Cosmic Donut Holes

About Cosmic Donut Holes

We are Kaina & Tyson, siblings and best friends who survived a cult. We use fiction to escape, rebuild, and argue about whether Batman could survive a Dungeon Crawler World floor. We’re here to dissect stories, pop culture, politics, philosophy, and build a beautiful community of nerds. Subscribe for the vibes, stay for the Meatball Princess.

Publisher

Kaina Gillespie & Tyson Roehrkasse

Category

fiction · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

9 Feb 2026

Latest episode

1 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Nov 2026

   Visa Runs, Kazoos, & Digital Detoxes

   We disappeared for awhile, so here’s our excuse…AKA unfiltered rambling about our lives featuring a cameo of an adorable Donut and Mongo figurine that will hopefully make you guys forget we ever ghosted ya. SORRY BOUT THAT! Tyson’s been off being a bonafide world traveler, including a 22 hour direct bus from Berlin to Belgrade for a very specific bureaucratic reason: a Schengen visa reset. Reporting live from Serbia, he fills us in on enormous Korean corn dogs, how language barriers impact his food ordering, and the bittersweet realization that passport stamps are going digital. Efficient, but tragic. Meanwhile, Kaina’s been deep in a digital detox and self-isolating in her hobbit hole to READ READ READ. Turns out, getting off social media is actually glorious. Thankfully, her Bahamas trip planned this month got postponed, meaning she can delay finding out if one can actually survive a Margaritaville cruise without the drink package. Speaking of — apparently there might be a real life Dungeon Crawler Carl themed cruise in the works, and if that’s true, we are SO THERE. Con planning for next year also happens in real time. Dragon Con is  #1 on the list, mainly because of the shockingly affordable merch (specifically the deeply respectable four dollar kazoo). Also: a growing cosplay wishlist, plus a moment where Tyson realizes that CrawlCon is 100% fictional. Goddamnnit Donut. We also get into a full reality TV detour, including the horrifically unfair double standard of what counted as “approved” viewing growing up (we could watch grown adults eat bugs, but Harry Potter was apparently a bridge too far), real talk about what results a month completely off social media brings, and a few book updates on what we’re each currently obsessed with. Teasers for what’s coming: the chosen one trope, a German Accent Lab, a new Blind Date Book Club pick, more DCC, and getting back on the gaming train. Note: Viewer discretion is advised for explicit language and mature themes. Intro Music: Synthetic Prayer by JKN Music Fan Art: @ignartcio on Instagram | @misslimbim on Instagram Tune into future episodes on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts! Follow Kaina on TikTok @cosmerecat for more Cosmic Donut Holes content! Business email: cosmicdonutholes@gmail.com (mailto:cosmicdonutholes@gmail.com)

2. 

   27 Aug 2026

   A Parade of Horribles Deep Dive, Vol. 3: Dungeon Gods & The Celestial Ascendancy

   Kaina spent several hours combing all eight books for keywords, mostly god names, and the result is a PowerPoint so deranged and conspiracy-board-coded that the FBI will be sending recruitment letters anytime now. By the end, she had a moment best described as "holy frickin' shit, I think I figured it out." Buckle up buttercups. We start with the promised family tree, and it is exactly as disturbing as you'd expect from a pantheon where the mother of all gods is a “mom-wife” to a real asshole that is sexually attracted to bacon. Old gods, new gods, incest, and lots of cold-blooded murder. Game of Thrones vibemaxxing much?? From there it's a full genealogy breakdown: who begat who, who cursed who, who banished who, and who is currently being sponsored. There is a mysterious third child in this family tree that nobody's paid much attention to until now, and once Kaina lays out the clues connecting a certain fan favorite character to the Scavenger storyline, Tyson does not so much agree as have his mind blown. We won't spoil who it is, so tune in to hear all the dirty details. We also take a sad swing at the Geyrun murder mystery, still hopelessly unsolved after several books — and not for lack of clues. Plus, a full rundown on Apito, Hellik, Ysalte, Chachi, and a couple other notable deities as we head into the 12th floor. All of the deep dive PowerPoints, including this one, will be linked below for anyone who wants to review the receipts at their leisure. SPOILER WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for all currently released Dungeon Crawler Carl books, through book eight. Deep Dive PowerPoint Archive: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/16PE1Rk3_ahu7zfkB5gt9NpnG2uM67dhJ (https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/16PE1Rk3_ahu7zfkB5gt9NpnG2uM67dhJ) Intro Music: Synthetic Prayer by JKN Music Fan Art: @goddess_of_fate on Discord | @avaryll.rain on Instagram Tune into future episodes on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts! Follow Kaina on TikTok @cosmerecat for more Cosmic Donut Holes content! Business email: cosmicdonutholes@gmail.com (mailto:cosmicdonutholes@gmail.com)

3. 

   18 Aug 2026

   You're Canceled, See Ya

   TRIGGER WARNING: Sexual assault — this episode also touches on transphobia, antisemitism, gun violence. After months of talking about it, we finally delivered the episode discussing cancel culture. Buzzword alert, don't get triggered. We start with a warm up question: name someone who got canceled and came all the way back versus someone who never did. The gap between those two answers says more about power and privilege than anything else. Then it's rapid fire time with ten real cases and three answer choices: cancel, not cancel, or complicated. Cait Corrain faking reviews to sabotage rival authors. Kanye's antisemitism. Alex Jones and Sandy Hook. Kaepernick and the NFL's convenient cowardice. The Sydney Sweeney ad discourse. Conor McGregor headlining UFC after a civil sexual assault verdict. JK Rowling. From there, why any of this works on us: moral outrage addiction is a real researched dopamine hit, and social rejection lights up the same brain regions as physical pain. We get into tribalism, the Pew data showing Americans can't agree what cancel culture even means, and a 2024 study showing people's verdicts track their political team way harder than their stated values. We draw the line between cancel culture and the quieter call-in version (Tyson's James Gunn example, old tweets resurfaced, he owned it, survived it), then ask the harder question: does canceling even work? Michael Jackson and R. Kelly's listenership went up after documentaries detailing abuse. Chris Brown just got a Grammy nomination. Verdict: it punches down way harder than it punches up. We close in the literary space, drawing a hard line between book banning (dangerous, always) and the newer trend of accusing indie authors of using AI based on detection tools that flag real human writing constantly, tanking careers off an unappealable percentage score, which is especially rich given every major AI company is currently being sued for training on stolen books. Comment your own cancel or not cancel verdicts. Fight amongst yourselves. Intro Music: Synthetic Prayer by JKN Music Fan Art: Samantha done by @lcleanforheichou on Reddit Check out our sister Kari's art (and tattoo work!) on TikTok: @markari.ann Tune into future episodes on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts! Business email: cosmicdonutholes@gmail.com (mailto:cosmicdonutholes@gmail.com)

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