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Episode 343: The Chester Incident Part XVI

Jun 9, 20261h 5m

Episode 342: The Chester Incident Part XV

May 18, 202650 min

Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Visitations

May 11, 20261h 18m

Episode 341: The Chester Incident Part XIV

Apr 20, 202655 min

Episode 340: The Chester Incident Part XIII

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Darren 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.

Apr 6, 202651 min

Episode 339: The Chester Incident Part XII

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The 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.

Mar 31, 202644 min

Episode 338: The Chester Incident Part XI

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The 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.

Mar 23, 202659 min

Episode 337: The Chester Incident Part X

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The 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.

Mar 5, 20261h 1m

Lore, Lyres, and Liars: The Princess's Tale

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In 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

Feb 23, 202648 min

Episode 336: The Chester Incident Part IX

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The 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.

Feb 16, 202648 min

Episode 335: The Chester Incident Part VIII

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Mitch 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

Feb 9, 202657 min

Episode 334: The Chester Incident Part VII

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Mitch 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.

Jan 26, 202645 min

Episode 333: The Chester Incident Part VI

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Mitch 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.

Jan 13, 20261h 9m

Episode 332: The Chester Incident Part V

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An 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.

Jan 6, 20261h 9m

9th Anniversary Q&A Special

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Alan 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.

Dec 16, 20252h 1m

Episode 331: The Chester Incident Part IV

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The 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.

Dec 9, 202553 min

Lore, Lyres, and Liars: The Supplicant's Tale

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In which Ben, Rob, Dan, Lilit, and Nick discuss The Supplicant's Tale arc of Season 3.

Nov 17, 202555 min

Night Walks: An ORPHEUS Protocol Halloween Special

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Night 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

Nov 1, 202515 min

Episode 330: The Chester Incident Part III

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As 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.

Oct 27, 202558 min

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.

Oct 13, 20251h 5m

Episode 328: The Chester Incident Part I

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An overwhelming military force descends on Ishmael, Faolan, Stasya, Walter, and Mitch, as the world remembers that a place called Chester, Illinois exists. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Peter Rudenko - 5:00 AM Scott Buckley - The Fury Natus - Cure Alexander Nakarada - Foam Rubber Headlighter- At the Crime Scene Neuron Spectre - Full Moon Overdrive (2018 mix) Alexander Nakarada - Headless Horseman Josh Woodward - She Dreams in Blue (Instrumental Version) City-Hunter - UNATCO - Orange Edition White Bat Audio - Journey Into the Black Myuu - Cornered Kai Engel - At the End Everyone Dies Alexander Nakarada - Nomadic Sunset (2019) Matty M - Make Chugging Great Again! 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.

Oct 6, 20251h 3m

Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Sedition

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In which Ben, Alan, and Rob discuss The Sedition arc of Season 3.

Sep 22, 202554 min

Episode 327: Reckonings Part VII

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A deep investigation into Alison's condition yields findings that any sane person would deem impossible... were a truly Impossible Man not at work between the threads of time and space. And deep in the woods, at the heart of a spatial maelstrom, Chad's fate is decided. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Josh Woodward - Vagabond (Instrumental) Greyskull - Time (Greyskull Remix) F.O.G. - Intervalo de Horror A.Romeo - Frozen Breath Three Chain Links - Interface Kai Engel - Phantasm Kai Engel - Crying Earth VITNE - Say Goodbye Scott Buckley - Beyond these Walls Kevin MacLeod - Spacial Winds Daniel Birch - Environmental Disaster Zone Synth Kid - Midnight we Ride 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.

Sep 8, 20251h 3m

Episode 326: Reckonings Part VI

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The residents of the Hidden House must decide what to do with their highly unconventional and unannounced guest. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour White Bat Audio - Enemy Kevin MacLeod - Deep Noise Alexander Nakarada - The Wandering King Alexander Nakarada - Sneaky Sloth Kevin MacLeod - Aunt Tagonist Kevin MacLeod - Heart of the Beast White Bat Audio - Interdimensional Horrors Alexander Nakarada - Greenlands Three Chain Links - Gaining Traction White Bat Audio - Heart of Night Three Chain Links - Just me and my Video Games Kevin MacLeod - Spacial Winds Greyskull - Time (Greyskull Remix) 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.

Sep 2, 20251h 12m

Episode 325: Reckonings Part V

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The burden of an impossible choice falls upon Rhett, Kathleen, and Notus. And to make matters worse, either choice they make will devastate half of their friends at the Hidden House. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kai Engel - Prologue Jason Shaw - Serenity Scott Buckley - Absolution Myuu - To Zanarkand Kai Engel - September ErikMMusic - Empty Reflections (Slow Version) Kai Engel - October Scott Buckley - Falling Together White Bat Audio - Dust 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.

Aug 19, 202551 min

Episode 324: Reckonings Part IV

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Rhett Bordeaux, Kathleen Lithgow, and Notus Fredericks return Clarent to the hand of Walter Marchand, but the forces at war within the weapon bearer threaten to tear him, and perhaps the world, apart. Music: Myuu - To Zanarkand Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Three Chain Links - Let's go home, Snake. Peter Rudenko - 5:00 AM Kevin MacLeod - Giant Wyrm Myuu - Trailer Theme Kai Engel - December Fragrance99 - End of Eternal Moments Kevin MacLeod - Night on the Docks (Trumpet) Alexander Nakarada - Guitar Hero Kai Engel - Vintage Frames Kai Engel - Will I Ever See Another Sunrise? 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.

Aug 11, 202552 min

Lore, Lyres, and Liars: The Thief's Tale

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In which Ben, Dan, Lilit, and Rob discuss The Thief's Tale arc of Season 3.

Aug 4, 202549 min

Episode 323: Reckonings Part III

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The struggle against the Mnemophage grows ever deadlier as Faolan and Ishmael labor to awaken. And the first domino falls in a series of reckonings decades in the making. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour White Bat Audio - Crash Site Kevin MacLeod - The House of Leaves White Bat Audio - Mark of the Doom Slayer ROZKOL - Faces to the Sky White Bat Audio - Torn Flesh Black Juggernaut - Stormwitch Darren Curtis - The Old Pumpkin Patch Free Dramatic Scores - The Beast Neuron Spectre - FULL MOON OVERDRIVE Free Dramatic Scores - Feel the Knife Myuu - Now or Never DEgITx - Minefield Kai Engel - The Price of Valour Scott Buckley - Soul Searcher Scott Buckley - The Things that Keep Us Here Scott Buckley - March of Midnight 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.

Jul 28, 20251h 6m

Moving Houses

Music: Three Chain Links - Demons

May 26, 20252 min

Episode 322: Reckonings Part II

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Faolan faces their past... and experiences that inexplicably differ from it. Ishmael attempts to survive the influence of the coven he betrayed. And Mitch walks side by side with Walter, toward a final reckoning with the Mnemophage. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Alexander Nakarada - The Lone Wolf Kevin MacLeod - Achaidh Cheide Kevin MacLeod - Alien Spaceship Atmosphere Free Dramatic Scores - Tales From the Asylum Inflammator - Genesis (Transportation) Xenojam - Angst Kai Engel - Seeker Three Chain Links - We Aren't Alone Here… Three Chain Links - He Walks Sergey Cheremisinov - Old Ally Kevin MacLeod - Giant Wyrm Taddart - The Legend of Anzar (Act 2) Jehf Jones - Cosmic Indifference and the Exquisite Horror of Existence Darren Curtis - The Witch's Lair Naoya Sakamata - Ghost Dominates Sergey Cheremisinov - Waltz -The Inevitability Sergey Cheremisinov - Mindship White Bat Audio - Crash Site ROZKOL - Faces to the Sky 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.

May 21, 20251h 4m

Episode 321: Reckonings Part I

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Mitch and Walter cross paths once again. And as Ishmael and Faolan become conspicuous by their absence, Ishmael has a tense communion with his past. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Peter Rudenko - 5:00 AM ROZKOL - Faces to the Sky Sergey Cheremisinov - Old Ally Sergey Cheremisinov - Train Kai Engel - Beneath the Stronghold ROZKOL - Hoenikker DEgITx - Machine Paradigm Project Divinity - In Mist Shrouded DEgITx - Robotic Cycles Kai Engel - Warm of a Mechanical Heart Jason Shaw - Plantation Natus - Cure Ghost Stories Incorporated - Alone With Your Voices Alexander Nakarada - Fantasy Motion Darren Curtis - The Mystic Le Fay Dark Fantasy Studio - As if it Comes Kevin MacLeod - Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra Matty M - ChuggedyChug Riffing Sergey Cheremisinov - Waves Kai Engel - Avenge the Fallen 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.

May 12, 20251h 3m

Rainfall: Session 2 (Broden, Jayd, Blair)

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***Rainfall is a living campaign, with players from the cast and community of The ORPHEUS Protocol. If you'd like to play, please join The ORPHEUS Protocol Patreon at the $10 tier or above!*** Cast: Dan - Broden DeVries Lilit - Jayd DeVries Arlie - Blair Hagen Adjusting to life in The Town, the DeVries siblings and Blair attempt to take stock of how best to survive and escape. But Broden is shown firsthand that something malicious is awakening in the dark, rain-soaked margins of this strange locale.

May 5, 20251h 2m

Rainfall: Session 1 (Broden, Jayd, Blair)

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***Rainfall is a living campaign, with players from the cast and community of The ORPHEUS Protocol. If you'd like to play, please join The ORPHEUS Protocol Patreon at the $10 tier or above!*** Cast: Dan - Broden DeVries Lilit - Jayd DeVries Arlie - Blair Hagen Ambitious, some would say insufferable, siblings Broden and Jayd embark on a sentimental road trip in honor of their late father. Elsewhere, Blair is given a harsh lesson in the lethal capriciousness of nature. And somehow, their stories become intertwined with the inhabitants of a town that is anything but what it seems.

Apr 28, 20251h 37m

David Lynch Tribute Part III - Mulholland Drive

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In which Rob and Lilit discuss a movie that underwent a strange transformation from its original form to a similar-yet-distinct one, and the fun part is that you could assume that refers to the narrative OR the production history and you'd be correct either way.

Apr 21, 202549 min

David Lynch Tribute Part II - Twin Peaks

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In which Rob and Lilit discuss Rob's favorite TV program.

Apr 14, 20251h 2m

David Lynch Tribute Part I - Eraserhead

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In which Rob and Lilit discuss David Lynch's first feature film.

Apr 7, 202534 min

Updates and Roadmap

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Rob has a frankly unwieldy freight of announcements to share. Music by Michael O'Neill Additional Music: Mortwight - Late Spring Burial

Mar 31, 202515 min

Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Pilgrimage

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In which Ben, Dan, Rob, Lilit, and Nick discuss the Pilgrimage arc of Season 3. Music: Kevin MacLeod - Schemeing Weasel (Faster)

Mar 24, 202559 min

Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Diaspora

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In which Ben, Rob, and Dan discuss the Diaspora Arc of Season 3.

Mar 17, 202558 min

Episode 320: Megastructure Part VIII

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Mitch, Faolan, and Ishmael face the horrors of Crucible House, which run deeper than even Mitch could imagine, and Ishmael attempts a risky stratagem to navigate a deadly maze. And in the center of the spider's web, the Mnemophage patiently marks its growing strength as it prepares to make a meal of the world. Music: Three Chain Links - Keeping Warm Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - Aftermath Three Chain Links - Gotham is desperate Bruce… Natus - When It Comes braids - 01-02 Three Chain Links - He Walks Alexander Nakarada - Grundar Scott Buckley - Soul Searcher Sergey Cheremisniov - Train 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.

Mar 10, 20251h 7m

Episode 319: Megastructure Part VII

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Mitch, Faolan, and Ishmael are challenged by the 6th and 7th Expressions, putting their strength and teamwork to a lethal test. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour White Bat Audio - Reaching the Event Horizon White Bat Audio - Rancid Thoughts White Bat Audio - Self Destruct Alexander Nakarada - The Wandering King Dark Fantasy Studio - Fire Myuu - Reflection J.C. Vogt - A Lonesome Hero White Bat Audio - Black Tar White Bat Audio - Katana Dark Fantasy Studio - Aeon Black Juggernaut - Stormwitch White Bat Audio - The Outsider Myuu - Creepy Clown Symphony 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.

Feb 26, 202550 min

Episode 318: Megastructure Part VI

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Mitch, Faolan, and Ishmael enter into a discussion with The Architect; a parley that will have far-reaching implications for not just those present, but all who hope to make a life in this world. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Three Chain Links - Masks and War Drums Dark Fantasy Studio - The Crypt Dark Fantasy Studio - A Band in the Inn Scott Buckley - I Walk With Ghosts Myuu - Walking into Darkness Naoya Sakamata - Beyond the Clouds Free Dramatic Scores - Tales From the Asylum Kai Engel - Seeker White Bat Audio - Journey Into the Black White Bat Audio - Reaching the Event Horizon 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.

Feb 17, 202551 min

Episode 317: Megastructure Part V

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Ishmael and Tess do battle with a god, on its home turf, as it assumes its full, terrible power and glory. And in Daedelus Tower, Mitch and Faolan must defend themselves from being murdered by the walls themselves. Music: Meowstro 2.0 - Frosty Meadows Three Chain Links - Magic Hour De Fyras Tecken - Ninth Anticipate Moog Minotaur Matty M - Nick Crow 8505 White Bat Audio - Knee Deep in the Dead Marinzguitar - DooM Medley Guitar Cover Free Dramatic Scores - A Nightmare in Blood Naoya Sakamata - Beyond the Clouds Scott Buckley - Discovery THE WARHORSE - Lol She's Fluent in Sarcasm Alexander Nakarada - Highland Song A. Romeo - Goodnight Naoya Sakamata - Beyond the Poetry White Bat Audio - The Outsider White Bat Audio - Proletariat Alexander Nakarada - Now We Ride (Metal Version) Myuu - Spooky Place Black Juggernaut - Stormwitch 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.

Jan 29, 20251h 13m

Lore, Lyres, and Liars: City on Fire

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In which Ben, Dan, and Rob discuss the City on Fire arc of Season 3.

Jan 20, 202557 min

Episode 316: Megastructure Part IV

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Ishmael, awakened in a place beyond imagination from a dream(?) beyond memory, must battle a god within the heart of its power. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Myuu - Fatal Shrine Kevin MacLeod - Shadowlands 6 - The Pit Vincent Nuit - Black Rain Ola Englund - Mix Practice Darren Curtis - The Brotherhood Meowstro 2.0 - Frosty Meadows White Bat Audio - Stranded on Europa b - SwedishBritish Styled Death Metal Zander Noriega - Dragged Through Hellfire Kyu Sawamura - HATE De Fyras Tecken - Ninth Anticipate Moog Minotaur 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.

Jan 13, 202554 min

Episode 315: Megastructure Part III

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It's no simple thing to find a way out of the past that leads to the future that created you, and Ishmael must thread that needle under extreme pressure. And to make matters worse, the ripples in time caused by Ishmael and his companions have drawn a kind of attention that few have survived... Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Jason Shaw - Plantation Three Chain Links - Masks and war drums Myuu - Growing Shadows Alexander Nakarada - Sneaky Sloth Kevin MacLeod - Aunt Tagonist ROZKOL - The Ocean Froze White Bat Audio - Wicked City Dark Fantasy Studio - Dead Roses Dark Fantasy Studio - The Crypt Myuu - Ground Noises Myuu - Fatal Shrine 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.

Dec 30, 202454 min

Episode 314: Megastructure Part II

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Ishmael and Tess find themselves stranded in an orphanage that doesn't exist anymore, in a time that has already passed. It's a place neither possible, nor remotely safe. Music: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Naoya Sakamata - CANCER Naoya Sakamata - Savage Mountain Alexander Nakarada - Vladimir Kevin MacLeod - Classic Horror 3 Mykee Morettini - Italian Giallo Horror Theme Wilhelm Matt - Kokeka (2-4-11) Time Stretched Violin Bowing Kevin MacLeod - Ossuary 6 - Air David Szesztay - Eve Black Juggernaut - Stormwitch 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.

Dec 23, 202449 min

8th Anniversary Q&A Special

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Alan hosts the 8th Anniversary Q&A, wherein Rob, Dan, Lilit, and Nick answer listener questions and grapple with the bittersweet reality of the visible finish line for The ORPHEUS Protocol... and perhaps hint at what comes next. Music: Kevin MacLeod - The House of Leaves Mortwight - Magdeburg Quarter

Dec 9, 20241h 36m

Episode 313: Megastructure Part I

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Mitch and Faolan arrive at Daedelus Tower, which is now in the clutches of the Architect. . -..- .--. .- -. ... .. --- -. / .. -. / .--. .-. --- --. .-. . ... ... .-.-.- / . -..- -.-. .. ... . / ..-. .-. --- -- / .--. --- - . -. - .. .- .-.. / -. --- -.. . ... .-.-.- / .--. .- .-. .- -- --- ..- -. - / ..- .-. --. . -. -.-. -.-- .-.-.- Music: Three Chain Links - We're so small in the grand scheme of things. Three Chain Links - Hide Free Dramatic Scores - Malignant Heart L'Incal Noir - 3 Analog Horror Stings Kai Engel - Passages Synth Kid - Last Breath White Bat Audio - Agent Cooper White Bat Audio - Afterglow White Bat Audio - Floating White Bat Audio - Something Sinister Awaits You White Bat Audio - Stranded on Europa Daniel Birch - Set Adrift Kai Engel - At the End Everyone Dies Kevin MacLeod - Very Low Note Kevin MacLeod - Redletter 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, with the odd week off at the end of arcs.

Dec 2, 202459 min

Q&A Last Call

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The 8th anniversary Q&A special is nearly upon us. Questions must be sent to [email protected] by the end of Saturday, November 30 to make the cut. Happy questioning. Music: Mortwight - The Medicines of Inscription

Nov 29, 20240 min