I’m Mick Bradley; a husband, father, postmodern Christian, geek, roleplayer, Web designer, football fan, podcaster, progressive, mythophile, celtophile, writer, and sometime stage-actor. I live in Louisville, Kentucky, although I grew up in Mt. Morris, Michigan and spent most of my early adulthood in the Texas Panhandle.

My wife is Leah Ellison Bradley, a Presbyterian minister who currently serves as Director of Alum & Church Relations for Louisville Seminary. Leah and I have two boys, Conor and Liam. I work from home as a freelance digital creative while also parenting the boys.

If you like labels, I consider myself a postmodern progressive, both in politics and faith. But I generally try to focus on building relationships instead of making labels, and I have friends and family from all over the ideological map.

I partake in several geeky hobbies, such as …

I am the creator and co-designer of the Vegas After Midnight RPG, currently in development. I am also a member of the regular crew of The Canon Puncture Show and a contributor to the Canon Puncture Website.

I’ve been playing tabletop rpgs for many years. I have experience with GURPS, various d20 games, some of the World of Darkness, Deadlands, 7th Sea, the DCU rpg, Godsend Agenda, Serenity, Spirit of the Century, Primetime Adventures, Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies, Cold City, Don’t Rest Your Head, Inspectres, Piledrivers and Powerbombs, the Shab-alHiri Roach, and a smattering of other small-press hippie games in the past year or so.

I broke into the podcasting world several years ago by co-hosting a geek-pop-culture variety show called The Round Table, featuring discussions of how mythic structure and archetypal storyforms influence contemporary pop culture media including movies, tv, comics, novels, and rpgs. At various times during its two-year run, The Round Table also starred Chuck Hedden, Kenny Montano, Chris Miller, K.J Johnson, and Julia Sullivan. The show also featured guest panelists including Mur Lafferty, J.C. Hutchins, Paul Tevis, Chuck Tinsley, Lonnie Ezell, Jeff Himmelman, Caroline Murphy, Sasha Romanov, and Tracy Hickman.

Simultaneously I hosted a second podcast called Misfit Brew, featuring essays and musings on some of those same mythic topics. I was joined on the Brew by Scottish misfit Rae Lamond. Misfit Brew ran for 24 episodes over a period of two years. I also participated in and produced the first 45 episodes of The Rolemonkeys, and I’ve made guest or recurring appearances on several other podcasts including The Game Master Show, Stabbing Contest, and International Detective Dragons from Outer Space.

I’m also a slightly-more-than-casual football fan. Since settling in Louisville I’ve enjoyed following the Indianapolis Colts, but the simple truth is I grew up a Detroit Lions fan and I’ll always keep some part of myself loyal to them.

My college education started off with a major in theology and pastoral ministry but eventually transitioned into a major in theatre arts. Eventually I spent nearly 10 years as a regular at Amarillo Little Theatre. In fact, that’s where I met Leah, who had moved to the area for a 1-year internship at at Presbyterian church during her seminary education. We fell in love performing in a play called Dancing at Lughnasa, and when Leah returned to Louisville Seminary after her internship to finish her final year of school, I went with her.

And 12 years later, here we are.