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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October 1 today... Found a perfect pumpkin on the walkway in the woods near our home. 10/10. No notes

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

That feeling when you work so many hours that your mouse and keyboard both die. Time for a recharge.

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

vote.lovieawards.com/PublicVoting... We've been nominated for the best Scripted Fiction podcast for our Japanese production of Liberty: Tales from the Tower! Please consider voting for our show :) Once you log in, it's literally a single click.

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The People's Lovie Awards needs YOU

I just voted for this finalist to win a People's Lovie Awards. You should too.

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My wife has pointed out how differently our brains function, and given up during my attempts at puzzle 4. Maybe tomorrow 😅

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Puzzle 3. I started at the floor motif for awhile. My mom pointed to the big hint before going back to duo. Technically I helped solve this one 🤦

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Puzzle 2. After watching me struggle for 10 minutes my mom got invested and became the main character… by which I mean she solved it before going back to cursing out duolingo in German

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

20 minutes into puzzle 1 - my mom walks over and casually points out the answer before going been to duolingo

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Playtested my wife’s newest dnd puzzle dungeon… Spent 10 minutes on room 1. There was no puzzle, just a door you’re supposed to walk through 🤦

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Not at all! We're here when you have time again :)

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We may not be fancy, but I'm really proud of my horror D&D podcast. It's genuinely spooky!

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Dark Dice @darkdicepod.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

STAY IN THE LIGHT! Chapter 18 of our horror D&D podcast Dark Dice is now available!

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tomorrow is the day we launch our newest fiction podcast - Don't Mind Riku Cave with a trailer... Can't wait to share what we've been working on for the last 6 months.

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Right up there with you buddy :) Congrats!

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I played "Warhammer Total War" and now all steam recommends me is DWARF games, which I previously did not know was a genre.

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Tal @starplanes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

PodMov put my & my friends' safety at risk by allowing non-badgeholders to enter the con with cameras looking for us, let even more of us be harassed by fascists online for weeks, apologized to Ben Shapiro (and STILL partners with his company), and never addressed it! Don't go!

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Just a reminder that some of us are still boycotting #PodcastMovement because of their poor treatment of minority fiction podcast creators.

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Today I recorded glockenspiel for the newest song by Nobuo Uematsu!!! Hope you’re all ready to hear it :)

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Just want to rec Anthony Avon! 10/10 I hope to work with him again!

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I kind of bounce between "play video games and think about nothing at all" for 1-2 days a week and "work until 4am." I am also a monster, and working the weirdest hours because of actors in Japan & the US.

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Dark Dice @darkdicepod.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The cold is the LEAST of your worries... Chapter 16 of our horror actual play is now available on all platforms! Shoutout to @jwcartwright.bsky.social in particular for his amazing performance on this one in the face of a certain gaslighting elf!

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This was good for me, and I get better writing done more often

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Anthony Avon .Art @anthonyavonart.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

War-Fouled Fjord. Private commission for @br0.nz Commissions still open!

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Sleep Deprivation + ADHD explained: Every task is a hamster. I can hold exactly 1 hamster at a time and function. If you give me a second hamster, the first hamster will run away from me. I will try to catch it, but I am generally not as fast as the hamster.

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Anxiety Mouse Anxious

ALT: Anxiety Mouse Anxious

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We are live with the cast of @darkdicepod.bsky.social! Join Us Twitch.tv/foolandscholar Even if you don't listen to our show, it's gonna be a fun time!

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

DARK DICE LISTENING PARTY: TONIGHT! 5pm EST Twitch.tv/foolandscholar We will be joined by the voices of Yuehai, Konvo, Jare, and a SECRET mystery guest! Hope you're ready for the insanity!

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Knowing me, i’d try to record it 🤣

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I picked up a phone call just now, no one was there, my computer got a weird error message immediately after, and for exactly 15 seconds... I wondered if I've been in the Matrix and things were about to get real.

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Just slowed down a song by 8.3% (and pitched down 2 semtones) so I can merge and remix different songs by @stevenmelin.bsky.social. He'll probably be the only one to realize just how full blown crazy I've gone on this next @darkdicepod.bsky.social episode, but the soundtrack will be EXCELLENT 🔥🔥

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Just a reminder that at 10am EST I'll be working with @stevenmelin.bsky.social on the music to @dontmindpod.bsky.social: Riku Cave (written by #NobuoUematsu) on YouTube Live! Join us here: youtube.com/live/CP4M8ks...

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🔴 Live Arranging with Nobuo Uematsu: Don't Mind Riku Cave Main Theme

YouTube video by Steven Melin

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Caroline Hack @carolinehack.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Absolutely loving this new merch design from New Bedford Whaling Museum store.whalingmuseum.org/en-gb/produc...

Black tee shirt with trip advisor type star review one star “Worst aquarium ever” and New Bedford Whaling museum in white text

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The joke here is that my wife and I could make a really great short form "we worked full time hours on social media for 3 months and here's what we found" Tiktok, but that it's impossible to get any of our new followers to engage with our true love: The Horror Fiction Podcasts we make.

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

"Social Media should drive interest in your content" is untrue. "Short-form has become the content" shifting the goal from marketing your content to overall brand recognition. If feels like unless you invest 20+ hrs/week, social media is no longer a marketing strategy, it's the end-goal career.

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Dark Dice @darkdicepod.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Do You Hear That? The sound will change you... Ep 14 of our horror actual play podcast Shores of the Silver Thrum is now available!

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

WE ARE LIVE Join our lovely stream twitch.tv/foolandscholar

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Impromptu Dark Dice Premiere Livestream in 2.5 hours! ▶️6pm EST Twitch.tv/foolandscholar Join us for a little bit of madness!

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

AFTER 15 YEARS!!! Nobuo Uematsu has written a song for our podcast (@dontmindpod.bsky.social)!! ON Wednesday 10AM EST - Steven Melin and I will be live-arranging it in preparation for orchestration!

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Working on an edit of a live show today... Some of the most grueling dialogue I've ever had to edit, due to a single bad mic placement :p

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Off to #DraženCon today! Hope to see some of you there!

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

10 years of fiction podcasting and we're making a new story for October! Here are the challenges and processes that we're actively working on about: www.patreon.com/FoolandSchol...

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Don't Mind Riku Cave: Production Update | Fool & Scholar Productions

We're here today with a big production update on our newest scripted horror story: Don't Mind Riku Cave! Research. Did you enjoy the details

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Saraaaaah of Golding, Voice Actor n stuff @saraaaaah.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Ittts a-comin Indie AF-the 411 on utilising patreon successfully from some GIANTS of the biz The wonderful #foolandscholar team @ventravis.bsky.social & #kaitlinstatz plus Special imagined in m’head guest #pip from @theameliaproject.bsky.social So Excited 2 share This Truly helpful Insightful ep

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Dark Dice @darkdicepod.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Actual Play Purists: Follow up Q. If everyone in a very serious scene is trying very hard not to laugh, and saying very serious things. Is it still a "real actual play" if the scene is re-recorded "word-for-word" but just where everyone isn't laughing?

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Many folks say "Thanks for your audition, we'll call you" and they don't. We just cast someone from an audition they sent us in 2021. I cannot wait to share their work on @dontmindpod.bsky.social Riku Cave!

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I’m curious where you all land with this

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Dark Dice @darkdicepod.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

😱🤩NEW RELEASE 🤩😱 Keep an eye out for hidden dangers in episode 13 of our horror actual play podcast: Dark Dice! Episodes are quite short, and the horrors are heating up!

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I got to cast 14 paying roles today, and even e-mailed 5 of them already. Can't wait to reach out to the others, and begin work on @dontmindpod.bsky.social Riku Cave!

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Post credits thought: They never synced their audio at the start of each recording 😱

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