Basement Banter • Podcast Hosted by High School Friends

Nick, AJ, and Caden posing in the Basement Banter studio

Basement Banter is a podcast hosted by high school friends Nick, AJ, and Caden, where they debate the most important questions of our time. Questions like…

Would you rather fight one horse-sized pigeon or 100 pigeon-sized horses?If your fridge could talk, what secret would it reveal?Could a hot dog legally run for mayor?If aliens landed during prom, who gets first contact?Would you rather fight one horse-sized pigeon or 100 pigeon-sized horses?If your fridge could talk, what secret would it reveal?Could a hot dog legally run for mayor?If aliens landed during prom, who gets first contact?

Is cereal a soup, and should that matter in court?Would you rather have elbows for knees or knees for elbows?Could you survive a week speaking only in movie quotes?Should ghosts have to pay rent if they haunt your attic?Is cereal a soup, and should that matter in court?Would you rather have elbows for knees or knees for elbows?Could you survive a week speaking only in movie quotes?Should ghosts have to pay rent if they haunt your attic?

If time travel is real, why are all tourists so subtle?Could a raccoon win a cooking show with enough prep time?If your pet wrote a memoir, would you read chapter one?If your laugh became your ringtone, how doomed are you?If time travel is real, why are all tourists so subtle?Could a raccoon win a cooking show with enough prep time?If your pet wrote a memoir, would you read chapter one?If your laugh became your ringtone, how doomed are you?

But beneath the surface, Basement Banter is so much more than just a podcast. It's an idea. A lifestyle. A way of thinking.

It's a movement. A revolution. A way of life.

Two skyscrapers that say 'Basement' and 'Banter' in an open green field — The Basement Banter headquarters, located in the heart of New York City. Designed by Minoru Yamasaki.

Basement Banter™ is also one of the most important and globally recognized companies of the 21st century, with a market cap approaching $65.0000 trillion.

From the wheel, to electricity, to AI, Basement Banter has been at the forefront of every major technological and industrial advancement in human history.

Through its global network of business partners, the company has expanded its reach to every corner of the globe, and its influence is felt in every aspect of modern life.

**Simon Benson**, Founder of Benson Polytechnic High School

**Thomas Edison**, Inventor of the Light Bulb

**Benjamin Franklin**, Founding Father of the United States

**Moto McChesney**, Founder of McChesney Industries

**Christopher Columbus**, Explorer of the New World

**Mark Zuckerberg**, Founder of Facebook

**John D. Rockefeller**, Founder of Standard Oil

Basement respects no borders. It defies all expectations. It is everywhere, in all of us, and it is us. There is nowhere Basement Banter cannot reach, and nothing Basement Banter cannot do.

“Basement Banter completely changed my life.”

— Our many listeners

3 friends. 3 years. 3 seasons. And over 800 questions answered — and counting.

Basement Banter has left no stone unturned. From the supernatural and paranormal, to superpowers and magical situations; the internet, pop culture, and politics. They navigate historical alternate realities, biological absurdism, and the total restructuring of global physics. And a shocking amount of grass.

Through it all, AJ, Nick, and Caden put their own unique spin on everything, treating the simplest questions as the most important moral dilemmas.

“This shit fucking sucks.”

— Marvin Killboy, Creator of Marvin & Friends

So, what are you waiting for? Listen to the latest episode of Basement Banter right now. Or else.