Best Nathan Paoletta Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 138: New Life, Old Dragons 1:27:23

13d ago1:27:23

1:27:23

Nathan and Eppy close out Season Three with S3E18 New Life, Old Dragons. Jim is hired by a Vietnamese refugee to find her missing brother, but as he (reluctantly) pursues the case, it becomes clear that he doesn't know the whole story. When Rocky takes a beating, it turns personal, and Jim needs to figure out where the danger is coming from - the k…

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Episode 137: This Case Is Closed 1:47:40

28d ago1:47:40

1:47:40

Nathan and Eppy finish the main tour through the first season with the 90-minute S1E6 This Case Is Closed. Jim's client sends him to Newark to check up on a soon-to-be son-in-law, and Jim starts getting heat from the mob, the cops and the feds - and he doesn't know why! With an unconventional narrative structure, plenty of good car chases and lots …

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Episode 136: In Pursuit of Carol Thorne 1:26:48

2M ago1:26:48

1:26:48

Nathan and Eppy take a road trip in S1E9 In Pursuit of Carol Thorne. Jim is hired to keep an eye on a newly-released-from-prison Carol Thorne - but he's not the only one! Carol takes a hike and Jim pursues her to Nevada, only to find that he's being used by a conman to get Carol to find another member of his old gang who's sitting on a million-doll…

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Episode 135: Find Me If You Can 1:32:19

3M ago1:32:19

1:32:19

Nathan and Eppy join Jim for one of his most unique challenges in S1E8 Find Me If You Can. His client has hired Jim to find... her. While the money is good, the mystery surrounding why Barbara (Joan Van Arc) is trying to stay un-discoverable concerns Jim, and his search for answers takes him to the mob boss of Denver, played by Paul Michael Glaser.…

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Episode 134: Star Trek: First Contact 2:08:04

3M ago2:08:04

2:08:04

Welcome to Twenty Dollars a Day, the podcast where we explore our favorite holodeck adventures in the Star Trek universe! Nathan and Eppy are bidding a fond farewell to this podcast with our final episode: the second Next Generation movie, First Contact. Look, it has a Dixon Hill holodeck appearance, so it counts enough for us to talk about it - an…

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Episode 133: Piece Work 1:17:07

4M ago1:17:07

1:17:07

Nathan and Eppy hit the gym in S3E10 Piece Work. Jim's insurance investigation gig happens to intersect with flashy dresser Murray Rosner (Michael Lerner), a freelancer for the feds who's getting a gun buy together. After a series of paranoid assumptions, Jim takes a beating from the gun-running goons, uncovers the scheme and brings in Dennis for a…

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Episode 132: Rattlers' Class of '63 1:24:07

4M ago1:24:07

1:24:07

Nathan and Eppy make a trip to the dump in S3E8 Rattlers' Class of '63. Angel is getting married! Jim is surprised but supportive - until he learns that it's Angel's way of ducking the fallout from a "Red Barn" con gone wrong. His new brothers-in-law are trying to sell a landfill, but once one of them is found dead, Angel and Jim look good for the …

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Episode 131: Murder and Misdemeanors 1:50:30

5M ago1:50:30

1:50:30

Nathan and Eppy hit the streets of LA for the penultimate 90s TV Movie, Murder and Misdemeanors. A fellow ex-con-turned-PI, Booker Hutch (John Amos), cons Jim into taking his remaining caseload - and before he can even look over the files, Jim's fielding police harassment. There's an investigation into potentially dirty cops, a reporter hungry for …

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Episode 130: With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind? 1:31:34

6M ago1:31:34

1:31:34

Nathan and Eppy hit the runway in S5E12 With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind? After a discussion of the very interesting life of director Ivan Dixon, we join Jim as he investigates the death of a model friend who called him for help. This quickly brings him to fellow-(former)-model Alta (Erin Gray) and then avant-garde desi…

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Episode 129: Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow 1:13:40

6M ago1:13:40

1:13:40

Nathan and Eppy join Jim as he faces off with a neurotic playboy, a real estate slimeball and Arabic culture clash in S5E7 Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow. Rousted out of bed by an angry Arabic patriarch to answer for a recent gig where Jim was looking for his daughter, Jim wants to get to the bottom of the situation. After tracking down …

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Episode 128: The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall 1:28:33

7M ago1:28:33

1:28:33

Nathan and Eppy head back to school in S4E20 The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall. Jim has a friend whose son is going to Rosemont College, and who seemed to come to him for help... and then denies that anything is wrong. Jim wants to get to the bottom of it, placing him in a mysterious situation involving a fraternity, a hard-nosed campus security chief,…

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Episode 127: The Battle of Canoga Park 1:25:07

8M ago1:25:07

1:25:07

Nathan and Eppy don fireproof outfits for the explosive S4E3 The Battle of Canoga Park. Jim's stolen gun is used to murder a man he doesn't even know! While figuring out how to prove he didn't do it, he uncovers a paramilitary militia. From grenades to truckloads of dynamite, this romp of an episode manages to keep the stakes high without undercutt…

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Episode 126: Aura Lee, Farewell 1:24:14

8M ago1:24:14

1:24:14

Nathan and Eppy say goodbye to Jackie Cooper (as a director) in S1E14 Aura Lee, Farewell. Jim is asked by sometime-girlfriend-and-previous-client Sara to look into the so-called overdose death of her friend Aura Lee. Once his investigation turns up a State Senator and a slick bunko artist, things get really intense. This is a tight episode with lot…

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Episode 125: Say Goodbye to Jennifer 1:38:08

9M ago1:38:08

1:38:08

Nathan and Eppy join Jim as he travels to the morgue, the dentist and Seattle in S1E18 Say Goodbye to Jennifer. Hector Elizondo guest stars as Mitch, a Korean War buddy of Jim. It looks like the woman he's infatuated with, Jennifer, died in a car accident, and Jim has little patience for Mitch's insistence that she's alive. But once a mobster start…

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Episode 124: William Wiard Retrospective Rewind 1:46:07

11M ago1:46:07

1:46:07

Nathan and Eppy end our Summer of Wiard by rewinding back through the entire Wiard Rockford Filesography. This excuse gives us a good way to chat about some of the show's most standout episodes, and we assemble a Recommended Viewing list of our 6 most recommended Wiard-directed episodes, one from each season. A fun conversation! We also go to our a…

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Episode 123: Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die 2:07:09

11M ago2:07:09

2:07:09

Nathan and Eppy complete the Wiard World Tour with this two-parter, episodes 3 and 4 from season 6: Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die. Show favorite George Loros guest stars as Eddie, a prison buddy of Jim's now working for rock star Tim Ritchie. He reaches out to Rockford to find a missing member of Ritchie's entourage, but the mystery of what happ…

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Episode 122: Claire 1:23:21

12M ago1:23:21

1:23:21

Nathan and Eppy head back to the first season to meet another of Jim's old flames in S1E17 Claire. After a rough breakup and years of separation, Claire calls Jim for help. Of course he agrees to do what he can, but she isn't being straight with him and he needs to figure out who's life is in danger and why before it's too late. Co-starring Linda E…

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Episode 121: Heartaches of a Fool 1:28:18

12M ago1:28:18

1:28:18

Nathan and Eppy continue to tour the William Wiard-verse with S5E1 Heartaches of a Fool. After a truck accident lands Rocky in the hospital, Jim is determined to find out who caused it and hold them accountable. His quest leads to a country music star, a sausage-smuggling operation and a brewing war between corrupt union officials and a Chinese gan…

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Episode 120: The Return of the Black Shadow 1:19:07

1y ago1:19:07

1:19:07

Nathan and Eppy go back to their old ways in S5E17 The Return of the Black Shadow. This was a hard one for us, folks! After a biker gang assaults Jim and abducts and sexually assaults his date, Coop's sister Gail, Coop relives his past as a biker to infiltrate the Rattlers and get revenge. Content Warning: this episode hinges on Gail's rape, and we…

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Episode 119: A Deadly Maze 1:26:39

1y ago1:26:39

1:26:39

Nathan and Eppy join Jim as he reluctantly takes on a missing persons case for an unemotional client in S4E13 A Deadly Maze. The money is good, but the case is just weird, and even after Jim finds the client's wife, he can't let go of the feeling that something else is going on. This is an episode with a meaningful reveal, which made the overall ve…

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Episode 118: The Fourth Man 1:32:10

1y ago1:32:10

1:32:10

Nathan and Eppy take a flight into the start of the third season with S3E1 The Fourth Man. Jim's friend Lauri, an airline booking agent, can't figure out why she's being stalked by a seemingly up-and-up rare coin collector. The menace escalates as Jim calls on the expertise of everyone in the main cast to discover the secret he's willing to kill to…

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Episode 117: Trouble in Chapter 17 1:30:05

1y ago1:30:05

1:30:05

Nathan and Eppy enter the publishing world in S4E2 Trouble in Chapter 17. "Feminity not feminism" author Ann Louise Clement wants to hire Jim as a bodyguard, which isn't his beat. But after witnessing an apparent attempt on her life, he can't not look into it. Unfortunately for Jim, Ann Louise is more interested in publicity than preservation, and …

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Episode 116: Star Trek DS9: Our Man Bashir 1:24:31

1+ y ago1:24:31

1:24:31

Welcome to Twenty Dollars a Day, the podcast where we explore our favorite holodeck adventures in the Star Trek universe! Nathan and Eppy join the crew of Deep Space 9 for some thrilling spy action in S4E9 Our Man Bashir. Doctor Bashir is enjoying his new holo-adventure as a Bond-esque superspy when Garak crashes the party. Unfortunately, a transpo…

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Episode 115: Love Is the Word 1:28:41

1+ y ago1:28:41

1:28:41

Nathan and Eppy finish the Megan Dougherty cycle with S6E5 Love Is the Word. After a lengthy absence, Jim finally returns to Megan only to find that she's gotten engaged! Fair enough, but when her fiancé is accused of murder, of course Jim is going to help find out what's going on. This episode isn't really about the mystery, but it gives us an inc…

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Episode 114: Black Mirror 1:54:47

1+ y ago1:54:47

1:54:47

Nathan and Eppy go to the first appearance of Megan Dougherty (Kathryn Harrold) in S5E9 Black Mirror. This double-length episode, split into two for syndication, gives us plenty of time to learn about Megan and see exactly why she and Jim have such a unique connection. Despite the length, this one flys by as the story turns from discovering a myste…

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Episode 113: A Plus Expenses Special 59:50

1+ y ago59:50

59:50

In this Plus Expenses we talk about: We have Shirts! Plus, recordings and noise, sheep, deer, the Langley Bunnies, our public Plus Expenses, New Year's Fray 2022, fun trading cards, Epimas, buying and selling PDFs, holiday theming, publishing calendars, hype cycles, jgarf.org, the Two Hundred a Day audience, reflections on the show, detective ficti…

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Episode 112: Punishment and Crime 2:06:59

1+ y ago2:06:59

2:06:59

Nathan and Eppy return to the 90s for the sixth Rockford Files TV Movie, 1996's Punishment and Crime. A chance encounter with a woman from Jim's past, blind psychologist Megan Dougherty, leads to a reunion! However, Megan's cousin Patrick is in some trouble with Russian heavies, and Jim is, against his better judgement, drawn in. There's violence, …

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Episode 111: The Family Hour 1:33:54

1+ y ago1:33:54

1:33:54

Nathan and Eppy learn a lot about family in S3E3 The Family Hour. Jim and Rocky find Marin, a young girl, seemingly abandoned on Jim's doorstep. They can't help but try to find her family, but are quickly drawn into some kind of scheme centering on Marin's father involving creeps, death threats, narcotics and a cattle prod. A patron suggestion, thi…

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Episode 110: Crack Back 1:32:16

1+ y ago1:32:16

1:32:16

Nathan and Eppy go to the courtroom in a "Bethisode", S3E21 Crack Back. Beth is defending a rising football star accused of murder during a violent robbery - but her defense is being compromised by someone stalking her. Jim wants to help her out with both, of course, but has to navigate what Beth wants (the best for her case) with what he wants (th…

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Episode 109: A Fast Count 1:49:11

1+ y ago1:49:11

1:49:11

Nathan and Eppy get in the ring with S5E10 A Fast Count. Jim is invested in a promising young boxer, but when his manager Morry is pulled in by the feds for a bribery charge, Jim reluctantly agrees to protect his investment by figuring out who is framing Morry and why. It seems that a rival manager and Used Car Queen "Right On Ruth" is behind it, b…

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Episode 108: The Jersey Bounce 1:30:02

1+ y ago1:30:02

1:30:02

Nathan and Eppy take a trip to the first appearance of Eugene and Mickey in S5E3 The Jersey Bounce. Our "coupla guys" rent a house next to Rocky, and after some serious threats are made, a dead body shows up. Jim is implicated and needs legal counsel, finally hooking up with disbarred attorney John Cooper to turn the tables on our two dim-witted wa…

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Episode 107: Just a Coupla Guys 1:35:15

1+ y ago1:35:15

1:35:15

After fielding the recordings on our answering machine, Nathan and Eppy take a trip to Jersey in S6E10 Just a Coupla Guys. This is a very Rockford-lite episode, centering instead on two hapless Jerseyites who want to make it in with the mob. A backdoor pilot for a never-produced show, this David Chase-written episode foreshadows a lot of what ended…

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Episode 106: Exit Prentiss Carr 1:32:28

2y ago1:32:28

1:32:28

Nathan and Eppy go to Bay City in S1E4 Exit Prentiss Carr. An old flame hires Jim to find her husband, but he only finds the body. When the Bay City police rule it a suicide, Jim has to figure out who is lying to him and why, all while keeping one step ahead of the local cops who have it out for him personally. A very well-paced early season episod…

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Episode 105: The Deuce 1:30:42

2y ago1:30:42

1:30:42

Nathan and Eppy spend some time in the jury box with Jim in S5E15 The Deuce. It looks like a drink driver hit and killed a woman, but some trouble details give Jim reasonable doubts. The driver asks Jim to keep looking into it, and each thread he pulls on uncovers another lie. The strength of this episode is seeing so much of Jim's day-to-day, and …

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Episode 104: Return to the 38th Parallel 1:37:26

2y ago1:37:26

1:37:26

Nathan and Eppy get to hear some of Jim's Korean escapades in S3E9 Return to the 38th Parallel. An old commander of his, played by the always-delightful Ned Beatty, comes calling out of the blue. Down on his luck, he takes a case that Jim turns down - but it turns out to be only the first step in a more elaborate scheme to use Jim to get to a big i…

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Episode 103: Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs 1:54:26

2y ago1:54:26

1:54:26

Nathan and Eppy take on a stand-out double-length episode in S2E6 Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs. Lauren Bacall guest stars as a Kendall, a woman mysteriously marked for death. After a chance encounter at a restaurant, her friend and patron Princess Irene Rachevsky hires Jim to find out who's trying to kill Kendall. The investigation leads from ya…

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Episode 102: Beamer's Last Case 1:29:44

2y ago1:29:44

1:29:44

Nathan and Eppy return to Paradise Cove in S4E1 Beamer's Last Case. Jim returns from a shortened vacation to find that someone has stolen his identity - and not only that, but wrecked his car and gotten him into trouble with some serious people! Once Jim tracks down the culprit, a mechanic named Freddie Beamer, the rest of the episode is a quick-th…

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Episode 101: Star Trek TNG: A Fistful of Datas 1:09:28

2+ y ago1:09:28

1:09:28

Welcome to Twenty Dollars a Day, the podcast where we explore our favorite holodeck adventures in the Star Trek universe! Nathan and Eppy go back to the Ancient West in TNG S6E8: A Fistful of Datas. The Enterprise has some well-deserved downtime, and Worf can't invent enough work to keep him from joining his son Alexander in the Ancient West town o…

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Episode 100: Episode 100 Spectacular 1:04:04

2+ y ago1:04:04

1:04:04

It's our 100th episode of Two Hundred a Day! To celebrate this milestone, we draft our picks for recommended episodes of our own show. If you've joined us recently, these are some of our most fun, interesting and memorable episodes. Thanks so much for listening! Our Recommended Episode List: Ep 6: Just Another Polish Wedding Ep 21: Hotel of Fear Ep…

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Episode 99: The Gang at Don's Drive-In 1:30:31

2+ y ago1:30:31

1:30:31

Nathan and Eppy meet an old friend of Jims in S4E15 The Gang at Don's Drive-In. Jack Skowron, former best-selling writer and current alcoholic, is in LA chasing down stories for a new book with Jim's help. When he gets beat up, Jim starts to suspect there's more to his agenda, and has to uncover the sordid story behind a decades-old high school par…

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Episode 5: A New Year 22:04

2+ y ago22:04

22:04

In this episode I talk about transitions and giving myself time to mindfully reflect in my work and goals. It's also kind of a "state of the podcast." I don't address any particular listener questions in this one, but would love to hear other's thoughts on these ideas! For more information on me and my games, including how to submit questions for t…

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Episode 98: A Different Drummer 1:34:56

2+ y ago1:34:56

1:34:56

Nathan and Eppy take a look at the final episode guest starring Jesse Welles, S5E20 A Different Drummer. Jim witnesses a bizarre surgical procedure while in the hospital, and obsessively tracks down the surgeon to find out what's going on. Starting out a mystery, and transitioning to a character study of a horror-movie-inflected villain, this was a…

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Episode 97: A Plus Expenses Special 56:55

2+ y ago56:55

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**In Plus Expenses #40 we talk about: **Goodbye 2021, Eppy recommends The Spine of Night, Nathan just isn’t watching movies, the Rockford Files is still good!, the triple-edged (?) sword of making your hobby your job, Nathan recommends The Prisoner, TV theme songs, Crossbow, McGoohan Season continues, Be Seeing You (RPG), the Columbo episode Identi…

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Episode 96: Roundabout 1:33:22

2+ y ago1:33:22

1:33:22

Nathan and Eppy return to Las Vegas in S1E22 Roundabout. Jim is hired for a straightforward gig to find an insurance beneficiary - Nancy, the beneficiary, isn't making much money as a Vegas lounge singer, but it seems simple enough to give her a check. But when she runs, then is grabbed by goons, Jim has to act fast to save his paycheck. The final …

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Episode 4: Design Journal - WHITE 34:50

2+ y ago34:50

34:50

In this episode I address a comment about what I'm working on, and questions about where I get my ideas, and when I go to playtesting. Thankfully, I'm able to do so by talking about my current project, WHITE, one of my three color games from the Break Kickstarter initiative. I explain it all in the show! In this episode I mention: [https://www.kick…

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Episode 95: The Dexter Crisis 1:26:33

2+ y ago1:26:33

1:26:33

Nathan and Eppy go to Vegas in S1E10 The Dexter Crisis. Jim is hired by the titular Dexter to find Susan, his mistress who suddenly took off, and quickly ends up partnered with her roommate Louise as they head to the only lead they have: Las Vegas. They find Susan quickly enough, but then a sudden attack, a rival PI and a mysterious suitcase compli…

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Episode 3: Emergence 5:49

2+ y ago5:49

5:49

HE CAME FROM THE SEA This episode includes sound effects from multiple users at [https://freesound.org](freesound.org), released either into the public domain or with a CC0 license. This episode includes portions of the song Echoes of Time by Kevin MacLeod. Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3699-echoes-of-time License: https://filmmusic.i…

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Episode 94: The Becker Connection 1:25:14

2+ y ago1:25:14

1:25:14

Nathan and Eppy get to see Jim helping out a friend in S3E16: The Becker Connection. Becker's been moonlighting with the Narco squad, and suddenly some stolen heroin shows up in his car tire! Suspended while under investigation by internal affairs, Dennis turns to Jim for any help he can provide - which involves Angel, a washed-up Vegas comedian, a…

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Episode 2: Playing Games 35:24

2+ y ago35:24

35:24

In this episode I address questions about playing my games, playing other people's games, staying aware of what's out there, finding communities, and games as art. Thanks for the questions! For more information on me and my games, including how to submit questions for the show, please visit ndpdesign.com/podcasts. This show, like all of my work, is…

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Episode 93: Irving the Explainer 1:19:38

2+ y ago1:19:38

1:19:38

Nathan and Eppy dive into one of the most oddball episodes, S4E8 Irving the Explainer. It's an intentionally obtuse episode that really benefits from seeing it cold - if you haven't, be warned that we might spoil the fun with our discussion! Written by David Chase, this episode seems to be a pretty polarizing one, and we talk about the various lens…

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