Hello from the Magic Tavern (season 2)
| Hello from the Magic Tavern (season 2) | |
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| Art by unknown | |
| Hosts | Arnie, Chunt, Usidore the Blue |
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| First episode | March 20, 2017 |
| Network | Earwolf |
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| Producers | Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi |
| Theme music | Andy Poland |
| Logo | Allard Laban |
The second season of Hello from the Magic Tavern premiered on March 20, 2017 and concluded on March 31, 2019. It consisted of 105 episodes, including interludes and bonus episodes.
Offices & Bosses season two is set around the time of episode 53.
During the hiatus between seasons two and three, Offices & Bosses season one was released on the main feed in addition to promotion for season three and the first episode of Behind the Tavern.
Cast
Main
- Arnie Niekamp as Arnie, a human podcaster who fell through a dimensional portal to Foon
- Adal Rifai as Chunt, a shapeshifter usually in the form of a badger
- Matt Young as Usidore the Blue, a wizard and sworn enemy of the Dark Lord
Recurring
See also: List of "Hello From the Magic Tavern" guests
- Tim Sniffen as Mysterious Man, an enigmatic announcer who insists the podcast is not real
- Kate James as Tricia, an intern to the Mysterious Man
- Ryan DiGiorgi as Craig, a former vending machine repairman and latest intern to the Mysterious Man
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Episodes
See also: List of "Hello From the Magic Tavern" episodes
| No. in season | Title | Original air date |
| 1 | "The Podcast" | March 20, 2017 |
| Whatever happened to the man from Earth, the badger and the wizard? | ||
| 2 | "Birdman of Hogsface" | March 27, 2017 |
| Larry Birdman returns to catch us up on the rules he’d like to change in the game of Mittens. | ||
| 3 | "Satyr and Beholder (w/ Elliott Kalan and Stuart Wellington from The Flop House)" | April 3, 2017 |
| We learn more about the arts from a goat man and a giant floating eyeball. | ||
| 4 | "Not the Sheriff" | April 10, 2017 |
| We interview a mysterious guard with a vaguely familiar and unconvincing voice. | ||
| 5 | "Jayme and Sayme" | April 17, 2017 |
| The Baron stops by with his odd twin children Jayme and Sayme. | ||
| 6 | "Mouse" | April 24, 2017 |
| A little talking mouse named Momo joins us in the tavern. | ||
| 7 | "Carfoonist (Live from Emerald City Comic Con)" | May 1, 2017 |
| The Baron finds an old episode Arnie forgot to upload, from two days before the seige of Hogsface. Our hosts learn about magic paint from a 'carfoonist.' | ||
| 8 | "Dripfang" | May 8, 2017 |
| The Dark Lord’s Chef Inquisitor pays a visit. And that is not a typo. | ||
| 9 | "Herbalists" | May 15, 2017 |
| Magic can’t solve everything. Maybe the Milkweeds can help us with some natural remedies. Also, Chunt is now in a power position. | ||
| 10 | "Bro-taur (w/ Colt Cabana)" | May 22, 2017 |
| We interview a muscular half man, half animal… only he’s not sure exactly what the animal half is. | ||
| 11 | "Surveillance Spider (w/ Cory Doctorow)" | May 29, 2017 |
| The Dark Lord may be spying on the people of Foon, and we’ve got one of his surveillance spiders in the tavern, ready to tell the tale. | ||
| 12 | "Unwed Mother" | June 5, 2017 |
| Daphne the overworked mother is helping to run the tavern on behalf of the Dark Lord. Also, Chunt’s new guard friend seems very strange. | ||
| 13 | "Gargoyle Girl" | June 12, 2017 |
| We meet a female gargoyle and get yelled at more by Daphne. | ||
| 14 | "Elf Help" | June 19, 2017 |
| DQ the elf is back and he has word of a resistance force growing strength in the forest. | ||
| 15 | "But What About Flower?" | June 26, 2017 |
| We learn what Flower has been up to recently. Also, what’s taking breakfast so long. | ||
| 16 | "Tom the Girlfriend" | July 3, 2017 |
| Baron Ragoon has brought his new girlfriend to the Tavern. She seems vaguely familiar. Also, Blemish is around. | ||
| 17 | "Crazy Jared" | July 10, 2017 |
| Lots of things are changing in the tavern. But can Blemish ever change? | ||
| 18 | "The Basement" | July 17, 2017 |
| Arnie and Usidore sneak into the basement while Chunt distracts Blemish. | ||
| 19 | "Momo" | July 24, 2017 |
| Momo the mouse is back with important messages about defeating the Dark Lord. | ||
| 20 | "King Krom" | July 31, 2017 |
| Krom the warrior is back, but he’s been moving up in the world. | ||
| 21 | "Gnome" | August 7, 2017 |
| We meet a gnome named Aprel and learn several important lessons about friendship. | ||
| 22 | "Twins" | August 14, 2017 |
| Jayme and Sayme the creepy twin children of Baron Ragoon are back and stranger than ever. Also, Chunt is trying out some secret names for himself. | ||
| 23 | "Used Horse Salesman" | August 21, 2017 |
| Ex-squire Rocky Cocodino is here to sell some lightly used warhorses. | ||
| 24 | "Book Club - The Great Gatsby" | August 28, 2017 |
| A wizard, a witch, a badger, a flower, a Chicagoan and a humunculous made of bodily fluids all try to understand the Earth book ‘The Great Gatsby. | ||
| 25 | "Sit in a Circle (w/ Todd Barry, Janet Varney, Cole Stratton, Matt Besser & Danielle Schneider live from Outside Lands Fest)" | September 4, 2017 |
| An especially lively night in the tavern with visits from a raven, a warrior elf, an ill child, a giant dwarf and a fairy decorator. | ||
| 26 | "A Short One" | September 11, 2017 |
| I don’t know… what if… we did a short one? | ||
| 27 | "But What About Forever Girl?" | September 18, 2017 |
| Eternia the Forever Girl is back to let us know what life is like for her under the Dark Lord’s reign. Also, believe it or not, part of the riddle gets solved. | ||
| 28 | "Gettin' Nuts (w/ Paul F. Tompkins, Live from Now Hear This in New York)" | September 25, 2017 |
| Usidore and Chunt’s spin-off podcast is visited by a dapper faun named Mister Chauncey, a series of bats and a talking acorn. | ||
| 29 | "Nymph" | October 2, 2017 |
| A Forest Nymph stops by to help spread the word on Nymph Awareness Month. Also… special note for Rusty: stop listening at about 38 minutes in. | ||
| 30 | "Chunt For Red October 3 - The Sum Of All Rears" | October 9, 2017 |
| Vampires seem to be avoiding Chunt’s annual blood drive, so instead we interview a werewolf. | ||
| 31 | "Bard, Elf and Fortune Teller (Live from Chicago)" | October 16, 2017 |
| The Tavern is packed with people, including a mysterious bard, DQ the elf and an amateur fortune teller. Also, Usidore conjures images from Arnie’s home: Chicago. | ||
| 32 | "Dark Lord’s Birthday Party" | October 23, 2017 |
| We sneak into the Dark Lord’s party and mingle amongst his evil partygoers all as part of a plan to kill the Dark Lord. | ||
| 33 | "Necromancer Performance Review" | October 30, 2017 |
| It’s time to talk to Dripfang the Chef Inquisitor about how evil he is and if he can do his job better. | ||
| 34 | "Pulcifer the Unassuming (w/ Mike Pesca)" | November 6, 2017 |
| We’re joined by a very famous guest… or, rather, his father was famous. He seems okay. It’s Pulcifer the Unassuming. | ||
| 35 | "New Guy (Live from Brooklyn)" | November 13, 2017 |
| It’s a busy night in the tavern. We talk to a prolific but cursed bard, a guy who just moved to town with his wife and a beloved old longtime sponsor. | ||
| 36 | "Blessed Troll" | November 20, 2017 |
| We’re visited by a troll that has been both blessed and cursed with special powers. | ||
| 37 | "Crone" | November 27, 2017 |
| We’re joined by a withered old crone that makes delicious baked goods and steals water. | ||
| 38 | "Treasure Chest" | December 4, 2017 |
| This large treasure chest has just been sitting near our table for years. Let’s open it. | ||
| 39 | "nymbee and Grundle (w/ Paul and Storm)" | December 11, 2017 |
| Foon’s most famous band is back to play a few more songs before they break up again. | ||
| 40 | "Cockatrice (w/ Laura Grey)" | December 18, 2017 |
| Chicken on top? Dragon on bottom? Let’s talk to a cockatrice! | ||
| 41 | "Blue Chris-Must (w/ Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino from Off Book)" | December 25, 2017 |
| It’s Winter Solstice time again and music is in the air. And we’re visited by two Great Blue Tigers. | ||
| 42 | "Tomorrow (w/Jordan Klepper Live from NYCC)" | January 8, 2018 |
| The Tavern is packed with a phoenix, a will o’ the wisp and more. | ||
| 43 | "Former Bird (w/ Joel Kim Booster)" | January 15, 2018 |
| We talk to a boy who used to be a bird. | ||
| 44 | "Deputy Weaver of Parallel Truths (w/ David Plotz live from Washington D.C.)" | January 22, 2018 |
| We interview a mouth piece of the Dark Lord in a packed tavern. We’re also joined by a solo nymbee of nymbee and Grundle. (Recorded live at the historic Sixth & I synagogue in Washington D.C.) | ||
| 45 | "Night of the Oversharing Dead" | January 29, 2018 |
| The tavern is quiet but the dead will walk and spill their secrets this night. Also, Chunt has a new friend! | ||
| 46 | "Lightbringers of Hogsface" | February 5, 2018 |
| We’ve formed a council to help run Hogsface, and invited Momo the mouse with human strength, Jak Vorpal and the Singing Sword. | ||
| 47 | "Mittens Returns" | February 12, 2018 |
| Larry Birdman, the commissioner of the Foon Mittens League, is back with good news about Hogsface’s bid to get a new Mittens team. | ||
| 48 | "Eunuch Tutor" | February 19, 2018 |
| Benedict Whisperbrew returns to Hogsface for a eunuch parade. | ||
| 48B | "INTERLUDE – Hey Kids, it’s a Magic Tavern!" | February 26, 2018 |
| We check in with an alternate reality version of the podcast, coming from a family friendly dimension where Arnie and his pals record a weekly children’s podcast. They’re joined by old friends including Flower and a very angry boy. | ||
| 49 | "Three Years" | March 5, 2018 |
| Our three year anniversary show. It’s time to learn more about the traveling acting troupe, the Cockticklers. | ||
| 50 | "Reply All Wizards" | March 11, 2018 |
| The secrets of the multiverse may be may be discovered by reporter Alex Goldman after he places a call to a mysterious green wizard. | ||
| 51 | "Squibbert" | March 18, 2018 |
| Squibbert the frog returns with an important message from the Dark Lord. That’s assuming we can focus up enough to hear it. | ||
| 52 | "Wheel Bear" | March 25, 2018 |
| We interview a bear on wheels who also happens to be deputy to Sheriff Chunt. | ||
| 53 | "Advanced Offices & Bosses" | April 1, 2018 |
| Metamore is back to help us play another game of Offices and Bosses…and share some news about the spin-off. | ||
| 54 | "Fangy Yelly" | April 9, 2018 |
| It’s the Annual Gathering of the Fi’ang Yaloks which means the Memory Gremlin is back. | ||
| 55 | "Road Trip" | April 15, 2018 |
| We’ve been cooped up in the tavern for too long. Time for a road trip! In our imaginations! | ||
| 56 | "Jamillious Returns" | April 22, 2018 |
| Jamillious the Mauve Wizard visits to update us on the battle against the Dark Lord and possibly sponsor Arnie’s citizenship. | ||
| 57 | "Jyn’Leeviyah Returns" | April 30, 2018 |
| The Red Wizard is back, summoned to help Arnie with his citizenship test. But can she and Usidore work through their relationship problems? | ||
| 58 | "Garbage Lady (w/ Betsy Sodaro Live in LA)" | May 6, 2018 |
| Grunkle, the Garbage Lady of Hogsface, stops by the tavern for the first time in 13 years. Also, everyone’s getting old. | ||
| 59 | "Activia (w/ Tawny Newsome)" | May 13, 2018 |
| After over three years missing, Activia Barleyfoot, daughter of Otok, returns to the tavern. | ||
| 60 | "Outside (w/ Paul F. Tompkins)" | May 20, 2018 |
| After being kicked out of the tavern, Arnie runs into the fancy little faun Mister Chauncey. | ||
| 61 | "Chunt's House" | May 27, 2018 |
| Chunt’s house gets pretty full when Arnie and Usidore are visited by Arnor and the Soul Walker. | ||
| 62 | "The Ruffled Feather (w/ Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino)" | June 3, 2018 |
| We’re in a new tavern and talking to the Freshgrave Twins, two of the most devious wizards-in-training from Jizzlenob Preparatory Academy for Young Wizards. | ||
| 63 | "Genie (w/ Lauren Lapkus)" | June 10, 2018 |
| We find a lamp and talk to Crystal the Genie. | ||
| 64 | "Scholar and Ogre" | June 17, 2018 |
| The Scholar from the library of the Great Halls of Terr’akkas returns. And we meet an ogre as well. | ||
| 65 | "Usidore’s House (w/ Matt Gourley, Amanda Lund and Mark McConville)" | June 24, 2018 |
| An episode recorded from Usidore’s House on top of the hill, dramatically interrupted by real estate agent Axelrod Remax and two of his clients. | ||
| 66 | "Boy King (w/ Jordan Morris and Jesse Thorn)" | July 1, 2018 |
| The boy king of Grimfallon stops by the Ruffled Feather along with his au pair, Bormp. | ||
| 67 | "Mole Warriors (w/ Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport of Hollywood Handbook)" | July 8, 2018 |
| Two adorable moles with swords stop by explain their battle strategies to dominate every other creature in the magical land of Foon. | ||
| 68 | "But What About the Baron?" | July 15, 2018 |
| Baron Ragoon barges into the Ruffled Feather hoping to move the story along. | ||
| 69 | "Tavern Heist" | July 22, 2018 |
| We’re pulling the magical heist of the century. | ||
| 70 | "Girls Night" | July 29, 2018 |
| Flower and Momo the mouse with human strength host the show. Their guest is the former sheriff, Gianessa. | ||
| 71 | "Castle Nowhere" | August 5, 2018 |
| What’s on the other side of the portal in the basement? Castle Nowhere. And Honey Vandershrimp. | ||
| 72 | "Dripfang Returns" | August 12, 2018 |
| Dripfang the Chef Inquisitor stops by the tavern in an attempt to improve the podcast. | ||
| 73 | "Globulous (Live from Indianapolis w/ Stuart Wellington)" | August 19, 2018 |
| Globulous the floating monster with eye stalks floats into the tavern with plans for the local rec center. | ||
| 74 | "Sweater Quest" | August 26, 2018 |
| What if Usidore had left on his quest to defeat the Dark Lord one day earlier, leaving Hogsface with Arnie, Chunt, Pimbly Nimblebottom, Tannakin and Germ? Let’s use magic to find out? | ||
| 75 | "Beyond Sweater Quest" | September 2, 2018 |
| We continue to magically see what-would-have been, if we had left on Usidore’s Quest…and found Otok. | ||
| 76 | "Activia's Quest" | September 9, 2018 |
| We sneak back into the Vermilion Minotaur to try to talk Activia Barleyfoot into setting off on a quest to find her father. | ||
| 77 | "Just Todd" | September 16, 2018 |
| We’re back in the Vermilion Minotaur and excited to catch up with Chest Trünkborn, the mimic. | ||
| 78 | "Hunger Ghost Returns" | September 23, 2018 |
| Chunt’s dad is back in town for Chunt’s upcoming wedding! | ||
| 79 | "Doppelgänger" | September 30, 2018 |
| Arnie, Chunt, and Usidore talk to Dopel the Doppelgänger, who can look like anyone. | ||
| 80 | "Momo and the Mayor (Live from Chicago’s iO Theater)" | October 7, 2018 |
| Momo the Mouse with Human Strength stops by to dish on Chunt’s love life and her own. | ||
| 81 | "Squire" | October 14, 2018 |
| Usidore and Chunt invite in Stick the Squire to apprentice under Arnie, in case anything ever happens to him. | ||
| — | "Sickly Heir, Dwarf and Elf (Live from the London Podcast Festival)" | October 17, 2018 |
| "It's a fun night in the tavern, with a visit from a very weak prince and a happily married dwarf and elf. (This episode takes place roughly between episodes 260 and 280, but is not particularly spoilery.) [Only available via Stitcher Premium] | ||
| 82 | "Chunt for Red October 4 - Rainbow Squish" | October 21, 2018 |
| It’s time for Chunt’s annual blood drive for lazy vampires, Chunt for Red October. This year he has two mummies along to help. | ||
| 83 | "Blemish Returns" | October 28, 2018 |
| With the help of Magic Paint, Blemish is back. More than one Blemish, in fact. | ||
| 84 | "Traach and Treasure" | November 4, 2018 |
| Traach the Kobold returns to help us assess the many magic items found in the tavern. | ||
| 85 | "Gettin’ Nuts Season 2 (Live from the Kalamazoo Improv Festival)" | November 11, 2018 |
| Chunt and Usidore kick off the second season of Gettin’ Nuts with some help from Momo the Mouse and two very creepy twins. | ||
| 86 | "Hogsface and Chicago" | November 18, 2018 |
| While the boys in the Tavern get ready for Chunt’s wedding, in Chicago Sarah encounters a magical being. | ||
| 87 | "Blue and Green" | November 25, 2018 |
| Usidore and Spintax host a web radio show from Chicago. | ||
| 88 | "Mittens and Literature" | December 2, 2018 |
| Larry Birdman stops by with updates on the Hogsface mittens stadium and what he’s currently reading. | ||
| 89 | "Book Club: Pride & Prejudice" | December 9, 2018 |
| A wizard, a warrior, a badger, a flower, and a make-up artist try to understand the Earth book ‘Pride and Prejudice’. | ||
| 90 | "What Winter Solstice Means To Me (w/ Tawney Newsome, Symphony Sanders and More, Live from Chicago)" | December 16, 2018 |
| Activia Barleyfoot, Flower the talking flower, Jamilous the Mauve Wizard and more stop by to help celebrate the many holidays of Winter Solstice. | ||
| 90B | "Arnie’s Birthday Bonus Scene" | January 6, 2019 |
| Due to some unfortunate real life stuff, we had to take one more week off without an episode but here’s a fun scene set in Arnie’s bedroom. And we’ll be back Jan 14 with new episodes. | ||
| 91 | "Mysterious Anonymous" | January 13, 2019 |
| This one involves a lot of eggs… oh, and Baron Ragoon. | ||
| 92 | "Badgelor Party" | January 20, 2019 |
| Arnie has to run a bachelor party and a badgelor party for Chunt. | ||
| 93 | "Modron (w/ Chris Perkins of Wizards of the Coast)" | January 27, 2019 |
| We learn about the half organic, half robotic Modron, Weewoo, visiting from another, more orderly plane of existence. Also, there’s magic and stuff. | ||
| 94 | "Mothman (w/ Hank Green)" | February 3, 2019 |
| A mothman flies into the tavern with a challenge for Usidore. Chunt sells some old stuff. Arnie has a striking memory from Earth. | ||
| 95 | "Woodland Creatures (Live from PodCon with Demi Adejuyigbe and Miel Bredouw)" | February 10, 2019 |
| A bird and mouse that fly in Arnie’s window every morning and help him get dressed stop by to chat. | ||
| 96 | "Tom the Author" | February 17, 2019 |
| Tomblain Belaroth, the prince turned actor turned series of bats stops by to talk about his new book. | ||
| 97 | "Chunt’s Mom" | February 24, 2019 |
| Chunt’s mother, Eleanor, a monster with a lion’s mane, bat wings and a scorpion tail, stops by to chat with her son’s friends. | ||
| 97B | "INTERLUDE – Hello from the Future" | March 3, 2019 |
| Checking in with the alternate reality versions of Arnie and the crew, transmitting from a B-movie science fiction universe. Secrets are revealed. | ||
| 98 | "Chunt’s Wedding" | March 10, 2019 |
| You are humbly invited to the wedding of Chunt the badger and Twosidore the whatever-he-his. | ||
| 99 | "The Weapon" | March 17, 2019 |
| What is the weapon? What does it do? Poet Laureate Spurt the Elder shares some ancient poems and literature that might help. | ||
| 100 | "Big Mittens Game" | March 24, 2019 |
| Rick Picklesmith invites our hosts into the press box for a Mittens game between the Hogsface Poisoned Blades and the orcs of the Dark Lord. | ||
| 101 | "Do NOT Listen" | March 31, 2019 |
| Baron Ragoon, Dripfang, Claudia the witch and Blemish do a victory lap before destroying Earth with this podcast. | ||
Post-Season 2 Bonus Content
| No. in season | Title | Original air date |
| X01 | "Bonus Preview - Behind the Tavern" | April 7, 2019 |
| In this bonus preview, the cast of Hello from the Magic Tavern talk about making the first episode of the podcast with producer and editor Ryan DiGiorgi (Craig). | ||
| X02 | "Offices and Bosses S1E1 - Flower from I.T." | April 21, 2019 |
| The game of Offices & Bosses begins! Metamore plays Office Manager guiding Arnie, Usidore, Chunt, and Flower on an adventure to attain the Q4 numbers. | ||
| X03 | "Offices and Bosses S1E2 - Krom from I.T." | May 5, 2019 |
| Krom the Fingarian joins the campaign to retrieve the Q4 numbers, as our band of adventurers contends with…Happy Hour! | ||
| X04 | "Offices and Bosses S1E3 - Singing Sword from I.T." | May 19, 2019 |
| The Singing Sword joins our heroes for a battle in a Panera. There is stabbing. | ||
| X05 | "Season 3 Teaser" | June 2, 2019 |
| July 22nd… | ||
| X06 | "Offices and Bosses S1E4 - Caball'on from I.Tree" | June 9, 2019 |
| A talking tree joins the campaign as our team enters the deadly Company Retreat. | ||
| X07 | "Offices and Bosses S1E5 - The I.T. Team" | June 23, 2019 |
| Everything comes to a head at the office Holiday Party. | ||
| X08 | "Offices and Bosses S1E6 - Teachers and Classrooms" | July 7, 2019 |
| Metamore has an expansion pack for the game. And Flower is back to play. | ||
| X09 | "Season 3 Trailer" | July 14, 2019 |
| Get ready for next week’s premiere of Hello from the Magic Tavern Season 3. Arnie, Chunt, and Usidore face new threats, see new parts of Foon, and make new friends. | ||
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