Working Class Creatives

Subscribe via: iTunes | Google Play | RSS James D'Amato is the host of the ONE SHOT Podcast, co-founder of the ONE SHOT Network, and half of Paracosm press. Links: One Shot Podcast One Shot's Youtube Twitch One Shot Network's Patreon The Dungeon Dome Kickstarter Show Notes: James views his creative work as using tabletop roleplaying as a storytelling medium. It's harder to build an audience than it was 5 years ago, but the podcasting buy-in is lower. Marketing is one of the primary challenges. James learned about and fell in love with RPGs in college. James practiced stand-up comedy in high-school. Other comedians just seemed like sad tired old men, and that didn't look like it led to a good place. He took an improv class and saw that the instructors didn't seem unhappy. He moved to Chicago to improve improv, and was introduced to Earwolf's "Improv for Humans." He and his friend Alex decided to create a show of their own Podcasting doesn't require passing through a rigid system to book gigs, and allowed