About this podcast
Each week, Matt and Chris get one attempt each at an interactive fiction book until they read every single ending. Will they ever choose every adventure? Will anyone listen?! Join them on their descent into a madness of their own design.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 386 episodes
- Ep. 384. Space and Beyond: Post Mort 'Um · 1 h 14 min · Episode 384This week, it's time to look back at our journey into outer space and, occasionally, past outer space and into a black hole or light/island or whatever! So many memories! And…
- Ep. 383. Creeptobscare '26: Welcome to Horror Hospital Week 5 · 58 min · Episode 383Halloween is here! That means Creeptobscare is coming to an end, but will the brothers manage to finish this book? There's only two endings left! Let's go! AHHHHHHHHHHHH! Also…
- Ep. 382. Creeptobscare '26: Welcome to Horror Hospital Week 4 · 1 h 5 min · Episode 382This week, Matt makes the front page of the local newspaper, Chris gets a full-on super power, and someone learns Dr. Igor's first name! BUT WHAT COULD IT BE?! Also, Chris…
- Ep. 381. Creeptobscare '26: Welcome to Horror Hospital Week 3 · 1 h 13 min · Episode 381This week, Matt is betrayed by his bladder, Chris teases his read via carved pumpkin (it has a cheese knife jammed in the middle of its pumpkin face), and a tormented spirit…
- Ep. 380. Creeptobscare '26: Welcome to Horror Hospital Week 2 · 54 min · Episode 380This week, Chris finds the absolute limits of western medicine, Matt draws a bat, and someone feels an ominous breeze in the oddest place! Also, Chris challenges Matt to a…
- Ep. 379. Creeptobscare '26: Welcome to Horror Hospital Week 1 · 1 h 6 min · Episode 379This week, Creeptobscare is back! The guys picked a book and barely explain why! Hope you're a big fan of doctors and gurneys and Frankenstein monsters because you're about to be…
- Ep. 378. Space and Beyond: Week 24 I Like Totals · 1 h 13 min · Episode 378This week, it's barely been 8 months since we started this book and we're already down to 2 lil endings to track down?! Time sure does fly when you're traveling near lightspeed!…
- Ep. 377. Space and Beyond: Week 23 Plus Therefore · 57 min · Episode 377This week, Matt is forlorn at how dang tough it's getting to do these reads, Chris has a major bummer bummer alert big bad bummer time, and someone gets 45 whole seconds in…
- Ep. 376. Space and Beyond: Week 22 Whaleslipped · 53 min · Episode 376This week, Chris goes faster than anyone has ever gone, Matt gets a classic groaner of an ending, and if you're the kind of person who loves to merge into starry emptiness boy oh…
- Ep. 375. Watch Out for Room 13: Week 5 Diaper Up and Tough it Out · 1 h 8 min · Episode 375Happy back-to-school days! The guys revisit their traditional school adventure and discover THIS MIGHT BE THE FINAL READ! What gory ghouly horrors lie in store? Will they…
- Ep. 374. Space and Beyond: Week 21 Mmm MacNuffin · 54 min · Episode 374This week, Matt gets a real blast from the past, Chris gets to—hold on to your hats—TRAVEL THROUGH TIME, someone finds a whole new story path, and someone else biffs it! But who…
- Ep. 373. Space and Beyond: Week 20 It's All Tubas Baby · 46 min · Episode 373This week, Matt gets an ending so forgettable he has no idea if it's even new, Chris learns a new word in an alien language, and uh oh here comes star gas! Also, Matt challenges…
- Ep. 372. Space and Beyond: Week 19 Six Hundred and Seventy-Five Billion Years · 1 h 1 min · Episode 372This week, Chris is keeping things real political, Matt wonders war uhn good gosh what is it good for and why is it happening, and someone got distracted and forgot to read the…
- Ep. 371. Space and Beyond: Week 18 No Drink Aloud · 54 min · Episode 371This week, Matt finally returns to the "Lost Page" (not a real thing), Chris warns the snowflakes that you better buckle up because it's commentary time, and the binger is the…
- Ep. 370. Space and Beyond: Week 17 What Is the Secret? · 53 min · Episode 370This week, Matt learns that the space justice system is a joke, the authorities finally catch up with Chris, and you may not be ready for Buster's Buffet! Also, Chris challenges…
- Ep. 369. Space and Beyond: Week 16 The Goo of, Like, 30 Space Guys · 46 min · Episode 369This week, Chris gets a double twist, Matt is become Death, and a high-stakes wager means that the race to win this book could be totally turned on its head! Also, Matt…
- Ep. 368. Space and Beyond: Week 15 Ending Pending · 55 min · Episode 368This week, Chris trusts his space-pilot gut, Matt is-and-has-always-been, and someone achieves a whole new level of disappointment! Also, Chris challenges Matt to a…
- Ep. 367. Spy for George Washington: Week 4 Chicken Pod Pie · 56 min · Episode 367This week you can practically hear the fireworks as Matt rides off into the sunset with a pretty important so-and-so, Chris comes face-to-face with countless British warships…
- Ep. 366. Space and Beyond: Week 14 Delegate Intrigue · 56 min · Episode 366This week, Chris travels through time! Matt thinks he's going to travel through time for a second then he doesn't! Politicians escape! Also, Chris challenges Matt to an extra…
- Ep. 365. The Stowaway: Week 1 also By Balloon to the Sahara: Week 3 Birthday Balloon · 1 h 11 min · Episode 365This week, Matt celebrates Finish It!'s anniversary (about a month late) and Chris celebrates Hot Air Balloon Day (about a week late) because Matt forgot that they changed plans…
- Ep. 364. Space and Beyond: Week 13 Y.A.R. · 46 min · Episode 364This week, Matt ends up in an unnecessarily dark episode of a premium-HBO-drama-type show, Chris finds himself staring down the barrel of a book read only to find himself asking…
- Ep. 363. Space and Beyond: Week 12 Don't Hang Up! · 50 min · Episode 363This week, Matt learns the one simple trick that space plagues hate, you'll never believe what happens next after Chris retreats, and turns out sour grapes can be a good thing!…
- Ep. 362. Space and Beyond: Week 11 Do You Need to Lie Down In Front of a Doctor · 1 h 0 min · Episode 362This week, Chris unlocks a world of limitless possibility, Matt does a little bit of a space plague (on purpose), and someone is suddenly a human just totally out of nowhere what…
- Ep. 361. Tethan Battle Adventure: Week 2 The Peder Awakens · 1 h 7 min · Episode 361It's that very long-ago-and-far-awayish time of year again! This week, Chris shows off his bartering skills and Matt may or may not get sold to an unscrupulous miner! Also, Matt…
- Ep. 360. Space and Beyond: Week 10 Gleeb Fogo! · 1 h 3 min · Episode 360This week, the brothers go full teeter into the eternal war of light v. dark! Matt learns the universal salute of friendship and Chris has a side hustle! Also, Chris challenges…
- Ep. 359. Space and Beyond: Week 9 Burning a Swath of Productivity · 1 h 0 min · Episode 359This week, it's all about things dying kind of! Matt bears witness to the end of the Earth (maybe?) and Chris discovers a whole new way to bring about the end of himself! Also…
- Ep. 358. Space and Beyond: Week 8 This Planet is Old · 47 min · Episode 358This week, Chris discovers a new delicacy, Matt becomes a REAL adventurer, and somehow the guys FINISH A WHOLE OTHER BOOK in the process!
- Ep. 357. Space and Beyond: Week 7 A Roller Coaster Backwards but Faster · 53 min · Episode 357This week, Matt and his new friends take a big dump on Earth (not literally), Chris learns the secret to a successful future for all living beings in the universe, and this…
- Ep. 356. Space and Beyond: Week 6 A Dinosaur in Dinosaur Times · 1 h 25 min · Episode 356This week, Matt gets a special job, Chris hits up a very popular time travel destination—with a couple serious twists you ain't seen yet, and everyone agrees that Salisbury steak…
- Ep. 355. Space and Beyond: Week 5 Back in Time to the End of Eternity · 59 min · Episode 355This week, Matt slams into back-to-back cheap choose moves that make him sad, Chris gets a Star Wars-y read that makes him happy, and someone makes 18 choices over the course of…
- Ep. 354. Space and Beyond: Week 4 Heavens to Zermacroyd · 54 min · Episode 354This week, Chris rights a wrong from the past, Matt hits a page that makes so little sense he thinks the book is broken (it's not), and the Universe Governing Body has serious…
- Ep. 353. Space and Beyond: Week 3 Intergalactic Slow-Time? Don’t Worry About It · 55 min · Episode 353This week, Chris zooms to the head of the class, Matt tries to put a round disc in the hole he has in his head and gags, and if you thought the first paragraph of the book had…
- Ep. 352. Space and Beyond: Week 2 In Space Nothing Beats Revenge · 49 min · Episode 352This week, things get a little trippy when Chris encounters another black hole, Matt nails the body language of friendship, and someone forms a triangular force group of renegade…
- Ep. 351. Space and Beyond: Dashing Off Together · 59 min · Episode 351New book day! Are you ready to travel to space and then also past there? Chris goes somewhere no human has gone before! Matt gets a "classic" ending that he "couldn't" be "more"…
- Ep. 350. Struggle Down Under: Week Seven with Dani and Bill! · 1 h 34 min · Episode 350We haven't seen Bill and Dani from Escape This Podcast, Solve This Murder and more in like a minute! Good thing they're back! Will we finally finish this dang book? Or will the…
- Ep. 349. Skateboard Champion: Post Mortem Gamma Ray Days · 1 h 19 min · Episode 349Get comfy! Hang out! Take it nice and easy and let's dig our way back through this last adventure! Fantasy Finish It! Who Wins the Book? What book will be next? Go vote for your…
- Ep. 348. Skateboard Champion: Week 7 Old People Are A Lot More Fragile · 57 min · Episode 348Oh holy cow you guys this could be it! There are only two endings left! If your boys find em both we're talking a clean sweep of this book! That's some hot literary janitation!…
- Ep. 347. Skateboard Champion: Week 6 Grind Until You Stop · 1 h 8 min · Episode 347This week, Matt gets an ending he hates until he sprinkles on the sarcasm, Chris takes it straight to THE man, and a new podcast feature has been permanently unlocked!
- Ep. 346. Skateboard Champion: Week 5 That’s Some Show · 1 h 21 min · Episode 346This week, Chris' fears come to life before his very eyes, Matt makes an impression on some dangerous dudes, somebody's ending makes them a little sick to their stomach, and…
- Ep. 345. Lazy Grundle Days with Bill and Dani! · 1 h 16 min · Episode 345It's that very special time of year when Christmas has passed and the New Year has not yet arrived! Why not spend it with friends? Dani and Bill are back! But we're not heading…
- Ep. 344. Skateboard Champion: Week 4 Krampusnacht 1 · 1 h 27 min · Episode 344This week, Chris' fears come to life before his very eyes, Matt makes an impression on some dangerous dudes, somebody's ending makes them a little sick to their stomach, and…
- A Note from Krampus Regarding Turd Brother’s Pathetic Fragility · 3 minHello hello hello this is the Krampus. Turd brother has tried to ruin Krampusnacht by hurting his back but I, the Krampus, assure you that there will be an episode this weekend…
- Ep. 343. thankschoosing 8: To the Hammer Man, Every Nail Looks Like a Battlespike · 59 min · Episode 343Gratitudes to all! This week, Matt makes a new friend with a great smile, and Chris makes somebody smile real big! Wuh-oh!
- Ep. 342. Skateboard Champion: Week 3 A Scream Builds Up In The Throat · 1 h 9 min · Episode 342This week, Chris meets the new coolest character in the book, Matt gets really into exercising his constitutional rights, and crime in Park City experiences an unprecedented…
- Ep. 341. Skateboard Champion: Week 2 Jack Lombardi, Park City PD · 1 h 27 min · Episode 341This week, Matt gets a firsthand look at why Park City has such a bad crime problem, it becomes increasingly obvious that everyone in town is an undercover cop, and Chris is from…
- Ep. 340. Skateboard Champion: Week 1 The Winner’s Club · 1 h 14 min · Episode 340This week, it's back-to-school time! Matt makes two whole choices, and Chris gets a read where everything turns out fine. Or does it?! And then, OR DOES IT AGAIN?!
- Ep. 339. Creeptobscare ’25: The Creature From Miller’s Pond Week 5 · 1 h 3 min · Episode 339This is it! Will Chris and Matt find the last two endings of this book and deliver a Creeptobscare to remember? Will Matt pass his final Creeptobscare Challenge? Is anyone even…
- Ep. 338. Creeptobscare ’25: The Creature From Miller’s Pond Week 4 · 58 min · Episode 338This week, Matt accidentally uses tough love to teach a big lesson, Chris discovers something earth-shattering about creature biology, and your mind will be blown by a hot new…
- Ep. 337. Creeptobscare ’25: The Creature From Miller’s Pond Week 3 · 47 min · Episode 337This week, Creeptobscare continues to barrel along as Matt doubles his trouble, Chris gets into the movie picture business, and someone can't name a single person from the entire…
- Ep. 336. Creeptobscare ’25: The Creature From Miller’s Pond Week 2 · 51 min · Episode 336This week, Matt learns that the Creature is the least of their worries, Chris goes for quite a spin, and the Creeptobscare challenges continue! Are you prepared for multiple The…
