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You think you've seen a big actual play? You haven't seen anything like this! CalazCon is a mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 Beam Saber play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf of the Democratic Federated Systems. Their choices will affect each other through the course of their shared campaign. Can they liberate the city together, or will they be consumed by the con ...
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Risky Standard

Risky Standard

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Risky Standard is an actual-play podcast featuring a group of rowdy best friends playing a variety of tabletop role-playing games to tell stories set in original worlds. Currently playing Beam Saber (by Austin Ramsay) to follow the adventures of a squad of mech pilots fighting for a revolutionary space federation in a war against encroaching empire. Find us on Discord, Bluesky and more here: https://linktr.ee/riskystandard
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Admiralty Blues

Admiralty Blues

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Welcome to Admiralty Blues, an actual-play podcast of Beam Saber (by Austin Ramsay) - a Forged in the Dark sci-fi game with mechs! Many battles waged on the planet Sirvon’s supercontinent have been fought with these giant machines, and the ongoing cold war has heated up again as unknown forces have wiped out the Admiralty’s communication network: the belligerent Vanguard pirates and the vengeful once-empire of Lorne have found their time to strike! Tasked with fixing the network is Mercury S ...
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My Dad's Car

Andy Gregory and Jon Recknell

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Andy and Jon have discussions with invited guests about their personal relationships with automotive nostalgia. Each episode kicks of by us asking “what’s your earliest car memory?” From there it’s a journey back through time towards the modern day, but generally focusing on vehicles we remember from childhood. We ask about music, smells, smoking, breakdowns, selling, buying, accidents and more. Despite the podcast title, we don’t discriminate against cars belonging to other people, such as ...
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, imprisonment, assassination Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join the Legislature for their last parliamentary session! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win th…
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, imprisonment Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join the Legislature for their last parliamentary session! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and mi…
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Boooo! Is basically the entirety of what we have to say about the Daily Mail. We're joined by David Roth, a writer at Defector (and a bloody good one if you ask me) and co-host of the podcast The Distraction, to talk Popeyes, drinking beer from the river and Libby's disastrous Oxford interview. Plus, we learn why British lawyers wear those wigs, an…
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, Cannibalism, Dismemberment, Explicit Monsterfication, Monsterfuckery, Exploitation of war trauma Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join The Farm Upstate for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadi…
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, acid attack, cannibalism, parental death, teeth stuff Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join The Farm Upstate for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying …
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Send us a text We're joined for this episode by guest co-host Paul Harding. Paul is a previous guest, and was featured on S4 E4. Today's actual guest is Gary Handa. He's currently working with Sporting Bears supporting their marketing and media activity. His parents are both Doctors, and came to this county from India with only a small amount of ca…
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Mmmm, mushy! Is what you'd be saying if you were trying the green goo that Brits apparently love. Or do they??? Based on a survey of two podcast-hosting British birds, the answer is: Yep, we do. We're joined by Twitch streamer and proper good bloke HCJustin, a recent convert to the Church of the Mushy Pea, to make the case for a food that honestly …
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The thrilling conclusion of The Division of Silent Accords! The ancient contagion growing at the heart of the Aeonian is revealed. Argot, Bracco & Dr. Forstall near a truth too vast to name. At the threshold of the Basilica, the silent operatives must make a desperate choice- enter the sanctum and risk what remains, or become entombed as the dereli…
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Blue Sky Endowment for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf o…
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, discussion of sex Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Blue Sky Endowment for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the…
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Send us a text Prepare your ears for 10 minutes or so of bonus MDC content based around car parking… After a recent trip to the town centre, Andy’s found the multi-storey carpark now demands you pay in advance rather than upon return to your vehicle. It’s a cash grab, and a pain in the backside! Jon’s pet parking peeve is people leaving shopping tr…
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Groovy, baby! Is what Austin Powers would say about this shagadelic trio of smashing birds. We're joined by comedian and cartoonist Katy Fishell to answer the questions you've all been asking: Just how realistic is Austin Powers? Do we all talk/look/shag like that? Do we even say 'shag?' Plus, we examine the world's largest Scotch egg (how DO they …
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Piz/ZA for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf of the Democr…
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Piz/ZA for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf of the Democr…
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Send us a text We're joined today by Katie Ramsay-Gough, a car enthusiast and Director of Driven Minds, a support group promoting mental health awareness in the motorsport paddock. You can find out more about Driven Minds here: Home - Driven Minds Katie, by her own admission has a terrible memory, but with some pre-show reminders from her brother s…
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Crackers! Is what Wallace would probably say is his second-favorite food, and it's what he'd say about this episode too, because it's a great one! We're joined by Matt Apodaca, host of Get Played and son-in-law to a real-life Englishman, to talk Wallace and Gromit, our beloved Plasticine pals. Plus, Matt teaches us about the ancient British traditi…
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, mania, depression, death, self destructive behavior Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Terminal Company for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to…
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Send us a text Join us for a 5 minutes of bonus chat about utilizing Cockney Rhyming Slang in reference to vehicles of the past. A VW Jetta could be a Red Setter, a Hans Solo a VW Polo, a Nelson and Winnie a Mini. Trying to get further ideas we turned to Chat GPT, but sadly the magic of rhyming slang is lost on AI, and its suggestions were all laug…
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Terminal Company for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf of …
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Crrrrunch! Is what you'd say if you were eating some lovely crisps, or maybe listening to the 1960s advertising hit When It Comes To The Crunch by Smiths Crisps. Don't worry, we get into it—with our great friend and new producer Patrick Gill! A talented streamer and Smart Video Guy, Pat is the reason you can watch VIDEO of this episode (available o…
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join The 86 for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf of the Democr…
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Send us a text This week we are joined by Nathan Tregonning, the man behind the Mental Health Car Club, and in Jon's absence, we welcome a special guest host (and previous guest himself) Paul Gardner from Speed Broker. Nathan's earliest and fondest car memory was travelling to Whitby in his Grandad's Sierra Cosworth. From memory it was a navy blue …
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Many have you have bean asking when we'd start releasing video, and you have your answer: It's today! With the Mr. Bean episode! You can watch just this first one for FREE on YouTube to see our friend Tom Walker—the wonderful comedian, streamer, and co-host of the Great Australian Bake Off—join us to discuss the singular magic of Mr. Bean. Plus, a …
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, discussion of suicide bombing, teeth, acid attack Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join The Farm Upstate for their latest Mission! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while tryin…
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join The Farm Upstate for their latest Mission! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on beha…
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Mind the gap! Is what we’d tell you if we were at Holborn or whatever right now, but we’re not. (Maybe you are, though? Send us an email if you read this description at Holborn.) We discuss the iconic London Underground with David Sims, of the podcast Blank Check and The Atlantic—but you could also say he’s from the “other side” of the Atlantic due…
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Time is running out aboard the Aeonian, as the derelict hulk lurches toward threadspace and the darkness between stars. Within the heart of the anomaly, a strange contagion blooms into a distorted reflection of the familiar. In the shadow of an aberrant facade, something impossible waits: a palatial garden, glistening in cesium-gold. FEATURING Pete…
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, bugs, discussion of alcohol Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Blue Sky Endowment for their final Mission! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts a…
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Blue Sky Endowment for their final Mission! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on beh…
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Send us a text We're joined this week by Paul Medhurst, the man behind VW workshop, classic car showroom and now destination coffee shop Type 2 Detectives. Paul recalls telling people his Grandad used to drive an Aston Martin - however, his Mum corrected him one day when she overheard him telling some friends... It was actually an Austin Maxi! His …
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'Nother round mate? Is what we'd be saying if we were at Wetherspoons. Instead we are on the computer, talking to our wonderful friend Luke Taylor, the host of the brand new podcast STORES! We discuss the decline of the supermarket cafe, which only Libby cares about, and decide "whether Spoons" is good or bad. I mean, obviously it's bad, but it's i…
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, assassination, body horror, human experimentation, exploitation, eye trauma Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Piz/ZA for their final Mission! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazC…
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Piz/ZA for their final Mission! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf of the D…
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