Intertextual Cardboard Experience

About Intertextual Cardboard Experience

A primarily interview-based podcast grounded in the board game hobby. By exploring the connections between board games and other mediums, Intertextual Experience is looking to tap into some links that may not have been considered much previously. Through interesting guests, audience feedback, and general revision, there is an experiential element of this channel to grow and change in unique ways. By keeping the door open to various forms of entertainment, the myriad of possibilities and combinations to consider and discuss is limitless. In addition to always trying to create cleverly constructed episodes and questions for the guests, another goal is to continually answer the question "why this podcast?" Those ideas serve as the pulse of this show, and I'm excited to keep trying to answer (and then re-answer) that question.

Publisher

Ryan Vodnik

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

21 Aug 2023

Latest episode

3 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

10 of 56 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   #48 - David Masnato: Pax @ PAX

   Host [Host Name] interviews artist and designer David Masnato about the joys of creation, human experience, and inspiring board game communities.

2. 

   13 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   #47 - Jeff Grisenthwaite: Board Game Are(ca)na

   Host [Host Name] interviews designer Jeff Grisenthwaite about developing games for Board Game Arena and his unique insights into the platform.

3. 

   24 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   #46 - Amabel Holland: Episode of Six Video Essays

   Host Alex discusses with designer Amabel Holland how art impacts us and pushes game boundaries through her video essays.

Inside a recent episode

#48 - David Masnato: Pax @ PAX

Published 3 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Um, I would say that like the naming of this game and placing it in that genre is like 95% serious and 5% in joke for people who know about PAX games. Um, Is it a little winky? Like, wink, wink, it's a PAX game. Maybe a little. Maybe there's maybe a little bit of a joke in there. But it's certainly not a joke that's being made at the expense of the genre or the people who like those games. And I'm definitely not trying to pull a fast one on anyone. I do think if you are expecting this teeny tiny box that plays in 20 minutes to give you an experience as rich as pax renaissance you're probably going to be disappointed like it's not that um but i think you will have a good time and experience some of the the feelings and dynamics of a pax game with systems that feel adjacent and familiar um Yeah, so I think that's how what a PAX game is to me, and also how this one participates in that conversation. […]

Who has been a guest on Intertextual Cardboard Experience

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• David Masnato
• Jeff Grisenthwaite
• Amabel Holland
• Connie Vogelmann
• [Guest Name]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 30 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

15

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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