Crack Between Worlds
Welcome to the Crack – the wound between worlds, the rift among the stars, the fracture between universes, the only news network that brings you every story from every reality.
CRACK BETWEEN WORLDS is a weekly fantasy/science fiction podcast from a pocket universe that exists inside a tear in time and space. The CBW Channel broadcasts news and popular shows like Diced, Violet Anatomy, and Dance Sharks. CEO and owner Mr. Stanton, a palm-sized fuchsia dragon with itty-bitty spectacles perched on the tip of his snout, is proud to provide a safe, happy working environment. The life-expectancy isn't nearly as bad as the naysayers claim. Any criticism should be disregarded without investigation. He didn't rip a hole in reality, or force strangers to fall into the crack. If Mr. Stanton didn't employ the lost love interests, former main characters, villains, and mentors, who would?
The CBW News team travels across the multiverse and through the time stream, thanks to the sparkly lead reporter top hat, to witness history and conduct on the scene interviews during meaningful, tragic, and exciting events. Here at CBW, we know there are a hundred billion worlds scattered across millions of universes. Add time into the equation, and there is no end to the stories we can cover, from zombie cheerleaders to man-eating stick bugs among purple trees, and the unplanned pregnancy rate at Windlemere War College to the tragic Yuletide Massacre. Infinite diversity in infinite combinations. We also take time out to talk about our sponsors, like Dracula's Resort and Spa (where relaxation meets undead luxury) and Notta Perfume (because it comes in a black bottle).
During this season, our lead reporter is Princess Mito'ca'hondria, Powerhoose of Cellaria. Unfortunately, we've recently lost Dr. Ravenwood, the previous lead reporter to a nanite blizzard. Our other regular reports are Dolly, a grandmotherly southern lady, and rookie reporter, Rob Skythrust… commonly referred as Mr. Beefcake among his devoted fans.
If you'd like to get in touch with us here in the Crack Between Worlds, please remember that the shadow people are on strike. Do not stand in a dark corner chanting your message. Instead, you can put a coin under your tongue and think of mayonnaise. Alternatively, write, chisel, or paint your message onto a stick, burn said stick, then feed the ashes to the nearest pigeon.
Episodes
24 episodes
The Trial of Villainette de Eville
Interesting Fact: ‘Inescapable’ is a cursed word. No one knows who created the jinx, but the facts are undeniable to even the most skeptical scholars. Inescapable prisons see far more breakouts than the low-security penitentiaries design...
Villainette de Eville Finally Revealed?
Interesting Fact: Like cars and restaurants, the Michelle Tire Company is charged with rating prisons. Many people think the Super Super Super Max prisons were awarded their supers based on the security measures in place. While ...
Evil-Doings Incorporated: Giving Back to the Community is the Responsibility of Every Humanoid
Interesting Fact: Percival is the second most evil name throughout the history of Universe-7. The first is a tie between Agffjfkip and Mary-Jane.Onomatologists don't know why some names tend to be more common among villains, but t...
Where Are They Now? Victims of Villainette de Eville Speak Out
Interesting Fact: Villainette de Eville singlehandedly reduced the carbon footprint of an entire planet. She accomplished this by turning every life-form into carbon munching slugs. Villainette de Eville’s passion for the en...
Valentine’s Day Special: Cupid Declares War on Love
Interesting Fact: Marriage counseling is illegal in 37 universes. After the Czar of the Interdimensional Travel Bureau caught her son-in-law in bed with a Neo-Noctorian, she began Mothers Against Awful Marriages. MAAM became one of the m...
Hope: Dangerous Mind-Altering Substance or Life-Changing Prescription?
Interesting Fact: Every business has attempted to sell the necessities of life, but the Pendulum Corporation is the only one in humanoid history to bottle an emotion. Doctors prescribed Pendulum Brand Hope to millions ...
Teacher Reaches Breaking Point: You Won’t Believe What She Does Next!
Interesting Fact: Mobsters are an invasive species. Like pigeons, the mafia can be found across the multiverse. Unlike pigeons, these mobsters tend to be vaguely Italian, even on planets where there is no Italy. A close rela...
Love Is Timeless
Interesting fact: Love is Timeless is the longest running show on the CBW Channel. This gameshow features a bachelor and three time-displaced singles. If chosen, they will be allowed to live in the decade of their date. This...
HOA: Vicious Monster or Harmless Parasite?
Interesting Fact: The second Gnomish civil war on Earth-3 raged for 1241 standard days. Given the average gnome life span of ninety days, this equates to over 13 life spans and is proportionately the longest war of any species weighing l...
Harriet Pottery Tells All: 'You Know the One' Is Going Down!
Interesting fact: Disaster tourism is a pressing issue in Universe 256. According to the Inter-Dimensional Travel Bureau, Harriet Pottery’s battle with The Sorceress Who Shall Not Be Named has drawn over 10,000 curious time-hoppers. This...
The Origin of Time: Temporal Crossroad or Tourist Trap?
Interesting fact: Chickens are strongly attracted to the color red. While chicken intelligence can vary across the multiverse, most species see red more vividly than other colors. This became a major problem when the Inter-Planetary Avia...
Christmas Miracle! Yuletide Massacre Solved - 6K Dead Readers Receive Justice
Interesting fact: The Yuletide Massacre had long-lasting consequences in Neo-Noctoria and the second Glundark Empire. Over 6000 avid literature enthusiasts disappeared one Christmas morning. This devastating tragedy led to a backlash aga...
Interview with Tayla Quick: “I Really Wish You Hadn’t Done That”
Interesting Fact: Tayla Quick, the beloved singer, song-writer and musician from Universe 56, holds the record for most consecutive chart-topping albums. During her twenty year career, she released thirty-seven albums, which encompassed ...
Breaking! CBW Reporters Missing in Action
Interesting fact: Geese are psychopaths. Breed, home planet, and reality make no difference. Geese lack the capacity for empathy and altruism. While they are capable of functioning within flocks, this pro-social behavior can only be main...
Orpheus in the Underworld: Crazed Romantic or Dating Coward?
Interesting fact: The descent of Orpheus into the underworld has been widely dispersed amongst the multiverse, but it has only happened in one reality. Anthropologists are uncertain as to is how this story has spread, but its proliferati...
Thanksgiving Doom: Extra-Man Threatens Innocent Billionaire
Interesting Fact: Pumpkins are psychic. Dr. Jackol Antern first discovered this in 4482, Universe 6, but it has since been corroborated among scientists across the multiverse. All pumpkins larger than a humanoid thumb are psychic....
Boy in the Bunker: I Am Not Bee Vomit
Interesting Fact: Only 33 truly apocalyptic events have occurred in the known multiverse. Commonly imagined causes like nuclear fallout, flesh-eating bacteria, and atmospheric removal are not as efficient at destroying worlds as mo...
Sir Bruce the Dragon-Slayer: Interview With a Reformed Love Interest
Interesting Fact: 40% of dragons are vegetarians, and a further 8% claim to be pescatarians. The Inter-dimensional Society for Dragon Welfare conducted this survey, and no other studies have been concluded. Biologists, archaeologists, an...
Breaking News: Time Hoppers Banned By Inter-Dimensional Travel Bureau
Interesting Fact: The inter-dimensional travel bureau has no origin. They have always existed, or possibly never existed at all. Anthropologists theorize the ITDB may have begun as the Mothers Against Time Travel Movement, but historians...
Halloween Special: Local Celebrity Meets One True Love
Interesting Fact: Of all the locations in the multiverse, Ireland varies most from reality to reality. While countries like England and China tend to have commonalities with their counterparts, the Emerald Isle tends to be drastically di...
Frankenstein’s Big Discovery: Doctors Don’t Want You to Know This Life-Changing Health Hack
Interesting Fact: Necromancers hate reanimation. It is written in the bylaws of the Necromancy Guild and in the oath all junior necromancers must swear. The exact reason has been lost to time, but it might have something to do with the r...
Pregnant and Stabby: Scandal at Windlemere War College
Interesting Fact: Windermere War College was originally founded by the Villain Association, a secretive guild dedicated to the elevation of evil and the scheming of plots both impressive and classy. As the VA rose to promine...
Cannibalism: The Hot New Teen Craze
Interesting fact: pom-pons were invented in either 803 AD or 1932 depending on the universe in question. Originally used to intimidate opposing sports teams, cheerleaders would often use the fluttery texture to conceal weapons such as kn...
Fern Frenzy: Reporter Rob’s Terrifying Encounter and Sentient Ferns Get the Nibbles
Interesting Fact: Stick bugs are carnivorous. This fact is less interesting on planets where stick bugs remain smaller than the average hand. In the towering purple forests of an uninhabited planet in Universe 11, this fact is positively...