A brand new, leftist gaming podcast from Alex, Ed and Sofie! We chat about games old and new, and dive into the politics behind them. If you're sick of weirdos whining about the horror of anyone but white dudes appearing in games, we are the antidote!
Red Barrels Podcast
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41 episodes
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A brand new, leftist gaming podcast from Alex, Ed and Sofie! We chat about games old and new, and dive into the politics behind them. If you're sick of weirdos whining about the horror of anyone but white dudes appearing in games, we are the antidote!
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Recent Episodes
July 6, 2026
Ep 41: A Zero Parades Blowout!
<p>It's here! ZA/UMageddon has finally delivered an actual game to play, and that's the sort-of followup to Disco Elysium itself, Zero Parades! And for the world's foremost (and only?) Marxist gaming podcast we obviously have to go all out for it.</p><p>And so Alex, Ed and Sofie have all played it, and have spewed their opinions all over the face of the podcast. Is it good? Is it bad? Does its tumultuous history effect the game? Does it live up to or betray the politics of Disco Elysium? Is the narrator bad? Are we just sick of dice or something? All these questions answered! Generally!</p><p>And we'll see you for news next week!</p><p><br></p><p>Also. Sofie in particular is going through a hard time right now, so if you would like to support her, you can do so here: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/sofreely" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://ko-fi.com/sofreely</a></p><p><br></p><p>Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!</p><p><br></p><p>For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:</p><p><a href="https://x.com/redbarrelspod">@redbarrelspod</a></p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social">@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social</a></p><p>Your hosts are:</p><p>Alex:<a href="https://x.com/alexduin"> @alexduin</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/alexduin.bsky.social">@alexduin.bsky.social</a></p><p>Sofie: <a href="https://x.com/sofreelymedia">@sofreelymedia</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/sofreely.bsky.social">@sofreely.bsky.social</a>, streaming on <a href="https://twitch.tv/sofreely">https://twitch.tv/sofreely</a></p><p>Ed: <a href="https://x.com/stillnotalemon">@stillnotalemon</a>,<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/notalemon.bsky.social"> @notalemon.bsky.social</a></p>
June 29, 2026
Ep 40: Let Marx Be Your Guiding Key
<p>We're back! We did it! After quite an hiatus, due to housing shenanigans, the Red Barrels Podcast has triumphantly returned, with an exceptional, newsy episode.</p><p>As befits the events passed, we go all in talking about the Summer Games Fest and related events - of course we couldn't pass up an opportunity to discuss St. Keighley. We get into all the new games announced and shown, including gelatinous cube chat, Kingdom Hearts chat, REDACTED Stellar Blade sequel chat and more.</p><p>Then! Ed delivers us some more expected bad news from Xbox, and astonishingly Sofie has some good (?!) news from Rockstar and the IWGB. I told you we were back!</p><p>And we're back yet again next week with a games episode, or more accurately a game episode as it will be an all-Zero Parades blowout. You know you can't miss that!</p><p><br></p><p>Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!</p><p><br></p><p>For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:</p><p><a href="https://x.com/redbarrelspod">@redbarrelspod</a></p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social">@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social</a></p><p>Your hosts are:</p><p>Alex:<a href="https://x.com/alexduin"> @alexduin</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/alexduin.bsky.social">@alexduin.bsky.social</a></p><p>Sofie: <a href="https://x.com/sofreelymedia">@sofreelymedia</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/sofreely.bsky.social">@sofreely.bsky.social</a>, streaming on <a href="https://twitch.tv/sofreely">https://twitch.tv/sofreely</a></p><p>Ed: <a href="https://x.com/stillnotalemon">@stillnotalemon</a>,<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/notalemon.bsky.social"> @notalemon.bsky.social</a></p><p><br></p>
May 26, 2026
Ep 39: We Finally Talk About Disco Elysium In This One
<p>This episode is a day late! Why did this happen? Well, quite simply the ep is so red hot that the combination of that and the temperature outside would simply be too much for the world to handle. So, apologies for our consideration for human existance.</p><p>But we're not joking about how hot the episiode is because we're delivering what everyone's been clamouring for: in preparation for ZA/UM's upcoming (actually now out) Zero Parades, Alex has been playing the greatest Marxist game of all time, well it's only Disco Elysium, isn't it!</p><p>But before your leftist dessert, you can enjoy the more savoury goodness of Sofie pondering a hallway in Exit 8 and Ed indulging his inner shipper in Dispatch. Then Disco!</p><p>Our schedule is likely to be even more disrupted than this over the next couple of weeks and months (as both Alex and Sofie coincidentally are moving houses) but we'll do what we can to get episodes out - and normal service will soon resume!</p><p><br></p><p>Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!</p><p><br></p><p>For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:</p><p><a href="https://x.com/redbarrelspod">@redbarrelspod</a></p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social">@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social</a></p><p>Your hosts are:</p><p>Alex:<a href="https://x.com/alexduin"> @alexduin</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/alexduin.bsky.social">@alexduin.bsky.social</a></p><p>Sofie: <a href="https://x.com/sofreelymedia">@sofreelymedia</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/sofreely.bsky.social">@sofreely.bsky.social</a>, streaming on <a href="https://twitch.tv/sofreely">https://twitch.tv/sofreely</a></p><p>Ed: <a href="https://x.com/stillnotalemon">@stillnotalemon</a>,<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/notalemon.bsky.social"> @notalemon.bsky.social</a></p><p><br></p><p>Amazing art from Bella Harter - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._">https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._</a></p><p>Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! <a href="https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink">https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink</a></p>
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