An improvised comedic storytelling podcast. Every episode is a brand new short story, and - as hard as it may be to believe - it's all made up on the spot. Hosted by Kevin Eastman and Ryan Kniel.
Happy holidays! Kevin and Ryan are joined by special guest Ciaran Volke to spin you a festive yarn about a town plagued by lightning. Music used: “Santa's Tricks” - Myuu Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=copExincAKU&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkI87bsPOQ2GdqCpRvtextbb&index=4 “Childhood” - Scott BuckleyMusic powered by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmXrHQENZ6A&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkI87bsPOQ2GdqCpRvtextbb&index=10
Hear the tale of Bark Bark, a small mouse with a mysterious past, who is travelling through Rotter's Glade, the domain of the Under King. He encounters many creatures, both friend and foe, along the journey - but will he survive nightfall? Music used: “For Tomorrow” - SavfkMusic Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh2u7aSxYIU&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkKU3x5JNjGZBXffi84I2nI “Good Day to Die” Miguel Johnson Music powered by BreakingCopyright:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_k-RQA7lBE&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkLiR-gmzeFGY1S-10Ur0wso
Sharing spectacular! Kevin's favourite board game, Ryan's recent hobby. And a young woman about to make a big decision takes some strange advice from her eccentric mother.
A man named Lenny is being treated at the doctor for a most curious ailment. Let's hope it isn't gradually explained as a narrative parallel to the moral. Music used: Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
On the brink of war, a father bids his son farewell, perhaps for the last time. But the son has more to say than the father bargained on. Like, way more.
Two unlikely friends need to team up to escape detention, and just maybe they'll learn a lesson or two along the way. Also don't steal people's insulin.
An ordinary man makes watches, in a barley field in Idaho. But he doesn't realize the danger that lurks just beneath his feet, or that he's being watched by Leonardo DiCaprio. Music used: “The Way to You” - SapajouMusic powered by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7B4BDyCV_U&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkLni7zxyc-hWD72xhTlbk34&index=4 “I Can't Stop” - Punch Deck Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8dQom73-Fc&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkJ0thUypSlonFr1cgJdtiLj&index=4 “Six Coffin Nails” - Kerosene Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNlTYQC67q4&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkJ0thUypSlonFr1cgJdtiLj&index=2 Main Theme - The Twilight Zone Main Theme - History Channel
Patricia Bags lives a lonely life, in a cabin, in the rain, on what can be assumed to be the west coast of Vancouver Island? I dunno, we don't specify. But as she reminisces about the fast life she used to lead, a knock at the door changes everything. Music used: “Helen 2” - Nikos Spiliotis Music powered by BreakingCopyright:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig2LiJBriR4&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkIviWiMcjJkt1urg8ky-xrZ
Ghouls! Little green ghouls! Hauntin', floatin', knockin' things over. But did you know they lead lives of their own? This week we follow a young ghoul who's trying to do one of the hardest things of all - earn his father's approval. Music used: Halloween Background Music - AndrewG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvhBXyRkB3Y&list=RDQM17FGsDE2kFE&start_radio=1
A free-wheelin' boy named Mason winds up in the small town of City. Will he overcome his demons, and learn to make friends in this strange new place? Get help with substance use: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/substance-use/get-help-with-substance-use.html https://www.camh.ca/en/professionals/treating-conditions-and-disorders/fundamentals-of-addiction/f-of-addiction---resources Music used: “Oceans” - Bobby Renz Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYCR0kvz2R4&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkJ0thUypSlonFr1cgJdtiLj&index=9 “Filaments” - Scott Buckley Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taAxpw03dgM&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkIa5XQHB0gXugbXz4Bm2PD1&index=3
Sharon is just a trucker who wants to deliver her okra on time and die of lung cancer. But through a chance encounter at a truck stop, all that might change. Music used: “The Journey” - Hayden Folker Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do6VrSy64sA&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkJunIM7RItuLcZQcQ4q4NER&index=3 “Predator and Prey” - David Robson https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/predator-and-prey/2879
Breaking news! Watch two men's careers unravel before their very eyes. Will justice be served? Is the truth out there? And is why are they in Hawaii the whole time? Music used: Music for Video Library - ROYALTY FREE News Intro Musichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogS_MELUhsc
Sharing Spectacular! Kevin's romantic inclinations and Ryan's nationality. Then, follow a young dancing prodigy named Sticky Dan as he attempts to overcome every teen's worst nightmare - his stupid dad. Music used: "Mike Chino - Replicant World" is under a Creative Commons (BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... More by Mike Chino: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxSz2Tuqo1hZfw3FUbwf5C Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_RqcF2Y0sE&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkL5I3Uto2f-8v20k9LPZ-PR The Glenn Miller Orchestra - In The Mood
The captain of a spaceship comes up against a mysterious threat - will he defeat the forces of evil? Will he find love? And most importantly, will the guy making this short film turn in this assignment on time? Music used: Arthur Vyncke - “A Few Jumps Away" is under a Creative Commons (BY-SA 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Arthur Vyncke: https://soundcloud.com/arthurvost Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0CeNCfWIH0&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkKqBmz_qzJtZOmlbO7CHlVD&index=21 Roa - “Lights” is under a Free to Use Youtube License RoaMusic: https://www.youtube.com/c/RoaMusic Music powered by BreakingCopyright:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RogITE1plk0&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkLni7zxyc-hWD72xhTlbk34
Chaz sets a national park on fire to spite the gender binary. Brought to you by the great taste of Pepsi. Music used: "The Good Times" - Infractionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbCzty1xBdY&list=PL7pkSK1xbGD4vUNiAZp4aadkSu-DqzPuY&index=2
Welcome to Carol's Diner, on the corner of Uptown. Come in and stay a while - I'm sure you'll find that everyone feels at home here.
An ordinary New Yorker named Dale washes up on a desert island, and Kevin and Ryan need to improvise an entire point-and-click adventure game to get him home. Music used: Eric Skiff - Underclocked - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrgzWEgCCFg - Available at http://EricSkiff.com/music 8 BIT RPG BATTLE - Retro Game Music - No Copyright Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIfD2BKaD2k
Zachary is just an ordinary engineering graduate student, who can't help but speak his mind. But will his new internship at a strange tailoring store teach him something about himself? Or will he be driven mad by strange visions that haunt him?
An old woman walks into a computer store looking for a game, and is helped by a young man named Lincoln. But the store holds a secret to the fate of time itself, that is about to be revealed at last.
A worm named Peter Harold changes the fundamental ecosystem of the garden by talking to a bird. The resulting odysseys spans thousands of years, as we witness the rise and fall of the dynasty of Bird-Town-Bug-Town-Worm-Town. Music used: Edvard Grieg - Morning
A muscular old man is the only thing standing between Great Britain and certain annihilation - but perhaps not everything is as it seems. This week of The Platform features war rooms, Sherlock Holmes, Buckingham Palace, and Miranda from "Miranda". Music used: Song: Ross Bugden - Run License: Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://breakingcopyright.com
Gus and Steven are two treasure hunters that have run afoul of a cursed house in New Brunswick. Will they make it out alive? Will they find the treasure, and solve the riddles? Or will they be trapped forever by what lurks in the basement?
Sharing Spectacular! Kevin shares a project they've been working on, Ryan shares a recent physical deformity. An unassuming girl stumbles upon a strange book at the library, and what she finds inside may change reality itself forever. Full disclosure: this one makes almost no sense at all. But - you gotta stick around for that ending, you won't see it coming!
A lone stranger, wearing a toadstool hat, rides a salamander into Frog Town. Will she rekindle her past, or run from it? Will she defeat evil, or succumb to it? And what do frogs use as currency? It seems kind of inconsistent. Music Used: Darren Curtis -Hard Justice: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/… https://www.youtube.com/user/DesperateMeasurez Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST6MOg11XuU&t=0s Song: Cowboy Free Download : https://bit.ly/3oydDJN Music promoted by No Copyright: https://bit.ly/33JkJQc Ross Bugden - The Wild Westhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDPMAuv-3nk&list=RDQMxaQobPhIwlE&start_radio=1
Follow the adventures of Nessie, a small aquatic creature, as they search for meaning beyond the Great Oyster, and wonder about the direction in which they are forbidden to look: up.
The fellas are busy bees this week, so we offer you this tasty morsel of warmups that they have done over the past weeks, telling very short stories one word at a time.
The fellas pull out their theatre training to bring you a perfect, almost indistinguishable copy of Tennessee Williams' classic, "A Streetcar Named Desire". Nothing about the source material has been changed in any way. They just read the script word for word.
In this episode, an ambitious woman of a very specific age is tasked with babysitting a defiant young girl. Will Jezebel and Courtenay become friends? Or will Courtenay's pet raccoon destroy the house before her parents get home?
This episode is entire reasonable in its scope, concept, and volume. Follow Gregory and Nathaniel, two Wall Street brokers who travel to the great glass pyramid in the heart of New York City to save the stock market from mind wizards. Music used: “Elevator” by David O'Brien Magic spell sounds courtesy of OG Sound FX https://www.youtube.com/@OGSoundFX
Come with us to the fictional Slavic town of Jorsaw, where eggs grow from the ground, oranges of flesh grow on the trees, and a young girl with a dream is about to meet an old man who will guide her towards destiny itself. Music used: Cajkovskij, Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 - H. Von Karajan, S. Richter, Wiener Symph.
This episode features the Breakfast Boys, a Saturday morning crime-fighting group designed to appeal to modern corporate audiences everywhere. Listen in as they take on their toughest foe yet. Music used: ESN Productions - Ominous Background Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAO3x-Uhfoo "Scott Buckley - Goliath" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. / musicbyscottb Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: •
A special supercut of Ryan and Kevin warming up before a few episodes, by telling short word-at-a-time stories, with some additional conversation sprinkled in.
In this episode Kevin definitely does an appropriate amount of foley, and the fellas tell the time-travelling tale of Bartholomew Frederick Fitzgerald, the famous author. Send us a suggestion to inspire an episode! Email us at platform.pod.show@gmail.com, or message us through Facebook or Instagram.
This episode is full of heartfelt drama as well as inaccurate bird facts. Follow Marianne, a young woman intent on joining the rugby team, as she discovers she has a strange gift. Music used courtesy of Infraction: https://www.youtube.com/@Infraction Cinematic Documentary Romantic - Infraction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGPArLvbARk&list=PL7pkSK1xbGD7DxKfLFJg8O6ZI4XP6wGvi&index=1 Cinematic Sad Violin - Infractionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFJ9LVSK3sM&list=PL7pkSK1xbGD7DxKfLFJg8O6ZI4XP6wGvi&index=5
It's another SHARING SPECTACULAR! Kevin and Ryan share the story of how they met, and Ryan reveals a quirk about his brain. Then, the two tell a metaphor-rich story about a little orange golf ball making his way towards every golf ball's dream: the hole.
The fellas create a dystopian YA novel all about INSERT, a very special but ordinary but beautiful but average girl, who can listen to the Voice of the City.
The Platform's 18th episode will titillate you with the tale of Marcel, a strangely cube-shaped man, and his adventures at Olive Garden. Listen with abject terror as Kevin and Ryan try to figure out where the hell the other person is going with all this in real time.
It's definitely our best episode yet, definitely for real. The fellas tell the story of Chris, a young man who is discovering his love of music, and overcoming some self-imposed challenges. Content warning: we say "crankin' it" like, 30 times. Music used: Solo Sax 1 - MusicByPedro: http://www.youtube.com/user/MusicByPedro
A serious one? Surely not. Against all odds, Ryan and Kevin hold it together this week to tell a grounded story about loneliness, responsibility, and a rat named Sweetums. Music Used: Ethereal by Luqet https://soundcloud.com/luqethttps://www.youtube.com/c/LUQ%C4%98T Music provided by https://www.plugnplaymusic.net
The fellas take a trip to the zoo, where a camp counsellor is running behind schedule, and 4 unlikely friends plan a mission involving the funniest of all the animals - the giraffe.
We're not sure what happened with this one. Ryan and Kevin stared into each others' eyes too long. Is it our best episode? We're actually not sure. Is it our strangest episode? Probably. All we know is that it tells the story of two strangers in a restaurant, who are judged for being true to themselves. Music used: Keys of Moon - “Blooming Melody” - Breaking Copyright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S8CXHs2yyo
The fellas make good on the promise from a previous episode, and completely switch up the dynamic of the show, to middling results. They also tell the tale of a cute, wet ogre who just wants to go to work. A small post-production note: we had some trouble with the original recording of this episode, which is why it sounds different from normal. We will be back to our normal sound quality next week, permitting that a great plague does not ravage the land.
The fellas are back from holiday with a brand new story for you, about a feeble man at the whim of a cruel king, who only knows how to do one thing: run.
It's the holiday season, and the fellas weave a tale of festive joy and physical assault. They also make a brand new, copyright-proof character. Music used: Jingle Punks - We Wish You a Merry Christmas Download/Stream: https://audiograb.com/s58ZcWCAJ
Sharing Spectacular! The fellas have a secret for episode 100, but for now they'll just tell you something personal about themselves. We then meet an orc named Grungle, talking to himself in the mirror, telling his life's story. MUSIC USED: “Adventure”, Royalty Free Music - Alexander Nakarada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_cwKd81z7Q&list=PLktdtTNubKSoTdbtCTv3VQb7sSsJ7lnny “Adventure (Metal Version)” - Royalty Free Music - Alexander Nakarada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU1uL5f85Js&t=0s
The fellas tell a story of Neal, who wants nothing more than to be a filmmaker, and how an unlikely stranger brings him closer to his father. Also, stick around for the after-credits scene.
The fellas weave a tale of an entitled young man with an amazing gift, who learns the value of family and shotguns. They also try to make each other sound evil. MUSIC USED: "Roa - Lights" is under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-3.0) License. / roamusic Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/lights-song
The seventh episode takes us on a magical journey through a fantasy kingdom with some odd rules. Kevin and Ryan antagonize the audience, in particular any audience members with one particular name. MUSIC USED: “Enchanted”, by Keys of Moon "Myuu - Stillstand" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. https://www.youtube.com/myuuji Music provided by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/qg9xayHvhcE "Dragon Castle" by Makai Symphony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gBTK… Music provided by Unwind StationKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/unwindstation
It's our best title yet. Kevin releases a pasta ghost, he and Ryan weave a tale of a young boy named Bako, and they teach everyone a lot about the inner workings of the human body.
Episode 5 of The Platform follows the woeful tale of Cosmo, a man fated to mimic everyone he meets, and how he discovers a very important box. Also, uncharacteristically, things go off the rails pretty quickly. Music courtesy of Music for Video Library: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Ua_4s05eM&t=10s
This episode is full of trickery, honesty, and denim. Ryan and Kevin tell the story of a confused young man being helped by a mentor, and they establish a new rule of The Platform. Music courtesy of Sound Center: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeQ8t9ZCnOI
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