Hello from the Magic Tavern
| Hello from the Magic Tavern | |
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Hello from the Magic Tavern logo | |
| Presentation | |
| Genre | |
| Language | English |
| Updates | Weekly (Mondays) |
| Length | 30–60 minutes (approximate) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Production | Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi, Matt Young, Adal Rifai |
| Audio format | MP3 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | March 9, 2015 |
| Cited as | One of iTunes' Best Podcasts of 2015 |
| Provider | Magic Tavern, LLC |
| Related | |
| Website | hellofromthemagictavern |
Hello from the Magic Tavern is an improvised comedy podcast hosted and produced by Arnie Niekamp, Matt Young, and Adal Rifai. The podcast is set in the fictional world of Foon, a magical realm where a fictionalized version of Niekamp is trapped after falling through a dimensional rift in Chicago. Niekamp and his co-hosts—a wizard named Usidore the Blue (Young), and a shapeshifter, Chunt (Rifai)—interview various magical creatures at the Vermillion Minotaur later relocating to the Strange Familiar tavern. The first episode was released in March 2015. New episodes are released every Monday.
Niekamp, Young, Rifai, and many of their guests are regulars of the Chicago improv comedy community. The podcast has generated a strong fanbase and received generally positive reviews. iTunes has named it as one of the Best Podcasts of 2015 and The Guardian ranked it one of the "10 best new podcasts of 2015 (that aren't Serial)."