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Can The Bastard stop The Dastard? Fird ord nord!

This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias.

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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

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IT'S CHARITY MONTH AT 694.2 PTBP!

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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

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It's dire; coming down to the wire. Will our "heroes" expire before they acquire what they desire?

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Everything is covered in frost. The Thing is referenced at any cost. And, unfortunately, a crew member is lost.

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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. 

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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

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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!

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The plot moves much further than the City Action News Team's feet.

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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.

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Dr. Brock Hargrave leads the C.A.N. Crew into the eye of the storm.

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Research Sobek.

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Inside the fog, the C.A.N. Crew faces defeat, death, and a doctor.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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Wolf played "The Missouri State University Fight Song" by The Missouri State University Pride Band.

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P.P. Heaviside, Fletch, Abbadon Skimpole, and The Jackalope Kid make landfall on Jackfruit Frog Island.

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Fletch flirts. The Jackalope Kid practices. P.P. experiments. And Abbadon Skimpole moves the plot forward.

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Combat? Intrigue? Red Dead references? What is this, a Pulp Cthlulhu arc?

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Questions are asked. Motions are passed.

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"We’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of amphetamines, it’s daylight, and we’re not wearing sunglasses."

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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.

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The CAN Crew takes uppers and explores Grover Cleveland's hole.

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“Grover Cleveland’s baby carriage, fishing rod, magic tackle box, and what else?”

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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.

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Alternate titles include: Pull It // That Was Surely Mike // This Is Bedroom Gin? // A Hole ‘Nother Thing // The Last Turd // Mike’s Oxhard Lemonade // Algernon, Alger-gone // Goofed Up With Gottle Juice

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Two conversations and a fair amount of plot bring new relations, and affairs are often fraught.

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"What about this guy? Why has he got that big coat on? He can't be cold, why the extra layer? Maybe he's trying to hide something."

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Alternate titles include: The Trifecta of News // He Could’ve Walked // My Pits! // Bob Could Never // Swear On The News // Below Deck (More Like B-low Me) // But You’re Hammered, Sweetie // Squirmy, Be Prepared to Fight

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Alternate titles include: The Goods; The Nuts // Mindf*ck Nightmare //Anyway, we’re gonna go have a competition where we prove who’s more worthy of your love by finding a squirrel baby //I Didn’t Sign Up For That // Two Men Walking in the Woods (One of Them Has a Pistol) //He’s an AM Guy // Beck Wants to Film It

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Cal vs. Algernon. CANcakes vs. The Last Waffles. Video vs. Audio. But something just doesn't add up.

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Cal Colorado meets Algernon Geils-Gerding. It goes as well as expected.

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Beatitudes are misconstrued. Cal eludes the view of crude food. A potential dude fued is brewed for after the CAN Crew intrudes.

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Just in time. It's nice to hit a finale when it feels so right. Honestly can't wait to see what comes of this mess.

This episode features Ellinor DiLorenzo from The Lost Mountain Saga and The Glass Cannon Network's Androids & Aliens.

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Wolf played "I Can't Stop" by Dragon Inn 3.

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Alternate episode titles include: Zach's Pollen, Mrs. Dumpsterfire, C.N.T., I'm a Withard, and Pitch a Wish.

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THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THIS EDIT WAS AN ETERNAL NIGHTMARE DUE TO ENDLESS TECHNICAL FUPUCKS, BUT, FORTUNATELY, THAT SHOULD BE IN THE PAST. MASSIVE SHOUTOUT TO THOMAS AND LUKE FOR ASSISTING IN THE DULL TASK OF ROUNDING OUT UNNATURALLY SHARP WAVES.

Anywho, Cal yells, "I will destroy this book" and "gotta burn the body, too!" So it's that kind of episode.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH OUR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. WE CAN SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, AND IT LOOKS LIKE ROLEPLAYING WITH FRIENDS AGAIN.

This here formerly-exclusive episode is the first of a three episode arc written and run by Luke! Joe, Thomas, and Zach are playing gentlemen who heard tell of a perfect town over the airwaves and took a weekend to investigate to see if they should want to move their families to this Washington, USA.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THIS EDIT WAS A NIGHTMARE DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL FUPUCKS, AND THE NEXT ONE WILL BE, TOO, UNFORTUNATELY. MASSIVE SHOUTOUT TO THOMAS FOR ASSISTING IN THE DULL TASK OF ROUNDING OUT UNNATURALLY SHARP WAVES.

Anywho, this one's great. Old locations, dropped defenses, new sensations, Hell commences.

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Wolf played "I Can't Stop" by Dragon Inn 3.

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The First New Testament is a Revelation. The Second New Testament rhymes. The Third New Testament could be important to the team or the King that's a mime.

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