hosted by Joel Veitch and Zezubulon Wonk

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The semi-reliable podcast that exposes the messy natural history behind Gleeful Beasts

hosted by Joel Veitch and Zezubulon Wonk

The semi-reliable podcast that exposes the messy natural history behind Gleeful Beasts

Some podcasts explore history. Some dive into true crime. We're revealing the bizarre truth behind legendary beasts and our chaotic misadventures capturing them! Join hosts Joel Veitch and the enigmatic Zezubulon Wonk as they expose the untold stories, escaped creatures, and questionable safety protocols that happen when the cameras stop rolling. Warning: cannons may be involved.

The Roaming Zafflesnatch

Majestic, smug, and not even the most powerful neck in this episode—that honor goes to Janet. With a five-meter, hair-laced neck and no time for apologies, Janet reminds us all that thriving post-breakup is the best revenge.

Plus! Learn about the Subterranean Giant Gump Expedition and exactly what happens when beasts escape during filming (hint: cannons are involved).

Timpson’s Floof

A frolicking, horned beast that spends its days basking in sunshine and its nights lurking in wells. But when the Timpson’s Tick starts spreading… so does the pus and that’s just the beginning.

Also featuring:
🧬 The hypothesis of Baloof Fever (Joel may be infected)
🚫 The Pus Bus tourism boom
⚰️ Cameraman Colin’s noble demise
🦛 Hippos vs. Floofs – the matchup we’ll never see
🧒 Toddler blood & unintended feeding preferences

Stebbans’s Balloof

Unravel the floating menace that is Stebbans’s Balloof—a helium-guzzling beast with no limits and lentil-loaded males that smell like failure and cling like paste.

💍 Zezubulon may have lost a marriage to them. Or maybe it was emotional abuse.
🎈 Ballooves impersonate @Netflix execs by making prank calls, and possibly crushed a cameraman into oil.
💀 Zezubulon might have eaten someone(s). It’s in the contract.

Arachnoid Squiggler

Hairier than a tarantula. Hungrier than your fears. These tiny beasts feast on your dead skin so you don’t become a walking cheese-smelling cocoon. It’s the Arachnoid Squiggler.

🤢 Too close for comfort? That’s where they like it.
🕷️ Most don’t have teeth (thankfully), but their venom might turn you into a husk.
🧽 And when they die? You probably scrub your sink with them.

Gonk

Chilling in the Arctic, seducing cameramen, and learning the alphabet through mild electrocution — the Gonk is truly one of nature’s more confusing mistakes.

It’s docile. It’s dangerous. It’s now literate.
⚡ Trained through trauma, and the occasional bee swarm.
📚 First beast to grasp education and frozen trauma.

hosted by Joel Veitch and Zezubulon Wonk

hosted by Joel Veitch and Zezubulon Wonk

The Roaming Zafflesnatch

Timpson’s Floof

Stebbans’s Balloof

Arachnoid Squiggler

Gonk

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