Bard

Bard is a podcast player for fiction podcasts.

Free on iOS and the web. Android later.

Bard's page for The Adventure Zone: its cover art fading into the app, with Follow, Rate, the show's description, and its tags.

Founding Patrons

These shows were the first to advertise on Bard. Thank you for believing in it early.

  • The Adventures of Bud & Herb

    Bud and Herb face cryptids, cults, and the unknown together in a fantasy audio drama that transforms into a fully sound designed actual play

  • VARÚÐ RPG

    A family of survivors must cross Iceland, on foot, in winter, during a zombie apocalypse - actual play with homebrew infection mechanics.

  • The Wizard Scroll

    This ain't yo momma's Tolkien!

  • American Afterlife

    After a catastrophic earthquake shatters the Pacific Northwest, a teen girl sets out to find her missing mother in a world turned upside.

  • Traversing Tuesdays

    Three PInes Junction: where animals report on small-town news, absurd scandals, local festivals, and Creatures Court.

Make a podcast? Promote your show and join them.

Swipe Right to Binge

Discovery is really, really hard, but Bard surfaces well-tailored audio fiction you'd never find on your own.

  • A Discovery Engine Made by a Librarian

    Recommendations are tailored from what you actually play, shelve, and rate: genre, game system, tone, and the shows you passed on. The deck gets sharper the more you listen, and every card still names the shows that earned it.

  • Critical Darlings

    You'll find the biggies and the award winners, but the most popular shows don't need the help, so new series and smaller darlings get a nudge.

  • Verifiably Human

    The limelight is reserved for stories performed by people. When verifiable, AI productions are flagged and suppressed.

Shelves

Like any good library, there are lists.

Award Winners

  • The Ambies

    Winners of the Ambies, the Podcast Academy's awards, in their audio fiction categories since 2021.

  • Audio Verse Awards

    Winners of the Audio Verse Awards, voted by the audio fiction community since 2013.

  • Signal Awards

    Gold and Listener's Choice winners of the Signal Awards in scripted fiction, actual play and their craft categories since 2022.

  • CRIT Awards winners

    Winners of the CRIT Awards (Creator Recognition in TTRPG), voted by the tabletop community, in their actual play and podcast categories since 2023.

  • New Jersey Web Fest

    Winners of New Jersey Web Fest in its audio fiction and actual play categories, since 2021.

You can't listen to Joe Rogan

Bard only curates fiction. Full stop. No chat shows, no news, no true crime.

Michael Schofield

Made With Love

Bard is made by just one librarian on the weekends, with love. You can reach out to Michael Schofield any time.