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 Nov 05, 2025
Wednesday Nov 05, 2025
Perhaps if we devised some kind of rotating resistance slumber party....
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Background music and sound effects:
Suspenseful Spies
Joel Steudler
Middle Earth Dawn
Tabletop Audio
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Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
What's this!? It's a Halloween Special Super Sized Delta Green Oneshot Featuring Adam From Strange Table Fellows and Lunar and Jackson From 25 North!? I hope we see some character death!
If you're into swears, check out the version on our Patreon--free for all, and extra spicy.
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Background music and sound effects:
Alien Hiss FX 3 by giddster
https://freesound.org/s/386443/
License: Attribution 4.0
Headless Horseman by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Horror Theme #4
Andrew Sitkov
Forest (Night), and Nightlands
Tabletop Audio
Ancient Grounds, and Puppet
Ovani Sound
Avenger
Cinematic Metal
Joel Steudler
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Wednesday Oct 22, 2025
Wednesday Oct 22, 2025
You know what they say: you can take the character out of the Jeff, but you can't take the Jeff out of the Technic League.
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Background music and sound effects:
Quiet Theme #5 (Looped)
Andrew Sitkov
Yokai Forest (Ambience Only), Den of Iniquity, and Tinkertown
Tabletop Audio
Catoptricon
Zak
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Wednesday Oct 15, 2025
Wednesday Oct 15, 2025
Sometimes there's fighting in this podcast.
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Background music and sound effects:
The Drift
Ovani Sound
Catoptricon
Zak
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Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
Who is the mysteriously motivational man? Write in!
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Background music and sound effects:
Talisman
Joel Steudler
Dark City, Tinkerer's Workshop, and Royal Court
Tabletop Audio
https://tabletopaudio.com
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Wednesday Oct 01, 2025
Wednesday Oct 01, 2025
Alternate titles include: Cop Juice and Old Country ASMR
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Background music and sound effects:
Where the Winds Roam
Original music by Marllon Silva (xDeviruchi)
https://www.youtube.com/xdeviruchi
Dark City, Den of Iniquity, and Thieves Guild
Tabletop Audio
https://tabletopaudio.com
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Wednesday Sep 24, 2025
Wednesday Sep 24, 2025
We've got some scheduling difficulties, so most of the gang gets together to discuss the end of Book 4 and take some listener questions!
Oh yeah, and check out Kitten Marlowe and Shrimp and Crits, two awesome Actual Plays whose trailers you might hear in this episode.
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Background music and sound effects:
Elf Meditation by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5728-elf-meditation-preview
License: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/standard-license
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Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
It's a brand new day, Terazi has a new job, and everything is normal in Starfall.
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Background music and sound effects:
A Vow
Ovani Music
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Wednesday Sep 10, 2025
Wednesday Sep 10, 2025
It's time to get to know The Shade.
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Background music and sound effects:
Lost Contact, Between Adventures, and Den of Iniquity
Tabletop Audio
Email us at PodAgainsttheMachine@gmail.com
Remember to check out https://podagainstthemachine.com for show transcripts, player biographies, and more.
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Sunday Sep 07, 2025
Sunday Sep 07, 2025
Join us for the thrilling conclusion of our playthrough to the Royals TTRPG. Will our intrepid heroes make the team!? Will the Machines rise up and destroy them all? Who can say?
Use this link: https://www.gofevo.com/event/Tabletoprpg2 to purchase discounted tickets to the Royals/Mariner's TTRPG Night game on 09/17!
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.
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Background music and sound effects:
Sound Effects by freesound_community, and Michael Koenig
Under the Hill Battle Theme, Outriders, 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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