Welcome back to The Main Mic. My name is Harper.
And I'm Mackenzie. And I'm Zach. And Zach had
a front page article about D &D on the website.
I mentioned it last time. A headliner! I did
not think I was going to be the headline. But
I am really proud of the article. I worked on
it last semester for our advisor. I was in his
class. I was in Mike's class. And then he asked
me... Like at the end of the semester, he's like,
hey, do you want to submit this like at the beginning
of next semester? I was like, sure. And so I
worked on it recently and then I submitted it
and it front lined. So that was fun. Yeah. Mackenzie
and Harper are both on their phones because youth.
Okay. No, I'm doing like. You're the youngest
one here. Right. Freaking 19 -year -olds. I'm
not 19. 18 -year -olds. I'm 20. Really? Close
enough. I'm only a year younger than you. You're
still a teenager. 20 is still teenage to me.
Hey. No, that's all right. You're the oldest
one here. I am. That's fine. I'm wise beyond
my years. I was just thinking. I forget people
have birthdays. Maybe. What? I don't know. What?
Okay, wait, wait, wait, wait. I knew your age
was. 19. When is your birthday? January. I was
going to say December, so that was really close.
When is yours? May. Okay. I'm June. May, June,
January. All the same thing. Whatever. That's
crazy. Okay, so you turned 20 this year already.
Yeah. I turned 21. And I'm turning 21 in four
months. 23 is what I was going to say, but I
was looking at you because... Why do I have an
accent right now? I was looking at you because
I didn't know if I was going to say 23, 22, 24.
Anyways. Yeah, 23. Once again, there's not much
going on. How's everybody's weeks going? I'm
asking the audience. I don't care about you guys.
now how's your guys this week um this is the
first week i'm not sick it's true that's good
finally normal i know last week after we hung
out i don't know if i told you guys but i got
food poisoning that thursday yes you did yeah
which is crazy so i had a cold and then i had
actually it wasn't food poisoning it was neurovirus
because my grandma got it and she had to go to
the er wait you had neurovirus oh my gosh Apparently
it's going around because people are getting
it left and right. Ro, wash your hands. Please.
Just watch what you're eating. I don't know.
How do you get neurovirus? It's a stomach bug.
Probably the same way you get most sicknesses.
Getting in contact with someone who is sick already.
Did you eat off anybody's plate? The people that
I was hanging around that I ate with weren't.
sick and also they were i was hanging out with
them wednesday and all of my symptoms because
i won't give details started at 5 a .m on thursday
when i woke up i didn't wake up on purpose don't
i i woke up because i was in extreme i had extreme
stomach pains and then the rest is Then the rest
is extreme dehydration for at least 24 hours.
I was eating ice chips and sipping Pedialyte.
I feel like I had that. I needed it. Because
I got really sick back in July. Oh my gosh, my
whole body was shaking. I thought I had COVID,
for real. I never took a test. What were the
symptoms? My stomach was feeling off. My whole
body was hurting and then shaking. I couldn't
stay warm. And my head was pounding like a freaking
migraine, like really bad. Were you having a
heat stroke? I doubt it. July was pretty hot
this year. I was in the house the whole time.
How do you... I'm not saying it's... it's obviously
it's extremely uncommon for people to get sick
during the summer because of the heat kills all
the virus but i don't know that kind of sounds
like how covid was but because i've had covid
once before and like that's kind of what it was
but that was like extreme i mean i've only had
once that i'm aware of oh how many like three
times damn Stay away from me. Are you vaccinated?
That's a hot topic question. Yes, I'm triple
vaccinated. I am triple. The most you can get
in 2020. I got two. I thought it was only two.
Well, I got the two mains, and then I got a booster
like a year later. Oh. Yeah. So I have the three,
and then I think I have a fourth COVID booster
and flu vaccine boost. Like, you know, the normal.
Yeah, yeah. And I think I got those last year.
So I've never gotten a flu shot. What? i've actually
actually i don't know if i have i have noticed
that whenever i get flu vaccines because i stopped
because i turned 18 and had to make my own doctor's
appointment with whatever and then i started
to forget if i had gotten them yet and so i just
didn't want to get multiple ones yeah no that's
fair i mean they should have a record of it though
Yeah, but you can get it at CVS, CVS Target,
you can get it at your doctor, and they all don't
keep track of each other. That's true. And all
three offer them for free, and I don't know if
I ever get them, but I know for sure that I haven't
gotten any this year, I think. Yeah, that's fair.
So that's why I'm always skeptical about getting
them, because I get scared. I'm like, have I?
I feel like maybe I haven't gotten them. But
I think this year I'm going to get them whenever
I go to the doctor next. The doctor. And then
because vaccines actually help me. I realized
I get sick the years that I don't have my flu
vaccines and stuff. It's almost like that's how
that works. I know. I know. I've never had the
flu vaccine and I never had the flu. I mean,
some people just have stronger immune systems.
Yeah. I take a lot of vitamin C. that probably
helps i should start on that my dad has these
vitamin c capsules they're like orange flavored
get the ones that are a thousand milligrams i'm
pretty sure they are okay yeah i need to start
they're either they're either a thousand or five
hundred but either way i take one and i'm like
i can eat this whole thing like candy right now
and it's so bingo candy Speaking of candy, we
have candy bowls now. Three to be exact. Tiny,
tiny. You'll see them when we start videoing.
Oh, we didn't bring them in, huh? No, we left
them in the office. Oh, the reason why I got
on Facebook Marketplace when we were in the main
room, because I was looking for the Ikea desk
thing that I wanted to get for it. Oh, yeah.
Because I'm still convinced that we can't fit
comfortably a coffee table. And I'm convinced.
You're wrong. I am too, honestly. If we put a
coffee table in here, you're going to have to
squeeze in front of me and then have, like, a
tiny little walkway. I will move this desk back.
Yeah. Move the desk back right now. See how much
room you've got. Dude, if I unplug something,
something's going to break. The smallest coffee
table, like, you can think of. Not, like, a super
duper long one. Just, like. Can I even? Not even,
like, the. See, I'm already, like, pulling. So
I'm not going to pull anything. But just, like.
Even just, like, a square one or even just two
square ones would be perfect. Because they can
just sit in front of the couch. And it won't
be, like, too big a deal. I think we can fit
one right there, but I don't know. I mean, I
think the... Should we measure it out? We definitely
need to measure it out. That's such a good idea.
Forever ago. I don't know why we haven't done
that yet. I'm so glad we didn't buy a coffee
table when we were thrifting because you guys
totally would. The coffee tables you were looking
at were big. Yeah, no, they were too big for
this room. They were big. That glass one, I still
loved. And I know you hated it, Mackenzie, but
I loved it. I did not like it. I don't know why.
I don't know. I guess since Four makes me an
interior designer and I just have a keen eye.
I don't know. I didn't like it. I'm going to
mute your mic for the rest of the episode. Actually,
I don't like it. It's a really cute lace shirt
from the loft. It's in my size. It looks like
a Victorian child's outfit. I still think he
should get the green one. And Taylor Loft. This
is also green, and it's also $10. I will get
both. It's $30. Harper's buying clothes instead
of being on the podcast. No, I'm not. Find them
right now, and I am on the podcast. What's local
news? There's still clubs going around. Oh, oh,
oh. Weekly clubs. Mackenzie, you can go. Wait,
wait. Let me find it. Bruh. I saved it. It was
on my tabs. Okay, okay. There is a Fall Fest
Clubs and Organizations Fair that's happening
on September 30th, which is next Tuesday, or
this coming Tuesday. Yes. And it's going to be
at 10 a .m. Till 2 p .m. And it's going to be
in Calm Plaza. So there's free food, you know,
free stuff. Just go and have some fun. They're
going to be doing... Wait, is the 30th a Wednesday
or a Tuesday? The 30th is a Tuesday. Because
the 31st is a Wednesday. See, they put Wednesday
on here, too. Like, what? Yeah. In the description,
it says Wednesday. Okay, but it's on Tuesday,
the 30th. Oh, there's no 31st this month. Right.
Yeah, 30th is the last day of the month, and
it's a Tuesday. They've got pumpkin decorations,
games, treats, and a cozy vibe. I love fall.
Fall is great. I keep stepping on the leaves
when I walk through Calm Plaza. It's so great.
It's so nice. The weather's finally starting
to get cool. I was able to wear a hoodie when
it was raining, which was nice. I wore a hoodie
and shorts. It was a great combo. Super exciting
news. September 29th from 10 a .m. to 10 .50
a .m. Drop in strength training. I think that
happens weekly. Every week. Same thing with the
D &D Club. Weekly on the 29th, 5 .15 to 7 p .m.
Drop in yoga on the same day, the 29th, 4 .15
p .m. to 5 .15 p .m. weekly clubs you know same
thing pretty much no bigger events um besides
the first weekend of shows um for the moors is
done i heard it went really good i did not go
last week um but i am going this week it's uh
friday saturday sunday so yeah watch the show
7 p .m And 2 p .m. and 7 on Saturday. That's
really cool. I've seen. I do want to see it.
I want to see it. I want to see it. It's so good.
We should go. We should. Why don't we all go?
That's a great idea. I was probably going to
go Saturday. My stomach is making weird noises.
Was that your stomach? I heard that. Wait, is
it next Saturday? That was my stomach. Yeah,
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I'm only free on
Sunday. Sunday at 2? Sure. I may be available
on Sunday. Wait, let me look, let me look. As
I have work. I have a concert that I want to
go to, too. It's okay, just go whenever you can.
Wait, is it showing this weekend? Yeah, Friday,
Saturday, Sunday. Oh, I said next Saturday. September
26th and 27th is the... Next Saturday is, like,
this upcoming Saturday. I hate when people do
that because we all have different meanings of
what next Saturday is because next Saturday to
me is just the next Saturday. No, next Saturday
means the one after the one that's coming up.
So there's this Saturday, which is the closest
Saturday, and then there's next Saturday, which
is the one after the closest Saturday. There
you go. Don't look at me like that, Zach. Okay,
I'm free. This weekend. On Saturday. At 7? Yeah.
Okay. Harper? I work. I work every Sunday. I'm
so sorry. You guys go. I'll go on a different
day. Yeah. Are you free on Sunday? I'm not. Not
at 2. No. I work 1 to 5. Is it only at 2 on Sunday?
It's the matinee, yeah. At least I'm pretty sure.
What about Friday? Wait, what am I doing on Friday?
Guys, this may be something that... was signed
in my NDA, but isn't the entire... I wonder if
that picked up my notification sound. Isn't the
entire cast sick right now? Most of the cast
is sick. We got back news. One of the leads got
everybody sick. But they should be good by this
week. Because they have an off week right now.
They seem like fun people. I interviewed... Who
did I tell you? Aaron, who's the one who got
everybody sick. And then Gregory, who's... I
don't know what Gregory is doing in the show.
They were really cool. Gregory is the drama...
Drama turkey, yeah. Drama... What is it? Drama
turkey. Okay. What? It's basically you do like
the research for the back of the show. Oh, I
remember what it is. Like a historical background
of it. Yeah, I remember what it is. What did
you say? Drama turkey. Turkey? Turkey. Turkey.
Like T -U -R -G -Y. Oh. Gregory said... Drama
-jerd. I thought it was jerd or gerd or wait.
I'm like almost certain it's dramaturgy. I thought
it was gerd because I was talking to Erin too
and she was like it's turd with a G is what she
said. I was like I don't know how to spell that.
Dramaturgy. D -R -A -M -A -T -U -R -G -Y. I guess.
It's almost like I was right. Whatever. That's
what they told me. Harper, why'd you look at
me like that? Oktoberfest is starting September
26th and 7th and 8th for downtown Overland Park.
Nice. Renfest is still going on. Yeah. How long
is Renfest? Until the end of October? Yeah. Jeez.
I know. I want to go so bad. How long has it
been going? For like a month now. Yeah. It's
like a three month long thing. Where is it? Good
question. Okay. Same place it is every year,
probably. I've never been to Renfest. Never been
to Renfest? Bro, Renfest is actually so much
better. Oh, it's in Bonnet Spring? Yeah, it's
near Sandstone. Or Azura. I've never driven there
because I haven't been there recently. Guys.
Oh, October's literally in a week. Yeah. in a
week today that's insane i don't know how we
did it made it to october without dying i'm ready
for it to be over i'm like looking at things
i was like oh no october's so far away so i'm
like not counting those and things i was like
i need to get my halloween costume i need to
get a halloween costume i need my costume too
guys we're all guys i'm going to be throwing
a halloween party at my mother's house because
i don't care what she says and my little brothers
are probably going to have people at their house
anyways so anyways it's everybody who listens
to this is invited everybody who listens the
12 people who listen to this podcast hey it's
like eight okay you're being generous still yeah
probably but we'll get a following one day if
if My little brothers are having something at
my mom's house. I will have it at my dad's house
instead. So, guys, Halloween costumes. RSVP.
I'm going to throw a Halloween party. When is
it? Halloween. On Halloween. Well, I can't go.
I'll just say it. Most people are busy on Halloween.
What are you doing? Technically, I have to work,
but I have also been invited to another Halloween
party by my friend. My old work friend. What?
Halloween's on a Friday! Oh my gosh! That's so
exciting! I'm so sorry for the mic. The rush
of excitement that just went through my body.
I wish it was on a Saturday. It's a Friday night,
though. You guys, we get to go out on a Friday
night. I have to work on a Friday night. I work
Friday morning, or, like, afternoon, and Saturday
afternoon. Like, I gotta go into work at 6 p
.m. at the earliest. I'm calling out a work on
Fat Friday. Fat Friday? Fat Friday. I was yawning,
so my tongue got stuck to the top of my teeth.
That Friday. Yeah. That's fair. I can't wait
for Halloween. I would call in, but I need money.
Wait, I start my new job, which means I have
to work all day. Literally, I work all day on
Fridays and Saturdays from 9 in the morning to
7. I don't want to do that because I already
took off a weekend in October so that I can go
to Nebraska on. Yeah. Which means I also got
to get my cosplay for that. Just get a Halloween
costume and a cosplay in the same. That's the
plan. I'm going to be Jade from Mortal Kombat.
I only know a few Mortal Kombat characters. I
don't think I know that one. The green one with
the pole? I don't know. I know who Scorpion is
in Sub -Zero. Okay. The two main guys. Right.
Hold on. I'm about to show you. Anyways. I was
logged out of my. Logged out of this. And I don't
remember my password. Nice. This is great. Okay.
I think I've seen her. Back to my article. Because
I want this to be about me. Oh, yes. Hey. Talk
about it. Yeah. So, yeah. I did. It was for an
assignment last semester. And it was like an
interview kind of thing. And it was literally
about just like anything you find interesting.
And as an avid D &D player slash DM, I chose
D &D because I really like it. And I found. This
guy who was a part of one of my cousin's groups.
So that was nice that I had an easier access
to that. So I met with him at a local game store
that I also mentioned in the article, Tabletop
Game and Hobby. I love it there. It's great.
Have you guys been? It's crazy. You should go.
Is it right next to the micro center? Yes. I
know exactly what that place is. I've seen it.
It has a cafe connected to it as a separate business.
It's called Cardboard Cafe, and they have waffles
with sweet waffles, savory waffles, dessert waffles.
Just waffles? Is there anything else? I don't
know. They have nachos. Yeah, they do have other
things. They do have other stuff. That's good.
Oh, my God. It's so good. But, yeah. So I met
with him there. We did a little interview. He
is also mainly a DM. So I got to hear a lot of
his perspective on running games because he's
been running them for longer than me, I think.
I don't remember. It's been a minute. But yeah,
no, it was a lot of fun. And then he plays a
lot with his wife or fiance. They might be married
by now. So I got to have a little text interview
with her, which was nice, just to get some more
details filled in. Because we needed two sources
for our thing. Yeah, it was a lot of fun. They
both have similar but different views on it,
which is good. You want as many different views
on a subject. She's mainly a player, so it was
cool to see her. Like ideas of how she likes
to play the game versus how he likes to, you
know, prepare or play a game. And then I talked
a little bit about the D &D club here on campus,
which was nice. I got some information from Mackenzie's
old article. So thank you. Yeah, I love them.
But yeah, so I mentioned like our D &D club,
which again, we mentioned earlier, literally
just pop in. If you're interested in playing
or learning about D &D, they're always welcome
to new and experienced players. Yeah, fun. And
then we talked a little bit about the cafe, like
I mentioned. Basically, I mentioned Critical
Role in the beginning because I'm a big fan of
Critical Role. Matthew Mercer. And I know you
know who that is because we had an entire conversation
about the fact you didn't know who Matthew Mercer
was. I forgot. He's Levi Ackerman and a bunch
of other characters. He's a voice actor. Shut
up. He's a bunch of different voices. He's a
voice actor. He's an actor in general. He's cool.
I'm going to look him up one more time. Yeah.
And game designer. Yeah. He's done stuff for
Final Fantasy. He's a big inspiration. I like
him a lot. Best known for his work. D &D, fun.
If you ever see me, have me talk about D &D.
I will rant about it. Because I always have new
ideas. And I always want to implement the best
kind of things I can. Harper, you're addicted
to your phone right now. What's on it? She's
checking who Matthew Mercer is. You said you
were going to do a lot of talking for this episode.
I know, but you're talking about your article
and I don't want to interrupt because I don't
know much about it. Okay, okay, okay. You're
not interrupting now. I'm done with my article.
Unless you have questions about it. I mean, do
you want to give us more details about what D
&D is? I mean, it's a vast thing. If people don't
know what D &D is... I think everybody knows.
Wait, wait, wait. People might just think it's
a board game. I don't know about that. But I
looked him up. He's literally Sakamoto on Sakamoto
Days. I don't know what that is. Oh, my gosh.
I didn't realize. Oh, my gosh. He's in everything,
dude. He's Sakamoto. He's in Date Everything.
Yes. He's one of the D &D things in Date Everything.
It says he's Chance. I think that's the dice.
He's a black butler. Oh my gosh. Again. Specifically
Emerald Witch arc. Specifically. Yes, specifically.
Because you needed to put a sucker in your mouth
in the middle of the podcast. I'm sorry. I was
craving it. It's fine. Yeah. D &D. Imaginative
game where, I mean. any amount of players you
can play with. Like usually it's anywhere from
like two to six with one DM who is the dungeon
master who runs the game. Yeah. So the dungeon
master kind of creates this world for however
many players usually tries to like tie in the
lore of, cause everybody who creates a character.
um can create their own like backstory and like
parent it whatever you know and so usually with
the help of the dm um they'll try to like twine
it into the the world that you're in because
you know it's your character's world that you
live in what else is he in from demon slayer
he's in demon slayer what is he he's oh i don't
know who that is The head guy? I've only watched
the first season. Well, then you've seen him
at the end. He's the blind one. Like the big
buff guy? No. No, no, no. Not that one. The main
guy who's blind, who is the head of the demon
corps. Yes. Yes. No, I do. Yes. I remember that
now, actually. At least I think that's who that
is. I might be wrong. Let me look. Yeah, D &D,
fantasy world usually, but you can really set
it in any kind of world you want it to be. You
don't even need to create your own world. Like
in the article I mentioned, the DM can cater
to whatever kind of players you're playing with.
So if you have a bunch of Harry Potter nerds
in a group, you can set the world in Hogwarts.
There's no boundaries. Yeah, that guy. I do remember
him. But yeah, D &D, fun. It's literally for
everybody because you can do anything. There's
no boundaries. There are rules, yes, but when
the main goal is just to have fun and tell a
good story, which was one of the big points I
had in my article that I got from Matt, who was
my main source. um it was just you know the main
goal isn't to like beat the thing like yeah that's
the the story goal but the main goal of dnd is
just to have fun and tell a good story um and
that's what i really like about it is you know
you can keep playing for years on the same campaign
as long as you're having fun like there's no
that sounds like a lot there's no stopping you
my first campaign was nearly a year Technically,
I haven't finished the campaign that I was doing
with my brother. Well, how long ago did you start?
When did I turn 19? 18 years ago. No, wait. It
might have been when I was 21, actually. Do you
guys... I know some D &D players do record their
own videos for it. Do you guys do that? I have
not. I don't do that. But we have talked about
it because we're like, dude, this is crazy. What
if we recorded this? Sure. If it's that interesting
of a story, even if it's not, record it and make
it a series on TikTok or just for yourselves.
Or just for ourselves. I just think it's insane
how much detail you guys have to remember for
each campaign. Well, yeah. I create an entire
world that I have to, which is the hard part
sometimes. so much detail luckily there's this
really cool website called notion which my sister
introduced me to where it's basically google
docs but better um i don't know how else to describe
it like you can literally do so much on it like
format wise you can change you can add like specific
hyperlinks that will link you to a different
page in the notion because it's like a multiple
page kind of thing harper's raising her hand
you're welcome to just like So is Notion the
same page that you can put your OC character
on it and customize and look at it, and then
you have all the stats of what your character
is? Because there's a D &D website, and I don't
know if it's that same one. There's a lot. There's
a lot of websites. The main one I use for creating
characters is D &D Beyond. Yes. Don't drop your
cup. I'm a swivel, bro. The main one I use is
called D &D Beyond, which... is like the official
D &D website. I heard that, that was nice. She's
cracking her back. Yeah, so D &D Beyond, it's
officially licensed and you can have, without
paying for like a subscription, you can have
like six characters, I think. that you can add.
It's mainly for players more so than the DM because
the DM usually... You're like storylines and
stuff. You're not the characters. You're using
pre -monsters that already have stats and stuff.
Or NPCs that doesn't matter if they have stats.
Yeah, D &D Beyond is the main one where it gives
you an entire page of all your stats, the stuff
you rolled, your class, your race, your whatever,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. That one's useful
for also playing online, which I have done with
another friend group, which is fun. Because,
I mean, it's fun playing D &D. Maybe we should
play. We should. It'd be fun. I think we mentioned
this last semester. Did we? We should. Turn this
into a D &D podcast. What if we do a smaller
podcast? And just play D &D? Messenger D &D,
and I get some of the employees. Here's what
I think we should do. Our weekly updates for
the Messenger, 15 minutes long. Then D &D. We
have a one hour long podcast for D &D and nerd
stuff. I think. Instead of, I think I like the
idea if we did like a sub podcast with some of
the messenger staff, which could include you
guys. Do any of them play D &D like that? You
guys really haven't? I mean, I've played. You
have, but like Harper hasn't really, which is
fine. It would just be. Fine. It would be fine.
Because like I would have to like, I'm already.
You know what we could do? I'm sorry. I don't
mean to interview you, but. We could bring in
somebody from the D &D club. Yeah, we could.
Yeah. We can play Mysterium! What is that? Yeah,
what is that? Oh my gosh. So there's this board
game called Mysterium. It's basically D &D meets...
Actually, it's not even like D &D. It's kind
of like Clue. So there's this observer, like
the observer, the main... person who like like
tells the story kind of kind of like sees everything
and they have this folder and you can put the
card of who the murderer is who the whatever
is like all these clues and then what rooms they're
in and then so yeah that's the clue but one person
knows yeah i haven't played mysterium in a long
time so i'm definitely like i think i would actually
not like that Because I don't like Clue. Really?
I don't. I love Clue. I'm so bad at Clue. I love
Clue. Professor Plum. Colonel Mustard. Oh, I'm
Colonel Mustard. Don't get me wrong. I suck at
Clue. Miss Scarlet. Or maybe it's because the
people I've played Clue with are the most try
-hard Clue players. And I'm just not that guy.
Well, then you wouldn't like me. I try hard at
every game I play because I'm very competitive.
Well, no, that's fine. It's just specifically
Clue. Like, I will try hard anybody out of Catan.
Oh my god, I love Catan. Catan? What is that?
Catan? Settlers of Catan? What is that? What?
You've never heard of Settlers of Catan? Catan?
Catan? Other people say it weird. Oh my god,
it's genuinely one of my favorite board games
to play. How do you spell it? Is it K -A -T -A
-N? No, it's C -A -T -A -N. C -A -T -A -N. What?
C -A -T -A -N. Catan. Cat -an. Mysterium is...
Oh, hey, were they playing that downstairs? Who
knows? Yeah. You know how they set up down there?
Maybe it's a really popular game that I'm surprised
you've never heard of. I've never seen this before.
That's crazy. Mysterium is a cooperative nonverbal
murder mystery board game where one player acts
as a ghost and the other psychics try to solve
the ghost's murder. The ghost is unable to speak.
Unable to speak, uses beautiful abstract vision
cards as clues to guide the psychics to the correct
suspect. Location and weapon within seven rounds.
The psychic inter... My eyes. Inter... Interprets?
But there's no S. The psychic interpret these
visions. I think that's where I got caught off
guard. Because it says interpret and not interprets.
My bad. interpret these visions to advance their
progress boards. And the group wins if they correctly
identify the culprit in the final voting round.
That was hard for me to say for some reason,
guys. Okay, it does sound like Clue, but it sounds
more fun to me because it seems like a more cooperative
game. I want to very much explain. My eyes were
reading ahead from what my mouth was saying.
So I was like... rereading the same word three
times that's why i was stuttering i know how
to pronounce words i know what words are like
i just my eyes were ahead of my mouth or something
yeah i guess that's probably the saying yeah
katana i'm surprised you've never heard of that
that's crazy we need a board game night we need
a board game episode we'll put them on the shelf
When do we get one? Okay, I forgot we were getting
a show. I think we should get the Ikea thing
because it has, like, the six squares. We can
have a basket of candy and snacks, and then we
can have board games in one square, decoration
in another square, and then we could... Put fun
stuff in the bottom three squares. I like that
idea. But also, we could just do the coffee table
and have the underside of the table to put. This
is a very divided vote. Mainly because there's
two different opinions. You don't have to do
the basket for the candy itself. it will have
enough room on top to put a candy bowl on. I
want a candy bowl. I know. I'll look at Walmart
today. I'll go to Walmart when I go home. I really
want that wooden bowl that we saw. Which one?
The really big one? Yeah. Why? We had so much
candy. And I will buy more, like 100 % because
I want more. Don't buy that much candy. Don't
buy peanut butter. I can buy it anyway. That's
what you wanted. Well, yeah, but you're going
to die. I'm fine. As long as I don't eat it,
I won't die. Just don't open all of them in here
and then set them aside. I will. Don't sit next
to me and enjoy a Reese's. I'm going to do that.
As long as you don't enjoy it, I think she'll
be fine. I'm going to sit next to you and hate
the Reese's, but I'm going to eat it. Oh, my
gosh. would talk about going to haunted houses
together yeah we should do that and take the
podcast with us yes um i was watching or i was
listening to an episode of my true crime podcast
and they recently did a collaboration with sam
and kobe uh and they talked about their the school
which is really cool um yeah i want to go ghost
hunting Let's go with McKenzie. Ghost hunting.
Yeah, let's go with McKenzie. Oh my gosh. All
three of us. Okay, I will be honest though. I
am very afraid of ghosts, but my favorite show
is Supernatural. That's crazy. But if we're going
to go and do anything, we should just go to that
corn maze at night. But that's like a - That's
just a corn maze. Okay, but it's like scary at
night. You can't see. It's just corn. There could
be anything in that corn. You know what else
can be in anywhere? A haunted school. I'm not
going to a haunted school. It's only four hours
away. That's far. Is it in St. Louis? No, it's
in Iowa. Oh. Let's go. Come on, right now. It's
only a four -hour drive away. Let's leave right
now. We need to go, and it's a four -hour drive.
We can schedule it. We literally can set up our
haunted podcast. If anything, there's a real
haunted house like an hour away. There's haunted
houses everywhere. Yes. You just have to look.
But I'm just saying, four hours or an hour. But
school. And Sam and Kobe. There's like a haunted
trail. Not like make money off of people haunted.
Okay. Well, I'm not going anywhere haunted. Why?
Bro. What if we just take her to a hotel? Hold
on, here's the thing. Have you ever considered,
like just, you know like the videos where it's
like, you have to spend like a night in the graveyard
cleaning all these things, but you get like $30
quadrillion an hour. Yeah. Would you do that?
No. That's crazy. I would in a heartbeat. I'm
not spending a night in a cemetery or a graveyard.
I'm not doing that. What if you get literally
like $5 ,000 out of it? What if something happens
to me? It's a graveyard. Have you ever seen...
What are they? Weeping angels? Cleanse? Bring
incense? Bring Harper. She'll cleanse it for
you. She's nodding her head in improvement. I
don't even like going to cemeteries in the daytime.
I don't know if I've really ever been to one.
But I would in a heartbeat still. If I was getting
paid $5 ,000. I'd stay for an hour. If I had
to go. An hour? And I really needed some money.
And they're paying me $5 ,000 an hour. I'll stay
for an hour. $5 ,000 for the entire night. I'm
not doing it. Why? It's not enough money. Yes,
it is. My life is at stake here. No, it's not.
Yes, it is. No. Just clean the graves. I have
to clean it? Yes. All night? Yep. What is this,
five nights at Freddy's? I have to stay there
until 6 a .m.? Yep. Oh my gosh. From midnight
to 6 a .m. Are there animatronics walking around?
No, it's actually weeping angels. Oh my gosh.
Yeah, weeping angels will kill you. They will.
They will. They send you back in time and you
die. Exactly. Yeah, because they exist. They
do. There's a story about this college dude and
they told him you have to go stay in the cemetery
for this long and be there by the statue of the
weeping angel. And he didn't make it through
the night. Is this like a real life story? Maybe
he tripped and fell. Tripped and fell where?
Wait, he like disappeared? I don't remember what
it said. I got a would you rather for you. Would
you rather? Spend 24 hours in a graveyard or
five hours in the Appalachian Mountains? You're
going to make me cry. Harper, same question.
I would spend 24 hours in a graveyard. Yes. I'm
not going to those mountains. I'm already afraid
of mountains. I'm not going to those mountains.
I won't even last five seconds. I would go for
30 minutes to the Appalachian Mountains if I
guarantee I get back to... normal i'm not going
i just i just i just uh heard this story about
the appalachian mountains actually oh my god
there's so many stories please this is from like
2021 though because i was researching and all
that but literally this guy was driving on the
road in his pickup truck and um he stopped because
he saw somebody but he stopped He stopped because
he saw somebody walking, like, and they were
bleeding from the head or whatever. Something
like that. Like, he had been attacked. I think
I've heard of this one. I saw that. I saw that
recently. Yes. I literally just saw it last night.
And he stopped and he was, he called the police
and was like, oh yeah, like, there's somebody
here walking and they're, like, bleeding and
stuff like that. And then something jumped from
the back of his truck. And started banging on
his truck. Yes. He was like, it's not human.
It's not human. Yeah, no. And then the whole,
it was like an actual police call recording.
Yes. It's probably AI and we're probably fools
as f***. I don't know. I was scared. Dude. You
can cuss. I'm just going to dramatically click
the mark button every time so I know where to.
He just stared. Hold on. I think it did. He just
stared me dead in the eyes and then pressed the
M button so he can block out. I'm not going to
do it again because I already have the same marker.
Fine. There we go. I didn't even realize you
cussed. I was too lost in the story. I'm scared.
I'm not going up there. What was in the truck?
One week in a graveyard. A week? Yeah, one week.
Or three hours. In the mountains. No. I will
spend a week in the graveyard. I'm not, where's
the graveyard? Here in Kansas, or like? In the
Appalachian Islands. That's the kicker. Right.
Yeah. No, um, just, yeah, like a, I don't know,
like a big city one. Like an outside of a city
graveyard. The graveyard. The graveyard is going
to have some rich billionaires if it's outside
of the city. Now, three days in a graveyard or
one day in the catacombs? Oh, my God. The catacombs
are terrifying. They are terrifying. Is it more
terrifying than the Appalachian? They're both
pretty terrifying. Yeah. But people still go
on tours. Yeah, but we know for a fact, well,
most of the catacombs are closed off to the general
public, but people live down there. So you would
find people. I don't want to find people. Yeah.
I don't want to find people. They've probably
turned into something that is not a person. Guys,
what is your actual number one fear? Spiders.
I'm talking about the Appalachian Mountains.
You're like, spiders? No, I'm like. They scare
me. Now hear me out. Hold a spider or go to the
Appalachian Mountains. Hold a spider? Exactly.
Heights, probably. Ice? Heights. My fear is those
really deep diving caves that go from inches.
Nutty Putty? Is that what it's called? Dude,
I've done so well. Okay, Nutty Putty is a cave.
Okay. Have you guys never heard of Nutty Putty?
I might have. It's probably what I'm afraid of.
Yeah, it's cave diving. Yeah. And you're afraid,
which is fair. But Nutty Putty, there was this
guy, I think it was his brother. They both went
down this cave. I don't know where the cave was.
But he accidentally took a wrong turn and was
frigging crawling through this tiny space. And
then he fell head first into this tiny little
dead end. And he literally couldn't get out.
And he died there. I know what you're talking
about. And they tried to pull him out, but they
literally couldn't because he was in there for
so long. And if they moved him, he literally
would have died just then and there. Yeah, I
know what you're talking about. I remember that
story. I watched a YouTube video on that recently.
And you did. It's really interesting. I'm never
going to ever do stuff like that ever again.
Me neither. They closed off that cave. It's officially
just his grave, I think, now. Yeah, because they
had to leave his body there. Yeah, his body is
still in there. There was one that I saw. It
was an underwater cave. That too? I'm scared
of the ocean too. Me too. It was like six of
them and they all went down there and two of
their friends went down there and they did not
come back up. They did a rescue mission because
one of the divers that didn't make it back, his
head got stuck in one part. Nobody else got stuck.
It was just him. He was the only one that got
stuck. And then one other one, he tried to swim
and find the rest of the group to find help and
something like that. Because he stayed behind
to help them and told the rest of the group,
like, go get help. And he was like, I can't really
get you out of here. So I have to go, too. So
he left him down there where he probably died.
Then he tried to go out and find help. He couldn't
find help. And he died down there, too. So the
rest of the group, they made it out. So they
went back down there for a rescue mission, and
they brought their bodies back. They made it
back out. It's good that they got the bodies.
Right, but how did he get stuck? Yeah. And nobody
else did. I would never go cave diving. Never.
Obviously, I can't either. I'm a bigger person,
so I literally cannot because of some spaces.
It would be way too confined. I wouldn't do it
at all, no matter how small I am. I would go
into a big cave, but that's about it. Those things
are my biggest fear. I'm never going to do them.
Why do people do them? Thrill of the hunt. Have
you ever seen those billboards in Missouri and
it's like, explore the caves? Yeah. Never. Those
are like bigger caves. Those are like old mining
caves. But even then, I'm not going. Dude, I
went paintballing in this cave in Kansas City.
In a cave? Kind of sound like fun. Did you see
the bear sighting in Missouri a couple months
ago? There was a bear in Missouri? Missouri?
A couple months ago, there was a bear sighting.
Somewhere around Grandview, I think. Whoa. Yeah.
It was a black bear. They said it might have
been injured. I think it was a black bear. I
thought it was the best bear, though. No. I thought
brown bears, you're like, you're done. If it's
brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If
it's white, good luck. Because polar bears are
going to kill you. I don't think there will ever
be an opportunity for us to meet a polar bear.
I've met a polar bear. I saw one at a zoo. I
would say he looks happy, but he does look a
little sad. He looks better when he gets in the
water. Guys, I have a pet peeve against aquariums.
I have a pet peeve against zoos. I don't like
any of the captivity stuff. No. I think we as
a society just need to treat animals better.
Yeah. And a freaking polar bear should not be
in 100 degree weather out here in the middle
of the summer. Literally, take all the polar
bears in every single climate. Or not every single
climate. Take all the polar bears in the United
States zoos and just put them all in Antarctica.
Not Antarctica. Alaska. Yeah. Antarctica works
too, but like... Are polar bears wild in Alaska?
Is that far north enough for them to... I don't
think so, because then polar bears would have
to be wild for Canada. I think polar bears are
only in Antarctica. Like, naturally. Anyways,
guys, I totally think we should do a Halloween
episode where we're actually in a haunted place.
Not like one of those fake haunted houses, but
like in an actual haunted abandoned building.
Let's go to the fake ones. And if we want to
spend the money, I have an Amazon wish list that
you guys, you guys as the listeners can help
fund for us. We can get a spirit box. We can
get a. You had one. I thought you had one. I
won't be showing up for that episode. You will.
It's in your contract. We literally will have
to fire you if you don't show up for it. I'm
so, so sorry. You're not getting out of this.
Well, I guess, guys, this is my last podcast.
Your last podcast, period. You're never going
on another podcast ever again. Oh, no. I have
another podcast in the works. But you're not
allowed to. What? Because you just said it was
your last podcast. My last podcast as a messenger.
No. What's the other podcast that you have in
the works? It doesn't have a name, but it's about
anime, basically. Who let her speak? About anime?
Yeah. Because I'm very knowledgeable. Because
I say the Japanese names of all the anime out
there. It doesn't have a name. I don't know what
the name is going to be. Weeb Central? Wait,
no, that's an actual YouTube channel. Actually,
that is an idea that was on the board. But that's
a YouTube channel. Is it seriously? Yes. I know
it's a thing, because I've seen it before. Wait,
wait, wait. I have a list of names. Guys, we're
supposed to end this like, 18 minutes ago that's
very true while we're gonna we are going to be
talking we're gonna do this off camera yeah like
we will talk about these podcasts that we all
have because now i guess all three of us have
our own podcast that isn't this podcast i guess
But we hope you guys have a good rest of your
week. I'm so glad Zach was able to join us for
yet again another episode of The Main Mic. Yay.
You just don't want me, I guess. No, I'm... Well,
I was going to specifically say because... We
need a guest. I was saying because you got a
headline, right? Right. Dude, like what? Oh,
you were trying to compliment me. You're famous.
You wouldn't let me. I just didn't want to be
complimented. Okay, well, that's a you issue.
Not anything to do with me. Anyways, so you guys
have a good rest of your day. Or night. Or night.
Or afternoon. Evening. Good evening, good afternoon,
and good night. Evening is afternoon. No, evening's
night. Okay. Have a good rest of your day, guys.
Bye. Bye. Hey, you said bye this time.