Latest Sidekick Podcast Episodes
Episode 31 – Tabloids
Second Fiddles - August 24, 2023 10:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsSally, still a fugitive, catches up with her brother. Thanks for listening! Follow us on social media: Twitter: @2ndfiddles IG: @secondfiddlespodcast FB: SecondFiddlesPodcast
Episode 111 - Proserpina the Archfey
Sidekicks & Sidequests - August 23, 2023 13:00 - 51 minutesWe return to the table of Nolan Paige and roll the dice to create an archfey named Proserpina. A powerful fey creature utilizing a disguise of an elven teen version of herself to be a market barker/coupon book promoter for this city undergoing a Steampunk/Industrial Revolution. She wants to steer...
Episode 110 - Patron's Pub Night 2: Electric Boogaloo
Sidekicks & Sidequests - August 16, 2023 13:00 - 2 hoursAnother bonus episode!?! That's right, we have two of our dedicated Patreon Patrons in the Levitating Platter: Katie "Goblinkatie" Downey & Anson Jablinski! Our longest conversation TO DATE on this podcast, but it's worth it! Join us for this Q&A, discussion, reflection, and check-in on how "Side...
Episode 109 - Parleys at the Platter #1: Sports, Athletics, and D&D
Sidekicks & Sidequests - August 10, 2023 13:00 - 1 hourThe first of its kind, Parleys at the Platter is a quarterly, special program which seeks to bring previous guests together who share a similar field of expertise or passion. For our inaugural episode, I invited Travis Frederick, Johnny Stanton IV, and Joshua Simons together to talk about the int...
Episode 30 – Time Jump
Second Fiddles - August 10, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings8 months after the events of season 2, Max is finally working as a sidekick again. Thanks for listening! Follow us on social media: Twitter: @2ndfiddles IG: @secondfiddlespodcast FB: SecondFiddlesPodcast
Episode 108 - Sunnie Pondborn the Giff Gravedigger
Sidekicks & Sidequests - August 09, 2023 13:00 - 1 hourWe return to the table of Tony Vasinda and roll the dice to create a Giff gravedigger named Sunnie Pondborn. A kid that's got a story like Clark Kent, Mallow, and Po, his adoptive parents look after him as he apprentices for Pa, using his exceptional physical prowess to help out. But when Pa gets...
Season 3 Trailer
Second Fiddles - July 27, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsMax gets a call about the upcoming third season, which launches on Thursday, Aug 10th! Thanks for listening! Follow us on social media: Twitter: @2ndfiddles IG: @secondfiddlespodcast FB: SecondFiddlesPodcast
Episode 107 - OK Computer the Clockmaker
Sidekicks & Sidequests - July 26, 2023 13:00 - 42 minutesWe join the table of my niece, Lexi! She's never been a stranger to playing pretend, fairy stories, or using her imagination. So she rolled some dice and made an Astral Elf that is friends with a dragon! I don't think she's old enough to understand the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy or the Radi...
Episode 106 - Khira the Death Knight Chimneysweep
Sidekicks & Sidequests - July 12, 2023 13:00 - 1 hourWe join the table of Mike Christensen a.k.a. SuperGeek Mike from YouTube! We roll the dice to create Khira the Death Knight. In the employ of wicked masters, she utilizes disguises to learn all about her targets before she brings them to ruin. Currently appearing as an unassuming chimneysweep, sh...
Episode 105 - The Goblin's Guard
Sidekicks & Sidequests - June 28, 2023 13:00 - 57 minutesWe join the table of Kevin Ngo, a long-time listener, first-time podcast guest! Inspired by his children, he wanted to make a trio of bobble-headed goblin siblings who run a neutral, safe zone in the dungeon with access to clean water and fresh turkey legs (if you have the coin!) Sisters Rosewald...
Episode 104 - Bo Jang & Paul the Avenger
Sidekicks & Sidequests - June 14, 2023 13:00 - 1 hourWe join the table of Alex a.k.a. LegalKimchi from YouTube! With some inspiration, we roll the dice to create Bo Jang, who is a metal/armor mimic. From a subset of symbiotic mimics who prefer to eat minerals and organics in order to increase their density, this old gal is as tough as beskar and li...
Episode 103 - Mirquo the Tabaxi Falconer
Sidekicks & Sidequests - May 31, 2023 13:00 - 1 hourWe join the table of Steven Trinkl, my fraternity brother and brother-in-arms as we joined the TTRPG hobby! We roll the dice to create a tabaxi named Mirquo, a proficient falconer with a companion falcon named Graybill. He hunts for food and skins, but also serves a benevolent faction akin to the...
Episode 102 - The Pumpkin Lady
Sidekicks & Sidequests - May 17, 2023 13:00 - 49 minutesWe join the table of Sam Rusk, who brings an infamous NPC from her own home game to the table, simply known as "The Pumpkin Lady". We roll the dice to reveal a true name, but she's an otherwise mysterious archfey who is morally gray and highly questionable. Rumors abound of her lavish rewards wit...
Episode 101 - Leeroy Jenkins the Vampire
Sidekicks & Sidequests - May 03, 2023 13:00 - 1 hourWe return to the table of Mark Wilson and roll the dice to create a LEEROY JENKINS, except, not THAT Leeroy. No, this one charged into a dungeon, got killed, respawned as a vampire, and now just wants to be a reclusive painter in a remote desert town. But when his prized portrait is stolen and th...
Episode 100 - The Levitating Platter's First Patron's Pub Night
Sidekicks & Sidequests - April 19, 2023 13:00 - 1 hourIt's the 100th episode of the podcast. I'm joined by my friend and Patreon supporter, Anson Jablinski. It becomes a podcasting reunion of sorts as we discuss Sidekicks & Sidequests, future goals, and future offerings. Podcast art by Chauncy Riley (https://www.behance.net/graphicsbychauncy), Graph...
Episode 099 - Scherazade & Sprocket, Mother and Son
Sidekicks & Sidequests - April 05, 2023 13:00 - 1 hourWe return to the table of Max Cicchino and roll the dice to create a mother and son pair: Scherazade & Sprocket. Each are competitors in their public-facing lace-making and their underground black markets. The son needs you to acquire a particular piece, and the mother wants you to destroy the it...
Episode 29 – April Tools
Second Fiddles - April 01, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWhile confronting Sally Mander, some of the Second Fiddles swap bodies. It's like Freaky Friday... but on a Saturday. It's a surprise bonus episode! Thanks for listening! Follow us on social media: Twitter: @2ndfiddles IG: @secondfiddlespodcast FB: SecondFiddlesPodcast
Episode 098 - Spruce the Maedar Bureaucrat
Sidekicks & Sidequests - March 22, 2023 13:00 - 43 minutesWe return to the table of Elyse Basile and roll the dice to create Spruce. A bureaucrat trapped in a Feywild gilded cage, this maedar (male medusa) is stuck with superfluous paperwork. He has a clue to the location of the Tome of Avarice. The question is, are you able to find someone to swindle o...
Episode 097 - Nox, Nori, and the Dragonstar
Sidekicks & Sidequests - March 08, 2023 14:00 - 1 hourWe join the table of Katie DeMatteis & Ben MartinMooney to roll the dice to create an unlikely pair: a teenage yeti on a summer internship for deep sea archaeology and a child running an apothecary for her parents. With mathematics and astronomy, they discover the Dragonstar. However, it's in a s...
Bonus Episode - BlockBuckster Movies, Ep 3 - Win a Date with Tad Hamilton
Second Fiddles - March 01, 2023 12:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIn this podcast within a podcast, Buck is joined by Linus and Sally Montgomery to discuss the 2004 rom-com Win a Date with Tad Hamilton. Why this specific movie? I couldn't tell you. Thanks for listening! Follow us on social media: Twitter: @2ndfiddles IG: @secondfiddlespodcast FB: SecondFiddle...
Episode 096 - Del Ramman & Katniss the Hexblood Stonecasters
Sidekicks & Sidequests - February 22, 2023 14:00 - 1 hourWe join the table of Dane Fox-McGraw & Benjamin Huffman to roll the dice to create a pair of hexblood siblings! Perhaps the MOST META episode of the entire podcast. These two endeavor to create "stonecasts" as they create new fantasy games. If only someone would journey to the Elemental Plane of ...
Episode 095 - Cirrus the Rakshasa Entertainer
Sidekicks & Sidequests - February 08, 2023 14:00 - 54 minutesWe join the table of Nicholas Cardarelli and roll the dice to create Cirrus. Another rakshasa joins the roster of podcast NPCs; he is full of teenage arrogance and attitude in tabaxi guise. Cirrus entertains with his dexterous feats with a deck of cards, some might even say a magical performance!...
Bonus Episode - BlockBuckster Movies, Ep 2 - Labyrinth
Second Fiddles - February 01, 2023 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsBuck is joined by Lullaby in this movie-review podcast within a podcast. They discuss the 1986 film Labyrinth, starring Jennifer Connelly, a crying baby, some puppets, and David Bowie's bulge. Thanks for listening! Follow us on social media: Twitter: @2ndfiddles IG: @secondfiddlespodcast FB: Se...
Episode 094 - Ashamel and the Looking Glass
Sidekicks & Sidequests - January 25, 2023 14:00 - 51 minutesWe join the table of Bobby Angel and roll the dice to create Ashamel. He's a young hadozee who is stuck running the family's mirror shop. But like his grandfather before him, he yearns for the smell of adventure. Will you go through the mysterious Looking Glass hidden in the shop? Podcast art by ...
Episode 093 - Shango the High Priest
Sidekicks & Sidequests - January 11, 2023 14:00 - 1 hourWe join the table of Dr. Paul Gestwicki and roll the dice to create Shango. The high priest of a Deep Scion society serving The Kraken. But he's merely a child, not fully knowing or realizing the lessons his Mentor tried to impart. Dare you delve into the Trench of Doom to retrieve the cursed Cla...
Bonus Episode - BlockBuckster Movies, Ep 1 - The Beastmaster
Second Fiddles - January 01, 2023 12:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor fans of 80's fantasy movies, this first episode of BlockBuckster Movies (a podcast within a podcast) covers The Beastmaster (1982). Buck and Pitch discuss the film's portrayal of thighs, their misrepresentation of ferrets, and much more! This has nothing to do with the plot of Second Fiddle...
Episode 092 - Clover the Crystal Merchant
Sidekicks & Sidequests - December 28, 2022 14:00 - 59 minutesWe join the table of Johnny Stanton IV and improv our way into creating Clover. A mountain dwarf who started off as just another miner before he found is passion in crystals and gemology. Clover runs a touristy shop in the middle of a Brutalist-architecture society, complete with a crystal cavern...
Episode 091 - Krongar the Red Mayor
Sidekicks & Sidequests - December 14, 2022 14:00 - 56 minutesWe join the table of Lauren Walsh and roll the dice to create Krongar. He's a hungry and bloodthirsty Red Slaad, trapped in the Astral Sea. But never fear -- he's the Mayor of his little rock in the vastness of space. Krongar needs your help to return back to his people on either a march for reve...
Episode 090 - Moose the Dressmaker of the Feywild
Sidekicks & Sidequests - November 30, 2022 14:00 - 1 hourWe join the table of Matthew J. Hanson and roll the dice to create Moose. Don't let the name fool you -- she is the finest dressmaker in all of the Fairy Court. She literally sets the fashion trends in both the Feywild and the Prime Material Plane of the past! But Moose longs for her freedom that...
Episode 089 - Ashira the Bearfolk Herbalist
Sidekicks & Sidequests - November 16, 2022 14:00 - 1 hourWe join the table of Alyssa Visscher and roll the dice to create Ashira. Ashira is a grizzled Bearfolk and a hermit of a herbalist. She is more concerned with remaining in her secluded forest glade, tending to and cultivating in cooperation with Nature. Should you find her home and earn her trust...