In Harrisonburg Virginia?
Come join us! We play Bingo is Life - The Game Show every Tuesday night at 7:30 in Ruby's Arcade
100B 165 S Main St Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Contact us at: BrothersHowdyshell@gmail.com
Bingo Is Life: A Post-Bingo Harrisonburg Podcast
Join Mike and Chris Howdyshell with Jay, Christian, and Britney ”Mumshackles” each week in a post-Bingo Harrisonburg Podcast. We discuss, music, theater, comedy, the Harrisonburg scene, and course the Bingo Gameshow! Links to our topics will be in the show notes.
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The Brothers Howdyshell
Welcome to this - our opus of absurdity. Each week on a Tuesday night at a basement bar in Harrisonburg VA we host a friendly little gameshow we call, Bingo Is Life!
We spin the Wheel of Fate, we ponder the Skulls of Destiny, we unleash the potential of paper airplanes. And we sing about Bingo Heaven while we play Bingo.
After the show, we get together with our talented friends Jay, Britney, and Christian to discuss the zeitgeist of the day. Our podcast is hyper local but universally accessible to anyone with a slight penchant for lively discussions on music, comedy, history, games, and of course- the scene in our little town of Harrisonburg Virginia.
Join us and enjoy the simple pleasure of living in a small town full of the most interesting and the most mundane. Take a break from the politics and any semblance of serious discussion. Laugh about something silly with us. Hearing is believing.
Episodes
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Dean and Katie are your typical take-a-three-year-road-trip-together-in-a-van kind of couple. And where did they land? Why Harrisonburg of course!
This is a great love story, a traveler's story, a seeker’s story - all in the name of the journey. It’s always great to discover new people who find the same creative vibe in this town as energizing as we do. A fun listen!
A Few Mentions:
Ruby’s Arcade - Find your own journey in a pizza pie - https://rubysarcade.com/
Dean Suttles - https://www.instagram.com/managerdean/
White Buffalo Healing Arts - https://whitebuffalohealingarts.com/
Echos - Band - https://seekingechos.bandcamp.com/album/affirmations
Medea, a Eunoia Theatre production -
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Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
In this episode, we are joined by Alison Trochia, Becca Stehle, and several of their Eunoia Theatre friends to discuss their upcoming play- an adaptation of Madea from writer Rachel Cusk.
Court Square Theater is hosting this production and this is, yet again, another showcase for Harrisonburg’s creative community. Come get your Greek tragedy!
A Few Mentions:
Ruby’s Arcade - Greek tragedy? Try a wood-fired pizza - https://rubysarcade.com/
Medea, a Eunoia Theatre production -
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Court Square Theater - https://courtsquaretheater.org/
Alison Trochia - https://www.facebook.com/alison.trocchia
Becca Stehle - https://www.facebook.com/becca.stehle
Eunoia Theatre - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559388566305
Super Gr8 Film Festival 2025 - https://www.supergr8fest.com/
Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
This week we welcome Dana Sprowl and Jake Burtner, two beautiful heartbeats of Harrisonburg! We take a jump into some of our favorite Harrisonburg-centric restaurant and bar stories.
Anyone with a little food service or hospitality industry experience will appreciate this conversation. Mike even shares his personally embarrassing piano moving story…
A Few Mentions:
Ruby’s Arcade - 1 bourbon, 1 scotch, and 1 pizza - https://rubysarcade.com/
Super Gr8 Film Festival 2025 - https://www.supergr8fest.com/
Dana - https://www.facebook.com/dana.sprowl
Jake - https://www.facebook.com/jake.burtner
Earthling - Extreme Metal from Harrisonburg VA - https://www.facebook.com/earthling.virginia/
No Lies Just Bullshit - A Harrisonburg Podcast - https://www.noliesjustbullshit.com/
Wednesday Oct 01, 2025
Wednesday Oct 01, 2025
This episode we celebrate creativity! We had a great Bingo Show and that energy transferred right to the podcast!
We hit upon the excitement of the coming days. Rocktoberfest, a Chris Howdyshell birthday celebration, happens at Restless Moons on October 1st. And then, we are happy to help promote the SuperGr8 Film Festival back at Court Square Theater on October 4th and 5th!
Last but not least, we share a sneak peak of a Chris Howdyshell song release, “The Universe,” which will be on all music platforms tomorrow! We discuss the process of how this song was produced - going from Jay’s recording space, to Ellen Atwood in New York, then off to Carl Brooks in Staunton, and finally back to Mike in Harrisonburg. Enjoy our collaborative effort of turning a Chris tune into a beautiful moment!
A Few Mentions:
Ruby’s Arcade - A creative’s pizza, an artist’s basement - https://rubysarcade.com/
Super Gr8 Film Festival 2025 - https://www.supergr8fest.com/
Rocktoberfest, October 1st at Restless Moons - https://www.facebook.com/events/restless-moons-brewing/rocktoberfest/1148951680422920/
Ivan Basil - https://www.facebook.com/ivan.basil.2025
Ellen Atwood - https://www.facebook.com/groups/108303025686440/user/1476615099/
Musiversal - Membership based service for recording resources - https://musiversal.com/
The Universe, by Chris Howdyshell, featuring Ellen Atwood - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/chrishowdyshell/the-universe-feat-ellen-atwood