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Griffin McElroy was born on the 17th of April 1987 in Huntington, West Virginia. He grew up in a family that shaped the landscape of modern audio storytelling through his father's work on WTCR-FM's morning radio show.
Griffin McElroy worked as the weekend editor for Joystiq starting in 2007 and later co-founded Polygon in 2012. He served as a senior video producer at Polygon until 2018 when he left to prioritize his podcasting careers.
Griffin McElroy launched My Brother, My Brother and Me in 2010 as a comedy podcast that offered nonsensical yet heartfelt guidance on life's problems. The show became a cornerstone of the Maximum Fun network and inspired a television adaptation that aired on Seeso in 2017.
Griffin McElroy voiced dozens of non-player characters and managed the narrative flow of 69 episodes for the first campaign of The Adventure Zone. The show began with Dungeons & Dragons and evolved to include other game systems such as Monster of the Week.
Every American Thanksgiving since 2015, Griffin McElroy releases a podcast called Til Death Do Us Blart where the group watches and reviews the film Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. In 2020, they released a bonus episode where they watched the original Paul Blart: Mall Cop.
In 2021, a newly discovered species of millipede was named Nannaria mcelroyorum in recognition of the McElroy family's podcasts. This honor acknowledged the entertainment the family provided to scientists during their fieldwork in West Virginia and the wider Appalachian region.