Dragon Talk Creators & Guests

Corey Bowen is a game designer for Wizards of the Coast.

Greg Tito is a playwright, a theater carpenter, a secretary, an RPG designer, a games journalist, and now a PR/Marketing person. He is also a co-host of Dragon Talk - An Official Dungeons & Dragons Podcast.

Shelly Mazzanoble is an author and playwright, she has published essays and short stories with Scary Mommy, In the Powder Room, The Seattle Times, Carve, and Whetstone and two books about Dungeons & Dragons. She also co-hosts the Dragon Talk Podcast.

Ryan Marth is a film and television composer.

Lisa Carr is a producer at Dragon Talk.

Kate Irwin is a Senior Art Director at Wizards of the Coast.

Brian McLachlan is an author and cartoonist.

John Darnielle is an American musician and novelist best known as the primary member of the American band, the Mountain Goats, for which he is the writer, composer, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist.

American standup comedian and actor best known for his work with the comedy trio The Grawlix, including the television show "Those Who Can't" and their podcast The Grawlix Saves the World. Original creator of The Narrators storytelling show and former host of The Unicorn podcast.

Brandy Rose is a GM, game designer & writer (QUEERZ, Chew), a Podcast and Twitch Talk Show host and creative producer as well as head of Patoot Podcast Network and a Voice Actor with the Jackson Voice Over Agency.

Justice Arman is a contributing writer and Senior Game Designer for Dungeons & Dragons.

writer-composer-sound designer-editor-content creator-podcaster(Co-Host for When Last I Left and Creator of Solar)

Ari Levitch is a narrative designer for D&D.

Brian K. Murphy is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is best known for his various roles on Collegehumor, his role as Murph on truTV comedy original Adam Ruins Everything, and for his role on Pop TV original Hot Date, co-starring with his wife Emily Axford.

Shane Salk is an Owner/Partner in Shane Salk Productions and is an Award-winning Audio Drama Creator Producer and Sound Designer. Shane's projects now have over 200 Million impressions spanning more than 150 countries around the world. Having graduated from Chapman University with a BFA, acting has always been Shane's first love, something he was able to incorporate into his productions. Having grown up listening to old-time audio, Shane has a unique perspective on updating the medium and learning from the past. As his inaugural production, he is a creator of the show "We're Alive - A Zombie Story of Survival," which was launched in 2009. Shane moved from New York to Los Angeles to open a recording studio, for the initial purpose of being able to sustain a living as he produced his new project, "Carcerem." "Carcerem" is a female-led series starring Dana Powers, produced and created by Shane Salk and William Holmes. This production took over 3 years to develop and to complete the first season. With a style between Lord of the Rings and Princess Bride, this action-packed show features Sword fighting, epic battles, monsters magic, and much more. Containing over 120 Characters along with a completely original score, this project was not for the faint of heart.

Griffin McElroy is an American podcaster and former video game journalist. He is known for his work on podcasts such as My Brother, My Brother and Me and The Adventure Zone, as well as for co-founding the video game journalism website Polygon. In 2017, Forbes named Griffin McElroy a "30 Under 30" media luminary.

Ursula Vernon is a writer, artist, and illustrator. She is best known for her graphic novel "Digger" (2003–2011) and for her children's books series "Hamster Princess and Dragonbreath." Under the name T. Kingfisher, she is also the author of books for older audiences.

Dan Dillon is a game designer on Dungeons & Dragons.

Gabriel Hicks is game designer, writer, voice actor, and entertainer. Currently, he is a senior games designer for Steamforged Games. He also started his own game development company, Mythic Grove.Hicks has worked with Paizo, Critical Role, Dimension20, and Roll20. He received his B.S. in Game and Interactive Media Design from Harrisburg University of Science and Technology.