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
Apr 5, 2023
Apr 5, 2023
1 hr 15 min
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
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Mar 29, 2023
Mar 29, 2023
1 hr 49 min
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
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Mar 26, 2023
Mar 26, 2023
18 min
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.
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Mar 22, 2023
Mar 22, 2023
1 hr 20 min
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
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Mar 19, 2023
Mar 19, 2023
1 min
Foul and Fair: Is Whispering Nothing is coming to Patreon and Ko-Fi on 3/26. Just $2 will get you every episode of this new monthly show!
The Whisperer awaits a sacrifice....
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Background music and sound effects:
Vocals by Alexandra Drotz Ruhn
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
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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Mar 15, 2023
Mar 15, 2023
1 hr 17 min
It's time to say goodbye to Iadenveigh, to the Old Stag Daily, to some dear friends, and some money, before we're off to the woods to make new friends.
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 on 3/26. 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:
Quiet Theme #4 (looped) and Quiet Theme #5 (looped)
Andrew Sitkov
Forest: Day (Ambiance Only), and Fishing Village (Ambiance 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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Mar 8, 2023
Mar 8, 2023
1 hr 14 min
After a short break to, you know, not die, our heroes are at it again. Surely they will try something safer this time. One would think.
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 on 3/26. 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:
Music: Gymnopedie by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/222-gymnopedie
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Huge spaceship interior ambience
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
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Mar 1, 2023
Mar 1, 2023
2 hr 16 min
Join us for the thrilling conclusion of our Hopefinder adventure with Jason Bulmahn, as things get a bit darker, a bit more hopeless, and a bunch more violent. I hope you weren't attached to these survivors...
Our Patreon and Ko-Fi have just gotten much better! All the details are spelled out on https://podagainstthemachine.com, in the intro to Machine Learning 15, and on, you know, the Patreon and Ko-Fi. New benefits start dropping very soon.
AND Our Store is a thing, with all your t-shirts, tote bags, stickers and more!
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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Feb 26, 2023
Feb 26, 2023
1 hr 52 min
Welcome back to Jimmy Fame Presents Bonus Against the Machine: More Pod for your Bod, sponsored by Charlie Th'Lizardfolk's Chicken Emporium: More Cluck for your Buck! In this installment, guest Narrator Jason Bulmahn (inventor of Pathfinder and Hopefinder) runs us through Holiday Horror, an adventure he wrote for Hopefinder, a Pathfinder 2e hack he wrote as well, as part of Third Party Kon! Join Zak, Jeff, Gero, and Sam as survivors of a zombie apocalypse who are just trying to get some Christmas presents for the children of the Free Ballard Zone.
Make sure to stop in and listen to Jeff and Sam on Hideous Laughter Productions Zone of Truth on 2/27! They definitely won't reveal how many cats Sam has.
Our Patreon and Ko-Fi have just gotten much better! All the details are spelled out on https://podagainstthemachine.com, in the intro to Machine Learning 15, and on, you know, the Patreon and Ko-Fi. New benefits start dropping very soon.
AND Our Store is a thing, with all your t-shirts, tote bags, stickers and more!
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
Feb 22, 2023
Feb 22, 2023
1 hr 18 min
Nothing can stop our group of adventurers. Not tumor blobs, not robots, and certainly not doors or warning signs.
Our Hopefinder game with special guest GM Jason Bulmahn the audio feed Sunday, and then part 2 will drop in the normal new episode slot next Wednesday. Prepare to get some holiday cheer, and some extra pod for your bod.
Make sure to stop in and listen to Jeff and Sam on Hideous Laughter Productions Zone of Truth on 2/27! They definitely won't reveal how many cats Sam has.
Our Patreon and Ko-Fi have just gotten much better! All the details are spelled out on https://podagainstthemachine.com, in the intro to Machine Learning 15, and on, you know, the Patreon and Ko-Fi. New benefits start dropping very soon.
AND Our Store is a thing, with all your t-shirts, tote bags, stickers and more!
Background music and sound effects:
Music: Gymnopedie by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/222-gymnopedie
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Music: Spy Story: The Agent by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/84-spy-story-the-agent
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Retro Casual Theme #6
Retro Casual Music Pack
Andrew Sitkov
Pattern Recognition, Burn Maneuver, Forest: Day, and Yokai Forest
Tabletop Audio
https://tabletopaudio.com
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
Follow @podvsmachine on Twitter