Best tryingtobekind Podcasts (2025)

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Season 9, Episode 2: Bazinga 57:09

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Cardboard Ghosts: Using Physical Games to Model and Critique Systems, Amabel Holland, 2025 CRC Press. ttbk dot mailbag at gmail dot comBy tryingtobekind

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Season 9, Episode 1: Asteroids or Whatever 55:16

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Cardboard Ghosts: Using Physical Games to Model and Critique Systems, Amabel Holland, 2025 CRC Press. ttbk dot mailbag at gmail dot comBy tryingtobekind

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Season 9, Episode 0: I Stay Noided 42:36

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Cardboard Ghosts: Using Physical Games to Model and Critique Systems, Amabel Holland, 2025 CRC Press. ttbk.mailbag at gmail dot comBy tryingtobekind

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Season 8, Episode 3: Foucault Is In This One 1:09:10

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The Well-Played Game: A Player's Philosophy, Bernard De Koven. MIT Press, 2013.By tryingtobekind

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Season 8, Episode 2: Feelings Are Facts 59:34

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The Well-Played Game: A Player's Philosophy, Bernard De Koven. MIT Press, 2013.By tryingtobekind

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Season 8, Episode 1: Something You'd Like To Have, But Didn't Know You Wanted 42:57

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The Well-Played Game: A Player's Philosophy, Bernard De Koven. MIT Press, 2013.By tryingtobekind

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Season 7, Episode 2: I Read Ulysses For Fun 1:05:43

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"King Me": A Defense of King-Making in Board Game Design, Cole Wehrle, GDC, 2019.By tryingtobekind

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Season 7, Episode 1: Manly Pride Offended 53:34

1y ago53:34

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"King Me": A Defense of King-Making in Board Game Design, Cole Wehrle, GDC, 2019.By tryingtobekind

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Season 7, Episode 0: The First TTRPG 40:35

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As usual, a buffer episode to lead into the new season. In which we discuss some texts we might tackle, baseball stadiums, shame rooms, and social media.By tryingtobekind

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Season 6, Episode 4: Fishsticks 1:05:18

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With special guest, Sam Sorensen, author of Seas of Sand and Time After Time. Critical Play: Radical Game Design, Mary Flanagan, MIT Press, 2009.By tryingtobekind

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Season 6, Episode 3: According to Very Reliable Psychological Sources 53:46

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There's some intermittent noise in the first few minutes of this episode, my apologies, but it clears up after a bit. Thanks for bearing with us in this difficult time. Critical Play: Radical Game Design, Mary Flanagan, MIT Press, 2009.By tryingtobekind

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Season 6, Episode 2: I'm Just Built Different 1:02:05

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Critical Play: Radical Game Design, Mary Flanagan, MIT Press, 2009. Raph Koster's Star Wars Galaxies Post-Mortem.By tryingtobekind

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Season 6, Episode 1: Mixed Martial Argument 1:03:49

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Critical Play: Radical Game Design, Mary Flanagan, MIT Press, 2009. The audio is a little sketchy this episode, that's my bad. I'm aware, and I'm working on it for next time. Sorry! - JaredBy tryingtobekind

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Season 6, Episode 0: I’m Here, I’m Vibing 57:04

1+ y ago57:04

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A buffer episode before we start the next season. Just three friends chatting about nothing, don't expect any big ideas. (And the audio is a little sketchy, forgive me.)By tryingtobekind

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Season 5, Episode 6: Lesbians On Ice 1:00:00

2y ago1:00:00

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Otaku: Japan's Database Animals; Hiroki Azuma, University of Minnesota Press, 2009. With special guest, Emma Yasui.By tryingtobekind

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Season 5, Episode 5: Our Animal Desires 1:02:25

2y ago1:02:25

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Otaku: Japan's Database Animals; Hiroki Azuma, University of Minnesota Press, 2009. With special guest, Emma Yasui.By tryingtobekind

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Season 5, Episode 4: How Do You Pronounce ’Hegel’? 1:01:28

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Otaku: Japan's Database Animals; Hiroki Azuma, University of Minnesota Press, 2009. With special guest, Emma Yasui.By tryingtobekind

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Season 5, Episode 3: Jared’s Tinfoil Hat 1:09:30

2+ y ago1:09:30

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Otaku: Japan's Database Animals; Hiroki Azuma, University of Minnesota Press, 2009. With special guest, Emma Yasui.By tryingtobekind

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Season 5, Episode 2: ”Otaku Culture” 1:15:46

2+ y ago1:15:46

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Otaku: Japan's Database Animals; Hiroki Azuma, University of Minnesota Press, 2009. With special guest, Emma Yasui.By tryingtobekind

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Season 5, Episode 1: It’s Been A While 50:29

2+ y ago50:29

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Otaku: Japan's Database Animals; Hiroki Azuma, University of Minnesota Press, 2009. With special guest, Emma Yasui.By tryingtobekind

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Season 4, Episode 7: He Got In The Robot 54:47

3y ago54:47

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Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds; Laycock, University of California Press, 2015.By tryingtobekind

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Season 4, Episode 6: Stunt On Your Double 1:00:01

3y ago1:00:01

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This recording is a little noisier than normal at parts. Apologies! Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds; Laycock, University of California Press, 2015. With special guest Joe DeSimone.By tryingtobekind

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Season 4, Episode 5: Canadian Thankful 47:48

3y ago47:48

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A casual, breezy episode, in which we don't talk about the book at all. Instead, we ask each other questions of various cruelty and reflect on the last two years of this silly podcast. Thanks for listening! We'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming next month.By tryingtobekind

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Season 4, Episode 4: I Suggest Therapy 1:02:30

3y ago1:02:30

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Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds; Laycock, University of California Press, 2015. With special guest Joe DeSimone.By tryingtobekind

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Season 4, Episode 3: Dong Theory 1:07:29

3y ago1:07:29

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Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds; Laycock, University of California Press, 2015. With special guest Joe DeSimone.By tryingtobekind

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Season 4, Episode 2: Dexterity 51:02

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Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds; Laycock, University of California Press, 2015. With special guest Joe DeSimone.By tryingtobekind

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Season 4, Episode 1: Religion Is Interesting To Me 44:37

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Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds; Laycock, University of California Press, 2015. With special guest Joe DeSimone.By tryingtobekind

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Season 3, Episode 2: Swamplet Johansson 1:47:15

3+ y ago1:47:15

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In which we continue to discuss that time Critical Role played Monsterhearts. With special guest Vi Huntsman of Collabs Without Permission. Music by Kelley Mangahas and Chris Zabriskie.By tryingtobekind

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Season 3, Episode 1: Critical Hearts, A Monster Role Story 1:14:21

3+ y ago1:14:21

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In which we begin to discuss that time Critical Role played Monsterhearts. With special guest Vi Huntsman of Collabs Without Permission. Music by Kelley Mangahas.By tryingtobekind

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Season 2, Episode 4: The Elusive Wrap-Up 1:15:51

3+ y ago1:15:51

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The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity, Jon Peterson. Music by Kelley Mangahas.By tryingtobekind

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Season 2, Episode 3: The Sauna Episode 52:24

4y ago52:24

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Don't worry, this episode is content free. Just taking a breather to shoot the shoot. Happy holidays! Music by Kelley Mangahas.By tryingtobekind

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Season 2, Episode 2: The Elusive Shift, The Role of the GM 50:28

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The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity, Jon Peterson. Music by Joshua Cerdenia and Kelley Mangahas.By tryingtobekind

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Season 2, Episode 1: The Elusive Shift, Communities 1:22:43

4y ago1:22:43

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The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity, Jon Peterson. Music by Dj Cutman (CC BY-SA 4.0).By tryingtobekind

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Season 2, Episode 0: The Elusive Shift 45:42

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The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity, Jon Peterson. Music by Dj Cutman (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Urbano A. Zafra (public domain).By tryingtobekind

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Episode 8: The Episode with a Content Warning 57:37

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CW: Discussion of insensitive remarks made by others regarding mental health, neurotype, and disability. --- Tabletop RPG Design in Theory and Practice at the Forge, William J. White. Music by Dj Cutman (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Urbano A. Zafra (public domain).By tryingtobekind

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Episode 7: The Phenomenology of Being Ron Edwards 1:09:04

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Tabletop RPG Design in Theory and Practice at the Forge, William J. White. Music by Dj Cutman (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Urbano A. Zafra (public domain).By tryingtobekind

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Episode 6: Suffused with a Jaunty Arrow 53:07

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Tabletop RPG Design in Theory and Practice at the Forge, William J. White. Music by Dj Cutman (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Urbano A. Zafra (public domain).By tryingtobekind

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Episode 5: Hashtag Influencers 53:37

4+ y ago53:37

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Tabletop RPG Design in Theory and Practice at the Forge, William J. White. https://www.across-rpgsea.com/ https://momatoes.itch.io/the-magus https://dropbear-games.itch.io/fragments https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RPGLATAM&src=typed_query https://metalsnail.itch.io/colouring-book-dungeons https://dastardlydave.itch.io/eat-trash-be-free https://en.w…

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Episode 4: Contrary Energy 50:38

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Discussing Tabletop RPG Design in Theory and Practice at the Forge, William J. White. Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod Link: //incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time License: //creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Bossa Antigua by Kevin MacLeod Link: //incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3454-bossa-antigua License: //creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0…

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Episode 3: Activate Discourse 45:47

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Tabletop RPG Design in Theory and Practice at the Forge, William J. White. Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Bossa Antigua by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3454-bossa-antigua License: http://creativecommons.org/lice…

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Episode 2: Implausible and Invidious 55:11

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Tabletop RPG Design in Theory and Practice at the Forge, William J. White. Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Bossa Antigua by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3454-bossa-antigua License: http://creativecommons.org/lice…

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Episode 1: Ethics and Dragonlance 56:43

5y ago56:43

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Tabletop RPG Design in Theory and Practice at the Forge, William J. White. Monkeys Spinning Monkeys by Kevin MacLeod Link: //incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4071-monkeys-spinning-monkeys License: //creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod Link: //incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time License: //creativecommons.org/lice…

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Episode 0: Forgetting the Forge 45:15

5y ago45:15

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Tabletop RPG Design in Theory and Practice at the Forge, William J. White. Monkeys Spinning Monkeys by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4071-monkeys-spinning-monkeys License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time License: http://cr…

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