202 episodes

Hosts and improvisers David Martinez and Michael Foster challenge each other and special guests to an audio mystery: solve the source and subject from a series of audio clues over the course of the episode. Perfect for a road trip, hanging out with friends, or as a personal solo challenge, Derek. Reach out to us @audioobscurapod and let us know when you solved it.

Audio Obscura Audio Obscura

    • Comedy
    • 5.0 • 26 Ratings

Hosts and improvisers David Martinez and Michael Foster challenge each other and special guests to an audio mystery: solve the source and subject from a series of audio clues over the course of the episode. Perfect for a road trip, hanging out with friends, or as a personal solo challenge, Derek. Reach out to us @audioobscurapod and let us know when you solved it.

    God I Hope I'm Good (Feat. Jill Gillespie & Michael Lee)

    God I Hope I'm Good (Feat. Jill Gillespie & Michael Lee)

    Welcome to the premiere audio mystery game show podcast. We're playing for points. Back to the podcast this week are guests Jill Gillespie and Michael Lee. Up for grabs this week a pure gold Fisher Price vacuum! Shoutout to Providence Pizza. David wants to know why that's funny. Foster won't help us out of the escape room. Michael's name is LIT. Jill's here to front stab. Enjoy. #YouHaveMyNumber
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    • 1 hr 18 min
    Something’s About To Shift In Their Body And In Their Mind (Feat. Margaret Hanzlick-Burton)

    Something’s About To Shift In Their Body And In Their Mind (Feat. Margaret Hanzlick-Burton)

    Episode 215 brings guest obscurist Margaret Hanzlick-Burton back to the pod. Up for grabs this week, a peaksy at Margaret's hounds from heaven. Foster's unimpressed by apple wedges. David gives us the banana ripeness scale. Margaret hides veggies from herself. Enjoy. #BrotherThyme
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    • 1 hr 4 min
    Looks Like A Chopped Up Ferret (Feat. Ryan Hruza)

    Looks Like A Chopped Up Ferret (Feat. Ryan Hruza)

    Ryan Hruza's the Guessy Ghost for Episode 214! Up for grabs this week, your own GOAT Orchestra. Foster thinks this is wet. Ryan is savouring, sandbagging, and sabotaging. David goes Attenborough on their relationship. Enjoy. #TumbDongue
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    • 1 hr 10 min
    There Was A New Idea - Speed (Feat. Ben Auxier)

    There Was A New Idea - Speed (Feat. Ben Auxier)

    Happy 213, Obscurians! Ben Auxier is joining the ranks with more regular appearances as the Obscurist and we're kicking things off this week as David has the week off. Up for grabs this week, your very own college improv troupe with matching t-shirts! Ben gives us news from the front. Foster's thinking about big ol' computies. Enjoy. #LetterGoblins
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    • 49 min
    It Was Really Scarring

    It Was Really Scarring

    We're back for 2024 and it's time for Episode 212. Up for grabs this week, some exclusive, Yo! Baby Yogurt. Foster and David get close and hypothetically discuss movie theatre snacks. David has trouble with a church pew. Foster recalls his romantic past. Enjoy. #SeeTheLatestPeppa?
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    • 53 min
    5th Year Anniversary Special!! (Feat. Mark Orr, Paige Lockhart, Allison Jones, Michael Lee, Margaret Hanzlick-Burton, Camden Hanzlick-Burton, and Ben Auxier)

    5th Year Anniversary Special!! (Feat. Mark Orr, Paige Lockhart, Allison Jones, Michael Lee, Margaret Hanzlick-Burton, Camden Hanzlick-Burton, and Ben Auxier)

    Holy mysteries, Batman, can you believe it?? We're celebrating 5 years of Audio Obscura with a behemoth panel extraordinaire! We've got Mark Orr, Michael Lee, Allison Jones, Ben Auxier, Margaret Hanzlick-Burton, Camden Hanzlick-Burton, and Paige Lockhart! Chilli's also stops by to wish a quick happy 5 years. As per usual, Foster and David are in the obscurist seat together and have concocted a mystery for our troupe of guessies. We've got Team 'Galileo Was Wrong' and Team 'Shark Shart'. Margaret sometimes thinks about tanks. Camden punched a kid, but they deserved it. Allison remembers 90s hip hop fondly. Ben's honored to be here at the end of the show. David has to break the news to his family about their video. Paige is splashing ice water to help people. Michael is allowing himself to go places. Mark Orr gets everyone on his side. Foster's a real sniper. Enjoy. #ImWithBetty
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    Rate and review the podcast so we can reach more people, it really helps us out.
    Reach out to us with feedback, questions, or with your very own mystery suggestion: just send us a link!
    Visit our website to see the entire public back catalog of over 200 mystery episodes!
    Follow us on Instagram to connect with us and learn more about our guests and what we're up to!

    • 1 hr 40 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
26 Ratings

26 Ratings

wintaur ,

Great for listening in the car

Really fun show for commutes or road trips. Love the concept of a game the listeners can play along with, and the improv peppered throughout keeps it lighthearted and silly. Some of the episodes get a little long, but otherwise it’s great fun!

Shaneanea ,

What Fun.

What a delightful podcast. You have genuine and funny humans challenging your pop culture knowledge through audio clips. Engaging and a lighthearted escape from the news, for which I am addicted. Thanks!

Orrmad ,

Fun, entertaining podcast with listener “participation”!

Love the concept of this podcast: hosts play out-of-context audio clips of a podcast for each other, speculating about the content to try and guess the actual subject matter. It’s fun to hear them get closer to the truth—or go wildly off-track! And the format lends itself to listeners making their own guesses. (It gives me a sense of satisfaction when I guess the topic before they do!) The hosts are fun to listen to—you can tell they are friends and having a good time, but they don’t rely on a bunch of personal, inside jokes to entertain themselves. They have an easy rapport with each other, and they don’t have to try too hard to be entertaining. The podcast is just the right length (not longer than 30 minutes), and it sounds professional (unlike other “homemade” podcasts that can have terrible audio issues). Give this a listen, and you will be happy you did!

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