{"podcast":{"title":"Rascal News","slug":"rascal-news-7079600","podcast_index_feed_id":7079600,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/554222/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/554222","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/7/c/1/f7c185252ebe1f83e55e3c100dce7605/Untitled_design-20241102-h6l7ymn276.png","author":"Rascal News","episode_count":53,"summary":"Rascal News is an independent, worker-owned outfit composed of Chase Taylor-Carter, Thomas Manuel, Caelyn Ellis, Rowan Zeoli, and Lin Codega. Join them in exploring the tabletop industry and its associated online spaces across two shows: Rascal Radio Hour is a biweekly show where the crew dig deeper into the biggest news and newest games; and Rascal Reading Club allows Thomas to wax long on RPG rulebooks.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T02:17:31.911490+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rascal-news-7079600"},"episode":{"title":"Reading Club: Apocalypse World","slug":"reading-club-apocalypse-world","published_at":"2026-02-27T09:31:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rascal-news-7079600/reading-club-apocalypse-world","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rascal-news-7079600","url":"https://7a095da1-5185-490b-b9ef-56380ff6b64e.libsyn.com/reading-club-apocalypse-world","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/7a095da1-5185-490b-b9ef-56380ff6b64e/RRC__Apocalypse_World.mp3?dest-id=4785797","summary":"Book club episode! We discuss Apocalypse World 2nd edition. To participate in the talkback episode, either post in the discord thread associated with this podcast or write to thomas@rascal.news . Discussion Questions 1. What do you think of Apocalypse World? What do you think of the MC section? 2. What do you think about the game's statement: \"follow these as rules\"? Do you think that sentence makes its MC section different from other games? 3. What does \"play to find out\" mean to you? Do you think its a universal aspect of games? 4. What is your favorite or least favorite principle and why? 5. What was your first reaction to the idea of GM moves? What do you think about it now? Show Notes: The Daily Apocalypse blog Don't Prep Plots on The Alexandrian (blog) Vincent Baker on the philosophy of PbtA (blog) Transcript for the episode The music used for this show is by Nihilore and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license . The opening track is So Does Hope and the closing track is Something Beautiful Is Going To Happen . For more from us, visit Rascal News.","meta_description":"Book club episode! We discuss Apocalypse World 2nd edition. To participate in the talkback episode, either post in the discord thread associated with this…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6587,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rascal-news-7079600/episodes/reading-club-apocalypse-world/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rascal-news-7079600/reading-club-apocalypse-world.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}