Pretending to be People

This 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.

The 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.

The 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.

Some 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.

Welcome 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.

Did 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.

This 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.

Time 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.

Alternative 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.

Alternative 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.

One 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.

Can 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.

The 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.

IT'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.

Shoutout 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.

It'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.

Algernon, 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.

Alternate titles include: The Truth is What Happens RACECAR Magicians are Dweebs Join the Na'vi Unless You Want Daddy to Come Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.

We'll be back next week with more Season Two! In the meantime, please enjoy this here formerly-exclusive episode from our Patreon feed where Zach runs Nice Marines, a one page RPG from Grant Howitt, without knowing shit about Warhammer 40K. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.

Alternate titles include: The Antarctic Attic Fan Before We Save the World…We've Gotta Save the World Snowmo(de)bile Noodles! I'm Not Like Other Homes Pull the Pube Genital Peril Were That You Were a Sewing Gun Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.

Y'all want a climax? A dirty denouement? A randy resolution? Well get ready to finish. This episode features Travis McElroy from The Adventure Zone. Season Two will resume on July 25. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Little Acts" by A People Person.

Can the team rally? Will they fight the threat? Is this the finale? Not quite yet! This episode features Travis McElroy from The Adventure Zone. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Little Acts" by A People Person.

A game of sardines isn't the only thing fishy going on at The Collector's game night. This episode features Travis McElroy from The Adventure Zone. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Little Acts" by A People Person.

Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone? It's a race on the ice, and Hubie's an afterthought. This episode features Sydney Amanuel from The Glass Cannon Podcast. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Balance and Composure" by Ellie Schmidly.

Trauma is shared. Billy gets scared. But this one kicks off with a couple pins spared. This episode features Travis McElroy from The Adventure Zone. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Little Acts" by A People Person.

In the wake of a tragic loss, some bros bring fire sauce. But how do you kill a monster born from bathypelagic frost? This episode features Sydney Amanuel from The Glass Cannon Podcast. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Balance and Composure" by Ellie Schmidly.

Time to meet Milton Hogben and the mysterious blood cabal, Dr. Maynard Ouzo and the alien cloth from the alien in the closet, Randy Matthewson as the world's loneliest church congregant, and, finally, Billy Gruff and The Collector's crystal -- which caused a full blown whiteout and 3 weeks of missing time. This episode features Travis McElroy from The Adventure Zone. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Little Acts" by A People Person.

Everything is covered in frost. The Thing is referenced at any cost. And, unfortunately, a crew member is lost. This episode features Sydney Amanuel from The Glass Cannon Podcast. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Balance and Composure" by Ellie Schmidly.

Meet Melvin Grace, Jim Olsson, Hubie Forster, and Renee "Ray" Mackay as they overwinter at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Research Station on a totally normal Saturday, July 9th, 2022. This episode features Sydney Amanuel from The Glass Cannon Podcast. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Balance and Composure" by Ellie Schmidly.

Alternate titles include: The Day the Ball Stopped Rolling FBI, CIA, A24 Macrohard Dudes Two Scoils Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl and "Balance and Composure" by Ellie Schmidly.

Where is The City? Let's all figure it out at the same exact time! Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The plot moves much further than the City Action News Team's feet. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of self-harm and body horror. Alternate episode titles: Psychedelic Tonsil Stone, We've Got a Scoop For You, Blood Mine Moat. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Brock Hargrave leads the C.A.N. Crew into the eye of the storm. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Research Sobek. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Inside the fog, the C.A.N. Crew faces defeat, death, and a doctor. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How will the C.A.N. Crew evade the military patrolling The Burbs and manning the new comms towers on their way through the fog into The City? Well, it's fairly convoluted, so let's dive on in. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is waiting for the C.A.N. Crew when the C.A.N. Van makes its way back to The City? Find out now! Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the end. Will Fletch figure out why his crush ran away? Will The Jackalope Kid become an American hero? Will Abbadon Skimpole find the secret of eternal life? Will P.P. Heaviside experiment on more humans? Probably! This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. Support the show on Patreon. Share our promo video everywhere. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf played "The Missouri State University Fight Song" by The Missouri State University Pride Band. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

P.P. Heaviside, Fletch, Abbadon Skimpole, and The Jackalope Kid make landfall on Jackfruit Frog Island. This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. Support the show on Patreon. Share our promo video everywhere. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf played "The Missouri State University Fight Song" by The Missouri State University Pride Band. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fletch flirts. The Jackalope Kid practices. P.P. experiments. And Abbadon Skimpole moves the plot forward. This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. Support the show on Patreon. Share our promo video everywhere. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf played "The Missouri State University Fight Song" by The Missouri State University Pride Band. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Combat? Intrigue? Red Dead references? What is this, a Pulp Cthlulhu arc? This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. Support the show on Patreon. Share our promo video everywhere. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf played "The Missouri State University Fight Song" by The Missouri State University Pride Band. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Questions are asked. Motions are passed. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of amphetamines, it's daylight, and we're not wearing sunglasses." Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The CAN Crew (and Algernon) consider summoning Steve the Cleve. This is the penultimate episode of this arc. The ultimate episode of this arc will come out on Friday. Probs lots of announcements in that one. Stay frosty. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The CAN Crew takes uppers and explores Grover Cleveland's hole. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Grover Cleveland's baby carriage, fishing rod, magic tackle box, and what else?" Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All are concerned. A promotion is earned. Read the Discord Spoilers Chat to learn why the churned turned that yearned for the inturned undiscerned was burned. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.