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Pretending to be People

Pretending to be People is a mystery/horror role-playing podcast. Join Zach, Thomas, Luke, and Joe as they navigate a terrifying campaign filled with twists, turns, and laughs - all decided on a roll of the dice. Can the officers of the Contention Police Department unravel the mysteries suddenly plaguing their sleepy town? Will they die – or worse – in the attempt? This is an actual play utilizing the game systems of Delta Green and Pulp Cthulhu. This is Pretending to be People.

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Yesterday · 58 min
Pulp Cthulhu // Out There Con // Part One (with Scott Dorward)
The year is 1997. The place is Portland, Oregon, where our protagonists are attending Out There Con -- a Fortean convention full of weird characters. But the strangest relationship here is to time itself. This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. Here's the link to the Scenario Contest 2026 Submissions. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram and Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Clock Machine" by Dragon Inn 3.
October 2 · 1 hr 22 min
Delta Green // Operation: JOHNNY B. GOODE // Part Three (with Juicy Garland)
It's finale time! This one did not end how I expected...at all. And stick around after the episode for a preview of Dungeons & Dragons & Delta Green: a Reverse Isekai // Part One because IT'S CHARITY DRIVE MONTH HERE AT PTBP! This episode features Juicy Garland. Here's the link to the Scenario Contest 2026 Submissions. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram and Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "anguish" by faulter. Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are ©Pretending Productions, excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.
September 23 · 1 hr 1 min
Delta Green // Operation: JOHNNY B. GOODE // Part Two (with Juicy Garland)
The Fruition Five, or whatever you want to call them, head up to Kansas City to talk to the violinist/streamer -- and things get Unnatural™. This episode features Juicy Garland. Here's the link to the Scenario Contest 2026 Submissions. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram and Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "anguish" by faulter. Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are ©Pretending Productions, excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.
September 12 · 1 hr 5 min
Delta Green // Operation: JOHNNY B. GOODE // Part One (with Juicy Garland)
It's time to meet The Country Fair Five. This episode features Juicy Garland. Here's the link to the Scenario Contest 2026 Submissions. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram and Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "anguish" by faulter. Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are ©Pretending Productions, excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.
September 2 · 1 hr 5 min
Delta Green // Operation: Zoonotic // Part Three (with Caleb Stokes)
Will our intrepid heroes unravel the awful avian enigma before they're all exsanguinated? Find out NOW in this thrilling conclusion to Operation: Zoonotic! This episode features Caleb Stokes from Hebanon Games and Delta Green. Here's the link to the Scenario Contest 2026 Submissions. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram and Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Be On My Side" by Dragon Inn 3. Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are ©Pretending Productions, excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.
August 23 · 1 hr 2 min
Delta Green // Operation: Zoonotic // Part Two (with Caleb Stokes)
I see miracles all around me Stop and look around, it's all astounding Water, fire, air, and dirt Fucking magnets, how do they work? This episode features Caleb Stokes from Hebanon Games and Delta Green. Here's the link to the Scenario Contest 2026 Submissions. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram and Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Be On My Side" by Dragon Inn 3. Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are ©Pretending Productions, excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.
August 14 · 1 hr 13 min
Delta Green // Operation: Zoonotic // Part One (with Caleb Stokes)
A police officer named Gilbert Mackey. A conservation agent named Lem McLamb. A former exotic animal trainer/dealer named Billy Ray Weaver. And Billy Ray Weaver's parole officer, Melissa Brundle. These four drew the short straw and must perform a compliance check on Claussie Baxter and her Ozarks Family Bird Rescue and Conservation, a rundown hillbilly aviary in Stone County, Missouri. This episode features Caleb Stokes from Hebanon Games and Delta Green. Here's the link to the Scenario Contest 2026 Submissions. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram and Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Be On My Side" by Dragon Inn 3. Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are ©Pretending Productions, excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.
July 30 · 1 hr 1 min
Pulp Delta Green // Mission: Unnatural // Part Three (with Ross Bryant)
Ike S. Lovell, Cyrus Zuto-James, Simon Hopper, and Dr. Osiris Pelops are jammed between duty and morality. Will they help April Technologies recover the mysterious canister? Find out now in the thrilling finale of Mission: Unnatural. This episode features Ross Bryant from Push the Roll with Ross Bryant. Come to our first ever LIVE SHOW. Here's the link to the Scenario Contest 2026 Submissions. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram and Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "FASHION" by willoh.
July 18 · 1 hr 3 min
Pulp Delta Green // Mission: Unnatural // Part Two (with Ross Bryant)
Ike S. Lovell, Cyrus Zuto-James, and Dr. Osiris Pelops entered a warehouse in St. Louis, Missouri to retrieve the requested cannister while Simon Hopper kept an eye on things with his surveillance drones from across the street. Will they make it out alive? Find out now in Part Two of Mission: Unnatural. This episode features Ross Bryant from Push the Roll with Ross Bryant. Come to our first ever LIVE SHOW. Here's the link to the Scenario Contest 2026 Submissions. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram and Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "FASHION" by willoh.
July 3 · 1 hr 9 min
Pulp Delta Green // Mission: Unnatural // Part One (with Ross Bryant)
This is a homebrewed Pulp Delta Green scenario in the style of Mission: Impossible. This episode features Ross Bryant from Push the Roll with Ross Bryant. Come to our first ever LIVE SHOW. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram and Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "FASHION" by willoh. Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are ©Pretending Productions, excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.
June 27 · 1 hr 40 min
Delta Green // Operation: $PAWN (with Beth May)
This is a homebrewed Delta Green oneshot set in one of the best places on Earth to bleed out before you die. This episode features Beth May from Dungeons and Daddies. Come to our first ever LIVE SHOW. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram and Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Sink to the Bottom" by Dragon Inn 3. Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are ©Pretending Productions, excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.
June 6 · 1 hr 26 min
Delta Green // Operation: STOP REPO // Part Three (with Jared Logan)
This is the end of the line for some of Jasper Saffir's team. This episode features Jared Logan from Glass Cannon Network and LPN Bloodbath. "I don't love the seduction plan." - Jared We are playing Operation: STOP REPO, the 2017 winner of the Delta Green Shotgun Scenario Contest, from author Elendil004. Come to our first ever LIVE SHOW. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram and Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Overrated" by Hitters. Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are ©Pretending Productions, excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.
May 23 · 1 hr 4 min
Delta Green // Operation: STOP REPO // Part Two (with Jared Logan)
Jasper Saffir's cell of cowboys run into a few more unnatural vectors from previous operas at Cowboy Watkins' car auction before needing to leave. This episode features Jared Logan from Glass Cannon Network and LPN Bloodbath. We are playing Operation: STOP REPO, the 2017 winner of the Delta Green Shotgun Scenario Contest, from author Elendil004. Come to our first ever LIVE SHOW. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram and Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Overrated" by Hitters. Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are ©Pretending Productions, excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.
May 16 · 2 min
FIRST LIVE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT
It's finally happening. We're performing LIVE in PERSON in REAL LIFE. CLICK HERE FOR A LINK TO THE EVENT. CLICK HERE FOR GEN CON BADGE INFO. Event registration opens on May 17, so get your badges and your wishlists ready!
May 9 · 1 hr 12 min
Delta Green // Operation: STOP REPO // Part One (with Jared Logan)
The Prince of Denver is revealed at a mentor's funeral. This episode features Jared Logan from Glass Cannon Network and LPN Bloodbath. We are playing Operation: STOP REPO, the 2017 winner of the Delta Green Shotgun Scenario Contest, from author Elendil004. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Instagram and Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "Overrated" by Hitters. Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are ©Pretending Productions, excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.
S2 · E97
April 26 · 56 min
S2E97 - Q&A: Part Two // All You Want Is More
This is the second Q&A episode (of two) to end Season Two. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
S2 · E96
April 19 · 1 hr 13 min
S2E96 - Q&A: Part One // Mister Ssippi
This is the first Q&A episode (of two) to end Season Two. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
S2 · E95
March 31 · 1 hr 58 min
S2E95 - It's Showtime, Kiddo (Final Finale)
This is the finale of Season Two. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "What Kind of World Are You Living In" by Dragon Inn 3 and "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
S2 · E94
March 13 · 1 hr 25 min
S2E94 - The News Brothers (Finale: Part One)
The actual penultimate episode of Season Two is here. It's Part One of a Two-Part Finale! Definitely the next episode is the last one, I don't know why you're looking at me like that. It is. For real. Trust me. Actually, though. We already recorded it. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "What Kind of World Are You Living In" by Dragon Inn 3.
S2 · E93
February 27 · 1 hr 4 min
S2E93 - I Know What I Have To Do
The penultimate episode of Season Two finds Algernon, Beck, and Cal scattered, covered, and smothered. Support the show on Patreon. Buy some merch at the Contention General Store. Follow along on Bluesky. Find other listeners on Discord and Reddit. Join the chat on Twitch. Soundtrack by WAAAVV. Wolf the Dog played "What Kind of World Are You Living In" by Dragon Inn 3.

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