Here Be Tygers: Your Storytelling Guide: Recent Episodes
Jarod Cerf
Beyond the stories that we write just to sell, there are three fundamental reasons for the tales that we tell: to inspire a thought, course of action, or remember something by. And the trust, impact or legacy that those through your audience--or market or tribe--will provide.
Hosted by professional writer, strategist and storytelling guide, Jarod Cerf, Here Be Tygers is a show for creatives and entrepreneurs alike about "taking life by the tale": from the ones that you'll write to all the rest that define where you want to arrive.
Fionn learns the world is old, Bo and a raccoon talk; and they both discover that there’s more to Fionn’s dad than cabbages, folk tales, and just being “Pops”--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
Fionn, Alphie and Bo discover the source of their magic in the woods deep and old; but what it asks for and Alphie’s promised it are not with fairness bestowed --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
After a brief stint in the wine cellar, the Thistledowns escape in a most unexpected way. Though what takes their place or would for just a little more magic trade…? They’re only beginning to name.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
Cessie, Fionn and Bo learn a few lessons about breaking into important homes, magic when trifled, and when, with their elders, to be (dis)respectful.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
Dave joins the folk of the village with his character Bo, and shares his requests for the game as a whole—one of them quite presciently, it turns out, as things would blow. Or for at least one thistledown, as they stand at a threshold.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
Anni, Andrew and I figure out the bare essentials of who we’re going to be ( in game ), our favorite implements ( hint: one involves baking ), and and just how much mischief we can create in a town that’s—for the most—everyday.We hope you enjoy.-J--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
Hey all,Show’s in somewhat of a transitional space as I head into my fourth year of long Covid. Between that, preparing the initial reader packet for Book 1, and a full overhaul of the website and socials, we’ve needed a place where we can be more casual.So I’m going to call this a soft start to Season 4. Which we’ll begin with a look back at some of our favorite narrative tropes, this time from video games ( retro ). Then we’ll dive into a playtest on the next episode. We hope you enjoy,J--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
Tonight, our ‘Glorious March’ thread comes to an end. So join Ken and I as we explore the mad psyches of possible foes ( and friends ). And see what happens when the past quite literally comes back to haunt you—and perhaps monologue at—while wearing a funny hat.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
Ken and I continue to build on our “Glorious March” thread, with a deep dive into old but inhabited ruins, unlikely friends, and regional conflicts.Oh, and crab monsters, too ( because we have to stay on brand ).--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
Tonight, Dave and I talk about:• how to explore a world through the lens of particular objects within it that were pivotal • how roleplaying games — tabletop, video, card-based etc — are storytelling engines that both tell a tale and create one out of your experience with them• and when to disclose what kinds of stories a system could tell from the ones that you, as a Creator, hope that yours players will. We hope you enjoy.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
This week, Nic and I return to the question of what defines ‘soul’, creativity, and whether A.I.—or even moments of artifice in our everyday lives—can arrive at those.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
How human notions of awareness and intelligence are built on observable truths and the stories we put them to.With your host & storytelling guide, Jarod Cerfand guest, Nic Lori--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
Today, Andrew and I delve into some of the unique characters in an old and dark fantasy world and how they adapt to life in a small town.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
Hi all,We’re still in migration, so please bear with as both the show and some of the hosts move to new homes. For today’s episode, Andrew and I decided to take an old setting and give it a new shape: one where big themes and myths would need to fit into a much smaller space. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
Hey all,
I was so busy preparing the first few chapters of the book for review that I forgot to put this week’s episode up.
Today, we’re returning to the ‘Glorious March’ thread, with further tales of what could or might happen, should your prestigious clan’s most ancient regalia be already possessed.
And how, through establishing some of the “big” beats, you can find all of the smaller ones in between—such as fancy hats, guillotines, and skeleton cryptkeepers with bespoke tastes in board games.
We hope you enjoy,
J
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Hi all,
We’ll return with the third and final “Belle of Theta 9” ep soon ( Dave’s currently in the middle of a move ).
In the meantime, Ken and I will be working on an new story thread: one full, as Phillip Hole, the Singing Gravedigger often said, of love, adventure and (un)death.
We hope you enjoy,
J
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Hey all,
We’ll be migrating to a new recording service soon, so please bear with us through these last few eps on Zoom.
As for the convo, we take a deep dive into all of the potential weirdness that ensues when one great catastrophe leads to ‘a few’.
We hope you enjoy.
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Hey all, We had some fidelity issues with Zoom on this one, so the cleanup was longer than usual ( and there are likely a few, immutable quirks left ).That said, Ken and I had a good deal of fun with the second round of our pacing exercise: when, with “the great disaster!”, a tale begins.We hope you enjoy.J--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
Today, we return to our intrepid space tourists in fantasyland as we ask: how much you should show, say, or tell ( of this provincial life ) before the one moment when ‘everything changes’?--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
Hey all, the second half of our foray into the tales found in small places is out tonight. So join Dave and I as we discover who transgresses and why, and how even the same rituals, phrases or rites can—with differing intents—a new thing convey.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herebetygers/message
Hey all,Long Covid is a beast sometimes, and this month marks the third year. Still recording when we can though. Even when the schedule goes a little weird.For today’s ep, Dave and I talk about remakes, remasters, and how in storytelling, even the smallest things, moments or actions can carry a tremendous weight.We hope you enjoy,J--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/herebetygers/message
Hey all, Here’s the second half of our wild tour through sci-fi tropes in a fantasy land, now with space tourists, ‘wampires?’, and the new people ( or places ) they’d rule. We hope you enjoy,J--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/herebetygers/message
Hey all,With the new trailer to Renfield making the rounds, it seemed like a good time to share one of our vampier streams. This one starts innocently enough, as we ponder the eternal question of “moon wizard v. spaceship 🚀, and then what…?”But never fear: we will have plenty of space butlers and fancy, fanged aliens in the second half later this month.We hope you enjoy,-JOh, and this one was somewhat of a salvage job, so there might be the occasional quirk or odd noise.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/herebetygers/message
Hey all,We went on an unexpected hiatus last month into this one ( sometimes long Covid forces you to rest ). On a partial schedule at the moment but things should hopefully settle down by Feb.As for today’s episode: sometimes Dave and I like to start with the simple to find the ‘complex’—what will give life to your world, story and characters once they’re outside of your head.Just a quick note—this conversation was originally featured on Odder Worlds some years ago on older equipment, so the audio quality is a little rough. -J--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/herebetygers/message
For the second half of my interview with Matt, we talk about how to give what you create enough time, space, and memory so that it can exist ( and persist ) outside of you without consuming your life.
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Hey all,
We just lost a close family member—it was quite sudden—a couple weeks ago, so things are still somewhat out of sorts here.
Today’s episode is part of an interview I did last year for Matt Selznick’s show, Sonitotum. He’s been kind enough to let us share it here while we take some time off to recover and find some peace of mind again.
-J
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Here’s the second half of our initial concept session for The Conductors setting, where Ken and I delve into particulars such as ‘the passport’: or how the world defines you ( and your actions ) through tags, as they accrue.
-J
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Hey all,
Join Ken and I as we try a little bit of alchemic synthesis with truths of world, story and character from a few different places—to see both what should and should not persist.
As for whether or not you’ll see more of Conductors and their world later…
Well, we’re still at work on a few more ingredients.
-J
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Join Dave as I we delve into post-apocalyptic tales, how to tell them and why. And what happens when you attempt to live out the final days in the vast and unfathomable terrain that is your newly awakened crew’s ‘user guide’.
Oh, and the novel I mentioned partway through about a collapsing ark ship is Marissa Levien’s “The World Gives Way”.
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Hey all,
Here’s the second half of our short narrative livestream, using Honey Heist. Will our intrepid team of felonious ursines discover, survive, or even escape with their prize? Find out tonight.
-J
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Hey all,
Since we’re exploring short narrative fiction and forms over the summer, we decided to share one of our earliest live attempts. This time, with Grant Howitt’s Honey Heist and some of our fans.
J
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For the second half of our conversation on finding your tale through one sheet game design, we delve into what kinds of stories we hope each set of truths will provide.
- J
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Dave, Andrew and I talk about using one sheet game design as a creative exercise, how to play with the truths that make for a good story, and (when they’re live) fail successfully.
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Join Dave, Grant (from Rowan Rook & Decard) and I as we talk about one sheet games, the art of the possible, and the joy of creating new worlds, stories and characters for the first time.
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Hey all,
Here’s the second half of our Possible Worlds session with Ken and Dex on what empires do when the world seems to end, how fiat alone cannot the sky’s falling prevent, and why you start from the little truths (like spiders) to find what gives shape, intent and life to rest.
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Hey all,
Today’s ep is our first full attempt at the new Possible Worlds exercise, where you take a few truths of the world, story, and characters that you write, a particular premise, and ask yourself “what it…?” to see what /else/ might.
Which should give you plenty of ideas to can play with, discard, or hold up as a mirror to your own work—without any fear of change to its original state. Unless you feel inspired by, or it sheds some new light.
So join us today for the first half a romp through faith, empire, economics, haberdashery—and perhaps a little Vincent Price.
We hope you enjoy,
J
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Hey all,
It’s our 50th episode! Join us as we celebrate, occasionally reflect (sometimes ruminate) on what’s been, and talk about where seasons 3 and onward will go.
And be sure to welcome Dave from Odder Worlds and Geekly Oddcast as an official co-host!
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Hey all,
This episode was originally meant to air last year. But like so many things during that time, it slipped away and into the far off reaches of mind until the moment, I suppose, was more ‘right’.
We’ve talked before about how both fear and expectations can interfere with what you’ll write—no matter the genre and in media of all kinds. Today though, I wanted to share some of what my own journey through that has been like: from “not at all” to “I’m still going to try.”
And what better place to begin than the moment when what you’ve been working on meets an indefinite end? When you’ve lost what you thought you had, and there seems to be a chasm on the road that you’d pass…
Oh, and there will be spoilers, starting around 12 minutes in, so if you’d prefer to keep everything about my books a surprise, you can save this episode for later.
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Hey all,
We’re back today with the second half of our livestream, “A Mote in the Mad King’s Eye.” And yes, that is a nod to both the Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle work as well as the parable from which they derived.
When we left the last time, it was on the note that a vizier (and perhaps wizard) gave to the king his most mad designs. And from there did the world break, for others to right. Though of course, and as always, things oft go awry.
So join us today as we bring this little ‘what if…’ unto ‘why…?’ exercise to a close, and discover what this brave new world holds when even its villains outgrow their old life.
We hope you enjoy.
J
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Hey all,
Today, we’re sharing part of a livestream episode we did for our Patrons back in 2020, when we were tasked with creating a world in which other tales could be made. Using only the premise: “who built the ruins that now lie in waste?”
You’ll hear my co-host, Dave, lay out the concept for the world. And then our panel will have a chance to make it grow from the simple and mundane into the new, the unique /and/ the strange.
So join us as we look back to a different Stone or Bronze Age, the folks who’d create, and the maddest of kings who in bull wizards would put their faith.
We hope you enjoy,
- J
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Hey all,
For the holidays, we thought it would be fun to share a conversation that Dave and I had awhile back with one of the students from my writing class, Bee.
When we initially recorded the episode for Dave’s show, Odder Worlds, Bee had just begun to define the setting in which her story takes place. So we invited her to share a few of the most essential truths about her world, former princess Emery, and the nefarious villain Tarric, who is visited by an idea most unusual and strange.
That said, there are a couple topics discussed that I would approach differently today: most notably, race. In fantasy tales, these are often distinct and discrete groups of people, with their own origins, histories, presumed biologies, and ‘one unique trait’.
Though these frequently tend to borrow, mimic or outright appropriate from folks in our own world and their lived experiences without much thought or respect to “who” takes. Or how we profit as creators while things deemed ‘too fraught’ are left off the page.
Turns out it’s hard work: making a world. Even more so the people who’d shape. And all the particular details and their impact that you have to contemplate.
But it’s worth it, I promise you. As you’ll see today.
We hope you enjoy,
-J
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Hey all,
Today’s episode is part of a conversation I had with my friend, radio expert, and archaeological buff, Ken. You may recognize him from our earlier world-building eps. 2 & 8, “Rambling Man” and “The Unforgiving Tree”, where we first delved into some of the more unusual places in the world of Here Be Tygers.
Since then, I’ve discovered some peculiar (and perhaps, particular) threads about faith and the gods and things that occurred in the “way back, when…”. That I needed to chase to to their unraveling ends. Before, even to me, they could make some kind of sense. So rather than leave all of that behind some polished text, we wanted to use today’s ep to show you how “truths of the world” and the journeys through can be laid from beginnings to ends.
We hope you enjoy,
-J
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Hey all,
My apologies for the delay on this week. I’ve been severely ill since last Thursday, and am still finding it difficult to breathe, much less speak. Today’s episode comes from a world-building series on "how to create a space in which you can create", without fear of what might change or persist, that we ran for our patrons earlier this year.
You’ll probably recognize the first two voices you hear as the neuroscientist, Nic Lori, and my co-host, Dave Herman. They did such a wonderful job of explaining the premise on which everything else proceeds, namely: ‘what if the world evolved to ‘fit’ man instead?’, that we decided right from there to see what else could happen.
We hope you enjoy.
- J
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We’re here today to provide you with a bit of a preface for our upcoming miniseries on the ‘Seven Great Rules to Writing Stories that Sell’. These are things I found myself teaching all the time, so before we go into them, I thought it would be helpful for Dave and I to talk about what to do before you write—a ‘Lesson 0’, if you will.
And how you can shift from a critical (‘what is…?’) state of mind to a more creative (‘what if…?’) one when you’d like. We’ll also share some of the more pernicious tales we tell themselves about why we ‘can’t try’ and what you can do to prove otherwise.
We hope you enjoy
-J
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Hey all,
We’re sharing the rest of our conversation with Kate from “Ignorance was Bliss” today. At first, we’d thought about having it all in one ep, but there was enough of significance, impact, and quality to warrant a different time for the rest.
Above all, “The Stories We Tell Ourselves” is a reflection on the ones that we choose and the ones that we let: how much of our life is decided by them is something we get to decide. And to rewrite. Revise. So I invite you, as you listen to both of the tales shared today—on memory, loss, and of course, time—to think about the ones that /you tell/, of yourself and others as well, and those you’d care to keep in mind.
We hope you enjoy
- J
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Hey all,
For our second convo in the lead up to the “Seven Great Rules” miniseries, we invited Kate Wallinga, a former forensic psychologist, crisis clinician and host of “Ignorance was Bliss.” In our earlier talks with Kate, the notion of how we make sense of our world in order to “get by” came up quite a few times.
So we decided to record a few episodes on the stories we tell ourselves: about the folks that we know, the ones that we don’t, and our own everyday life. And how, if we can let go of the boundaries we used to know, we’ll have the space / time / memory enough for other, more fruitful tales to grow.
We hope you enjoy.
-J
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Hey all,
We’re continuing our lead up to the miniseries on the ‘Seven Great Rules’ that I teach to both creatives and entrepreneurs alike, so that they tales they tell will be true, sincere and come fully to life. With that I mind, I invited facilitator, addiction coach, and author of “If Not You, Then Who?”, Jesse Harless, to the show.
As both an addiction survivor and tireless entrepreneur, he speaks to not only the tales that we tell of our own lives, but also the ones that—as individuals or a society—we decide to live by.
So join us today as we talk about how to recognize your own (or someone else’s) needs, wants and desires and the tales around those that we write.
We hope you enjoy,
-J
Show notes
If you’d like to learn more about Jesse or his work, you can: visit his site - jesseharless.com buy his book - amzn.com/1733531610 or connect with him on Instagram @jesseharless222
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We’re returning this week with our current guest, Matt S., for the second half our conversation on what it means to be a storyteller and why “legacy” —what you provide and where that helps them to arrive—matters for those who create. You’ll also hear us speak quite a bit about your tribe, or ‘those who provide’. These are the folks who are with you for life. Who will go with you on that journey again and again in exchange for those essential currencies of money, information and time.
Why? Because you’ve helped them to reach towards or achieve a better life. And that story, of who they are, what you provide, and where that helped them arrive—be it a solution, a service, even a tale of some ‘other’ world or ‘what might’—is a legacy we can all give, both as creatives and entrepreneurs alike, to our tribe.
- J
To learn more about Matt and his work as a writing coach, you can... Visit his site: https://www.mattselznick.com/ Follow his free serial fiction: https://www.selznick.me/hdacn Review his books: https://www.selznick.me/amazon Or connect with him by Twitter (@mattselznick) or FB and IG (@matthew_wayne_selznick_creates)
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Hey all,
I had to take somewhat of an unexpected break last month. As you may know, my father had been quite ill. And on the 8th of last month, we received word that he had passed away. It is still difficult for me, fully, to articulate what these past few weeks have been like. But I did promise myself that I’d return to the show. That I’d continue to write and to be your guide. So here we are today.
The conversation you’re about to hear is a preface to the miniseries that we’ll launch soon, on the seven rules, reflections or guides that I use to help folks as they write. So I thought it would be fun to invite a fellow coach, advisor and writer, Matt Selznick, to talk about what his work and that process is like. And what—for him—compels, inspires or drives. Our conversation did go on for awhile though, so we’ll share just the first half tonight.
We hope you enjoy.
-J
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Today’s episode is somewhat of a companion piece to the previous one, so if you haven’t listened to that yet, I suggest you give it a go. For those who have, we’ll be continuing our chat with philosopher and medical ethicist, Stephen Herman, about the worlds we perceive, the different lives they allow us to lead, and why we imagine in order to define truths or close to them, reach.
So join us today as we talk about magical lands, Faust, analogies, and how we shape things into beginnings, middles and ends so that we can better make sense of them.
We hope you enjoy,
-J
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In his book, The Origins of Creativity, biologist E.O. Wilson argues for a new way forward: one that embraces both the sciences and the arts (the possible with the conceivable) as a means to achieve a better life in this, and potentially other worlds. So with that vision in mind, I decided to invite my friend, philosopher and medical ethicist, Stephen Herman onto the show.
With the hope, or perhaps intent, that a few smaller discussions--on the search for shared meaning, how language and art ‘represent’, and what the journey to find universal or narrative ‘truths’ is like--can give us some sense of the road that Wilson describes.
We hope you enjoy,
-J
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Hey all,
This is the second half of my conversation with music and audio producer and coach, Steven Leavitt, for his show The Language of Creativity. In the last episode, we talked about the stories we create and how we so often attach ourselves to them and why, in our work, play and everyday life.
So for today, we’ll continue from that note into not only the tale that I write, but how I learn from that journey and what it entailed both the how and for whom I provide.
I hope you enjoy
-J
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Hey all,
For today’s ep (and the next), we’re going to change things up a little by sharing a conversation I had with my friend Steven Leavitt on his show, The Language of Creativity.
Steven and I both work with a number of creatives in our everyday life. So we wanted to dispel a few myths about what that can be like, from where and how ‘art’ is derived, to the ways that our stories emerge—fiction or not—from the truths we define. And like many tales, we go on a bit of a yarn at first—though it all comes together in the end.
We hope you enjoy.
-J
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We often talk on the show about how and when things begin, so I thought it would be useful today to discuss where they end: when all the truths of your tale lead to a certain place, when all the work that you do helps folks to arrive where they’d like to—in their work, in their life, in their play—and in a better state.
But what makes an ending ‘good’, makes it right, makes you and your market, audience or tribe feel like you’ve arrived, that ‘this, here, is fine’ at the end of the journey that together you’ll take? That it’s clear. And inevitable. That you know why. So join us today, as we talk about endings, what makes them satisfying, and how even the change of a beat—at the right time—can delight, make us treasure, or feel surprised.
I hope you enjoy.
-J
Show Notes
- The Empire Strikes Back: how the ending was changed to better clarify
- Esquire on Catharsis in film, narrative and online
- Screenwriter Ronald D. Moore on what he had planned for Battlestar Galactica’s four-hour end Jojo Rabbit, the last scene
- The Life Aquatic as a modern Moby Dick
- The origins (and intent) to Frankenstein Captain Fantastic, living Walden 2 or Peter Pan, a review
- Breaking Bad’s “Felina”, and the tales it parallels Rutger Hauer‘s final soliloquy in Blade Runner
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Hey all,
This was a somewhat surreal episode for me to return to after we recorded it in what seems such a long time ago (back in 2016). I usually save these for later in the season, but Covid as of late has been cruel to my family and my dad’s back in the hospital with leukemia, so...it’s put me in bit of a reflective state, I suppose.
I mentioned before, in season one, that I’d have my longtime friend, the neuroscientist Nicolas Lori, on at some point in the show. This is this first—and just a part—of our conversation on Karl Schroeder’s Lockstep, a science fiction novel about time, the economy, and the hard choices that we make in life: though in truth it is more of a meditation or delve into notions of self, consciousness, mind and the sorts of gods we construct to make sense of ourselves—or give reasons for the sublime.
So join us today as we give pause for a moment to everyday life, to see how one artist perceived our future could be like.
I hope you enjoy.
-J
Show notes
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Guardian article on The Paradise Papers
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Scientific American interview with philosopher
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Susan Schneider on The Singularity and Transhumanism
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Two different meditations, by Lapham’s Quarterly and Brain Pickings, on the Ship of Theseus
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David Brin’s Kiln People
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The rules governing who can vote in the US, as of 2020
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Margaret Atwood on writing The Handmaid’s Tale
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Collection of Science articles on skin tone origins and diversity in Africa
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Lockstep, by Karl Schroeder
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Smithsonian on Blade Runner and blurring boundaries of personhood
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What happens when Conan the Barbarian finally meets Crom
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Joining today: storyteller, game developer and Head of Marketing and Community at Multiverse, Lisa Trott
Hey all,
A fan of the show introduced us to Multiverse, an online video game platform, a few months ago. Since then, we’ve worked with the development team on a number of episodes; which reflects our shared interest, I think, on how stories are told, the means to create, and why worth follows from the lives that we help people make.
So join us today as we talk with Lisa Trott, the Head of Marketing and Community at Multiverse, about interactive games, why folks become a part of your tribe, and building a world that’s for both creatives and entrepreneurs alike.
-J
Show Notes
Pandemic fuels video game industry worth vs sports and film in 2020 Fortnite, Minecraft and the need for shared space in a digital first age
The Hechinger Report, lessons on digital literacy and remote learning from a refugee camp
Environmental storytelling: an overview by Escapist magazine
To learn more about Multiverse, the team, and all the things they create with their market, audience and tribe, you can go to: playmultiverse.com
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Hey all, We’ll be back soon with an incredible season full of new guests (plus those that you’ve met before), fantastic tales, and some dedicated time to questions, ideas and insights on how to use storytelling in your work, play, and everyday life. Oh, and don’t forget to follow us at our new home on @csuiteradio. -J Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/herebetygers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Hey all, This episode was mostly a lark with a few fans of our shows, who wanted a little reprieve from this year and the ways that it sometimes goes. So we decided to watch some movies, games and television shows that were great (and others less so) while we were waiting for new audio gear... And to share a little bit of the levity for which both our end-of-the-year episodes and sibling shows, The Geekly Oddcast and Odder Worlds, are known. We hope you enjoy, - J Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/herebetygers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Hey all, As we wind the year down, we wanted to give you a taste of what some our future episodes will be like. Starting in Season 2, we’ll provide you with three different kinds of conversation on how you can use storytelling to teach, entertain and guide the folks in your work, play and everyday life. During our Interview or Teach episodes, we’ll talk to Creative Entrepreneurs about how to reach out to your market, audience and tribe, connect what you make to what they want out of life, and the trust, impact and legacy that provides. For the Performance or Entertain episodes, we’ll invite other Creators onto the show to explore what makes for not just a good but the best stories, fiction or not; and how they compel, inspire or drive us towards a better life. Lastly, in our Workshop or Guide episodes, we’ll provide Creatives and Entrepreneurs alike with the tools, ideas and resources they need to find their tale, make it come to life, and bring what they’ve learned (or would share) back to their tribe. And throughout it all, of course, we’ll talk about Why Stories Sell (or, if you like, drive / inspire / compel). We hope you enjoy. - J
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Hey all, This is the second half of our conversation on the ‘four essential beats of narrative’: namely, the sad, funny, beautiful and weird. They’re not the only beats that matter, of course. But they often give, direction, flow or a shape to the moments that hold us captive or impact us the greatest. And though we may start with a fairly deep exploration of one of our favorite storytellers, Hayao Miyazaki, the foundational tropes, motifs and narrative elements he plays with—the loss of innocence or exuberant certainty, and the maturity gained in the presence of challenges we must face—are present to some extent in all of the works, from fantastic to horror to literary classics, that we discuss today. As for the ending? Well, we had to leave a little time yet to play. So join us as we see what happens when we have only a title, “Death Leaves Us Stranded”, and a premise as strange. We hope you enjoy. - J
Show notes • Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli’s filmography • Katabasis, “descent to the underworld” in folklore and myth • Silver Linings Playbook, movie clip playlist • The Secret War of Lisa Simpson, “what is truth?” • Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by the Seattle Symphony • Frankenstein, his Monster, and the stories we make from them • The Thing, final scene • Rappacini’s Daughter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne • Virginia Wolf’s Tothe Lighthouse • Director Hideo Kojima on his recent game Death Stranding
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Hey all, What you’re about to hear is the first half of a much longer conversation on the four essential beats of narrative and how storytellers have used them both now and in the past to compel, inspire, repulse or attract. As you listen, I invite you to think of your favorite stories—fiction or not—and why they’ve had such an impact. Then consider the most powerful moments you’re reminded of, and how you were moved from the first beat to the last. Oh and this was recorded during my recovery from cervical spine surgery. So if you hear a bit of a lisp at times (due to a few numbed or dead nerves), that’s why. I hope you enjoy. - J
Show Notes • Everything’s Coming up Podcast, now Round Springfield! • The former Cinefamily movie theater • Den of Geek on The Adventures of Pete and Pete • The Color out of Space, by HP Lovecraft; now a movie starring Nicholas Cage • The Caves of Steel series by Aasimov • Some iconic action films mentioned: Terminator 2, The Matrix, Die Hard, Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars, Jimmy Stewart in The Naked Spur • Screenwriting guru, Syd Field • Film director Jean Renoir • Joe Satriani gives private lesson to a contest winner • The Story of John Cage’s 4 minutes and 33 seconds; The Lemon (short film) • Up opening montage , script to screen
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Joining today: two of the three Brothers Herman, engineer Dave and medical ethicist & philosopher Steven, with all of their knowledge combined
Xenobiology. Astrobiology. And all of the fictional kinds. The worlds we imagine, define, are teeming to full with strange and unusual life: beings who either don’t follow the rules that we know—or out of necessity create new order in their time. But how do you make them seem real, do you ground our encounters with them in the world(s) that you write? How do you know what they think, hear, feel, would convey of their own deep, ineffable mind? Join us today as we touch on a few of your fictional favorites like the fae, alien kinds, and artificial beings or life that only in the uncanny valley can survive. And the numinous fear, sense of majesty or plain awe that we feel at meeting that which we cannot describe.
- J
Show Notes
Descartes, “I think therefore I am...”
Hobbes defining the second law of motion
NASA research on exobiology
Tardigrades as Star Trek Discovery power source
Parasite Eve and mitochondria
Recapitulation Theory
Wayne Barlowe’s Expedition
Khan Academy on Phenotypic plasticity
Prometheus and “a wizard did it...”
Lovecraft’s xenophobia
Octavia Butler’s Dawn
John Scalzi, Old Man’s War
The Coldfire Trilogy, by C.S. Friedman
“I have no mouth and I must scream”, by Harlan Ellison
The convoluted lore of Neon Genesis Evangelion
Lord Dunsany’s Gods of Pegana
The Uncanny Valley
Dragonriders of Pern, by Anne McCaffrey
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Joining today: intuitive healer, animal whisperer / human guide, and host of Motivational Addict, Julie Saillant
Although animals feature prominently is many of the stories we tell—as fully detailed characters with their own folklore and lives, as other peoples or tribes within the world(s) where we dwell, and even sometimes as a proxy for ourselves—we often find it hard, ‘in real life’, to know what they’re thinking as well. But every so often we can hear, gain a sense, for what goes on the mind of the creatures who give us a hoof, gentle claw or long thoughtful sigh: perhaps to remind us that this is their world, their home and their life too; and that maybe—just maybe—it would be nice if we picked up a bit from our sties. Join us today as we talk with intuitive healer and animal whisperer / human guide Julie Saillant about our friends of all stripes and the moments they ask for or provide us with kindness. - J
Show Notes
Veterinarian James Herriot’s memoir, All Creatures Great and Small
A few recent studies on the emotional intelligence of horses
2018 Study, published in Nature, on cross-modal perception of human emotion in domestic horses
Experimental use of medically induced comas in the treatment of severe depression
You can follow Julie’s show, Motivational Addict on her site or through Google, Apple and Spotify.
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Joining today: engineer, pop culture critic, and host of Odder Worlds, Dave Herman
Why do we stop? Cease to continue with the things that we love, that we create? That keep us up in the morning, at odd hours, throughout our everyday? Confusion. Inertia. Fear of what’s still to come—or yet may. If you want to create, as a hobby, profession, form of personal expression or as the eminent biologist E.O. Wilson might say, to live in a not-as-of-yet fully inhabited space—then you’ll know what it’s like to feel overwhelmed by the things that you make. Or by what they both want and need in order to be sustained. So we’re going to talk about fears today. And how, one step at a time, we can turn those shivers you feel in your feet everyday to a walk to a trot to a leap down the road that leads to ‘what may...?’.
And, if you’d like some help with any of that right now, you can go to https://www.20minutestobrilliance.com/tygers to sign up for your complimentary session today. - J
Show Notes
two different takes on Peter S. Beagle’s The Last Unicorn
George MacDonald’s “The Fantastic Imagination” on Project Gutenberg and read aloud by author Jess Lederman
Writer’s Digest interview with novelist N.K. Jemisin on what being a creator today is like
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In the first half my conversation with Dave, we talked about the four elements of narrative pacing: the premise, your beats, what the audience ‘sees’ and where those should lead. Today we’ll take a deeper look into the heart of things, or rather, ‘the heart of the scene’: that moment from which all of your beats will drive to or flow. This ‘heart’, as we’ll show, usually taps into what a character cherishes, wants or desires above all else (even in a slight way), reveals some truth of the world, or brings some nuance or insight on either to light. It’s also why I like to say that in the stories we write, there’s no such thing as ‘a lunch of dry toast’; not when you can find so many wonderful things in even the smallest or quietest scene—you just need to ask yourself ‘what if...?’ and see where that goes. - J
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Joining today: humorist, game maker and the host of Odder Worlds, David Herman There’s a moment in every story’s life where it will go a different way than the one you had in mind. When that’s done well, it can lead to a great or even wondrous surprise. But sometimes the premise, the beats, and the end destination just don’t align: what you expect doesn’t lead anywhere, the moments that should have been are not there, or you don’t know how—at this place—you’ve arrived. What do you do when the tale that you’re trying to write, when the pacing you’d need (or perhaps like) doesn’t fit within the inevitabilities that you find? Join us today for the first half of our conversation on a few tales that we’ve engaged with or made and how they create, sustain (and sometimes break) narrative flow. - J
Show Notes
Infamous, the game: a five minute summary for those who haven’t played
Prototype, cutscenes and gameplay
An earlier piece I wrote on Character Development
Hogfather review by Lunarian Press
The Little Matchstick Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
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Joining today: filmmaker, documentarian, and Executive producer of Alive Inside, Michael Rosatto-Bennett
I’ve held on to this interview for awhile. I had plenty of reasons: it was old, it was too noisy, it was live; I wasn’t sure of where it would go—none of them ‘right’. But that’s the funny thing about grace. It doesn’t come when you’d like, just in the moments between; when you listen, you wait, you hold something too small on its own to survive.
Our guest today has a few stories about forgiveness and change, transformation and sacrifice. And those moments between when you find, as the celebrated mystic and poet, Khalil Gibran, of the wisest (and blind) man should write: "I am an astronomer.”
His hand to his breast.
"I watch all these suns and moons and stars.”
- J
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Joining today: William Howell, Senior Creative and Multimedia Producer for the Institute for Human & Machine Cognition, and Mark Daniel, a research associate at IHMC and their exoskeleton pilot
Earlier this year, I had a chance to meet with two remarkable people: IHMC’s Mark Daniel and Billy Howell. They’d just finished speaking at the Podfest Expo in Orlando, where they presented a machine—a part of the team’s collaborative research—that could help a man to his feet, that could give to his legs, to his knees that ability to, again, work. Having watched my own father struggle with such things after a brutal car accident, with where the one step should lead or how the body should turn, it was incredible to see and to hear how much we’ve learned in just a few short years. But the science here is only one half of the story: the other is a tale of friendship, compassion, and indomitable spirit. One that I don’t want to spoil too much of before you listen to it as I did, for the first time. Oh, and this episode was recorded live, so it might have the occasional quirk or surprise. -J
To learn more about IHMC, you can visit their site, subscribe to their video channel, or listen to their award-winning podcast, STEM Talk. You can also support their exoskeleton project or contact the team directly at: https://helpquix.org. You can follow our shows on Twitter @BrothersHerman and @jcertherealist.
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Joining today: practicing evangelical, Masters of Divinity in spiritual formation, and the host of Halfway There, Eric Nevins The words around ‘faith’—that belief in numinous, the eternal, the ethereal, the strange—are often fraught with our own experience of how others would frame it. There are dogmas and proofs, liturgies, claims; but the journey we take is a personal one—sometimes with great struggle or of uncertain length. For Eric Nevins, a practicing evangelical, Masters of Divinity in spiritual formation, and the host of Halfway There—a show about ordinary Christians who sometimes feel lost or ‘on their way’—that journey began with learning to listen; to tell the difference between knowledge and wisdom, between love and intractable certitude—between the questions intended to guide and those meant to dissuade. So join us today as we talk about magic and miracles, art, science and faith, and the many, many ways that a truth reveals its shape. - J
Show Notes
Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
Guardian article on Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses and the fatwa issued against him
Film critic Alissa Wilkinson on the evangelical movement & Harry Potter
Journalist Rozina Ali on the challenges of translating Rumi without mentioning Islam by name
Rami Shapiro’s modern take on Ecclesiastes, The Way of Solomon
Can I Say This At Church, Seth Price’s podcast on faith, religion and soul
Eric’s show, Halfway There, is available on his site, Twitter (@EricDNevinsJr) and Instagram (@eric_nevins). For more information on the Christian podcasting membership services and site he just launched, go to https://www.rocketpodcast.co/.
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Joining today: former Air Force colonel, Health Coach and stage-four ovarian cancer survivor, Deanna Won
How do you choose—do you define—who you are and what to do when you have only a month left to ‘your time’? When the doctors describe to you symptoms, procedures and what your few weeks in hospice will be like? For Deanna Won, a former military colonel, scientist and trained fighter, that decision to want, to survive, to take back her autonomy, chase her dreams, regain her life started with one simple moment: “This cancer is not me, but it is mine.”
Oh, and this wasn’t planned, but the Hebrew word for 18 is chai, as in “l’chaim” the cheer or phrase for ‘to life!’.
- J
Show Notes
Rami Shapiro’s take on Ecclesiastes, The Way of Solomon
Gam Zeh Ya’avor or “This Too Shall Pass”, on Breaking Matzo
Works by or about Pierre Teilhard de Chardin on the Internet Archive
The Institute for Integrative Nutrition
Remembering Oliver Sacks, RadioLab episode
Rabbi Elliot R. Kukla on ‘choosing life’
To learn more about Deanna, her work as a health coach, and how she partners with your support team to provide you with care, you can visit her site or follow her on YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram @deannawon.
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Joining today: Julia Perch, a Russian-American psychiatrist, illustrator and writer of the upcoming novel, Umbra Julia and I first met in an online writing group, where she confessed that she was struggling with some friends and family who felt that her story was either a work of witchcraft or inspired by the devil. As a tremendous believer in the power of dreams, imagination, and what lives on in the emptiest places of our minds, this hurt her deeply. But still, she was inspired to write; to share the new and weird spaces that her characters occupied. So join us tonight for a conversation on surreal fiction, Otherness, character ‘arks’ and archetypes, and how the languages we speak can affect the tales that we write.
- J
Show Notes
Paris in the Twentieth Century, by Jules Verne
Butler-Bowdon’s summary on the Collective Unconscious and Jungian Archetypes
Ebert’s review of The Twelve Chairs, with Dom Deluise, Ron Moody, and Frank Langella
The State of Weird, by Helen Marshall, a brief historical review and essay on the genre
A History of God, by Karen Armstrong; N. Katherine Hayles is the author of How We Became Posthuman and related texts, which you might find fascinating as well
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As promised, we return this month with the second half (and finale!) to our adventures in Microscope: a storytelling game about all the ‘big things’ that happen and the smaller scenes between. So join us tonight as our mad flight resumes with multiple clones, flavors of ice cream, androids, and the consumption of our would-be saviors. - J
Show Notes • “The Girl from Ipanema”, orig. by Antônio Carlos Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes; performed by NOVA • Rules for playing Microscope with your crew, family or team • How to make your own Neapolitan Ice Cream Cake • “Memo to Human Resources”, by They Might Be Giants • How to know if you’re an android: on Rossum's Universal Robots
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Occasionally, Dave, Pablo, sometimes Stephen, and I get up to shenanigans. This is one of those times. Microscope is a game of what’s true and not right about the world. And what follows from that, as a tale—as a narrative—that we define. Or at least it should be, in practice, in theory. Until we tried. With apologies to candy, teeth, Star Wars/Trek, Battlestar Galactica, androids and anything else that I forgot tonight. Here’s the first half of what happens when we make a soon-to-be-real tale of migration come to life. We hope you enjoy, (...and stay subscribed ;p) Oh and just a heads up: this episode is mostly raw and unfiltered, hence the R rating this time. - J
Show Notes
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Joining today: entertainer, co-host of The Geekly Oddcast, and host of Odder Worlds, David Herman What if an advent was something left behind by the gods, as proof that your gift had been recognized? Or currencies an acknowledgement of the relationship between those of great need and those with great power or verve? If what you were worth was measured not by success but the work? We’ve spoken before about what makes an ‘earth’. But the things that make that work—currencies, faith, presence, the ‘rules’ of the world—deserve their own light. So join us tonight as we talk about building roads, the internet, pamphleteering and the printing press. And then maybe, in what little time is left, on that rarest of elusive pigments: Kobold blue.
We hope you enjoy. - J
Show Notes • “The Revolutionary Power of the Black Panther”, by Jamil Smith • Themes, values and motifs related to the weregild • “Maitreya and the Wheel-turning King”, a translation • A short history in Blue: cobalt, indigo, and the porcelain trade • Fordite or “Detroit Agate”, featured in a collection of watches • The rules to Steve Wallace’s “No Country for Old Kobolds”
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Hey all, Sometimes life is weird. And sometimes it goes strange. And sometimes you just have to sift through them both to see what new and unusual things you can make. Fortunately, we’re at a point now where I can describe that shape: Long story short, Here Be Tygers is growing again. We’ll still be on Patreon, but you’ll see and hear both some new and a few more familiar faces. That’s right. Starting today, you can find Here Be Tygers, Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, and The Geekly Oddcast/Odder Worlds all in one place. This means that—with your support—we’ll be able to do more, create more, provide you with more: including livestreams, exclusive or early-access content, and Patron requested episodes. It might take some time, sure. But we’ll be happy to have you with us as we go. - J, Nic, Tom and Dave
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Joining today: Eddie Turner, a professional coach, host of Keep Leading, and author of 140 Simple Messages To Guide Emerging Leaders
Back in 2016, before Here Be Tygers was ever a name to this show, I started Jam Sessions as a sort of informal chat with folks about who they are, what they do and where they wanted to go. Eddie was gracious enough to be our first guest and to this day I remain grateful to him for helping me onto a path where I could do the work that I love with people I know. So here’s one last look to the past—on how folks tend to be more impressed by grey hair in leadership than in tech—before we return in September with a new episode on world building, currencies, and the things that we value most. I hope you enjoy. - J
Show Notes To learn more about Eddie or his work as a facilitator, speaker and coach, you can visit his site or follow his podcast, Keep Leading, on Apple, Stitcher and iHeartRadio.
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Joining today: author Lilibet Snellings, author of BOX GIRL: My Part-Time Job as an Art Installation (from Soft Skull Press) and the funniest person you know with MS The first thing I remember from my initial call to Lilibet was her talent for setting the dramatic to a well-lit narrative; one where all the places and players are carefully examined, illustrated, and given vibrancy by their all-too-human quips (we also share an addiction to bulleted lists and numbered collections, handwritten notes and a continued affection for the late cinema sage, Syd Field). The second, was her immediate—and sincere—reply when I asked: “What was it like to spend part of your life on exhibit?”
- J
Show Notes
You can learn more about Lilibet’s work on her website or talk with her directly on Twitter as well.
This piece and episode first appeared in an interview for The Huffington Post, which you can read here.
For more information, and a proper view of The Standard Hotel’s Box installation, you can also read Paper Magazine’s article from last year.
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Joining today: digital modeler for Blue Sky Studios, teacher and panelist on Diverse Toons, Andre Rodriguez It’s easy to imagine a story: the decisions, mistakes, and sacrifices that can drive someone. And so much harder to survive, forgive, outlast the ‘character’ we can become in another person’s life. But what happens when the world we live in decides that for us? When we try to escape the lines, the tales that other people would define us by? How do we, as Andre would say, ‘find our square’—that one specific place where who we are resides? And when do we fight back? As it turns out, even our conversations about imagined worlds are bound by the lives we’ve had. And that the fictions we invent or act upon can often become too real. -J
Show Notes For some of Andre’s most recent work, you can visit his personal site, hear the new album, Ravenous by BTB, that he co-produced, or watch the official trailer for Spies in Disguise. You can also speak with him in person at the next BlerdCityCon on July 13th as a part DiverseToons’ “Black in Animation” panel. Like what you hear and want to show your support? Leave a review on your app of choice or subscribe to our Patreon site.
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Joining today: journalist and co-author of Conquering the Electron: the Geniuses, Visionaries, Egomaniacs, and Scoundrels who Built our Electronic Age, Eric Brach
Most of the crew is off and away for the holidays, so I thought it might be a fun treat to revisit one of my earliest episodes from a previous show. Back then, I was focused almost entirely on authors and their work. So I created In Character to reflect how the people who write our favorite stories often have unusual tales of their own.
Eric was an awesome first guest to have on the show: full of thoughts and insights on the technological wizards who gave us power (as well as our constant expectation for new devices and growth).
- J
You can follow Eric online at Twitter (@ebrachwrites) or Instagram (@brachobama). You can also find his book, Double Lives: True Tales of Crime Next Door, on Amazon.com and other online stores. Like what you hear and want to show your support? Leave a review on your app of choice or subscribe to our Patreon site.
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Joining today: author, essay writer, and advocate for mental health and criminal justice reform, Dave Geiger Not every life goes according to ‘the plan’: be it God’s, some shadowy conspirator’s, or our own expectations at the time. We like to think in those moments—when we’re asked to change, to ‘do what’s right’, and revise our plans—that what we see and feel and act upon is irrefutable, or at the least, something we can rely on. But what happens, and how do we define ourselves, when our own mind can no longer tell us what’s real—or just a shadow we’ve devised? In the Matter of Edwin Potter is one man, Dave Geiger’s, attempt to describe what happened when an undiagnosed mental illness devoured his family and life and his journey to find meaning, purpose and value in the aftermath of one terrible night.
- J
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Joining today: longtime friend and fan of sci-fi, horror and Picard, Ken Hurt. Sometimes, the world of Here Be Tygers is a kind, forgiving place. And sometimes, it’s an evening or night away from the fires that ‘those who dream too much’ cannot escape. On today’s episode, Ken and I talk about what it’s like to give a part of your world it’s own sense of time and space—before the story or your main characters arrive there. From places fantastic to the more mundane aspects of daily life, we’ll take a look at what remains, play with some new ideas, and see how the people in a strange land survive. Please note, there are quite a few spoilers this time: both for my book and a few other series. So for those of you who prefer to be surprised, you’ll want to skip ahead from 51:56 to our final break at 63:02 (don’t worry, we give you a countdown). Do be sure to stay for the space whale, though. - J
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Joining today: creator of Phables, Greystone Inn, and Evil Inc, writer of The Webcomics Handbook, and host of ComicLab, Brad Guigar Brad and I met at a Patreon live event earlier this year and within the first five minutes I knew we had to invite him. He’s full of stories and advice; just the kind of people we like. And he’s had quite the interesting career: from newspaper apprentice and early webcomic writer (think Geocities, Angelfire) to successful creator, mentor, advisor and Eisner Award nominee. So join us as we talk about the pressures of time and change, what your fans and Patrons can inspire, and how to define success as an independent writer. - J
Like what you hear and want to see more of what I write? Leave a review on your app of choice or show your support on my Patreon. You can also find Brad online at his Patreon site, Evil-Inc.com, Instagram (@bradguigar) and Twitter (@guigar). The Magician, written & performed by Immersive Music Kudos to @BrothersHerman for the final edits. Here Be Tygers is now a proud member of The ESO Network. Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/herebetygers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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And we’re back! Hope you all enjoyed the break while we set things up at our new home. Last time, Dave and I talked about a few of our favorite tales and how they pull the reader in right from the beginning. So now we’ll share a few of our own, mostly from actual play or in-real-time storytelling games: the kind where the players can decide their own fate, the characters take on a strange life, and failures, mistakes, and the unexpected, shared delight can lead to a surprising change. What will you do when the ‘golden opportunity’ that you’ve been waiting for finds you? And will you care if it drools, has an impervious scale hide, or a nano-carbon fanged bite? — J Like what you hear and want to see more of what I write? Leave a review or show your support on Patreon. You can find the show notes there as well. And of course, if you’d like to be on Tygers or have an idea for an episode, feel free to write us at: feedusyourtales@herebetygers.com ‘Noah’s Stark’, written & performed by krackatoa krackatoa.com Kudos to @BrothersHerman for the final edits. Here Be Tygers is now a proud member of The ESO Network. Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/herebetygers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Joining today: frequent guest and Odder Worlds host, David Herman of TheBrothersHerman. Though it may seem odd, the starting point of any tale we devise is often the hardest to find. Sometimes it helps to see what other bodies of work have done well (or not) and why. And sometimes we wander off into the wilds of the stuff we like before we talk about the tools, ideas and techniques we’ve tried. - J
Like what you hear and want to see more of what I write? Leave a review or show your support on Patreon. You can find the show notes there as well. (Noah’s Stark) written & performed by krackatoa krackatoa.com Kudos to @BrothersHerman for the final edits. Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/herebetygers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Joining today: short story and horror writer, Matt Quinn, and author of The Thing in The Woods. What happens when you allow a writer to take revenge on his fictional hometown? We talk with Matt about the Southern aesthetic, his love for monsters and splatter effects, and the many celebrities he would cast. I had a rather severe bout of bronchitis when we recorded this, so please forgive any unusual sounds that might be present.
- J
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Joining today: Two-thirds of The Brothers Herman and Geekly Oddcast hosts, Stephen and Dave
What can I say? We sang a lot of Joni Mitchell and Jefferson Airplane when I was a child (I believe White Rabbit was my favorite). And yes, that is a title shout to some antesocial programming language. Sadly, the time lapse of our terrestrial efforts perished on that same day; though one artist’s rendering of the attempt yet remains.
Which leaves us with an interesting question: did those who dream too much fold some (or most) of the world away?
- J
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Joining today: Sci-fi, horror, and wrestling fan, and also my friend of over two decades, Ken H.
“Confusion,” as my screenwriting professor, Syd Field, used to say, “is the first step toward clarity.” Well that and, “the act of writing is like that of surfing: first, you have to catch the wave...” After which, he paused and let us contemplate.
”And then?” We asked. To which he paused again, then stared at us, and laughed.
“I was hoping one of you could fill in the rest.”
Sometimes it’s easy to be lost within the details of what happens. And it takes another voice to ask: “Why not let this scene just be a chapter?”
- J
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Joining today: my longtime friends and two-thirds of our gaming group, David Herman (of The Geekly Oddcast and @BrothersHerman) and Pablo DiFerrari
We were rather punchy when we started this (12am) and supremely so by the end (at 2am). Nevertheless, we prevailed and had ourselves a grand old time by a coffee table with the ends of my world, a giant rock, and the sorts of folk of who would survive them.
Oh, and there might be spoilers.
I hope you enjoy. - J
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