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Oh My Gob! An In Depth Deliberation with John Goblikon

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.79.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

John Goblikon of Nekrogoblikon joins to break down his life as a 30,000-year-old goblin navigating humans, music, comedy, and podcasting! John explains what goblins REALLY are (and why trolls are the enemy), growing up in Reseda with a human family, getting bullied in high school, and how a corporate sales job unexpectedly changed his life. He shares the insane story behind Nekrogoblikon’s viral “No One Survives” video (thanks to  Diplo), how it blew up the internet, and how he went from band mascot to frontman (thanks to Post Malone). Plus, John talks about launching his own podcast “Right Now with John Goblikon,” building a stand-up comedy career (including bombing… or were audiences just following goblin rules?), performing at major comedy festivals, and his surprising connection to wrestling, including a wild TNA appearance and why he wants to settle his beef with trolls in the squared circle! He also gets into dating as a goblin, fame vs. authenticity, touring the world with metal fans, and why 2026 might include his own sitcom. All that… and Chris tries to figure out where goblins actually come from. Watch “Right Now with John Goblikon”: https://johngoblikon.com/ Talk Is Jericho is available on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/ChrisJerichoFozzy Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe, and hit the🔔to stay updated on new episodes! More from Chris Jericho: 📸 Instagram: @chrisjerichofozzy | @talkisjericho 🎵 TikTok: @ChrisJericho 🐦 Twitter/X: @IAmJericho | @TalkIsJericho 🌐 Website: https://www.webisjericho.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:43.3

I am super excited after almost 1,300 episodes of Talk is Jericho.

0:48.3

You are my first goblin guest, John Goblican, is here.

0:53.3

Oh my God, Chris, that means so much to me. I'm so glad you didn't have the other ones on. You know? Are there other goblums out in the entertainment world? Yeah, I mean, not... I wouldn't say there's too many in the comedy space, but they're around. I mean, if you've ever been on a New York subway, you've probably run into a few. Yeah.

1:14.3

Let's say like Ghalm, would that count as a goblin?

1:20.1

Yeah, I mean, he's, it's kind of like I related to Ghalm in the same way like you're related to like dolphins.

1:21.7

You know what I mean?

1:22.0

It's like, you're all mammals, but it's like we're not really like.

1:25.3

Our goblins, we're just jumping right into this. I mean, we might as well. It's okay, Chris. I know this is a gotcha podcast. I know they're going to ask all the tough questions. Well, you know, we got to address the goblin in the room. Yeah, absolutely. Here, basically. And then talk a little bit about what exactly a goblin is. Like, what's your background, John?

1:45.0

Well, yeah. So I do want to get out in front of this and just kind of like, there's a lot of misconceptions about creatures, you know, and let's go ahead and remove the word mythical because like, you know, I mean, it's like, I'm here. We're real. We're around. You know, we're here. We're green. So it's like an easy rule of thumb is kind of like if you're being asked a riddle, that's a troll. Okay. Okay. Yeah. But if the thing, the creature is too dumb to formulate a riddle, that's an ogre. Oh. Okay. Okay. But if they're too dumbed to formulate a riddle and they're asking you to sign up for Expedia, that's a gnome. Okay. Okay. Now, if they're too dumb to come up with a riddle, they're kind of speaking in riddles, they're asking you to sign up for a bunch of stuff. That's a podcaster. So, okay. Yeah. Gotcha. a goblin is just kind of on top of all of those Yes, correct, correct.

2:36.6

And goblinslin is just kind of a on top of all of those.

2:35.7

Yes, correct, correct. And Goblins, we're kind of like, we get a bad rap, but honestly, like, we're kind of like the cool ones. You know what I mean? Like, we, we kind of, we do care about what people think about is probably too much, you know. And I think like a lot of times we get a lot of people use the T word, you know, troll

2:53.9

and stuff like that, but like we, we the trolls like we got a long, longstanding beef, you

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