Portable Hole Podcast

About Portable Hole Podcast

A podcast by pop culture fans for pop culture fans. A discussion of the best in TV, Movies and Comics as well as our own journey as fledgling creatives trying to tell some stories.

Publisher

Ryan George

Category

arts · fiction · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 May 2015

Latest episode

6 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

33 of 282 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Teaching History Through Comics, Games, and Creativity

   Host Ryan interviews Paul Hebert, founder of Time Enforcers, about using comics and games to make history engaging for students.

2. 

   26 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Emotional Architecture of Comics with Trevor Fernandes-Lenkiewicz

   Comic creator and writer Trevor Fernandes-Lenkiewicz discusses transforming personal emotions into powerful storytelling and building an indie publishing career with host [Host Name].

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   27 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Writing, Publishing, and Building Comics That Last: Interview with Tom Hutchison

   In this in-depth interview, Tom Hutchison shares his journey from art lover to successful comic creator, discussing the challenges of breaking into the industry, the importance of storytelling and visual design, and strategies for building an audience through traditional and modern platforms like Kickstarter. Follow the Legend of Oz Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tomhutchison/bd16-ozthology-annual-event-featuring-the-legend-of-oz Big Dog Inc. Patreon Legend of Oz Series Follow Portable Hole Publishing Instagram TikTok Email: PortableHolePub@gmail.com Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside a recent episode

Teaching History Through Comics, Games, and Creativity

Published 6 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The thing I reflect back to is regarding closed captioning. And whenever I watch TV and there's a closed caption going on, I tend to look at the bottom of the screen. Meanwhile, I'm missing everything that's happening at the top two-thirds. And so I thought to myself, comic books are great because comic books provide not only a visual experience for the image that you're looking at, but also provides a dialogue experience as well through the word and thought balloons. And that was a perfect fit in this whole Universal Design for Learning, UDL, because you're applying... the way people are talking on screen with a visual cue with the word balloon. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

22,367

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

164 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

87

Social presence

94

YouTube

76

Engagement

81

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