Podcast Episodes

Session 23: Fireball at Dawn — The Road, the Witchmark, and the Shadowless Halfling

Barovia doesn’t believe in quiet mornings.
The sun doesn’t rise so much as negotiate with the fog, and when the party left Argynvostholt—bruised, burned, and out of everything but sarcasm—they were ju…

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

Session 23: The Shadowless Companion and the Vineyard Truce

In Barovia, exhaustion isn’t just a condition. It’s a worldview.
And when Session Twenty-Three began, that’s exactly where we were—drained, bruised, and barely held together after ghosts, scarecrows, …

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

Session 22: Fire in the Webs – The Battle for Argynvostholt

The screen fades in on mist. The remains of Argynvostholt rise like a broken cathedral above a grey valley. Then, faintly, the sound of boots, breathing, and whispered plans. This is Session 22 — a f…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Mists of Argynvostholt: A Curse of Strahd Session Chronicle

Step into Barovia’s haunted silence in The Mists of Argynvostholt, an audio journey through one of the most intense chapters of our Curse of Strahd campaign. This is Session 22 — an evening of peril,…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Cities, Money, and the Great Escape

Imagine watching a pot of water with frogs in it. The city adds a little heat — higher taxes, new regulations, moral lectures — and waits to see what happens. At first, nothing. The frogs get used to…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Age of Portable Money

I’ve been thinking a lot about how money moves — and how we still talk about it as if it doesn’t. It all started with a TikTok comment. Somebody asked, “When have rich people ever moved to avoid taxe…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rumspringa for the Republic

Every now and then, America drags its elites out of the faculty lounge and into the street fair. It doesn’t matter if the excuse is a war, a crisis, or—this time—the 250th birthday of the country. Ev…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Republic Always Wins

Every few generations, America forgets how to argue and starts to dance instead. This time the excuse is the 250th birthday — the Semiquincentennial, a word that sounds like it was cooked up by a gov…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

VIDEO: YOU BECOME WHAT YOU PRETEND TO BE

“You become what you pretend to be, so be careful what you pretend to be.” — Jean-Paul Sartre

In The Great Patriotic Heist, I argued that the American Left has begun performing patriotism — not feelin…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

AUDIO: YOU BECOME WHAT YOU PRETEND TO BE

“You become what you pretend to be, so be careful what you pretend to be.” — Jean-Paul Sartre

In The Great Patriotic Heist, I argued that the American Left has begun performing patriotism — waving fla…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago