Pretending to be People
Pretending to be People
Pretending to be People is a mystery/horror role-playing podcast. Join Zach, Thomas, Luke, and Joe as they navigate a terrifying campaign filled with twists, turns, and laughs - all decided on a roll of the dice. Can the officers of the Contention Police Department unravel the mysteries suddenly plaguing their sleepy town? Will they die – or worse – in the attempt? This is an actual play utilizing the game systems of Delta Green and Pulp Cthulhu. This is Pretending to be People.
- 49 minutes 8 secondsOperation: Upstream Church // Part Five (with Travis McElroy)
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.
12 July 2025, 5:47 am - 50 minutes 23 secondsOperation: Upstream Church // Part Four (with Travis McElroy)
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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Wolf the Dog played "Little Acts" by A People Person.
5 July 2025, 5:55 am - 1 hour 4 minutesOperation: Upstream Church // Part Three (with Travis McElroy)
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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Wolf the Dog played "Little Acts" by A People Person.
28 June 2025, 6:10 am - 1 hour 23 minutesS2E78 - Amundsen-Scott: sYES Mobile (with Sydney Amanuel)
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.
21 June 2025, 10:04 am - 1 hour 12 minutesOperation: Upstream Church // Part Two (with Travis McElroy)
Trauma is shared. Billy gets scared. But this one kicks off with a couple pins spared.
This episode features Travis McElroy from The Adventure Zone.
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Wolf the Dog played "Little Acts" by A People Person.
13 June 2025, 10:12 am - 58 minutes 19 secondsS2E77 - Amundsen-Scott: ThingINT (with Sydney Amanuel)
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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Wolf the Dog played "Balance and Composure" by Ellie Schmidly.
7 June 2025, 7:02 am - 1 hour 23 minutesOperation: Upstream Church // Part One (with Travis McElroy)
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.
This episode features Travis McElroy from The Adventure Zone.
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Wolf the Dog played "Little Acts" by A People Person.
30 May 2025, 9:18 pm - 57 minutes 11 secondsS2E76 - Amundsen-Scott: Should We Call the Norwegians? (with Sydney Amanuel)
Everything is covered in frost. The Thing is referenced at any cost. And, unfortunately, a crew member is lost.
This episode features Sydney Amanuel from The Glass Cannon Podcast.
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Wolf the Dog played "Balance and Composure" by Ellie Schmidly.
24 May 2025, 7:07 am - 1 hour 2 minutesS2E75 - Amundsen-Scott: The Storm is Snow Bad (with Sydney Amanuel)
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.
This episode features Sydney Amanuel from The Glass Cannon Podcast.
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Wolf the Dog played "Balance and Composure" by Ellie Schmidly.
13 May 2025, 6:02 am - 55 minutes 53 secondsS2E74 - Wet Lens!
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.
26 April 2025, 6:05 am - 58 minutes 12 secondsS2E73 - Atnas Sualc
Where is The City? Let's all figure it out at the same exact time!
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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
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