Gays of the Round Podcast

All things must come to an end. Apologies for the tumultuous release schedule of 2022 and for the limited capacity of human resource! We hope to see you again someday (and will be giving you episode 33 in the future).

Thanks always to the incomparable GOTRPROD team: Sarah, Riley, and Keats. And to Sam and Alayna for their work on the oneshot, to Aiden Chan for the amazing soundtrack, and Tulomne for the pristine artwork. 

Eddie, Claire, and Lenore meet with Shreya to gather more clues and evidence of the strange occurrences around town. Claire tries to keep a secret about the center console in his car.

Content Warning(s): Mild language, discussions of food, death, mass past death, manipulation. Intro briefly touches on current events in the queer community.

That Dark Academia's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Eddie Everette and Theodore Jones 
Keats (@klolsen32) as Eleanore Lane
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Clarence Monroe
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as the GM

Original Music by Aiden Chan | Dungeon Maestro (@AidenChan)

Logo by Riley Linn, EQ by Sarah Kay

All SFX and non-original music are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on this season and behind the scenes footage, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

The Gays of the Round take some time for world building to expand the Heldholm city limits, so the trio can rope Jules and Theo into their Friday plans. 

Content Warning(s): Mild language, sexual innuendo, discussions of food, waxing poetic about Minnesota, mild stereotyping

That Dark Academia's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Eddie Everette and Theodore Jones 
Keats (@klolsen32) as Eleanore Lane
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Clarence Monroe
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as the GM

Original Music by Aiden Chan | Dungeon Maestro (@AidenChan)

Logo by Riley Linn, EQ by Sarah Kay

All SFX and non-original music are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on this season and behind the scenes footage, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

After Lenore shares her dream with Eddie and Claire, the trio plan how to proceed with their lives considering the rapid uptick in strange occurrences. 

Content Warning(s): Mild language, food discussion (both in and out of character), sexual innuendo

That Dark Academia's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Eddie Everette and Theodore Jones 
Keats (@klolsen32) as Eleanore Lane
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Clarence Monroe
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as the GM

Original Music by Aiden Chan | Dungeon Maestro (@AidenChan)

Logo by Riley Linn, EQ by Sarah Kay

All SFX and non-original music are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on this season and behind the scenes footage, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

Lenore's strange happenings have more in store as she goes to bed on Halloween night...or maybe they just drank a little too much and had too much fun. Who's to say? 

Content Warning(s): Mild language, coercion, forced violence, references to unnamed disease, general consent checklist check-in, loud screeching noises, heartbeat noises, repressed childhood memories of failure

That Dark Academia's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Eddie Everette and Theodore Jones 
Keats (@klolsen32) as Eleanore Lane
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Clarence Monroe
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as the GM

Original Music by Aiden Chan | Dungeon Maestro (@AidenChan)

Logo by Riley Linn, EQ by Sarah Kay

All SFX and non-original music are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on this season and behind the scenes footage, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

The trio starts a night of Halloween revelry at The Commodore, but things take a turn for the unexpected when they encounter Julian and Theodore.

Content Warning(s): Mild language, implied destruction by fire and sounds of fire, alcohol use and formulation of alcoholic drinks, self-checking potential appropriation, implied technical infidelity (though the partner in question is longterm missing), drinking with profs

That Dark Academia's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Eddie Everette and Theodore Jones 
Keats (@klolsen32) as Eleanore Lane
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Clarence Monroe
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as the GM

Original Music by Aiden Chan | Dungeon Maestro (@AidenChan)

Logo by Riley Linn, EQ by Sarah Kay

All SFX and non-original music are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on this season and behind the scenes footage, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

Our representatives compete in a surprising melee round, and the Council of Kardia is officially decided!

Content Warnings: language, cross-talk, paper shuffles during dialogue, deception, blood

Once Upon a Round's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Matisse Solos
Keats (@klolsen32) as Iolanthe
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Hemlock Valavanis
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as Saunder Zeek
Alayna Joy (@missfenderr) as Lethe Terzi
Sam Cat (@Sam_Sam_Cat) as Petra Costas and the GM

Logo by Riley Linn

All SFX and music are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on Gays of the Round, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

Each competitor must face their worst fears to showcase performing under personal pressure and distress in the Mirror Trial.

Content Warnings: manipulative families, death, destruction (of natural resources), oppression, child abandonment, reliving personal trauma, warfare, asphyxiation, cross talk, language.

Once Upon a Round's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Matisse Solos
Keats (@klolsen32) as Iolanthe
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Hemlock Valavanis
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as Saunder Zeek
Alayna Joy (@missfenderr) as Lethe Terzi
Sam Cat (@Sam_Sam_Cat) as Petra Costas and the GM

Logo by Riley Linn

All SFX and music are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on Gays of the Round, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

The competitors show up to a lavish celebration on the first evening of The Proving to entreat themselves to the nobles and the clergy. Personal reveals foster surprising inter-region connections between representatives.

Content Warnings: untrustworthy nobility, implied gaslighting, waste, fraught family histories, gendered language, forbidden love

Once Upon a Round's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Matisse Solos
Keats (@klolsen32) as Iolanthe
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Hemlock Valavanis
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as Saunder Zeek
Alayna Joy (@missfenderr) as Lethe Terzi
Sam Cat (@Sam_Sam_Cat) as Petra Costas and the GM

Logo by Riley Linn

All SFX and music are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on Gays of the Round, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

Learn about the preliminary trials that gave us our Artenai representatives, and watch our six competitors test their wits and knowledge of Kardia history to get to the center of a winding labyrinth.

Content Warnings: language, references to disease (plague) and a suffering populace, rigged nomination processes, cross talk, questionable strategies for victory, badger fight noises, low decibel firework sounds

Some feats and skills have had house-rules alterations to fit with the competitive nature of The Proving that aren't always explicitly stated in the recording - these will be outlined in the one-shot once available at the end of the limited series.

Once Upon a Round's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Matisse Solos
Keats (@klolsen32) as Iolanthe
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Hemlock Valavanis
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as Saunder Zeek
Alayna Joy (@missfenderr) as Lethe Terzi
Sam Cat (@Sam_Sam_Cat) as Petra Costas and the GM

Logo by Riley Linn

All SFX are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on Gays of the Round, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

Welcome to Artenai, the capital city of the island of Kardia. Here, representatives have gathered to compete for a spot on Kardia's new governing council by completing a series of trials designed around island-wide values. Join us today to see our competitors meet for the first time and barrel through the first trial, a stamina-shredding obstacle course.

Content Warnings, please read carefully and stay safe:
In the INTRO (10:02-15:10), the following: disease (plague), death, suffering populace, waning natural resources, capitalism, imperialism (overthrown). These are referenced in the episode but not explicit.
In the episode: ableist constructs (determined via dice rolls), language, class differences

Some feats and skills have had house-rules alterations to fit with the competitive nature of The Proving that aren't always explicitly stated in the recording - these will be outlined in the one-shot once available at the end of the limited series.

Once Upon a Round's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Matisse Solos
Keats (@klolsen32) as Iolanthe
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Hemlock Valavanis
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as Saunder Zeek
Alayna Joy (@missfenderr) as Lethe Terzi
Sam Cat (@Sam_Sam_Cat) as Petra Costas and the GM

Logo by Riley Linn

All SFX are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on Gays of the Round, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

Next week we begin releasing our first oneshot, The Council of Kardia! First, a quick announcement or two from Lucien, both in regards to the giveaway and what you can expect to hear in our upcoming episodes and what that'll look like. Then enjoy a quick preview scene from the first trial. We'll see all of you in the capital city of Artenai starting Tuesday, June 21st, and be sure to check out our official trailer on our twitter or instagram (both @gotrprodpods).

Some language is present in the preview scene. 

All music and SFX are licensed through Storyblocks.com. 

Theo asks Jules to bring him somewhere other than the hotel. Lenore and Eddie help Claire through an existential quandary as they get ready for Halloween Night. 

Eddie emoji for 38:00 reference: 🤨

Content Warning(s): Mild language, implied technical infidelity (though the partner in question is long missing and/or deceased), implied past overlapping affections, coughing, references to drinking, control/being controlled, existential crises, humorous language in description of intense feelings and mental states, snapping sounds, near spoilers for WWDITS, almost naming this episode "Chill Vibes from a Warm Rock." 

That Dark Academia's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Eddie Everette and Theodore Jones 
Keats (@klolsen32) as Eleanore Lane
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Clarence Monroe
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as the GM

Original Music by Aiden Chan | Dungeon Maestro (@AidenChan)

Logo by Riley Linn, EQ by Sarah Kay

All SFX and non-original music are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on this season and behind the scenes footage, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

Chance encounters lead the trio back together on Halloween with different nuggets of information from Theodore and Julian, respectively.

Content Warning: Mild language, mentions of food within literally the first three minutes, toeing personal boundaries, interpreting potential colonial mindsets from prior generations, religious and worship speculation. 

That Dark Academia's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Eddie Everette and Theodore Jones 
Keats (@klolsen32) as Eleanore Lane
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Clarence Monroe
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as the GM

Original Music by Aiden Chan | Dungeon Maestro (@AidenChan)

Logo by Riley Linn, EQ by Sarah Kay

All SFX and non-original music are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on this season and behind the scenes footage, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

Claire attempts to track down Theo with mixed results. Lenore provides support.

Content Warning: Mild language, terribly reality tv show ethics, mentions of food, being followed, suggestions of recreational drug use (no depiction), bad song parodies.

That Dark Academia's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Eddie Everette and Theodore Jones 
Keats (@klolsen32) as Eleanore Lane
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Clarence Monroe
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as the GM

Original Music by Aiden Chan | Dungeon Maestro (@AidenChan)

Logo by Riley Linn, EQ by Sarah Kay

All SFX and non-original music are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on this season and behind the scenes footage, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

Julian reunites with an old friend, and discovers their ensuing conversation may not be entirely private.

Content Warning: Mild language, mentions of food, implications of occult and/or curse related happenstances, implications of death, past trauma related to loved ones

That Dark Academia's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Eddie Everette and Theodore Jones 
Keats (@klolsen32) as Eleanore Lane
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Clarence Monroe
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as the GM

Original Music by Aiden Chan | Dungeon Maestro (@AidenChan)

Logo by Riley Linn, EQ by Sarah Kay

All SFX and non-original music are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on this season and behind the scenes footage, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

The trio tests their theory of universal strangeness at Heldholm by questioning Graham Tipton. A new face shows up to campus on Halloween.

Content Warning: Mild language, mentions of food, mild descriptions of body horror, post-credits scene referencing global panorama

That Dark Academia's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Eddie Everette and ??? 
Keats (@klolsen32) as Eleanore Lane
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Clarence Monroe
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as the GM

Original Music by Aiden Chan | Dungeon Maestro (@AidenChan)

Logo by Riley Linn, EQ by Sarah Kay

All SFX and non-original music are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on this season and behind the scenes footage, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

Lenore and Adalia have secured Heldholm University's overall win at the big meet, but who will take first and second place?

Content Warning: Mild language, mentions of food, implied neglect

That Dark Academia's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Eddie Everette
Keats (@klolsen32) as Eleanore Lane
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Clarence Monroe
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as the GM

Original Music by Aiden Chan | Dungeon Maestro (@AidenChan)

Logo by Riley Linn, EQ by Sarah Kay

This episode contains music by vheissu in addition to the original soundtrack. All SFX and non-original music are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on this season and behind the scenes footage, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

It's the day of Lenore's big fencing meet! Claire, Eddie, and Jules go to cheer them on, and meet another unexpected person.

Content Warning: Mild language, mentions of food (because it's TDA), side conversations referencing animals passing (not in-game), personal non-binary discourse, sounds of swords clashing, bad Slavic accent, kissing noises, glitched noises in cold close.

That Dark Academia's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Eddie Everette
Keats (@klolsen32) as Eleanore Lane
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Clarence Monroe
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as the GM

Original Music by Aiden Chan | Dungeon Maestro (@AidenChan)

Logo by Riley Linn, EQ by Sarah Kay

In addition to the original music, this episode also contains music by Jon Presstone. All SFX and non-original music are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on this season and behind the scenes footage, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.

Claire starts to uncover that despite his personal frustrations, Jules' lack of answers may be linked to higher stakes than accounted for.

Content Warning: Mild language, control/being controlled, raised male voices, discombobulated actual mic dropping sounds (but the bit was too funny to cut).

That Dark Academia's Cast:
Sarah Kay (@ablindingidea) as Eddie Everette
Keats (@klolsen32) as Eleanore Lane
Riley Linn (@therileylinn) as Clarence Monroe
Lucien (@cafewithlucien) as the GM

Original Music by Aiden Chan | Dungeon Maestro (@AidenChan)

Logo by Riley Linn, EQ by Sarah Kay

All SFX and non-original music are licensed through Storyblocks.com.

For more information on this season and behind the scenes footage, follow us on twitter @gotrprodpods or email us at gotrnetwork@gmail.com.