Zack and Griffin's Multiversal Pet Shop

An improv comedy podcast about pets, monsters, and running a small business.

About the show

Zack and Griffin, with their oodles* of podcaster gold, have settled down to the quiet life of owning the single Pet Shop of The Multiversetm. Dragons, Dogs, Dogs for Dragons, these fellas have it all!

*The Technical Term

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Episodes

  • Episode 131: Philly Cheesestank

    March 27th, 2024  |  59 mins 33 secs
    chroma lizard, dire creatures, dnd 5e, giant mole lizard, kobold press, sedge dragonette, tome of beasts 3

    The first half of this episode is very chill! And the back half of this episode gets real swampy! And hey, who among hasn't suffered a swampy back half before? We get knee-deep in Tome of Beasts 3 from Kobold Press yet again!

  • Episode 130: Go Truutch Yourself

    March 13th, 2024  |  52 mins 16 secs
    bowg, cypher, dritch, monte cook games, ninth world, numenera, truculon, zarisk

    Despite the horrors of Daylight Savings, the time portal yet functions! Zack and Griff return to the Ninth World, cracking open a new bestiary along the way! Join us for LED marsupials, clumsy armadillos, and plentiful discussions about popcorn.

  • Episode 129: Big Bois 8: Chet Rockwood, Hardened Avenger

    February 28th, 2024  |  59 mins 36 secs
    akkorokamui, dnd 5e, gigantura, kobold press, rockwood, snallygaster, tome of beasts 3

    More big! More bois! More wholesome and sex positive characters! Zack and Griff return to the latest Tome of Beasts to discuss more of the biggest bois around.

  • Global Strike

    February 19th, 2024  |  1 min 23 secs
  • Episode 128: Snake Sandwich

    February 7th, 2024  |  57 mins 35 secs
    ahuizotl, creature codex, dnd 5e, horned serpent, kobold press, thread-bound constrictor snake, wolpertinger

    This Codex is just too full of Creatures! Kobold Press's Creature Codex brings us another batch of monsters to discuss, both as pets and as home decor.

  • Episode 127: Haglogne

    January 24th, 2024  |  59 mins 52 secs
    amphibolt, corpselight moth, dnd 5e, duffel crab, ember glider, kobold press, tome of beasts 3

    Something stinks this episode, and I swear, it isn't us! Zack and Griffin embark once again through Kobold Press's Tome of Beasts 3 to bring you hot squirrels, magic crabs, and everything in between!

  • Episode 126: Food vs. Man

    January 10th, 2024  |  1 hr 3 mins
    dnd 5e, laser pup, pizza slime, retroverse, schrodinger's beast, yggdrasaur

    What do you get when you cross neon and vaporwave retro-futurism with Dungeons and Dragons 5e? You get THE RETROVERSE (by Chris Lock and Lluis Abadias)!

    Zack and Griffin plunge headfirst into the Retroverse with actor and singer Braeden Glenn Tuttle as their guide!

    Find more from Braeden at braedenglenntuttle.com and more about the Retroverse at lasersandliches.com!

  • Episode 125: Dogs, but Not 5

    December 13th, 2023  |  59 mins 44 secs
    dnd 5e, dogs, kobold press, primal oozer, qiqirn, spellhound, thrummren, tome of beasts 2

    More dogs that are basically dogs, but not quite dogs. And in this episode, Zack and Griffin maybe, just maybe, find...

    The Goodest Boy.

  • Episode 124: Itty Bitty Bois 5: Gravity Bears

    November 29th, 2023  |  58 mins 1 sec
    barnyard dragonette, dnd 5e, kobold press, light eater, scarsupial, stained glass moth, tome of beasts 3

    Surprise! It's a new episode full of tiny friends!
    Surprise again! It's our belated five year anniversary episode!
    Surprise again again! We get scared by a marsupial!

    Come take a listen!

  • Episode 123: Nicesk

    November 15th, 2023  |  55 mins 42 secs
    boofly, grub, hollow knight, massive moss charger, nosk, video games

    Down, down, down we go into the Kingdom of Hallownest for our first episode featuring the creatures of Hollow Knight! One of Griffin's all time favorite games, and one Zack has never touched. Grab your favorite charm and take a dunk in the hot spring as the boys dodge the creepy critters in favor of big round friends.

  • Episode 122: Ganj Consigliere and Acidic Spew

    November 1st, 2023  |  58 mins 43 secs
    cypher, cypher system, edacious destroyer, entrope, ferno walker, golthiar, monte cook games, ninth world, numenera

    One of these things is not like the other, though they may be more alike than they seem! We return to the Ninth World from Monte Cook Games' Numenera setting, making new names for ourselves, finding love in all the wrong places, and making some nasty creatures even nastier.

  • Episode 121: Sh*tty Pokémon 9: 4chan Monkey

    October 18th, 2023  |  57 mins 13 secs
    bramblin, flamigo, maschiff, paldea, pokémon, scarlet, shroodle, violet

    Paldea calls! And those who answer are Zack and Griffin, who are really, REALLY behind on their Pokémon. The boys go for the throat on some of the worst Pokémon designs Scarlet and Violet have to offer.

  • Episode 120: Cats, but Not 2

    October 4th, 2023  |  58 mins 57 secs
    alke, catamount, catterball, cyonaxin, dnd 5e, kobold press, tome of beasts 3

    Are cats even really cats? I dunno, but these cats certainly ARE NOT cats. You know and love Kobold Press and Tome of Beasts 3 as much as we do at this point, I'm sure. Zack and Griffin are putting these not-cats under the magnifying glass.

  • Episode 119: Water Horse Can Get It

    September 6th, 2023  |  56 mins 27 secs
    creature codex, dnd 5e, dracotaur, green knight of the woods, gugalanna, hsomgtfafr, kobold press, water horse

    The wait is over! An episode where Zack and Griff get really thirsty about fantasy creatures is back! The boys return to Kobold Press's Creature Codex to talk about more folks that are just plain rad.

  • Episode 118: Fantasy Roomba Will Eat You

    August 23rd, 2023  |  58 mins 8 secs
    dnd 5e, glass gator, kobold press, lindwurm, stryx, tome of beasts, xanka

    Stop the presses! Actually, strike that, cause Kobold Press keeps providing great creatures from their Tome of Beasts! Zack and Griffin discuss reptiles of many varieties, reminisce about old Flash games, and get a little topsy-turvy at the end.

  • Episode 117: Dogs, but Not 4

    August 9th, 2023  |  58 mins 58 secs
    bloodsapper, brimstone locusthound, creature codex, dnd 5e, dogs, kobold press, orthrus, simurg, tome of beasts 2

    For all the not-quite-dogs featured in this episode, most of them are still ~very doggo~

    Kobold Press does it again with choice pups from both their Creature Codex and Tome of Beasts 2!