Explore every episode of the podcast The Orpheus Protocol
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| Lore, Lyres, and Liars: The Thief's Tale | 04 Aug 2025 | 00:49:32 | |
In which Ben, Dan, Lilit, and Rob discuss The Thief's Tale arc of Season 3. | |||
| Episode 323: Reckonings Part III | 28 Jul 2025 | 01:06:08 | |
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: Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: 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. | |||
| Moving Houses | 26 May 2025 | 00:02:03 | |
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| Episode 322: Reckonings Part II | 21 May 2025 | 01:04:43 | |
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:
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| Episode 321: Reckonings Part I | 12 May 2025 | 01:03:14 | |
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:
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| Rainfall: Session 2 (Broden, Jayd, Blair) | 05 May 2025 | 01:02:25 | |
***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!*** | |||
| Rainfall: Session 1 (Broden, Jayd, Blair) | 28 Apr 2025 | 01:37:14 | |
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| David Lynch Tribute Part III - Mulholland Drive | 21 Apr 2025 | 00:49:39 | |
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. | |||
| David Lynch Tribute Part II - Twin Peaks | 14 Apr 2025 | 01:02:54 | |
In which Rob and Lilit discuss Rob's favorite TV program. | |||
| David Lynch Tribute Part I - Eraserhead | 07 Apr 2025 | 00:34:30 | |
In which Rob and Lilit discuss David Lynch's first feature film. | |||
| Updates and Roadmap | 31 Mar 2025 | 00:15:46 | |
Rob has a frankly unwieldy freight of announcements to share. | |||
| Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Pilgrimage | 24 Mar 2025 | 00:59:32 | |
In which Ben, Dan, Rob, Lilit, and Nick discuss the Pilgrimage arc of Season 3. | |||
| Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Diaspora | 17 Mar 2025 | 00:58:09 | |
In which Ben, Rob, and Dan discuss the Diaspora Arc of Season 3. | |||
| Episode 320: Megastructure Part VIII | 10 Mar 2025 | 01:07:55 | |
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: Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: 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.
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| Episode 319: Megastructure Part VII | 26 Feb 2025 | 00:50:18 | |
Mitch, Faolan, and Ishmael are challenged by the 6th and 7th Expressions, putting their strength and teamwork to a lethal test. Music: Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, provided no community medical emergencies have taken Rob too much away from their desk. | |||
| Episode 318: Megastructure Part VI | 17 Feb 2025 | 00:51:12 | |
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: Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, provided no community medical emergencies have taken Rob too much away from their desk. | |||
| Episode 317: Megastructure Part V | 29 Jan 2025 | 01:13:41 | |
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:
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| Lore, Lyres, and Liars: City on Fire | 20 Jan 2025 | 00:57:57 | |
In which Ben, Dan, and Rob discuss the City on Fire arc of Season 3. | |||
| Episode 316: Megastructure Part IV | 13 Jan 2025 | 00:54:24 | |
Ishmael, awakened in a place beyond imagination from a dream(?) beyond memory, must battle a god within the heart of its power. Music: Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, provided no community medical emergencies have taken Rob too much away from their desk. | |||
| Episode 315: Megastructure Part III | 30 Dec 2024 | 00:54:48 | |
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: Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, provided no community medical emergencies have taken Rob too much away from their desk. | |||
| Episode 314: Megastructure Part II | 23 Dec 2024 | 00:49:26 | |
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: Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: 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. | |||
| 8th Anniversary Q&A Special | 09 Dec 2024 | 01:36:02 | |
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. | |||
| Episode 313: Megastructure Part I | 02 Dec 2024 | 00:59:44 | |
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. Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: 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.
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| Q&A Last Call | 29 Nov 2024 | 00:00:54 | |
The 8th anniversary Q&A special is nearly upon us. Questions must be sent to orpheusprotocol@gmail.com by the end of Saturday, November 30 to make the cut. Happy questioning. | |||
| Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Parting of Ways | 18 Nov 2024 | 00:47:14 | |
In which Ben and Rob discuss the Parting of Ways Arc of Season 3. | |||
| Concerning Current Events | 08 Nov 2024 | 00:06:18 | |
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| Episode 312: War Anthems Part III | 05 Nov 2024 | 01:20:57 | |
Ishmael, Tess, and the members of 401 (I'm Not O)K must seek the dark secret that writhes at the core of the Benjamin Weiss estate. And some among them will learn that no such secrets are delved without leaving something of oneself behind. Music: Three Chain Links - Demons Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: 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. | |||
| Episode 311: War Anthems Part II | 28 Oct 2024 | 01:13:18 | |
Sanctity has returned, and the members of 401 (I'm Not O)K are left to contend with how they feel about that. The DAS Long-Range Cell has largely disintegrated, and Ishmael and Tess must now decide how they are to proceed and survive. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Feverish Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: 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. | |||
| Episode 310: War Anthems Part I | 21 Oct 2024 | 00:59:41 | |
The DAS long-range cell, together with 401(I'm Not O)K, flee the clash between Necrolord Joey and the newborn Expression, so as not to be crushed underfoot. Music Credits: 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. | |||
| Taking a Breath | 09 Oct 2024 | 00:02:05 | |
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| Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Rescue | 30 Sep 2024 | 00:54:26 | |
In which Ben and Rob discuss the Rescue Arc of Season 3. | |||
| Episode 309: Oblivion Part IX | 23 Sep 2024 | 00:42:04 | |
Mitch is pulled into the spider's den, and Faolan must catch up before Long-Legged Larry consumes his greatest ever meal. And elsewhere, something unspeakable smiles from behind another's eyes... Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour
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| Episode 308: Oblivion Part VIII | 09 Sep 2024 | 00:52:52 | |
Mitch and Faolan navigate the halls of the Chester Mental Health center, increasingly convinced that something deeply unnatural has occured on the site-- even beyond the evil they tracked here. And their investigation of the somehow spiritually unclean building sees them stepping onto a stage they do not yet understand. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: 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. | |||
| Episode 307: Oblivion Part VII | 26 Aug 2024 | 00:56:48 | |
The would-be rescue of Mitch and Faolan by Danny chambers is swiftly cast into doubt by the wrath of the Mnemophage. And elsewhere in Chester, a terrible new facet of the ongoing eldritch crisis bears its first fruits. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: 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.
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| Episode 306: Oblivion Part VI | 19 Aug 2024 | 00:54:49 | |
Newly reunited, Mitch and Faolan must find a way to defend themselves and the gathered civilians from the threat of the Mnemophage long enough to concoct an escape plan.
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| Physical Rewards | 06 Aug 2024 | 00:01:13 | |
I need some shipping addresses, and t shirt sizes, people | |||
| Lore, Lyres, and Liars: City of Fear | 29 Jul 2024 | 01:09:47 | |
In which Ben, Dan, and Rob discuss the City of Fear Arc of Season 3. | |||
| Episode 305: Oblivion Part V | 22 Jul 2024 | 00:48:50 | |
The library burns, and the man who set the fire did so as an act of defiance-- against the closest thing mankind has to a benevolent god.
Now in command of his full memories and strength, Mitch draws Excalibur to face down a fated enemy.
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| Episode 304: Oblivion Part IV | 15 Jul 2024 | 00:54:08 | |
Mitch awakens to discover the situation has worsened. The struggle to stop the school from being overrun becomes more desperate as the night deepens... Music Credits: Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: 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. | |||
| Episode 303: Oblivion Part III | 01 Jul 2024 | 00:57:17 | |
Chester High School is put under siege by a deadly swarm of arachnids, whose behavior demands more than a simply naturalistic explanation. Music Credits: Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: 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. | |||
| Episode 302: Oblivion Part II | 24 Jun 2024 | 00:57:12 | |
Did this night follow that day? Or are we all forgetting something? Something is wrong here in Chester-- everyone feels it, even if nobody knows it. Music Credits: Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: 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. | |||
| A Eulogy | 13 Jun 2024 | 00:11:44 | |
Here's why the delay was longer than expected. If the next episode doesn't come out this coming Monday, it will come out the Monday after that. I'm grieving, but as they say, the show must go on. | |||
| Delay/Health Update, the Sequel | 01 Jun 2024 | 00:00:50 | |
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| Episode 301: Oblivion Part I | 27 May 2024 | 00:48:38 | |
A pleasant Spring day in Chester, Illinois. Music Credits: Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: 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.
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| Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Advent | 06 May 2024 | 00:54:14 | |
In which Ben and Rob discuss the Advent Arc of Season 3. | |||
| Delay/Health Update | 29 Apr 2024 | 00:01:23 | |
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| Episode 300: Battle Lines Part IV | 22 Apr 2024 | 00:55:15 | |
A newborn god hunts the skies above Carthage, as 401(I'm Not O)K and the DAS Long-Range Team make one last stand against the inevitable quickening of fecund life. Elsewhere, Sanctity's journey reaches its fateful end. Music Credits: Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: 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. | |||
| Episode 299: Battle Lines Part III | 15 Apr 2024 | 00:44:45 | |
The DAS Long-Range Cell, along with 401(I'm Not O)K, bring their abilities to bear against overwhelming odds as the Fecundity closes around Carthage like a snare. Music Credits: Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon:
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| Episode 298: Battle Lines Part II | 11 Apr 2024 | 01:14:22 | |
Ishmael's cell is reunited along with the members of 401(I'm Not O)K, and must put their heads together if they're to survive the coming conflict. Music Credits: Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon:
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| Episode 297: Battle Lines Part I | 02 Apr 2024 | 01:27:57 | |
In coming to the rescue of 401(I'm Not)OK, Ishmael finds himself responsible for more people than he'd prefer, given the apocalyptic situation. Music Credits: Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon:
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