capitalism. Topics include: Pizza Grits, Sun Too Bright, Bubble Time, You Know Shrek, Don't Talk to ME, The Hole the Predator L…

Hi, you. It's a Wednesday. Are you doin' it? I bet you are. Thanks for doin' it. This week, we're predicting next year's Oscar winners. I think we figured it out. Get a head start. Place those bets. Do people bet on the Oscars? I'm gonna Google it. Topics include: Children Time, Home of Riddles, Duck of Dreams, Oscar Nominated Assholes, Kissing is …

Topics include: It's Roll Call, Larry the Churchy Guy, The Cool Guy Awards, Check Out This Butt, As Many Goblins As I Desire, Beff Jezos, and Haley Joel Osment.

The Good. The Bad. The Answer. Everything, as we all know, is a double-edged sword. And here we are, dissecting even more truths about the world so that you can be smarter. Listen to this episode, be smarter, and make good decisions because you're smarter. That's how this show works. We don't make the rules, we just make you smarter. Topics include…

Friends. We've made it. We put all your beautiful, horrible would-you-rathers through the ringer, and are breaching the hypothetical ocean like a super cool whale, holding in between our huge flippers the Ultimate Would-You-Rather Question. Sleepovers will never be the same. Topics include: Eating That Burger, The Centipede from James and the Giant…

You're halfway through the week. And we're more than halfway through this March Madness, WYR-style. We know so many things, we've answered so many questions, and we're so close to the ultimate truth. Come. Come see. Topics include: Dog Been Corned, Posters of Michael Jordan, Pretty Open Sprinkle-Wise, Tanner's Bedtime, The Monster Inside of All of …

We're gettin' into the Weird Stuff. I mean, beyond the normal level. This is where the true clashes occur. The mashing of answers into horrible, terrifying, unanswerable chimeras. Topics include: 25 or 6 to 4, Aaron Carter Drank a Beer Once and I Got Drunk at School, Full of the Magic Finger, I Want to Shoot Guns Down Holes, I Can Move On From That…

Aah! The other side of the bracket! We're coming at you with eight more listener-submitted would-you-rathers and good dang these are spicy and quick. I hope you filled out your bracket, AND I hope you voted correctly! Topics include: Just a Little Jock that Needed to Jam, There's My Boy Lookin' Tasty, I Feel Like I Am a Monster, the God of Grapefru…

Not all questions have answers. Here at the Hypotheticast, we are rocked to our core by this existential truth every single day. And sometimes, we even muster the courage, the strength, the fortitude, to REVEL in such truths. Today, we begin our quest to find the ULTIMATE would-you-rather. We're going to. And we're going to do it in a way that does…

It's time for a new game, you dogs. And this one is ABOUT dogs, so like, that's fun, because I said dogs in the first sentence too. What a pleasure these show notes are to read. Do you like them? Today, we're playing Hero Dog Saves Town, an RPG from Alex Roberts. It's a blast. Come see. Topics include:…

Wednesday? Hm. I guess. Last I checked, it was like, Sunday. But ok. If you say so. This episode of our beautiful lil' show is a throwback to a simpler time. A saltier time. A meatier time. Topics include: Sell the Heart, George Clooney, Me Personally, Make It Hard, Do All Mummies Get Skinny, The Bones Kind, It's a Beautiful Walrus, They're Posting…

Red. Flags. You've got 'em. I've got 'em. We've all got 'em. And this week, we're making up hypothetical people that've got 'em. It's a game! Wow! Play it with us, by listening. Topics include: There's No Bigger Red Flag Than Someone Thinking I'm Not Funny, It's Gonna Be Bad for You, Portalie Natman, This Person Will Go Back in Time and Kill Hitler…

Hi! You! I'm so glad you're here. You know why? Because you rule. You're enough. I love what you're up to. Today, we're playing Adultz Bop, which is a game where we guess how Kidz Bop tried to make the world safer (re: sanitized) for kids, and then try our best to make the world safer (re: more exciting) for adults. Who knows if we succeed, or even…

We're playing Dark Stories, and boy, are these some stories.

January 20th. Something has occurred. Something has been expelled. Something has been . . . pooped out from the butthole of America. What's that? Oh, it's just this episode of the Hypotheticast. Topics include: Fully Watching a Movie, We Are All Sausage Gods, I Haven't Seen Him Lately Is He Dead, You Can't Teach About People That You're Dating, A M…