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Update on Wildfires and Nonsense!

Pictured above: the view from our hotel parking lot (Where we went to get away from fire).

Join our subscriber-only discord (link expires in one week): https://discord.gg/r2aJQMGN

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Chapter 43: Adventure

Public release 2/11/25

"In the storm, in the calm, with you there..."

Cast

Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez

Caspar - Joe Fisher

Ava - Finlay Stevenson

Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird

Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird

David - Quintin Jones, Jr.

Leif - Tom Moorman

Ka...

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Welcome to the Horizon Part 10: Phoenix

Public release: 1/28/25

“Attention, people of Earth…”

Cast:

Frank - Benjamin Burdick

June - Melody Bridges

Celeste - Cooper Shaw

Deidre - Tina Case

Trinkett - Camille Smicker

Doug - Keith Cable

Steve - Jessica Mudd

Verge - Cat Blackard

Eldin - Joe Fisher

Written and Directed by Joe Fisher

Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson

Theme Music by Ian Ferguson

Pagan morning pr...

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Just a Few Things on this Christmas Eve

Hello Everyone,

Happy Christmas Eve, if you're into that sort of thing. I wanted to give a few updates before we hit the end of the year. First up, I just took a picture of Theo that should win some sort of award:

 

Such a goofball. And now the less important things...

Holiday schedule

As we said in the last episode, "Hwat?! Wheekly!!" is off until the new year BUT the...

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Chapter 42: Speedrun!

(Public release 1/14/25.)

"Get ready. Get set. Get out!"

Cast

Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez
Caspar - Joe Fisher
Ava - Finlay Stevenson
Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird
Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird
David - Quintin Jones, Jr.
Leif - Tom Moorman
Kazi - Jessica Morris
Teta - Aubrey Ferguson
Libuza - Shelly Darrington
Fiona - Tess Segal
Feudalism Guy, Announcer, Waiter - Dr. Punt Gusher
Betty, Edith - Dr. Lattice the Talking D...

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Welcome to the Horizon Part 9: The Mountain

(Public release 12/31/24)

-Show Notes Redacted by the US Military-

Cast:

Benjamin Burdick as Frank

Cat Blackard as Verge

Joe Fisher as Eldin

Camille Smicker as Trinkett

Keith Cable as Doug

Melody Bridges as June

Tina Case as Deidre

Randi Spears as Private Kennedy

Cooper Shaw as Celeste

Jessica Mudd as Steve

Written and Directed by Joe Fisher

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Put a Diner Under Your Tree!

 

Season's Greetings everyone!

It's that time of year where many of us celebrate one holiday or another at the end of the year. Let us be the first to say a very happy [INSERT HOLIDAY HERE] to you all!

Some people say that there's no such thing as the perfect gift, but what is perfect is your desire to show your affection to your friends and family.

And it turns out those peopl...

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Chapter 41: The Malthusian Trap

(Public release 12/17/24)

“Evil exists in the world not to create despair but activity.”

-Thomas Malthus

Cast:

Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez

Caspar - Joe Fisher

Ava - Finlay Stevenson

Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird

Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird

Leif - Tom Moorman

Fiona - Tess Segal

David - Quintin Jones, Jr.

Teta - Aub...

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Welcome to the Horizon Part 8: The Green Man

(Public release November 26th!)

“Even the Christians who cut down the sacred groves must have felt the loss, because they built their cathedrals with soaring columns like the trunks of trees and with vaulted ceilings ribbed and fanned like the canopy of a forest, and every where, in unexpected places, they carved the head of the Green Man–spirit of nature–peering out of his leafy dell, beautiful and challenging.” - Moyra Caldecott

Cast:

Ben B...

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8: Inside You There are Two Finches

Vampires! Homicidal Baby Birds! Seductive Shrikes! Bone Eaters! Tree Frogs! What's Under Petra?! Decorative Hermits! Chill Moon! Sleeping Finches! Bacteria Bonanza! Infuriating Cars! Dramatic Readings!

Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson

Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard

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Why Sign Up Through a Web Browser?

What's Poppin' Thegronis?

I just wanted to send out this brief message to give everyone an overview as to what's happening in November regarding Apple's decision to become The Ted Empire.

Here's What's Happening:

Starting in November, Apple is going to start jacking up the prices 30% on all NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS through the Patreon iOS app.

It's an unfortunate move and o...

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Chapter 40: Romney for America

(Public Release 11/12/24)

“If we were forced to pinpoint a year, 2012 appears to be a good choice for when the modern world was invented, and we’ve been living in it now for a little over a decade.”

-Erik Hoel

Cast:

Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez

Caspar - Joe Fisher

Ava - Finlay Stevenson

Leif - Tom Moorman

David - Quintin Jones, Jr.

Fiona - Tess Segal

Maloo - Summer Brigoni

Charlotte - Dr. Lattice The Talking Dol...

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"Drops" Temporarily Dropped.

Hi everyone.

You may have noticed that Patreon decided to have itself a bit of a fit this morning. Sorry about that. Patreon is making some changes to their back end that apparently made things go haywire. This, of course, made me want to make some changes to their "back end" with this big boot I'm wearing. They've assured me that the fixes are now in place and everything should be working correctly or will be in the next hour or so.

An unfortunate casualty of this nonsense is the...

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Welcome to the Horizon Part 7: Double Deidre

"It really was a nice night..."

Cast:

Benjamin Burdick as Frank
Cat Blackard as Verge
Melody Bridges as June
Jessica Mudd as Edgy Steve
Keith Cable as Flat Doug
Tina Case as Deidre
Camille Smicker as Trinkett
Joe Fisher as Eldin

Written and Directed by Joe Fisher
Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson
Theme Music by Ian Ferguson

Bar music:
Over the Fence - Roots and Recognition
Whatever Will Become of You and I? - Roy Willia...

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Chapter 39: The Interrodrome!

"You have no idea... Dr. Maddox."

Cast:

Finlay Stevenson as Ava

Michael Divinski as Rigo

Sean Howard as Diernts

Julie Cowden Starbird as Effie

Neal Starbird as Zebulon

Sara Wile, Matt Roen, and Xen of Third Person as The Shimislid

Shelly Darrington as Libuza

Jessica Morris as Kazi

Aubrey Ferguson as Teta

Karim Kronfli as The Benefactor

Written and Directed by Joe Fisher

Produced by Joe Fisher an...

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WRONG TIME!

Hello Kids.

For some reason the email alert that went out for our next episode had the wrong time on it.

To clear up any confusion the next episode comes out on Saturday at 6PM PT.

The time is correct on our Patreon page but not in your email.

Sorry for any confusion.

-j

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Hwat?! Hweekly!! Episode 1!

Here's what I love about Finlay: She's a very cautious person, but then every once and a while she throws a curve ball at me. We were testing a new show idea over the weekend and when we listened to the test episode to see how we felt she said:

"Let's do it!"

"When?"

"Monday."

-eyes emoji-

And so, we now present to you a new weekly (?!?) show:

Hwat?! Hweekly!!

Wherein I update Finlay on interesting things that happened last week that she missed beca...

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Welcome to the Horizon Part 6: Back to the Black

-Content Warning: Episode contains Violence.-

“I have no idea what this place is.”

Cast:

Cat Blackard as Verge

Tina Case as Deidre

Joe Fisher as Eldin

Tomi Zandshtein as The Acolytes

Written and Directed by Joe Fisher

Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson

Theme Music by Ian Ferguson

“The Sheliak” by CreatrixMusic on TikTok

Jazz Club Music:

Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!, Dirt Floor Boogie, Once I ...

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An Unusual Amount of Declined Payments. Teds to Blame?

Hi everyone.

We're picking up an unusual amount of declined payments on the Patreon right now, to the point where it's looking like there's an error in the system somewhere. Either that or about twenty of y'all all had the same expiration date on your credit cards.

Will everyone please check in on their Patreon account and make sure it's in good standing? If it's not in good standing and it should be, we can't fix it on our end, you need to go through Patreon, sadly. Here's the li...

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Chapter 38: Welcome to the Triad

"What's the crime before the crime?"

Cast:

Lauren Grace Thompson as BertBert

Finlay Stevenson as Alice

Shelly Darrington as Libuza

Jessica Morris as Kazi

Neal Starbird as Dez

Cat Blackard as Verge
Dr. Punt Gusher as Ted Officer and Sven the Unlikely

Aubrey Ferguson as Teta

Summer Brigoni as Maloo

Tom Moorman as Leif
Joe Fisher as Eldin

Written by Joe Fisher
Directed by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson 
Produced ...

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Apple Goes Full Ted Empire

Hi Everyone,

There's some news from Patreon this morning and it's so sucky and depressing but let me some it up:

If you are already a subscriber: You're fine. Nothing changes. Your subscription price is not going up.

If you are not a subscriber: Starting in November, Patreon will be forced to use Apple payments system which means Apple will be taking 30% of all new transactions thro...

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Welcome to the Horizon Part 5: Trinkett's Trip

"What I see will depend on what I'm seeking."

Starring:
Benjamin Burdick as Frank
Melody Bridges as June
Tina Case as Deidre
Camille Smicker as Trinkett
Keith Cable as Flat Doug
Cat Blackard as Verge
Jessica Mudd as Edgy Steve

Written and Directed by Joe Fisher
Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson
Theme Music by Ian Ferguson
Art by Existentially Exhausted Bean

Additional Music:
Dance of the Peacock by Palace on Wheels

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Chapter 37: The Paradise

"Not just a theory of everything..."

Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez

Caspar - Joe Fisher

Ava - Finlay Stevenson

Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird

Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird

Leif(s) - Tom Moorman

Guest Starring:
Lauren LeBlanc as Marguerite
Aleisha Force as Polly Jean
Lindsay Bowen as Jeremiah Franco
Quintin Jones, Jr. as David

Written and Directed by Joe Fisher

Produced by Joe Fisher and Finla...

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Welcome to the Horizon Part 4: The Recluse

"That is the Space Foot."

Cast:

Benjamin Burdick as Frank

Melody Bridges as June

Camille Smicker as Trinkett

Keith Cable as Flat Doug

Cat Blackard as Verge

Written and Directed by Joe Fisher

Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson

Music by Ian Ferguson

Art by Existentially Exhausted Bean

Pagan morning prayer by Joshua Ramey-Renk

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Chapter 36: 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

"Total Atomic Breakdown" sounds bad.

Cast:

Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez

Caspar - Joe Fisher

Ava - Finlay Stevenson

Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird

Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird

Leif - Tom Moorman

Guest Starring:

Quintin Jones, Jr. as David

Tim Lounibos as Kyle Perrino from DARPA

Mad Maddox as Mad Maddox

James Spiller-Rosa as James Spiller-Rosa

Crystal Delightful as Crystal Delightful

Ce...

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Welcome to the Horizon Part 3: The Wayfaring Stranger.

"... Something in the sky..."

Cast:

Benjamin Burdick as Frank

Melody Bridges as June

Cat Blackard as Verge

Tina Case as Diedre

Camille Smicker as Trinkett

Written and Directed by Joe Fisher

Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson

Music by Ian Ferguson

Art by Existentially Exhausted Bean

Additional Music:

Holding on Hope by Megan Wofford

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Chapter 35: Sheep?

Getting to know you, getting to know all about you.

Cast:

Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez

Caspar - Joe Fisher

Ava - Finlay Stevenson

Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird

Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird

Leif - Tom Moorman

Guest Starring:

Quintin Jones, Jr. as David

Moniqua Plante as Fran

Tim Lounibos as Kyle Perrino

Written and Directed by Joe Fisher

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I Played D&D, Lol.

What's Poppin' Thegronies?

I hope everyone is enjoying Season 4! We've got a new episode coming up the evening of the 14th and we can't wait for you to hear it. If you're still not on our subscriber-only discord, do consider stopping by for "Night Breakfast" where we live-stream the new episode right before it drops and everyone comments along in the chat. It is a chaotic little treat and we all have a good time. If you'd like to join the discord, View Post

Welcome to the Horizon Part 2: Rambo

Have you seen this dog?

Cast:

Benjamin Burdick as Frank

Melody Bridges as June

Cat Blackard as Verge

Tina Case as Diedre

Keith Cable as Flat Doug

Jessica Mudd as Edgy Steve

Cooper Shaw as Celeste

Camille Smicker as Trinkett Coralee

Written and Directed by Joe Fisher

Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson

Theme Music by Ian Ferguson

Episode Art by Existentially Exhausted Bean

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Chapter 34: Three Sisters

"We make the world, Caspar."

Starring:

Caspar - Joe Fisher

Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird

Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird

Guest Starring:

Jessica Morris as Kazi

Aubrey Ferguson as Teta

Shelly Darrington as Libuza

Written and Directed by Joe Fisher

Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson

Music:

I'm a Pilgrim, I'm a Stranger - The Imperial Quartet

Break Thou the Brad of Lif...

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