[Podcast] ISC Podcast & Blog - The 2025 Compendium.
[Blog/Podcast]: 2025 has been many things, but it’s also been our biggest and boldest year yet in terms of content! See within for a compendium of (pretty much) all of our works from the year - from gig reviews, album reviews and interviews, through to tabletop RPG/gaming reviews, essays, articles, podcast episodes and more, Happy New Year!
[Riff] The Cover Design process for my RPG, BRASS
Élodie goes through the inspirations and iterations for the cover of her latest RPG, a sci-fi game inspired by action movies and childhood wonder!
[Archive] ISC Podcast Ep. 31: Luna's Cult of Dark Souls - A DM Interview With... A DM.
My first interview focussed on exploring someone else's expertise and thoughts around a franchise/hobby/series and the community surrounding it, and first interview with a community member around the design of their own RPG! Read on for a fantastic discussion with Luna, a friend of mine from Discord, who goes all-out on Dark Souls lore and discusses her TTRPG adaptation. Which she also provides for free, by the way, in the link!
[Archive] Ep. 20: Recap Part 1. State of the Podcast Address.
Featured Image by: Samuel Phillips Photography @ New Dead Fest. Check the blog for our review of 2022 + 2023 NDF! This is an archived podcast episodes, brought to you from the remains of our sadly now-defunct old website (RIP 31.12.2024). This one’s a.. challenging read for me considering how 2024 turned out. More on that later. See link for podcast episode links, interview links and a very thorough transcript with a lot of mental health reflection - positive, negative and all in between.
[Archive] 2023 Madcap-Recap//2024-To-The-Floor (Intro)
Quoting my original except from the Jan 5th, 2024 article (posted on our prior, now-defunct website, RIP) “ A prelude to my comprehensive review of society, culture and lifestyle in 2023, as well as predictions, hopes and concerns for 2024. In this article, I discuss themes ahead for the first longer-form series of the ISC podcast, exploring society, discourse and the relationship between these and the arts, hobbies, music and mental health.
Introduction to the ISC Blog/Youtube Channel.
Our introductory post for ISC, originally posted on Oct 4th, 2021 on the now-defunct innerstrengthcheck.com website.
ISC Podcast Episode 2: Inside The Ear Canal.
For Episode 2, we dive into a retrospective overview of the powerfully formative impact music has had for me - in terms of my mental health, coping strategies, values and identity.
As well, a bit of discussion around sensitivity and the arts, perfectionism and the broader millenial generational backdrop to how my musical journey has formed over time.