Pod Against the Machine: A Pathfinder Actual Play podcast

December 24, 2025 ML021 - Roughly Song-Shaped

Happy End-of-year Times, everyone! We interrupt your normal release schedule for our Episode 200 Machine Learning stream from way back in our Extra Life stream. We'll be back to your regularly-scheduled program next week.

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Background music and sound effects:

Elf Meditation

Kevin Macleod

Piano Against the Machine

Instrumental: A Dead Friend

Based on Theme Against the Machine by Zak

My Hollow Garden

Lyrics, Vocals, and Arrangement by Sam

Instrumental: Little Polka Dot by The Fly Guy 5

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/NUKRs8Iqrs/

Second Chance

Vocals by A Dead Friend

Lyrics and Arrangement by Sam and A Dead Friend

Instrumental: Sempiternal by Abilify

https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/176652/

Build Don't Break

Vocals by Sam and Gero

Lyrics and Arrangement by Sam

Inspired by "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley

Everything Has Its Season

Vocals, Lyrics and Arrangement by Sam

Instrumental: Yearning by Neil Moret and Dave Stamper

https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-32683/

What We Build (From Broken Things)

Vocals, Lyrics, and Arrangement by Zak

Instrumental: Drifting, Dreaming by Alstyne, Schmidt, Gillespie, Curtis

You Could Have Been Me

Vocals by Sam and Zak

Lyrics and Arrangement by Sam

Instrumental: Lunar Horizon S2 by Baldistix

https://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/395873/lunar-horizon-s2-85bpm-free-85bpm-hip-hop-synth-loop

Dancehall Drum Loop by SAVYELDANDY

https://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/152091/dancehall-drum-loop-97bpm-dancehall-drum-loop

Army of Three

Lyrics, Vocals, and Arrangement by Sam

Instrumental: Drift by Snelkku

https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/254061/

Why?

Vocals by Gero

Lyrics by Gero and Isabelle O.

Composition and Instrumentals by Isabelle O.

Something Good

Vocals, Lyrics, Composition, and Instrumentals by Jeff

A True Son of Numeria

Vocals and Lyrics by Gero

Instrumental: "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" by Gilbert and Sullivan

Why? (Alternate version)

Vocals by Isabelle O.

Lyrics by Gero and Isabelle O.

Composition and Instrumentals by Isabelle O.

Metadata Waveforms

Vocals by Network Against the Machine (and Howard Dean)

Lyrics and Arrangement by Sam

Instrumental: Piano Against the Machine by A Dead Friend, based on "Theme Against the Machine" by Zak

Sticker Stars

Lyrics by Izzy

Vocals, Composition, and Instrumentals by Isabelle O.

You Had Fun

Lyrics, Arrangement, and Instrumentals by Sam

(Loosely) based on You'll Be Back by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Still Alive by Jonathan Coulton

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