My Hill To Die On

Recorded May 17, 2026 As we continue to seek the truth in all things and the inane details within everything, Ryan attempts to bring us the least educational of educational games. He has brought together old "favorite" contestants Keith, Nate, Shi, and Terence as they attempt to out-nerd each other in pedantic details with the 1.0 version of the game Technically Correct. Connect with us Become a m...

Recorded April 19, 2026 A one way trip to save all mankind… I'd trust that to a middle school science teacher, but did he submit plans for the sub? This week Nate and Ryan talk about teachers, healing, and fighting the embodiment of time. Then they turned their attention to the main media, Project Hail Mary, where they discuss emotionally distant characters, the gratefulness of aliens, and the dan...

Recorded March 28, 2026 Spies in space! This week Nate talks about the world baseball classic and hurting himself skiing… again. Ryan talks about a game in which he fights a sentient refrigerator. Then after both of them share some interesting spy stories they turn to their main media. For their discussion of The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal, they discuss character likability, theologic...

Recorded February 25, 2026 Let the music take control! This week, Nate and Ryan talk about running, difficult games, and music with rocks in. Then for the main media, they address taking advantage of artists, leopards with hearing problems, and when death gets a little too existential in their discussion of Soul Music by Terry Pratchett. Connect with us Become a member: myhilltodieon.com/members E...

Recorded January 25, 2026 This week, Nate thinks back on his break, and Ryan dreads upcoming bureaucracy. Then, Ryan takes a moment to show true humility regarding his pick for 2025 Game of the Year. Afterwards, they both bring up some of their favorite space travel stories. Then, for the main media, they discuss problem solving, sibling-like relationship dynamics, and laundry assignments of The F...

Recorded December 14, 2025 Sometimes it seems necessary to hide in another era just to get time off. This week, cross country season came and went and Nate thinks back on how it was. Then, both Ryan and Nate address the dangers of nostalgia and if those movies we remember were actually any good. After that, the two discuss art before they shift the discussion to parodies, cats, and the sentience o...

Recorded July 27, 2025 What if it was the Earth… but different? This week, Nate and Ryan discuss new TVs, water parks, and alternate earth stories. That discussion culminates in The Calculating Stars, a book by Mary Robinette Kowal in which they discuss the possibility of social change, being just the character the story needs, and the science in science fiction. Connect with us Become a member: m...

Recorded April 27, 2025 This week Nate and Ryan decided to play another game. So Ryan, perhaps foolishly, surveyed a number of listeners, coworkers, students, and whoever else he could corner, and he asked them the important fundamental questions of human existence—questions like "what song gets stuck in your head" or "which is the best muppet?" Then he invited Keith, Nash, Shi, Sylvain, and Teren...

Recorded June 15, 2025 This week Nate and Ryan address how the end of the school year went and Ryan talks about his arguably early pick for game of the year. Following another Kiwi drink and salted caramel Kit-Kats, they talk about various support groups that had helped them through their lives. Finally, they wrap up their journey through clone books by discussing how different a clone can be, odd...

Recorded March 30, 2025 This week Nate and Ryan talk about Mickey 17 and their feelings about the changes from the book. Then, Nate talks about a ski trip and Ryan talks about making pants out of dragons. After a KitKat that could qualify as a crime against humanity and a discussion of their favorite things to eat in Japan, they discuss puns or "punes" (as the author puts it), Nate's clown time lo...

Recorded February 9, 2025 This week Nate and Ryan are continuing to think about the logistical and moral implications of cloning. So in keeping with that important discussion, they begin with Pinocchio and Disco Zoo. After that, they discuss different things they have ended up with multiple copies of. Following their customary odd flavors from Japan (which were especially odd this time) they turn...

Recorded December 1, 2024 This week, Nate talks about a cross country event (surprise, surprise) which he hosted and it may have grown a bit larger than he originally expected. After that, Nate and Ryan talk about things that end well, as all good things must. Then, they have what Ryan only could describe as a Fanta brand Calpis and Baskin Robins Kit Kats. Finally, to wrap everything up, they disc...

Recorded September 1, 2024 This week, Nate went to yet another amusement park- one not so dilapidated this time. Then, Ryan talks about a game that seems to have been designed for the venn diagram that is his entire personality. Afterwards, they have a KitKat cereal and a (better than usual) Calpis, only to discuss data backups. Then, they focus their discussion on the social implications of cloni...

Recorded June 28, 2024 This week, Nate brings the perfect trifecta of "Nate topics" to discuss: He bought (yet another) Synology, expresses his concerns over Cross country event planning, and also talks about a new, old amusement park he visited. Then Ryan endures another Calpis (mango this time), before they discuss books that were influential for the young Nate and Ryan. They then wrap up the ep...

Recorded April 7, 2024 On this episode, Nate and Ryan have invited their friends Keith, Nash, Scott, and Shi to once again abuse the English language (and Ryan's self-esteem) in a game of words and definitions that is definitely legally distinct from any other definition based game. Connect with us Become a member: myhilltodieon.com/members Email: myhilltodieon@gmail.com Reddit: r/MyHillToDieOn Ma...

Recorded March 31, 2024 And we're back! After a (not so) short hiatus, Nate and Ryan resume their antics with a discussion of what makes a game, bread point inflation, and musical theatre. Then after judging Flan KitKats and sparkling juice, they turn their attention to the theatre. All this leads up to their main media discussion of the Sir Terry Pratchett novel Wyrd Sisters, where they talk abou...

Recorded February 12, 2024 It's the end of the world as we know it. Or at least the end of the Stillness. This week Nate and Ryan reach the conclusion of the Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin. In the lead up to their discussion on the book they talk about the start and stop lifestyle of their school and some surprise car expenses for Nate. Then, they turn to discuss some of their favorite post-...

Recorded January 7, 2024 Goals, clubs, and the undead! This week Nate and Ryan talk about their new year, new goals (and themes) including the difficulty of normal bedtimes. Then, they discuss informal groups and clubs while having Matcha KitKats and yet another Lemon drink. Finally, as they talk about Terry Pratchett's "Reaper Man" they discuss how the death of civilization is a shopping center,...

Recorded November 12, 2023 Time and tide wait for no one. And so, another year has passed. As is their tradition, Nate and Ryan look back on everything that has happened in the past year and remember their favorite things about it. Then, turning their eyes from their favorite things of the past year, the two discuss a fantastic book with a slightly more troubled world. Picking up from where The Fi...

Recorded October 1, 2023 This week Nate and Ryan talk about summer, events, and robots. Nate went on a trip to Okinawa and got a new Synology. Meanwhile, Ryan went to Tokyo Game Show and got sick on a mountain. Then, they talked all about their favorite robots (and robot adjacent beings). After trying a Fanta roulette and a chunky peanut butter KitKat, they turned to their main media where they di...

Recorded June 21, 2023 This week Ryan and Nate talk about vacations and trips and rocks. Specifically in that order. Nate tried to keep his children up later than the Tokyo government would allow and Ryan took a flight with a seat partner who was all elbows. After that, the two recall stories about rocks for all the geology nerds out there. Finally, the two discuss a beautiful, horrible world and...

Recorded May 28, 2023 This week, it's a listener pick episode. First, Nate and Ryan address the shotgun blast of mini topics: everything from bread points, recently read books, to graduation. Then, they try café au lait Kit Kats and… yet another Calpis. Finally, for the listener picked main media, they talk about monsters of the week, melding fantasy and realism, the mysteries found in America's a...

Recorded April 23, 2023 This week, Nate and Ryan have returned from a conference and on their return both engaged in some light consumerism. Then, after drinking a "milk and melon" drink and having some dark cacao Kit-Kats, they discuss the sequels that improved upon the original. Finally, for the main media they discuss cinematography, actors in airplanes, and where to find actual character devel...

Recorded April 9, 2023 This week Nate talks sports and cameras and Ryan talks games (tabletop) and games (video). Then the two of them try some pomegranate juice and cassis KitKats before talking about places they'd like to visit and explore. Finally, for the main media of the day, they discuss immortality, identifying with characters, and what people need in the first Monk and Robot book, A Psalm...

Recorded March 12, 2023 This week Nate and Ryan talk tech. They address LearnerBuild, Synology RAIDs, and of course FileMaker of all things. Then Ryan talks about his experience escaping from the underworld in Hades before they have another C.C. Lemon offshoot. Then, they bring up the present… or rather some memorable presents. Finally in the discussion of the main media The Hidden Place, they tal...