The Marblemachine: Recent Episodes
Jakob Graf and Tim Höfer
The Marblemachine is a short story podcast about a mysterious steam punk machine that feeds on ideas and creates a new story every episode. Tim and Jakob live with it in the attic of an old mansion and not only tell its stories but also try to find out what the marble machine's purpose really is.
Dear Listeners. The new season is here. For anyone who loves listening, please follow us on patreon.com/themarblemachine and support us, so that the marblemachine can continue to fabricate great stories. In this first Epsiode we start right where the last season ended. Inside the story storm and you will not only get to know, how Tim and Jakob escaped the story-storm, but also what the true purpose of the mabrlemachine is.
The Marblemachines first Season has come to an end. Thank you all for listening and as sure as the sun comes up tomorrow, the next marble will drop… Sometime… Soon. Stay put and be on the lookaout for the next season.
In this third and last of the Inventor-Stories Professor Greenstones saves his relationship to Madame Etoile by finding out what it's like to be her pet dog.
Join us on the second adventure of Adalbert Greenstone in which the genius inventor discovers the secret of snakestone mountain.
What if there was an invention for every problem in the world? The word impossible doesn't exist in the world of Professor Adalbert Greenstone. Here is one of three Adventures coming right at you from a parallel universe.
This is a story about a shrub and about ancient wisdom passed on to the next generation. Just one of many, many tales of the fearless Enkidu.
Our little helper Norbert Nörkelin brought us some poetry from the fairy realm this week.
Be careful how you arrange the furniture in your room. Especially if you are planning to start a new chapter in life.
Have you ever felt that certain places have an odd energy about them? Jeremiah certainly felt something when he entered the room that keeps secrets. His Grandparents kept it locked for the whole year and only ever opened it to celebrate Christmas.
How much does it take to to betray your best friend? In this story a group of teenagers set out to spend a night in a forest after hearing about a gang of robbers on the run. But what starts out as a fun adventure will soon change all of their lives forever.
How much does it take to to betray your best friend? In this story a group of teenagers set out to spend a night in a forest after hearing about a gang of robbers on the run. But what starts out as a fun adventure will soon change all their lives forever.
The old man knew that the two guests he was housing had come to take his life. For him, all lives were connected, like raindrops in a lake. This is the story of the last words he decided to share with his murderers.
What if you were immortal but you didn't know? And what if, after a few hundred years you finally found out but you had no one to talk to about the damn problem? In this months episode of the podcast the marblemachine tells us the story of someone who has to deal with precisely such an everlasting issue.
In the second part of “The Secret of Jungleville”, Naima, Petey and their animal allies are trapped in the old ruins of an Inca Temple. They have to come up with a plan not only to save jungleville but also their own lives. They awaken the old spirits, fairies, and gods that dwell among the ruins, but it is uncertain whether those immortal beings are there to help or hinder them in fulfilling their quest.
What if the Trickster God Loki made his way into our world? Or what if we already live in a world created by Lokis imagination? The ninth episode of The Marblemachine Podcast takes us on a journey into Northern Mythology.
The seventh episode of The Marblemachine podcast tells the story of “The Readers”, a secret group of rebels, that fight against a system in which books are illegal and citizens are constantly observed through their state controlled cellular devices.
In the sixth episode of the marblemachine podcast, part four of the story, "The Marblekeeper", Claudia finally reaches the unicorn court and finds out what the secret is behind her grandfathers unfulfilled dream and how fulfilling it will change her own life too.
In the fifth episode of the marblemachine podcast, part three of the story, "The Marblekeeper", Claudia teams up with her new allies to get to the unicorn court. Along the way she agrees to a dubious deal with the maleficient riverhag, and trades one of her memories for a magic potion.
In the fourth episode of the marblemachine podcast the story about the magic marbles that contain our unfulfilled dreams continues. Claudia meets allies and enemies on her way to fulfill her grandfather’s last wish...
In the third episode of the marblemachine podcast the machine digs up an older and longer story divided into four marbles. The story is about a girl who sets out on a magical adventure in another world to help her grandfather fulfill an unfulfilled dream
In the second episode of the marblemachine podcast, the machine tells a story about a two thousand year old time travelling prophet having a conversation with a teenage girl. Also Jakob and Tim find out more about the mysterious machine and how it works.
Tim and Jakob find the Marble Machine in the attic and find out that each marble the machine spits out contains a different story.