The Most Important Election Of Our Lives

First and Foremost, JUSTICE FOR DAVE ARNESON.Now that that’s out of the way.Welcome, Voters, to a mythical land of High Fantasy. Ruled over by malevolent Kings, corrupt Judges, and murderous Sheriffs handing out violence based on an archaic belief that one’s race comes with an unavoidable set of characteristics. The United States of America!Journalist, Fact Checker, and all around delight, Brooke Binkowski joins the voting booth to discuss with us the fraught history of the RPG. Whilst Kennedy leads us through the Freedom Dungeon. DM’s, this Episode is in fact a playable Dungeon.It’s the Freedom Dungeon on The Most Important Election of Our Lives!Subscribe for more Histrionic Hypotheticals and visit ghostcoast.video to join the conversation today Edited by Garak Tailor @Garaktailor.com Broadcast on Ghost Coast Radio@ghostcoastradio.bsky.social Chapters (00:00:01) - Voting in the Election(00:04:25) - I Tried To Argue With ICE Agents(00:07:07) - What Made Me Talk About Role Playing Games(00:12:07) - In The Dark Ages, The Guy Drinking Hairspray(00:13:07) - Discussing D&D and Diversity(00:14:39) - Paul Feist on Gary Gygax and D&D(00:19:28) - On The Early Days of Nerd Culture(00:23:43) - The Anti-Woken Tabletop Role Playing Game Community(00:27:11) - Role-playing and the future of property values(00:30:36) - The 5-Room Dungeon(00:35:22) - D&D: The Lich's Dungeon(00:36:18) - Battle Dawn 5e: A Patron Spirit for Warlocks(00:37:23) - Charles Sumner Is The Most Powerful Warlock(00:39:37) - James Polk vs. Charles Sumner(00:42:20) - How To Choose The Dungeon Entrance(00:44:30) - Jeb Bush(00:46:07) - Don't Take the California Arch for Granted(00:48:38) - California Is Benefiting From Arizona(00:49:44) - The Hoover Dam(00:52:15) - Puzzle Keeper: Sometimes Useful, Sometimes frustrating(00:54:19) - How To Ruin A D&D Story With Chuck Schumer(01:00:02) - Culling in D&D(01:01:18) - Black People Talking About Racism(01:05:33) - Andrew Luck on His First Week(01:06:41) - What To Do For The Big Adventure Dungeon(01:08:47) - The Lich of Washington(01:11:22) - Henry Kissinger In The Elder Scrolls 5(01:13:32) - What federal historic site would inspire the dungeon?(01:16:04) - Civil War 2: The Orcs of the Supreme Court(01:17:08) - Who Would Be The Worst Politician To Run A D&D(01:22:21) - D&D: The Cult of Cringe

Author, Founder, and Stone Cold Fox Liz Ransdell brought us a juicy raw steak of a subject this week.  The Political institutions of this country are Old enough to be entrenched with tradition but by its very nature is infused with New blood on a regular occasion. Some call this the greatest Democracy in the world, some see it as a festering pool of Geritocracy sucking dry the very society they live amongst. Some like Blade (1998)’s Deacon Frost ask, WHY NOT BOTH?!The Blade Trilogy demands Modernity Vs Tradition in The Most Important Election of Our Lives!“What do Republicans think Vampirism came from?”: The Gays? A Bat? A Great Replacement Theory? More importantly, how are they best exploited as a workforce for Capital?   “What are the CDC Vampire Guidelines?”: We aren’t sure if quarantine’s are plausible or ethical but one thing is for sure Garlic Farmers are now Thriving   “Congress must act?!”: Forget women’s Sports! Daywalkers are a huge threat to our society! There’s ONE of them!Subscribe for more Histrionic Hypotheticals and visit ghostcoast.video to join the conversation today Edited by Garak Tailor Broadcast on Ghost Coast Radio

Deanna from Worst Week Yet joins us as we trade the ongoing Technocratic Takeover for a new life down on the farm. We explore the endless possibilities of real life farming politicians taking on the residents of Pelican Town for higher Office.  “Farming, not just a video game mechanic?”: Turns out food comes from the ground! Some of our presidents even grew some of it! “Martin Van Buren”: Was he a Gentleman Farmer, or did he just own slaves? “Jimmy Carter as post-endgame Villain?”: is this Old Man Carter a benevolent new resident? Or is his constant house building slowly running Robin out of business?  "Lewis no matter Who-is": Mayor Lewis is certainly an outsider to washington but could he spoil the spoiler, Ralph Nader?  "The Valley goes to the White House": Which Pelican Town residents end up in the cabinet of a Lewis Presidency Don’t miss these wild debates, deep dives, and histrionic hypotheticals! Subscribe to Ghost Coast Studios for more. Check out ghostcoast.video/network and join the conversation today.

Voice Actor, Streamer, and our second week in a row all around delight, Bailey Wolfe (@bbwolfevox.com) joins the voting booth to discuss with us what happens when Military Nerds and Engineers begin to dictate the narrative through strict regulation that can lead to sometimes unforeseen circumstances. . .here’s looking at you Tequila Gundam. It’s Gunpla VS NATO on The Most Important Election of Our Lives!Subscribe for more Histrionic Hypotheticals and visit ghostcoast.video to join the conversation today Edited by Ella Tailor at Garaktailor.com Broadcast on Ghost Coast Radio@ghostcoastradio.bsky.social Chapters (00:00:01) - This is the most important election of our lifetime(00:01:26) - The Political Dimension of Gundam(00:03:18) - Gunpla(00:03:54) - Interview With Bailey Wolf(00:05:51) - Mobile Suit Gundam: The Job Creator(00:14:11) - How To Get Out Of A Job(00:15:21) - How Gunpla Influenced The Show(00:20:19) - Is Gundam Good For Cool Robots?(00:22:19) - The History of NATO Standardization(00:25:33) - NATO Arms Standardization(00:31:00) - Vote for Gay People in Gundam(00:31:50) - NATO's Mobile Suit Directive(00:33:04) - Japan Won't Have A Gundam(00:36:33) - The G Gundam(00:38:24) - American Think Tank: The Gundam(00:40:53) - Which Nation Would Develop The Gundam?(00:45:57) - War Thunder vs Wikileaks(00:48:55) - The biggest black market for Mobile Suits in the World(00:51:05) - How Lethal Is a Mobile Suit in the United States?(00:55:21) - States Get Ready for Mobile Suit Standards(00:57:40) - States That Don't Require Mobile Suit Registration(01:01:24) - Oregon Is Full of Rednecks(01:03:06) - Would the 5G Truthers Be for or Against Monof(01:04:58) - Mixed Thoughts On Gundam(01:09:33) - CUCKES IN Gundam(01:13:25) - Who Would You Pick To Fight In The Gundam?(01:16:14) - Who Would You Get In The Gundam?(01:20:53) - Who Would You Kill? Casilla vs. Stephen(01:21:47) - The Final Republican Ticket(01:24:28) - 2016 Presidential Election(01:25:58) - Sticking Up For Democracy

Corri Corri Corri in the House!!!Corrigan, Co-host of Jack Of All Graves, joins The Voters with possibly the most Specific requested Topic yet, that leaves us with so many options. God of Love, Emperor of Rome, Doctor in a Gay Space Communist Future, Judge Jury and Executioner, Karl Urban!Naturally, as most things do, this brought us back to Ronald Reagan, it’s Karl Urban Vs Acting Politicians in The Most Important Election of Our Lives!   Subscribe for more Histrionic Hypotheticals and visit ghostcoast.video to join the conversation today Edited by Garak Tailor

Shitposter of note and host of Wednesday Night Fake Fights, Gef the Toking Mongoose joins The Voters to ponder The Tv Show Taskmaster with its outlandish challenges and puzzles often accomplishing close to nothing. Sounded like the Legislative Process! There are many Silly Laws in this for the time being United States of America. It's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license? You may not run out of gas? It's against the law to honk your horn "excessively"? That’s just Ohio and Ohio isn’t even real!What ridiculous Laws would you accept as caveats for a better world? Everyone grab your Monkey’s Paw it’s The Most Important Election of Our Lives! UBI: Sure everyone gets a living wage BUT Chicken must be eaten with the hands. Abolish ICE: Yes the greatest Terrorist Organization in the history of our country is no more, BUT It is against the law to make faces at dogs. Universal healthcare: We all get to see a doctor but more of us will have to because It is illegal to wake a fireman when he is asleep. Abolish the Senate: An antiquated institution that causes more harm than good and no one likes is gone? Okay, fine but ,after 3 am you have to send a rocket signal in the air after every mile you drive! Subscribe for more Histrionic Hypotheticals and visit ghostcoast.video to join the conversation today   Edited by Garak Tailor Broadcast on Ghost Coast Radio

Artist, Shitposter, and collective badass The Mox Syndicate join The Voters to discuss a long running institution that has certainly had its ups and downs. Including allegations of  some appropriation of cultures for the advancement of Colonial powers and that some believe should no longer exist.Do we mean Doctor Who or The British Museum? Find out in The Most Important Election of Our Lives! Is the TARDIS a Museum?: The Doctor has collected a LOT of relics but does it really fulfill a public need or just mostly for a Patronage of 20 something White British Ladies?   Is the fixed point in time excuse real or just an excuse?: blowing up a volcano every once in awhile? thats just a part of the job! Besides he made Van Gogh cry that one time.“Donald in time?!”: Is there a time in history where Trump does even BETTER than now? He doesnt have the benefit of twitter but he could replace Mexican with Irish and find that his base is still there.   “ Which American President wants to be a Companion?”: An American Doctor with Bill Clinton and a bigger on the inside Ice Cream truck selling drugs in the ‘70s? It’s more likely than you think.   Subscribe for more Histrionic Hypotheticals and visit ghostcoast.video to join the conversation today Edited by Garak Tailor   Broadcast on Ghost Coast Radio

The time has finally come. We are Pokemon Going to the Polls!First time voter Bugs Maytrix, of Bugs Maytrix fame, enters the booth to revel in the joys of Pokemon. A wonderful game where you can live out every child’s dream of being basically homeless and nomadic fighting every day for your life and earnings against other children and emotionally stunted adults to be the very best like no one ever was.  Naturally, we meet this fantasy with the reality of the fight for Children's Rights!It’s The Most Important Election of Our Lives!!!“How far should children be allowed to travel alone?”: Also, crucially, are there special dispensations for minors that take down Organized Crime Syndicates?“Are Pokemon Centers publicly owned?”: Ash Ketcham has been burned, electrocuted, drowned, and beaten and always gets patched up as essentially a runaway child, so we know the humans are getting Universal Healthcare at least. “Common Sense Pokemon Laws?!”- Surely there needs to be an age limit on owning a dangerous animal that lives in your pocket. What constitutes an Assault Pokemon? Can you put a Bump Stock on Squirtle? In the end we really just need GameFreak to be normal for like once.Edited by Garak TailorBroadcast on Ghost Coast Radio

The Homie Marcos of Homie Vulgaris has come to share with us the Tao of Morrowind.This groundbreaking Early 2000’s open world RPG brought reading back to video games and reached out to touch the heart of a young mentally ill future Postal Carrier, changing him forever.Also, you can get addicted to Skooma and mess up your whole video game life!It’s Morrowind Vs The War on Drugs in The Most Important Election of our Lives!“ Does the Ghost Fence Keep The Trafficking of Fentanyl down?”: Joe Biden built it with the bones of a thousand repeat offenders, but Trump wants to claim victory for it’s efficacy.  Little do both know you can just levitate over it.“Skooma capital of the US?”: If the Skooma Pandemic hit the United States is the PNW hit hardest? Or can we accept that you can probably get Skooma in Florida right now?“Mandatory Minimums”: Are all punishments handed out the same? Or is Moon Sugar a Gentleman’s Drug?Subscribe for more Histrionic Hypotheticals and visit ghostcoast.video/network to join the conversation today Edited by Garak Tailor Broadcast on Ghost Coast Radio

This week Arlan Hellison of thehell.zone shares with us a love of the grandfather of all First Person Shooters and bastion of Midi-Metal, DOOM! Now, what Political Topic could possibly match up with the Video Game that runs on anything? Politicians that run on anything, naturally.It’s Doom Vs Campaign Promises in The Most Important Election of our Lives!“We love slaying Demons dont we folks?”: What’s more believable really? A Republican running for local office on the promise that you can fire him, or a flesh rending space marine that can’t look up?“A National Ban on jumping!”: Who would dare executive order such a thing? How would you even implement it?“An Endorsement from Hell”: I mean sure Hilary takes it but does Bill?“The Ultimate Question”: Which Politician has the Patriotic courage to run on a promise to develop the BFG?Subscribe for more Histrionic Hypotheticals and visit ghostcoast.video/network to join the conversation today Edited by Garak Tailor Broadcast on Ghost Coast Radio

This week Lenore of The Socialist Shelf joins us to explore how tools, capable of influencing people from a distance, could be used to manipulate not just our precious past time of voting, but implementation of policy. What fresh hells could befall the world if a Politician could write their opponents name in a notebook to guarantee their untimely demise? Or maybe even worse, give them the worst Hangover.It’s Death Note Vs Havana Syndrome in The Most Important Election of our Lives!“Is writing a book voting?”: Death Note was a powerful vote in that it has lead to people commiting crimes! JK Rowling created a whole fictional world in her head and got it implemented as official Political Policy. VOTE VOTE VOTE!“How far does the power of Kira take you?”: Whats the highest office one could achieve with the Death Note? And more importantly would anyone care?“Someone think of the Children”: Congress has passed legislation to provide support for victims of Havan Syndrome. Would they do the same for Victim’s of the Kira Cult given there is a similar amount of evidence of both existing?“The Ultimate Question”: What’s more powerful? The Havana Syndrome Hangover Ray Gun or a Death Note that punches someone in the Dick?Don’t miss these wild debates, deep dives, and histrionic hypotheticals! Subscribe to us for more thought-provoking episodes that question power, legacy, and the narratives we build around them. Check out ghostcoast.video/network and join the conversation today.

This week Comedian and Filmmaker Ron Placone joins us to discuss what happens when you fight for a country that doesn't want you. The United States Government loves the Military almost as much as it hates the minorities it counts on as cannon fodder, it’s unimaginable what they would do with the Mutants of Marvel’s X-men. . .but we do it anyway. It’s the Most Important Election of our Lives! “Which Mutants are at J-6?”: Logan might have been there under false pretenses but Juggernaut came specifically to break down the doors to Congress. “How many Drone strikes would Proffessor […]

“I think that given that, you know, once zucchini fever hits, it might not subside so quickly.”This week John Ross of The John Ross Show brings his expertise on the Bernie 2016 campaign to discuss the ways in which some messages arrive in surprising packages.Whether it’s a Septegenarian out of Vermont with a Brooklyn accent teaching a new generation about socialism or The good word of the Lord Jesus Christ coming to you through a poorly computer generated Cucumber? It’s Bernie 2016 Vs Veggie Tales in The Most Important Election of Our Lives! “Was the UK ready to elect an […]

“If Washington DC had a 50 foot tall fire breathing dragon, January 6 would have never happened.” This week Audrey of Radio Free Tote Bag and The Data Transfer Podcast joins us to discuss the terrifying Fictional world where children are in constant danger from a dark malevolent force that exists over the internet and cell phone towers, The John Birch Society! Oh, also Digimon! “Trauma-Gotchi”: Digimon fulfilled the need for a “Masculine” Tamagotchi. So they had you train them to cock fight! “The Internet means Birthright Citizenship?: If Digimon were real would the Trump Regime consider them illegal aliens […]

I wish it need not have happened in my lifetime. . . The Most Important ELECTION of our Lifetime! We invite Jacob of the podcast Socialist Shelf to discuss The Lord of the Rings, analyzing its morality and politics rife with complexities and contradictions. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? Tolkien showed us a masterclass in worldbuilding, and you know who else built a world?* That’s right, The Founding Fathers!. “No matter how long the line is”: Things may seem hopeless with no signs of Eagles on the Horizon. One does not simply walk into Mordor, but if you are in line […]

“It’s called voting, Tone. All the kids are doing it. Some three or four times a month.” In this episode, Maria Guido lends us her expertise to dive into a story of deep corruption leaving us to ask the question. What happens when an already Mobbed up guy gets even more power? Which gives us todays subjects Tony Soprano and. . . Anti-Italian Racism? No! The man that launched Harry S. Truman to the White House, Thomas Joseph Pendergast. “Tony Soprano v.s. T.J. Pendergast”: Would you rather be leader or the power behind the leader?   “The American Political Boss”: Truman […]

There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we don't know. But there is also. . .Metal Gear. Who said it? A Japanese Video Game Developer or a Conservative American Politician?: More importantly, who gave Hideo Kojima the Lathe of Heaven? We connect the dots between Metal Gear’s critique of American politics and the modern challenges of Living with the reality of those politics. Watch, listen, […]

From Ghostcoast Studios, the world's first and only podcast network built for creators, activists, and Alien Brain Slug enthusiasts alike, we bring you another gripping exploration of our most favorite things - fandoms across media, and our least favorite thing, acts of illegal depravity across media.   The Anti-fascist PTSD ridden body horror manual for kids!: The Animorphs was science fiction for children, with War Crimes! For All Mankind (some restrictions apply): JFK, LBJ, Strom. . . Thurmond?  Vote Blue No Matter Hoove: Is America ready to elect a mouthless Blue centaur with stalk eyes that eats with it’s feet? Visser 3 vs Strom Thurmond: one is a cartoonishly evil stereotype of maniacal eugenicist power with little to no restriction, and the other is a Fictional Alien Overlord! Would the Yeerks win IRL?: Spoilers: We’re cooked.     From the halls of fictional power to the underground Yeerkpools of America, thank you for voting with your time. Wherever podcasts are found, Ghostcoast Studios is there. Meet your dreams and bring a towel.

“Democracy dies in darkness, anyway, buy this mustard.” From Ghostcoast Studios, the world's first and only podcast network built for creators, activists, and mustard enthusiasts alike, we bring you another gripping exploration of our most favorite things – fandoms across media, and our least favorite thing, acts of illegal depravity across media.  “The J6 Roster: Fictional Characters Storming the Capitol” We match your favorite characters with the frenzy of January 6th. Bane? There, obviously. Condiment King? Giving a keynote. Buggy the Clown? Probably getting promoted to Speaker of the House.  “Who Would You Escape With?” The ultimate conundrum: you’re at […]

This week, we grapple with two worlds where loyalty, drama, and larger-than-life personas collide: wrestlers turned politicians and their fictional counterparts, the Addams Family. What happens when these characters take their weird lives into politics?  Can a fire-breathing bigot beat a genteel goth in the polls? And which fictional family member would thrive in a primary?  “Wrestlers in Politics”: From Glenn Jacobs (Kane) as Knox County's mayor to Jesse Ventura rewriting Minnesota's political history, we explore the bizarre trajectory of grapplers in government.   “Meet the Addams Family”: A deep dive into how these guys would fare in the political ring. […]