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Welcome to Dragon Talk, the official D&D podcast. Hosts Shelly Mazzanoble and Greg Tito interview guests from the Dungeons & Dragons community on how they got started playing the world’s greatest roleplaying game, what creative endeavors D&D has inspired, and what tips they might have playing characters or weaving stories as the Dungeon Master. Check out Greg and Shelly’s book, Welcome to Dragon Talk, available everywhere now!

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Dragon Talk #398 - Emi Tanj...

07.06.2023

Emi Tanji (She/Her) is an Art Director on the Dungeons & Dragons creative team and is happy you’re here. In her short stint of 16 years at Wizards of the Coast, she has loved seeing how D&D; has evolved and ...

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07.06.2023 Dragon Talk #398 - Emi Tanji on Bigby Presents Glory of the Giants Emi Tanji (She/Her) is an Art Director on the Dungeons & Dragons creative team and is happy you’re here. In her short stint of 16 years at Wizards of the Coast, she has loved seeing how D&D; has evolved and ...
06.29.2023 Dragon Talk #397 - James Wyatt on Bigby Presents Glory of the Giants James Wyatt is a Senior Game Designer on the creative team for Magic: The Gathering. His work at Wizards of the Coast since 2000 includes five novels, more than 20 short stories, one poem, dozens of Dungeons & Dragons game ...
06.22.2023 Dragon Talk #396 - The Real Housewives of D&D Riley Rose Critchlow and Valen Shore are creators and producers of Real Housewives of Dungeons & Dragons, a real play D&D; podcast that follows five fictional reality stars as they are dropped into a fantasy world and embark on the ...
06.15.2023 Dragon Talk #395 - Brandy Rose aka CutestPatoot Brandy Rose aka CutestPatoot is a queer Latine GM, game designer & writer, head of Patoot Podcasts and a TTRPG AP Producer as well as a Twitch streamer, using their platform to amplify others in their community and of other ...
06.08.2023 Dragon Talk #394 - Sensei Suplex (Project Aurora) Sensei Suplex (He/Him), an African American Dungeon Master, is the lead director of Project Aurora, an MMORPG D&D; experience boasting 50 dungeon masters and numerous campaigns in a shared, dynamic universe. Project Aurora empowers anyone—players, community members, or chatters—to leave ...
06.01.2023 Dragon Talk #393 - Andrew Ashby (Biggest D&D Game Ever Played) Andrew Ashby is a local game store owner in Provo Utah. His goal was to make his store the coolest place to play D&D.; The store looks and feels like a medieval tavern, and stock locally brewed mead and snacks. ...
05.25.2023 Dragon Talk #392 - Indrani Ganguly (Desis & Dragons) Indrani Ganguly (she/they) is the co-founder of Desis & Dragons, India's largest tabletop RPG community. Under the moniker Nonagon Dice, she also became India's first handmade dice maker. Indrani is also a fledgling game designer. She is based out of ...
05.18.2023 Dragon Talk #391 - Devon Chulick (Total Party Chill) Devon Chulick is the creator of Total Party Chill (TPC), a San Francisco D&D; and TTRPG Studio. TPC creates in-studio Actual Plays, TTRPG News, Game Shows, and merchandise. Devon has contributed to projects like Spectacular Settlements, and Little Game Master. ...
05.11.2023 Dragon Talk #390 - Lucas Maxwell, Sarra Scherb on DMing Honor Among Thieves Cast Originally from Nova Scotia, Canada, Lucas Maxwell has been working with youth in libraries for fifteen years. He is currently the librarian at Glenthorne High School in London, England. In 2017 he was named the UK’s School Librarian of the ...
05.04.2023 Dragon Talk #389 - Todd Stashwick (Star Trek: Picard) Todd Stashwick is an actor, writer, improvisor, TTRPG player and Dungeon Master, who hails from Chicago Ill. An alumnus of the Second City comedy theatre, he’s known for his television roles Captain shaw on Star Trek Picard and Deacon from ...
04.27.2023 Dragon Talk #388 - Adam Davis (Game To Grow) Adam Davis is a founder and executive director for the nonprofit organization Game to Grow. Adam has been using tabletop role-playing games like D&D; professionally since 2011 to help players become more confident, creative, and socially capable. He's brought his ...
04.20.2023 Dragon Talk #387 - Girls Run These Worlds Dragon Talk welcomes Ryu and Ava from Girls Run These Worlds, a women-owned, women-run production studio. Their mission is to uplift the voices, profiles, and status of women and femme-presenting people in TTRPG and to create a place where all ...
04.13.2023 Dragon Talk #386 - Dare Hickman Dare (She/They/Fae) is a trans freelance writer, editor, and actual play performer. When they’re not writing their own independent work, they’re running home games with her friends, or being on shows like Transplanar RPG, an all trans and POC led ...
04.06.2023 Dragon Talk #385 - Dr. Megan Connell Dr. Megan Connell is a board certified psychologist. She formally served in the US Army and is now working out of her practice, Health Quest Innovative Therapeutics in Charlotte NC. She has a new book out now from Norton publishing ...
03.30.2023 Dragon Talk #384 - Jeremy Latcham (D&D: Honor Among Thieves Movie) Jeremy Latcham is the head of Latcham Pictures, a production company based at eOne, and the Producer of eOne and Paramount Pictures' March 2023 release DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES. Previously, Latcham Pictures was based at 20th Century Fox ...
03.23.2023 Dragon Talk #383 - Jayden King Jayden King (He/They), a Black and Queer advocate for inclusion and diversity in gaming, serves the community as a professional Game Master, Narrative Designer, and Live Performer. With a background in acting and directing films and live theater combined with ...
03.16.2023 Dragon Talk #382 - Matthew Lillard Matthew Lillard, a veteran of both stage and screen, is well known for his performances in over 50 films and television shows over the last 20 years. With titles like Scream, The Descendants and Scooby Doo 1 & 2, Lillard ...
03.09.2023 Dragon Talk #381 - V.J. Harris V.J. Harris (they/he) is a freelance TTRPG designer and professional GM. He is most well known for his work on An Elf and an Orc Had a Little Baby Volumes 1 - 3 which splits race into parentage and upbringing, ...
03.02.2023 Dragon Talk #380 - Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons Ryan LaPlante (He/Him), Tom McGee (He/Him), and Tyler Hewitt (He/Him) are the team behind Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons - the hit podcast where comedians and improvisers play Dungeons & Dragons for the first time. It's like Lord of the Rings if ...
02.23.2023 Dragon Talk #379 - Hamnah Shahid Hamnah Shahid (any/all pronouns) is a queer, agender, Pakistani TTRPG Actual Play performer, producer, and writer specializing in high emotion, character-driven narratives. They love to explore themes of the tendervicious, the complexity of morals, and what or who it is ...
02.16.2023 Dragon Talk #378 - Jas Brown Jas (Jazz) Brown is a twenty-something author and TTRPG performer. When they're not pretending to be another person, they enjoy singing, acting, writing, drawing, and everything creative! They’ve been playing dnd for a little over four years and even live ...
02.09.2023 Dragon Talk #377 - April Raygun April Raygun (she/her) is an Atlanta-based TTRPGer, co-founder of SlaydiesATL, and an organizer for Games for Change. She is currently in multiple D&D; actual plays including playing a Monkin Fairy on Ampistrano. April is focused on helping create more diversity ...
01.19.2023 Dragon Talk: #376 - Stefan McNinch from UnboxEd Stefan began his educational career as an elementary teacher, during which he ran an increasingly popular Dungeons & Dragons tutoring and mentoring club. He later returned to school himself to advance his knowledge of game design and development, combining his ...
01.12.2023 Dragon Talk: #375 - Kendo from Tales Yet Told Kendrick "Kendo" (They/He) is a video editor, tabletop game designer, and award-winning Game Master and the host and producer for the award-winning Actual Play Podcast: Tales Yet Told. They are also the creator and host of the award-winning Actual Play ...
12.21.2022 Dragon Talk #374 - Samm Spearman, Meet Your Monsters on Draconians Samm Spearman (she/they) is a tabletop RPG performer and screenwriter who’s a sucker for telling stories of romance, grief, found family and evolving into one’s true self through friendship and community. Their passion is creating and telling diverse stories in ...
12.14.2022 Dragon Talk: #373 - Zac Clay Zac Clay is a content creator, educator, and professional dungeon master from the San Francisco Bay Area. For years, he taught drumline ensembles throughout the Bay Area, with a focus on contemporary percussion and mallet keyboard instruments. Now, Zac produces ...
12.07.2022 Dragon Talk: #372 - Tom and Bodhi Kambouris Tom and Bodhi Kambouris are a Father & Son team bringing you original D&D content, including an upcoming D&D Kickstarter, called "Sky Zephyrs - An Airship (and Spaceship) Combat Overlay for 5e settings", a podcast with guests who love D&D ...
11.23.2022 Dragon Talk: #371 - Rob Daviau and Wes Schneider A 20-year industry veteran, Rob Daviau has worked on over 80 published games. For 14 years, Rob was at Hasbro Games, where he worked on Risk 2210 AD, Axis & Allies Pacific, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Star Wars ...
11.17.2022 Dragon Talk: #370 - Katie Downey, Meet Your Monsters on Death Dragons Katie Downey, otherwise known as Goblinkatie, is a D&D connoisseur with an unending appetite for dice. Owing to her extensive hoard, she’s the acknowledged Patron of The Pact of The Polyhedral. You may recognize her as Saesha Valispard (Aasimar Oath ...
11.10.2022 Dragon Talk: #369 - Austin Taylor Austin Taylor is an award winning professional game designer, writer, performer, and friend! Their most recent work as a designer was co-designing Deimos Academy, working on the award winning book Arcon, and yet to be announced work with MCDM along ...
11.04.2022 Dragon Talk: #368 - Jade Valkyrie From Gracious Hostess to Shapeshifting Cosplayer and beyond, there isn’t anything quite like the cozy confidence and dedication Jade Valkyrie (She/They) brings to the table. This US-based creator focuses primarily on gaming, cosplaying, TTRPGs, and fashion. You may know her ...
10.27.2022 Dragon Talk: #367 - Surena Marie and Ron Ogden of The Dungeon Run Ron Ogden is the Co-DM & Surena Marie is a cast member on the new season of The Dungeon Run; the epic interactive D&D show available on Twitch and YouTube! Surena Marie is a performer and illustrator who can also ...
10.19.2022 Dragon Talk: #366 - Jahara Jayde, Meet Your Monsters on Vampires Jahara Jayde is a lifelong entertainer and US-based creator with a deep love for video games, anime, fantasy, cosplay, and her family. She enjoys streaming games that tell in-depth stories, and sharing her candid experience with her viewers through both ...
10.13.2022 Dragon Talk: #365 - Kelly "Socks" Galten Kelly “Socks” Galten (she/her/they) is the Runemaker at Goblin Bros. Games and Gear in Petaluma, CA. She is a player and Dungeon Master, and she works hard to bring Dungeons and Dragons to a new generation. Goblin Bros. hosts Beginner’s ...
10.05.2022 Dragon Talk: #364 - Jamie Umanzor Jamie Umanzor is a queer person of color, a child of immigrants, and has a passion for indigenous spirituality, anti-racism, LGBTQ+ advocacy, gaming, and Dungeons & Dragons. Jamie is the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for Howard Brown ...
09.29.2022 Dragon Talk: #363 - Abadonne Kilbride, Meet Your Monsters on Kindori Abadonne Kilbride is a Black Indigenous non-binary TTRPG player, DM, writer, makeup artist, and voice actor who lives for collaborative storytelling that highlights what is unique and unusual about the human experience. They’re also the Owner, Producer, Creative Director, Editor, ...
09.21.2022 Dragon Talk: #362 - CJ McCullough, How to DM on Spelljammer CJ McCullough (they/them) is a Tabletop Game Designer, Storyteller, and Performer. They love to tell stories of identity, queerness, and the fantastical mundane. They're passionate about world building, and safety within games. Above all else, they love to explore and ...
09.14.2022 Dragon Talk: #361 - Molly Ostertag & Xanthe Bouma, Insight Check with Justice Arman Molly Knox Ostertag is a writer and cartoonist known for the middle-grade graphic novel trilogy The Witch Boy, the YA romance The Girl From the Sea, and her work writing for animation. Xanthe Bouma is an illustrator, comics artist and ...
09.07.2022 Dragon Talk: #360 - Chris Perkins and Chris Funk Chris Perkins is the Senior Game Designer for Wizards of the Coast. Chris Funk is best known as the multi-instrumentalist in the indie-rock band the Decemberists and is a Grammy-nominated artist who has also found much success as a music ...
08.17.2022 Dragon Talk: #359 - D&D In a Castle, Meet Your Monsters on Scavvers Amanda Hamon is a Senior Designer working on Dungeons & Dragons at Wizards of the Coast. She is also an award-winning tabletop game designer, developer, writer, and editor, her work has appeared in dozens of releases from numerous publishers, including ...
08.10.2022 Dragon Talk: #358 - Chris Lindsay, How To DM on Continuing the Game Between Sessions Chris Lindsay is a Product Marketing Specialist for Dungeons & Dragons at Wizards of the Coast where he works with the larger team to produce and market the tabletop RPG, and has been integral to the success of the fifth ...
08.03.2022 Dragon Talk: #357 - R.A. Salvatore, Insight Check with Andrew Clementi R.A. Salvatore is one of the fantasy genre’s most successful authors who’s books regularly appear on The New York Times best-seller lists and have sold more than 30,000,000 copies. Salvatore’s most recent original hardcover, The Two Swords, Book III of ...
07.27.2022 Dragon Talk: #356 - Ursula Vernon and Kevin Sonney, Meet Your Monsters on Neogi Ursula Vernon, aka T. Kingfisher is the author and illustrator of far more projects than is probably healthy. She has written over fifteen books for children, at least a dozen novels for adults, an epic webcomic called “Digger” and various ...
07.13.2022 Dragon Talk: #355 - Chris Porter, Solar The Podcast Chris Porter is the writer/director/composer of SOLAR, a thrilling sci-fi narrative podcast starring Stephanie Beatriz, Alan Cumming, Helen Hunt and Jonathan Bangs. Chris is also a fan of D&D in general, with a regular and mostly bi-weekly campaign with friends! ...
07.07.2022 Dragon Talk: #354 - Epic Levels, Insight Check with Tom Mazzanoble Epic Levels is a D&D/TTRPG hip-hop music outfit that's slowly growing into producing podcasts, game accessories, apparel, and RPG books all under the same banner. The Mad Dungeon podcast features the Epic Levels musicians Steve Albertson AKA DRAGON WARRIOR (he/him), ...
06.30.2022 Dragon Talk: #353 - Glenn Goddard, Brigadier General (Retired), US Army Glenn Goddard is a retired Brigadier General in the US Army. Glenn started playing D&D back in 1976 when there were only five rule books for the game. He was a Forever DM through high school and college. After college ...
06.23.2022 Dragon Talk: #352 - Krystina Arielle, Meet Your Monsters on Mage Hunters Greg and Shelly welcome you to the show and handle the introductions. Later, D&D Game Designer Makenzie DeArmas returns for a brand new edition of Meet Your Monsters. This week, Makenzie gives us a deep dive on the Mage Hunter. ...
06.15.2022 Dragon Talk: #351 - Theo Teris & Chase O’Neill, Here There Be Dragons Greg and Shelly handle our introductions and discuss Stranger Things 4, Volume 1. Afterwards, the two are joined by Theo Teris and Chase O’Neill to discuss their new musical, Here There Be Dragons!
06.08.2022 Dragon Talk: #350 - Ajit George and Wes Schneider, HTDM on 3d NPC’s Greg and Shelly welcome you to the show. Later, Shelly welcomes freelance copy editor and game designer Laura Hirsbrunner for a new edition of How To DM. This week, Laura talks with Shelly about making your NPC’s more three dimensional. ...
06.01.2022 Dragon Talk: #349 - Justice Arman & Felice Kuan, Insight Check with Bart Carroll Greg and Shelly handle the welcomes, show overview and the rest of the preliminaries. Afterwards, the two are welcomed by Digital Marketing Manager for WoTC and D&D, Bart Carroll, for a brand new edition of Insight Check. Our special interview ...

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