Almost Plausible

A group of friends from college, now middle-aged, gather for an Oktoberfest celebration. Their host intends to tell his comrades about his illness and impending death, but he isn't able to find the right time to share this grave news. Over the course of the same weekend, he begins to reconnect with his estranged father and learns more about his mother's affliction with the same illness. Re...

A magician's assistant steals his mentor's face in order to rob a wealthy sheik, who has rented out Alcatraz to throw an extravagant party. When the magician is blamed for the theft, he and his compatriots must escape from the notorious prison and race against time to stop the assistant and recover the magician's face. References and Transcript Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts Spo...

A young woman on a gap year trip through Europe is surprised to discover that the tooth on her necklace is a magical dragon tooth. The dragon's spirit begins to fulfill her desires to be a popular social media influencer, but her newfound fame brings with it real danger. Two opposing factions are battling over the tooth, and the winner will decide the fate of humanity. References and Transcrip...

In a future where all cars are driven by artificial intelligence, collisions are a thing of the past. So when an AI-driven car appears to intentionally crash into another vehicle, an insurance investigator is given the task of figuring out how this could have happened. He's paired with an android running a copy of the car's AI software, and together the sleuths follow a trail of improbable...

When Mark receives a wall calendar as a New Year's gift, he doesn't think much of it. After all, who uses a physical calendar anymore? But when he accidentally discovers the calendar is magical and it can send him backward and forward in time, he uses it to try to shortcut his way to achieving his lifelong goal of writing a novel. Things don't go as planned, and he quickly uses up the...

A dermatologist embeds with a nudist colony to research a new kind of sunscreen that is natural and more effective than existing creams. She befriends a handsome naturist, but loses his trust when the company she works for burns her—just like he said they would. References and Transcript Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher RSS Connect with us: Facebook Instagram...

On the first manned mission to Mars, when the astronauts reach the mission area they discover a flag has already been planted and all of their supplies have been used up. With all their food and water gone, they head back to the ship to return to Earth... But it's also gone. They soon realize they're jumping around in time, and a faulty time machine from the future is to blame. The crew mu...

If you like the National Lampoon films, then you'll love our farcical take on a story about a kleptomaniacal can opener repairman who becomes a reluctant detective investigating an apparent murder involving—you guessed it—a can opener. The situation quickly (and hilariously) escalates, and soon the police, the mob, and even the mayor are pursuing him all over town. With no dead body, no appare...

When a prince crosses a witch, she curses him to spend eternity as a bird. 300 years later, the witch's descendent accidentally releases him from his spell. Can they set aside their differences and work together to restore him to the throne, oust the corrupt regent, and return their country to its former glory? References and Transcript Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podc...

Improviser Adal Rifai joins the Almost Plausible crew in this hilarious story about a pair of food truck owners who face off during a cooking battle with a hefty cash prize. Despite their initial headbutting, the chefs soon discover they have more in common than just their cuisine, leading to a romantic entanglement. References and Transcript Adal's Links: Hello From the Magic Tavern Hey Riddl...

In the early twentieth century, a group of lumberjacks head into a remote part of the woods to work. The plan is to spend two weeks felling trees and finishing a log flume, but a series of attacks from a forest monster forces them to change their plans. Their camp's remote location makes escaping from the woods nearly impossible, but fighting the monster has deadly consequences. The men must u...

Author and screenwriter Geoffrey D. Calhoun joins the crew to write a story about a bag of chips. Specifically, a bag of potato chips, although it seems no one told Shep that, because his pitch is about a hacker who steals a bag of computer chips. Never wanting to back down from a challenge, the group finds a way to make it work, and together they create a story about a heist to steal potato-based...

A woman in her twenties is surprised when she suddenly lays a large egg. As if that wasn't strange enough, the egg hatches to reveal a tiny human... With wings. The woman raises her daughter under a watchful eye, careful to make sure the secret of her child's wings is never revealed. But what happens when her rebellious teenage daughter yearns to fly? References and Transcript Subscribe to...

A group of kids on summer break hit the jackpot when they discover a huge pile of shipping pallets, which they use to build forts in the woods. A water balloon war breaks out, and soon bases are being captured and absorbed, until just two large forts remain. What follows for the children is a tense weekend full of escalating weapons, imaginations, and the greatest water balloon battle of their liv...

The solo female traveler from America visiting Ireland and falling in love with a handsome Irishman is a pretty standard rom-com trope at this point, so we decided to shake things up a bit. In our story, an Irishman living abroad in the United States comes home and falls in love with an American woman living in Ireland. It's a story about family, tacos, and the Shamrock Inn. References and Tra...

A conservative survivalist with the less-than-masculine name of Snowflake Johnson visits his hippie parents at their remote commune to introduce them to his fiancée. While there, Snow learns the commune's residents earn their living farming drugs for a cartel. He stirs up trouble, which has predictably dire consequences. References and Transcript Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts Spotify G...

Ephram is an aspiring writer living in a big city. When his great aunt passes away and he inherits her cottage in a tiny New England town, he sees an opportunity to get the peace and quiet he needs to finally write his novel. Unbeknownst to him, a spell-gone-wrong in the late 18th century has cursed the town with a zombie problem, and flowers are the only thing that can hold back the undead. Refer...

Almost Plausible is one year old, so Emily, Shep, and Thomas take a look (er, listen?) back over the first year's episodes and give you some extra insights into the show. References and Transcript Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher RSS Connect with us: Twitter Facebook Instagram Reddit Discord

Part 2 of our Year One Review episode. Almost Plausible is one year old, so Emily, Shep, and Thomas take a look (er, listen?) back over the first year's episodes and give you some extra insights into the show. References and Transcript Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher RSS Connect with us: Twitter Facebook Instagram Reddit Discord

In a world of marshmallow islands and hot cocoa oceans, a community scrambles to save their homes after years of corruption and ecological mismanagement. One family must find a way to rally the working class together to literally take back their land from the billionaires. References and Transcript Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher RSS Connect with us: Twitter...

A long-forgotten videocassette for a Sesame Street style TV show turns out to be a portal into the puppet world. But when a pair of children go through the portal and meet a strange new friend, their parents have to race to save them from a very grown-up danger. References and Transcript Bob's Link: Static Radio Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher RSS Connect...

Who doesn't love eggnog? Well, you might not, but we love it! And for the main character of this episode, eggnog is the only good thing about the winter holidays. But that love of eggnog, along with his humbug attitude toward Christmas, make him a perfect—if unlikely—candidate to become a Santa Claus (not *the* Santa Claus, just *a* Santa Claus). Join an all-star cast as they engage in some cl...

If birthday candles really did grant wishes, what would you wish for? In this episode, a magical birthday candle gives our main character near immortality, making it so that he only ages when the candle is burned. But as is often the case with magic, things don't work out as expected. References and Transcript Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher RSS Connect w...

We're going medieval on this episode about a mute palace servant whose sole job is to baste the king's turkey legs. When the queer king can't (or won't) produce an heir, the turkey baster is called in to assist—but probably not in the way you're thinking. It's a farce of mistaken identities, complete with sex, murder, and a happy ending ( *ahem* several, actually). Referenc...

We roll the dice on a more serious romance story in this episode. It's the late 1940s, and a pretty young pip painter at a dice factory catches the eye of the new guy. Unbeknownst to him, she has some serious post-war baggage, and the shadow of her late war hero husband looms over their nascent relationship. Join us as we explore (and poke fun at) gender role stereotypes in post-World War II A...