HypeFriend
HypeFriend
Podcast Description
Childhood friends Ashley Eckstein (voice of “Ahsoka Tano” in Star Wars) and Michael James Scott (“The Genie” from Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway) team up for a weekly podcast with the singular mission of starting a friendship revolution, one “HypeFriend” (and one episode!) at a time.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of friendship, kindness, and connection, with episodes exploring topics such as maintaining friendships through acts of kindness as discussed by Andrew Levitt (Nina West) and building lasting connections with guests like Brett Iwan (voice of Mickey Mouse), along with reflections on the mental health impacts of the pandemic in their first episode.

Childhood friends Ashley Eckstein (voice of “Ahsoka Tano” in Star Wars) and Michael James Scott (“The Genie” from Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway) team up for a weekly podcast with the singular mission of starting a friendship revolution, one “HypeFriend” (and one episode!) at a time.
Katee Sackhoff joins the hosts for a delightfully unhinged game of Fact or Frak! Ashley, Michael, and the Battlestar Galactica legend put Katee’s favorite four-letter faux-swear to work in an AI-era showdown: real photo or total frak? What starts as a simple guessing game spirals into suspicious hands, uncanny bears, internet trust issues, and the realization that none of us are nearly as good at spotting fake images as we think we are. And because this is HypeFriend, the chaos ends on a high note—with the trio manifesting Katee’s secret dream role! Fast, funny, and very frakking fun.
Join us in our friendship revolution, one HypeFriend (and one frak) at a time!

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