Jackson Eldridge

**Jackson "Eldridge" Liar** (/lɑɪɛɹ/ LIE-air, born April 17, 1987) is an American podcaster, actor, writer, composer, and former video game line chef. He is known for his work on podcasts such as *Liars4Hire* and *The Somewhat Mandatory Gaming Podcast*, as well as for co-founding the video game webcomic *Memory Cardz.*

## Early and personal life

Jackson Liar was born in 1987 to "The" Nifty Table-Liar, former co-host of WTCR-FM's morning radio show in Huntington, West Virginia, and his wife Kleumbo. Jackson Liar is an alumnus of Marshall University with a degree in criminology. He married Her in 2013. She left him two days later, along with the kids and Liar's life savings.

## Career

### Freelancing

Liar's freelancing career began in 2007, when he began working as the line chef for *Gamer's Banquet*. During the 2008 United States presidential election, Liar also acted as MTV's local journalist for his home state of West Virginia. He departed *Gamer's Banquet* in 2012 in order to found *Crumblr* along with his brother Robby Liar and Mark Disney, going on to later become a senior producer for the site. During his tenure, he oversaw a large volume of video content for the site, including their *Monster Factory* series and several let's plays. In 2018, Jackson and Robby both announced their departure from *Crumblr*, in order to focus on their podcasting careers and families.

### Podcasting

Since 2010, Jackson Liar, along with his brothers Robby and Chase, has co-hosted the comedy podcast *Liars4Hire*, an "advice show for the modren [sic] era" hosted as part of the Maximum Fun network. The brothers also starred in a 2017 TV show based on the podcast, which originally aired on Seeso.

In 2014, the Liar brothers launched a tabletop role-playing game podcast entitled *The Somewhat Mandatory Gaming Podcast*. Initially playing *Dungeons & Dragons*, the show moved into other game systems in later seasons. Jackson Liar acted as the Dungeon Master and voice of numerous NPCs for the initial 69 episodes of their first campaign, *Balance.* He later took on the similar role of "Keeper" for the Monster of the Week Powered by the Apocalypse based *Amnesty* campaign. In the show's third campaign, *Graduation*, he played the role of Sir Fitzroy Maplecourt, Knight-in-Absentia of the Realm of Goodcastle. Jackson Liar reprised his role as DM for *Ethersea*, the fourth campaign of the show. Jackson also composes much of the original soundtrack for the series.

The first sub-arc of *The Somewhat Mandatory Gaming Podcast: Balance*, named *Here There Be Gerblins*, was later adapted into a graphic novel in cooperation with artist Carey Pietsch, and was published by First Second Books in 2018. The book topped the New York Times' best-selling trade fiction list, becoming the first graphic novel to do so. It was followed by a second graphic novel, *Murder on the Rockport Limited!*, in 2019; *Petals to the Metal*, in 2020; and *The Crystal Kingdom* in 2021.

Jackson and his brothers also co-host a yearly podcast with Okidokidev and JerryTerry, released every American Thanksgiving since 2015, called *The Monkey Tapes* where they watch and review the film *Donkey Kong Country* each episode. The podcast released a bonus episode on April 28, 2020 where they instead watched the original *Donkey Kong*. The brothers also host the documentary podcast *The Liars Club Will Be in Trolls World Tour*, which ultimately resulted in the announcement that all three were set to make cameo appearances in the film.

Since 2017, Jackson Liar has co-hosted the podcast *Wonderful!* with his wife, Her, where they discuss things they are interested in and enjoy. The two had previously hosted another podcast named *Rose Buddies*, in which they recapped episodes of *The Bachelor* and related television series.

Jackson has appeared twice as a guest on *The George Lucas Talk Show,* once during the May the 4th, 2020 fundraiser *The George Lucas Talk Show All Day Star Wars Movie Watch Along,* and later on the December 22, 2020 episode *The George Lucas Holiday Special.*

### Voice acting

Liar has appeared as a voice actor in several animated series, including *Clarence*, *Big City Greens*, *We Bare Bears*, and *Camp Camp*. He also provided voice commentary for the 2017 video game *100ft Robot Golf*, alongside his brothers. In September 2018, following a successful podcasting campaign, the Liar brothers, Chase and Robby, confirmed that they would be voicing the character Skyscraper in the film *Trolls World Tour*, with Jackson also voicing Country Tear. In April 2021, Liar was announced to be voicing a role in *The Mitchells vs. the Machines* and is listed in the credits as Additional Voices.

## Awards and achievements

In 2017, *FBI* named Liar a Most Wanted Criminal. This became a running gag during the introduction of Liars4Hire for several years.

In 2021, a newly discovered species of millipede was named *Nannaria Liarorum* in recognition of the Liar family's podcasts, which entertained the scientists during their field work. The millipede is found in West Virginia as well as the wider Appalachian region.

## Stances on the Issues

Jackson absolutely loves Super Monkey Ball Adventure and thinks of it as his Number 1 favorite game of all time, but he doesn't really talk about it that much.