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Never Say Die!

Drew Meyer and Rafe Telsch

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Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/31d. Total Eps: 44

From the Silver Screen to the GMs screen, ”Never Say Die!” looks at movies and asks: what can it teach me to improve my gaming experience?

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - games
03/11/2025
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7. The Bad Guys (2022)

Episode 44

Thursday, May 22, 2025 • Duration 01:21:44

After languishing in Widows territory for so long (thanks to our unplanned, extended break), Drew and Rafe move to something a little more family friendly: 2022's The Bad Guys for an animated heist flick. How does this feature hold up to the less-animated pictures we've looked at so far? How will our hosts handle adding anthropomorphic animals to their draft rosters? Should game masters use different voices for NPCs? We talk about all of that and more in our latest episode!

Please let us know what you think about this episode! You can email us at theneversaydiepodcast@gmail.com.

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Inter-MISSION: Widows

Episode 43

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 • Duration 52:29

It's Inter-MISSION time: Drew and Rafe are back with our Widows Inter-MISSION to finally put a button on this film's discussion! They talk about things they missed the first time around with Widows and stat their draft characters, talk about films they wish they had merchandise for, maybe hit on a game they want to develop, and announce the next Heist movie they'll be taking on.

Interact with the show on Instagram or email us at theneversaydiepodcast@gmail.com.

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2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

Episode 34

Monday, April 1, 2024 • Duration 01:24:36

We started our season at the apex of the Heist movie genre, so now we're trying something a little less traditional: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. We talk about the benefits of less-traditional heist films like this one, discuss the toxic fanbase surrounding the franchise, and explore the benefits of building a game that will absolutely end in a total party kill. Don't lose hope though, because hope is the one thing we all have working in our advantage!

Please let us know what you think about our new season! You can interact with the show on Instagram and Twitter or email us at theneversaydiepodcast@gmail.com.

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This month's independent podcast promo is for The Monster's Playbook.

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Inter-MISSION: Ocean's Eleven

Episode 33

Monday, March 18, 2024 • Duration 55:52

It's Inter-MISSION time! Drew and Rafe are back to look at Ocean's Eleven and things they might have missed the first time around. They discuss the recent Oscars, outlining the story in-game for the players, alternate casting for the movie, and more. Later, they dive into listener feedback, and give a new assignment for Podcast Homework, before announcing the next Heist movie they'll be taking on.

Interact with the show on Instagram and Twitter or email us at theneversaydiepodcast@gmail.com.

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Special: Oscar Predictions 2024

Episode 32

Monday, March 4, 2024 • Duration 01:27:41

Rafe and Drew are still overdue on our next episode (it's coming! we promise!) but we wanted to get something on the feed for those of you waiting. Rafe does an annual Oscars prediction episode on his other podcast, so we're sharing it here as well. WARNING: This episode does contain a small amount of explicit language. It's not much, but it's different from how we normally run things, so we wanted to make sure that was clear.

Rafe brings together a panel of movie experts to discuss this year's Oscar nominees and make their predictions. Join Rafe along with Thomas Mariani, Emily Slade, and Mel Gore as they discuss and debate the big awards showdown between Oppenheimer, Barbie, and a really strong list of nominees, ultimately making their predictions about who will be taking home an Oscar at this coming weekend's festivities.

This year's panel of experts is made up of:

Thomas Mariani of the Cinema to the Letter Podcast
Emily Slade of the Why This Film? podcast
Mel Gore of the Tangent 1985 YouTube channel

Please let us know what you think about our new season! You can interact with the show on Instagram and Twitter or email us at theneversaydiepodcast@gmail.com.

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Special: Welcome to the Party

Episode 31

Sunday, December 24, 2023 • Duration 35:13

With all that's been going on thanks to the holiday season, real life, and more, we are overdue with our regularly scheduled episode, but Drew and Rafe sat down to record a special holiday special that we're calling "Never Say Die: Welcome to the Party" (because Die Hard is a Christmas movie). We talk about some of our favorite holiday movies as well as some of our favorite movies and gaming experiences of 2023. We hope you have a happy holiday season and we'll be back soon with our Ocean's Eleven Inter-MISSION episode and more of the heist season!

Please let us know what you think about our new season! You can interact with the show on Instagram and Twitter or email us at theneversaydiepodcast@gmail.com.

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This month's independent podcast promo is for Redgate and Wolf.

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1. Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

Episode 30

Thursday, November 23, 2023 • Duration 01:23:10

We're getting the band back together and kicking off our Heist season with 2001's Ocean's Eleven, one of the best contemporary heist movies we could find. We gush over Danny and Rusty's chemistry and the way the movie allows each of its specialists to shine before we steal songs from the soundtrack, draft the beginning of our heist crew, and talk about gamifying flashbacks and ticking clocks. It may look like we're stumbling our way through this, but you'll learn by the end that it was all part of our plan!

Please let us know what you think about our new season! You can interact with the show on Instagram and Twitter or email us at theneversaydiepodcast@gmail.com.

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This month's independent podcast promo is for Redgate and Wolf.

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Season Two: The Zero Session

Episode 29

Monday, November 6, 2023 • Duration 41:32

We're back! Drew and Rafe sit down and outline expectations for our second season of Never Say Die! as we dive into the Heist film genre. What makes a heist film? What specifically makes up our definition of a heist film? What segments from the show are returning? What's being cut? And why won't this be the only time you hear us talk about Hudson Hawk? All of your questions will be addressed within! Okay, maybe not all of your questions. But some of them.

Have an opinion about our film rankings or our final draft picks? You can find us on Instagram and Twitter or email us at theneversaydiepodcast@gmail.com.

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Season One Finale

Episode 28

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 • Duration 01:12:18

It's time to wrap up our Kids on Bikes season so Drew and Rafe return to rank the movies they've watched over the season, both as films and as Kids on Bikes movies. Then, it's time for the final episode draft, where we whittle down the characters we've picked to a final team of seven mundane kids and one peripheral adult. Who will stay and who will be cut? You'll have to listen to find out. Before everything is done, however, there's one last piece of information to share: the topic for our second season!

Have an opinion about our film rankings or our final draft picks? You can find us on Instagram and Twitter or email us at theneversaydiepodcast@gmail.com.

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Special: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Episode 27

Monday, August 21, 2023 • Duration 01:17:31

We're getting one more movie discussion in before we call it a total wrap on our Kids on Bikes season, mostly because we've been called out for calling The Goonies the movie that started the Kids on Bikes movement. Watching E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial means facing our fears, much like many of the characters we've discussed this season. Can Rafe and Drew overcome their nightmares to see the beauty of this all-time classic? We also discuss other movies that didn't quite make the cut for our first season.

Although we didn't gamify the movie this time, we hope you'll still interact with the show. You can find us on Instagram and Twitter or email us at theneversaydiepodcast@gmail.com.

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