Welcome to Pod Against the Machine, the only Actual Play podcast that specifically mentions its opposition to the machine in the title. We’re a ragtag group of five creating an epic story while playing through the Iron Gods Pathfinder First Edition adventure path from Paizo publishing. It’s like Dungeons and Dragons, complete with wizards, monsters, and skeletons...but with an added bonus of evil robots and horrifying aliens, all tied together with our (hopefully) funny banter, interesting characters, and edge-of-your-seat action.
Episodes
5 days ago
5 days ago
Catching up with friends, old and new. And very old.
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Background music and sound effects:
Dungeon II Mechanical, Interrogation Room, Middle-Earth Dawn, and RavenPuff Commons
Tabletop Audio
https://tabletopaudio.com
Email us at PodAgainsttheMachine@gmail.com
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Wednesday Mar 04, 2026
Wednesday Mar 04, 2026
There's a lot to unpack down here.
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Background music and sound effects:
Feast of Crispian, and Dungeon II Mechanical
Tabletop Audio
https://tabletopaudio.com
Catoptricon
Zak
Email us at PodAgainsttheMachine@gmail.com
Remember to check out https://podagainstthemachine.com for show transcripts, player biographies, and more.
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Wednesday Feb 25, 2026
Wednesday Feb 25, 2026
Seventeen monitors! Can you believe the luxury?
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Background music and sound effects:
Interrogation Room, and Dungeon II Mechanical
Tabletop Audio
https://tabletopaudio.com
Elf Meditation
Kevin MacLeod
Catoptricon, Torus, Sepulcrum, Outriders, and Under The Hill
Zak
Email us at PodAgainsttheMachine@gmail.com
Remember to check out https://podagainstthemachine.com for show transcripts, player biographies, and more.
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Wednesday Feb 18, 2026
Wednesday Feb 18, 2026
Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, you can't get planted again.
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Background music and sound effects:
Dungeon II Mechanical
Tabletop Audio
https://tabletopaudio.com
The Journey Begins
Joel Steudler
Outriders, and Under The Hill
Zak
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Remember to check out https://podagainstthemachine.com for show transcripts, player biographies, and more.
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Wednesday Feb 11, 2026
Wednesday Feb 11, 2026
Does this door sound wet to you?
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Background music and sound effects:
Xingu Nights
Tabletop Audio
https://tabletopaudio.com
Desolate Underground City Ambience
The Hollywood Edge
Catoptricon
Zak
Email us at PodAgainsttheMachine@gmail.com
Remember to check out https://podagainstthemachine.com for show transcripts, player biographies, and more.
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Wednesday Feb 04, 2026
Wednesday Feb 04, 2026
Everyone has a good brain day.
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Background music and sound effects:
Desolate Underground City Ambience
The Hollywood Edge
Catoptricon, Sepulcrum, and Torus
Zak
Email us at PodAgainsttheMachine@gmail.com
Remember to check out https://podagainstthemachine.com for show transcripts, player biographies, and more.
Stop by our Discord server to talk about the show: https://discord.gg/TVv9xnqbeW
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Wednesday Jan 28, 2026
Wednesday Jan 28, 2026
Just another day in the basement full of murderers.
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Background music and sound effects:
Desolate Underground City Ambience
The Hollywood Edge
Catoptricon, Sepulcrum, and Torus
Zak
Email us at PodAgainsttheMachine@gmail.com
Remember to check out https://podagainstthemachine.com for show transcripts, player biographies, and more.
Stop by our Discord server to talk about the show: https://discord.gg/TVv9xnqbeW
Follow @podvsmachine on Bluesky
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Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
I love your sparkles, but I have to kill you.
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AND Our Store is a thing, with all your t-shirts, tote bags, stickers and more!
Background music and sound effects:
Yokai Forest (Ambience Only), andQuiet Cove (Music Only)
Tabletop Audio
Original music by Marllon Silva (xDeviruchi)
https://www.youtube.com/xdeviruchi
Elf Meditation
Kevin MacLeod
Catoptricon, Sepulcrum, Outriders, Under the Hill Battle Theme and Torus
Zak
Email us at PodAgainsttheMachine@gmail.com
Remember to check out https://podagainstthemachine.com for show transcripts, player biographies, and more.
Stop by our Discord server to talk about the show: https://discord.gg/TVv9xnqbeW
Follow @podvsmachine on Bluesky
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Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
It's time to level up and smash to robots!
We encourage you to check out our Patreon and/or Ko-Fi, as they've got sweet sweet benefits and also you can help support your favorite show.
AND Our Store is a thing, with all your t-shirts, tote bags, stickers and more!
Background music and sound effects:
The Mighty Kingdom
Original music by Marllon Silva (xDeviruchi)
https://www.youtube.com/xdeviruchi
Desolate Underground City Ambience
The Hollywood Edge
Catoptrico, and Torus
Zak
Email us at PodAgainsttheMachine@gmail.com
Remember to check out https://podagainstthemachine.com for show transcripts, player biographies, and more.
Stop by our Discord server to talk about the show: https://discord.gg/TVv9xnqbeW
Follow @podvsmachine on Bluesky
Find us on Reddit, Instagram, and Facebook as well.
Wednesday Jan 07, 2026
Wednesday Jan 07, 2026
The First Sovereign is ready to have a civil chat.
We encourage you to check out our Patreon and/or Ko-Fi, as they've got sweet sweet benefits and also you can help support your favorite show.
AND Our Store is a thing, with all your t-shirts, tote bags, stickers and more!
Background music and sound effects:
Modern Heavier Theme #1
Andrew Sitkov
Desolate Underground City Ambience
The Hollywood Edge
Catoptricon
Zak
Email us at PodAgainsttheMachine@gmail.com
Remember to check out https://podagainstthemachine.com for show transcripts, player biographies, and more.
Stop by our Discord server to talk about the show: https://discord.gg/TVv9xnqbeW
Follow @podvsmachine on Bluesky
Find us on Reddit, Instagram, and Facebook as well.