Rock For Initiative
Rock For Initiative is a podcast about the overlap between music and nerd culture. Each episode, we talk with emo, punk, ska and hardcore artists about the tabletop games, card games, and fandoms they love, from D&D campaigns to Magic The Gathering decks to Pokémon. It's the same passion that drives their music, pointed at the things they geek out about off stage.
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Episodes
Warhammer 40K and the Philadelphia Eagles with Carly Cosgrove
This episode of Rock For Initiative brings in Lucas from Carly Cosgrove for a deep, deep dive into the tabletop war game Warhammer 40,000. We start with Lucas's history with the hobby, from painting miniatures as a kid to rediscovering his old models and getting into kit bashing, the art of combi...
The Russian Baltic Naval Fleet with you have beautiful eyes
This episode of Rock For Initiative features a completely unhinged interview with you have beautiful eyes, which turns into a wide-ranging nerd-out covering military history, anime, and tabletop gaming. We start with the Russian Baltic Fleet's disastrous seven-month voyage to Tsushima during the...
Pokemon, Fire Emblem and Maple Story with tenmonthsummer
This episode of Rock For Initiative brings in Nish from tenmonthsummer for a wide-ranging nerd-out spanning generations of gaming and anime obsession. As promised, here's Nish's YouTube channel: @thenishfishplays We start with Pokemon, from Nish's Charizard-and-Gengar origin story to favo...
Magic The Gathering, Comfort Movies, and Puppy Monkey Baby with Sweet Bike
This episode of Rock For Initiative brings in Chris of Sweet Bike for one of the most delightfully all-over-the-place conversations yet, starting with a deep, unironic love for Puppy Monkey Baby and a debate over whether it could beat Seal on a seal's body in a fight. From there we dig into Nirva...
Drummer from HummusVacuum answers, “Do Transformers Have Sex?”
This episode of Rock For Initiative brings in Christian, drummer for HummusVacuum and part time touring drummer of Adjust the Sails, for a deep, fast-moving nerd-out session. We kick things off with Helldivers 2, digging into what makes the community, the roleplay, and the sheer chaos of fighting...