Bards and Balladeers Podcast

053 | Stage Against the Machine

54 min · 18 mei 2026
aflevering 053 | Stage Against the Machine artwork

Beschrijving

The organizations that keep worlds running in the background, where it be governments, unions, criminal syndicates, corporations, and unseen systems of control. None are inherently good or bad, but they shape the conflict and structure of a story’s world. We explore how these groups add depth to worldbuilding and drive the larger plot forward.Bards and Balladeers Podcast - bardsandballadeerspodcast.com [https://bardsandballadeerspodcast.com] Discord - https://discord.gg/QVQWczk4Fh [https://discord.gg/QVQWczk4Fh] C.E. Linares (Cait) - linktr.ee/celinares [https://linktr.ee/celinares] Ozgur K Sahin (Oz) - www.ozgurksahin.com [https://www.ozgurksahin.com/] M.R. Moraine (Rio) - linktr.ee/mistermoraine [https://linktr.ee/mistermoraine]

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059 | Wherefore Art Thou Romeo

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057 | Exploring Wonderland

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aflevering 056 | Dumb and Not Dumber artwork

056 | Dumb and Not Dumber

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