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Tabletop Tunes: The Improvised Musical RPG

Sean Meagher, Gabe Greenspan, Greg Smith, Mary Lou•www.tabletoptunespod.com
Comedy
Improv
Music
Leisure
Games
Four Improvisers and a special guest embark on a new tabletop RPG adventure every episode, where players are just as likely to roll for initiative as they are to break into song! Episodes are self-contained, so jump in wherever to listen as Gabe, Greg, Sean, and Mary Lou roll dice and make up a musical on the spot. Welcome to the table!
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Episodes

14. No Crying Over Spilt Milk (with Jeremy Schmidt)

This session, @scaremy_schmidt joins us in "The Dome" as we fight to the death over good deals, and learn a little about WWII while doing it. Songs: "Everything Must Go" "Welcome To The Resistance" "We're Your Family Now" "Welcome To The Dome" "My Policies" "The Emperor Vs. The Balrog" "Win The War" Listen to more at Patreon.com/tabletoptunespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Aug 12, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 14

13. Carolina or Shape Change (with Paula Deming)

This session, @paolobandita joins us in the studio, the NEWS studio, that is, to uncover what happens when a witch from the Southeast develops bigger dreams. Songs: Straight up the theme from "Full House" "Together We Can (Kiss This Frog)" "Complete the Circle" "The Department of Redundancy" "Tonight at 6" "Three Witches Try To Sing With One Voice" "Breaking news" Get more cool stuff at Patreon.com/tabletunespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jul 29, 2025•56 min•Season 1Ep. 13

Patreon Preview #11: Monster Manual Melodies 2

Dracula's cousin returns to ask the High Rollers' help in giving a voice to the voiceless monsters of our world. Listen to the rest at Patreon.com/Tabletoptunespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 22, 2025•6 min•Ep. 11

12. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghostbusters (with Chris Grace)

This session, @chrisgracecomedy joins us on a trip through time, which we all know is cyclical, to document the life of one christian comedian who definitely sold his soul to an extraplanar deity. Don't worry, it doesn't make sense. Songs: "Are You a Ghost, Dad?" "If You Follow the Rules" "I Want to Kill Bill" "Don't Cross the Streams" "We Believe in You" "We Love Christian God" "Convert Our Dad to Capitalism" "We're Crossing the Timestreams" Listen to more at Patreon.com/tabletoptunespod Learn ...

Jul 15, 2025•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 12

Patreon Preview #10: Would You Dragon 2

Listen to the rest at Patreon.com/TabletopTunesPod (Remember to not sign up through the app or else Apple will take your money!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 08, 2025•4 min

11. Babes in Hospital-Land (with Andrew Young)

This session, we talk babies with @androssthegreat, specifically, babies breaking out of a hospital to find one of their maybe-moms. Will they get caught? Will they develop object permanence skills? Listen and find out! Songs: "We're Out" "Baby Formation" "A Beautiful Voice" "Life is Pain" "Overactors" "Baby on a Quest" "Life is a Wave" Join our Patreon (and our Discord for free!) at Patreon.com/tabletoptunespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jul 01, 2025•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 11

10. The Fairest of The Mall (with Julianne Lang)

This session, @juli_can_ne brings three of her best (First? Only?) "friends" on a birthday trip to the mall. But where there are teenagers, there are hormones. And where there are hormones, there be crazy shenanigans. Will this be the best Summer ever? Or will we all succumb to the greatest enemy of all...the sea? Songs: "The Mall" "What If I'm Not Special?" "Look at Me" "Apply Yourself" "What's the Harm-y in Joining the Army?" "Sea You Later" Wanna join our Discord? Get the link at Patreon.com/...

Jun 17, 2025•1 hr 10 min

Patreon Preview #8: Mary Lou's Music House

Listen to the rest at patreon.com/tabletoptunespod P.S. Don't sign up with the app to avoid Apple taking a large cut of subscriptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 10, 2025•4 min•Ep. 8

9. AI-KEA (with Sara Caplan)

This session, @sararosecaplan asks us "What is a chair?" and we answer with an hour long musical improv set about IKEA, as you do. Songs: "What is a Chair?" "Talking Ikea" "Buzz Words" "Two Papas" "Hygge" "I'm Smarter Than You" "It Takes Two" Join our PATREON ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 9

8. Super Cell Smash Brothers (with Amy Vorpahl)

This session, @vorpahlsword takes a seat at the table to sing about a group of ragtag animal creatures trapped in a mobile game. Can they work together to defeat the final boss? and what happens when that boss turns out to be...your heart? Songs: "Us vs. Them" "Computer's Lament" "The Weather Report" "Top Skin" "Connected But Apart" "Cody, Heal Her" "Press X To Kiss" "Generation XXX" Get more fun content over on our Patreon ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 20, 2025•58 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Patreon Preview #6: Monster MASH

Listen to the rest on our Patreon at Patreon.com/tabletoptunespod You all remember MASH right? The game, not the TV show. Well, for this High Rollers episode, our players sit down and use that classic childhood divination technique to create a villain by determining its lair, minion type, goal, and adversary with a roll of the dice. Then, they do improv based on their own creation! Fun, huh? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 13, 2025•4 min•Ep. 6

7. Big Trouble in Little Detroit (with Jeremy Culhane)

This session, we take @jazzy_jelly to the mythical land of Detroit, where a group of kids about to earn their final karate belts are faced with their hardest challenge yet: believing in themselves. Songs: "Something to Prove" "Three Buff Girls and Sandra" "Rules and Regurelationships" "Black Belt of the Heart" "Just Believe in Yourself" "Punch Through That Ice" listen to more over on our Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 06, 2025•57 min•Season 1Ep. 7

6. Life Can Be Sweet (with Alice Stanley Jr.)

This session, we talk (pastry) shop with @astanjr. A down-on-its-luck bakery is visited by a surprise health inspector. Will a new baking invention be enough to save the shop? It's a bottle episode, y'all! Songs: "Big Day For the Bakery" "You're Terrible" "Sugar Fantasy" "We're on a Roll, Here" "I Give You a Boner" "Because It Tastes So Lovely" Join our Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Apr 22, 2025•57 min•Season 1Ep. 6

5. The Los Angeles Trail (with Philip Labes)

This session, @philiplabes stops by to help us weave a tale of siblings, betrayal, and the uber wealthy causing climate change to fulfill a time paradox. Oregon who? Songs: "LA is for Everyone" "Variety" "CEOh No" "Clip Clop" "The Family Business" "Twin Fight" "Corporations are People Too" "Everything's Fine in this Timeline" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 08, 2025•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 5

Patreon Preview #3: Would You Dragon

Listen to the rest with a 7 day free trial over on our Patreon ! www.patreon.com/TabletopTunespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 01, 2025•5 min•Season 1Ep. 4

4. Happy Birth(San Francisco)Bay! (with Jiavani)

This session, our regular players and special guest @Jiavani, are whisked away to the magical land of...San Francisco as half human mutants looking to throw a birthday party, put on an improv show, and make some passive income all in one night! Songs: "We Wanna Grow" "Yes, And" "Doctor West's Lament" "What Advice Does This Grocery Have in Store?" "Manipulate to Make Art That's Great" "The Right Vibe" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 25, 2025•57 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Patreon Preview #2: Brack-Attack (The Best Musical of All Time)

Let's get ready to RUUUMMBLE, and also pirouette, belt an A flat, and act out a somber death scene as we pit 16 musicals up against each other to see which one will take the Tony for "Best Musical of All Time." Listen to the rest of this episode over on our Patreon . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 18, 2025•4 min•Season 1Ep. 3

3. Harm on the Farm (with Ross Bryant)

This session, the table welcomes special guest Ross Bryant (@rossbb) to a world of anthropomorphic flora as they prepare for their harshest winter yet. This one is kind of giving Game of Thrones vibes. But like, vegetables? A loooootta plant puns in this one. Get ready. Songs: "Pull Yourself Up By Your Roots" "Starch Listening to Us" "Cultivate a Life" "Like the Tomato You Are" "Let's Grow" "Winter is Coming" "It's Seasonal" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Patreon Preview #1: Monster Manual Melodies

Listen to the rest with a 7 day free trial at our Patreon ! patreon.com/TabletopTunespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 04, 2025•4 min•Season 1Ep. 2

2. Into the Woods, Again! (with Rashawn Scott)

Welcome back, players! This session, Rashawn Scott takes a seat at the table as four old friends return to their high school to put on a show, or else... Support us at Patreon.com/tabletoptunespod to get even MORE really cool musical, improv, and RPG content! Songs: "Where are They Now?", "We'll Put On a Show", "Three Way Lead-Off", "Follow The Pack", "What Your Baby Needs", "You Can't Just Be a Star" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Feb 25, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 2

1. Trouble with Two Couples Quartet (with Zach Reino)

Welcome to the table for the FIRST TIME EVER! And welcome to our first ever guest, Zach Reino! This session, we join a motley quartet as they work through their differences with the help (or hindrance) of a far-too-erotic cartoon mouse. Support us at Patreon.com/tabletoptunespod to get even MORE really cool musical, improv, and RPG content! Songs: "Everything is Worth it for Art", "On Top of That, He's Also a Cartoon", "Big and Tall to Have it All", "I Call it Squigglies", "Jerry", "You're the C...

Feb 25, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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