The podcast started as a monthly episodes featuring news, interviews and discussions about The Dark Crystal franchise hosted and produced by Philip Mitchell since August 2014.
Over the five years of the podcasts history, Philip has interviewed many guests on Trial By Stone including Cheryl Henson (founder of DarkCrystal.com and board of directors at The Jim Henson Company), J.M. Lee (author of The Dark Crystal Young Adult Novel series, staff writer on The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance), Brian Jay Jones (author of Jim Henson: The Biography), Toby Philpott (puppeteer on The Dark Crystal) and Timothy Clarke (Mystic Design and Fabrication Supervisor on The Dark Crystal), Matthew Dow Smith (writer of The Dark Crystal Creation Myths Volume III), Caseen Gaines (The Dark Crystal: Ultimate Visual History) and many more.
In 2018, the podcast was expanded to include two additional podcasts, The Gathering Songs and The Dark Crystal Minute, expanding from one to three shows a month.
In 2019, with the upcoming release of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, the podcast has added two co-hosts to the show, Jaime Prater and Ethan Davie.
In mid 2019 ‘The Gathering Songs’ and ‘The Dark Crystal Minute’ are put on a hiatus in July 2019, to focus on upcoming content with the release of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.