Hello From The Magic Tavern
Arnie Niekamp
Arnie Niekamp fell through a dimensional portal behind a Burger King into the fantastical land of Foon. He's still getting a slight wifi signal, so he uploads a weekly podcast from the tavern the Vermilion Minotaur where he interviews wizards, monsters and adventurers. It's a major discovery!
- 59 minutes 13 secondsSeason 5, Ep 82 - Princess and Witch (w/ Josephine McAdam)
Princess Katerina comes looking for help with a horrible curse that turns her into a witch at night. The witch wants help too.
Credits
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Princess Katarina: Josephine McAdam
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Matt Young, and Adal Rifai
Associate Producer: Anna Havermann
Post-Production Coordination: Garrett Schultz
Editor: Red Keener
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Listen to Arnie’s Christmas music podcast No Skip Christmas!
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15 December 2025, 5:00 am - 53 minutes 9 secondsSeason 5, Ep 81 - Tiny Lizard (w/ Mayanna Berrin)
Scrunch is a tiny lizard that wants to be a dragon. For revenge!
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Credits
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Scrunch: Mayanna Berrin
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Matt Young, and Adal Rifai
Associate Producer: Anna Havermann
Post-Production Coordination: Garrett Schultz
Editor: Sage G.C.
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Listen to Arnie’s Christmas music podcast No Skip Christmas!
New T-Shirts in the Merch Store!
You can support the show directly and receive bonus episodes and rewards by joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/magictavern for only $5 per month. Follow us on Bsky, Instagram and YouTube!
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8 December 2025, 5:00 am - 38 minutes 56 secondsPatreon Unlock: Podpires (I)
Enjoy this unlocked bonus episode from our Patreon! The most popular podcast in all of Foon is finally available on this podcast feed.
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Credits
Vlad: Alex Eilhauer
Chad: Steve Waltien
Carnival Wilson: Arnie Niekamp
Frankie the Familiar: Matt Young
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi
Producer: Matt Young
Associate Producer: Anna Havermann
Post-Production Coordination: Garrett Schultz
Editor: Tim Joyce
Special Assistance: Ryan DiGiorgi
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Podpires Theme Music: Tim Joyce
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1 December 2025, 5:00 am - 58 minutes 34 secondsBONUS: Introducing No Skip Christmas - Justin McElroy
Check out the first episode of Arnie’s new podcast miniseries No Skip Christmas with guest Justin McElroy!
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Show Description: Building the perfect Christmas playlist episode by episode. Musicians, comedians and podcasters recommend songs and Arnie decides if they’re added to his ever-growing Christmas music playlist or not.
Arnie and Justin McElroy (My Brother My Brother & Me, The Adventure Zone) swap Christmas songs to see what does and doesn’t go on their Christmas playlists. Songs from Pearl Baily, Ariana Grande, Bill Murray and more.
Creator and Host: Arnie Niekamp
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Guest: Justin McElroy
Producer and Editor: Garrett Schultz
Artwork: Allard Laban
Opening Theme Music: Andy Poland
Song Playlists:
Playlist of all the songs for this episode here
The growing list of accepted Christmas songs here
Christmas-ellaneous: all the songs lovingly rejected so far here
Additional Materials:
Demi Adejuyigbe’s September videos playlist
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27 November 2025, 5:00 am - 58 minutes 20 secondsPatreon Unlock: Talkin' Tabs
Enjoy this unlocked bonus episode from our Patreon! Matt Young is mad about how many tabs he has open on his computer so we make a whole episode about it.
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Credits
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Adal: Adal Rifai
Matt: Matt Young
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi
Producer: Matt Young
Associate Producer: Anna Havermann
Post-Production Coordination: Garrett Schultz
Editor: Tony Gullick
Special Assistance: Ryan DiGiorgi
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Theme Music: Matt Young and Sage G.C.
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24 November 2025, 5:00 am - 48 minutes 54 secondsSeason 5, Ep 80 - Pandenomicon Now (w/ Charlie McCrackin)
Usidore finds the Pandenomicon, the magical talking book written by Spintax the Green. Can the book be used to discover Spintax's evil plans?
Credits
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Pandenomicon: Charlie McCrackin
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Matt Young, and Adal Rifai
Associate Producer: Anna Havermann
Post-Production Coordination: Garrett Schultz
Editor: Stephen Dranger
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Listen to Arnie’s Christmas music podcast No Skip Christmas!
New T-Shirts in the Merch Store!
You can support the show directly and receive bonus episodes and rewards by joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/magictavern for only $5 per month. Follow us on Bsky, Instagram and YouTube!
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17 November 2025, 5:00 am - 57 minutes 9 secondsSeason 5, Ep 79 - Still Princess Trachea-Aurelia Belaroth (w/ Megan O’Neill live in Charlotte, NC)
The mostly evil Princess Trachea-Aurelia Belaroth returns looking for someone’s life force to suck out.
Credits
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Princess Trachea-Aurelia Belaroth: Megan O’Neill
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Matt Young, and Adal Rifai
Associate Producer: Anna Havermann
Post-Production Coordination: Garrett Schultz
Editor: Tim Joyce
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Special Thanks to the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
Listen to Arnie’s Christmas music podcast No Skip Christmas!
New T-Shirts in the Merch Store!
You can support the show directly and receive bonus episodes and rewards by joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/magictavern for only $5 per month. Follow us on Bsky, Instagram and YouTube!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
10 November 2025, 5:00 am - 51 minutes 47 secondsSeason 5, Ep 78 - Lady Dowager (w/ Pratima Mani)
Lady Dowager is a four time winner of Foon's Most Eligible Widow and she's angling for a fifth win.
Credits
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Lady Dowager: Pratima Mani
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Matt Young, and Adal Rifai
Associate Producer: Anna Havermann
Post-Production Coordination: Garrett Schultz
Editor: Anna Havermann
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Theme Music: Andy Poland
New T-Shirts in the Merch Store!
You can support the show directly and receive bonus episodes and rewards by joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/magictavern for only $5 per month. Follow us on Bsky, Instagram and YouTube!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
3 November 2025, 5:00 am - 53 minutes 10 secondsSeason 5, Ep 77 - Chunt for Blue October (w/ John Patrick Coan)
A man with a ghoul for a hand crashes Chunt for Red October, the yearly blood drive for vampires.
Credits
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Ghoul Hand Luke: John Patrick Coan
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Matt Young, and Adal Rifai
Associate Producer: Anna Havermann
Post-Production Coordination: Garrett Schultz
Editor: Sage G.C.
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Theme Music: Andy Poland
New T-Shirts in the Merch Store!
You can support the show directly and receive bonus episodes and rewards by joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/magictavern for only $5 per month. Follow us on Bsky, Instagram and YouTube!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
27 October 2025, 4:00 am - 57 minutes 53 secondsSeason 5, Ep 76 - Night Ticklers (w/ Ross Bryant and Joey Bland)
The acting troupe the Cockticklers are back but tough times in Foon have reduced them to doing... sponsored content!
Credits
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Winky Silks: Joey Bland
Michael Gunch: Ross Bryant
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Matt Young, and Adal Rifai
Associate Producer: Anna Havermann
Post-Production Coordination: Garrett Schultz
Editor: Stephen Dranger
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Theme Music: Andy Poland
New T-Shirts in the Merch Store!
You can support the show directly and receive bonus episodes and rewards by joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/magictavern for only $5 per month. Follow us on Bsky, Instagram and YouTube!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
20 October 2025, 4:00 am - 53 minutes 51 secondsSeason 5, Ep 75 - Planning Meeting
Arnie, Chunt and Usidore catch up on the progress of all their schemes. Arnie has a big plan that could maybe change everything.
Credits
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Matt Young, and Adal Rifai
Associate Producer: Anna Havermann
Post-Production Coordination: Garrett Schultz
Editor: Red Keener
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Theme Music: Andy Poland
New T-Shirts in the Merch Store!
You can support the show directly and receive bonus episodes and rewards by joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/magictavern for only $5 per month. Follow us on Bsky, Instagram and YouTube!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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