Join two amateur sleuths as we dive face-first into mysteries great and small, murderous and mythical, "attempting" to seek out the truth each week.
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Join our host, Matthew Spaier, PI weekly as he dives into the perspectives of what it takes to be a successful Private Investigator. Hear Matthew’s take on how to build your business and learn techniques to help you be the very best investigator you can be. Join us as we look to elevate the profession thru effective and concise experience based knowledge and discussion. Matthew’s 24 years of investigative experience in New York City has given him a unique perspective on how to succeed from c ...
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Firebreathing Kittens plays a different TTRPG every week. Four of the rotation of cast members will bring you a story that has a beginning and end. Every episode is a standalone plot in the season long anthology. There’s no need to catch up on past adventures or listen to every single release. You can hop in to any tale that sounds fun. Join as they explore the world, solve mysteries, attempt comedic banter, and enjoy friendship.
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This is the official podcast of Pursuit Magazine, an online community of private investigators, journalists, and truth-seekers of all stripes. In the podcast, we explore information sources, share tradecraft tips, and discuss ways to integrate new technology with old-school gumshoe know-how. We dig into myths about PI work and hear hard-won lessons from the field. And for the spy-curious outsider, we offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the lives of real spies and PIs. We CAN handle the truth.
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Old Cases New Faces (24 Hour Crime Scene)
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A haunting crime is relived. A cast of suspects is identified. Will the truth be revealed and justice finally prevail? Join Nasty and Sadie as they help Armando solve his parents' murders! Old Cases New Face is an actual play podcast of 24 Hour Crime Scene.By Firebreathing Kittens
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A haunting crime is relived. A cast of suspects is identified. Will the truth be revealed and justice finally prevail? Join Nasty and Sadie as they help Armando solve his parents' murders! Old Cases New Face is an actual play podcast of 24 Hour Crime Scene.By Firebreathing Kittens
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Nasty MacAntyre InterviewBy Firebreathing Kittens
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Episode 226 : We are back with a new show this week. Today we welcome Melody Bruns from Pivot Point Consulting. Melody had a very interesting career working with the FBI as an analyst. When she retired, she opened Pivot point consulting. Her company specializes in trend analysis and is a game changing tool for certain investigations. Let's jump in …
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The Involuntary Time Detectives (24 Hour Crime Scene)
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Ozob, Ailbh, and DI Deviteaux are thrown back through time to solve a long-unsolved murder. What secrets will be revealed? Who's the real murderer? And how scandalous can we make this? The Involuntary Time Detectives is an actual play podcast of 24 Hour Crime Scene.By Firebreathing Kittens
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Ozob, Ailbh, and DI Deviteaux are thrown back through time to solve a long-unsolved murder. What secrets will be revealed? Who's the real murderer? And how scandalous can we make this? The Involuntary Time Detectives is an actual play podcast of 24 Hour Crime Scene.By Firebreathing Kittens
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How to Play 24 Hour Crime Scene 24-Hour Crime Scene is a tabletop RPG in which the players collaboratively solve a murder mystery, by inventing the clues and attaching them to suspects and locations themselves. Ultimately, the solution to the murder is something they come up with together, and not something pre-planned by the GM. In the episodes, I…
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Episode 225: We are back with a new show this week. We are starting our yearly features of the Osmosis Conference. This year the event is in Las vegas and they are celebrating 10 years. In this segment we interview Jessica Smith, David Wells and Steve Adams. Learn more at www.osmosisinstitute.orgUse code 24OSCON10 to save 10% at check out. Links: M…
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Welcome to a special episode of Firebreathing Kittens. This is our quarterly rules discussion where we discuss the rules we played in the past dozen games, for mid year 2024. We’ll discuss the TTRPGs Psychic Cat Chaos, Dicing With Death, Alaria Valor and Company, Community Radio, Risus Epic, When Sky And Sea Were Not Named, Daggerheart, Roll For Sh…
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Does your heart go out when players actually cry during an episode? Don't miss Trauma Poetry, in which Mary, Zidane, Bill, and Nugh play Good Society. Look alikes and mistaken identities abound, one character loses their magic, and we all suffer terribly for our misdeeds and bad reputations!By Firebreathing Kittens
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Does your heart go out when players actually cry during an episode? Don't miss Trauma Poetry, in which Mary, Zidane, Bill, and Nugh play Good Society. Look alikes and mistaken identities abound, one character loses their magic, and we all suffer terribly for our misdeeds and bad reputations!By Firebreathing Kittens
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Drinking Your Feelings (Pocket Gumshoe)
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Oh what people will do for love. Join Ailbh, Arethor, and Rusty as they prove that their friend Tess is innocent of a crime she was, admittedly, going to commit and in the process, discover a greater conspiracy to turn friends into lovers. Listen into this actual play podcast while we play Pocket Gumshoe to find out who is at the centre of this con…
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Oh what people will do for love. Join Ailbh, Arethor, and Rusty as they prove that their friend Tess is innocent of a crime she was, admittedly, going to commit and in the process, discover a greater conspiracy to turn friends into lovers. Listen into this actual play podcast while we play Pocket Gumshoe to find out who is at the centre of this con…
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How to Play Pocket Gumshoe Pocket Gumshoe is a very short, genre-agnostic implementation of the Gumshoe investigation game system. You play a character in a mystery, which you must solve by finding clues. Clues that must be found in order to progress the mystery are called Core Clues, and you cannot miss them. If you spend time in a scene where the…
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Rusty Surehoof InterviewBy Firebreathing Kittens
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Criminal Defense Investigations & Investigative techniques with Christina Duran
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Episode 224: We are back with a new show this week. Today we welcome California PI and International investigator, Christina Duran. Christina has made a career doing Criminal defense Investigations and she has also worked internationally doing Human Trafficking investigations. Today she is on the program to discuss some changes in the law in Califo…
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In this playthrough of Good Society, we follow Marty, Sadie, and Arethor as they dance through the salsa of salacious gossip and the polka of political maneuvering, to earn their crescendo of consequences.By Firebreathing Kittens
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In this playthrough of Good Society, we follow Marty, Sadie, and Arethor as they dance through the salsa of salacious gossip and the polka of political maneuvering, to earn their crescendo of consequences.By Firebreathing Kittens
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Scandals, lies, and intrigue fly as Ailbh and Armando join Ivy at her high society birthday party! Does love win out? Are the rumors true? Tune in to this actual play of the Good Society TTRPG and discover which bombshells are revealed!By Firebreathing Kittens
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Scandals, lies, and intrigue fly as Ailbh and Armando join Ivy at her high society birthday party! Does love win out? Are the rumors true? Tune in to this actual play of the Good Society TTRPG and discover which bombshells are revealed!By Firebreathing Kittens
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How to play Good Society. Hi everyone, this is a special episode of Firebreathing Kittens. I’m the game master for an upcoming session using the rules for Good Society. This episode is a summary of what I learned after reading the rule book. Hopefully this will be a handy guide for how to play for my players, will help me organize myself, and will …
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Ailbh Goldbeard InterviewBy Firebreathing Kittens
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Bartholomew, Nugh, and Mervon receive a late-night cry for help. A gleaming wizard's tower and family issues? Don’t sleep on this episode! A Nod To Mother is an actual play podcast of Roll For Shoes.By Firebreathing Kittens
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Bartholomew, Nugh, and Mervon receive a late-night cry for help. A gleaming wizard's tower and family issues? Don’t sleep on this episode! A Nod To Mother is an actual play podcast of Roll For Shoes.By Firebreathing Kittens
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Emerging Investigative Trends And Genetic Genealogy With John Rowan
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Episode 223: We are back with a new show this week. Today we welcome Conflict International’s John Rowan. John recently retired from New York’s Suffolk County Police Department as Chief of Detectives. John has a passion for a new type of investigative technique called Genetic Genealogy research. The guys discuss how this technology and others impac…
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What IS due diligence, and what ISN'T it? To answer this, Hal turns to our longtime colleague and friend Marcy Phelps, a professional researcher, licensed private investigator, and Certified Fraud Examiner. She's the author of Research on Main Street, owner of Marcy Phelps & Associates, and an instructor at PI Education. In the episode, Hal and Mar…
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A Collaborative Effort (Daggerheart)
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After a harrowing welcome to Silverwood Haven, Arethor, Qigiq, and Sadie embark on a quest seeking The Alchemist for… something. This episode uses v1.4 playtest rules for the Daggerheart game system.By Firebreathing Kittens
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After a harrowing welcome to Silverwood Haven, Arethor, Qigiq, and Sadie embark on a quest seeking The Alchemist for… something. This episode uses v1.4 playtest rules for the Daggerheart game system.By Firebreathing Kittens
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Arethor Gowek InterviewBy Firebreathing Kittens
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Tales Of The Wind (When Sky And Sea Were Not Named)
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Floating jungle islands are rare so when they show up somebody has to explore them. And who better than Qigiq, Ivy Green, and Colette three of the Firebreathing Kittens? Come listen as they find wind monsters, become influencers amongst lizard people, and find something quite unexpected at the center of this mysterious island! Tales of the Wind is …
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Floating jungle islands are rare so when they show up somebody has to explore them. And who better than Qigiq, Ivy Green, and Colette three of the Firebreathing Kittens? Come listen as they find wind monsters, become influencers amongst lizard people, and find something quite unexpected at the center of this mysterious island! Tales of the Wind is …
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Dangerous Escapades with Private Eye, Secret Spy, Ian Withers
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Episode 222: Welcome to this week's show. We are back with a new show as we celebrate the 4th of July this week. Please take some time and remember what makes this country great. Dont forget the sunblock and try not eat too much. Today we welcome a legendary private investigator. Since 1960, yes folks, I said 1960, this investigator has been solvin…
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A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland
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1986, Northern Ireland. A British spy is found dead by a desolate country lane — murdered by the IRA. Decades later, his killing set in motion the largest murder investigation ever in Britain and provoked painful national soul-searching about what spies should be allowed to to while serving their countries. Join Hal and his guest, author and journa…
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A simple errand turns into an impromptu audit as Sadie, Mary, and Bartholomew investigate the astronomic inflation in Shireford Upon Emou. Tune in to this Risus Epic adventure to see if they can solve the town's financial woes!By Firebreathing Kittens
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A simple errand turns into an impromptu audit as Sadie, Mary, and Bartholomew investigate the astronomic inflation in Shireford Upon Emou. Tune in to this Risus Epic adventure to see if they can solve the town's financial woes!By Firebreathing Kittens
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All That Glitters Is Fools Gold (Risus Epic)
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Join Bill and Maeve as they battle capitalism, Ponzi schemes, and fool's gold.By Firebreathing Kittens
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Join Bill and Maeve as they battle capitalism, Ponzi schemes, and fool's gold.By Firebreathing Kittens
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How To Play Risus EpicBy Firebreathing Kittens
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Welcome back listeners! Today, Fennis, Mervon and Sadie are playing "Community Radio". In this episode, we draw back a bit, instead of following a single adventure, Niqamui itself is the focus, more specifically- the local radio station's coverage of some of the supernatural events that take place in Niqamui's casual day-to-day. Breaking Council De…
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Greetings and welcome to the Firebreathing Kittens. This is a short overview of how to play Community Radio. Community Radio is a story and improv focused game. We don't have character sheets. Instead, the players play out slice of life moments from a strange community, while the GM plays the Host of the community's radio station. The mood of a Com…
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Remembering Jim Zimmer and National Legislative Updates
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Episode 221: Welcome to this week's show. Today we remember Jim Zimmer from Benchmark Investigations in California. Jim tragically suffered an injury in early May that left him incapacitated. On June 2nd , Jim lost his battle trying to recover. Today Eddie Ajaeb is back to remember Jim and discuss some of the legislative issues that NCISS has been …
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Roots Of Corruption (Alaria Valor and Company)
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FBK is hired to protect two children as they undergo a pilgrimage. What no one yet realizes is the true danger spreading in the blessed grove. Join Bill, Qigiq, and Armando as they seek a sense of justice and work to become true heroes in this actual play podcast of Alaria Valor and Company.By Firebreathing Kittens
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FBK is hired to protect two children as they undergo a pilgrimage. What no one yet realizes is the true danger spreading in the blessed grove. Join Bill, Qigiq, and Armando as they seek a sense of justice and work to become true heroes in this actual play podcast of Alaria Valor and Company.By Firebreathing Kittens
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How To Play Alaria Valor And CompanyBy Firebreathing Kittens
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Qigiq Steel InterviewBy Firebreathing Kittens
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Life & Death Journeys of a Miami Detective
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Join host Hal Humphreys and his guest, Ramesh Nyberg, as they talk about Nyberg's experiences in Florida law enforcement, including 22 years as a Miami homicide detective. In his new book, Badge Tie, and Gun: Life and Death Journeys of a Miami Detective, Nyberg shares what he's learned from nearly three decades on the force. It's full of great stor…
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Booty Behind Bars (Dicing With Death)
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During a regular shopping trip, Demyan and Jimmy Potatoes are rudely whisked off by pirates to break into a mysterious complex, which holds secrets that could change the face of the planet... This episode uses the 'Dicing With Death' Playtest TTRPG.By Firebreathing Kittens
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During a regular shopping trip, Demyan and Jimmy Potatoes are rudely whisked off by pirates to break into a mysterious complex, which holds secrets that could change the face of the planet... This episode uses the 'Dicing With Death' Playtest TTRPG.By Firebreathing Kittens
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A.I. Will Not Take Your Job! With Lucas Delgado
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Episode 220: Welcome to this week's show. Today we are joined by Lucas Delgado from LancasInvestigations in Florida. The guys discuss A.I. and the state of the industry. There has been lots of chatter about how A.I. could take away investigative positions and effect your ability to earn a living. It has been aHot topic all over the internet. This i…
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CATegorical Success (Psychic Cat Chaos)
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Fennis, Sadie, and Mervon get body swapped with their furry friends. Can they get back? Are greebles real? SHOULD they be? Tune in! CATegorical Success is an actual play podcast of Psychic Cat Chaos.By Firebreathing Kittens
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