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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It’s the end of season one, and the gang is tackling beginnings, endings, and everything that makes artists cry in between. Come for the stories, stay for the emotional reconstruction.
What happens when Google Docs, social media, and AI paranoia collide with sketch comedy, sperm redistribution, and a giant squid? This episode of Craft and Chaos proves that the only defense against the algorithm is pure, unfiltered weird.
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Do intros matter, or are they just verbal confetti we toss before the real party? Ryan leads the gang through a funny, strangely moving meditation on creative momentum, regret, and the tiny rituals that keep the art engine humming when life is very much… life.
If you’ve ever thought “My life would be so much easier if I just changed my name to Wanda Milkshake,” then you already understand the energy of this episode. Also, we’d like to introduce you to our brand ambassador, Brooksie Skittles.
This week, we’re cracking open our creative toolkits and showing you the hardware, software, and unhinged rituals that fuel our art. From haunted potatoes to the gospel of Obsidian, we explore what helps us make things—and what helps us stay weird.
Kyle Olson assembles the “fang gang” to explore three cinematic incarnations of Dracula—each swinging for the gothic fences in dramatically different ways. From Coppola’s horny opulence to Butler’s biblical bite and Evans’ brooding bat-clouds, the panel sinks their teeth into what makes a Dracula truly Dracula.
Is it possible to make meaningful art when everything feels like it’s falling apart? This week, the crew gets personal about creation, connection, and the weird little victories that keep us going—even if it’s just writing a poem about chunky milk.
James Gunn’s Superman reboot flies in with big hopes, bigger swings, and a literal flying dog—and somehow, it works. The Film Board tries to make sense of clone fights, emotional journalism, and whether Supergirl really just called Superman a bitch. (She did.)
This week’s episode takes on rejection, writer’s block, and creative rituals—plus, two Mad Libs that spiral from “silly” to “existential crisis in a cheese grater.” It’s weird, it’s honest, it’s everything you didn’t know you needed.