Story Hole

Have you always wished to embark on a great journey but have to stay home and work or study? Well, worry not young adventurer, you can journey from the comfort of your own home with Minecraft. It's the biggest selling game of all time, so we think it needs some explaining for you non-gamers and real adults out there! So, pop on your mining jeans and flop into a portal so we can play Minecraft...

Does the thought of balloon animals, painted faces, gags, and red noses send you into a rage / terror?  Then this is the episode for you!  For this episode we dive deep into the 2016 clown sightings and try to understand what is so utterly terrifying about them.  So make a balloon seat belt, buckle up, honk that red nose, and take a ride with us as we dive into the 2016 clown sightings!

In the halls of fast food mascot royalty, one figure reigns supreme: the Burger King king. But behind him is a rough-and-tumble Southern gentleman with a white suit and a checkered past. It's Kentucky Fried Chicken's eternal father, Colonel Sanders! Who was he? How did he earn the rank of colonel? Does he have a criminal record? Find out in this week's Hole!

Welcome back! Lets open the season with a lil dip into the 14th century! If you've seen the commercials for the A24 film, The Green Knight, you may be intrigued! If not, Let us show you why you should be! Welcome back to season 4 of Story Hole!

We're putting on our Tommy Bahama shirts, sipping on coconuts, and setting sail for summer. Sure, we're veteran story tellers, but we need time to stretch our holes too! We're leaving you with four stories this week as we carry on the tradition of using our finale to tell you about other finales. Lend us your ears one last time for Star Trek: The Next Generation, Futurama, Seinfeld,...

Hey game-boys and game-girls (and game-other-gendered folks)! If you're like us, your first video game memories are with the O.G. Nintendo Entertainment System. But, some people have gamer memories from wayyy before we were born...like 40 years before! Blow out your cartridges, boot up your memory sticks, and log into the Arpanet for a history of pre-console video games!

With their first battle under their belt, the boys press forward to the town of Industria. But they are met with some unforeseen complications along the way...

Do you like shapes with three sides?  Have you considered getting lost in a tropical paradise this summer?  Do you wanna go hang out in the Devil's Triangle?  Then this episode is for you!  The gang dives deep into the Bermuda Triangle and attempts to decipher whether or not the Triangle is as mysterious and dangerous as previously thought.  Come on down and get lost with us in our episode......

This week, we take a look at the history behind the legendary outlaw, Billy the Kid! Where did he come from? Why's he so infamous? Is he a fitting inspiration for Hostess mascot Twinkie the Kid? Let's find out in this week's Hole...

Ever think about what you would do if the sun disappeared?  Recently, a young filmmaker created an interactive social media campaign that addressed that very question! This week we talk about the new entertainment genre, A.R.G. and take you into the dark world of the Twitter account @TheSunVanished!

This week we do a deep dive into Brian's favorite childhood cartoon, Exosquad.  What did you look for in your childhood cartoons?  If it was serious wartime plot developments, the failures of humanity, death, personal tragedy & sacrifice then Exosquad was for you!  Sit back, relax, and hear about the best cartoon you probably never heard of... you little Jonas Simbaca. 

The boys are back at it again!  After landing in an unfamiliar land our heroes are greeted by a new friend.  Where are they? Why are they there? What do they need to do? These questions and more will all be answered in this month's Story Holes and Dragons.  

Godzilla has been a pop culture icon for the last 70 years...but what do we know about him really? This week, we get deep into the atomic lore of the original Godzilla series and explore his giant monster roots. Hope your hole is big enough. 

Hey kid! Crawl out of those Pits and get to work saving the world! This week's episode retells the backstory for the 80's cartoon hit, Rainbow Brite. And as it turns out, it's surprisingly dark... both figuratively and literally. Hop on your magic horse and put this colorful story in your hole.

Who's your favorite super hero?  Is it Superman?  It better be because that's what we are dishing out. Have you ever considered that there might be insidious forces behind the Superman franchise? We dive headfirst into the Superman curse: the details, the reasons, the context, and whether or not it is real!   Its a bird, its a plane, its a podcast about the Superman curse!

This week, we thought we would take some time to tell our story for a little bit.  Have you ever wondered what a "Story Hole" is?  Or maybe you were curious where Brian came from?  These questions and more will all be answered in a new segment we are calling Story Holes and Dragons.

For lucky episode 113,  we're gonna contact the dead and take a look at the history and lore behind the Ouija board! Where does it come from? How does it work? And hey, maybe we'll accidentally contact the devil along the way. Or maybe we'll fall in love? You never know.

This week we harness our inner animal and get Dangerously Cheesy with Chester Cheetah! Join us as we take a plunge into a world of pranks, espionage, and animation on this week's Story Hole. Just be sure to wipe the Cheetle off your fingers before you press play. 

This week we talk about some of the most common phrases we used everyday but have no idea why they mean what they mean. Join us while we show our true colors going balls to the wall and get the skinny straight from the horse mouth.  Hopefully we don't do a piss poor job when we spill the beans about the white elephant.  We don't want to get your goat after all.  But I guess we could alwa...

It's wizard week here at Story Hole Inc., and we're getting into the spirit with a deep look at arguably the most important wizard: GANDALF. You know him from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit , but where does the come from? Who is he? And what makes him so important to our concept of what a wizard even is? Get in this hole and find out.

In 1989 two Tokyo hikers went on a little jaunt and got lost on Mount Asahi. Lucky for them, they got some help from a mysterious stranger. This week we put our mystery solving pants on and try to get to the top a mountain so we can get to the bottom of this mystery! 

Have you ever wondered why punks wore safety pins and studs?   Did you ever consider that there might be a meaning behind the mohawk and the red plaid?  Do you even know what a buttflap is for?  Join us on our journey to try to explore the origins, and motivations behind, punk fashion!

I hope you're wearing your loincloth, because this week we're looking at the lore behind Conan the Barbarian! Everyone's favorite barbarian! We'll talk about where the character came from and where he got those big beautiful muscles from. Watch out, this episode's gonna be a sweaty one. 

Come back to the 90s  with us and check out some uplifting hip-hop beats with the first rhythm game to hit the Playstation 1. This week can take a peak into the wild world of PaRappa The Rapper, as he just tries to make it through the day. Want to hear a detailed recap about this cute, two-dimensional cartoon dog from the mid-nineties? "You just gotta believe!" 

Have you have been feeling the itch lately to pop in that old compact disc of some 90's pop punk?  Do you have a diehard conviction the UFO's exist and that the truth is out there?  Are in close contact with the upper-echelons of the US military and D.O.D.?  This podcast might be for you! Come with us on a journey as we follow Blink 182, Tom Delonge, and human knowledge of Unidentified F...