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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Rogue Tyger: Gaoliang, the Seven Systems, and Commerce Raiders

We’ll be posting bonus segments for our Patrons all summer long that originally played on WERA between episodes of Rogue Tyger. This sement was recorded for a 2019 rebroadcast between part 4 and part 5 of “The Pilot.” These are brief explanations that also related to a lot of entries for the Encyclopedia of the…

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Rogue Tyger: Cliffhangers, Sci-Fi Influences, and SFX Production (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 is from our 2023 rebroadcast and played between part two and part three of “The Pilot.” This segment needed to be longer to fill the required airtime, so you’ll hear Bjorn Munson…

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Rogue Tyger: The Five-Act Structure and More (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 from our 2019 broadcast went between part two and part three of “The Pilot.” In it, writer-director Bjorn Munson talks about how the TV five-act structure found its way into his serialized…

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