Non-Essential Dialogue is an improvisational, creative podcast hosted by best friends, Tavyn Gentry and Payne Goddard. This rambunctious duo are television and film professionals with a love of crafting stories and building worlds. Each episode consists of drawing from three vessels containing the Medium of the idea, the Genre
Non-Essential Dialogue | Episode 9 | Way of The Vessel
In this week's Episode of Non-Essential Dialogue, Tavyn and Payne will craft an action film inspired by the kung-fu legend himself, Jackie Chan! With their classic style of banter, long-winded tangents, and the occasional losing of their place in the First Draft... uh, oh yeah, so! Join our hosts for a romp through the writers room of... Way of The Vessel.
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22 Dec 2025
Non-Essential Dialogue | Episode 8 | Alpha Wolf - Part Two
Tavyn and Payne have finally gotten a chance amidst the Holidays and work to shoot the First Draft of "Alpha Wolf." Jump in for the telling of this weeks new comic book issue that will take you across the globe to Japan to engage with Ninja's, Ancient Prophecy and Knights of the Templar? Want some answers to this absurdity? You're gonna have to watch this weeks episode of... Non-Essential Dialogue!
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17 Nov 2025
Non-Essential Dialogue | Episode 8 | Alpha Wolf - Part One
In the First part of this Two-Part episode, Tavyn and Payne are tasked with creating a new comic book character for their growing comic universe! Join in as they go through the various steps of figuring out just who this character is and where their story will take them. Part Two coming soon(ish)!
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3 Nov 2025
Non-Essential Dialogue | Episode 7 | Ruckus Games
In this weeks Episode of Non-Essential Dialogue, Tavyn and Payne create a comical mockumentary that follows the members of Alaska's very first professional E-Sports team in a "The Office" meets "How I Met Your Mother" style of production. Talk Anime, Loli's, Chad Powers and Stumble with the Hosts as they create a ruckus with all their Non-Essential Dialogue.
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20 Oct 2025
Non-Essential Dialogue | Episode 6 | Aberrant
Rejoin our hosts, Tavyn and Payne, as they craft a fresh new video game concept from a series of randomized prompts! From concept to fleshed out idea, these two will keep you invested as they take you along the ride of the traditional Writer's Room with a heavy dose of... Non-Essential Dialogue.
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Welcome back to another exciting episode of Non-Essential Dialogue, where hosts Tavyn and Payne will be crafting a fresh new Television show that will send you reeling back into childhood. If a story about little critters and deep southern adventure is your jam, then you'll want to check this one out!
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Wanna see our handsome faces? Need something on the Tv in the background while doing the dishes? Check us out on YouTube!
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NonEssentialDialogue
22 Sept 2025
Non-Essential Dialogue | Episode 4 | Down River
It's Game time as Tavyn and Payne pull Non-Essential Dialogue's first Video Game prompt. Tune in and go through the process with us as we stumble through just what our Video Game will be, who the Playable Characters are and how the mechanics of this off the cuff piece of entertainment will function!And most of all, don't forget to Like and Subscribe to keep this content coming every other week!
8 Sept 2025
Non-Essential Dialogue | Episode 3 | Kinesis: Exile of the Oasis
Rejoin Tavyn and Payne as the create their very first Comic Book! From the length of the run and the cover art all the way down to what Comic Age the series is from, our hosts will take you through it all. And most of all, don't forget to Like and Subscribe to keep this content coming every other week!3 Egg Shaker Rolls by brunoboselli -- https://freesound.org/s/249706/-- License: Creative Commons 0
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25 Aug 2025
Non-Essential Dialogue | Episode 2 | Morphology
Join our Hosts, Tavyn and Payne, as they navigate the intricacies of crafting a cohesive story full of world building and depth when they draw their first Feature Film, Morphology, a science fiction tale of a dungeon where everything is not as it seems.
Love our voices, don't think they're too nasally and would love to see our eerily similar faces? Check us out on YouTube!
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11 Aug 2025
Non-Essential Dialogue | Episode 1 | Cowboys and Kaijus
Hosts, Tavyn Gentry and Payne Goddard, banter and joke through the first episode of @NonEssentialDialogue (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCWPva8QISVkp-cPkqtIjKCw) as they create the story of Cowboys and Kaijus, a Western Television Series about Kaiju and Biological Augmentation.
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