Fast becoming more beard than man, Kyle Olson is an award-winning writer, producer, and host who has been podcasting since these shows were still casting onto pods. He co-hosted The Marvel Movie Minute for over three hundred episodes with his fellow true believer and partner in pods, Rob Kubasko. He’s created several shows, the most notable of which are his audio drama series, The Swashbuckling Ladies Debate Society, his storytelling show, The Story Well, and he’s a co-host on Craft and Chaos. He served as co-host on Sitting in the Dark in it’s scariest early days.
He still has a lot to learn.
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Kyle says if you’ve ever been in an argument, said something stupid, and then thought of the perfect comeback the next morning in the shower — congratulations, you’re a writer. This whole episode is about that: the gap between what’s real and what’s true, and how creative work lives in the space between.
What happens when the thing you made becomes a place people gather—quoting your lines back to you, building wikis, making dioramas, and expecting you to be both artist and camp counselor? This week on Craft and Chaos, the crew talks fandom, creative boundaries, writing soundtracks, and the dangerous magic of asking, “Tell me you’re a fan without telling me you’re a fan.”
The writers of Star Trek: The Next Generation would literally write ‘tech the tech’ in the script when they didn’t have the technobabble figured out yet. These are professionals. Who got paid. And then they just… moved on. This is permission. Take it.
A listener asked who makes Craft and Chaos’s delightfully unhinged “ads,” and Pete and Kyle finally answer—without breaking the spell entirely. It’s a behind-the-scenes chat about surprise, structure, and the craft of making interruptions feel like part of the show’s DNA.
Our time with the Buckaroos of the Weird West concludes (for now) with Chapter Five: Introductions and Endsville
Buckaroos of the Weird West continues with Chapter Four: Cayenne and Contradictions!
Buckaroos of the Weird West continues with Chapter Three: Underdwellers and Interlopers
Buckaroos of the Weird West continues with Chapter Two: Sidearms and Switches
Introducing a new adventure: Buckaroos of the Weird West! It’s gay cowboys fighting monsters in the old west. Yee haw!
Introducing the latest show from Ox & Hare. Gay cowboys fighting monsters… It’s Buckaroos of the Weird West.