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
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Welcome back to Machine Learning: A Pod About the Machine, from Pod Against the Machine, the only podcast with a supplementary podcast with a twenty-five word title. Today we recap the episodes from September, talk about how great Sam is, and then suffer through his terrible audio at the end of the episode because he wasn't paying attention and recorded with the wrong microphone! Plus, we've got a special treat: a trailer from our friends at Dimension Door!
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
Dimension Door Trailer
Dimension Door
https://www.dimensiondoorpodcast.com/
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Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Now that everyone is safe, let's have a look around, eh? There are probably lots of wholesome sights to see and there is probably no reason this place is called a "grave," right?
#PaizoAccountability
We’re late to the party, and many others have already said it much better than we could, but here goes. We are saddened and deeply disturbed by the allegations leveled against Paizo management and demand accountability from leadership. We condemn the wrongful treatment of members of LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and other marginalized communities. We encourage Paizo management to take appropriate, tangible, measurable actions to address these issues. We encourage the burgeoning Scrapper community to keep being as awesome and inclusive as you’ve always been, and to show your support to current and past Paizo creators in the coming days.
For more information and ways to help and stay up-to-date on the situation, check the latest on the #PaizoAccountability hashtag on Twitter. If you'd like to reach out to some of the people who work so hard to create the games and content we love, or find ways to support them, try starting with this link. It's by no means a complete reference, but hopefully it helps.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder2e/comments/ppx6y4/on_the_unsung_heroes_at_paizo/
Background music and sound effects:
Outriders
Zak
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Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
It's time for the Very Capable Four to visit the happiest place on earth! Err...Golarion. I mean, they're smiling, right?
#PaizoAccountability
We’re late to the party, and many others have already said it much better than we could, but here goes. We are saddened and deeply disturbed by the allegations leveled against Paizo management and demand accountability from leadership. We condemn the wrongful treatment of members of LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and other marginalized communities. We encourage Paizo management to take appropriate, tangible, measurable actions to address these issues. We encourage the burgeoning Scrapper community to keep being as awesome and inclusive as you’ve always been, and to show your support to current and past Paizo creators in the coming days.
For more information and ways to help and stay up-to-date on the situation, check the latest on the #PaizoAccountability hashtag on Twitter. If you'd like to reach out to some of the people who work so hard to create the games and content we love, or find ways to support them, try starting with this link. It's by no means a complete reference, but hopefully it helps.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder2e/comments/ppx6y4/on_the_unsung_heroes_at_paizo/
Background music and sound effects:
Tabletop Audio
Under the Hill Battle Theme
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 Sep 22, 2021
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
The gang gets their steps in. Asher's backup career is in meteorology. Surely that episode title references something, but it's probably not important....
#PaizoAccountability
We’re late to the party, and many others have already said it much better than we could, but here goes. We are saddened and deeply disturbed by the allegations leveled against Paizo management and demand accountability from leadership. We condemn the wrongful treatment of members of LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and other marginalized communities. We encourage Paizo management to take appropriate, tangible, measurable actions to address these issues. We encourage the burgeoning Scrapper community to keep being as awesome and inclusive as you’ve always been, and to show your support to current and past Paizo creators in the coming days.
For more information and ways to help and stay up-to-date on the situation, check the latest on the #PaizoAccountability hashtag on Twitter. If you'd like to reach out to some of the people who work so hard to create the games and content we love, or find ways to support them, try starting with this link. It's by no means a complete reference, but hopefully it helps.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder2e/comments/ppx6y4/on_the_unsung_heroes_at_paizo/
Background music and sound effects:
https://soundcloud.com/royaltyfreekings
Outriders
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 Sep 15, 2021
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Dragon fight? We've got a dragon fight! And everyone knows the rules for mounted combat super well.
Background music and sound effects:
Parsemoth by Dave Deville
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8230-parsemoth
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Mountain Pass
Tabletop Audio
https://TabletopAudio.com
Outriders
Zak
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Remember to check out https://podagainstthemachine.com for show transcripts, player biographies, and more.
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Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Welcome to Machine Learning: A Pod About the Machine, from Pod Against the Machine, the only podcast with a supplementary podcast with a twenty-five word title. In this episode, we revisit the episodes that released in August, spend a little time at the Moulin Rouge, and get a preview of To Have and To Roll's book 3!
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
To Have and to Roll Trailer
To Have and to Roll
https://www.tohaveandtoroll.com/
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Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
We finally head out on our grand adventure...but one of our heroes finds that moving on is not so easy. Perhaps the Very Capable Four will have to become an oddly-named trio....
Background music and sound effects:
Mystery Bazaar by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4107-mystery-bazaar
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Burning Village, Sun-dappled trail (ambiance only), Stables (ambiance only), and Lonesome West (No horse no rain)
Tabletop Audio
https://TabletopAudio.com
Modern Heavier Theme #1
Heavy Riffs Full Collection
Andrey Sitkov
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Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
In this week's episode, the Very Capable Four meet their greatest challenge to date: a quiet dinner with Kera's family. Will their manners be an embarrassment? Will the chicken the purchased prove to be a socially acceptable offering? AHHHHHH!
Background music and sound effects:
Chill by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3499-chill
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Spacial Winds by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3883-spacial-winds
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Tavern Music, and Elegant Dinner Party
Tabletop Audio
https://TabletopAudio.com
Country Night Ambience with Crickets and Insects Chirping and Buzzing and Frogs Calling
The Hollywood Edge
https://www.hollywoodedge.com/
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Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
In the very first episode of the very second book, the Very Capable Four catch up with some old friends. And some old shopping. And some important Torch traditions.
Congratulations to the winners of our sticker giveaway, and thank you to everyone who participated! Stay tuned, we'll theoretically have stickers available in some kind of store...someday.
Background music and sound effects:
Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Blacksmith Shoppe, Magic Shoppe, Arcane Clockworks and Desert Winds
Tabletop Audio
https://TabletopAudio.com
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Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
In the final episode of Book 1 of Iron Gods, the Very Capable Four have a one-sided conversation, revisit some old haunts, and say goodbye to the ship under the hill.
There are still a few days left to enter our sticker giveaway! Leave a review for Pod Against the Machine on any podcast service--think Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Podcast Addict and the like--and let us know with a screenshot to @PodVsMachine on Twitter, PodAgainsttheMachine@gmail.com, or on our Discord for a chance to win a four pack of world-premiere shiny PodStickers! The contest runs until 8/21, and the winners will be announced in the intro to episode 36!
Background music and sound effects:
Quiet Theme 4 and Power Theme 3
Andrey Sitkov
Fantasy Dramatic and Peaceful music pack
Industrial Area with Machines and Wind-Ups and Downs and Airy Distant Machine Room Drone
The Hollywood Edge
https://www.hollywoodedge.com/
Protean Fields, Star Freighter, and Underground Lake
Tabletop Audio
https://TabletopAudio.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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