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The People I Play With

Jesse Burneko

Leisure

Frequency: 1 episode/35d. Total Eps: 13

“The People I Play With” is an interview podcast where I talk one-on-one with people with whom I have recently played a role-playing game. It is not a product review show. In fact I try to keep the specifics of the game to a need-to-know minimum in order to focus on the guest’s insights into their own play process.

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🇨🇦 Canada - games
05/05/2026
#82
🇨🇦 Canada - games
04/05/2026
#49

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https://dice.camp/@jburneko
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https://adeptplay.com/
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https://bsky.app/profile/jburneko.itch.io
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https://patreon.com/jburneko?utm_medium=unknown&amp
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Kyle Wolfe On Story Engine

Season 2 · Episode 4

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 • Duration 33:11

In which Kyle and I discuss:

Using your character to motivate other characters.
Maintaining attention during play.
Playing a character outside your comfort zone.
Creating a character in an open system without archetypes.
Playing a character with questionable loyalties.
Not exceptionalizing the PCs.
Character motivations in the face of horrific injustice.
Characters relationships to violence that happens around them.
Being out of the action at a critical moment.
The moral qualities of situational fallout.
Looking forward to follow-up scenarios.
Pausing play to think through consequences.

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“The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento

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Michael S. Miller
Vincent Baker
Ralph

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Greg Hellings On Fantasy For Real

Season 2 · Episode 3

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 • Duration 19:52

In which Greg and I discuss:

Bringing fresh ideas to player material
Setting up other players for character moments
Pace of developing a characters motivation
Considering other player characters’ motivations when acting.
Pushing for the fail moment.
Contingency planning or lack there of.
Character informing game decisions.
The morality of letting an NPC you could save die.
Processing the tone of a game.
Fantasy For Real as a GM training tool.
Having the perfect storm of players and game.

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“The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento

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Michael S. Miller
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Ralph

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James Ritter On Blade Runner

Season 1 · Episode 2

Thursday, April 3, 2025 • Duration 26:34

In which James and I discuss:

The professional and private life of a replicant blade runner.
Pushing beyond your limits for the job.
The complexity of interrogation scenes.
The politics of blade running.
Adjudicating beyond basic success.
Rules that occasionally disconnect from the fiction.

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“The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento

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Ralph

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Sarah Kouklis On Crash Pandas

Season 1 · Episode 1

Thursday, March 20, 2025 • Duration 27:27

In which Sarah and I discuss:

Developing scenarios from a minimal premise.
Creating personality profiles for background characters.
Managing colorful characters in a chaotic situation.
Resolving uncertainty outside the rules.
Building relatable characters in a silly context.

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“The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento

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Episode 0: Welcome To The People I Play With

Season 1

Thursday, February 27, 2025 • Duration 02:35

A short introduction to the upcoming podcast: The People I Play With.

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“The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento

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Ralph

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Sarah ChristianScher On Broken Tales

Season 2 · Episode 2

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 • Duration 20:06

In which Sarah and I discuss:

Developing a character from game cues.
Playing a protagonist that mirrors the antagonist.
Self-expression in an open magic system.
The morality of child vengeance and recruitment..
Developing an ethical framework in a villainous character.
Setting inspiration.
When player magic intersects with each other.
Watching inappropriate media in our youth.

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“The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento

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Ralph

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Kodi Gonzaga On Ten Candles

Season 2 · Episode 1

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 • Duration 29:11

In which Kodi and I discuss:

Bringing emotions to the game.
Games as safe spaces for bad feelings.
Emotionally connecting with your character.
RPGs as “therapy” and self-expression.
Being emotionally disconnected from overly scripted moments.
Resonating with biracial themes in our game.
Struggling with awkward resolutions.
The difficulty with mixed-successes.
The myth of agency through narrative control.
Why math shouldn’t pace your games.
Thirsty Sword Lesbians, game or meta-game?

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“The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento

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Ralph

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Season 2 Teaser

Season 2

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 • Duration 02:34

Season 2 Is Coming March 10th!

Guests Include:

Kodi Gonzaga On Ten Candles
Sarah ChristianScher On Broken Tales
Greg Hellings On Fantasy For Real
Kyle Wolfe On Story Engine
Jeff Jones On Sorcerer
James Ritter On The Hour Between Dog And Wolf
Tea On Ex Tenebris
Bre Seale On Cthulhu Dark
Eva Wierzbicki On Bluebeard’s Bride

Music

“The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento

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Michael S. Miller
Vincent Baker
Ralph

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Christian Yetter On Bleak Spirit

Season 1 · Episode 7

Thursday, June 12, 2025 • Duration 25:25

In which Christian and I discuss:

The joy of adding incidental details.
Finding the salient detail of scene vs playing toward one.
Formulating alternative consequences for conflicts.
The power of restricting conversations about in-progress play.
Following the creative focus of the group.
Discerning meaning within thematic resonance.
Processing and teaching rules texts.

Music

“The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento

Thanks To My Patreon Supporters:

Michael S. Miller
Vincent Baker
Ralph

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Dawn Matheson On Sorcerer

Season 1 · Episode 6

Thursday, May 29, 2025 • Duration 21:41

In which Dawn and I discuss:

The value of playing in familiar locations.
Playing fantasy selves.
Navigating NPC social pressure.
Forming meaningful connections between PCs and NPCs.
Assuming responsibility for your character’s actions.
Playing with family members.
Running a game without a plot.
Other historical contexts for play.

Music

“The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento

Thanks To My Patreon Supporters:

Michael S. Miller
Vincent Baker
Ralph

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