It's our 100th episode!! This episode stands as a firm reminder that it is a miracle we made it this far. Thank you, thank you, thank you all a million times over for 100 episodes of support, listening to our bad jokes, leaving reviews, and all the other ways you've showed us the love since we started. We never thought we'd make it this far. In this episode, we let Shawn out of the basement to interview Mel and Ben about making the show.

We invited a bunch of incredibly talented guests to come on and talk about duet gaming with us. Huge thanks to our guests!

Jonathan and Beth of DnD Duet had so much great stuff to say about D&D, it was truly inspiring! Check out their website: https://dndduet.com/

Jeff Stormer of Party of One and All My Fantasy Children fame comes back on the show to discuss really important stuff, like english muffin pizzas and ghosts. https://www.partyofonepodcast.com/

Gwenyth of the totally cool duet actual play podcast Me, My Spouse, and a Die is the sweetest guest ever. You'll love her very engaging interview (because of her, not us!) and her great podcast. https://www.memyspouseandadie.com/

Much love and thanks to our writer and producer Shawn for letting us lock him in the basement and eating only vegetables from now on. Oh, and also the hours and hours of work you do to make this show happen.

Huge thanks to Jeremy for his constant love and support.

And we want to heap much thanks onto Josh Wise and the whole All Ports Open Network, without whom literally none of this would have been possible.

Theme song by Joe Marston. Additional music in this episode Dancing with the Devil by Bonkers Beat Club.

Our 80's flashback concludes as we see what happens to William and Martha. Will they tie the knot? What 80's song will play during their epic romance moment? Will Mel finally get our intro right?

We have Mel in the Mailbox! Or Mail in the Melbox, who knows.

Theme song by Joe Marston.

Additional Music:

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Santa Monica Dreaming - Forever Sunset

Don't Ask Us - Falcon Drives

Sunset Colors - Current Clouds

We take a couple weeks away from Charity to meet Sandy's parents back in the 80's when they first fell in love. We meet William Bloom and Martha Simmons and the town of “Chastity, CT." OK so maybe it's not really called Chastity, CT we just thought that was funny. Thanks for listening in spite of our bad jokes. Also if you're from Connecticut, we're so sorry. 

Theme song by Joe Marston.

Additional music:

Love's Old Sweet Song - John McCormack

Temple of Runha - ELFL

The Elevator Bossanova - Bensound

Sunset Colors - Current Clouds

Don't Ask Us - Falcon Dives

Blue Eyed Girl - Rijko

We flash back to Charity, Maine in 1865 and meet some of our White family ancestors. “Love Ne'er Dies: the Reunion of Sylvan White and Allison St. Cloud” was written, produced, and directed by Shawn Delp. Allison St. Cloud was played by Meghan Martin. Sylvan White was played by Montana Rock. You can find more from Meghan and Montana at http://www.hellomeghanmartin.com and at http://www.longislandfilm.com. 
"Draw a Bath For Your Love" a game by Tracy Barnett
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"I Sat Beside You While You Slept" by Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1859

"Love Ne'er Dies" by S.W. Pearce 1860

Life on the Mainland by Infinity Ripple
Song for Adam by Infinity Ripple
Waftures by Bonn Fields
Togetherness by Bonn Fields
The Small Things by Leimoti
Secret Life of Clouds by Infinity Ripple
Just This by Bonn Fields
Frailty by Bonn Fields
Our Kind of Love by Leimoti

Pod of Love is participating in the #podcastblackout protest.

We say goodbye to Charles and Lillian in the finale, as we learn how they got together and how Amy came into their lives.

And we say goodbye to 80's Charity, Maine with some classic radio and television from Beaumont County. Listen to the end of this week's episode and don't miss next week as we jump back to another surprising point in Charity and White Family history.

Theme song by Joe Marston.

Additional music:

Left for Dead by Rockin' For Decades

Blue Eyed Girl by Rijko

Sunset Colors by Current Clouds

Don't Ask Us by Falcon Dives

Sinner Like Me by Brother Timothy Clark

This week we flash back to the 1980's to hear the story of Amy White's parents, Charles White and Lillian Freeman. They have much influence over Amy, but what were they like when they first got together? We also flash back to 80's AM radio in Beaumont County. And it turns out that Antoinette's Antiques has been around a lot longer than you might think.

Become an APON patreon backer today to listen to Ben's brand new Deadlands arc: www.patreon.com/allportsopen

Theme song by Joe Marston.

Additional music:

Left for Dead by Rockin' For Decades

Blue Eyed Girl by Rijko

Sunset Colors by Current Clouds

Don't Ask Us by Falcon Dives

Sophisticated Gentleman by Golden Age Radio

Listen to part two of our Amy-Sandy-Andy story-line as Andy joins the party. The families get together and sparks begin to fly. Isn't it fun getting to know the White family more closely? How was Heather so relatable?

The feud between Chad an M. Michael Murray continues and the EPA takes on a whole new meaning. Huge thanks to our special guest Kevin Gallagher of the “Everything is Awesome” podcast. Subscribe now!

Theme song by Joe Marston.

additional music:

The Lawyer by Chelsea May

Sneaky Mother-in-law by Stationary Sign

What My Parents Didn't Tell Me by Christian Andersen

Days of Glory by Experia

Fog of Love is back! We're playing a new expansion for the first time, "Trouble with the In-Laws." This new storyline will take us to some surprising places, and you won't want to miss it. 

Also, we meet M. Michael Murray, Charity's own science-minded skeptic podcast host. 

Huge thanks to Kevin Gallagher for guest appearing on the show for this arc. Subscribe to his podcast Everything is Awesome! 

Theme song by Joe Marston. additional music: Days of Glory - Experian The Lawyer - Chelsea May Sneaky Mother-in-law - Stationary Sign