Show overview
The Orpheus Protocol has been publishing since 2016, and across the 10 years since has built a catalogue of 467 episodes, alongside 64 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 430 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 48 min and 1h 8m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 14 episodes already out so far this year. Published by The ORPHEUS Protocol.
From the publisher
Join the Operatives of the enigmatic ORPHEUS organization as they investigate, contain, and attempt to harness occult phenomena around the world in this Actual Play podcast.
Latest Episodes
View all 467 episodesEpisode 343: The Chester Incident Part XVI
Episode 342: The Chester Incident Part XV
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Visitations
Episode 341: The Chester Incident Part XIV

Episode 340: The Chester Incident Part XIII
EDarren Feldman reveals the true extent of his power as the First Expression, overwhelming the gathering of powerful people who have gathered to oppose him. And hiding just out of sight of this great battle is something potentially still more dangerous... Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Tri-Tachyon - Edge of the WastelandsDarren Curtis - Predator or PreyThe Contradiction - Beware of shadows, my sons…The Contradiction - The Crimson King (Instrumental)The Contradiction - Corvidae CultKai Engel - The Price of ValourDarren Rebirth - Zero-project - The Return of the King Alexander Nakarada - LandskabDarren Curtis - Ghostly Melody Myuu - Spooky Place Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, provided no community medical emergencies have taken Rob too much away from their desk.

Episode 339: The Chester Incident Part XII
EThe Megastructure's list of uninvited guests grows by one, and all differences must be set aside for a fight for survival against this world's apex predator. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Xenojam - Stellar Voices White Bat Audio - End Chapter Theme De Fyras Tecken - Ninth Anticipate Moog Minotaur Wontolla - Eye of Terror Derrick Billups - Dragons Fire White Bat Audio - Fight Like Hell DEgITx - Grim Reaper (feat. Matty M) Free Dramatic Scores - Heavens Lost Lights Three Chain Links - He Walks DEgITx - Phoenix Tri-Tachyon - Edge of the Wastelands Tri-Tachyon - Tannhauser Gate Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, provided no community medical emergencies have taken Rob too much away from their desk.

Episode 338: The Chester Incident Part XI
EThe Maenad operatives find themselves on the wrong side of a vicious ambush, and the approach of one of the Expressions. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Daniel Birch - Kalimba and FeedbackScott Buckley - HeliosJosh Woodward - I Want to Destroy Something Beautiful (Instrumental)Kevin MacLeod - PenumbraSergey Cheremisinov - Just RunKevin MacLeod - Right Behind YouNatus - CureMeowstro 2.0 - Frosty MeadowsAlexander Nakarada - Fantasy MotionThe WARHORSE - LOL She's Fluent in Sarcasm (Matthew Bauer Remix)Daniel Birch - FearScott Buckley - MidsommarMyuu - Ground NoisesThe WARHORSE - LOL She's Fluent in Sarcasm Scott Buckley - InboundKevin MacLeod - Long Note ThreeAlexander Nakarada - LandskabThree Chain Links - There's the sun, peeking through my curtains. Jason Shaw - The Long Way Home Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, provided no community medical emergencies have taken Rob too much away from their desk.

Episode 337: The Chester Incident Part X
EThe Maenad operatives find themselves on the wrong side of a vicious ambush, and the approach of one of the Expressions. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour White Bat Audio - Crash Site Daniel Birch - Tape and Water Sergey Cheremisinov - Waltz -The Inevitability Daniel Birch - Death Comes To Us All White Bat Audio - Xenomorph Valtteri Halkola - Myrskyn Silma Valtteri Halkola - Alter Reality White Bat Audio - Black Tar Daniel Birch - Disbelieved Myuu - Nightmares Scott Buckley - Legionnaire Josh Woodward - Private Hurricane (Instrumental) Myuu - Cornered Darren Curtis - I Will Find You Sergey Cheremisinov - Shaman's Roar Project Divinity - Cemetery Myuu - Hopeless Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, provided no community medical emergencies have taken Rob too much away from their desk.

Lore, Lyres, and Liars: The Princess's Tale
bonusEIn which Ben, Rob, Lilit, Nick, Dan, and Greg discuss the Princess's Tale arc of Season 3 Music: Alexander Nakarada - Jolly Good Captain Alexander Nakarada - He's a Parrot

Episode 336: The Chester Incident Part IX
EThe Maenad Operatives rush to put a stop to what they see as a needless and deadly confrontation. And in Chester Illinois, the key to the pursuit of Tiamat's 4th eye hangs by a thread. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Ola Englund - Mix Practice b - SwedishBritish Styled Death Metal Matty M - Make Chugging Great Again! Myuu - Not Tomorrow (Silent Hill Cover) White Bat Audio - Technological Ruin Dark Fantasy Studio - Fire Dark Fantasy Studio - Aeon Juliangruber - Black Progressive Groove White Bat Audio - Poison Tooth Myuu - Gymnopedie No 1 White Bat Audio - Black Tar Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, provided no community medical emergencies have taken Rob too much away from their desk.

Episode 335: The Chester Incident Part VIII
EMitch and Faolan journey into the compromised Megastrucutre in search of the missing Ishmael. At the same time, Ishmael and Feste follow a trail of inexplicable violence to an end more horrifying than either of them could have imagined. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - Shadowlands 2 - Bridge Naoya Sakamata - Vermilion Pt. 2 - Dark Piano Version Daniel Birch - Breathe Daniel Birch - This Could All be Gone Tomorrow Alexander Nakarada - Fantasy Motion Sergey Cheremisinov - Breath of Death: Part 1 Sergey Cheremisinov - Dybbuk's White Eyes Alexander Nakarada - Apocalypse Blues Alexander Nakarada - Jack the Lumberer Alexander Nakarada - Pseudo Josh Woodward - Fight the Sea (Instrumental Version) Daniel Birch - Kalimba and Feedback Sergey Cheremisinov - Breath of Death: Part 2 Sergey Cheremisinov - Just Run Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, provided no community medical emergencies have taken Rob too much away from their desk. 5424

Episode 334: The Chester Incident Part VII
EMitch and Faolan huddle with a most unlikely ally, in order to set their collective sights on a path toward Muninn's defeat. Meanwhile, Ishmael goes to church. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Matty M - A Shapeless DreamMatty M - Shrouded in Mist Matty M - The VoidDark Fantasy Studio - The CryptDark Fantasy Studio - CommunicationBlack Juggernaut - Black MirrorJosh Woodward - Lafayette (Instrumental)Synth Kid - Far From Home Three Chain Links - Portals Rafael Krux - Horror Mystery Natus - Cure Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, provided no community medical emergencies have taken Rob too much away from their desk.

Episode 333: The Chester Incident Part VI
EMitch and his companions take a walk down memory lane, with a refreshing lack of the ominous implication "memory lane" has taken on in their lives. And inside Mitch's family home, there awaits an enigma, an opportunity, and an immeasurable danger. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Ghost Stories Incorporated - Cold, Cold CemeteryJosh Woodward - Once Tomorrow (Instrumental) Josh Woodward - Cien Volando (Instrumental Version)Alexander Nakarada - VladimirBlack Juggernaut - Stormwitch F.O.G. - Intervalo de HorrorWhite Bat Audio - Journey Into the BlackPeritune - Pray Organ 2 Organ OnlyMyuu - CorneredKevin MacLeod - Scheming Weasel SlowerDarren Curtis - Unknown FearThe Good Lawdz - Preachin Dem Blues Matty M - A Shapeless Dream Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, provided no community medical emergencies have taken Rob too much away from their desk.

Episode 332: The Chester Incident Part V
EAn unlikely summit, held in a suspended split second, will determine our heroes' course in saving both Chester, Illinois and the very world. Enormous powers weigh in, and the law is clear: As Above, So Below. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Myuu - Not Tomorrow (Silent Hill Cover) Alexander Nakarada - Silly Intro Sergey Cheremisinov - Waltz -The Inevitability Greyskull - Time (Greyskull Remix) Myuu - Promise ~Reprise~ (Silent Hill 2 Cover) Meowstro 2.0 - Frosty Meadows Josh Woodward - Fast Food Fantasy (Instrumental) Myuu - Creepy Clown Symphony Kai Engel - Delirium Kai Engel - A Neon Flesh Dark Fantasy Studio - Dungeon of Shadows Kevin MacLeod - Anguish Synth Kid - Devotion Jason Shaw - Serenity Kevin MacLeod - Scheming Weasel Faster bXmMusic - Metal $399 bXmMusic - #SWAG Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, provided no community medical emergencies have taken Rob too much away from their desk.

9th Anniversary Q&A Special
bonusEAlan Hosts the 9th Anniversary Q&A, where Rob, Lilit, Dan, Nick, Ben, and Arlie join to get a little bit (a lot) real about what it's like to work on something so long that your mortality comes into perspective, as well as many other questions that are a lot lighter than that one. CW: There are brief mentions of suicide (conceptual, not graphic detail) around 1h40m57s. Like I said, we get pretty real.

Episode 331: The Chester Incident Part IV
EThe DAS descends on Chester, Illinois in force, and Mitch, Faolan, and Ishmael find themselves hunted without relent. Just when they're cornered like trapped rats, however, the complexion of the battle changes with the sudden arrival of many allies... Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour White Bat Audio - Deception White Bat Audio - The New Order White Bat Audio - Hellraiser ROZKOL - Called Your Bluff Alexander Nakarada - The Wandering King WARHORSE - Caldor's Going out of Business THUNDEROSE - Ace of Spades (Motorhead Cover) Neuron Spectre - FULL MOON OVERDRIVE Sergey Cheremisinov - Train Daniel Birch - Maybe Someday I'll Wake Up Myuu - True (Silent Hill 2 Cover) Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, provided no community medical emergencies have taken Rob too much away from their desk.

Lore, Lyres, and Liars: The Supplicant's Tale
bonusEIn which Ben, Rob, Dan, Lilit, and Nick discuss The Supplicant's Tale arc of Season 3.

Night Walks: An ORPHEUS Protocol Halloween Special
bonusENight Walks is a Halloween Special, brought to you by The ORPHEUS Protocol. It is set during The Chester Incident arc. CW: Gore Music: White Bat Audio - You're Next White Bat Audio - Embers White Bat Audio - Memories of a Murder White Bat Audio - Night of the Creeps White Bat Audio - The Shape White Bat Audio - Haddonfield Horror

Episode 330: The Chester Incident Part III
EAs the mental resonance between Notus and Model-101 builds in strength, the fundamental friction between their unlike minds manifests as an incarnation of that which opposes each of them in turn. A hideously twisted form of Joseph Miller has come to mete out vengeance upon both psychonauts. And while the Hidden House, as well as the ritual space within it, is as safe as can be managed, there are some who may pass whatever thresholds they may wish... Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Hiroki Matsui - My Voice is Dark Ambient Kyu Sawamura - HATE Scottyknows6 - Drumception 2017 Derrick Billups - Let's Go Master White Bat Audio - Bloodlust Kai Engel - Snowfall Buckley - Beyond these Walls Dark Fantasy Studio - Faeries Dark Fantasy Studio - The Edge of Nightmare Kai Engel - Sopor Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, provided no community medical emergencies have taken Rob too much away from their desk.

Episode 329: The Chester Incident Part II
Rhett Bordeaux attempts an unprecedented fusion of psychic and arcane feats to merge the minds of Notus Fredericks and Model-101, attempting to free the Expression's mind from its creator, once and for all. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Xenojam - Towards Death Kevin MacLeod - Birch Run Kandinsky - Night Crawl Three Chain Links - It's all too much Sleep Rivers - Festival of Fire Spirits Dark Fantasy Studio - Dungeon of Shadows Josh Woodward - Follow the Road (Instrumental) Scott Buckley - Pathfinder Peritune - Firmament2_Calm VITNE - HSay Goodbye J.C. Vogt - A Lonesome Hero Alexander Nakrada - Sovereign Kai Engel - Delirium Kai Engel - A Neon Flesh Hiroki Matsui - My Voice is Dark Ambient Zander Noriega - Dragged Through Hellfire Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, provided no community medical emergencies have taken Rob too much away from their desk.
