In the sixth episode of the second season of Storysmiths, we tackle something that we've all been struggling with recently- isolation. But in typical Storysmiths fashion, rather than settle for something as simple as social distancing to combat a pandemic (as surreal as that sounds) we set up a world where people have been isolated in bunkers for ten years while an unknown war rages above. When they finally open their vault doors, they find that they have their own story of what happened over the last decade, as is the case with every other bunker that survived the war...

We use samples from the below:

TOTO Neorest Toilet Commercial Japan CM 2017 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSl25qT_bQI)

This War of Mine- Main Theme. Composed by Piotr Musiał and Grzegorz Mazur (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyNJLfmJILU)

Emir Kustarica- Kalashnikov- Music Inspired and Taken from Underground (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Wj9QlxmXo)

Starship Troopers, TriStar Pictures (1997)

Fallout 4- Vault-Tec Vault door & Nuka World Main Theme Son, Bethesda Game Studios (2015)

@iamdulo "Every Master Has a Teacher" (https://www.instagram.com/p/B7q7EILn_sm/?igshid=1cvf5jk571dsk)

Bright, Netflix (2017)

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Paramount Pictures (1971)

We also make references to the below:

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History- Supernova in the East (https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-62-supernova-in-the-east-i/)

Steve1989MREInfo: (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I6Et1JkidnnbWgJFiMeHA)

Please tell us what story you'd like us to create next time on our twitter account @storysmithscast

It can be an original world, or and IP you'd like to see adapted or changed in some way.

Please follow the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram @storysmithscast

Our theme music is The Great Forest by Visager from the album Songs From An Unmade World

Check out our sister podcast Tabletop Sessions- you can find it on Instagram @tabletopsessions or on Twitter @ttsessionsqa or over at @tabletopsessions

In the fifth episode of the second season of Storysmiths, it's AK's birthday and the topic of the day was his to choose- he picked Philsopher High! Join the guys as they discuss and breakdown the world of anachronistic philosophers going through the awkward high school years- with special appearances from Karl Pilkington, Kim Kardashian, and Neil Degrasse Tyson!

We use dialogue samples from the below:

Robot Chicken's DP Christmas Special, Adult Swim (Season 5)

Futurama- Time Keeps On Slippin', 20th Century Fox (Season 3, Episode 46)

An Idiot Abroad- China, Mentorn Media (2010)

Monty Python's Flying Circus- The Philosopher's Football Match, BBC

Mean Girls, Paramount Pictures (2004)

Keeping Up With The Kardashians- Trouble in Paradise, E! (2011)

Sway's Universe- Neil Degrasse Tyson (2020)

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, 20th Century Fox (2004)

Please tell us what story you'd like us to create next time on our twitter account @storysmithscast

It can be an original world, or and IP you'd like to see adapted or changed in some way.

Please follow the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram @storysmithscast

Our theme music is The Great Forest by Visager from the album Songs From An Unmade World

Check out our sister podcast Tabletop Sessions- you can find it on Instagram @tabletopsessions or on Twitter @ttsessionsqa or over at @tabletopsessions

In the fourth episode of our second season, we mash up the two most Christmas-themed things we know: Santa Claus and Die Hard.

The elves have unionized and Santa's toy empire needs workers with tiny hands to work the machines and has begun kidnapping naughty children. But when Johnny is taken, his grandfather will deck the halls...with blood!

We use dialogue samples from the below:

The Princess Bride, 20th Century Fox (1987)

Die Hard, 20th Century Fox (1988)

Rocky IV, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1985)

Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope, Disney (1977)

Lethal Weapon 4, Warner Bros Pictures (1998)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Warner Bros Pictures (2001)

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Wolper Pictures (1971)

Elf, New Line Cinema (2003)

Epic Action Trailer Music - ''Coloss'' by InfraSound Music

The trailer includes the following licensed music:

Track: Fear

Composer: Matthew John Torres

Distributor: MorningLightMusic

Album: Cinematic vol. 04

Please tell us what story you'd like us to create next time on our twitter account @storysmithscast

It can be an original world, or and IP you'd like to see adapted or changed in some way.

Please follow the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram @storysmithscast

Our theme music is The Great Forest by Visager from the album Songs From An Unmade World

Check out our sister podcast Tabletop Sessions- you can find it on Instagram @tabletopsessions or on Twitter @ttsessionsqa or over at @tabletopsessions

On the third episode of our second season, we finish up discussing the ending of Lex Luthorica from Episode 2 based on the results of the polls submitted by the Taleweavers.

At 15:35 we move onto this week's story- a story of childhood loneliness and the desire for acceptance based around the popular family board game Takenoko by Antoine Bauza and Matagot.

Get lost in this story featuring a panda, a boy, a girl, a samurai, the emperor and a fertilizer delivery man.

In this episode, we reference the following podcast-

The Orbiting Human Circus of the Air

https://www.orbitinghumancircus.com/

We use audio samples from the following:

Track title: 採茶紀 Harvest of Tea

Music by: 我是愛音樂的徐夢圓

Performed by: 辰小弦

The Princess Bride, 20th Century Fox (1987)

Silent Movie, 20th Century Fox (1976)

Please tell us what story you'd like us to create next time on our twitter account @storysmithscast

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Our theme music is The Great Forest by Visager from the album Songs From An Unmade World

Check out our sister podcast Tabletop Sessions- you can find it on Instagram @tabletopsessions or on Twitter @ttsessionsqa or over at @tabletopsessions

On the second episode of season 2, Taleweaver @ClVlL2006 recommended that we build a story in a universe where only the villains of all IP's live. A world with villains running rampant and no superheroes to swoop in and save the day. What we end up with is a complex battle between order and chaos involving Lex Luthor, The Joker, The Kingpin, Red Skull, Jason Todd, The Punisher, and more.

We need your help to finish up the ending of this story in the next episode. Please give your responses in this poll: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MRTJ6PS

Please tell us what story you'd like us to create next time on our twitter account @storysmithscast

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Please follow the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram @storysmithscast

Our theme music is The Great Forest by Visager from the album Songs From An Unmade World

Check out our sister podcast Tabletop Sessions- you can find it on Instagram @tabletopsessions or on Twitter @ttsessionsqa or over at @tabletopsessions

Welcome back Taleweavers!

On this first episode of our new episodical format, we take 5 randomly selected tropes of Animes and create our own Anime series using them. We create the world of Sweeps Stakes: Return of Queen's Kiss which captures our imagination with the sport of chess-curling, an abandoned son and random anime sound effects.

Please tell us what story you'd like us to create next time on our twitter account @storysmithscast

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Our theme music is The Great Forest by Visager from the album Songs From An Unmade World

Check out our sister podcast Tabletop Sessions- you can find it on Instagram @tabletopsessions or on Twitter @ttsessionsqa or over at https://soundcloud.com/tabletopsessions

The final episode of our first world. We'll be back in January 2019 with the first episode of our second world. In the meantime, look out for bonus roleplaying game and storytelling game episodes. Also, keep an eye out for the written version of our full story from world 1, which will be followed by an audiobook version released on this feed. Plenty to come- even on the off months.

To be part of the Taleweaver community and see your ideas or favorite suggestions become part of the story, please go to http://www/storysmithspodcast.com/

You can also get involved over at our subreddit at http://www.reddit.com/r/storysmithspodcast/

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Our theme music is The Great Forest by Visager from the album Songs From An Unmade World

Our Storysmiths bring the main arc of World 1 to a mindblowing conclusion!

To be part of the Taleweaver community and see your ideas or favorite suggestions become part of the story, please go to http://www/storysmithspodcast.com/ before August 5th, 2018. You can go straight to the episode page at: https://storysmithspodcast.com/w01-e11-sacrifices/

You can also get involved over at our subreddit at http://www.reddit.com/r/storysmithspodcast/ where we will also be picking the most upvoted suggestions to become part of the story for the next episode.

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Our theme music is The Great Forest by Visager from the album Songs From An Unmade World

The cover doodle for today's episode came from our Storysmith, Mo!

In this bonus episode, the Storysmiths are sans Moe once again, and discuss the reason for the delay in releasing episode 11, as well as things they have been up to, including Dungeons & Dragons, Video Games, Books, Podcasts, TV Shows, and the FIFA World Cup.

To be part of the Taleweaver community and see your ideas or favorite suggestions become part of the story, please go to http://www/storysmithspodcast.com/ or http://www.reddit.com/r/storysmithspodcast/

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Our theme music is The Great Forest by Visager from the album Songs From An Unmade World

Our protagonists attempt to carry out their plan to infiltrate El Dorado Mall and find the cure to the disease ravaging the 'Modified'.

Our Taleweaver suggestions for this week's episode came from rabiehk and hgnostop

To be part of the Taleweaver community and see your ideas or favorite suggestions become part of the story, please go to http://www/storysmithspodcast.com/ before June 17th, 2018. You can also go directly to the active Taleweaver forum here: www.storysmithspodcast.com/w01-e10-the-final-return-to-el-dorado/

You can also get involved over at our subreddit at http://www.reddit.com/r/storysmithspodcast/ where we will also be picking the most upvoted suggestions to become part of the story for the next episode.

Please follow the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram @storysmithscast

Our theme music is The Great Forest by Visager from the album Songs From An Unmade World

The cover doodle for today's episode came from our Storysmith, Mo!