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 150: Stupid Sexy Geode

    January 1st, 2025  |  1 hr 1 min
    avestruzii, crystallite, dnd 5e, kobold press, mush marcher, quagga, tome of beasts 3

    We totally forget to mention it in the beginning, but this episode comes to you from Tome of Beasts 3 by Kobold Press! It's also our first episode of 2025! My oh my how far we've come.

    Thank you for listening!

  • Episode 149: Mirejerk

    December 18th, 2024  |  56 mins 14 secs

    What do a bottle cap, a fat man, and a German shepherd all have in common? They all don't want to set the world on fire! Is this enough Fallout references yet to tell you we did a Fallout episode? I hope so!

  • Episode 148: Sh*tty Pokémon 12: Piss'd Pigs

    December 4th, 2024  |  59 mins 9 secs
    clamperl, emerald, gulpin, hoenn, pokemon, ruby, sapphire, spoink, whismur

    Even the majesty of the Hoenn region cannot escape the scrupulous and damning eye of Zack and Griff. We continue our second pass at talking about the worst Pokemon the world has to offer.

  • Episode 147: Ms. Beakman and Mr. Cool

    November 20th, 2024  |  59 mins 32 secs
    cikavak, dnd 5e, horakh, kobold press, rime worm, tome of beasts, tusked skyfish

    A common mantra on this show is, "They can't all be winners!" and we really embrace that this time around. Frost slugs and eye-stealing bugs abound in another episode featuring the Tome of Beasts from Kobold Press!

  • Episode 146: Hammerhead Shark Dog

    November 6th, 2024  |  59 mins 17 secs
    chiurgeate swarmer, galloan, monte cook games, ninth world, numenera, urank, waxrif

    What do you get when you add the Fourth World and the Fifth World together? The Ninth World! We venture yet again one billion years into the future to explore the vast realms of Numenera and the Ninth World from Monte Cook Games!

  • Episode 145: Put That Cookie Down!

    October 23rd, 2024  |  1 hr 4 mins
    adranach, cold snap spirit, critical role, demonfeed spider, dnd 5e, platinum golem, tal'dorei, vox machina

    Honestly, this one is mostly vibes. The plan was to talk about some of the creatures from the Tal'Dorei Reborn campaign setting from the folks at Critical Role. Instead, the boys talk mostly about Arnold Schwarzenegger movies and bodily fluids.

    For real, this one gets kinda nasty. Hope you have fun!

  • Episode 144: Itty Bitty Bois 6: 'Splode Toad

    October 9th, 2024  |  58 mins 25 secs
    bookkeeper, creature codex, dnd 5e, exploding toad, gloomflower, kobold press, zoog

    The boys are back! Reunited and it feels so good! With Zack's triumphant return, Griffin shares what he learned in the Tiny Dimension, and the boys unearth some more of the tiniest friends around.

  • Episode 143: Hot Sauce Blowhog

    September 25th, 2024  |  1 hr 1 min
    bearded amprat, bulborb, fiery blowhog, guest, pikmin, yellow wollywog

    Zack's still away on a mission, and Griffin is stuck in the tiny dimension! Whatever are they going to do!? Well, in the meantime, Griffin and special guest Ellie discuss some fellow tiny creatures; the best the Pikmin universe has to offer!

  • Episode 142: A Well-Storied Chicken

    September 11th, 2024  |  1 hr 4 mins
    chuchu, cucco, dodongo, echoes of wisdom, guardian, the legend of zelda

    Zack is on an away mission today, so filling in for him is our actual, real-world boss, Mr. G! Mr. G is fresh off a trip from Hyrule and has brought a flock of friends from across the Legend of Zelda landscape!

  • Episode 141: Exploding Goats

    August 28th, 2024  |  1 hr 1 min
    dnd 5e, glacier crawler, haakjir, ibexian, kobold press, sacred hippopotamus

    You know 'em! You love 'em! Am I talking about Zack and Griff, or Kobold Press's Tome of Beasts 3? Why not both!

  • Episode 140: Sh*tty Pokémon 11: A Very Wooden Pervert

    August 14th, 2024  |  55 mins 52 secs
    delibird, gen 2, johto, pokemon, politoed, smeargle, sudowoodo

    Zack and Griffin evaluate the Johto region to find the worst of the worst, the baddest of the bad, the sh*ttiest of the sh*tty, all for a second time.

  • Episode 139: Cardioceros

    July 31st, 2024  |  57 mins 42 secs
    alpha fish, barometz, cryoceros, diminution drake, dnd 5e, kobold press, tome of beasts 2

    Zack did all the pre-production on this episode, which means Griffin goes in cold! You know it, you love it, it's Kobold Press's Tome of Beasts 2 with a newly curated batch of critters!

  • Episode 138: Glassbjorn

    July 17th, 2024  |  57 mins 13 secs
    caldera kite, dnd 5e, kobold press, malmbjorn, qumdaq, tome of beasts 3, urushi constrictor

    Gimme a Tome! (tome!)
    Gimme an Of! (of!)
    Gimme a Beasts! (beasts!)

    What's that spell!? It's Kobold Press's Tome of Beasts 3! This episode has everything you could ever want! Assuming what you want is four different creatures from the book! Leaf snakes and little elemental guys and more!

  • Episode 137: A Goopy Bird for a Goopy Guy

    July 3rd, 2024  |  58 mins 35 secs
    cranchur, cypher, fire dzik, monte cook games, ninth world, numenera, tovrost, varanik

    What do you get when you combine the Forth World with the Fifth World? You get the Ninth World from Monte Cook Games' Numenera setting! A billion years in the future, and those folks still have some good pets. Plus, there's a two for one sale today!

  • Episode 136: Nasty Bastuhds

    June 19th, 2024  |  1 hr 3 mins
    dnd, hundun, kobold press, mamura, qwyllion, soul eater, tome of beasts 1

    Goodness gracious are these bastards nasty! Looking for that really nasty creature to ruin your day? We've got some options for you!

  • Episode 135: CutieCon 2024

    June 12th, 2024  |  59 mins 47 secs
    creature codex, dnd 5e, foxin, kobold press, razorleaf, white stag, wind weasel

    It's the first inaugural CutieCon! Today we open the floor up to all the cuties from Kobold Press's Creature Codex, discuss their cutie credentials, and rate their cuddlability. Sign up for next year's CutieCon today!