Rogue Tyger: The Three Laws of Robotics & The Imperium (Patreon Bonus Audio)

We’ve been posting bonus segments for our Patrons all summer long that originally played on WERA between episodes of Rogue Tyger.

This segment is from our 2023 re-broadcast of Rogue Tyger, which played  between part 2 and part 3 of “Lost and Found.”

In it, Bjorn Munson expands on the previous segment talking about the robot interrogation scene, going a bit more into how Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics came into play in writing the episode as well as how they inform part of how robots are dealt with in the Imperium.

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Rogue Tyger: Robot Interrogations are Hard to Write (Patreon Bonus Audio)

We’ve been posting bonus segments for our Patrons all summer long that originally played on WERA between episodes of Rogue Tyger.

This segment from our 2019 broadcast of Rogue Tyger, which played  between part 2 and part 3 of “Lost and Found.”

In it, Bjorn Munson talks a bit about the the previous episode and the interrogation scene as well as promoting our live 2019 production that summer, “Nostromo 2.

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Rogue Tyger: Yeah, Thirty-Episode Seasons… (Patreon Bonus Audio)

We’ve been posting bonus segments for our Patrons all summer long that originally played on WERA between episodes of Rogue Tyger.

This segment is from our 2023 broadcast of Rogue Tyger, which comes between the season one recap and episode 16, aka part 1 of “Lost and Found.”

In it, writer/director Bjorn Munson is able to explain a bit more about the logic behind the 30-episode seasons as first imagined, including some of the influences.

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Stitcher is Shutting Down on August 29th

Based on what data we have, a non-trivial number of you listen to one or more of our podfeeds via Stitcher.

Stitcher

Just in case you had not heard, Stitcher will be shutting down at the end of this month, on August 29th, 2023. They have created a Farewell FAQ to answer your questions.

If you subscribe to us via Stitcher, you can still follow any three of our podfeeds: Quorum, Rogue Tyger, and our all-you-can-hear audio buffet that collects all our shows, Jabberwocky Audio Theater.

Rogue Tyger: Writing & Performing Characters like Taquermeraphan & Jochi (Patreon Bonus Audio)

We’ve been posting bonus segments for our Patrons all summer long that originally played on WERA between episodes of Rogue Tyger.

This segment was recorded for the 2023 rebroadcast of Rogue Tyger, set between Part Four and Part Five of “Uninvited Guests,” aka the season one finale.

Bjorn talks about the robotic character Taquermeraphan 651, his namesake, and some other details of influences on the writing of the series.

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Rogue Tyger: The Alternate Histories of Different Great Houses (Patreon Bonus Audio)

We’ve been posting bonus segments for our Patrons all summer long that originally played on WERA between episodes of Rogue Tyger.

This segment was recorded for the 2023 rebroadcast of Rogue Tyger, set between Part Two and Part Three of “Uninvited Guests.”

Bjorn goes into some of the exposition slipped into Part Two, especially in regards to how different characters understand the great houses and imperial history.

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Rogue Tyger: Perhaps Too Much on the Acreage of Flatrock’s Nature Preserve (Patreon Bonus Audio)

We’ve been posting bonus segments for our Patrons all summer long that originally played on WERA between episodes of Rogue Tyger.

This bonus filler segment was recorded for our 2023 rebroadcast of Rogue Tyger, set between Part 5 of “Flatrock” and Part 1 of “Uninvited Guests.” 

Bjorn kind of goes down a rabbit hole about the size of “The Two Forty,” the nature preserve of Flatrock that features prominently in the last two parts of “Flatrock.”

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Rogue Tyger: Vic Ratha and Redbacks (Patreon Bonus Audio)

We’ll be posting bonus segments for our Patrons all summer long that originally played on WERA between episodes of Rogue Tyger.

This segment was recorded for our 2023 rebroadcast of Rogue Tyger, set between Part 3 and Part 4 of “Flatrock.”

We actually briefly explain redbacks in the Encyclopedia of the Imperium, but this gives you a far more meta explanation.

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Rogue Tyger: More about Flatrock (Patreon Bonus Audio)

We’ll be posting bonus segments for our Patrons all summer long that originally played on WERA between episodes of Rogue Tyger.

This segment was recorded for our 2023 rebroadcast of Rogue Tyger, set between Part 1 and Part 2 of “Flatrock.”

There are actually more sci-fi influences we could go into, especially regarding the moving walkways that are the main form of transportation around Flatrock, but those will come into play in Season 3, so we’ll hold off for now.

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