The Paid to Play Podcast

The Paid to Play Podcast


Latest Episodes

CJ Ripka, Raw & Real – Episode 90
August 10, 2016

Veteran podcaster CJ Ripka has been creating audio content for over a decade. He started when it was still just called “audio blogging”. His skills as a host and personality have shot up, though, since he started his own shows,

CJ Ripka, Raw & Real: Episode 90
August 10, 2016

Veteran podcaster CJ Ripka has been creating audio content for over a decade. He started when it was still just called “audio blogging”. His skills as a host and personality have shot up, though, since he started his own shows,

Bernadette Bentley: A Princess of Entertainment – Episode 89
August 03, 2016

All-around geek entertainer Bernadette Bentley is a lifelong performer who never let others crush her enthusiasm. She may be best known for cosplaying Xena: Warrior Princess at conventions around California and the States,

Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games: Episode 88
July 27, 2016

Game designer and writer Monte Cook has worked on hundreds of roleplaying and board game products. He co-designed the Third Edition of Dungeons & Dragons, served as design consultant on the Pathfinder roleplaying game and, in 2012,

Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games: Episode 88
July 27, 2016

Game designer and writer Monte Cook has worked on hundreds of roleplaying and board game products. He co-designed the Third Edition of Dungeons & Dragons, served as design consultant on the Pathfinder roleplaying game and, in 2012,

Jen Page: All-In on Geekiness – Episode 87
July 20, 2016

Full-time multi-talent geek Jen Page is a wonderful example of what can happen when we connect the little dynamo of energy inside us to the things we love to do. She juggles a full-time job managing Microsoft’s community of casual gamers with acting in...

Shaun Paulet, Comics2Movies and XCT – Episode 103
July 20, 2016

Geek collectable company owner Shaun Paulet decided to take a slightly different approach to the collectable market than most vendors. Instead of sourcing all the usual lines of stuff from the producers for the toy and collectable business,

Lauren Matesic, Castle Corsetry: Episode 86
July 13, 2016

Castle Corsetry owner-operator and cat-lover Lauren Matesic has designed and built hundreds of corsets as well as custom costume orders specialising in expertly tailored spandex suits and impeccable cosplay recreations. As a geeky girl herself,

Lauren Matesic, Castle Corsetry: Episode 86
July 13, 2016

Castle Corsetry owner-operator and cat-lover Lauren Matesic has designed and built hundreds of corsets as well as custom costume orders specialising in expertly tailored spandex suits and impeccable cosplay recreations. As a geeky girl herself,

Bebo (Brittanie Boe): Working from Home Marketing Board Games – Episode 85
July 06, 2016

Board game marketer Brittanie Boe, known to pretty much everyone as Bebo, is an example of paid to play success for those of us who feel like life has locked us into the nine-to-five. She is a single mother and lover of board games who had a day job wo...