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
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Wednesday May 10, 2023
After a devastating accident, our heroes take a step back to rethink and regroup.
Check out Patreon and Ko-Fi to catch up on Foul and Fair, and to find all sorts of other goodies
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Background music and sound effects:
Music: Romantic Interlude [Full version] by MusicLFiles
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/10421-romantic-interlude-full-version
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Forest Day, Ambience Only
Tabletop Audio
https://tabletopaudio.com
Mystical Rising Tonal Textures
The Hollywood Edge
https://hollywoodedge.com
Small Marketplace
Sword Coast Soundscapes
https://swordcoastsoundscapes.bandcamp.com
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 May 03, 2023
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Our heroes are ready to delve deeper into the tower than ever before. They'd better be careful, though...
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Background music and sound effects:
Yokai Forest (Ambience Only)
Tabletop Audio
https://tabletopaudio.com
Weeping Forest, and Industrial Area with Machines and Wind Ups and Downs
The Hollywood Edge
https://hollywoodedge.com
Torus
Zak
Elf Meditation by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5728-elf-meditation-preview
License: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/standard-license
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 Apr 26, 2023
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Reunited and it feels so good...we'd better hop on the moth and start progressing the plot!
Check out Patreon and Ko-Fi to catch up on Foul and Fair, and to find all sorts of other goodies
AND Our Store is a thing, with all your t-shirts, tote bags, stickers and more!
Background music and sound effects:
Forest Day (Ambiance Only)
Tabletop Audio
https://tabletopaudio.com
Small Marketplace
Sword Coast Soundscapes
https://swordcoastsoundscapes.bandcamp.com
Space Ambience with Low Sub Atmosphere, Rhythmic Pulse Textures with Crescendos and De Crescendos, Mystical Rising Tonal Textures, and Industrial Area with Machines and Wind Ups and Downs
The Hollywood Edge
https://hollywoodedge.com
Torus
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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Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Surprise, Machine Learning is back! The crew has reconvened to discuss the conclusion of book 2, which of course *just* happened, and get into the finer points of that one Simpsons episode.
Check out Patreon and Ko-Fi to catch up on Foul and Fair, and to find all sorts of other goodies
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Background music and sound effects:
On the Run
Joel Steudler
Elf Meditation by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5728-elf-meditation-preview
License: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/standard-license
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 Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
The barn-burning boar-based barn battle boils on! And we check in on a chicken.
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Background music and sound effects:
Suspenseful Spies, Witching Hour, and Sunny Afternoon
Joel Steudler
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 Apr 12, 2023
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
Most of our heroes, plus their new boar friend, investigate a tunnel, make some assumptions, and things get stinky, as they are wont to do.
Check out Patreon and Ko-Fi to catch up on Foul and Fair, and to find all sorts of other goodies
AND Our Store is a thing, with all your t-shirts, tote bags, stickers and more!
Background music and sound effects:
Yokai Forest
Tabletop Audio
Mischievous Minds
Joel Steudler
Outriders
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 Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Back in Torch, most of our heroes set out to take care of a very simple problem. You know, first town stuff. No big whup.
Check out Patreon and Ko-Fi to catch up on Foul and Fair, and to find all sorts of other goodies
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Background music and sound effects:
Country Village, Music Only, Middle-Earth Dawn, River Town, Music Only RMX, and Royal Court, Music Only
Tabletop Audio
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 Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
The sisters of the Smokewood are still standing, and they still mean business. And there might still be a horrible bug under that rock.
Check out Patreon and Ko-Fi to catch up on Foul and Fair, and to find all sorts of other goodies
AND Our Store is a thing, with all your t-shirts, tote bags, stickers and more!
Background music and sound effects:
Forest: Day (Ambiance Only), and Yokai Forest (Ambiance Only)
Tabletop Audio
Uplifting Shimmer Tones, Choral Texture Ambience, Slow Passing Metallic Shimmers, Mystic Whirling Tones with Crescendo at End, Sparse Spiritual Light Wave Textures, and Night Ambience with a Large Bed of High-Pitched and Mid-Range Crickets and Insects Loudly Humming
The Hollywood Edge
https://hollywoodedge.com
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 Twitter
Sunday Mar 26, 2023
Sunday Mar 26, 2023
Welcome to the big experiment! Meet Ian of Kensing, a man who's very late for work. Who musn't forget his medicine. Who mustn't listen to The Whisperer, no matter how insistent it grows. He's just gotten a very important letter.
Chapters 2 and 3 are available RIGHT NOW on our Patreon and Ko-Fi feeds for just $2 a month. New episodes will release on the last Sunday of every month. Sign up now to check out the story as it develops. Things are going to get dark for dear Ian....
AND Our Store is a thing, with all your t-shirts, tote bags, stickers and more!
The Following Supporters of Network Against the Machine contributed names to this story:
DaftProdigy: Dr. Plutony of Gwyth, Lumy of Gwyth, Sir Hors of Balting
Fizzgig: Pinzinger "Zin" of Gwyt, The QuicksilverRiver
Machinany Gun: "Barry" Cade of Gwyth
Bellandora: Annie of DuPont
Jason: "Flower" Delancey of Gwyth, The Rusty Gear
RaneZero: Inubrix Aldebaran
JRod, Fizzgig, and DaftProdigy: Potions by Plutony (formerly Potions in Motion)
Background music and sound effects:
Music: Night on the Docks - Trumpet by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4130-night-on-the-docks-trumpet
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
The Hearth Inn (Ambiance Only)
Tabletop Audio
Steady Sub-Tone with Slow Growl
The Hollywood Edge
https://thehollywoodedge.com
Music: Cocktails And Lobsters by Alexander Nakarada
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4791-cocktails-and-lobsters
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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 Twitter
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
After dealing with the softest robot of all, our heroes have to plot a new course through the forest. No matter what their track record with glowing things may be.
Our Patreon and Ko-Fi have just gotten much better! The Story Machine--in the form of a patron-exclusive story called Foul and Fair--starts releasing this weekend. All of the other details are spelled out on https://podagainstthemachine.com, in the intro to Machine Learning 15, and on, you know, the Patreon and Ko-Fi.
AND Our Store is a thing, with all your t-shirts, tote bags, stickers and more!
Background music and sound effects:
Forest: Day (Ambiance Only), and Yokai Forest (Ambiance Only)
Tabletop Audio
Space Ambience with Low Sub Atmosphere
The Hollywood Edge
https://hollywoodedge.com
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 Twitter