One of Us with Fin and Chris

Gather round and let us tell you a tale. It's a story of friendship, without fail. It's time for our final episode of the year, with our new recruit: Marquis The Honey Bear! Topics may include: arbors, labors, Tom Hanks, hanky panky, color stories, amuse bouche, and being the captain... NOW. To every member of the Best Friend Force: we love you, we're grateful for you, and we can't wait to travel...

Christmas came early for the Best Friend Force this year! Join us in tinsel town as we meet our latest recruit, Kulap Vilaysack. We've got gifts (er, re-gifts) aplenty. Wait, do you think we'll be on the naughty list this year? Hope so... Topics may include: Jelly bellies, hot fruit, bold brows, sacrifices (for ritual, of course), cr*dit c*rd th*ft, and a rainbow's worth of color palettes. You can...

It’s bedtime somewhere—but not in the world of One of Us. Join Chris and Fin for an overnight romp to Sleepover Land, where we’ll be getting cozy with our latest recruit Lucy Barrett. One sheep… two sheep… three sheep… wait, focus, we’re blasting off! Topics may include: exploding songs, character-driven dreams, late-night phone calls, witches (both charmed and wicked), the sun, the moon, the star...

This holiday week, we're handing BFF member Mo Fry Pasic the keys to the rocket ship! And Mo's chosen to air a very special interview of their show Worse Than You, featuring our very own co-captain Fin Argus. Listen in as Mo interviews Fin all about her music, her visual art, and their shared love for David Bowie. And check out Chris's episode of Worse Than You, while you're at it! We’ll be back n...

Bears and turkeys and frozen zombies, oh my! Consider this your Friendsgiving episode of One of Us, featuring our latest recruit Neil Zumwalde. Dig in, divas! Topics may include: tight spandex, cold reactors, mammalian lists, early 2000s bops, worship, triple tandem bikes, tune yards, monks, and Minnesota. Plus, an invasive question answered like never before… You can follow Neil on Instagram @hot...

Nothing to see here—just four shirtless divas on Planet Gurl! This week, we’re traveling to meet TWO new recruits, Chad Westbrook and Kyle Kasabian, in a place that’s as sick and twisted as it is rhinestoned. Topics may include: sloppy moss girls, drag monsters, post-prison Martha, a space that’s mostly foyer, an elevator built on a shared vision, diva twink Joseph Robinette Biden, hilltops waitin...

Planet? Planet. Yeah, we're traveling to another dang whole planet to meet our latest recruit, Lyndsey Frank. And this one's the kind where you're gonna have to shed your mortal coil. We'll give it back to you at the end of the episode, promise! Topics may include: Three (count 'em, three!) big knockers, zero brain cell entertainment, otherwordly sushi carts, this generation's Tila Tequila, Goddes...

Chris got a new job, Fin's another year older, and we're long overdue for a hangout episode! Join our co-captains on the rocket ship this week for an episode we've been holding onto for, well, nearly two months. It's a rainy day recording repurposed as a late fall heat wave episode, OKAY?! And we've got full video for this one available on Spotify and YouTube. What more could you ask for! Topics m...

One order of cheese with a side of waterfall coming right up! This week, we’re headed to the midwest to meet our latest recruit, Jacquis Neal. Topics may include: hollering apples, superfreak cars, a punch in the stomach, not feeding the plant (or, the moral of the story when the story is Little Shop of Horrors), double dares, consensual crowdwork, Urinetown: The Movie, Victorious: Revisited, and...

*EXCITING NEWS FROM THE BEST FRIEND FORCE: WE'RE STARTING TO POST VIDEO EPISODES! You can watch the full video version of this episode and ⁠our latest episode with Jacquis Neal on Spotify. And more video episodes are on the way... What're you waiting for, go see the BFF in action!* It all comes down to this: a place where the past, present, and future converge, and where we've traveled to meet our...

Loops, thrills, ZORBS! We’re hitting all the highs this week with an epic theme park adventure. And our new recruit Dylan Adler said we could take the back entrance… Topics may include: the anatomy of a roller coaster, the anatomy they don’t teach you about in school, invisible girls, canonical gay twins, robocalls, PTSD (the other kind), Halloween costumes, Ben Affleck, Principle Oboe, and a SCRE...

Nature is healing, and so are we. We hope our new recruit Patrick McDonald feels the same way! And, um, just ignore the whole "sky swamp" thing... Topics may include: being joined at the hip, knowing each other's bodies, fish kings, curly girls, bisexuality (sans intellect), the male loneliness epidemic, post-gender problems, and an all-out war on pickles—or cucumbers, depending on which side you'...

The rapture is coming and there are signs all around us: flaming trees, slides to the left, and the prescient voice of Britney Spears. Or, wait—that’s just this week’s episode of One of Us. It’s a new day on a new planet with a new recruit: Shakira Ja’nai Paye!  Topics may include: political astrology, microgenerational Disney stars, the seeds of our futures, randomly looping, karmic lessons, Blac...

The pope of podcasting has come to bless the show. Will Chris and Fin abstain from evil thoughts? Or drag Paul F. Tompkins down with them?! To the Arctic we gooooo! Topics may include: the feeling of a city, getting duped by AI, pr*dators in nature; pr*dators in society, mind control, bus control, unorthodox currency exchanges, and—yet again—a mythical creature with a strong mistrust of Chris. Pau...

Some might call it "just Niagara Falls," but to our latest recruit Alex Song-Xia, it's the First Part of Canada. Join us up North as we meet Alex... and an unexpected fellow traveler. Topics may include: listening to Al Pacino's voice at a faster-than-recommended speed, the art of dentistry, himbo Brendan Fraser, friendship tests, being a kid on 9/11, being Franz Ferdinand, and THREE "experifierce...

Fin and Chris are BACK to searching the universe for new recruits to their Best Friend Force. And their latest target is none other than their Queer As Folk co-star Jesse Kames Keitel. Join them on an improvised, fully sound-designed, always unpredictable tour through space and time! Topics may include: Log-forward interior design, bivalve molluscs, Mushroom Talk (TM), submitting to chaos, body do...

Before we begin our next season, we've got something to address. Or rather, someone... Mo Fry Pasic joins Fin and Chris to hash out the matter of "the curse." Never forget! Mo's on Instagram @meauxpas. Take a tour with Mo, Fin, and Chris to the Ancient Olympics here. And make sure you're subscribed to their show Worse Than You with Mo Fry Pasic. Their new season debuts this week, with none other t...

On Tuesday, September 2, the One of Us rocket ship will be landing BACK on your podcast feed for Season Two! Buckle up for another round of Kool-Aid, chaos, and community with an all-new group of Best Friend Force recruits. ⁠⁠⁠(Seriously, this group is STACKED...) So make sure you're subscribed, and while you're at it, leave us a rating and review—if you're not sure what to write, ask us an invasi...

This just in from the Best Friend Force: Mano Agapion and Oscar Montoya are joining our podcast network! Starting next week, their show Drag Her! (the internet's ONLY drag race podcast) will be joining One of Us and Mo Fry Pasic's show Worse Than You over at Good Get. To celebrate, we’re dropping a very special Drag Her! episode on the One of Us feed: it’s Mano and Oscar’s Patreon debut, where the...

We've made it to the end of our first season! We've traveled from the edges of the universe to the Earth's core, sipped gallons of Kool-Aid, and assembled an unstoppable group of friends (and foes). And we've met YOU! To celebrate, we're making one last pit stop to Provincetown, to meet—who else—Ryan O'Connell. We'll be back in early fall with an all-new group of guests and destinations, and we'll...

Pride Month? We don't know her. The Best Friend Force is recruiting only cis, straight, white men who have wives now. And this week, Alex Lewis has bravely stepped forward. Topics may include: poison ivy, Hooters, big hairy dogs, glass ceilings, Pawn Stars, The Music Man (reprised), and plop plops. Alex is on Instagram @i8athumbtack. You can catch him in Lewberger, and Off-Broadway this fall in Sl...

We're going on an animated adventure this week with our friend Betsy Sodaro! We're talking cartoons, video games, and voice acting—and asking the question on everyone's minds: what's the worst thing Betsy's heard through the IRL wall that she shares with Chris? Topics may include: KATSEYE, Hallmark movies, a slapstick performance of Hamlet, a cheesemonger named Claire, Mickey's Fine Malt Liquor, 4...

Angela Giarratana joins us to celebrate our one-year anniversary on an all-inclusive, off-brand Disney cruise! This special episode was recorded live at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles, with live sound design and an IRL audience. Stay tuned for a full video version of the episode—and more live shows! Want to help us celebrate a year of traveling the universe? Leave us a rating...

Oh, Best Friend Force! Chris had a whirlwind night at the Tonys, Fin’s album release is just around the corner, and The Traitors Season 4 cast is official. So rather than traveling anywhere this week, we’re inviting you onto the rocket ship for a catch-up! Topics may include: Broadway nights, devil’s plans, Playboy models, Survivor legends, Teletubbies, and *evil giggles.* Here's a list of LA immi...

Meatball may be an internationally renowned drag performer, but this week, we're keeping things local with a trip to an Encino Strip Mall. And if you're not ready for a raucous and highly censorable adventure, then you can [BLEEEEEEEEEP]. Topics may include: ice water, hot takes, bleeped takes, Bat Girl, a call for true equality, Law & Order, axe throwing, Interlochen, and $1 Chili's margaritas. M...