{"podcast":{"title":"The Whispering GM","slug":"the-whispering-gm-4090423","podcast_index_feed_id":4090423,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/39180338/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/9478750/9478750-1683552007305-60266de099de1.jpg","author":"CWR","episode_count":91,"summary":"Reviews, Rants, and Old School Gaming","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T08:21:09.982548+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whispering-gm-4090423"},"episode":{"title":"Did You Really?","slug":"did-you-really","published_at":"2023-12-06T09:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whispering-gm-4090423/did-you-really","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whispering-gm-4090423","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/episodes/Did-You-Really-e2cqbnu","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/39180338/podcast/play/79555774/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2023-11-4%2F99aaa404-1dc5-9cd1-7772-83fcf7ad1373.m4a","summary":"-- Description -- "I've been playing for 45 years and we never played that way back in the day!" A common refrain for long-timers trying to discourage playstyles differing from their own, I explore the possibility that the arguer might be remembering yesterday just as much as 1975. Then, following up, a note on my personal health, how it's been holding me back a bit from participating in the hobby like I want to, and what I'm doing about it to fix that problem. Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog: ⁠ https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/⁠ Want to get in on the conversation, yourself? Send in a voicemail on SpeakPipe: ⁠ https://www.speakpipe.com/WhisperingGMPodcast⁠ ...or join the conversation on Spotify for Podcasters: ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/message⁠ ...or come hang out with all of us on Discord: ⁠ https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn -- Show Notes -- 00:00 - Dedication 00:12 - Theme 00:42 - Did you really ? 01:51 - Playing with Chainmail 04:47 - First Edition for the First Time 06:21 - Playing Multiple Games 08:08 - Learning and Growing 10:31 - Call In: Nerd's Variety Jason! 10:54 - Health Update 20:55 - Outro -- Links -- Obituary: Aaron M. Koelman https://www.gearty-delmore.com/obituary/Aaron-Koelman Solo Dungeon Crawler: OD&D Combat with Chainmail https://youtu.be/5vLp5gtfDTw?si=D5I5X8c88TXpltLU Nerd's Variety Cast https://anchor.fm/jason376","meta_description":"-- Description -- \"I've been playing for 45 years and we never played that way back in the day!\" A common refrain for long-timers trying to disc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1315,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-whispering-gm-4090423/episodes/did-you-really/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whispering-gm-4090423/did-you-really.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}