Best Eric Reno Podcasts (2025)

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Ep. #154: Knights of the Crucible, pt 2: The Lower & Senior Ranks 33:37

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week we conclude our look at the Knights of the Crucible, which we overviewed last week. First encountered in Pillars of Eternity, they are one of three main quest fact…

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Ep. #153: Episode 01 of "Party Banter", the podcast 1:38:56

18d ago1:38:56

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Happy Holiday everybody! This week is an oddity. Recently, as some of you are aware, the show Avowedcast shut down, which has been a staple within the community for a while. While that show has shut down, the rest of the Avowedcast crew decided we wanted to continue podcasting, and so we began our own show "Party Banter", befitting our style and ca…

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Ep. #152: Knights of the Crucible, pt 1: A Short History of 37:45

1M ago37:45

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Knights of the Crucible episode.

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Ep #151: Avowedcast, Episode 061: A Last Hurrah (Maybe?) 2:27:17

2M ago2:27:17

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This week features a special recording with the guys from Avowedcast, sans Tsora, the creator of that show, which has been in the community strong since 2020. Without it, my podcast wouldn't exist, and with the recent news that the creator was taking a step back from the internet in general, the rest of us got together for one last hurrah. Hopefull…

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Platform Engineering: Empowering Developers Through Platform Engineering | Christopher Batey 46:48

2M ago46:48

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In this episode, we sit down with Christopher Batey, CTO of CECG, to explore the evolution and impact of Platform Engineering 🛠️🚀. We discuss its origins, how it empowers developers to move faster ⚡, and the three major challenges it helps solve 🧩📈. Christopher shares what it takes to become a platform engineer, the kind of background that helps, a…

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Ep. #150: The Floating Hangman ("Fonferrus") 33:02

2M ago33:02

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode looks at the connective tissue between a 2000 year old paladin order, undead knights, a cursed ship of the seas, and how easy it is to overlook the stori…

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Ep. #149: Playing a GHOST HEART Ranger (in Avowed) 38:15

2M ago38:15

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week on the podcast I discuss the central lore behind Rangers as presented in the world of Eora. The BIG thing that makes a Ranger a Ranger here is the "soul-bonded ani…

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Ep. #148: MORE Stronghold Adventures (and subsequent lore) 38:44

3M ago38:44

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week we look at four of the stronghold adventures from Pillars of Eternity and discuss the lore found within. Such topics include the Pwgra creature, Brishalgwin Mindhu…

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Machine Learning Engineering at Spotify | Eric Langenberg 44:03

3M ago44:03

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In this episode, we chat with a Spotify engineering manager 🎧 who shares his journey into the world of machine learning 🤖 and how he grew into leading ML teams at Spotify. We dive into the Spotify engineering model, team structures 🧩, and the tools used for deploying services and managing CI/CD pipelines ⚙️🚀. He also introduces us to Backstage, Spo…

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Ep. #147: Eora in Cairn (& other OSR Tabletop RPGs) 35:48

3M ago35:48

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week is more of a "stream of consciousness" talk, with lore discussed throughout. A looooong time ago I talked about infusing the world of Eora into tabletop RPGs like …

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Ep. #146: Why you're playing Path of the Damned WRONG! 28:39

3M ago28:39

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode I finally take a bold stance. You're playing Path of the Damned difficulty WRONG! Yeah, I said it, what you gon do about it, huh!? Nothing, that's what! …

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Ep. #145: Grieving Mother 24:46

4M ago24:46

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode dives into the Pillars of Eternity companion, Grieving Mother. A powerful cipher with a dark story who uses her abilities to create illusions to hide. On…

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Ep. #144: The God Totems (& Roleplay "guide") 54:51

4M ago54:51

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode focuses on the God Totems found in Avowed, looking at the four deities associated with those totems, and how each god totem aligns with our Envoy's journ…

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Ep. #143: Patch 1.5 Weapons & Armor! 31:41

5M ago31:41

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week I turn to the new weapons and armour from the latest major update (Patch 1.5) and check out some lore from those items. TO BE CLEAR I do not go through each and ev…

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Ep. #142: From Pillars to Avowed; a Living Lands retrospective 1:05:06

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode asks the question: "Does the Living Lands, as presented in Avowed, line up with the lore we see from Pillars of Eternity about the Living Lands?" Bit of …

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I'm No Angel and I don't have a Time Machine 34:06

6M ago34:06

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Finally got back in the studio to share a podcast with you after a 6 week absence. Talked about the heat this summer. Talked about being busy busy at work. Talked about Tahoe vacation. Talked about being nice to others because everyone is going through something, so BE NICE! Got to share two songs this episode from The Winery Dogs. Email me at Eric…

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Ep. #141: Sapadal 42:28

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WARNING: This episode contains ***Major Spoilers*** for: AVOWED PILLARS OF ETERNITY, and PILLARS OF ETERNITY II: DEADFIRE Listen at your own discretion. The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode …

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Ep. #140: Making a Lorefriendly Monk in Avowed! 41:04

6M ago41:04

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode asks the question: "Can we create a Monk, in Avowed, that is lore-friendly to how we saw them in Pillars of Eternity?" [email protected] @worldofeora…

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Ep. #139: Ryngrim, the Archmage 58:53

6M ago58:53

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode discusses the Archmage Ryngrim, whom we read about in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, but actually get to *see* in Avowed. In Deadfire all we knew were…

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Mobile Platforms: Development experience on iOS and Android, native vs cross-platform 41:52

6M ago41:52

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In this episode, we dive into the evolution of mobile development on Android and iOS, tracing the shift from native languages like Java and Objective-C to modern options like Kotlin and Swift 🧑‍💻📱. We explore how tools like Jetpack Compose and SwiftUI have redefined UI building, and how IDEs like Android Studio and Xcode support developers through …

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Ep. #138: Pillars of Eternity Callbacks 58:46

7M ago58:46

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week I springboard of a recent Reddit post I created on r/Avowed wherein I asked you, the community, about what references do we see, in Avowed, to the Pillars of Etern…

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Ep. #137: NECROPANTS!!! 36:24

7M ago36:24

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This episode ORIGINALLY started off as a "various unique items" lore episode, but it kind of turned into an episode all about Necropants, a much-beloved piece of "armor" you…

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Platform Engineering: CECG's take on platform engineering and how it can help your company 42:12

7M ago42:12

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In this episode, we sit down with Joseph Samuel, CEO of CECG, to explore the company’s journey and its impact on the tech landscape 🌍. We discuss how CECG established its presence in Cyprus 🇨🇾, what the company specializes in, and its focus on platform engineering 🛠️. Joseph shares insights into current trends, the importance of platform engineerin…

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Ep. #136: Wizards, Grimoires, and Bragganhyl Academy 57:44

7M ago57:44

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode dives back into some foundational PILLARS OF ETERNITY lore, but still includes Avowed stuff as well (they're all in the same world, after all). Focusing …

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Flying In A Blue Truck 28:19

7M ago28:19

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Hi folks, I got to share an article out of Land Line Magazine about how unfair some jury decisions can be for trucking companies and their drivers and how high the liability can be on drivers up to them losing their job for something that wasn't their fault. Crazy industry. Email me at [email protected]…

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Big Reno Events in this Swingtown 28:05

8M ago28:05

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Hi party people, Got to update everyone about some of the bigger events coming this summer 2025 to Northern Nevada. Hope you can check them out. Let me know which one is your favorite by emailing me at [email protected] Maybe we could hang out together at said events. Thanks for listening.By Eric Van Spronsen

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Ep. #135: The Maxims of the Pargrunen Dwarves (of Solace Keep) 36:16

8M ago36:16

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode looks at a six-part set of in-game tomes aptly titled "Maxims of the Pargrunen". In there we see a direct change of Pargrunen-ness that the dwarves in Av…

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High School Football "Til Tuesday 18:38

8M ago18:38

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Hi party people, Got to share a quick story about my personal experience with girls wanting to play on the high school football team. WTF?! Shared the #1 MTV new artist of the year award winner of 1985. Email me [email protected] Eric Van Spronsen

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Ep. #134: Did we secretly learn about the Godless in PoEII: Deadfire!? 41:25

8M ago41:25

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. Spoilers for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire in this week's episode. Nothing critical path spoiler, but some interesting lore you find in other questing. This week's episod…

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Everything I Do didn't happen 34:30

8M ago34:30

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Hi party people, Thanks for listening. Got to share a story about a surprise anniversary party I spent 3 years planning for my wife, Tracie. Hope you enjoy it. Below is the YouTube link for the video I made for the surprise anniversary party. I love it and I hope you do too. Leave a comment on my YouTube page. https://youtu.be/46vje9Pesww?si=puJ5tB…

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Mobile Platforms: The evolution of the smartphone and the Android vs iOS war | Mike Yerou & Michalis Mavris 33:33

8M ago33:33

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In this episode, we delve into the fascinating world of mobile platforms 📱 with Mike Yerou and Michalis Mavris, founders of Pale Blue and part of the organizing team in GDG Cyprus. We explore Pale Blue services and products and the history of mobile phones, from Nokia and Sony dumbphones to early smartphones like Symbian and Blackberry. We discuss …

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Unforgettable 30th Anniversary 28:05

8M ago28:05

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Hi Party People! Thanks for tuning in. Today's episode is in celebration of mine and Tracie's 30 year wedding anniversary. It's been a party and wow what a wonderful ride. I tell the story of how we met and what lead to our courtship by way of our "All Day Date." Thanks for listening. Like and Share. Email me at [email protected] Love you Tracie,…

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Ep. #133: The Eight Orisons of The Garden 57:15

8M ago57:15

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. Tangential spoilers for the ending segments of the game. KIND OF directly related to the mainline narrative, but technically something you could miss in detail. I leave it t…

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Comedown Scott Catron 2:43:07

8M ago2:43:07

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Hi party people! So far my favorite show because I got to talk with "The Most Interesting Man in Northern Nevada" Scott Catron! He is the host of the "Triggered" podcast and owner of Nevada Firearms Academy. He has a lot of amazing stories and we only touched on a few of them. Hope you like it. Thanks for listening. Like and share with everybody. E…

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Fast Pit Stops and Fast Whips 35:25

9M ago35:25

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Hi party people! Got to share some insider info about some of the racing within the racing and why it is so bad ass. Shared a bit of Denny Hamlin's podcast "Actions Detrimental" part of the Dirty Mo Media empire (Dale Jr.'s company). Also got to share some Dazz Band. Hit like and subscribe. Email me [email protected] Thanks for listening and hope…

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Ep. #132: the Skaenite origins of Fior Mes Iverno 39:53

9M ago39:53

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. Sorry for the delay in episodes, I've had some life changes lately that I'm still adjusting to. This week's episode, now that it's out, features a talk regarding the origins…

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Big $ Repairs and Big Poppa 29:41

9M ago29:41

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Welcome! Got to talk about High dollar auto repairs and frustrations. Shared some hip hop and the origins of the song. Share you story of auto repair and maintenance frustrations. Let me know if you want to join me on air to talk about your story. Email me at [email protected] Hope you enjoy. I'm just having fun.…

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Ep. #131: Souls Twins & Final Impressions for Avowed 1:04:10

9M ago1:04:10

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. Sorry for no episode last week, I've started a new job and also had a mental health "crisis" (it wasn't really one, but felt like it at the time). This week I briefly cover …

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Cyber Security Insights: Career Paths, Challenges & Emerging Threats | Renos Nicolaou & Andreas Georgiou 54:44

9M ago54:44

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Youtube Link In this episode, we explore the world of cybersecurity 🔐 with Renos Nicolaou from Hellenic Bank and Andreas Georgiou from Bank of Cyprus. We discuss their journeys into becoming security engineers, the various job positions in the field, and why cybersecurity is more relevant than ever 🚀. We dive into real-life security breaches, analy…

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Ep. #130: Various Lore Throughout the Dawnshore (sorry I made that rhyme) 57:10

9M ago57:10

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode focuses on some of the lore we see in Dawnshore's "pick-up-able" quests. For context, in each of Avowed's mapped regions you have several repeating "pick…

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Good To Go To Mexico Airline 20:22

10M ago20:22

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Hi Friends! Got to share that we are headed to Puerto Vallarta, MX tomorrow for a week. Yeeaaahhh!!! Also got to share with you a story about flying back from Cabo San Lucas from our Honeymoon nearly 30 years ago. Be sure to click and subscribe to my Podcast on your favorite podcast streaming service. You'll get notified when new episodes come out.…

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I Have Nothing but BBQ 19:04

10M ago19:04

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Thanks for listening. Click on that subscribe button and give me a like or thumbs up please. Got to talk about one of my favorite subjects, BBQ and play one of my favorite songs as your moment of musical bliss. Email me, [email protected] Eric Van Spronsen

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Ep. #129: Dawntreader 44:43

10M ago44:43

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[WARNING]: Spoilers for the side quest "Dawntreader" found in this episode. This is a side quest found in the first zone (Dawnshore) of the game Avowed, and can be accessed fairly early, or several level-ups into the game. The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, P…

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Holdin' On to Yesterday 29:23

10M ago29:23

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Hey everybody. Got to talk about some racing stuff and share my thoughts about whether or not racing is an actual sport by the definition of a sport. Also got to share one of my favorite songs. Email me at [email protected] Eric Van Spronsen

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A Horse With No Name with Nathan DeArman 1:04:22

10M ago1:04:22

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Got to get together with my friend Nathan DeAramn and we discussed what was on our minds. More to come. Hope you enjoy it. Email me at [email protected] Eric Van Spronsen

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Ep. #128: Avowed's Major Factions, Themes, and Central Lore 51:41

10M ago51:41

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode features an overview of the major factions/themes/lore as seen in Avowed. Largely it centres around your character, the Godlike Envoy of Aedyr and the ma…

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Ep. #127: Avowed First Impressions and Lore Touchstones 51:37

10M ago51:37

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode focuses on (1) my first impressions on Avowed and how the playthrough is going; and (2) the most important lore touchstones (and other episodes to check …

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Head Over Heels/Broken 19:31

10M ago19:31

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Got to share some thoughts and music. Talked about Daylight Savings Time and educated you on some Tears for Fears. E-mail me at [email protected] Eric Van Spronsen

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Ep. #126: Interview with Venus Theory / Cameron (the composer for Avowed) 1:55:01

10M ago1:55:01

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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode marks a very special moment for us here, because (1) well, the game is OUT, baby! and (2) I got to sit down with Cameron (aka: Venus Theory) to discuss t…

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Ep. #125: The History of THIS Podcast, and a Deluge of Personal Thank You's 48:58

11M ago48:58

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This is a unique/special episode of the podcast, that I don't think would fit in at any other point in time. In this week's episode, I just decided to give you the full story of this podcast's inception, creation, and journey of where we are today. I end of the latter half of the episode with some thank you's to people who have helped keep this sho…