Dungeons & Dialectics

Dungeons & Dialectics

Joseph Russ

Episodes 79
Avg. Duration 40m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (5)
Since Aug 2021
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
68%
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About This Podcast

The synthesis of tabletop roleplaying games, philosophy and theology! RPGs are full of opportunities to make choices, face ethical dilemmas, and use the fantasy world as a proxy for considering our own reality. They're basically trolley problems on steroids! Join Joe and Matt as we reflect on what RPGs can teach us about philosophy, theology, and political theory, and what these fields can teach us about RPGs. How can RPGs help us understand the world? How can these reflections help us become better players and Dungeon Masters? Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/dnd_philosophy

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Recent Episodes

S2E12 S2 E12 The Binding of Isaac: Sacrifices in TTRPGs

Mar 24, 2026 1h 13m

Remember that time God ordered Abraham to kill his son Isaac? Or was it Ishmael?What if everything you thought you knew about that story was WRONG??? What if Abraham DID kill Isaac the whole time?…

S2E11 S2 E11 An Erotic Valentine's Day pt 2: Sex in your game

Mar 17, 2026 54m

Happy horny Valentine's Day!THIS IS NSFW! Join Matt and Joe as they plumb the depths of the (in)famed Book of Erotic Fantasy, a book for D&D 3.5 about using sex in your Dungeons and Dragons game.…

S2E10 S2 E10 An Erotic Valentine's Day: Sex in your game

Feb 20, 2026 51m

Happy horny Valentine's Day!THIS IS NSFW! Join Matt and Joe as they plumb the depths of the (in)famed Book of Erotic Fantasy, a book for D&D 3.5 about using sex in your Dungeons and Dragons game.…

S2E8 S2 E9 Dispensationalism 2: why do they need red heifers?

Jan 27, 2026 1h 8m

FINALLY! All Trevor's questions will be answered!*Almost a year ago, our friend Trevor became obsessed with the red heifers raised in Texas and flown to Israel for the inauguration of a new Temple.…

S2E7 S2 E8 Dispensationalism pt. 1: interpreting prophecies poorly

Jan 12, 2026 1h 2m

FINALLY! All Trevor's questions will be answered!*Almost a year ago, our friend Trevor became obsessed with the red heifers raised in Texas and flown to Israel for the inauguration of a new Temple.…

S2 E7 The Gift pt. 2

Dec 30, 2025 1h 3m

In this THEORY HEAVY and CONFUSING ASS episode, Matt completes the great work of explaining Derrida on the nature of gifts by also explaining Kantian transcendental idealism. If he made any mistakes,…

S2 E6 The Gift pt. 1

Dec 16, 2025 55m

In this special Christmas episode, join Matt and Joe as they discuss the nature of gift giving! Can giving a gift ever be a purely selfless act, or must gifts always have ineliminable reference to…

S2E5 S2 E5 Who is Vecna? pt. 2

Nov 25, 2025 50m

Ready for the new season of Stranger Things? Or could you use a brush up on who Vecna is?Well join us for PART II of our hour+ bonanza going through every adventure Vecna appears in, and diving into…

S2E4 S2 E4 Who is Vecna anyway?

Nov 11, 2025 1h 8m

Ready for the new season of Stranger Things? Or could you use a brush up on who Vecna is?Well join us for an hour of minutia about the origins of Vecna in D&D. Go through EVERY SINGLE ADVENTURE…

S3E3 S2 E3 Shadow of the Demon Lord: Eschatology and roleplaying at the end of the world

Oct 14, 2025 57m

It's the end of the world and we know it!This spooky season, join us for our recap of our first time playing Shadow of the Demon Lord, a medieval-renaissance fantasy roleplaying game at the end of…

S2E2 S2 E2 Sin 2

Sep 30, 2025 59m

We're back and better than ever on SEASON 2 of Dungeons & Dialectics! After a year's hiatus, catch up with your favorite podcast about tabletop RPGs, philosophy and theology.Part II of our dive…

S1E1 S2 E1 Sin

Sep 14, 2025 29m

We're back and better than ever on SEASON 2 of Dungeons & Dialectics! After a year's hiatus, catch up with your favorite podcast about tabletop RPGs, philosophy and theology.What is sin??? Does…

S1E51 51. The Big Bad Two Year Dungeons & Dialectics Quiz! PART 2

Feb 08, 2024 45m

⁠Take the Quiz here before Matt does!⁠⁠ Welcome back travelers! We're celebrating TWO YEARS of Tabletop RPGs, philosophy and theology by finishing up this big, bad quiz about EVERYTHING we've ever…

S1E50 50. The Big Bad Two Year Dungeons & Dialectics Quiz!

Jan 11, 2024 1h 5m

⁠Take the Quiz here before Matt does!⁠ Welcome travelers! We're celebrating TWO YEARS of Tabletop RPGs, philosophy and theology with a big, bad quiz about EVERYTHING we've discussed on the podcast…

S1E48 49. Christmas Origins

Dec 25, 2023 1h 7m

Where does Christmas come from? Some of you may have heard it's secretly a pagan subterfuge infiltrating our beloved Jesus's bday with trees and demon worship. Some of you may have heard actually all…

S1E48 48. Mothership and Technology pt. 2: Technology, Mothership and the dystopian future of neoliberalism

Dec 19, 2023 30m

More than just a review of the hot new TTRPG Mothership! Hear about our new favorite sci-fi horror RPG by Sean McCoy, and dive into the meaning of technology and how viewing technology through…

S1E47 47. Mothership and Technology pt. 1: Heidegger and the meaning of technology

Nov 29, 2023 53m

More than just a review of the hot new TTRPG Mothership! Hear about our new favorite sci-fi horror RPG by Sean McCoy, and dive into the meaning of technology and how viewing technology through…

S1E46 46. Interview on Artificial Intelligence pt. 5: what WILL we do with AI?

Nov 15, 2023 27m

THERE'S MORE??? Hell yea there is! Learn about the future potentials of AI in D&D and other TTRPGs... What about an AI for every NPC in history??? Is this exciting... or terrifying? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep in…

S1E45 45. Artificial Intelligence Interview pt 4: How we CAN use AI

Nov 02, 2023 47m

Today, continue our WAY TOO LONG deep dive into AI in the game as we ask our guest Faraz about what we could do with AI. Could AI replace DMs? What about artists? Has it done so... already??? And if…

S1E44 44. Artificial Intelligence Interview pt 3: How we CAN'T use AI

Oct 18, 2023 1h 7m

Last time we talked about what is Artificial Intelligence. Today, we ask our guest Faraz about the limits of AI. What COULDN'T we do with AI? Is Joe's job as a professional DM in danger??? Is the…

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