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Hi, guys. Just setting up a really calm environment for us today.
B
Oh, good. I'm gonna go nuts in here. I love a nice, calm environment for me to go nuts in.
A
No, we're just trying to get you to not act like a wild animal. I'm just gonna make some chamomile tea. Adel, I'm gonna tuck you in in a cozy blanket. Tuck, tuck, tuck, tuck.
B
Is there, like, an area in here where it's like, you don't want me to go nuts in, or should I be able to freely go nuts everywhere? I definitely won't go nuts around the tea.
A
I'm. Yeah, I'd say that's my advice. Stay calm all over this place.
B
All over this place. Go nuts on all over this place. Hmm.
A
How am I communicating wrong here? What am I doing wrong?
C
I think you're not supposed to look JPCs directly in the eye. I think they find that to be
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like, oh, no, I already did.
B
Oh, God, I'm going nuts. I'm going nuts. I'm getting eye contact. This is making me nuts.
A
It's okay. You're okay.
B
Oh, someone's going nuts over there too. Okay. Got a little nuts, compatriot.
A
Oh, I was trying to calm him down. Like an animal. You know what? I give up. Go nuts wherever you want. So you can sort of do whatever you want.
C
Honeycomb.
A
How's everyone doing? How's morale?
B
Morale. Personal morale? High. Geopolitical morale? Low, Low, low, low, low.
A
Let's distract you by talking about something that is certainly not in the horizon and going nuts.
B
Going nuts. Going nuts. Please, please, please.
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The apocalypse.
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Uh.
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Oh. So I love and get very jealous of JPC's episodes where we do, what do you call it? Draft.
B
Draft.
A
I get jealous of it. It's very fun to be in those episodes. I love them a lot. And I thought, why not give JPC the gift of getting to be in one of these? Oh, I get to draft a giraffe.
B
I get a giraffe.
A
Yeah, you get a giraffe.
C
The raft made out of giraffe.
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That's a pretty. It's a raft made out of giraffe parts. Adel. Good eye. Good eye, good eye. Before we begin, what is some of your favorite media that involves the end of the world? The Apocalypse.
C
The newest X Men movie that had Oscar Isaac, I guess.
B
I guess he was technically in that, right?
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He was inside Llewyn Davis.
B
Let's see. I feel like nowadays when you bring up the apocalypse, you kind of naturally slot in the zombie apocalypse, like I feel like everybody calls apocalypse and zombie apocalypse, like, synonymous.
C
What about Apocalypse Now?
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Apocalypse Now. What's the. The Seth Rogen one? The this Is the End. Oh, yeah, one. Mm, I enjoyed that one. I also read that, like, the whole thing is about, like, dysfunctional friend groups. And I heard that there were, like, some people in that movie that, like, personally just didn't get along with each other, which I always thought was very funny because, yeah, it's meta on the meta on the meta anyway, because I think they all hate Danny McBride's character kind of in that movie because he's always wrecking shit. Yeah. But, yeah, I like that movie. I think that that's a fun movie. What other apocalypse movies are there?
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What's the one with all the Jake Gyllenhaal and it's like Earth froze over or something?
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Is that 2012?
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That's the day After Tomorrow.
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That's the day during tomorrow.
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Don't you legit enjoy that movie?
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I love that movie. An adult. Thank you for remembering. I love any movie where someone's coming to go get someone else who's in an emergency. Yeah, I love it.
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That's almost every movie I know, and
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I love it so much.
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It's fun. It's fun to think that there's someone out there who will rescue us.
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It is nice.
B
I know it's bleak right now, but somewhere in a vint, John McClane is crawling around being like, go to LA, have a few drinks, meet some nice people.
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Okay, so before we even begin on this, I'm gonna need Casey, Tony to make a choice.
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Adel or me.
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You have to pick.
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You have to pick. Who do you shoot? I'm gonna give you kind of some standard apocalypse types. And, Casey, you're gonna decide which apocalypse we are doing today.
B
Okay? Okay, cool.
A
Okay. Climate catastrophe, like, day after tomorrow type thing.
B
Good answer. Good answer. Family Feud. Good answer.
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Good answer. Good answer. Alien occupation.
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Oh,
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like disease, pandemic, collapse, not Zombies.
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We asked 100 people, what would be an occupation for an alien? We have four answers on the board.
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Good answer. Good answer.
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Butt doctor.
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Number one answer on the board with 100%.
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The other three were just jokes.
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Zombies, the fast kind, and zombies, the slow kind. Ah, Casey. What flavor of apocalypse are they preparing for today?
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I think I have to go with option two, alien occupation, because I want
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to hear the lore.
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I feel like there's going to be some good lore that could come out of that.
A
Okay, great. We are dealing with an alien occupation.
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What I like about Alien Occupation is some of these seem like a little too real. But like if we're doing alien and zombies, I think I can like suspend. I think I can like use some whimsy in this. Whereas if we're doing like climate catastrophe, I'm like, uh, oh, that's like I'm actually technically doing that one right now. And I'm just gonna sit in my house like use my lights and shit.
C
All the bees are go.
A
I love that. And like quiet place is a good example. I think of an alien one.
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Rocky Horror Picture Show.
A
Yes. Jpc. It's that time of the year where all of my goals have kind of gone out the window. Cause I am busy, busy, busy, busy, busy. And it is hard to figure out like when to cook and when to go grocery shopping and meal planning. I'm exhausted.
B
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C
Oh yes. I don't often. I love the word scrumptious. I don't get to use it often. These options are scrumptious and healthy. I've been enjoying the five spice glazed chicken thighs, the chili shrimp rice bowl, and one of my favorites, the picante carnitas pork rice bowl. Nom nom, nom, nom, nom nom.
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B
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I look it. I look it.
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And you're standing in front of a mirror.
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I look it.
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They do exist.
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Adol. Aaron, what do you think of my new hair? Before you ask, before you ask, yes, I did pull every piece of hair from my head because I was so stressed out about business, finances.
C
Yeah buddy, that looks stressful.
A
I love my new JPC wig. Thank you for this.
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And the best part, it was super painful to do because I used My hands and fingers.
A
Wow.
C
Should have used Found. Right, Erin? Should have used Found.
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You should have used Found. Saved you from all this stress.
B
Oh, I should have used Found. Found makes it easy for small business owners to put all of their finances in one place. Instead of a bank account. Here, QuickBooks, tax invoicing, apps stacked on top. Instead, I should have just used Found. Found eliminates the clutter by giving you one platform that handles it all. Banking, bookkeeping, invoices and taxes. No more paying for multiple subscriptions and dealing with clunky, outdated apps. Why did I not use Found?
C
And that's the thing JPC is. They've made it so easy. They've even automated things like tracking expenses, finding write offs, and budgeting for tax time. You can even send your invoices for free and pay your contractors. Everything, all from one app.
A
They make it easy to regain control of your business finances. So you came back to doing what you love. Gpc. Like making wigs.
B
Well, I am going to be doing a lot of making wigs now because I'm going to have to open up a new small business line that sells GPC hair wigs. And people would buy them. So I can't even joke about making them because people would buy them. But I will use Found. And I will not stress out about having to use multiple different platforms to do everything that I need to do to run our business. I. We use Found. And I think that you should, too. So take back control of your business today. Open a Found account for free at found. Com. That's F O u n D Com. Found is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services are provided by lead bank member fdic. Join the hundreds of thousands who've already streamlined their finances with Found.
C
Oh, Aaron, look. The hair's in the shape of a backwards hat. I'm jpc. Look, I'm jpc.
B
Whoa.
A
I love it.
B
I wish I had my hair back.
A
Smells awful, though.
B
Come on.
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Okay, now, Casey, at the end of this, you are going to decide who you think is more likely to survive.
B
Okay? Have I told you guys my. I never saw Quiet Place 2? Did anyone see A Quiet Place 2?
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I did.
B
Okay. How was it, Aaron?
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I thought it was. I thought the opening sequence was really incredible. And then the rest is pretty missable.
B
And then there was also Bird box. Was that another one that was like
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a quiet place, but Sandra Bullock.
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Sandra Bullock.
A
That was a huge deal when that came out.
B
It was like she was blind or something. I never saw that one.
A
They had to wear blindfolds.
B
Oh, oh, that's right. That's right. I saw A Quiet Place in theaters and it's not the kind of movie that I enjoy seeing at all. I think it could have been like in the era of MoviePass or like when I was signed up for that like monthly movie thing where you could just see as many movies as you want. Something like that. But I saw it at an AMC in River north and that AMC is like right by the highway and the whole movie is like very quiet, but that AMC is by the highway. And so when you're sitting in the movie, you could just hear like, just like non stop traffic noise throughout this silent film. And I was like, oh, this ruins it. This makes the movie not good. It's only good to see it in quiet.
C
Now imagine that's every movie and you're in 1923.
A
So for a lot of these categories, you're going to be given five options and you're going to pick two. But for some of them you only get one.
C
Should we keep track of our own?
A
Yes, if you can, if it's not too much trouble and I'll do a coin flip.
B
It is too much trouble. So I want a trophy for doing it.
A
I'll bring you someone's head.
B
Oh, okay. Writing down I could win head.
A
Nope.
B
Excellent. I hope it's from me. Okay, so Aaron, I'm ready. I'm ready. Yeah.
A
All right, so Adol, we'll have you call the coin flip and would you like to? Yeah. And the assumption is that if you win, you get to go first. All right, here we go.
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Heads.
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It's flipping. It's flipping in its heads. Adol, you get to go first.
B
Fuck. Okay, I quit writing down Adol.
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One head.
A
Okay, you're definitely not surviving in the apogo.
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Okay, so I have to give Adel head. Okay. All right, I'm locked in. 1, 2, 3, 4. Hate riddle. Riddles. Clue crew, listen to the rest of the episode now by starting your free seven day trial at patreon. Com. Heyriddle. Riddle.
Release Date: March 13, 2026
Hosts: Adal Rifai (A), Erin Keif (B), John Patrick Coan (JPC / C)
Main Theme: Drafting survival strategies for a hypothetical alien occupation apocalypse, interwoven with signature improvised riffing and pop culture banter.
In this lively Patreon preview, the Hey Riddle Riddle crew takes on an "Apocalypse Draft," imagining what they'd do (and which strategies or resources they'd choose) if faced with an alien occupation apocalypse. The episode is packed with the hosts’ trademark playful banter, pop culture tangents, and absurd improvisation, all layered over a structure that pits the hosts against each other in a survival draft. Throughout, listeners are treated to an interplay of humor, competitive energy, and surprisingly astute post-apocalyptic strategizing.
The hosts maintain their signature goofy, slightly meta, improvisational style, filled with puns, callbacks, and riffs off each other's ideas. Even when outlining the rules, the vibe is relaxed and absurdist, never letting the “apocalypse” theme outweigh the fun.
This Patreon preview showcases everything Hey Riddle Riddle fans love: fast-paced banter, pop culture rabbit holes, and a humorous approach to even the gravest hypothetical scenarios. The episode sets up a creative survival draft with the unique twist of an alien invasion, promising more hilarity and competitive spirit for those who tune in to the full Patreon episode.