Civ Cast

Civ Cast was a weekly Civilization-themed podcast by Kyle Dempster Studios. The first episode was published on September 17, 2016 and the show ran until June 2018. The podcast was hosted by Kyle Dempster, Dan MacDonald, and Wouter. The show focused entirely on Civilization VI and received a total of 63 episodes. 
==How to listen==
The podcast is available in a few different services, listed below. Note that new episodes may appear to different services in somewhat different times, so if you cannot see it in, say, Google Play yet, check out Stitcher instead, etc.
* Google Play (US and Canada only, thanks to Google)
* iTunes
* TuneIn
* Stitcher
Civ Cast is also on Twitter and Reddit.
== Civ Cast Challenge ==
===Monthly Civilization VI challenges===
Each month, the the Civ Cast hosts put together the Civ Cast Challenge for listeners to compete in. The challenge runs from the first weekend of the month to the last weekend. Previous challenges can be found on the Civ Cast subReddit. 
==Episodes==
# 	Date 	Title 	Length 	Description
1 	Sep 17, 2016 	Welcome 	53:50 	
*02:25: Kyle and Mike introduce themselves. Kyle describes himself as a casual player with some 500 hours of Civ5, whereas Mike says he's more of a "min-maxer" with some 1300 hours of Civ5.
*05:45: Breakdown of the newest published civs: Kongo, Norway and Greece
*07:25: Mike and Kyle reveal the civs they are the most excited about. Mike picks China and Aztecs (after his compulsory first game as America), Kyle's first choice will be England
*09:35: City-states briefly discussed
*11:45: Religion and the religion video are discussed
*14:00: Kyle and Mike select their dark horse (possibly unexpectedly good) and "light horse" (underwhelming) civs. Kyle's dark horse is Germany and his light horse is the Scythian civ. Mike's underwhelming light horse is Norway and his dark horse is India.
*22:10: Lengthy discussion about the map, Districts, and Tile improvements, as well as how information is displayed in Civ6 vs. in Civ5, where lots of data was "hidden" in sub-menus of sub-menus.
*35:55: City-states and Envoys discussed again in the context of bonuses they provide to Districts and your civilization
*42:15: Discussion about specialized cities and tile adjacency bonuses to Districts
*46:40: Final thoughts and closing notes
2 	Sep 25, 2016 	Let's talk Rome 	45:15 	
* 03:35: Minimum system requirements discussed
* 05:15: Rome discussed
* 06:35: Tech tree and Civics tree
* 12:15: Rome again
* 23:50: War
* 34:55: Housing and amenities
* 38:00: Modding
3 	Oct 1, 2016 	When in doubt, drop a nuke 	45:33 	
* 02:45 Sumeria discussed. Neither Kyle nor Mike is too impressed with it, but they remark it might be a good civ in multiplayer, continuing the discussion around the theme of multiplayer and joint war.
* 11:35: Arabia is discussed: Kyle is not big on Religion so he's not excited about it at all, while Mike thinks Arabia is awesome and pitches it to Kyle.
* 17:15: Game of "pitch this civ": Mike throws Germany to Kyle and asks him to pitch the civ in one minute as if it was the best civ ever. Kyle then asks Mike to pitch Norway.
* 24:45: Arumba's Let's Play Civilization VI Rome videos discussed.
* 29:00: Nukes and IGN's nuke video discussed.
4 	Oct 8, 2016 	Let's play a game 	50:05 	
5 	Oct 15, 2016 	Greece has multiplied 	53:00 	
* 02:00: Gorgo and the concept of multiple leaders discussed
* 09:00: Discussion: will you select random civs into your first game, or will you pick your enemies?
* 12:40: Firaxis Civ6 AI Battle Royale (Oct. 19 on Twitch) discussed
* 17:25: Listener feedback is read, and Kyle and Mike reveal their Steam handles: kyledempster7 and Themariners10 respectively
* 22:05: Kyle and Mike discuss their hours in game and how many years they've actually been playing Civ
* 26:20: Christopher Tin and the new theme song, and the music in general, discussed
* 33:05: Self reflection: Civ Cast and podcasting in general are discussed
* 35:00: What is the one thing that you are most excited about in Civ6? Kyle picks the Civics tree, Mike picks the government system.
* 38:45: Mike says he despises the new movement system, Kyle does not judge it yet. Movement and city combat discussed.
6 	Oct 22, 2016 	The British are coming 	33 min	
7 	Oct 30, 2016 	Drinking with Peter 	55 min	
8 	Nov 6, 2016 	Pin that Map! 	60 min	
9 	Nov 13, 2016 	Don't nuke my border 	59 min	
10 	Nov 20, 2016 	Let there be patch notes! 	70 min	
11 	Nov 27, 2016 	Let's Reddit 	63 min	
12 	Dec 3, 2016 	Min/Maxing with Innocentius69 	62 min	
13 	Dec 11, 2016 	German Industrial Tea Complex 	69 min	
14 	Dec 18, 2016 	I pronounce it Ngao Mbeba 	58 min	
 	Dec 13, 2016 	Dan's Historical Extra: Philip II 	31 min	
15 	Dec 24, 2016 	“Home is where the heart is” - Montezuma	71 min	
16 	Jan 1, 2017 	Brick, Mortar and People 	59 min	
17 	Jan 8, 2017 	Moving Cities! 	76 min	
18 	Jan 15, 2017 	The show must go on 	59 min	
19 	Jan 29, 2017 	Take a walk 	58 min	
20 	Feb 5, 2017 	Power to the kakistocracy! 	65 min	
21 	Feb 12, 2017 	Corporate Happy Meals 	50 min	
22 	Feb 19, 2017 	Free Market Communism 	56 min	
23 	Feb 26, 2017 	DIGGAH (Australian Summer Recap) 	58 min	
24 	Mar 5, 2017 	Don't touch my envoy! 	62 min	
25 	Mar 12, 2017 	Trade Agreements with England 	60 min	
26 	Mar 19, 2017 	A Civilization Education 	58 min	
27 	Mar 26, 2017 	Killer of Cyrus 	71 min	
28 	Apr 2, 2017 	Apa-BORING 	61 min	
29 	Apr 9, 2017 	Gandhi Nukes All 	56 min	
30 	Apr 23, 2017 	That's one sick Dutchman! 	59 min	
31 	Apr 30, 2017 	Stroopwafels, stroopwafels for everyone!	52 min	
32 	May 7, 2017 	Digital bang for your digital buck! 	60 min	
33 	May 14, 2017 	Catherine, greatest mother of all? 	60 min	
34 	May 21, 2017 	You want lists, we've got lists! 	54 min	
35 	May 28, 2017 	We'll Do It Live! 	59 min	
36 	Jun 4, 2017 	Everyone is a unique unit 	53 min	
37 	Jun 11, 2017 	When Dan is away... 	67 min	
38 	Jun 18, 2017 	Y n0 n3w leaderz? 	59 min	
39 	Jun 25, 2017 	Let's Talk Civ 5! 	63 min	
40 	Jul 2, 2017 	Let's talk Civ 5! Part 2 	60 min	
41 	Jul 9, 2017 	Send me all your trade routes! 	58 min	
42 	Jul 16, 2017 	Let's Talk Combat 	64 min	
43 	Jul 30, 2017 	Nubia & Patch Notes have arrived 	62 min	
44 	Aug 6, 2017 	Unleash the Navy! 	56 min	
44.5	Aug 13, 2017 	A very solo Civ Cast 	14 min	
45 	Aug 20, 2017 	Nubia & Patch Thus Far... 	62 min	
46 	Aug 27, 2017 	But what district do I place? 	66 min	
47 	Sep 3, 2017 	It belongs in a museum! 	59 min	
48 	Sep 17, 2017 	Trade Routes and What's to Come! 	59 min	
49 	Sep 24, 2017 	Tutorial taught you what?! 	63 min	
50 	Oct 8, 2017 	Which wonder is right for you? 	50 min	
51 	Oct 22, 2017 	Fall 2017 Patch Notes pt 1 	62 min	
52 	Jan 28, 2018 	The Return 	44 min	
53 	Feb 3, 2018 	Alliances and Emergencies 	54 min	
54 	Feb 10, 2018 	New leaders! 	57 min	
55 	Feb 17, 2018 	Patch Notes 	59 min	
56 	Feb 24, 2018 	Golden Ages 	54 min	
 	Mar 4, 2018 	Feb Civ Cast Challenge Recap 	20 min	
57 	Apr 18, 2018 	Rise and Rise 	59 min	
58 	Apr 26, 2018 	GG Nub(ia) 	61 min	
59 	May 3, 2018 	Holy Righteous King Wouter 	60 min	
60 	May 11, 2018 	You Can Ngao Your Own Way 	56 min	
61 	May 16, 2018 	Making Domination Helle-easy 	65 min	
62 	May 25, 2018 	Shaka It Off 	60 min	
63 	June 17, 2018	A Rough Ride 	67 min	
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