Jess & Hids Make A Podcast
Just a couple of aspiring writers that want to tell you about all the cool stuff we know about a lot of super random things.
Episodes
71 episodes
We Bombarded The Giant Trees With Cute Orange Cats!
Jess tells us about Orangey the Cat! Orangey was a famous cat of the 1950s/60s Hollywood movie and television scene. Well…Orangey was actually several cats, but who’s counting? We also learn a bit about Frank Inn and we really like him for his ...
The Men In Black Don't Want You To Know About P. Anubis
Once they finally stop laughing…sort of…Hids gives us a brief look at the Men in Black! They’re going back to 1947 and the start of the UFO craze in the US. We visit Washington State and learn a bit about the first appearance of the Men In Blac...
Smokey The Vampyre? NO! Just Smokey Vampyre
Tangents abound! Hids takes a look at a Smokey Bear, the iconic and longest running public service announcement campaign in US History! Wildfires are a very real threat across the US and the world, and Smokey has been a voice for prevent...
A Soft Fascination For The Forest And An Incredible Fascination For Amelia
We’re back! This episode kicks off our new schedule. We’ll be dropping episodes every other week for the foreseeable future. This week Jess reminds us to touch grass and how good it is for us to be outdoors as she discusses Sylvotherapy. Nature...
Tell Me You Have ADHD Without Telling Me You Have ADHD
This week we’re dropping a Warm Embers episode full of announcements, updates and conversations!
COMING SOON! A Tale Of Two Kobolds: A Jess & Hids Podcast!
Join us! Jess and Hids for a cozy, low stakes actual play D&D podcast! A Tale of Two Kobolds.Follow the adventures of Fizzz and Bang, two adorable Kobolds, as they face a world that’s bigger than they are in an effort to find each ot...
Project MK!REDACTED! And The Inability To See Brains Behind Beauty
Order has been restored and Jess goes first in this episode.She talks about the top secret illegal government project, MKUltra, famous now for dosing unwitting civilians with LSD and conducting horrible experiments on them.Hids in...
Arrrgh! Hoist The Jolly Pink Armadillo!
We have a shorter episode this week. Hids is still recovering from being sick and their voice is less than stellar. The streak breaks with this episode and Hids goes first! They give us a quick look at the pink fairy armadillo, an adorable litt...
Indrid Cold Has High Bystandards
Hids’ streak of not going first lives on as Jess takes us back to New York, 1964. She dips into a true crime story, so a trigger warning for murder, but what she really gets into is the fascinating psychology of the Bystander Effect and how the...
Raven Riffs! The Raven (1963)
It’s been a while since we’ve done a Raven Riff, so we’re bringing it back with a fun look at The Raven. We love cheesy movies, Vincent Price, and Edgar Allan Poe and this wonderfully cheesy comedic horror from 1963 has all three PLUS Boris Kar...
Can Anyone Tell Us What Cometpunk Is?
Episode eight has arrived and we’re bringing out the Punk! Jess revisits various punk genres and we come up with a few of our own along the way.Hids does a bit of science-y stuff as they discuss Halley’s Comet and the Comet Panic of 1910...
Chill Vibes, Warm Embers, And An Undertone Of Violence
In our second episode of 2026, we finally decide it’s time to set some intentions and talk about our plans for the new year! The goal? Chill.
Would You Rather Picnic In Centralia Or A Cemetery?
Hey we’re back! We had a bit of time off to recharge our batteries and now we’re ready to kick off the new year and continue on with Season Two!Jess starts us off (are you surprised?) with the wild story of Centralia, PA, a town that bur...
Have A Scary Werewolf Christmas With The Silent People
Jess opens with a holiday vibe and tells us about various holiday legends and superstitions from around the world. Hids had a bit of a wild magic surge and takes a little trip to Finland to see an art installation by Reijo Kela call...
Get Your Jack Nicholson Fish Out Of My Fantasy World!
Things are slightly back to normal this week…well, only in the fact that Jess is going first! Huzzah! Jess gives us a brief history of the rise of the Fantasy genre in literature. Did you think Tolkien invented it? You might be surprised. ...
Spoons And Spell Slots
We have a short episode today!It's a bit of a wild magic surge because we don't actually talk about the topics we drew in the last episode. Instead, Jess talks about The Spoon Theory, from its origins to how the metaphor is used today.
The Mirage Is Superior But Poe Says Your Writing Is Commonplace
Come along with more unedited chaos and science!! Jess tells us about fata morgana, a fascinating mirage that only happens in very specific conditions and has led to failed expeditions and oceanic superstitions like the Flying Dutchman!H...
Price And Poe: Peas In A Macabre Pod
We’re so stoked to be here with our first episode of Season Two! And oh boy, do we have a good one for you!This episode was recorded just a couple hours before upload, so it’s coming to you totally unedited and full of our usual chaos.
That Googie Style Makes My Foot Go Pop
Wild Magic Surge! ADHD strikes… and so does the d20! Hids has gone first again!! Hids takes a quick look at the Hays Code. This was an attempt by Hollywood to avoid government regulation and censorship on the movies that we...
Backhanded Compliments From Posh Hedgehogs
Wow! Fifty episodes!!We are so close to one year of Jess & Hids Make a Podcast! This episode is chaotic because why not? About ten minutes before we started recording, we asked a couple of our Patrons to give us 50 questions to a...
Stop Messing With Your Clocks!
Something is seriously wrong with Hids’ d20. For the somethingth time in a row, they’re going first! This week, Hids delivers a brief history of the Wild Hunt, you know, the topic they promised early in October? Yep, finally making tha...
Good News And Warm Embers!
Episode 48 is a wild ride!!!Actually…it’s a slightly chaotic shift into a realm of good news and Hope Punk vibes. We both found good things from around the internet to share and hopefully spread a little joy and scatter some warm embers ...
A Puhunchy Carnivorous Crustacean And An Alien Text
There’s something seriously wrong with Hids’ dice… FIRST AGAIN! They rolled with it and took us down for a tropical dip in the oceans to meet the Mantis Shrimp! Neat Thing: it’s not even a shrimp! These awesome creatures not only pack a powerfu...
An Incredible Infantorium And Hollywood Curses (Or Coincidences...?)
What’s happening with the dice? Hids went first again! They took us to some fairgrounds and sideshows from the early 1900s…but not for the reason you might think! Hids introduces us to Dr. Martin Couney and his Infantorium! Thousands of prematu...
AnniversaBirthdaMonth Shenanigans!
What can we say? We are so excited for our third year with our growing community on Patreon and Discord! We are going over all the details of our month-long celebrations, including our Scavenger Hunt and Rook Runners 5k virtual run!! Did we men...