Best Casey Max Podcasts (2025)

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Onsite at Dragonflight [S4T8] 49:44

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This week, we're on location at the Dragonflight GameCon in Bellevue, WA! We hear about carefully engineered dice, the unsustainability of grimdark campaigns, and orange cats that are not burdened by an abundance of thought. Thanks to everyone who took the time to chat with us: Norwescon is a Science Fiction and Fantasy convention in the Seattle su…

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Clowning Isn't Child's Play for a Horror Clown - April Garro aka 'Loony the Clown' 59:43

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Dylan and Johnny sit down with April Garro, also known by her alias Loony the Clown! We dive into April’s journey of discovering her clown, from scaring audiences in haunted houses to mastering the art of THE CACKLE. April also gives us the lowdown on her favorite moments working at Pirates of Emerson Haunted Theme Park, and teaches us about a whol…

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Will A.I. Slop Replace the Internet? with Jason Koebler 1:27:21

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A.I. slop is competing for space all across the web, and it’s starting to edge out actual human creators. The internet, once rife with possibility, is rapidly turning into a depressing wasteland of mind numbing garbage. Despite the massive volume of brain-waste being sludged out every day, there are still some brilliant human minds trying to turn t…

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Onsite at Furlandia (Part 2) [S4T7] 28:24

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This week, we're back on location at the Furlandia furry convention in Portland! We hear about the virtues of being your party's straight man (in the comedy sense), PC-on-PC romance, and a party that fails to notice that you're secretly Mothman. Thanks to Wulfryk, Theo, Dexter, Skia, Jacqueline, MIkiib, Faye, Chloe, and Liam for taking the time to …

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Being Funny in Deeply Unfunny Times with Gianmarco Soresi 1:53:11

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Comedy has changed as an art form. On top of social media fundamentally reconfiguring the expectations of the audience for what the role of a comedian is meant to be, we live in deeply unfunny times. Despite these challenges, we still all need to laugh. This week, Adam talks with comedian Gianmarco Soresi about how to adapt to the times without com…

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What Labubus Say About Our F-d Up Economy 12:56

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(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube page, but we are sharing audio versions of these monologues with our podcast audience as well. Please enjoy, and stay tuned for your regularly scheduled episode of Factually!…

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Tap Dancing is Percussion From the Sole - Casey Tessier 1:13:25

13d ago1:13:25

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Dylan and Johnny sit down with Casey Tessier, a Bay Area tap dancer and award-winning percussionist, to explore the art, rhythm, and joy of tap. We've never seen anyone SO passionate about dance. Casey dives into the history of tap dance, breaks down different styles and techniques, and shares her creative approach to teaching that blends percussio…

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Viciously Destroying the Things You're Anxious About: TTRPG Therapy with Wesley [S4E5] 55:12

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In this week's episode, we chat with Wesley about the enforcement of veils and lines, the virtues of stabbing birds, and the use of TTRPGs in therapy. (Wesley's an actual literal therapist!) This ended up being a thoughtful conversation about people's emotional needs when they're playing TTRPGs, even outside the therapy context. We make a few refer…

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Genocide Scholar: I Know It When I See It, with Omer Bartov 1:33:26

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The Palestinian people are being killed en masse, they are being starved, and many are dying of preventable disease. More and more people are beginning to understand that it’s Israel’s intention to eliminate the entire Palestinian population of Gaza. Yet as untold thousands are dying, there are still people who insist that this is not “genocide” de…

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Why Strength Training Kicks Dieting’s Ass with Casey Johnston 1:19:10

22d ago1:19:10

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Being in “good shape” doesn’t just mean changing your diet in pursuit of unrealistic standards of thinness; it means challenging your body to be more capable today than it was yesterday. In recent years, weight lifting has been catching on as a primary exercise focus for both men and women who are trying to live healthier lifestyles. This week, Ada…

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Leveling Up in Indie Pop and Video Games - Max Gerlock (Super Cassette) 1:02:24

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Dylan and Johnny sit down with Max Gerlock, lead guitarist, vocalist, and founder of Super Cassette. Since 2016, Super Cassette has been serving up irresistibly catchy indie-pop across the Bay, and if you haven’t tuned in yet, now’s the perfect time to catch the wave! In this banter-filled episode, Max pulls back the curtain on their creative proce…

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Six-Mile Hex Grids with Seventeen Locations: Exploration in OSR Games with Max [S4L1] 42:59

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In this week's episode, we chat with Max about Seattle-appropriate doula gifts, the TTRPG version of porn brain, and the concept of exploration in TTRPGs. This season, we're experimenting with shorter conversations about how people play games. We first spoke with Max way back in Season 2, and we wanted to keep talking about OSR games, so we convinc…

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How The Naked Gun Saved Comedy 1:34:15

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The world is getting less funny. Not just out there in the geopolitical hellscape of every day life, but at the movie theater as well. While comedy films once dominated the box office, in recent years there’s been a sharp drop-off in theatrical comedies. The communal experience of sitting in a room with people and sharing one of the most fundamenta…

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Julia Hartz — Co-founder & CEO of Eventbrite on Taking the Company from Idea to IPO 39:29

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Today on The Casey Adams Show, I sat down with Julia Hartz, the Co-founder and CEO of Eventbrite. Julia is one of only 21 women who have co-founded a company, taken it public, and still lead as CEO, an extraordinary accomplishment in the business world. Before founding Eventbrite in 2006, Julia began her career in television as a development execut…

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Onsite at Furlandia (Part 1) [S4T6] 28:33

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This week, we're on location at the Furlandia furry convention in Portland! We hear about tricky metallurgy puns, the challenge of playing a character with a limited vocabulary, and the hazard of DMing in Florida. Thanks to Ember, Briar, Sage, Veer, Mud, Celina, Salem, Guy, Scone, King, Kiki, Lavitts, Cotton, Diego, Nathan, Fenric, and Body for tak…

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Michael Jacobson – CEO of French Florist on Turning His Uncle’s Struggling Flower Shop into a $9.5M Powerhouse 50:02

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This episode is sponsored by Adobe in partnership with Coursera. Through the Adobe Digital Academy, they’re offering free certificates in AI, design, marketing, and storytelling—skills that matter in today’s world. Whether you’re a founder, creator, or someone looking to grow, these courses are practical, flexible, and built for how we learn today.…

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Vivian Wilson Bullies Adam Conover for 74 Minutes 1:10:03

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One of Elon Musk’s most insightful critics is his own daughter. Vivian Wilson came into the limelight last year after her father deadnamed her in an interview with Jordan Peterson, and she responded by systematically dismantling Musk in a now infamous post. Having publicly rejected her father, Wilson suddenly found herself as an icon of trans visib…

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The Hackensack Hack 'n' Slash: Rotating GMs with Garrett and the Bucket Buddies [S4E4] 1:08:27

1M ago1:08:27

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In this week's episode, we chat with Garrett about highly effective cult leaders, a curse of potential unkillability, and a table of players that rotates GMing duties (and systems!) for each campaign. This was a really thoughtful conversation about short game sessions, building shared ownership of the world, and what it means to be a GM. Plus, thre…

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The Bay is Obsessed with Labubus and We are NOT Pleased 36:50

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On this episode of Bay Waves, Johnny and Dylan chat about the Labubu craze taking over the Bay Area, Dylan's fraught birthday plans at Great America, and the Dog Surfing Championship held in Pacifica. Raw opinions about the Labubus may rub some the wrong way, but just remember all trends go away sometime (we hope). Title Song is ‘Island’ by Super C…

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Adam Bedford – Founder of Sans on Building a Healthier Home 44:24

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This episode is sponsored by Adobe in partnership with Coursera. Through the Adobe Digital Academy, they’re offering free certificates in AI, design, marketing, and storytelling—skills that matter in today’s world. Whether you’re a founder, creator, or someone looking to grow, these courses are practical, flexible, and built for how we learn today.…

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Everything in America is a Pyramid Scheme Now with Bridget Read 1:26:21

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Pyramid schemes have been a comedic punchline for ages now, but they’ve never been more relevant. Not only is there still a thriving culture of multi-level exploitation in this country, but the dark spirit of pyramid schemes has wormed its way into countless aspects of American life. This week, Adam speaks with Bridget Read, writer at New York Maga…

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The Consumer Becomes the Payor: How ICHRA Unlocks a New Era in Healthcare 28:05

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In this episode, Julie Yoo and Jay Rughani are joined by Thatch cofounders Chris Ellis and Adam Stevenson to explore why ICHRA—a more recent policy innovation—might quietly revolutionize employer-sponsored health benefits. Unpacking the surprising history of how U.S. healthcare became entangled with employment, they make the case for a defined-cont…

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Onsite at VancouFur, Part 2 [S4T5] 29:26

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This week, we're back on location at the VancouFur furry convention in Vancouver! We hear about a bomb mage, a high-charisma roguelike wizard, and a monk who discovers a new way to defeat Strahd. Reilly's around for this episode, and so order is restored, even as we need to podcast away from a crisis. Thanks again to the organizers for giving us pe…

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What’s Wrong with Capitalism? with John Cassidy 1:16:21

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While we’re certainly in a uniquely bad time for our capitalist society, we’re definitely not the first people to be having the thought, “what if things weren’t quite so terrible for 99% of people?” From the beginning, capitalism has justifiably had critics. Today Adam is joined by John Cassidy, New Yorker writer and author of Capitalism and Its Cr…

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Zohran Is Teaching the Left How to Win 17:21

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(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube page, but we are sharing audio versions of these monologues with our podcast audience as well. Please enjoy, and stay tuned for your regularly scheduled episode of Factually!…

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Ariana Thacker - Founder of MoldCo on How Mold Toxicity Changed Her Life and Inspired a Mission-Driven Startup 46:24

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This episode is sponsored by Adobe in partnership with Coursera. Through the Adobe Digital Academy, they’re offering free certificates in AI, design, marketing, and storytelling—skills that matter in today’s world. Whether you’re a founder, creator, or someone looking to grow, these courses are practical, flexible, and built for how we learn today.…

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A Table Full of Chaos Monkeys: Con Games with Greg and Casey [S4E3] 1:23:41

2M ago1:23:41

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In this week's episode, Greg and Casey of Black Shield Productions share their experience running large-scale games at conventions. We hear about the flow of information between players and tables, deciding whom to leave behind on a doomed planet, and the trope of a preacher with a gun. Thanks to Black Shield Productions for making this interview p…

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1000 Standup Sets is Easy for a Dream Interpreter - Geulah Finman 1:22:29

2M ago1:22:29

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Dylan and Johnny are joined by Geulah Finman, a Bay Area standup comedian, Neo-Futurist performer, and daughter of a literal clown. Geulah dives into her quest to hit 1,000 standup sets, unpacks the strange art of dream-reciting, and gives sage advice to a few guys with existential crises. Dylan and Johnny butcher her name enough times to leave her…

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Spotify Is Even Worse Than You Think with Liz Pelly 1:24:00

2M ago1:24:00

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It’s no secret that Spotify pays artists extremely poorly, but it turns out they don’t treat their customers much better. Author and journalist Liz Pelly’s new book, Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, investigates how Spotify has accelerated the collapse of the music industry, along with their shady practices s…

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We’re not ready for what’s coming. 19:04

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(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube page, but we are sharing audio versions of these monologues with our podcast audience as well. Please enjoy, and stay tuned for your regularly scheduled episode of Factually!…

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Onsite at VancouFur (Part 1) [S4T4] 32:31

2M ago32:31

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This week, we're on location at the VancouFur furry convention in Vancouver! We hear about capitalist considerations in a fantasy world, a plucky little rat, and the cuthtroat Vancouver real estate industry. Jake exposes an embarrassing ignorance of the order of the Discworld books. Thanks to the organizers for giving us permission to record at the…

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The Secret Agent Organizer of the Starbucks Union with Jaz Brisack 1:24:57

2M ago1:24:57

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Companies are infamous for their union busting tactics, but that doesn’t mean union organizers don’t have their own strategies. This week, Adam speaks with Jaz Brisack, an undercover organizer, or union “salt”, who took a job as a barista in a Starbucks in Buffalo, NY with the explicit intention of organizing Starbucks employees. Thanks to the effo…

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Engaging the Unengaged at Home with Max Cohen and Cameron Behar 22:32

2M ago22:32

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In this episode, Sprinter Health co-founders Max Cohen and Cameron Behar sit down with Julie Yoo to unpack how their home-based care model reaches underserved populations and reintegrates “the unengaged” into the healthcare system. From starting with blood draws in living rooms to scaling a high-complexity, tech-enabled logistics platform, they sha…

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Josh Haas – Co-CEO & Founder of Bubble, Building the No-Code Future 39:18

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This episode is sponsored by Adobe in partnership with Coursera. Through the Adobe Digital Academy, they’re offering free certificates in AI, design, marketing, and storytelling—skills that matter in today’s world. Whether you’re a founder, creator, or someone looking to grow, these courses are practical, flexible, and built for how we learn today.…

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Is Pride Dead? 20:23

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(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube page, but we are sharing audio versions of these monologues with our podcast audience as well. Please enjoy, and stay tuned for your regularly scheduled episode of Factually!…

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Color Blind Painters are the Best Painters - Seth Vargas 1:16:15

2M ago1:16:15

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Dylan and Johnny are joined by Seth Vargas, a Bay Area sign-painter and muralist. Besides being absolutely floored that Seth is color blind and thriving as a painter, we chat through the meticulous art of sign painting, the fun with creating new fonts, and we watch as Johnny gets absolutely torched in a Bey Blade battle. Check out Seth’s work on In…

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Onsite at the Grand Opening of Chance Encounter Games (Part 2) [S4T3] 37:55

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This week, we're once again on location at the grand opening of Chance Encounter Games! We hear about a sham trial and a public execution at a LARP, very ambitious notetaking, and playing a nonmagical character in a very magical world. (Also, a little bit about Jake's long-running campaign.) This is the TTRPG store and gaming space that Dante told …

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Lina Khan: How to Fight Corporate Power Under Trump 1:19:42

2M ago1:19:42

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Until recently, Lina Khan was the chair of the Federal Trade Commission. Under her leadership, the FTC went after the anti-competitive tactics of tech giants, finalized rules to ban non-compete clauses, enforced the right to repair, and even took on ever-loathsome junk fees. Despite the limit resources of her department, Chair Khan made such undeni…

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Tactical Immersive Experience: Miniatures Combat with Simon [S4E2] 1:06:24

3M ago1:06:24

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In this week's episode, we chat with Simon about using soda cans and pizza boxes as terrain, the shift away from miniatures in TTRPGs, and the incompatibility of the Seattle real estate market with large-scale miniatures combat. Plus, Jake gets grumpy about indie TTRPG marketing. Simon (whom we met at OrcaCon) owns Strix Publishing and runs the Bru…

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RFK is Shortening Our Lifespans, with Dr. Eric Topol 1:15:34

3M ago1:15:34

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When it comes to medical science, there’s never been a better time to be alive than now… other than maybe a few months ago before the new Trump administration. Americans today are living longer than ever before, and that’s owed in no small part to the National Institutes of Health—a government organization that has been responsible for some of the …

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How Zohran Humiliated the Democrats with David Roth 1:21:09

3M ago1:21:09

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Last week, Zohran Mamdani shattered the notion that a New York City mayor has to be some craggy-faced, man-shaped stack of disappointments who’d sooner die than be seen on the subway. The young, energetic Democratic Socialist ran on a platform of making New York City a more livable place for average residents, which—surprise!—went over well with av…

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AI Is Making You Dumber 21:52

3M ago21:52

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(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube page, but we are sharing audio versions of these monologues with our podcast audience as well. Please enjoy, and stay tuned for your regularly scheduled episode of Factually!…

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Max Cutler on Selling Parcast to Spotify and Building Pave Studios for the Next Era of Podcasting 43:10

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Max Cutler is one of the most influential figures in podcasting. He founded Parcast, grew it into a leading network known for storytelling and true crime, and sold it to Spotify where he went on to lead their podcast content partnerships. He played a key role in bringing in shows like Joe Rogan and Alex Cooper, helping shape Spotify’s aggressive ex…

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Onsite at the Grand Opening of Chance Encounter Games (Part 1) [S4T2] 34:05

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This week, we're on location at the grand opening of Chance Encounter Games! We hear about the economy of game publishing, the joy of playing your character like you're driving a stolen car, and the impeccable vibes of a cast-iron portcullis. This is the TTRPG store and gaming space that Dante told us about during our interview earlier this season.…

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The Right is Wrong About Latin America with Greg Grandin 1:14:42

3M ago1:14:42

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Trump has long expressed racism and vitriol toward immigrants, particularly those from Latin America. As he deploys the National Guard to Los Angeles to quash pro-immigrant protesters, it’s important to remember that Latin America is still part of the Americas. To understand how we arrived at a moment where the right holds such a bitter and hateful…

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Streamlining the Patient Referrals Chain with Trey Holterman 19:53

3M ago19:53

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In this episode, Tennr cofounder and CEO Trey Holterman sits down with a16z’s David Haber and Jay Rughani to unpack one of healthcare’s most overlooked pain points: patient referral logistics. When a patient is referred to a specialist and told that the specialist will follow up with them, what happens next? A convoluted system sometimes involving …

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On Location at Vulpine Taproom (Part 2) [S4T1] 52:44

3M ago52:44

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In this week's Streetlight, we're back on location at Vulpine Taproom in Seattle asking people about their characters and campaigns! We hear about liches with day jobs, wild magic druids, and the downsides of digital dice. We're very grateful to Vulpine Taproom for letting us record at their game night! We talked with so many people in one evening …

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America Has No Left Wing with Vivek Chibber 1:30:24

3M ago1:30:24

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At the No Kings protests this past weekend, millions of Americans demonstrated against the fascist right wing. Despite the staggering number of people willing to take to the streets, why does it still seem like the left is powerless to stop the right on a political level? This week, Adam sits with NYU professor Vivek Chibber to discuss how America …

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Cats That Herd Themselves: Running a Campaign across Multiple Tables with Dante [S4E1] 1:11:31

4M ago1:11:31

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Welcome to Season 4 of Campaign Spotlight! This week, we chat with Dante about running eleven weekly parallel tables in the same campaign, falling in to becoming a professional GM, and embracing the tropes of the fetch quest. Plus, Dante has some sage advice for GMs like Jake who love spreadsheets. During the interview, Dante mentions that they're …

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Shop Talk (The ToddCast): George Pratt, Episode 19 2:50:01

4M ago2:50:01

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Send us a text In this episode, I sit down with George Pratt at his studio in Florida. George is story teller so he tells lots of stories of his career, Jeffrey Jones, Mike Kaluta, Bernie Wrightson, Kent Williams, and much much more. This is the longest interview I've done, nearly 3 hours. Support the show…