Party of One Podcast

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One part interview, and one part improv storytelling through games. A podcast about getting to know artists and entertainers through the shared, universal act of play. Each episode, host Jeff Stormer sits down with a guest one-on-one to play a game, tell a story, and have the kinds of experiences that can only occur when creative processes are allowed to run wild. There’s laughs, surprises, occasionally a few tears… it’s a good time.

478 - Zoetrope with Myq Kaplan
Myq is a standup comedian of over 20 years, who has appeared on the Tonight Show, Conan, Letterman, James Corden, Seth Meyers, Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing, and America’s Got Talent. He's also the host of Broccoli and Ice Cream and The Faucet, and his latest special, Rini, developed with his partner of over a decade, is available on YouTube right now.We sat down to build a superhero world and celebrate our mutual love of comic books and big ideas in a game of Zoetrope, a superhero worldbuilding game about creating a comic book universe.MYQ KAPLAN: https://myqkaplan.com/WATCH RINI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0uf9i_z-AwZOETROPE: https://metagame.itch.io/zoetropeALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comSupport this podcast at —
FEED DROP: Comic Sans, S04E01: Through a Life — A Matter of Perspective
Hey Party People! A little holiday treat for you: A feed drop of one of my favorite shows, about a topic that is extremely important to me: Comic books.Enjoy this episode of Comic Sans, and then check out the show wherever you get your podcasts!---Earlier today, the R.S.S. Comic Sans returned safely to Earth after its slingshot voyage around the sun, making Yan and Nat the first — and last — podcast hosts to go to space. As the details of their mission are top secret, they'll instead spend today's press conference discussing the graphic novel "Through a Life" by Tom Haugomat, dissing AI art, and doing Charlton Heston impressions. Refreshments will be served.---In this episode, Nat reads the entire graphic novel.Show notes and bibliography available here.Hear an interesting ad? Learn more about our advertisers here.If you enjoyed the show, consider supporting us on Patreon! You'll get access to the exclusive Comic Sans Aftershow, ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more.And tag us @comicsanspod on Instagram and Bluesky — we'd love to hear from you!---00:00 - Welcome to Season Four!04:24 - Introducing "Through a Life"12:31 - Nat's Five Words14:36 - Discussion53:21 - Yan's Final Questions59:46 - Up Next on Comic Sans---Comic Sans is an Andas Productions podcast hosted by Myle Yan Tay and Nathaniel Mah, produced by Scott Lee Chua and Roshan Singh Sambhi. Edited by Maddy Searle (audio) and Kit Ling Leong (video). Cover art by Isabel Fang. Motion graphics animation by Knikni Studio (Maryana Rudakova).And a huge thank you to the members of our Patreon Inner Circle: Eugene Choo,
Party of One Says Go Birds (LIVE) - 003 - Moonlight On Roseville Beach with Richard Ruane
Moonlight On Roseville Beach is a game of 70s queer disco horror, in which residents of the queerest little town on Rose Island get wrapped up in the increasingly arcane and disturbing mysteries happening just past the edges of perception.The game's designer, Richard Ruane, joined me live at Unity Java - Umbria to meet the island's newest resident, and discover what nightmares were waiting for them.MOONLIGHT ON ROSEVILLE BEACH: https://r-rook.itch.io/moonlight-on-roseville-beachALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
477 - Songs & Sagas with Frankie Kevich
Frankie is an actor and voice actor whose work you can hear right now as one of the main characters in Silent Hill F, as well as in the upcoming film The VelociPastor 2. We sat down to tell a post-apocalyptic fantasy horror adventure in Songs and Sagas, an axes & runes RPG about exploring the world after Ragnarok and carving out a home in the desolate wastes.FRANKIE KEVICH: https://www.frankiekevich.com/SILENT HILL F: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2947440/SILENT_HILL_f/SONGS AND SAGAS: https://songsandsagas.farirpgs.com/ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
476 - Dead Belt with Ty
Ty is the host of Side Character Quest, a 2-player actual play podcast in which every adventure follows the unique story of a single character in a larger, interconnected fantasy world.We sat down to play Dead Belt, an RPG of space cowboys digging into derelict spaceships. Can our heroes collect their payload and get home safely before the terrors of space kill them before they can cash their check?SIDE CHARACTER QUEST: https://www.sidecharacterquest.com/DEAD BELT: https://acoupleofdrakes.itch.io/deadbeltALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Party of One 10th Anniversary Audience Q&A Spectacular
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the podcast, Jeff sat down with friend of the show Audrey (from Alone At the Table) to answer YOUR listener questions... and to shit-talk the movie Twisters. Just a little.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
475 - Time to Drop with Emma Shannon
Emma is host of Unnatural Selection on the Moonshot Podcast Network, about film adaptations of books, the weird choices Hollywood makes, and what actually constitutes a “good” adaptation. He's also a cast member on Interstitial Infinity (an Actual Play podcast about troubled pop culture teens on the Infinity Train) and Dead Teen House Party, a rewatch podcast of MTV's Scream series.We geared up, gathered our crew, and pulled the job of the century in fellow Moonshot podcast bestie Marn Lastname's Time to Drop, a time loop heist game about a group of thieves forced to pull off the same job again... and again... and again... and again... and again... and again...TIME TO DROP: https://marns.itch.io/time-to-dropUNNATURAL SELECTION: https://moonshotpods.com/unnatural-selection/DEAD TEEN HOUSE PARTY: https://moonshotpods.com/dead-teen-house-party/INTERSTITIAL INFINITY: https://moonshotpods.com/rhataf/FOLLOW EMMA ON SOCIAL MEDIA: https://bsky.app/profile/crabmoney.bsky.socialALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-p
474 - The Time We Have with Elliot Davis
Elliot is the designer of some of my favorite games, including Project ECCO, which we played on the 400th episode of the show. We sat down for a truly heartbreaking game of The Time We Have, a TTRPG about two brothers on opposite sides of a door, staring down the inevitable amidst a zombie apocalypse.CW: Grief, trauma, familial terminal illness, body horrorTHE TIME WE HAVE: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/moreblueberries/the-time-we-have?ref=Po1ELLIOT DAVIS: https://www.moreblueberries.com/ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Special Episode: Inside the Podcaster's Studio with Alex Flanigan
As part of our 10th anniversary celebration week, my dear friend Alex Flanigan sits down with me to chat about the journey of making a podcast for ten years, and what makes Party of One the show that it is.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
473 - The Cryptid Show with Mike Schubert
Mike is a longtime podcaster, and host of the show The Newest Olympian, which seeks to answer the question, "Has society been sleeping on the Percy Jackson series?". His new show, Professional Talkers, is a comedic advice podcast all about navigating life's awkward conversations with Sequoia Simone.We wanted to talk about working in audio, and coming to the artform of podcasting, and so we sat down for a delightful game of The Cryptid Show, a two-player conversational RPG about a call-in radio show host answering a caller's questions about their recent supernatural experience. It was a DELIGHT.MIKE SCHUBERT: https://www.schub.es/THE NEWEST OLYMPIAN: https://www.thenewestolympian.com/PROFESSIONAL TALKERS: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalTalkersTHE CRYPTID SHOW: https://ttrpg.link/cryptidshowALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Kicking Off Party of One's 10th Anniversary Week: A Quick Thank You
Thanks for 10 years. Here's to many more.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
472 - The God of Spite and Violence (Character Creation) with Teddy Ren
Teddy Ren is a comedian, writer, singer/songwriter, mental health advocate, and all-around entertainer (and as someone who wears a lot of creative hats... I get it. I respect it.). We sat down to build characters and explore the world of The God of Spite And Violence, a game inspired by stories like Monkey Man, Kill Bill, and John Wick.TEDDY REN: https://www.youtube.com/MrTeddyRenFOLLOW TEDDY ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/teddyren/THE GOD OF SPITE AND VIOLENCE: https://therisingtithes.itch.io/spiteandviolenceALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
471 - Tapestry with Kaitlin Bruder
Kaitlin is one of the producers behind Thin Places Radio, an award-winning short-form fiction podcast in the shape of a radio show from nowhere, in which the mysterious Host comes responds to real voicemails from actual callers with supernaturally sentimental anecdotes and advice. She's also a streamer, actual play performer, artist, and designer--a fellow wearer of many creative hats.We sat down for a session of Kaitlin's favorite game, Tapestry, an interpretive card-based RPG of weaving character's stories together, and coming to witness the tanged, densely interconnected threads and patterns that result.KAITLIN BRUDER: https://www.bruderkaitlin.com/THIN PLACES RADIO: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/thin-places-radio/messageTAPESTRY: https://mr-matthew.itch.io/tapestryALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
470 - Hunt(er/ed) with Cate Osborn
Cate is an author, podcaster, ADHD educator & advocate, kinkster and Shakespeare nerd. She hosts Sorry I Missed This, an everything guide to ADHD and relationships, and her new book, The ADHD Field Guide For Adults, drops in March. She's also running vampire games at literal Castle Dracula as one of the GMs of Danube of the Damned, which is one of the coolest sentences I've ever gotten to write.We got deep in the weeds on backyard concerts, monsters, lost identities, and tense showdowns between hunter and hunted in HUNTER(ER/ED) by Dillin Apelyan and Meghan Cross.CATE OSBORN: https://catieosaurus.com/linksTHE ADHD FIELD GUIDE FOR ADULTS: https://catieosaurus.com/the-adhd-field-guideSORRY I MISSED THIS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sorry-i-missed-this-the-everything-guide-to-adhd/id1751292386DANUBE OF THE DAMNED: https://brancastle.gamingatsea.com/ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries:
469 - For the Queen with Anjali Bhimani
Anjali is a writer, producer, and actress in games (Borderlands 4, Overwatch), TV (Ms. Marvel), animation (Tales of the TMNT, X-Men '97), and Actual Play (Critical Role, Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!). She's currently a producer and guest player on the national tour of The Twenty Sided Tavern, and a player in the upcoming genre-bending AP Tales From Woodcreek, as well as the DM (Doggy Master) on the 2nd annual Puppy Roll, raising money for Petco Love.We sat down to play one of Anajli's favorite games of all time (and mine as well), the incredibly influential For the Queen. The Queen has a difficult journey ahead. She has chosen her most loyal subjects. But can they be trusted? And at the end of the day... can the Queen?ANJALI BHIMANI: https://linktr.ee/sweeetanjTHE TWENTY SIDED TAVERN: https://thetwentysidedtavern.com/TALES FROM WOODCREEK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXnYXLnoMAYTHE PUPPY ROLL: https://thepuppyroll.com/I AM FUN SIZE AND SO ARE YOU: https://iamfunsize.com/BORDERLANDS 4: https://borderlands.2k.com/borderlands-4/ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comSupport this
468 - Against Time & Death with Michael Turrentine
Michael is one of the stars of World Gone Wrong, a fictional chat show about friendship at the end of the world, in which two best friends talk about life in a world of werewolves, humming kudzu, body snatchers, and a million other crises all at once. We sat down to play Against Time And Death, an epistolary roleplaying game of agents on opposite sides of a multiversal war, and the slowly developing forbidden relationship between them.WORLD GONE WRONG: https://www.audaciousmachinecreative.com/world-gone-wrongMICHAEL TURRENTINE: https://www.instagram.com/mturrentine5/AGAINST TIME AND DEATH: https://ickbat.itch.io/against-time-and-deathALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
467 - Apocalypse Keys with Kieron Gillen
Kieron is the writer behind some of my favorite comics, including Young Avengers, Journey Into Mystery, and The Wicked + The Divine. His latest works include The Power Fantasy, about the six superpowered individuals with the power to singlehandedly destroy the planet, and Die Loaded, the sequel to his incredible comic book/RPG combo Die, about a dark fantasy roleplaying game come to life.We sat down for some monstrous superhero mystery in Apocalypse Keys, about the demonic agents of a massive organization tasked with stopping the end of the world. DIVISION is calling, monsters. Do you answer? Or will you become the Harbinger youself?KIERON GILLEN: https://bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6kLbTHE POWER FANTASY: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/the-power-fantasyDIE LOADED: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/die-loaded-1OLD MEN RUNNING THE WORLD: https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/welcome/FOLLOW KIERON ON SOCIAL: https://bsky.app/profile/kierongillen.bsky.socialAPOCALYPSE KEYS: https://evilhat.com/product/apocalypse-keys/ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://r
SPECIAL EPISODE: Party of One Says Go Birds - 007 - Justice Sworn with Alex Pearlman (LIVE)
Alex is a comedian, yelling guy from the Internet, and host of Too Many Tabs. We took a trip back in time to the early 90s, to the smoky lobby of a Ground Round, to revisit some 1990s arcade madness in JUSTICE SWORN by Sandy Pug Games.Recorded live at Unity Java in Philadelphia, PA!DADDY'S DAY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWjPZArqK4AALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
SPECIAL EPISODE: Party of One Says Go Birds - 002 - Work/Life/Work/Life Balance with Jadzia Axelrod (LIVE)
Jadzia is the writer of Galaxy: The Prettiest Star and Hawkgirl: Once Upon a Galaxy, and the longtime host of The Voice of Free Planet X (Jeff's favorite podcast of all time).We sat down to spin up a delightfully supernatural 70s superhero comic book in Work/Life/Work/Life Balance by Rudo Judo games.Recorded live at Unity Java in Philadelphia, PA!ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
466 - Shadow / Giant with Rahrah
Rahrah is the creator and GM of The Heart is a Dungeon, an actual play TTRPG podcast focused on sad, emotional storytelling with a primarily BIPOC and fem presenting cast. We tapped into that deep, vulnerable spirit in a game of Shadow / Giant, an asymmetrical RPG about a gruff loner forced to take care of a mysteriously magically powerful child. Can they support one another as they race against the odds towards some kind of safety?THE HEART IS A DUNGEON: https://theheartisadungeon.carrd.co/RAHRAH: https://bsky.app/profile/rahrah.bsky.socialSHADOW / GIANT: https://psychhound.itch.io/shadow-giantALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/party-of-one-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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