Show overview
Pretending to be People has been publishing since 2018, and across the 8 years since has built a catalogue of 250 episodes, alongside 36 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 250 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 2nd season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 51 min and 1h 6m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language Comedy show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 10 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2019, with 52 episodes published.
From the publisher
Pretending to be People is a mystery/horror role-playing podcast. Join Zach, Thomas, Luke, and Joe as they navigate a terrifying campaign filled with twists, turns, and laughs - all decided on a roll of the dice. Can the officers of the Contention Police Department unravel the mysteries suddenly plaguing their sleepy town? Will they die – or worse – in the attempt? This is an actual play utilizing the game systems of Delta Green and Pulp Cthulhu. This is Pretending to be People.
Latest Episodes
View all 250 episodesDelta Green // Operation: STOP REPO // Part One (with Jared Logan)
S2E97 - Q&A: Part Two // All You Want Is More
S2E96 - Q&A: Part One // Mister Ssippi
S2 Ep 95S2E95 - It's Showtime, Kiddo (Final Finale)
EThis is the finale of Season Two. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "What Kind of World Are You Living In" by Dragon Inn 3 and "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
S2 Ep 94S2E94 - The News Brothers (Finale: Part One)
EThe actual penultimate episode of Season Two is here. It's Part One of a Two-Part Finale! Definitely the next episode is the last one, I don't know why you're looking at me like that. It is. For real. Trust me. Actually, though. We already recorded it. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "What Kind of World Are You Living In" by Dragon Inn 3.
S2 Ep 93S2E93 - I Know What I Have To Do
EThe penultimate episode of Season Two finds Algernon, Beck, and Cal scattered, covered, and smothered. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "What Kind of World Are You Living In" by Dragon Inn 3.
S2 Ep 92S2E92 - God Has Left This World, But the Devil Hasn't (with Scott Dorward)
ESome fight. Some flee. Some freeze. So get ready to fawn. Alternate titles include: Strong Sartorial Opinions Probably Pretty Cool and Brutal Footage Our Beck (Who Art Right Here) This White Brick Road You're Free; We're Freeze There's a Stripper Pole in Your Dining Room This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "What Kind of World Are You Living In" by Dragon Inn 3.
S2 Ep 91S2E91 - The Absence of The Lord (with Scott Dorward)
EWelcome back. Alternate titles include: As Last Words Go You're In the South Now Look At Me, I'm a Raincloud Cal-mulonimbus The Ol' Mom Spit A Horrible, Little Man Welcome to Our Family Because You Ruined It The ASMR God Bouncy Bouncy This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "What Kind of World Are You Living In" by Dragon Inn 3.
S2 Ep 90S2E90 - I Think This Is All Just Your Bad Dream (with Scott Dorward and Ellinor DiLorenzo)
EDid you get got? 833, 834, 835... This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias and Ellinor DiLorenzo from The Lost Mountain Saga and The Glass Cannon Network's Androids & Aliens. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl and "What Kind of World Are You Living In" by Dragon Inn 3.
Patreon Bonus // The Quiet Year: Part One, Spring and Summer // Well and With Wet Balls
bonusEThis here formerly-exclusive episode is the first of two sessions we played of The Quiet Year, a collaborative map building game that we absolutely fell in love with! From the book itself... "This is a map-drawing game. Together, you play as a community rebuilding after the collapse of civilization. Your decisions will define the values and future of this community, and these decisions will get added to a map which is constantly evolving. This map blends literal cartography with symbols, creating a rich visual record of land and people. Players collaborate to steer the fate of the community, while also introducing problems and tensions along the way." Listen to the rest of the story and support the show on Patreon. Enter the scenario contest (under 1500 words, theme of "Pretending to be People") by emailing [email protected] with the subject line "Scenario Contest 2026." Enter the fanart contest / drawing by commenting on the pinned thread on the subreddit. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
S2 Ep 89S2E89 - I Think I Beefed It (with Scott Dorward and Ellinor DiLorenzo)
ETime to see who listens closely. Those who do will understand. Mostly. Alternative titles include: Equality and Dads More Blood Magic Wish For War, Please Don't Sl*t-Shame My Daughter War's Back on the Menu This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias and Ellinor DiLorenzo from The Lost Mountain Saga and The Glass Cannon Network's Androids & Aliens. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
S2 Ep 88S2E88 - Why Do You Think It's Called The Equatorial (with Scott Dorward)
EAlternative titles include: What About A World... She's a Beautiful Bird Diggory Was Always Wrong We're Brainstorming This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
S2 Ep 87S2E87 - The I.D.I.O.T. Feature (with Scott Dorward)
EAlternative titles include: Turns Out There's One Right God An Acceptable Compromise Everybody's Full Father Figure You Are Magic Man Mast Vajority The NASCARhole I'll Follow You Into the Dark Ionic Dirt Is Over There Aunt Crawling This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
S2 Ep 86S2E86 - A Million Dead Penguins (with Scott Dorward)
EOne Cattle After Another would work as an episode title, but no one said it. Though I don't think that movie was out yet when we recorded this episode. This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
S2 Ep 85S2E85 - Beck M**** Wilder (with Scott Dorward)
ECan The Bastard stop The Dastard? Fird ord nord! This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
S2 Ep 84S2E84 - Bro
EThe Expanded City Action News Team tours the Fred Factory. Alternate titles include: A Regret of God Horndog for Raw Footage Cryptopods Full of NFT Monkeys Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
October 2025 Announcement
EIT'S CHARITY MONTH AT 694.2 PTBP! Join the charity drive over on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
S2 Ep 83S2E83 - 6
EShoutout to Giboticus on Discord for the episode title suggestion -- nailed it. Alternate titles include: Deep in the Beer River City Life is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni) The World of the Dead and the Damned Leave the Body; Take His Head Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
S2 Ep 82S2E82 - You're a Straight Shooter, Brock
EIt's dire; coming down to the wire. Will our "heroes" expire before they acquire what they desire? Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
S2 Ep 81S2E81 - He Oozes Daddy
EAlgernon, Beck, Cal, Diggory, and Stevie make their way down to Daddy's. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.