Finish It!

This week, Chris gets attacked by an actual spider while talking about spiders and it all gets recorded, Matt gets held-up by a Mr. Monkey before getting superpowers, and reality is broken, hard. Plus, it’s time for Choose Your Own Beverage with sloshy cocktails from both bros (recipes – including non-alcoholic versions – below), the hunch is just below the tum-tum, Matt manages to sneak in a Fres...

Special Announcement! Join the brothers this Saturday, 5/16 at 8p PST/11p EST for a livestreamin’, ‘za-eatin’, not-so-sad pizza party! Bring your own slice down to our YouTube channel and prepare for a night of awkward fun!  Plus, we’ll be chatting about your #FantasyFinishIt predictions from the last book, as well as the new one. We’ll tweet out a direct link on Saturday, but hey why not hit the...

This week, Matt gets got by a ghostly double whammy and Chris get just a really unsettling, disturbing ending that is just like… man. It’s rough. Like, real ooky. So weird. Jump on in! Plus, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Interactive Fiction or Magic Treehouse Book, the guys settle in for a friendly round of What’s Your Animal Crossing Catchphrase, Matt blesses your timeline by forgetting to...

Ghosts and chimpanzees and time travel holy cow, week one of House of Danger is no joke! Jump on in with the brothers as they start a bonkers new adventure. Plus, Matt challenges Chris to a round of Interactive Fiction or Civil War Movie, the guys attempt to make predictions about a book that’s entirely unpredictable, everyone needs to tweet out their Animal Crossing sentence finishers, and keep a...

The brothers are down to the final two endings. Will they find them both or do we all have another week of this SUPER FUN book? Plus, the new book is revealed! What will be finished next? Find out! Plus, Chris challenges Matt to a deviously difficult round of Interactive Fiction or Song by DragonForce, the fellas reveal the next book on their FinishList, a First Sentence Song is rolled out, and OH...

There’s only 3 endings left and the stakes couldn’t be higher! PLUS it’s time to VOTE FOR THE NEXT BOOK! But wait, everyone’s on lockdown… how will the brothers find a hot new read? They have a plan for that! Plus, Matt challenges Chris to a round of Interactive Fiction or Song by Prince, the bros finish off a couplet, a wild Pop Segment appears, Matt forgets to do a Rad Fact but then remembers la...

The God Bunny returns and there is nothing you can do! Listen as it takes the brothers on a magical, sadistical journey through time for some reason! Again! Plus, Chris challenges Matt to a seriously tough round of Which Interactive Fiction Book Am I?, the guys drop a looong overdue Data Dump to see how close they are to done with Rock and Roll Mystery, and GET PUMPED because voting for the new bo...

This week, Chris celebrates his birthday by walking right into Dr. Nova’s trap, and Matt celebrates Chris’ birthday by probably getting a read they already did! Yep, the boys are rusty! Plus, Matt challenges Chris to a round of Is This Person 40 or Not Dot Dot (a special quiz for Chris’ bday), Chris has to listen to new segment “Now You’re 40, It’s All Downhill from Here” (a special segment for Ch...

It had to be done, and so it has been done. Celebrate the 100th episode of Finish It! with a brand new musical! We hope you enjoy this rockin’ retelling of our reads for this week as much as we enjoyed making it! In fact, we’re hoping you enjoy it a lot more than we enjoyed making it because, as much fun as it was to make it, it was also hard work, and if listening to this podcast felt like hard w...

Pull out your laid-back vibes because this week the brothers are doing something a little different. It’s Bro Chat! Your questions answered! Segments! Jangles! Somehow longer than a normal episode! Thanks everyone for sending us so many great questions! We forgot to mention it at the start of the show, but the bulk of this week’s episode is us answering those. But we still jammed in some segments...

This week, we’re just hoping everyone is staying safe out there. Take care of yourselves and anyone else you can! Also, cancel your St. Patrick’s Day plans and drink alone indoors like a grown-up! Ahem. Sorry. Just a little stressed out. Plus, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Interactive Fiction or History Channel Show, Matt gives Chris a taste of his own unexpected medicine with a St. Patty’s...

This week, Matt yells “YEH!” and tackles a guy, Chris gets Lenny Merkle kidnapped, and somehow the brothers manage to reveal an entirely new character and storyline from two perspectives at once! Plus, Matt challenges Chris to a deceptively devious round of Interactive Fiction or Episode of Mad Men (in honor of Handsome Jon Hamm’s birthday, Chris calls in some advertising experts to help out a loc...

This week, Matt goes full book janitor, and Chris runs across a couple characters who are giving way too strong an Outsider vibe and seriously do not belong in this book and it is distressing! Plus, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Interactive Fiction or Nat Geo Show, Matt welcomes a guest expert for a new edition of Interactively Select A Beverage for Yourself, Rosebottom and Merrymustard are...

This week, Chris uncovers a whole new undercover situation, Matt has a door indicated to him by the smallest of three men in domino masks, and a sad pizza party goes down – LIVE! Plus, Matt challenges Chris to a round of Which Interactive Fiction Am I? Mysteries of the Ancients Edition, Chris consumes a pizza that is daughter-designed to induce sadness while Matt eats some extremely good pizza to...

This week, Matt meet’s the band’s biggest fan, and Chris has an EPIC journey (as dictated by his 5-year-old) which just might include some actual rocking and rolling! Plus, Matt introduces the new segment “Name That [INSERT NOUN] from [INSERT NAME OF BOOK],” Chris drops a devastating installment of “Which Interactive Fiction Book Am I?,” tiny pine trees reveal hidden secrets, the robots vs aliens...

This week, Chris pays the price as his micromanaging causes a perfectly good plan to blow up (or away) in his face, and Matt solves the mystery – BUT UNCOVERS A WHOLE NEW MYSTERY WHOA! Plus, Matt comes at Chris with an intensely challenging round of Interactive Fiction or Episode of Kids Incorporated, Today in Rock and Roll Rad Facts is awfully Beatles heavy, there is a secret message written insi...

This week, Chris unravels an insidious international plot to destroy rock and roll, and Matt does not. Explosions! Trench-coated creeps! Pretty blue robes! You won’t believe what happens! Or understand it probably! Plus, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Interactive Fiction or Episode of Happy Days, Matt dumps a jangle-packed Housekeeping segment so now we’re all on the same page, the guys talk...

Get ready to rock because it’s time to start a brand new book! Chris forgot to mail a copy to Matt, so that means it’s time for a LIVE READ! What could go wrong? WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? Also, Matt gets into the rockin’ and rollin’ spirit by challenging Chris to a round of Interactive Fiction or Episode of Jem and the Holograms, Sad Castle Facts are over but they live on in spirit, the brothe...

This week, the Yule boys just might wrap this book up! But do they have what it takes to find both ending 27 AND the super secret, not-even-mentioned-on-the-front-cover 28th ending? WHO KNOWS?! Also, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Interactive Fiction or Episode of Castle (get it?), Matt gives what might be the very last Castle Sad Fact ever, Gratitudes get thrown all over the place, and the g...

Holy cow, there’s only three endings left in the book? IT’S ANNOUNCEMENT TIME! Find out what books the brothers could be reading next, and make sure to vote on Twitter for the one you most want to inflict upon them! (One of the options is a user suggestion!) Also, Chris debuts the new segment Cool Days & Philosopher Knights, Matt gets to skip making a quiz so the guys can ANNOUNCE NEW BOOK OPT...

Merry New Year’s Eve and a very Happy Hogmanay! Say goodbye to 2019 as a very tired couple of Yule brothers ring in 2020. Chris takes some bad advice from a bad philosopher! Matt ruins Michelle’s life! Babu Frik! Also, the guys do the thing where you pop out champagne corks and it sounds funny, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Interactive Fiction or Dot Dot Dot that is a total blast from the pa...

Happy Xmas Eve! Choosemas is back, and so is your old pal, the Krampus. Will the Yule boys manage to defeat Krampus’ monstrous challenge? And who is Krampus’ monstrous guest? WARNING: If you’re not ready for young-readers-level levitation and nihilism, you just aren’t ready for this episode. Also, Matt is still a turd brother, Chris takes on a Krampus themed quiz and you know what, “turd brother”...

This week, Matt has mighty adventure with twists and turns and lots of new and exciting moments and Chris gets lethally punked by some Philosopher Knights. Oh, snap. Also, Chris challenges Matt to a tricky round of Interactive Fiction or Title Chris Just Made Up Right Now, Matt blows minds and knocks tears down misconceptions with a must-hear Castle Fact, Finish It! Finds It reviews Knives Out , s...

WARNING! WARNING! This episode is all about these Yule boys having a real Philosopher Knight fixation! Will they end up choosing the same read? Yes! But for how long? A long time! But all the way? There’s only one way to find out! (Listen!) Also, Matt challenges Chris to a brutal round of Which Interactive Fiction Book Am I?, Chris is looking for some hot daddy tips, the jangles just keep coming,...

This week, the brothers hustle through the bottleneck to great adventure! Chris takes the coward’s route to a life of music! Matt hurts his leg! To death! Also, Chris challenges Matt to another thrilling round of Which Interactive Fiction Book Am I?, Matt whisks you away to beautiful Slovenia for a swashbuckling castle fact, Michelle agrees that avoiding bone piles is the thing to do, and philosop...