As “The Epic Story Podcast,” we pride ourselves in producing content with one focus: sharing “Timeless Tales and Eternal Truths.” With an innovative and fun Rating System, you’ll know what you’re getting into long before an episode drops, so your family can discuss the content presented.
Follow our current campaign as the party quests across the continent of Malbonara—a playtest of a table-top roleplaying game currently in dev!
Like what you hear? Become a subscriber! Show your monthly support at ko-fi.com/Aeternal
This episode discusses updates to the Aeternal Storytelling TTRPG Engine, including combat, immersion, and proficiency.
21 Jun 2025
By the Seat of Your Pants: Intro
The host introduces Aeternal, a family-first storytelling podcast featuring an original TTRPG and upcoming novella, offering listeners grounded content.
15 Apr 2025
🧃Ants! - A Turtle Named Mr. Dood
Join a father and son as we share some of our favorite stories about a curious tortoise in a big zoo!
Thanks for listening!
This story is written for 4 year olds and up. It includes music, and various characters.
Please consider supporting me and my storytelling!
You can subscribe for as little as $2 a month. If you can’t make that commitment, that’s ok—even a one-time donation helps!
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18 Sept 2024
Departing Home Again - Arc 2 E01
What a lovely night’s rest! Ready to hit the road? Say your goodbyes, who knows what’ll happen with Klegger in tow!
A special thanks to Roger Hanna for providing a secondary narrator to introduce the podcast.
@rogerhanna_va on IG
You can support the podcast with a one-time donation, or a monthly subscription at https://ko-fi.com/aeternal
The Cast
Memo as Jehrico of the Halfjord Stronghold
Kim as Ophelia Barkhollow
Haydn as Kirdan
Narrative, Editing and Sound Design by Dale
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9 Sept 2024
What is “Aeternal?”
A quick introduction to the world, and game, of Aeternal.
As “The Epic Story Podcast,” we pride ourselves in producing content with one focus: sharing “Timeless Tales and Eternal Truths.” With an innovative and fun Rating System, you’ll know what you’re getting into long before an episode drops, so your family can discuss the content presented.
Follow our current campaign as the party quests across the continent of Malbonara—a playtest of a table-top roleplaying game currently in dev!
Like what you hear? Become a subscriber! Show your monthly support at ko-fi.com/Aeternal
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9 Feb 2024
The King of Brül
Our thieves return to the very place they stole from. 😳😬 Eshlbel Tolls uses a unique storytelling engine to create our narrative on the fly: we discover it along with you! Drop a 5-star rating wherever you get your pods, and answer our Question of the Episode on our Spotify to help us out. Thanks!
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2 Feb 2024
HIDDEN - Origins
When a visiting dignitary beckons Jehrico the human vessel, he’ll encounter more than he bargained for as in one night, he is thrust from his life as a high mountain monk into life as the vessel of a god.
As Ophelia Barkhollow tends to her family brewery, a recurring visitor begins acting strangely and propels her to join the monk Jehrico in seeking answers, and adventure.
Join the cast of HIDDEN as Memo, Kim and host Dale weave a story of friendship, tragedy, feel-good moments and epic victories. That’s what’s in store for you in the HIDDEN Beta tests of Eshlbel Tolls!
You’re listening to the dramatized production of the beta tests for teh Aeternal TTRPG Storytelling engine. Support the game and the podcast for as little as $5 a month, and catch new episodes of the podcast each month (with more as we gain a greater following!)
Support us at https://www.ko-fi.com/eshlbel
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20 Oct 2023
Eshlbel Tolls: What Does the Cast Think?
Here’s some updates for the upcoming season of Eshlbel Tolls! First, let’s hear what our players think…
Follow and support me monthly on Ko-Fi. When you subscribe, you get to create characters the heroes will face on their adventures, be they fellow adventurers, legendary heroes, or even one of the gods themselves! Join the Adventuring Party at Ko-Fi.com/Eshlbel
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31 May 2023
Charisma Podifiers E02 - The Cowardly Farmer
Rated 🔋Energy Drink 18+☕️ for Language. Also, Audio Warning for moments of loud screams. 👀
Join me and my co-host Roger as we create character voices completely off the-cuff based on suggestions by peeps like YOU! After we share our process, we’ll perform a completely improvised scene together with a bunch of D20 rolls to make us feel like we know what we’re doing! If you have a character voice challenge you want to send our way, just tag us on social media and use the hashtag #ChaModPod to get our attention!
Socials:
Roger - @Wrodgur on Twitter, @Roger.Hanna on TikTok
Dale - @WriteOnDale on everything
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22 Apr 2023
Charisma Podifiers E01 - The Fantastical Squire
Rated 🔋Energy Drink 18+☕️ for Language. Also, Audio Warning for moments of loud screams. 👀
Join me and my co-host Roger as we create character voices completely off the-cuff based on suggestions by peeps like YOU! After we share our process, we’ll perform a completely improvised scene together with a bunch of D20 rolls to make things feel like we know what we’re doing! If you have a character voice challenge you want to send our way, just tag us on social media and use the hashtag #ChaModPod to get our attention!
UP NEXT:
For our next episode, we want your help picking the next character type we create voices, and scenes for! Be looking for the poll on Twitter, starting 29-April-2023!
Socials:
Roger - @Wrodgur on Twitter, @Roger.Hanna on TikTok
Dale - @WriteOnDale
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20 Mar 2023
Sneak Peek: Eshlbel Tolls - Gilithon
“The beginnings of a podcast, and an epic journey. Follow the fungal-folk Amonita and human Bruno as they fulfill their mission to an arctic research site, but only if they can survive what lurks amongst the snow drifts and glaciers of the Northern Wastes.”
CAST:
Aurora (@Ammotc) as Amonita Phaloides
Haydn (@barrick_the_fighter) as Bruno
Dale (@WriteOnDale) as your host, Karma
Music:
“Freedom,” by Scott Buckley
Download this and other copyright-free instrumental music here!
https://youtu.be/kNT52_UTsis https://youtu.be/kNT52_UTsis
Learn what’s in store with a brand new TTRPG engine designed for streaming! Follow and support me monthly on Ko-Fi. When you subscribe, you get to create characters the heroes will face on their adventures, be they fellow adventurers, legendary heroes, or even one of the gods themselves! Here’s a first look at both my TTRPG and the podcast forthcoming! The game is in beta, and I’m excited to share some of the gameplay with you!
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15 Mar 2023
Sneak Peek: Eshlbel Tolls - The Northern Wastes
“The beginnings of a podcast, and an epic journey. Follow the fungal-folk Amonita and human Bruno as they fulfill their mission to an arctic research site, but only if they can survive what lurks amongst the snow drifts and glaciers of the Northern Wastes.”
CAST:
Aurora (@Ammotc) as Amonita Phaloides
Haydn (@barrick_the_fighter) as Bruno
Dale (@WriteOnDale) as your host, Karma
Music:
“Freedom,” by Scott Buckley
Download this and other copyright-free instrumental music here!
https://youtu.be/kNT52_UTsis https://youtu.be/kNT52_UTsis
Learn what’s in store with a brand new TTRPG engine designed for streaming! Follow and support me monthly on Ko-Fi. When you subscribe, you get to create characters the heroes will face on their adventures, be they fellow adventurers, legendary heroes, or even one of the gods themselves! Here’s a first look at both my TTRPG and the podcast forthcoming! The game is in beta, and I’m excited to share some of the gameplay with you!
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23 Aug 2022
☕️Mansion of the Mentor: Tehval Arrives
Learn the origins of Tehval Dumin, a half-Orc Paladin, as he meets the mysterious man known to few simply as “The Mentor.”
Rated “Energy Drink” for intense moments, and mature language. (PG-13)
This production of the DBOP is brought to you by my Patreon! Support me for as little as $2 a month to help fund full-length series in the worlds of D&D, and all-original short stories and novels!
CREDITS:
@RomanTyrant as The Mentor
@WriteOnDale as Tehval
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11 Apr 2022
A Turtle Named Mr. Dood - The Giraffe
A special presentation of the #DadBodOddPod, this short story is rated “Apple Juice,” for all ages. Join a tiny turtle as he travels a giant zoo, and meets new friends along the way! Bring your little ones for a short, fun story designed just for them! If you’d like to support the podcast, visit patreon.com/WriteOnDale!
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7 Oct 2021
“HIDDEN GEMS” - S1E01: The Gnoll
A cloaked stranger approaches a man inn on a dark, rainy night. | Set in the universe of D&D, this audio series will combine elements of storytelling from the beloved table-top roleplaying game, and also give you, the listener, the chance to decide the fate of the characters. Grab your d20… it’s your turn! | This original series is originally based on TikTok. Visit my page to see the full production, and support my work on Patreon! | TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM81bGcFY/ | Patreon: https://patreon.com/WriteOnDale
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25 Jun 2021
“SHELL” Prologue: The Bridge (S2E00)
Here’s a special look at what the future of the DadBodOddPod will hold, with your support! This presentation of the @DadBodOddPod is rated “Energy Drink,” or a soft PG-13 rating, for language and intense atmosphere. To enjoy a more immersive experience, it’s recommended you use headphones or a surround-sound system.
THE CAST AND CREW
Narrated by Diana Kennedy
Performed by:
Rebecca Jensen Uesugi as Corporal Meg Dawson
Nicholas Dunlap as Corporal Eric Dunham
and Dale Spaulding as Captain Franklin Ergo
With Kathryn Stanley as Christine the Navigator
Sound design and editing by Kathryn Stanley
Original story by Dale Spaulding
Original score by Aaron Weatherford. Aaron is open for work. You can reach him at https://aaronweatherford.carrd.co/
SHELL is a short story with dark themes and intense action suited for audiences 17 years and older. This concept episode shows the potential for production, writing, and acting in professionally produced episodes of the podcast, as supported by patron contributions. It’s the standard of the DadBodOddPod that nothing on the show will meet or exceed a hard PG-13 rating in film. You can support this quality of content by donating as little as the cost of an artisan soda, or a cup of coffee, each month. If you’d like to fund future episodes of “SHELL,” or to fund brand new, original productions, click the link in this episode’s description, or you can visit patreon.com/writeondale.
The @DadBodOddPod is the official podcast of WriteOnDale.com. Subscribe to hear audiobook-style readings of all-original short stories and micro-fiction. This production of the @DadBodOddPod is brought to you by Anchor.fm. Join Anchor today to create your own podcasts, for free!
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18 May 2021
Something Wicked - A Thrilling Micro-Fiction
When a cop is caught by a metahuman murderer, it’ll take wits and luck to come out alive.
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10 Mar 2021
“Dreamers” - A Flash Fiction Piece
It’s been too long! Here’s a little something to whet your appetite. This piece highlights a writing technique called “Show, then Tell.” To read the writing article focused on this very piece, click here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47876848 | To read the short story in text format, click here: https://www.wattpad.com/1032320059?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_reading&wp_page=reading_part_end&wp_uname=DaleSpaulding&wp_originator=HNJINsiwKMb2L7e52861v8Zhkx1yviN7PBqDHZv9wCjjmQPn71jB33OAxv5E26Z8j0cTC8CTIDSI2twY46RijzVWN4Ww3nJ1vj9mrWWNUYQ%2F%2BEpaYHjIOUW3FLPyIe6m
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9 Sept 2018
“Eshlbel Tolls”
The epic storytelling podcast written as the cast tells it!
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Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
1 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
4 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 12 / 100
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Quality
11
Social presence
0
YouTube
0
Engagement
32
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