Hop a freight train with two hobos, a little girl, and her best friend who lives in a coffee can.

Hobo Code is the debut podcast from Hammer Canyon Productions. Created by Paul Pakler (Paul and Corey Cross the Streams on Fanbase Press) and Daytime Emmy-nominated writer Shane Portman (Tumble Leaf, Shape Island), it stars Becky Poole (AppleTV’s Strange Planet), Corey Rieger (Out of the Furnace), and Jake Robertson (The Sound of Liberty on Apple Podcasts), with Susan Ruttan (L.A. Law, Shameless, Sprung) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day, While You Were Sleeping).

It also features an original soundtrack composed by Maesa Pullman and engineered by Jason Hiller of Electrosound Records, featuring a full spectrum of folk, blues, and jazz music.

The series takes us to 1934, when eight-year-old Elizabeth “Buts” Wyland enlists the help of Gadabout Jack, an acerbic rambler, and Brother Isaac, a self-ordained monk, to run away from her aunt and uncle’s Alabama farm. The three travel America on a quixotic search for Buts’ parents in California.

Hobo Code is an epic journey spanning from the Roaring Twenties to the Great Depression, all the way to the Great Recession of 2008, in a story of love, loss, and whatever you can fit in your bindle.

Creators / Directors / Writers: Paul Pakler and Shane Portman

Executive Producers: David Switzer, Paul Pakler, Shane Portman

Producers: Ruth Gamble, Genevieve LeDoux

Original Music by: Maesa Pullman

cast

Becky Poole as Elizabeth “Buts” Wyland / Operator
Corey Rieger  as Brother Isaac / Nick Fanning
Jake Robertson as Gadabout Jack Broder
Susan Ruttan as Elizabeth “Buts” Collins / Mrs. Fanning
Bill Pullman as Old Jack
Tom Amandes as Judge Fanning / Carl Dunne / Sheriff
Dana Weddle as Margie / Aunt Rosemary / Margaret
Dave Droxler as Old Bindleback / Harry / Uncle Casy
Deneen Melody as Hanna / Alice Gregor / Betty
Will Von Vogt as GW Harwood
Kyle More as Greeny / Company Man 2
Corey Pepper as Mr. Harrison / Bob/ Game Show Host
Ruth Gamble as Missus Bestfriend / Jessica Torres
Dave Colan as HB Dixon/ Candy Store Owner / Company Man 3
Sam Rhodes as Fred Arlow
Biz Ellis as Mrs. Brennerman
Tobin Droxler as Don Robertson Jr.
Averie Surcka as Riley
Nia Surckla as Kayla
Paul Pakler as Thomas Percy / Horace / Newscaster
Shane Portman as Michael Reznick / Mr. Robertson / Police Officer

Trailer Narration by Marie Elena O’Brien

crew

Assistant Director: Ruth Gamble

Editor: Sam Rhodes

Music Engineer: Jason Hiller

Featured Musicians: Jack Pullman, Jason Hiller, Derrick Lightning, Becky Poole

Recorded at: LA Digital Recording & QED Studios Astoria

Audio Engineers: Kevin Cleland, Erik Nyquist

Audio Post Production: One Thousand Birds 

Original Sound Design & Mixing: Jackie! Zhou, Torin Geller, Kal Pipal 

One Thousand Birds Executive Producer: Guin Frehling

Development Producers: Joey Scarillo, Genevieve Gearity

Hobo Code Logo Design: Stefan Lawrence

Special Thanks to:
Fredi Bernstein, Julianna Carr, Maggie Carr, Mark Curry, Barbra Dillon, Bryant Dillon, Dave Droxler, Andrew Feliciano, Andrew Griffith, Billy Hepfinger, Nikki Hislop, Megan MacKenzie Lawrence, Stefan Lawrence, Brad Makarowski, Mandy Murphy, Chase Naylor, Andy Nordin, Marie Elena O’Brien, Jenna Pastuszek, Nicole Pellegrino, The Playground Experiment, Chelsey Shannon, Jonthan Spivey, Chelsea Stardust, Rachel Stevens, Tetra Stories, Dana Weddle and Sanora Babb, Elizabeth Cotten, & Woody Guthrie