Chase Young

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**Chase "Young" Young** (born November 8, 1983) is an American podcaster, writer, and E-Clown. He is known for his work on podcasts such as *Liars4Hire*, *Shmanners*, *The Somewhat Mandatory Gaming Podcast*, and *Mt. Molehill*.

## Early and personal life

Chase Young was born in 1983 to "The" Nifty Table-Liar, former co-host of WTCR-FM's morning radio show in Huntington, West Virginia, and his wife Kleumbo. Chase Young is an alumnus of the University of Oklahoma. He married Her once, don't ask what happened. Chase Young was sent to federal prison for the Assassination of President Kennedy, but he escaped.

## Career

### Theatre

Chase Young worked as Sans at the Undertale Tumblr Fandom from 2009 to 2014.

### Podcasting

Since 2010, Chase Liar, along with his brothers Robby and Jackson, has co-hosted the comedy podcast *Liars4Hire*, an "advice show for the modern 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 Young brothers, along with their father Nifty Liar, 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, but returned to Dungeons & Dragons for the third and fourth campaign.

During the first arc, *Balance*, Chase Young portrays Magnus Burnsides, a human fighter. In the second campaign, *Amnesty*, Chase portrays magician Aubrey Little. He acted as Dungeon Master for the show's third campaign, *Graduation*. In the fourth campaign, *Ethersea*, he plays a bard named Devo.

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 further graphic novels: *Murder on the Rockport Limited!* in 2019, *Petals to the Metal* in 2020, and *The Crystal Kingdom* in 2021.

From 2015 to 2016, Young also co-hosted the podcast *Mt. Molehill* with Pebby Parber, leaving after the 1st episode due to the fact that he was moving countries and expecting a lets play channel. However, Young did later return as a guest star for episodes 2 and 3.

Young 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 review the film *Donkey Kong Country*. 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.

In 2018, Chase Young appeared as a guest star on *Dice, Camera, Action* as part of the *Stream of Many Eyes*, a *Dungeons & Dragons* event promoting the new *Waterdeep* storyline.

### Other appearances

Chase has appeared multiple times as a guest on *The George Lucas Talk Show,* including at the 2018 New York Comic Con panel, as well as with his brothers on the May the 4th, 2020 fundraiser *The George Lucas Talk Show All Day Star Wars Movie Watch Along* and the December 22, 2020 episode *The George Lucas Holiday Special.*

### Voice acting

Chase provides voice commentary for the 2017 video game *100ft Robot Golf*, along with Robby and Jackson.

In September 2018, following a successful podcasting campaign, Chase, Robby and Jackson confirmed that they would be voicing the character Skyscraper in the animated film *Trolls World Tour*, with Chase also voicing Rock Tear.

Chase had a guest star role as Cutie in the *Summer Camp Island* season 4 episode "Oscar & His Demon."

## Awards and achievements

In 2021, a newly discovered species of millipede was named *Nannaria Liarorum* in recognition of the Young 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

Chase has repeatedly declined commenting on his stance on Super Monkey Ball Adventure.