Roll for Knowledge

I did not abandon the mission!

I found a kitten and tried to foster it...

Apparently foster fails are a thing...

Anyway... Introducing Juniper to the fam!

Sound Attribution:

Lofi Piano loop Gmaj 90 BPM.wav by holizna -- https://freesound.org/s/629171/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Episode 5: Mummichog/Killifish to Dark Current (physics)

Theme: Finding the time for my joy and accepting that it may be a small amount of time.

Date Recorded: 6/28/26-7/30/26

■ Episode Summary

Funniest Fact: I tried to follow the tiny but mighty links in kanji… and NOPE!

Weirdest Connection: Salmonellosis to Leonardo da Vinci

KAWAII METAL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKqgE4BwAY&list=RDWIKqgE4BwAY&start_radio=1

■ Attributions for Sounds

Rolling Dice.wav by jrayhartley -- https://freesound.org/s/514298/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

6-Sided Die Rolled on Wood Table by aunrea -- https://freesound.org/s/485950/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Chinese Flute Dizi_Loop_Carlos Carty_7_Dm_100BPM.wav by CarlosCarty -- https://freesound.org/s/454703/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Pan Flute Loop carlos carty_4_Dm_100BPM.wav by CarlosCarty -- https://freesound.org/s/454616/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

short kiss.wav by max_cristos -- https://freesound.org/s/506412/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Easy Trick (explicit) by unfa -- https://freesound.org/s/205197/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Goblin Cackle.wav by spookymodem -- https://freesound.org/s/202096/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Medieval Lute Chords by f-r-a-g-i-l-e -- https://freesound.org/s/506266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Orchestra-Tetouan-Asmir-07.wav by xserra -- https://freesound.org/s/182730/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Soloists-of-the-ensemble-nipponia-japan-o-traditional-vocal-instrumental-music-s

Pig Oink by qubodup -- https://freesound.org/s/442906/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

SewingMachineShort4.wav by Infinita08 -- https://freesound.org/s/546447/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

AI Usage Statement: ChatGPT was used to help with streamlining and phrasing in this episode and basically used as a creative assistant and therapist. Suno was used for the theme song and round transition music. All ideas and thoughts are from the weird lil brain of Selene.

Please see website for full attributions including all the Creative Commons ones, Episode worksheets, and pictures of the LoreKeepers at RollforKnowledge.com.

If you’d like to reach out, please email [email protected].

Mini Episode - Erick Rizo, Suna Selen, Jenijoy La Belle

(Random Shenanigans Between Episodes)

Hello adventurers! I’m Selene Forsythe and we are doing random shenanigans today!

The game is to roll a D20 and click the random article button that many times and see where it takes us! And there are 3 rounds! That’s it! If we find something neat, we can follow it but otherwise we just name the random articles we skip, do the shallowest of deep dives on the article we land on and call it a day! Because the regular episodes require more effort but I love them! But I also love random chaos so HERE WE GO!

Round 1 - 2

1. Nitrovasodilator - a pharmaceutical agent that causes vasodilation
2. Erick Rizo

Round 2 - 9

1. Battle of Georgia Landing - a US Civil War battle in which the Union won
2. Ikki Arai - a Japanese footballer, he’s 32 and a centre back
3. Livar - a village in northwestern Iran with a population of 1,178 people
4. Art Hansen - was an American artist from Vashon Island, Washington, USA, known for drawing, painting, and lithography
5. Cheam High School - is a school located in Cheam, South London, UK
6. Nerelimomab - is a mouse monoclonal antibody acting as a TNF inhibitor
7. 2022 UTEP Miners football team - the football team for Univ of TX at El Paso
8. Gbogolo - is a village in western Ivory Coast
9. Suna Selen

Round 3 - 5

1. BHC Communications - was the holding company for the broadcast property of Chris-Craft Industries.
2. Samuel Obinaya - Ukrainian professional footballer
3. USS Choctaw (1856) - was a large steamer ship acquired in the US Civil War
4. Mac Akasaka - AKA Makoto Tonami is a Japanese businessman, retired politician and activist and former perennial candidate
5. Jenijoy La Belle

And that's our shenanigans minisode guys! Take care and stay hydrated!

Show Notes:

Music and Sound Attributions:

RainbowGlazeLoop16_mastered.wav by sirplus -- https://freesound.org/s/578066/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

typerwriter_ding.wav by LeonelAle71 -- https://freesound.org/s/679016/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Episode 4: Abalone to Mummichog/Killifish

Theme: Pushing Through

Dates Recorded: 5/13/2026 - 5/31/2026

■ Episode Summary

Funniest Fact: HAGFISH BE NASTY!!!

Weirdest Connection: Teutonic Order to Guinness World Records

Neat pics:

The train in Goa, India next to the Dudhsagar Falls!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dudhsagar_Falls_Triplet.jpg

Become a bone marrow donor! Here’s that link to the registry site for DKMS in the US: https://www.dkms.org/get-involved/become-a-donor

■ Attributions for Sounds

Rolling Dice.wav by jrayhartley -- https://freesound.org/s/514298/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

6-Sided Die Rolled on Wood Table by aunrea -- https://freesound.org/s/485950/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Chinese Flute Dizi_Loop_Carlos Carty_7_Dm_100BPM.wav by CarlosCarty -- https://freesound.org/s/454703/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Pan Flute Loop carlos carty_4_Dm_100BPM.wav by CarlosCarty -- https://freesound.org/s/454616/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Howl_Echo.wav by taure -- https://freesound.org/s/380156/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Creature Roar by Jofae -- https://freesound.org/s/354182/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Creature Angry Bug Monster Fantasy Sci-Fi SFX Sound-design Foley 201203_0086.wav by szegvari -- https://freesound.org/s/546891/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Ending of Show Notes:

AI Usage Statement: ChatGPT was used to help with streamlining and phrasing in this episode and basically used as a creative assistant and pseudo-therapist/hypeman. Suno was used for the theme song and round transition music. All ideas and thoughts are from the weird lil brain of Selene.

Please see website for full attributions including the Creative Commons ones, Episode worksheets, and pictures of the LoreKeepers at RollforKnowledge.com.

If you’d like to reach out, please email [email protected].

Episode Title: Interregnum to Abalone

Theme: Chaos continues but so do I

Dates Recorded: 4/9/26-5/2/26

Picture Links:

Philip IV, HAIR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Philip_IV_of_Spain_-_Vel%C3%A1zquez_1644.jpg

BIG ASS BOAT GUN PICTURE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Uss_iowa_bb-61_pr.jpg

Cat covered in styrofoam peanuts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cat_demonstrating_static_cling_with_styrofoam_peanuts.jpg

Attributions for Sounds

Rolling Dice.wav by jrayhartley -- https://freesound.org/s/514298/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

6-Sided Die Rolled on Wood Table by aunrea -- https://freesound.org/s/485950/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Chinese Flute Dizi_Loop_Carlos Carty_7_Dm_100BPM.wav by CarlosCarty -- https://freesound.org/s/454703/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Pan Flute Loop carlos carty_4_Dm_100BPM.wav by CarlosCarty -- https://freesound.org/s/454616/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

AI Usage Statement: ChatGPT was used to help with streamlining and phrasing in this episode and basically used as a creative assistant and therapist. Suno was used for the theme song and round transition music.

AI Songs:

Roll For Knowledge, Selene Forsythe using Suno AI

Adventure Awaits, Selene Forsythe using Suno AI

Please see website for full attributions including the Creative Commons ones, Episode worksheets, and pictures of the LoreKeepers at RollforKnowledge.com.

If you’d like to reach out, please email [email protected].

MINISODE!!! - Boat People, Stolmen, and Irminger Rings

Round 1 - 6

1. Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres T20 (The stats)
2. Epuraea corticina (it’s a beetle)
3. Ian Stanger (a Scottish cricketer)
4. Hilarempis gymnaspis (it’s a dancefly)
5. Skytanking (an aviation fuel company)
6. Boat People (1982 film) -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat_People_(1982_film)

Round 2 - 13

1. Alferrarede (a town in Portugal)
2. Ryusei Furukawa (a Japanese painter)
3. Hochsauerlandkreis (a district in Germany)
4. Arthromeris mairei (a species of fern)
5. Syrnola thelma (an extinct species of sea snail)
6. Western Leader (a local newspaper in Auckland, New Zealand)
7. 1897 Iowa Senate election (The stats)
8. Restless Feeling [by Carl Weathersby] (a 1998 blues album)
9. Déyyess [AKA Hannah Jennifer Marie Butcher] (an English sing-songwriter)
10. Tommy Walsh [hurler, born 1998] (not to be confused with the hurler WITH THE SAME NAME born in 1983)
11. John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo (an Irish politician)
12. Bhim Sena (an social organization in India)
13. Stolmen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolmen

Round 3 - 5

1. 50 St James's Street (it’s a house in London…)
2. Ardjoeno-class sloop (it’s a boat)
3. Carmen Silvera (a British actress)
4. Worshipful Company of Grocers (this was a let down.. I was thinking it was going to be a weird religion/cult based on groceries… it’s just an old ass guild… England, you’re weird)
5. Irminger Rings - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irminger_Rings

Show Notes:

Music and Sound Attributions:

RainbowGlazeLoop16_mastered.wav by sirplus -- https://freesound.org/s/578066/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

typerwriter_ding.wav by LeonelAle71 -- https://freesound.org/s/679016/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

No regular episode this time either.

After losing Nox, Nori began to show signs of extreme loneliness... and while I wasn't emotionally ready to recruit a new Lorekeeper, Nori definitely was.

Nori just wasn't expecting a 9 month old kitten-shaped gremlin who knows no fear and a passion for sneak attacks. Nori was expecting another old man cat. But the universe had different plans.

Haru was not who I thought I would bring home,,, and initially wasn't sure since he has a sensitive tummy. But something about him felt right. Like Nox gently nudging me over to this chaotic little love bug who parkoured his way into my heart.

Haru has FULL orange cat energy in a void cat body. He is loving, playful, and endlessly happy... and has been bringing out Nori's inner kitten... Which makes my heart soar!

So this is our introduction to Lorekeeper Haru!

You're welcome.

A regular episode will drop on April 15th starting where we left off: INTERREGNUM!

Music Attribution:

Lofi Piano loop Gmaj 90 BPM.wav by holizna -- https://freesound.org/s/629171/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

No regular episode this time.

This is for Nox, who was never "just a cat," but a constant, a comfort, and a very loud presence in my life.

He was there for the quiet nights, the hard days, the birth of this podcast, and in all the in-between moments no one else sees. Losing him feels bigger and heavier than I can explain.

Grief is strange and heavy and so much quieter now. It's chaotic and then impossibly still.

Thank you for sitting in it with me.

P.S. I know he is judging me for being so emotional. He would rather all of us assume he is now in charge of the afterlife... so assume that is also true!

Music Attribution:

Lofi Piano loop Gmaj 90 BPM.wav by holizna -- https://freesound.org/s/629171/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Episode Title: Ep 2 - Rouen, France to Interregnum

Theme: Finding a Rhythm, My worst nightmares - Religion and Math

Date Recorded: 1/25/2026-1/31/2026

Funniest Fact: Advanced Math and Science makes me feel so dumb…

Weirdest Connection: Epsilon Conjecture to Damping Off

That Random Frog I Found: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australia_green_tree_frog_(Litoria_caerulea)_crop.jpg

■ Attributions for Sounds

Rolling Dice.wav by jrayhartley -- https://freesound.org/s/514298/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Chinese Flute Dizi_Loop_Carlos Carty_7_Dm_100BPM.wav by CarlosCarty -- https://freesound.org/s/454703/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Pan Flute Loop carlos carty_4_Dm_100BPM.wav by CarlosCarty -- https://freesound.org/s/454616/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Hooray! "Yeah!" by lemonjolly -- https://freesound.org/s/273925/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

County Fair Tractor Pull.wav by RTB45 -- https://freesound.org/s/169351/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

luffy_fire3alternate.wav by luffy -- https://freesound.org/s/17299/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

AI Usage Statement: ChatGPT was used to help with streamlining and phrasing in this episode and basically used as a creative assistant and therapist. Suno was used for the theme song and round transition music.

Please see website for full attributions including the Creative Commons ones, Episode worksheets, and pictures of the LoreKeepers at RollforKnowledge.com.

If you’d like to reach out, please email [email protected].

Episode Title: Ep 1 - Order (Biology) to Rouen, France

Theme: Workshopping, Still Learning, Mispronouncing Things

Dates Recorded: 12/28/2025 - 1/10/2026

Weirdest Connection: Whole Grains to H.P. Lovecraft

■ Attributions for Music/Sounds

Rolling Dice.wav by jrayhartley -- https://freesound.org/s/514298/

Chinese Flute Dizi_Loop_Carlos Carty_7_Dm_100BPM.wav by CarlosCarty -- https://freesound.org/s/454703/

Quaint Midi Piano by bluedemon6 -- https://freesound.org/s/812143/

Training Montage Music by DIMMYSAD from Pixabay – Licensor's Username: https://pixabay.com/users/dimmysad-48986751/ Licensee: u_77bs751igv Audio File Title: 80s Rocky Upbeat Training Audio File ID: 401531 Audio File URL: https://pixabay.com/music/upbeat-80s-rocky-upbeat-training-401531/

Sound Effect by https://pixabay.com/users/freesound_community-46691455/ Audio File ID: 73730 Audio File URL: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects// by freesound community

VS Anime Sound 06 by Vilkas_Sound -- https://freesound.org/s/753184/

luffy_fire3alternate.wav by luffy -- https://freesound.org/s/17299/

County Fair Tractor Pull.wav by RTB45 -- https://freesound.org/s/169351/

ghostly_moan.wav by Billy_Storm -- https://freesound.org/s/164285/

Hooray! "Yeah!" by lemonjolly -- https://freesound.org/s/273925/

Game background Music loop short by ManuelGraf -- https://freesound.org/s/410574/

AI Usage Statement: ChatGPT was used to help with streamlining and phrasing in this episode and basically used as a creative assistant and therapist. Suno was used for the theme song and round transition music.

For all the attributions, including the creative common ones, or for more information, please go to RollforKnowledge.com. And you can email me at [email protected] if you want to say hi or whatever... STAY HYDRATED!!!