PODCAST · fiction
Thirty Minute Worlds
by Morgan Chessman, Daniel Kennedy, Walter Kunkle, Belvin Olasov
Four lore nerds make a fantasy setting from scratch in thirty minutes. A (literally) genre-defining podcast. Occasionally, something magical and Definitely Copyright Worthy is produced. Reach out to the Lore Lads at [email protected]. Our amazing artist is Chelle Torre--follow her on twitter @jovialparadox
Episodes
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’/x/games’
In the most unhinged episode that the pod lads are capable of producing, ghosts grow tired of keeping up the "are they or aren't they real" charade, and have resoundingly told humanity: "We're real, and we can do sick stunts." Ghosts start doing gnarly, grindhouse stunts and pulling in reality TV...
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’Bad News Bearers’
In what will later be described as the chillest Walter-led world of all time, the Lads take you to the nation of Vargskyre, where long ago, the greatest king the country--High King Ksogga--took his own life after a year of terrible personal misfortune, plunging his empire into ruin. Now, Ksogga...
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’Seagate’
This relaxed two-person episode brings Chessman and Walter together, where they hatch a vision of a solar system where space is made up entirely of water. Strange gates between the worlds allow travel through space with wooden seafaring vessels, but why did the Sea Giants make these gates between...
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’The Gaseous Collective’
The Lads buckle down to make a serious sci-fi episode about gas tubes that store consciousness. Without Walter's science-dampening abilities, there's nobody there to harass Chessman about her stupid gravity explanations. Prompts: Tubes, Gate, Sparkle, Reach out to the Lore Lads on twitter…
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’Vox Ceracus’
Fueled by black coffee and alien sighting conspiracy videos, Walter helms an episode that quickly veers into a radical future where humanity returns to a cherry tree-covered Earth, and is granted magical powers by an invisible entity called Vox, which claims it has been waiting for them to return...
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’Good Clean Fun’
The masses have spoken, and they demand a wholesome, unobjectionable episode that they can listen to in the car while they're picking up their kids from their wives' boyfriends' houses. The boys try earnestly to pull this off. In a pocket dimension of his own design, a brilliant wizard allows...
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’Legions of Stone’
Chessman is banned from the show in a corporate move to make the podcast more relatable to mass audiences. To protest this, the lads do what they do best: crank out a mid-tier world using maybe ten percent of their available neural processing power. In a highly industrialized island nation…
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’The Emperor of Black Stripes’
What a long, twisted road it has been. Season four is upon us--delayed by a series of mishaps that were as comedic as they were forgivable and absolutely excusable. While the rest of you were asleep, the boys slapped together a premier episode. Trapped in an endless cycle of reincarnation at the...
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‘Season 3 Finale: Doom Rundown‘
Sixteen worlds enter. Six or seven worlds don't enter. One world leaves. It's that time of year again. We're taking all the worlds of this season and running them through our cruel, calculating machine until we find the one world that we want to revisit. We'll laugh and cry as we put our darlings...
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‘The Salt Lines‘
In an uncharacteristic display of competence, the pod boys clock in a terrific bite-sized episode before the start of the holiday season. On a planet surrounded by ten concentric salt rings, gargantuan lenses of unknown origin look out into mysterious and faraway parts of space. The natives are...
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‘Squid Game II: The Maze Runner‘
The gang has been drafted by Amazon Studios to produce the second installment of the award-winning Japanese (?) period drama, Squid Game. What follows is, without a doubt, the greatest artistic undertaking in television history. The boys storm the idea-laden cliffs of Normandy in a D-Day of...
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‘Activision Blizzard‘s ”Afterlife 2”‘
Are you tired of banking it all on the nebulous concept of the afterlife, with no certainty that it will actually occur? NEVER FEAR--private companies, the vanguard of innovation, have stepped in to create a new and exciting DIGITAL REALM where you can visit your dead relatives, who are trapped...
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‘CNBC Presents: Glaivewatch‘
The Lads pitch a setting where one swing from an immensely powerful glaive will destroy the world. The year is 2390. The glaive has been swung seventeen times. Reach out to the Lore Lads on twitter @lorelads or at [email protected] Our amazing artist is Chelle Torre--follow her on...
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‘Swords of the Father‘
Do you like swords? Do you like swords that have a mind of their own? Do you also like extended metaphors for the iniquities of a generation passing to another? With the other hosts out of commission for dubious reasons, Walt and Dan go mano-a-mano on this promptless, no-holds-barred episode.…
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'Forgotten Gods' ft. Junius Wright III
Proving once again that their previously-promised upload schedule is subject entirely to their fickle whims, the boys harass their old creative writing professor, reclusive satyr Junius Wright III, to take part in the show. In this episode, the gang whips up a world where gods eat each other to...
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‘Crabstar‘s Wroth‘
WE'RE BACK! Walter comes down to visit and the boys record in person for the first time. Their minds obliterated by shitty light beer, none of them could remember what this episode was about. In lieu of a coherent description, we're going to present, unaltered, the notes the boys scrawled on a…
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'Quantum Autodrive: Chaos on the Back Nine'
Belvin's momentary absence from the podcast is all it takes for the boys to strike creative gold. In the far future, bioweapons have advanced to the point of sophistication that would make any war an extinction-level event. The Earth's greatest athletes play games of golf inside giant…
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'Ghost Glass'
Back in the saddle, back buildin' worlds. The great god Olag, gatekeeper to the afterlife, has discovered his new ambition: amassing hoards of wealth. He begins exporting spirit glass with magical properties to those on earth, causing all sorts of problems and technically using ghosts as slave...
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'The Mendican Gate: Redux'
After lots of editing by Chessman to cover up various historical errors, the revisit of the Mendican gate is finally here! New listeners should listen to Season 2, episode 2 before diving into the revisit for proper background. In this revisit, we touch on the fate of Mendicus, the Mexican…
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“Chasing The Eschaton”
The stars align and the boys not only create a grand slam episode, but also miraculously manage to get it published on time. Chessman is Lore Lad, and the crew outlines a world where a team of wizards harness the sorcerous energies of an armageddon that hasn’t yet happened as a magical power...
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'Baron Lands'
In a special old-timey radio episode, Chessman and Dan pull the ripcord on a new post-apocalyptic setting. Humans have regressed to Edwardian technology, and hidden alien interlopers interfere with mankind's attempts to reclaim civilization on an Earth that's been terraformed to be hostile to…
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'Ironclad'
Chessman's on deck as Lore Lad, and this setting involving robots controlled by tiny beetles quickly careens off the deep end and into madness. Fortunately, Walter wisely fucks up his audio in what is known as the "Kunkle Maneuver," effectively pouring cold water on the setting for a bit and…
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‘Frasierpilled’
Bound by their ancient pact to produce one incredibly stupid and obtuse world every four episodes, the fellas dream this monstrosity up. Imagine a world—a world where a a hyper-advanced Neural Intelligence Life Enhancement System (N.I.L.E.S.) controls every aspect of everyone’s lives, with the…
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'Martyr Country'
Do you long for a setting that blends the freedom and headiness of the Old West with the crushing guilt and religious mystery of medieval Catholicism? You don't? Well that's what we made, and you have to wait a week for the next one, so you might as well enjoy it. Faced with an embargo that…
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'Obscura'
In the world of Unione, genius inventor Phillipa Chiaroscuro creates a camera that can travel through Il Fumo--the smoke that connects realities. A missing city, the study of portraiture, Renaissance art terms, and tortilla chips garnish this legendary episode. Prompts: Bag. Photograph. Smoke....
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'You've Got Whale' feat. Will Isaacson
Friend of the pod and Prince of Revels Will Isaacson joins the boys to talk a bit about his work as a composer of music for vijyagaems. But a guest spot comes with a price--Will must build a world with 4 prompts and take the cursed throne of Lore Lad. In a world where special whalebone bells are...
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'Three Minute Worlds: Revengance'
The Pod Boys hastily arrange a three minute world episode to half-assedly crank out enough settings to keep their show. Will they survive? (yes) Reach out to the Lore Lads on twitter @lorelads or at [email protected]. Our amazing artist is Chelle Torre--follow her on twitter...
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'Pyramid Scream'
The Sitarii are a conquering people who have figured out a way (it's bullshit and it involves pyramids) to amplify the world's natural harmonic sound magic to wreak terrible destruction. Who can stand against their awesome military might!? Will Chessman convince Walter to stop eating cashews…
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'Painters' Paradise' feat. Adam Bassett
The fellas snag WB Mag editor in chief Adam Bassett for an extra special (and extra-length) worldbuilding session. In a London-esque, industrialized wasteland, color wizards derive magical powers (and mutations!) from special pigmentations found in coral reefs. We expect imminent lawsuits from…
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'Pawn Stars'
Trillions of years in the future, as the universe draws to a close, working stars are in short supply. A galactic-scale holding company moves stars for money. Naturally, problems ensue, and a lot of assets (and beings) get liquidated. Featuring: the triumph of communism, Space Mongols, mausoleum...
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'Showbiz Kids'
What if plays performed in front of an audience of fairies had the power to shape your entire life? Though Zach is the Lad on this one, this is probably the most Belvin setting of all time--so much so that he will be taken off the next several episodes to allow the creative ecosystem to balance...
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'Doom Runner'
Chessman's in charge which means it's time to get weird. Using the Lore Lad's seldom used VIBE POWER, Chessman stipulates that this setting should have no people in it. In this one, a cognizant and not even really humanoid being travels through the end of every world to observe its destruction…
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'At The Table of The Baron"
SEASON THREE ARRIVES, and with it many formatting changes. With Walter as the lad, the guys conjure up a setting about a magical table owned by a scheming Baron--a table that allows him to see the secrets of all who dine there. Can he be stopped, or will his rapacious greed and animal cunning...
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Season 2 Finale (part 2): 'Bloodsplort'
This episode was delayed due to a protest of the final results that caused a month’s worth of legal arguing and court disputes. Which world will the lads revisit? Which ones will be eliminated tragically? Will one of Chessman’s riffs finally land? Find out now—and see you next year in Season 3!
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Season 2 Finale (part 1): 'Cricketworld'
The gang load up their guns and prepare to put some bullets in the heads of this latest season's least satisfactory worlds. Tune in next week for the main event of Season 2, when we decide which world will win the honor of an in-depth revisit next season. The remaining settings will be buried in…
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"Do Golems Dream of Concrete Caffeine?"
After secretly promising not to make a setting that's any good before the season finale, the guys immediately break that promise and design a concrete megacity patrolled by rebellious golems. Learn more about the DC-area train system than you ever wanted to know. Prompt words: Caffeine. Concrete....
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'Bayou Bailiffs'
Belvin swerves the setting toward familiar, swampy ground as he whips the world of Lura, a place where the truest art--gambling--is used to resolve all legal disputes. Prompt words: Card. Bayou. Court. Reach out to the Lore Lads on twitter @lorelads or at [email protected] Our amazing...
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'Hyperborea'
At last--long last--all is revealed, and the children of Abaris shall walk into the heavens. Global warming, the biblical flood, the miniature Ice Age, the presence of aliens on planet Earth, and the extinction of the dinosaurs are all explained plainly and logically through the writings of the…
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‘Celebrity Dump Spectacular‘
Belvin returns from the hospital to lead the crew. In this world, a galactic empire loves its celebrities; that is until they say something unpatriotic, at which they and all their branded merchandise are canceled and unceremoniously dumped on Trash Planet. Prompt words: Idol. Dump. Flag. Reach…
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'The Benevolent Sun'
LATE EPISODE AHOY! With Belvin tragically dead in a car accident, the remainder of the crew tearfully construct a world in his memory. When a cataclysmic event pretty much severs the connection between the human world and the plane of fire, an enterprising group of djinn devise a creative and...
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'Words With Goblins'
Y'all ever heard of, uh... Goblins? The little green monsters make their first appearance on our drafting table. Also within: - Gross flightless dragon gods who live deep underground. - Salami the Prankster God makes his first of many appearances under a pseudonym. - Chessman is wrong about...
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'World Well Two' ft. James Moller
Anime mongrel and friend of the show James Moller drops by and Belvin refuses to leave, so we have to do four prompts for this one. The Lads weave a complicated geopolitical web in this particular episode. A group of rogue monk-soldiers specializing in aerial combat break away from a war that is...
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'Crabyrinth' (1986)
Not related to the film starring David Bowie, except for the swirly walls and the bulge. Content warning: animal anatomy, crab anatomy, swords with sandals, brain vore. I don't usually write the descriptions. Do people read these? Do people notice when episodes come out really, really late? By…
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'War o’ the Wisps'
It’s my birthday and they made me put the podcast up anyway—fucking unbelievable. This one’s pretty bleak, folks, not gonna lie. Also: Belvin finally throws away his talking animal crutches and becomes Certified Cool. Prompt words: Wisp. Fear. Caravan. Reach out to the Lore Lads on twitter...
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'The Grey Frontier'
The unholy union of Walter "Vitamin K" Kunkle and Zachary "Nabokov" Chessman produces a more freeform setting than the show has had previously. In this new land, prompts are thrown aside, and the Lads get down to the nitty gritty of building a world focused around colonizing a shattered…
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'Sunlit Sails'
Without Chessman's fruitless song references to distract them, the boys center themselves, tighten their headbands, and construct the best swashbuckling setting the Earth has ever seen. A large inland sea has been locked in perpetual daylight for decades, and humans, as well as most of the gods,...
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'Snakes on a Reflective Plane'
In a time before time, the enlightened and powerful naga race, led by the trickster god Knifetongue, disappeared into mirrors to hide from Death. But this safeguard from mortality comes, as usual, at a terrible price. Prompt words: Egg. Trickster. Death. Reach out to the Lore Lads on twitter...
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‘Dangers in the Outfield’
Times on the diamond were peaceful, until the giants came from across the sea. With them, too, came the strangely energizing and enigmatic juice, which soon covered the entirety of the known world. The fabric of human civilization itself strains under the pounding of earth-shattering feet—and the...
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'Skies of Truckadia'
Lore Lad Pictures is proud to present Season 1's lost episode--restored to perfect fidelity using state-of-the-art AUDIO SURGERY. An omnipresent King sends machine-spirit guided transport craft down to the primitive humans of the world below. In return for these marvelous flying vehicles, the…
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‘Mole Train’
In Walter’s absence, the gang flings together a setting where mole men run a college located on a subterranean train. This one’s pretty out there. Prompt words: Railway. College. Mole People. Reach out to the Lore Lads on twitter @lorelads or at [email protected]. Our amazing artist is...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Four lore nerds make a fantasy setting from scratch in thirty minutes. A (literally) genre-defining podcast. Occasionally, something magical and Definitely Copyright Worthy is produced. Reach out to the Lore Lads at [email protected]. Our amazing artist is Chelle Torre--follow her on twitter @jovialparadox
HOSTED BY
Morgan Chessman, Daniel Kennedy, Walter Kunkle, Belvin Olasov
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Four lore nerds make a fantasy setting from scratch in thirty minutes. A (literally) genre-defining podcast. Occasionally, something magical and Definitely Copyright Worthy is produced. Reach out to the Lore Lads at [email protected]. Our amazing artist is Chelle Torre--follow her on...
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