Podcast Town 8 | Leavenworth, Washington

Welcome to Leavenworth, Washington, also known as Little Bavaria. Front Street is lined with Alpine-style buildings and restaurants serving German beer and food. The Nutcracker Museum displays thousands of nutcrackers, some dating back centuries.

The BIT Crew pays homage to Bavarian mainstays, including beer, pretzels, hot tubs, cold tubs, BMWs, Mini Coopers, Leiderhosen, the Bavarian flag, ice skating, polka music, and hot, hot goss!

You may even learn a few things about Bavaria that might be true!

Not only does everyone in Leavenworth seem to have a GoFundMe, they also have podcasts!

Enjoy the Leavenworth Podcast Network's 2025 lineup!

• Hot Tub Chat: Hosted by Flannery Feinberg and Buford Billingsly. They aren't having much luck finding a hot, hot tub, but they are charming and their on-site segments are often educational.
• Cold. Colder. Coldest. Rocky and Helmut (the Bavarian) host this delightful podcast. They mostly inform tourists on what to do in freezing weather; sometimes Rocky tries to find Bavaria on a map and learn German during the acclaimed "Helmut Teaches German" segments.
• In the Barrell? Jenny Winter and Spring Smith spill the tea and find the drama behind the town's annual March Fest (like Oktoberfest...but in March). These two aren't afraid to stir the pots and poke the bears. You never know which local character will be in their hot seat.

Sponsors include Snowball Jam 2025, Wilbur's Ice Skating Rink & Skating School, Barry's Ba Ba Bar, Johanna's Icicle Inn, Kristoff's Skintight Leiderhosen, Fritz's 24/7 Bail Bonds, March Fest Bier Garten, Beate Uhse, and Gunter's Grinder.

DIRECTOR/CREATOR: Billy Merritt
Editor/Producer: Hill Kane

CAST:

• Dean Aisles (Kristoff)
• Konrad Andrew (Buford Billingsly)
• Amber Bellsdale (Johanna of the Icicle Inn)
• Luke Bovard (Helmut the Bavarian)
• Hill Kane (Spring Smith)
• Yuehan Liu (Jenny Winter)
• Laura Powell (Rocky)
• Don Slovin (Barry and Organ Grinder)
• Jason Spiro (Fritz - formerly Frank)
• Katya Vasilaky (Wilbur)
• Flannery Wilson (Flannery Feinberg)

Special appearance by BILLY MERRITT as the Narrator.

"Podcast Town" Improv is part of The BIT Comedy Network.

MUSIC: "Memfish" performed by Little Kahunas | Produced by Peter Miller © Production Assistance from Jason Spiro (thank you)!

Audio Production & Graphics/Art by Hill Kane of Raising Kane Media + Marketing.

The Alpine Town sketch (but not the colored assets) was generated by AI.

Hosting Platform: Libsyn.com

"The BIT" and "The BIT Comedy Network" are Trademarks owned by Billy Merritt. © 2025 Billy Merritt - All Rights Reserved Inquiries + Notices + Requests: TheBitComedyNetwork@gmail.com