Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast
1,245 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsJoin Magic: The Gathering Head Designer Mark Rosewater as he shares stories, insights, and more while driving to work. Listen and learn more about how Magic is made!
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#792: George Fan
November 13, 2020 14:05 - 34 minutes - 24 MBIn this podcast, I interview George Fan, creator of Plants vs. Zombies. I talk with him about his love of Magic and his year spent on the Magic design team.
#791: Antiquities, Part 2
November 13, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBThis is part two of a two-part series on the design of Antiquities, Magic's second-ever expansion, where I talk about how the set got made and then go through the design of every card.
#790: Antiquities, Part 1
November 06, 2020 14:05 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBThis is part one of a two-part series on the design of Antiquities, Magic's second-ever expansion, where I talk about how the set got made and then go through the design of every card.
#789: Brian David-Marshall
November 06, 2020 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MBIn this podcast, I interview Brian David-Marshall on the many roles he's played in Magic, from tournament organizer and store owner to commentator and Magic historian.
#788: 25 Years
October 30, 2020 14:05 - 32 minutes - 22 MBOctober 30, 2020 was my 25th anniversary of working at Wizards. In this podcast, I talk about the many things I've done in those 25 years.
#787: Henry Stern
October 30, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBIn this podcast, I interview Henry Stern, a longtime member of R&D and former pro player.
#786: Oozes
October 23, 2020 14:05 - 33 minutes - 23 MBMagic has 32 Oozes. (I'm not talking about you, Changelings.) I talk about all of them.
#785: Scott Larabee
October 23, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBIn this podcast, I interview Scott Larabee, the esports senior league operations manager. We talk about his many years of running tournaments.
#784: It's All Magic
October 16, 2020 14:05 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBI talk about an issue that's near and dear to my heart: how to make the Magic community even better.
#783: Jules Robins
October 16, 2020 14:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBIn this podcast, I interview Jules Robins, an R&D designer who's worked on numerous products and is the lead set designer of both Commander Legends and Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (we only talk a little about his two set leads, as neither is out yet).
#782: Red-White
October 09, 2020 14:05 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThis is the ninth podcast in my two-color philosophy series. I talk all about red and white.
#781: Ken Nagle
October 09, 2020 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBIn this podcast, I interview Ken Nagle, runner-up of the first Great Designer Search and longtime R&D member.
#780: Four-Color Factions
October 02, 2020 14:05 - 31 minutes - 22 MBThis topic started from a question on my blog talking about the difficulty in designing four-color faction worlds and sets.
#779: Worth Wollpert
October 02, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBIn this podcast, I interview Worth Wollpert and talk about his time in Magic R&D and running Magic Online.
#778: Evergreen Origins
September 24, 2020 14:05 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBThis is another of my trivia podcasts. This time I look at all the current evergreen keywords (all 35 of them) and have you guess whether they were used and named in Alpha, started but not named in Alpha, or started and named after Alpha.
#777: Elaine Chase
September 24, 2020 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBIn this podcast, I interview Elaine Chase who has held many jobs with Magic over the years, including working in R&D, brand, and esports.
#776: Zendikar Rising
September 18, 2020 14:05 - 34 minutes - 24 MBI tell the story of Zendikar Rising's design.
#775: Rachel Agnes
September 18, 2020 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBIn this podcast, I interview Rachel Agnes, Magic brand manager. What does she do and how did she come to do it? Listen in and find out.
#774: Replies with Rachel #5
September 11, 2020 14:05 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBBefore Rachel heads back to college, I thought it would be fun to do another mailbag podcast with her.
#773: Adam Prosak
September 11, 2020 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBIn this podcast, I interview Adam Prosak, a Magic designer who most recently led the set design for Core Set 2021.
#772: Making Magic in the Pandemic
September 04, 2020 14:05 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBCurious how COVID has affected the making of Magic? That's my topic for this podcast.
#771: Corey Bowen
September 04, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBIn this podcast, I interview Corey Bowen, a current member of R&D, one who focuses on Commander design.
#770: Ikoria, Part 2
August 28, 2020 14:05 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBIn this podcast, I finish telling the in-depth story of Ikoria's design.
#769: Jim Lin
August 28, 2020 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBIn this podcast, I talk with designer Jim Lin, one of the original Alpha playtesters and longtime R&D member.
#768: Ikoria, Part 1
August 21, 2020 14:05 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBIn this podcast, I begin telling the in-depth story of Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths's design.
#767: Ethan Fleischer
August 21, 2020 14:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBIn this podcast, I talk with designer Ethan Fleischer about all the premier sets he's led or co-led the design for.
#766: Black-Green
August 14, 2020 14:05 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBThe pandemic is lasting a little longer than expected, so I've decided to have one podcast interview a week and have the other be similar to the old solo podcasts where I talk about Magic design. Today is another in my two-color philosophy series. In this podcast, I talk about black-green.
#765: Graeme Hopkins
August 14, 2020 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBIn this podcast, I talk with Graeme Hopkins, one of the finalists from the first Great Designer Search and someone who currently works on Magic: The Gathering Arena.
#764: Brian Schneider
August 07, 2020 14:05 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBIn this podcast, I talk with Brian Schneider, former Magic head developer. We talk about the many sets he worked on during his time at Wizards.
#763: Witney Williams
August 07, 2020 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBIn this podcast, I talk with Witney Williams, the director of global events. She and I talk about all the things that go into running large Magic events.
#762: Mike Turian
July 31, 2020 14:05 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBIn this podcast, I talk with Mike Turian, Pro Tour Hall of Famer and coworker. I talk with him about his time working as a Magic developer and his current job as principal product designer. What is that? Listen and learn.
#761: Devin Low
July 31, 2020 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBIn this podcast, I talk with Devin Low, former Magic head developer, about his time working on Magic.
#760: Shivam Bhatt
July 24, 2020 14:05 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBIn this podcast, I talk with Shivam Bhatt about his role with Commander and his podcast.
#759: Sheldon Menery
July 24, 2020 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBIn this podcast, I talk with Sheldon Menery about his days of judging and his role in helping to create the Commander format.
#758: Doug Beyer
July 17, 2020 14:05 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBDoug just celebrated his 20th year at Wizards, so I had him on the podcast to talk all about his work on the Creative team.
#757: Brian Hacker
July 17, 2020 14:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBIn this podcast, I talk with Brian Hacker about his time on the Pro Tour and how he and other Magic pros ended up on MTV.
#756: Chris Pikula
July 10, 2020 14:05 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBIn this podcast, I talk with Chris Pikula about the Pro Tour and what it's like to win a Magic Invitational.
#755: Dave Humpherys
July 10, 2020 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MBIn this podcast, I talk with Dave Humpherys about the Pro Tour and all the sets he's led.
#754: Cedric Phillips
July 03, 2020 14:05 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MBIn this podcast, I talk with Cedric Phillips about streaming and doing commentary.
#753: Gaby Spartz
July 03, 2020 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBIn this podcast, I talk with Gaby Spartz about streaming and doing commentary.
#752: April King
June 26, 2020 14:05 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBIn this podcast, I talk with April King about the challenges of keeping a Magic database and about the community of Magic Twitter.
#751: Christine Sprankle
June 26, 2020 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBIn this podcast, I talk with Christine Sprankle, one of the best-known Magic cosplayers.
#750: Skaff Elias
June 19, 2020 14:05 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBThis week's podcast is an interview with Skaff Elias, one of the original playtesters and a longtime Wizards employee.
#749: Jimmy Wong and Josh Lee Kwai
June 19, 2020 14:00 - 32 minutes - 26.3 MBIn this podcast, I talk with Jimmy and Josh, hosts of The Command Zone and Game Knights.
#748: Blake Rasmussen
June 12, 2020 14:05 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBIn this podcast, I talk with Blake Rasmussen, one of the people in charge of communications for Magic.
#747: Dawn Murin
June 12, 2020 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MBIn this podcast, I talk with Dawn Murin, one of the art directors for Magic.
#746: Brian Tinsman
June 05, 2020 14:05 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBBrian Tinsman spent many years designing Magic cards and led sets like Rise of the Eldrazi and Time Spiral. He and I chat.
#744: Erik Lauer
May 29, 2020 14:05 - 30 minutes - 21 MBErik is my equivalent in set design. He and I talk about our many years of making Magic together.
#743: Mark Heggen
May 29, 2020 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBI talk to product architect Mark Heggen to explain how he got into the game and just what exactly he does for Magic.