Party of One Podcast

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 ge...

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 horror THE TIME WE HAVE: https://www.backerkit...

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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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, an...

Thanks for 10 years. Here's to many more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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/MrTeddyRen FOLLOW TEDDY O...

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...

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 got...

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...

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 develo...

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 d...

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=UWjPZArqK4A ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN:  https://moonshotpods.com/al...

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://moonsh...

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...

Dan is one half of  Breaking Mayberry , an anti-nostalgia podcast about watching old TV (starting with, as the title suggests,  The Andy Griffith Show ) and figuring out how it broke your grandparents' brains. After last week's episode all about analyzing TV and talking about storytelling, we wanted to spotlight the fun and goofiness of old genre TV. And we couldn't have found a better...

Marty is one of the hosts of Breaking Mayberry , an anti-nostalgia podcast focused on watching old TV (starting with, as the title suggests, The Andy Griffith Show ) and assessing what holds up and what caused permanent damage to the psyche of an entire generation. We wanted to talk TV, and storytelling, and the weird politics of creating collaborative art, and so we sat down with Lights Out , a g...

CLASH! Shonen Battle Roleplay is a Tabletop Roleplaying Game love letter to shonen anime such as Bleach, One Piece, and Naruto in which big, bombastic characters grapple with dramatic fights and the dramatic emotions those fights represent. I sat down with the game's designer, Sabrina Hawthorne, to see the game in action. CLASH!: https://sabrinahawthorne.itch.io/clash-playtest-materials SABRIN...

Velvet is an actual play performer and cast member on Athraplay , a tabletop RPG AP podcast exploring the lesser-trod paths of JRR Tolkien's Middle-Earth through play (and aso, a literal dragon). We embarked on a winding journey of our own through the doomed landscapes of K Ramstack's Bound Together , a game about exploring two people's relationships as they outrun the end of the world...

Jess is an award-winning writing director, streamer, sensitivity consultant, and designer of some tremendous games, including Just Gals Being Comrades , Oops! All Draculas , and And They Were Dortermates . We sat down to play Badger + Coyote , a wonderful asymmetrical duet RPG about animal buddies running schemes together. BADGER + COYOTE: https://pandiongames.itch.io/badger-and-coyote JESSICA MAR...

Mirror Match is a role-playing game love letter to fighting games. Players create warriors based on shared themes and origins before facing off in arena combat. Inspired by two-player fighting games, sessions see new characters constantly enter the fray and the game provides scaffolding to create your own universe of mad ninja, shotgun-toting wizards, dragon-gods, and more. All of those characters...

SPECIAL EPISODE! We're taking a week off from the show, so in the meantime, enjoy the first issue of our Patreon-exclusive podcast, produced in collaboration with Marn Lastname and the Moonshot Podcast Network ! TERROR AT 11:11AM! A string of suspiciously timed deaths suggest someone--or SOMETHING--is on a killing spree across the city. Can Batman solve the case before he... runs out of time?...

Chris is the author of the Fermi's Progress series, a darkly comic sci-fi adventure about a spaceship doomed to obliterate every planet it takes off from. The latest novel, Fermi's Wake 4. Overview Effect , just released, and you get it on sale now. We sat down for a delightfully horrifying Fermi- themed adventure in Disposable Bags of Meat , a horror TTRPG about unprepared, ordinary peopl...

Candlelight is a role playing game about the restless spirits of treasure hunters reckoning with their dark past and seeking hope in a haunted forest that wants to trap them there. I sat down with actor and TTRPG performer Felix Bishop to wander into the wood, and discover the fates that await our characters... CANDLELIGHT: https://glowingroots.itch.io/candlelight FELIX BISHOP: https://linktr.ee/w...

The Invisible Labyrinth is a game about branching timelines, uncertain futures, and escaping what seems inevitable. Players take on the role of a small group of characters and nonlinearly create a web of timelines about their possible journeys, building a web of alternate timelines and "what if" futures. I sat down with the game's designer, Morgan Jackson, to experience the game in act...

Laura is an award-winning Actual Play performer, known for her work with Queen's Court Games on a range of incredible shows, including The All-Night Society and Harlem Hellfighters Never Die . We sat down for some top-tier weird vampirism in a game of Elegy , a solo vampire RPG inspired by Ironsworn. ELEGY: https://miraclem.itch.io/elegy LAURA TUTU: https://lauratutu.com/ THE ALL-NIGHT SOCIETY...