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Finish It!

by Matt and Chris Yule

Each week, Matt and Chris get one attempt each at an interactive fiction book until they read every single ending. Will they ever choose every adventure? Will anyone listen?! Join them on their descent into a madness of their own design.

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  1. Ep. 380. Creeptobscare '26: Welcome to Horror Hospital Week 2

    This week, Chris finds the absolute limits of western medicine, Matt draws a bat, and someone feels an ominous breeze in the oddest place! Also, Chris challenges Matt to a User-generated round of Chicken Soup for the Who? (thanks, beeeeb!), Matt makes Chris sing not one but TWO parts in the…

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  2. Ep. 379. Creeptobscare '26: Welcome to Horror Hospital Week 1

    This week, Creeptobscare is back! The guys picked a book and barely explain why! Hope you're a big fan of doctors and gurneys and Frankenstein monsters because you're about to be up to your neck in that stuff! Also, Matt challenges Chris to a round of Interactive Fiction or Knock-Off Halloween...

  3. Ep. 378. Space and Beyond: Week 24 I Like Totals

    This week, it's barely been 8 months since we started this book and we're already down to 2 lil endings to track down?! Time sure does fly when you're traveling near lightspeed! Will we finish this dang thing this week? LET'S SEE! Also, Chris challenges Matt to a User-generated round of the Is It...

  4. Ep. 377. Space and Beyond: Week 23 Plus Therefore

    This week, Matt is forlorn at how dang tough it's getting to do these reads, Chris has a major bummer bummer alert big bad bummer time, and someone gets 45 whole seconds in before blowing the entire Wild Card for the week! Also, Matt challenges Chris to a Can't-Wait-for-Creeptobscare round of the...

  5. Ep. 376. Space and Beyond: Week 22 Whaleslipped

    This week, Chris goes faster than anyone has ever gone, Matt gets a classic groaner of an ending, and if you're the kind of person who loves to merge into starry emptiness boy oh boy is this episode for you! Also, Chris challenges Matt to a User-conceived round of The Wild Card Quiz (thanks...

  6. Ep. 375. Watch Out for Room 13: Week 5 Diaper Up and Tough it Out

    Happy back-to-school days! The guys revisit their traditional school adventure and discover THIS MIGHT BE THE FINAL READ! What gory ghouly horrors lie in store? Will they actually complete the book? We shall see! Also, Matt challenges Chris round two of the User-generated Wham Bam Anagram: Author...

  7. Ep. 374. Space and Beyond: Week 21 Mmm MacNuffin

    This week, Matt gets a real blast from the past, Chris gets to—hold on to your hats—TRAVEL THROUGH TIME, someone finds a whole new story path, and someone else biffs it! But who does what, you ask? It's more complicated than you can possibly imagine! Also, Chris challenges Matt to a…

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  8. Ep. 373. Space and Beyond: Week 20 It's All Tubas Baby

    This week, Matt gets an ending so forgettable he has no idea if it's even new, Chris learns a new word in an alien language, and uh oh here comes star gas! Also, Matt challenges Chris to a round of the Unstranslate This For Me Please Quiz, Chris shows off What's All the Things Behind the Scenes...

  9. Ep. 372. Space and Beyond: Week 19 Six Hundred and Seventy-Five Billion Years

    This week, Chris is keeping things real political, Matt wonders war uhn good gosh what is it good for and why is it happening, and someone got distracted and forgot to read the final page of their read. How does that happen? Also, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Interactive Fiction or Episode...

  10. Ep. 371. Space and Beyond: Week 18 No Drink Aloud

    This week, Matt finally returns to the "Lost Page" (not a real thing), Chris warns the snowflakes that you better buckle up because it's commentary time, and the binger is the big finger! Also, Matt challenges Chris to a round of Anagram of a Book or Something Else, Chris takes us on a trip to…

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  11. Ep. 370. Space and Beyond: Week 17 What Is the Secret?

    This week, Matt learns that the space justice system is a joke, the authorities finally catch up with Chris, and you may not be ready for Buster's Buffet! Also, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Last Week's Quiz but Backwards Now, the guys celebrate National Drive-Thru Day exactly one week…

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  12. Ep. 369. Space and Beyond: Week 16 The Goo of, Like, 30 Space Guys

    This week, Chris gets a double twist, Matt is become Death, and a high-stakes wager means that the race to win this book could be totally turned on its head! Also, Matt challenges Chris to take the Zermacroyd Citizenship Quiz, Halloween season is seemingly upon us, mouth fingers would really help...

  13. Ep. 368. Space and Beyond: Week 15 Ending Pending

    This week, Chris trusts his space-pilot gut, Matt is-and-has-always-been, and someone achieves a whole new level of disappointment! Also, Chris challenges Matt to a User-generated round of the I Remember Her, What Book Was She In quiz? (thanks, Esme!), the guys get everyone pumped in the gentlest...

  14. Ep. 367. Spy for George Washington: Week 4 Chicken Pod Pie

    This week you can practically hear the fireworks as Matt rides off into the sunset with a pretty important so-and-so, Chris comes face-to-face with countless British warships, and someone finally asks themselves a very important question! Also, Matt challenges Chris to yet another round of the…

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  15. Ep. 366. Space and Beyond: Week 14 Delegate Intrigue

    This week, Chris travels through time! Matt thinks he's going to travel through time for a second then he doesn't! Politicians escape! Also, Chris challenges Matt to an extra nice (nice, nice) round of Interactive Fiction or Planet, Matt makes us all smarter with some User PSAs (ok, the Users…

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  16. Ep. 365. The Stowaway: Week 1 also By Balloon to the Sahara: Week 3 Birthday Balloon

    This week, Matt celebrates Finish It!'s anniversary (about a month late) and Chris celebrates Hot Air Balloon Day (about a week late) because Matt forgot that they changed plans to do the balloon thing instead of the birthday thing! Also, Matt challenges Chris to a throwback round of Interactive...

  17. Ep. 364. Space and Beyond: Week 13 Y.A.R.

    This week, Matt ends up in an unnecessarily dark episode of a premium-HBO-drama-type show, Chris finds himself staring down the barrel of a book read only to find himself asking, "why? Why like this?," and there is a small amount of self-brining. Also, Chris challenges Matt to a round of…

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  18. Ep. 363. Space and Beyond: Week 12 Don't Hang Up!

    This week, Matt learns the one simple trick that space plagues hate, you'll never believe what happens next after Chris retreats, and turns out sour grapes can be a good thing! Also, Matt challenges Chris to a round of Interactive Fiction or Episode of Strangers with Candy, Chris gets to Choose…

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  19. Ep. 362. Space and Beyond: Week 11 Do You Need to Lie Down In Front of a Doctor

    This week, Chris unlocks a world of limitless possibility, Matt does a little bit of a space plague (on purpose), and someone is suddenly a human just totally out of nowhere what is up with that!? Also, Chris challenges Matt to a round of User-generated quiz Which Book Does This End? (thanks…

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  20. Ep. 361. Tethan Battle Adventure: Week 2 The Peder Awakens

    It's that very long-ago-and-far-awayish time of year again! This week, Chris shows off his bartering skills and Matt may or may not get sold to an unscrupulous miner! Also, Matt challenges Chris to another round of figuring out what kind of spaceship they would have (maybe?), Chris saves his very...

  21. Ep. 360. Space and Beyond: Week 10 Gleeb Fogo!

    This week, the brothers go full teeter into the eternal war of light v. dark! Matt learns the universal salute of friendship and Chris has a side hustle! Also, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Which Choose Your Own Am I, Before and After Edition, the guys take a cosmic journey to the...

  22. Ep. 359. Space and Beyond: Week 9 Burning a Swath of Productivity

    This week, it's all about things dying kind of! Matt bears witness to the end of the Earth (maybe?) and Chris discovers a whole new way to bring about the end of himself! Also, Matt challenges Chris to a round of Interactive Fiction or Episode of Andor, the guys create some out-of-this-world...

  23. Ep. 358. Space and Beyond: Week 8 This Planet is Old

    This week, Chris discovers a new delicacy, Matt becomes a REAL adventurer, and somehow the guys FINISH A WHOLE OTHER BOOK in the process! https://archive.org/download/358-final/358%20final.mp3 Also, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Interactive Fiction or Song from the Josie and the Pussycats...

  24. Ep. 357. Space and Beyond: Week 7 A Roller Coaster Backwards but Faster

    This week, Matt and his new friends roast Earth (not literally), Chris learns the secret to a successful future for all living beings in the universe, and this week’s Wild Card means the guys get a visit from a very special guest! https://archive.org/download/357final/357final.mp3 Also, Matt...

  25. Ep. 356. Space and Beyond: Week 6 A Dinosaur in Dinosaur Times

    This week, Matt gets a special job, Chris hits up a very popular time travel destination—with a couple serious twists you ain’t seen yet, and everyone agrees that Salisbury steak is the gentlest meat! Also, Chris challenges Matt to a User-generated round of Star Trek Alien or Finish It! Alien...

  26. Ep. 355. Space and Beyond: Week 5 Back in Time to the End of Eternity

    This week, Matt slams into back-to-back cheap choose moves that make him sad, Chris gets a Star Wars-y read that makes him happy, and someone makes 18 choices over the course of just 21 pages because that is how this book rolls! https://archive.org/download/355final/355final.mp3 Also, Matt...

  27. Ep. 354. Space and Beyond: Week 4 Heavens to Zermacroyd

    This week, Chris rights a wrong from the past, Matt hits a page that makes so little sense he thinks the book is broken (it’s not), and the Universe Governing Body has serious news! Also, it’s Sad Pizza Party time! https://archive.org/download/354-bouncefix/354%20bouncefix.mp3 Additionally, Chris...

  28. Ep. 353. Space and Beyond: Week 3 Intergalactic Slow-Time? Don’t Worry About It

    This week, Chris zooms to the head of the class, Matt tries to put a round disc in the hole he has in his head and gags, and if you thought the first paragraph of the book had some mind-chafing science you are not going to like this episode at all!...

  29. Ep. 352. Space and Beyond: Week 2 In Space Nothing Beats Revenge

    This week, things get a little trippy when Chris encounters another black hole, Matt nails the body language of friendship, and someone forms a triangular force group of renegade spacecrafts (no big deal)! https://archive.org/download/352-final/352%20final.mp3 Also, Chris challenges Matt to a…

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  30. Ep. 351. Space and Beyond: Dashing Off Together

    New book day! Are you ready to travel to space and then also past there? Chris goes somewhere no human has gone before! Matt gets a “classic” ending that he “couldn’t” be “more” excited about! There is math in this book that will break you! https://archive.org/download/351-final/351%20final.mp3...

  31. Ep. 350. Struggle Down Under: Week Seven with Dani and Bill!

    We haven’t seen Bill and Dani from Escape This Podcast, Solve This Murder and more in like a minute! Good thing they’re back! Will we finally finish this dang book? Or will the struggle grind on? Also, the group checks in on their resolutions from last year (50% crushed, not bad), the Yule bros...

  32. Ep. 349. Skateboard Champion: Post Mortem Gamma Ray Days

    Get comfy! Hang out! Take it nice and easy and let’s dig our way back through this last adventure! Fantasy Finish It! Who Wins the Book? What book will be next? Go to the discord to vote for your fave when you’re ready! https://archive.org/download/349-final/349%20final.mp3 Also, Chris busts out...

  33. Ep. 348. Skateboard Champion: Week 7 Old People Are A Lot More Fragile

    Oh holy cow you guys this could be it! There are only two endings left! If your boys find em both we’re talking a clean sweep of this book! That’s some hot literary janitation! Will the final endings be satisfying? How couldn’t they be!? https://archive.org/download/348-final/348%20final.mp3…

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  34. Ep. 347. Skateboard Champion: Week 6 Grind Until You Stop

    This week, Matt gets an ending he hates until he sprinkles on the sarcasm, Chris takes it straight to THE man, and a new podcast feature has been permanently unlocked! https://archive.org/download/347-final/347%20final.mp3 Also, Matt challenges Chris to a round of the Character from this Book or...

  35. Ep. 346. Skateboard Champion: Week 5 That’s Some Show

    This week, Matt falls head over heels for a little place called River Flats, Chris loses his taste for skateboarding despite many many many attempts to become a champ, and you had better not mess with the Gang Mafia Mob! https://archive.org/download/346-bounce/346%20bounce.mp3 Also, Chris...

  36. Ep. 345. Lazy Grundle Days with Bill and Dani!

    It’s that very special time of year when Xmas has passed and the New Year has not yet arrived! Why not spend it with friends? Dani and Bill are back! But we’re not heading Down Under. In fact, we don’t even get to read the book we were planning to read. Instead, we get to read one of the best…

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  37. Ep. 344. Skateboard Champion: Week 4 Krampusnacht 1

    This week, Chris’ fears come to life before his very eyes, Matt makes an impression on some dangerous dudes, somebody’s ending makes them a little sick to their stomach, and Krampus drops in to celebrate his most special day! https://finishitpod.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/344-final.mp3 Also,...

  38. A Note from Krampus Regarding Turd Brother’s Pathetic Fragility

    Hello hello hello this is the Krampus. Turd brother has tried to ruin Krampusnacht by hurting his back but I, the Krampus, assure you that there will be an episode this weekend even if it kills turd brother. https://finishitpod.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/krampusnacht-2025-apology.mp3 Image...

  39. Ep. 343. thankschoosing 8: To the Hammer Man, Every Nail Looks Like a Battlespike

    Gratitudes to all! This week, Matt makes a new friend with a great smile, and Chris makes somebody smile real big! Wuh-oh! https://archive.org/download/343-final/343%20final.mp3 Also, Matt challenges Chris to round three of GPT-3 Your Own Adventure, the fellas get some Gratitudes out of their...

  40. Ep. 342. Skateboard Champion: Week 3 A Scream Builds Up In The Throat

    This week, Chris meets the new coolest character in the book, Matt gets really into exercising his constitutional rights, and crime in Park City experiences an unprecedented increasement! https://archive.org/download/342-final/342%20final.mp3 Also, Chris (skater with the heart of a poser)...

  41. Ep. 341. Skateboard Champion: Week 2 Jack Lombardi, Park City PD

    This week, Matt gets a firsthand look at why Park City has such a bad crime problem, it becomes increasingly obvious that everyone in town is an undercover cop, and Chris is from the river/returns to the river! https://archive.org/download/341-final/341%20final.mp3 Also, Matt challenges Chris to…

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  42. Ep. 340. Skateboard Champion: Week 1 The Winner’s Club

    New book week! Matt resists the call to adventure and watches so many other kids pay the price! Chris quits skateboarding twice, yet somehow still becomes a champion! What kind of champion, you ask? Find out now! https://archive.org/download/340-final/340%20final.mp3 Also, Chris challenges Matt…

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  43. Ep. 339. Creeptobscare ’25: The Creature From Miller’s Pond Week 5

    This is it! Will Chris and Matt find the last two endings of this book and deliver a Creeptobscare to remember? Will Matt pass his final Creeptobscare Challenge? Is anyone even READY for a Creeptobscare Sad Pizza Party? Neck of pony! Vibe of hog! Let the creepy culmination commence!...

  44. Ep. 338. Creeptobscare ’25: The Creature From Miller’s Pond Week 4

    This week, Matt accidentally uses tough love to teach a big lesson, Chris discovers something earth-shattering about creature biology, and your mind will be blown by a hot new concept in Halloween costuming! https://archive.org/download/338-bounce/338%20bounce.mp3 Also, Chris challenges Matt to a...

  45. Ep. 337. Creeptobscare ’25: The Creature From Miller’s Pond Week 3

    This week, Creeptobscare continues to barrel along as Matt doubles his trouble, Chris gets into the movie picture business, and someone can’t name a single person from the entire last year of pop culture! Also, Matt challenges Chris to a Stephen King-themed round of the Mishy Mashy Quiz, Chris…

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  46. Ep. 336. Creeptobscare ’25: The Creature From Miller’s Pond Week 2

    This week, Matt learns that the Creature is the least of their worries, Chris goes for quite a spin, and the Creeptobscare challenges continue! Are you prepared for multiple The Prestiges? Is anyone?! https://archive.org/download/336-final/336%20final.mp3 Also, Chris challenges Matt to a...

  47. Ep. 335. Creeptobscare ’25: The Creature From Miller’s Pond Week 1

    BOO! Blow the dust off that ol’ bowl of candy corn, it’s Creeptobscare time again! This year, the bros are going 5 straight weeks in fish monster heaven! But will they be able to find all 10 endings and finish the book before Creeptobscare ends? WILL THEY?!...

  48. Ep. 334. Watch Out for Room 13: Week 4 Bad Time for Baloney, Buddy

    This week, it’s back-to-school time! Matt makes two whole choices, and Chris gets a read where everything turns out fine. Or does it?! And then, OR DOES IT AGAIN?! https://archive.org/download/334-final/334%20final.mp3 Also, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Interactive Fiction is a License…

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  49. Ep. 333. National Park Monster Ranger: Week 23 Angel of Death vs Croque

    This week, there are two endings left but Matt isn’t feeling so great about his read. Why, it would take a straight-up book miracle for the guys to finish this book in this episode! An honest-to-gosh BOOK MIRACLE. Who could harness the powers of chaos to complete such a mighty task? Maybe…

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  50. Ep. 332. National Park Monster Ranger: Week 22 Let the Drama Be Sustained

    This week, Chris becomes famous! Matt brings joy and the thrill of discovery to an entire civilization! But are these the same ending? Dang you guys it’s getting hard at the end of this book! https://archive.org/download/332-final/332%20final.mp3 Also, Chris challenges Matt to a User-generated...

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Each week, Matt and Chris get one attempt each at an interactive fiction book until they read every single ending. Will they ever choose every adventure? Will anyone listen?! Join them on their descent into a madness of their own design.

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