The Meatgrinder: An Actual Play Limited Series
The Meatgrinder is an anthology actual play podcast where everyone dies… a lot. Three players at a time enter fantastical worlds, and every time a character dies they cycle out, and a new player joins the party. Each season runs approximately nine episodes, and is a self contained story.
The Meatgrinder uses the “Super Awesome Action Heroes” role playing system, and its continuity is directly connected to the Nerd & Tie podcast Stormwood & Associates.
- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Average duration
- 2 minutes
- Episodes
- 51
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
S5E11. Showdown at Camp Spooky (Finale)
It’s finally here, the thrilling conclusion to our longest Meatgrinder yet! It’s time for our heroes to take on the mall itself. The real question is, will the monkey survive?
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S5E10. Isn’t That a Quentin Tarantino Movie?
A trip to HR does not go well. It does not go well at all.
Content Warning: This series contains scenes of violence and horror. Listener discretion is advised.
The Meatgrinder uses the “Super Awesome…
S5E9. Mascot vs. Monkey
For the first time in Meatgrinder history, we have some PVP combat? That’s right, in a rare oment where the characters are in zero danger, Noodles has decided that they are done with that monkey once…
S5E8. A Raccoon, a Poodle, and a Monkey
A raccoon, a poodle, and a monkey share an elevator. And now you get to know what it’s like when two players on an audio podcast decide to play nonverbal characters.
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S5E7. Secure the Area
Look, the security team is doing their best. The only problem is that their best still isn’t very good.
Content Warning: This series contains scenes of violence and horror. Listener discretion is adv…
S5E6. It’s a Metaphor for Capitalism
Someone finally asks the important question: If it’s the end of the world, why are so many people still at work?
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S5E5. She’s Going to Stanford
Grittney calls a friend and they do a little shopping. Also a dude rises from the dead, but that’s not as important.
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S5E4. Leave Grittney Alone!
Nothing good comes out of an assistant manager, nor a sporting goods store.
Content Warning: This series contains scenes of violence and horror. Listener discretion is advised.
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S5E3. What the Heck is Skype?
Our heroes have made their way to a food court, but something seems to be circling overhead. Also you can really tell we recorded this in 2024…
Content Warning: This series contains scenes of violenc…
S5E2. I’m Staying on my Monkey
And old man, a sword guy, and a woman on a monkey. What could possibly go wrong?
Content Warning: This series contains scenes of violence and horror. Listener discretion is advised.
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S5E1. Are You Normal?
A new season of The Meatgrinder begins here! In Jacksonville, FL the largest mall in the United States of Aremesia is having its grand opening, but something has gone terribly wrong. Monsters appeare…
Announcing The Meatgrinder Season 5
We’re excited to announce the release of the fifth season of our horror anthology actual play series The Meatgrinder! Like season 4, episodes will be released weekly this summer.
That’s right, we’re …
S4E9. Diplomatic Relations (Finale)
In this, the season four finale of The Meatgrinder, our survivors are pushed to their limits as they take on something far more dangerous than the traps that they’ve seen so far.
And Amy yells “gun.”
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S4E8. Starring “Human Woman”
Prepare to say farewell to B’Dell and meet a new group of folks trying to survive this bizarre island complex.
Content Warning: This series contains scenes of violence and horror. Listener discretion…
S4E7. Gnomes Don’t Exist
B’Dell continues on despite the odds. Like, really — how has he made it this far?
Content Warning: This series contains scenes of violence and horror. Listener discretion is advised.
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S4E6. Have You Seen Saw?
Look — there are buildings in some sort of wooded area that our disposable heroes go through one by one. You kinda get what’s happening at this point.
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S4E5. Don’t Break the Meta
With the demise of the previous party, three new strangers enter the deadly compound.
Content Warning: This series contains scenes of violence and horror. Listener discretion is advised.
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S4E4. It’s Spooky.
The challenges get bigger, and so do the crabs. And no, that wasn’t a metaphor. There are a bunch of crabs.
Content Warning: This series contains scenes of violence and horror. Listener discretion is…
S4E3. Jon Peters’s Favorite Episode
If you know anything about film producer Jon Peters, you might be able to guess what’s going to show up in this episode. If you don’t, enjoy the surprise!
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S4E2. Nico and the Bear
Nico has to decide which is worse — encountering two men in the woods or a bear. It goes much better for her than the two men.
(Look, we recorded this like eight months before the TikTok meme happene…