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.
- 1 hour 7 minutesS2E89 - I Think I Beefed It (with Scott Dorward and Ellinor DiLorenzo)
Time to see who listens closely. Those who do will understand. Mostly.
Alternative titles include: Equality and Dads More Blood Magic Wish For War, Please Don't Sl*t-Shame My Daughter War's Back on the Menu
This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias and Ellinor DiLorenzo from The Lost Mountain Saga and The Glass Cannon Network's Androids & Aliens.
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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
19 December 2025, 8:42 am - 1 hour 1 minuteS2E88 - Why Do You Think It's Called The Equatorial (with Scott Dorward)
Alternative titles include: What About A World... She's a Beautiful Bird Diggory Was Always Wrong We're Brainstorming
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6 December 2025, 7:48 am - 49 minutes 33 secondsS2E87 - The I.D.I.O.T. Feature (with Scott Dorward)
Alternative titles include: Turns Out There's One Right God An Acceptable Compromise Everybody's Full Father Figure You Are Magic Man Mast Vajority The NASCARhole I'll Follow You Into the Dark Ionic Dirt Is Over There Aunt Crawling
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22 November 2025, 2:30 am - 57 minutes 57 secondsS2E86 - A Million Dead Penguins (with Scott Dorward)
One Cattle After Another would work as an episode title, but no one said it. Though I don't think that movie was out yet when we recorded this episode.
This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias.
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8 November 2025, 10:29 am - 1 hour 6 secondsS2E85 - Beck M**** Wilder (with Scott Dorward)
Can The Bastard stop The Dastard? Fird ord nord!
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24 October 2025, 11:54 pm - 1 hour 3 minutesS2E84 - Bro
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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11 October 2025, 9:07 am - 4 minutes 24 secondsOctober 2025 Announcement
IT'S CHARITY MONTH AT 694.2 PTBP!
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2 October 2025, 7:13 pm - 54 minutes 48 secondsS2E83 - 6
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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28 September 2025, 7:53 am - 1 hour 5 minutesS2E82 - You're a Straight Shooter, Brock
It's dire; coming down to the wire. Will our "heroes" expire before they acquire what they desire?
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13 September 2025, 9:40 am - 56 minutes 11 secondsS2E81 - He Oozes Daddy
Algernon, Beck, Cal, Diggory, and Stevie make their way down to Daddy's.
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30 August 2025, 6:05 am - 51 minutes 12 secondsS2E80 - Bind the Hands at Sea
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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