web02.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:36:45 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Two Hundred A Day - Episodes Tagged with “Special Episode” https://twohundredaday.fireside.fm/tags/special%20episode Sun, 15 Sep 2019 04:00:00 -0700 Two Hundred a Day is a podcast by Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol. We are exploring the intensely weird and interesting world of the 70s TV detective show The Rockford Files. In each episode of Two Hundred a Day, we watch an episode, recap and review it as fans of the show, and tease out specific elements that hold lessons for writers, gamers and anyone else interested in making better stories. en-us episodic Celebrating and analyzing the 70s detective show The Rockford Files Nathan Paoletta Two Hundred a Day is a podcast by Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol. We are exploring the intensely weird and interesting world of the 70s TV detective show The Rockford Files. In each episode of Two Hundred a Day, we watch an episode, recap and review it as fans of the show, and tease out specific elements that hold lessons for writers, gamers and anyone else interested in making better stories. no The Rockford Files, Jim Rockford, James Garner, TV, 70s, 1970s, Classic TV, Firebird Nathan Paoletta n.d.paoletta@gmail.com Episode 56: A Plus Expenses Special https://twohundredaday.fireside.fm/56 360bf55f-0a24-4d6d-afa4-6c1b1ae1cdfe Sun, 15 Sep 2019 04:00:00 -0700 Nathan Paoletta 56 A Plus Expenses Special full Nathan Paoletta This is our latest Plus Expenses episode, the show we release to our patrons over at <a href = "https://www.patreon.com/twohundredaday">our Patreon</a>. Plus Expenses is our pre-show chatter, where we catch up with each other and talk about other media we've been into and what's going on in our lives as self-employed game designers. In this episode, we talk about: Amazon and capitalism, pricing games, Youtube radicalization, the <a href = "http://www.starwarsminute.com">Star Wars Minute podcast</a>, Godzilla, meat shields vs jobbers, pro wrestling in Japan, <a href = "https://www.amazon.com/Considering-David-Chase-Rockford-Northern/dp/0786432845">a book of essays on David Chase</a>, the cultural influence of television, location as character, place in RPGs, psychogeography, the World of Darkness "By Night" books, "I lived in New York for 5 years" stories, Mill Creek DVD collections, and of course the value of public libraries. Plus Expenses is a free podcast available to all of our patrons. If you like what you hear, please consider joining them in supporting the show for only $1 an episode! 44:54 no <p>This is our latest Plus Expenses episode, the show we release to our patrons over at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/twohundredaday">our Patreon</a>. Plus Expenses is our pre-show chatter, where we catch up with each other and talk about other media we've been into and what's going on in our lives as self-employed game designers. In this episode, we talk about: Amazon and capitalism, pricing games, Youtube radicalization, the <a href="http://www.starwarsminute.com">Star Wars Minute podcast</a>, Godzilla, meat shields vs jobbers, pro wrestling in Japan, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Considering-David-Chase-Rockford-Northern/dp/0786432845">a book of essays on David Chase</a>, the cultural influence of television, location as character, place in RPGs, psychogeography, the World of Darkness "By Night" books, "I lived in New York for 5 years" stories, Mill Creek DVD collections, and of course the value of public libraries. Plus Expenses is a free podcast available to all of our patrons. If you like what you hear, please consider joining them in supporting the show for only $1 an episode!</p> <p>We now have a second, patron-exclusive, podcast - Plus Expenses. Covering our non-Rockford media, games and life chatter, Plus Expenses is available <a href="https://www.patreon.com/twohundredaday">via our Patreon at ALL levels of support</a>.</p> <p>Want more Rockford Files trivia, notes and ephemera? <a href="http://tinyurl.com/200files">Check out the Two Hundred a Day Rockford Files Files</a>!</p> <p><strong>Support the podcast by <a href="https://www.patreon.com/twohundredaday">subscribing at patreon.com/twohundredaday</a></strong>. Big thanks to our Gumshoe patrons! Check them out: </p><ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/richardhatem">Richard Hatem</a></li> <li>Victor DiSanto</li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/thermoware">Brian Perrera</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/antener">Eric Antener</a></li> <li>Bill Anderson</li> <li>Jim Crocker - keep an eye out for Jim <a href="http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Conventions.html">selling our games east of the Mississippi</a>, and follow him on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/jimlikesgames">@jimlikesgames</a> </li> <li><a href="https://rollforyour.party/">Shane Liebling's Roll For Your Party dieroller app</a></li> <li><a href="http://misdirectedmark.com/category/mmproductions/wepas/">Kevin Lovecraft and the Wednesday Evening Podcast Allstars</a></li> <li>And thank you to Dael Norwood, Dylan Winslow, Dave P, and Dale Church!</li> </ul> <p>Thanks to: </p><ul> <li> <a href="https://fireside.fm">fireside.fm</a> for hosting us</li> <li><a href="https://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/">Audio Hijack for helping us record and capture clips from the show</a></li> <li> <a href="http://spoileralerts.org">spoileralerts.org</a> for the adding machine audio clip</li> <li> <a href="https://www.freesound.org/">Freesound.org</a> for other audio clips</li> </ul> <p>Two Hundred a Day is a podcast by game and narrative designers Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol. In each episode we pick an episode of The Rockford Files, recap and review it as fans of the show, and tease out specific elements from that episode that hold lessons for writers, gamers and anyone else interested in making better narratives.</p> 1970s, 70s, james garner, jim rockford, p.i, rockford files, television, tv, special episode, plus expenses This is our latest Plus Expenses episode, the show we release to our patrons over at our Patreon. Plus Expenses is our pre-show chatter, where we catch up with each other and talk about other media we've been into and what's going on in our lives as self-employed game designers. In this episode, we talk about: Amazon and capitalism, pricing games, Youtube radicalization, the Star Wars Minute podcast, Godzilla, meat shields vs jobbers, pro wrestling in Japan, a book of essays on David Chase, the cultural influence of television, location as character, place in RPGs, psychogeography, the World of Darkness "By Night" books, "I lived in New York for 5 years" stories, Mill Creek DVD collections, and of course the value of public libraries. Plus Expenses is a free podcast available to all of our patrons. If you like what you hear, please consider joining them in supporting the show for only $1 an episode!

We now have a second, patron-exclusive, podcast - Plus Expenses. Covering our non-Rockford media, games and life chatter, Plus Expenses is available via our Patreon at ALL levels of support.

Want more Rockford Files trivia, notes and ephemera? Check out the Two Hundred a Day Rockford Files Files!

Support the podcast by subscribing at patreon.com/twohundredaday. Big thanks to our Gumshoe patrons! Check them out:

Thanks to:

Two Hundred a Day is a podcast by game and narrative designers Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol. In each episode we pick an episode of The Rockford Files, recap and review it as fans of the show, and tease out specific elements from that episode that hold lessons for writers, gamers and anyone else interested in making better narratives.

Support Two Hundred A Day

]]> This is our latest Plus Expenses episode, the show we release to our patrons over at our Patreon. Plus Expenses is our pre-show chatter, where we catch up with each other and talk about other media we've been into and what's going on in our lives as self-employed game designers. In this episode, we talk about: Amazon and capitalism, pricing games, Youtube radicalization, the Star Wars Minute podcast, Godzilla, meat shields vs jobbers, pro wrestling in Japan, a book of essays on David Chase, the cultural influence of television, location as character, place in RPGs, psychogeography, the World of Darkness "By Night" books, "I lived in New York for 5 years" stories, Mill Creek DVD collections, and of course the value of public libraries. Plus Expenses is a free podcast available to all of our patrons. If you like what you hear, please consider joining them in supporting the show for only $1 an episode!

We now have a second, patron-exclusive, podcast - Plus Expenses. Covering our non-Rockford media, games and life chatter, Plus Expenses is available via our Patreon at ALL levels of support.

Want more Rockford Files trivia, notes and ephemera? Check out the Two Hundred a Day Rockford Files Files!

Support the podcast by subscribing at patreon.com/twohundredaday. Big thanks to our Gumshoe patrons! Check them out:

Thanks to:

Two Hundred a Day is a podcast by game and narrative designers Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol. In each episode we pick an episode of The Rockford Files, recap and review it as fans of the show, and tease out specific elements from that episode that hold lessons for writers, gamers and anyone else interested in making better narratives.

Support Two Hundred A Day

]]> Episode 13: Our Second Discussion Special https://twohundredaday.fireside.fm/13 bb03186c-6286-4509-a890-4dd05922a5c7 Sun, 16 Jul 2017 08:00:00 -0700 Nathan Paoletta 13 Our Second Discussion Special full Nathan Paoletta To celebrate going to a two-episode-a-month format, Nathan and Eppy take on some listener questions and comments about the show so far! We consider questions about some of our favorite episodes, including The Farnsworth Strategem and Chicken Little is a Little Chicken, and then tackle an existential question: what is a "typical" episode of The Rockford Files? 57:20 no To celebrate going to a two-episode-a-month format, Nathan and Eppy take on some listener questions and comments about the show so far! We consider questions about some of our favorite episodes, including The Farnsworth Strategem and Chicken Little Is A Little Chicken, and then tackle an existential question: what is a "typical" episode of The Rockford Files? <strong>Support the podcast by <a href="https://www.patreon.com/twohundredaday">subscribing at patreon.com/twohundredaday</a></strong>. Big thanks to our Gumshoe patrons! Check them out: <a href="https://twitter.com/richardhatem">Richard Hatem</a> <a href="http://ageofravens.blogspot.com">Lowell Francis's Age of Ravens gaming blog</a> <a href="http://misdirectedmark.com/category/mmproductions/wepas/">Kevin Lovecraft and the Wednesday Evening Podcast Allstars</a> And thank you to Shane Liebling and Dylan Winslow! Thanks to: <a href="https://zencastr.com/">zencastr.com</a> for helping us record <a href="https://fireside.fm">fireside.fm</a> for hosting us <a href="http://www.thatericalper.com/"> thatericalper.com</a> for the answering machine audio clips <a href="http://spoileralerts.org">spoileralerts.org</a> for the adding machine audio clip <a href="https://www.freesound.org/">Freesound.org</a> for the other audio clips Two Hundred a Day is a podcast by Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol. We are exploring the intensely weird and interesting world of the 70s TV detective show The Rockford Files. Half celebration and half analysis, we break down episodes of the show and then analyze how and why they work as great pieces of narrative and character-building. In each episode of Two Hundred a Day, we watch an episode, recap and review it as fans of the show, and then tease out specific elements from that episode that hold lessons for writers, gamers and anyone else interested in making better narratives. To celebrate going to a two-episode-a-month format, Nathan and Eppy take on some listener questions and comments about the show so far! We consider questions about some of our favorite episodes, including The Farnsworth Strategem and Chicken Little Is A Little Chicken, and then tackle an existential question: what is a "typical" episode of The Rockford Files?

Support the podcast by subscribing at patreon.com/twohundredaday. Big thanks to our Gumshoe patrons! Check them out:
Richard Hatem
Lowell Francis's Age of Ravens gaming blog
Kevin Lovecraft and the Wednesday Evening Podcast Allstars
And thank you to Shane Liebling and Dylan Winslow!

Thanks to:
zencastr.com for helping us record
fireside.fm for hosting us
thatericalper.com for the answering machine audio clips
spoileralerts.org for the adding machine audio clip
Freesound.org for the other audio clips

Two Hundred a Day is a podcast by Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol. We are exploring the intensely weird and interesting world of the 70s TV detective show The Rockford Files. Half celebration and half analysis, we break down episodes of the show and then analyze how and why they work as great pieces of narrative and character-building. In each episode of Two Hundred a Day, we watch an episode, recap and review it as fans of the show, and then tease out specific elements from that episode that hold lessons for writers, gamers and anyone else interested in making better narratives.

Support Two Hundred A Day

]]> To celebrate going to a two-episode-a-month format, Nathan and Eppy take on some listener questions and comments about the show so far! We consider questions about some of our favorite episodes, including The Farnsworth Strategem and Chicken Little Is A Little Chicken, and then tackle an existential question: what is a "typical" episode of The Rockford Files?

Support the podcast by subscribing at patreon.com/twohundredaday. Big thanks to our Gumshoe patrons! Check them out:
Richard Hatem
Lowell Francis's Age of Ravens gaming blog
Kevin Lovecraft and the Wednesday Evening Podcast Allstars
And thank you to Shane Liebling and Dylan Winslow!

Thanks to:
zencastr.com for helping us record
fireside.fm for hosting us
thatericalper.com for the answering machine audio clips
spoileralerts.org for the adding machine audio clip
Freesound.org for the other audio clips

Two Hundred a Day is a podcast by Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol. We are exploring the intensely weird and interesting world of the 70s TV detective show The Rockford Files. Half celebration and half analysis, we break down episodes of the show and then analyze how and why they work as great pieces of narrative and character-building. In each episode of Two Hundred a Day, we watch an episode, recap and review it as fans of the show, and then tease out specific elements from that episode that hold lessons for writers, gamers and anyone else interested in making better narratives.

Support Two Hundred A Day

]]> Episode 7: Our First Discussion Special https://twohundredaday.fireside.fm/7 1199263c-d080-4b82-a923-8abeea05f9dc Fri, 17 Mar 2017 04:00:00 -0700 Nathan Paoletta 7 Our First Discussion Special full Nathan Paoletta We hit our first goal on Patreon! Thank you backers! To celebrate, Nathan and Eppy discuss their experience doing the podcast so far, and how training our critical Rockford eye just keeps revealing more to enjoy. Plus, Eppy shares the benefits of what we've discussed in our narrative elements sections to his ongoing tabletop game of Urban Jungle! 50:29 no We hit our first goal on Patreon! Thank you backers! To celebrate, Nathan and Eppy discuss their experience doing the podcast so far, and how training our critical Rockford eye just keeps revealing more to enjoy. Plus, Eppy shares the benefits of what we've discussed in our narrative elements sections to his ongoing tabletop game of Urban Jungle! Thanks to: <a href="https://zencastr.com/">zencastr.com</a> for helping us record <a href="https://fireside.fm">fireside.fm</a> for hosting us <strong>Support the podcast by <a href="https://www.patreon.com/twohundredaday">subscribing at patreon.com/twohundredaday</a></strong>. Big thanks to our Gumshoe patrons! Check them out: <a href="http://ageofravens.blogspot.com">Lowell Francis's Age of Ravens gaming blog</a> <a href="http://www.plutomovedon.com/">Pluto Moved On Podcasts and Video Lets Plays</a> <a href="http://misdirectedmark.com/category/mmproductions/wepas/">Kevin Lovecraft and the Wednesday Evening Podcast Allstars</a> And thank you to Shane Liebling! Two Hundred a Day is a podcast by Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol. We are exploring the intensely weird and interesting world of the 70s TV detective show The Rockford Files. Half celebration and half analysis, we break down episodes of the show and then analyze how and why they work as great pieces of narrative and character-building. In each episode of Two Hundred a Day, we watch an episode, recap and review it as fans of the show, and then tease out specific elements from that episode that hold lessons for writers, gamers and anyone else interested in making better narratives. We hit our first goal on Patreon! Thank you backers! To celebrate, Nathan and Eppy discuss their experience doing the podcast so far, and how training our critical Rockford eye just keeps revealing more to enjoy. Plus, Eppy shares the benefits of what we've discussed in our narrative elements sections to his ongoing tabletop game of Urban Jungle!

Thanks to:
zencastr.com for helping us record
fireside.fm for hosting us

Support the podcast by subscribing at patreon.com/twohundredaday. Big thanks to our Gumshoe patrons! Check them out:
Lowell Francis's Age of Ravens gaming blog
Pluto Moved On Podcasts and Video Lets Plays
Kevin Lovecraft and the Wednesday Evening Podcast Allstars
And thank you to Shane Liebling!

Two Hundred a Day is a podcast by Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol. We are exploring the intensely weird and interesting world of the 70s TV detective show The Rockford Files. Half celebration and half analysis, we break down episodes of the show and then analyze how and why they work as great pieces of narrative and character-building. In each episode of Two Hundred a Day, we watch an episode, recap and review it as fans of the show, and then tease out specific elements from that episode that hold lessons for writers, gamers and anyone else interested in making better narratives.

Support Two Hundred A Day

]]> We hit our first goal on Patreon! Thank you backers! To celebrate, Nathan and Eppy discuss their experience doing the podcast so far, and how training our critical Rockford eye just keeps revealing more to enjoy. Plus, Eppy shares the benefits of what we've discussed in our narrative elements sections to his ongoing tabletop game of Urban Jungle!

Thanks to:
zencastr.com for helping us record
fireside.fm for hosting us

Support the podcast by subscribing at patreon.com/twohundredaday. Big thanks to our Gumshoe patrons! Check them out:
Lowell Francis's Age of Ravens gaming blog
Pluto Moved On Podcasts and Video Lets Plays
Kevin Lovecraft and the Wednesday Evening Podcast Allstars
And thank you to Shane Liebling!

Two Hundred a Day is a podcast by Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol. We are exploring the intensely weird and interesting world of the 70s TV detective show The Rockford Files. Half celebration and half analysis, we break down episodes of the show and then analyze how and why they work as great pieces of narrative and character-building. In each episode of Two Hundred a Day, we watch an episode, recap and review it as fans of the show, and then tease out specific elements from that episode that hold lessons for writers, gamers and anyone else interested in making better narratives.

Support Two Hundred A Day

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