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Building a Better Story WorldThe Vowels of Fan EngagementBuilding a Better Story World is back! Join producer and story world architect Steele Tyler Filipek as he guides creators in five ways to pragmatically and practically engage fans on any platform. It's as simple as AEIOU. Why? You'll just have to listen in to find out!Music - icons8.com, specifically https://icons8.com/music/author/ilya-marfinAudio Effects - freesound.org2023-01-0624 min
Radio RoomQueens of the Sapphire Sea 204 - Storms Colder and Cold ShouldersArchilanly's back, and his return puts Madeleine in a tizzy! How does she feel about him? What will she say? It'd be easy if she and Belle weren't stuck in a blizzard in the Italian Alps! They'll have to rescue a bishop and escape from the snow if Madeleine hopes to finally confront Archilanly about her emotions, even if it may be too late...2022-02-2538 min
Radio RoomThe Green Lama - Episode 8 - SacrificeInvasion! The sinister Engineer and his hidden army have gained a foothold into New York. All seems lost. The Green Lama and his allies must fight to free the city, but not all of them will make it out alive. Produced in Dolby Atmos. (Season Finale).2022-02-111h 03
Radio RoomThe Green Lama - Episode 7 - RevelationsThe madman behind the gang war has been revealed as the Engineer! Armed with the Radioactive Salts that once fueled The Green Lama, this sinister dictator plans to turn New York into his personal kingdom… unless the Lama and his allies can stop him!2022-01-2835 minRadio RoomThe Green Lama - Episode 6 - The Hidden EnemyTerror grips New York. The Green Lama and his allies race across the city to find the source of the blasts, but time is running out. The mastermind behind the chaos is up to something big, and they could be anywhere... even right under the Lama's very roof...2022-01-1427 minRadio RoomThe Green Lama - Episode 5 - UnmaskedCity Hall is still on lockdown. An assassin is on the loose. Just who is behind all of this turmoil? The Green Lama and the Riveter have teamed up to get to the bottom of things, but they will have to move quickly; there is no telling what may happen should they and their allies fail in their duties, but whatever it is, it’s sure to be… explosive.2021-12-3134 minRadio RoomThe Green Lama - Episode 4 - A Deadly DebateA murder in New York’s City Hall! Who could it be? And for what reason? It will be up to the Green Lama, the Riveter, and all of their allies to discover the culprit before a tidal wave of violence plagues the five boroughs.2021-12-1737 minRadio RoomThe Green Lama - Episode 3 - New AlliesNew York's gang war is about to reach a fever pitch, but the Green Lama has a bigger foe in the meantime: the newfound, youthful defender of the city known (to the papers, at least) as the Riveter! Both heroes are after a cypher that may uncover the identity of the unknown instigator of the citywide conflict, but their methods may push them apart just as the citizenry needs them to pull together!2021-12-0338 min
Radio RoomThe Green Lama - Episode 2 - Old FacesThe Green Lama isn’t the only one who has returned. The villain known as the Death’s Head Face has seemingly gone legitimate, while the Lama’s own trusted allies are dealing with the aftermath of war. Even the police are questioning whether the green-robed sentinel has a place in a “modern world.” With rumors flying about a new vigilante, it is once again up to the Green Lama to get to the bottom of a mystery, even if that puts him at odds with the city he calls home.2021-11-1933 minRadio RoomThe Green Lama - Episode 1 - HomecomingAfter more than seventy years, the Green Lama is back! Jethro Dumont—the Buddhist superhero known as the Green Lama—spent World War II fighting the Nazis, but now returns to New York to find his city in the grips of a gang war. Plagued with doubt but desperate to do good, he must find a way to defend the Big Apple from a criminal civil war that could rip the city apart!2021-11-0537 min
Radio RoomQueens of the Sapphire Sea 203 - Out of Our DebtsA score long overdue must now be repaid as a Jamal arrives to take what Madeleine has promised... but after she and Belle skip town, they set upon a whirlwind adventure across Europe on a serious of increasingly ill-chosen missions that threaten their freedom and their lives! With Jamal not faring any better in his own con involving dubious doubles of the Bernassis, it's misadventures for everyone who is out of their minds... and their debts!2021-10-0139 minBuilding a Better Story WorldIts Own Reward - Rewarding Your Audience for EngagingInteractive structures need rewards, big and small, but you can't possibly give everything to everybody... can you? If you structure it right, you can! Join Steele Tyler Filipek as he guides you a process of tying the fun of your interactive experience to the rewards that will entice your audience to engage with it, time and again. Still don't believe? Then at least you get a case study about how Mortal Kombat set the video game world afire!2021-09-2417 minRadio RoomQueens of the Sapphire Sea 202 - That Witch Does Not Kill UsMadeleine and Belle: together again! Sure, they're still angry at each other for the lies, heartbreak, and everything else, but Kingston is still kidnapped! That means the two have to face-off against the toughest and ugliest criminals of the inaptly named Venetian Underground to save their friend, themselves, and their familial ties from certain doom.2021-09-1732 minRadio RoomQueens of the Sapphire Sea 201 - The Doge Days of SummerBelle and Madeleine are back in the Season 2 Opener! Madeleine is missing, Kingston is kidnapped, and Belle has been blackmailed into helping out the diminutive self-styled Doge of Venice! That's enough consonance for now: listen in for high-flying action and witty repartee as the Queens of the Sapphire Sea once more take to the sky!2021-09-0833 minBuilding a Better Story WorldJust Suppose You JuxtaposeWhat happens when you put two things side-by-side? You get audiences to compare them! Juxtaposition is an easy, clever, and fan-friendly way to help build out your narrative universe. How? Let producer and writer Steele Tyler Filipek take you on a journey through the story world of 2005's Children of Men in order to showcase how you can elegantly use contrast in order to highlight the wonder of your imagination.Music - icons8.com, specifically https://icons8.com/music/author/ilya-marfinAudio Effects - freesound.org2021-05-0719 minBuilding a Better Story WorldSecondary Characters à la SimpsonYou've got a world, but it feels a little empty. How are you going to build the numerous allies, enemies, and passersby who will give your narrative universe a heartbeat? Let Steele Tyler Filipek take you on a tour of Springfield, where the cast of the Simpsons will showcase how you can create complex characters out of a few key ingredients--external and internal--that will help your vision stand the test of time.Music - icons8.com, specifically https://icons8.com/music/author/ilya-marfinAudio Effects - freesound.org2021-02-2628 minBuilding a Better Story WorldOpening Salvos, Miyazaki-styleEver struggled with how to introduce your story world to your audience! Producer and writer extraordinaire Steele Tyler Filipek is here to help you out! With the aid of the films of Hayao Miyazaki, your favorite transmedia guru is going to help you showcase your narrative universe efficiently and wondrously!And if you're interested in more information on Miyazaki, please check with the New York Public Library, where Steele hosts lectures on the works of that legendary animator!Music - icons8.com, specifically https://icons8.com/music/author/ilya-marfinAudio Effects - freesound.o...2021-02-1234 minBuilding a Better Story WorldPrompts all PromptedIn a special episode of Building a Better Story World, Steele Tyler Filipek takes you through each of the prompts from the previous five episodes so that any story world designer can craft a foundational narrative universe from the ground up.Music - icons8.com, specifically https://icons8.com/music/author/ilya-marfinAudio Effects - freesound.org2020-10-2322 minBuilding a Better Story WorldChoices: Those Our Characters Make, and Those We MakeSteele Tyler Filipek--producer, writer, story world designer--will take you on a tour of choices, or those pieces of action that propel characters on their journeys through narratives. Using a popular chef and entertainment icon, your host will detail how to better reach your audience by making willful determinations that reflect the universe you're creating.Music - icons8.com, specifically https://icons8.com/music/author/ilya-marfinAudio Effects - freesound.org2020-09-2519 minBuilding a Better Story WorldObstacles, Challenges, Villains, and MoreGood obstacles make for good stories! That's why this episode is going to delve into what makes a good antagonist, how they can be themed to dramatic struggles in your work, and the basic challenges that characters face in their journeys! Join Steele Tyler Filipek, transmedia producer extraordinaire, as he charts this course with the help of a familiar, bullwhip-wielding adventurer.Music - icons8.com, specifically https://icons8.com/music/author/ilya-marfinAudio Effects - freesound.org2020-09-1124 minBuilding a Better Story WorldNeeds, Goals, and DesiresThis episode of Building a Better Story World is all about needs: the needs of your characters, and how those tie into your broader story world. Listen in as Steele Tyler Filipek uses a quartet of popular sit-com characters to showcase how basic human desires can help tie your audience to your work, giving your story world a strong foundation from which you can build out via any number of entries or platforms.Music - icons8.com, specifically https://icons8.com/music/author/ilya-marfinSound Effects - freesound.org2020-08-2827 minBuilding a Better Story WorldProtagonists, Heroic and OtherwiseA popular teenage wizard is the guiding case study this week as writer, producer, and professor Steele Tyler Filipek begins a five-part series on each element of classical structure. Join in to learn how to create a compelling main character that can center an entire story world!Music - icons8.com, specifically https://icons8.com/music/author/ilya-marfinAudio Effects - freesound.org2020-08-1422 minBuilding a Better Story WorldThe Basics of Storytelling in a Story WorldSteele Tyler Filipek, transmedia producer and professor, introduces the concepts of story world building, how it differs from standard storytelling, and how to build a very basic narrative to help spur your imagination.Music - icons8.com, specifically https://icons8.com/music/author/ilya-marfinAudio Effects - freesound.org2020-07-3118 min
Radio RoomQueens of the Sapphire Sea 107 - ...And I'll Suffer No SpiesThe Bernassis are back for one final adventure of the season in this, the conclusion to our latest two-parter! Madeleine has been taken captive in the underground lair of a zealous spy hunter. Belle has been kidnapped by a gangster with halitosis and a gut full of vengeance. They'll need to work together to escape with their lives intact, but with dark secrets and old rivals sitting in the gloom, their pluck may for once not be enough to see them through!2017-07-2833 minRadio RoomQueens of the Sapphire Sea 106 - Ask Me No QuestionsBelle and Madeleine are at it again... and at each other's throats! Madeleine has discovered a secret from the past that has set her on a course to find the truth about her parents' death. Why was Belle hiding it? Why would she try to stop her now? The truth lies in an ancient dungeon, past a blackmailing Scotsman, and under the watchful eye of a zealous spy-hunter who wants nothing more than to collect on the Bernassis warrants in this, the first part of our two-part season finale!2017-07-2127 minRadio RoomQueens of the Sapphire Sea 105 - Just DesertsQueens of the Sapphire Sea returns in this episode of travels and travails! Madeleine recruits Archilanly to help rescue Belle and Kingston after the two have been shot down over the Sahara Desert, but dangerous tidings are afoot! An old foe will stop at nothing to slake her thirst for vengeance, a familiar gangster exacts a terrible price for his aid, and the sands themselves threaten the lives of all who enter its wastes in this, the first of the last three episodes fo Radio Room's first season: "Just Deserts"!2017-07-1432 minRadio RoomQueens of the Sapphire Sea 104 - Ex Marcs the Spot (Remastered)Our final remaster of the scene! Listen in as an old flame comes back into Belle's life, but with him comes a cadre of high-flying mercs, buried treasure, and death-defying thrills across two continents. It's a roller coaster of a ride from start to finish in this, Ex Marcs the Spot!2017-07-0738 minRadio RoomQueens of the Sapphire Sea 103 - Belle of the Ball (Remastered)Listen in to our latest remaster of Queens of the Sapphire Sea! In this episode, Belle journeys to Monaco to uncover a plot that seems to have her at the center of it, but when Madeleine smells a trap, it's up to her and Kingston to come save the day amidst high society, white collar criminals, and the Family Gregario!2017-06-3032 min
Worst Episode Ever (A Simpsons Podcast)WEE #105: Simpsons Remix Theater (S22E05 - Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life) (with Steele Tyler Filipek)Dan, Jack and special guest Steele Tyler Filipek (@WordsofSteele) rock the room and watch Season 22's Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life, the Montreal Expos of Simpsons episodes, featuring a story cobbled together from several classic-era plots. Has there ever been a Simpsons Jingle All the Way plot before? How old is Principal Skinner? Where does Dan get his news? All that plus spite-based editing, beecaps, LBHs, and a knife of listenership. NEXT TIME: Season 12's New Kids on the Blecch Visit us at: www.weepodcast.com Discuss at: www.reddit.com/r/worstepisodeever2017-06-221h 27Radio RoomQueens of the Sapphire Sea 102 - Industrious Revolutions (Remastered)A remaster of our second adventure with the Bernassis! A fascist revolutionary gang is up to questionable shenanigans, but when things turn sour, it's up to Madeleine to go and save the day, aided by the only pilot blind enough to the situation to think that they have a shot...2017-06-2231 minRadio RoomQueens of the Sapphire Sea 101 - An Air of Propriety (Remastered)Join us on the first of our remastered episodes with this, the Bernassis very first adventure! Belle and Madeleine are off to salvage what they can from a downed airship, but with castaways, mercs, and old grudges afoot, they may have bitten off more than they can chew!2017-06-1634 min
90s PercentileEpisode 66: Roseanne and Tom Arnold; When Bongos Collide!; The Slightly Rapey Villain in Hunchback of Notre Dame (with Steele Tyler Filipek)Returning guest writer Steele Filipek (Radio Room; @WordsofSteele) braves the random topic genny to bring Dan and Jack his homebrew beer and talk early 90s sitcoms, mid 90s Simpsons Comics superhero crossovers, and late 90s Disney musicals. Plus, moments of silence! The Topics: Roseanne and Tom Arnold; When Bongos Collide!; The Slightly Rapey Villain in Hunchback of Notre Dame Visit us at: weepodcast.com Discuss at: www.reddit.com/r/worstepisodeever Support Us at: www.patreon.com/weestudios Shop through: amazon.weepodcast.com Newsletter at: newsletter.weepodcast.com2017-06-051h 0690s PercentileEpisode 43: Serialized Television and Transmedia Storytelling (with Steele Tyler Filipek and Adam Lance Garcia)Writers and creators of the Radio Room audio dramas Steele Tyler Filipek (@WordsofSteele) and Adam Lance Garcia (@AdamLanceGarcia, buy his Green Lama books!) join Dan and Jack to discuss the increased serialization in television throughout the 90s, including the terrific Mighty Max TV series, Dragon Ball Z, and every sci-fi show of the 90s. We try to avoid talking about the presidential election, but it slips in there too. Plus, Steele wanted to apologize for misspelling kieretsu, so take note dear listener! The Topic: Serialized Television and Transmedia Storytelling Visit us at: weepodcast.com Dis...2016-11-141h 12Radio RoomProduction Freebies - The Crew with Sarah SmithtonHey all! Radio Room is taking a short break while we finish up recording and editing the last few shows of our first season! Until then, we'll be releasing production freebies to keep your taste whetted for top audio drama.2016-11-0110 minRadio RoomEpisode 15 (Live Recording!) - The Rattrap Gang1909. Three bumbling criminals take on cops, orphans, and landlords in their attempt to become the rattraping kingpins of New York! It's the Three Stooges meets Gangs of New York in this, the Rattrap Gang, the latest (live recording) from Radio Room!2016-10-1527 minRadio RoomEpisode 14 (Live Recording!) - Requiem for the Cold Dark Cookie of the Corporate Sales DepartmentThe darkest of dark tales, in which a darkened soul examines the darkness of humanity's darkitude with regards to our dark take on death, murder, hierarchy, betrayal, and darkness.
Also, it's a parody of 80's corporate culture from Adam Lance Garcia. Enjoy!2016-10-0119 minRadio RoomEpisode 13 - Queens of the Sapphire Sea: Ex Marcs the SpotBelle and Madeleine are in a tough scrape: chased by Cat Yudain and her flying banshees after finding a map to Napoleon's lost treasure, they'll have to deal with shady bartenders, exploding barrels of gunpowder, and the worst thing imaginable: an ex-fiance!2016-09-1539 minRadio RoomEpisode 12 - Tales of the Halloween Team: #NetBlackoutJoin the Halloween Team in their harrowing search to find the Internet, which has vanished from the Tri-State Area! Hipster Trolls, evil computers, pointless bickering-it's just another day at the office for these maladroit malcontents.2016-09-0226 minRadio RoomEpisode 11 (Live Recording!) - Tales of the Halloween Team: Terror in ToylandThe very first Radio Room live recording! The Halloween Team investigates a series of toy store robberies and come face to face with the luciferian Lollipop Twins!2016-08-1523 minRadio RoomEpisode 10 - Smoke Without Flame: TestatmentIn our latest episode of Smoke Without Flame, a young man records his final words as he looks into the eyes of evil...2016-08-0125 minRadio RoomEpisode 9 - Queens of the Sapphire Sea: Belle of the BallWhen the Bernassis are invited to a gala hosted by the nefarious Lord Bartolon, all bets land on it being a trap... which is just the kind of party that Belle likes! Rapscallions aplenty, old grudges, knives a-flying: it's a party you won't want to miss in this, the latest episode of Queens of the Sapphire Sea!2016-07-1532 minRadio RoomEpisode 8 - Tales of the HalloweenTeam: Chelsea Hell HouseAfter a failed night in playing cards, the Halloween Team seek adventure in the form of a mysterious serial murderer in Chelsea with a taste for the finer things in life. Will the H-Team become trapped in his web of finery?2016-07-0119 minRadio RoomEpisode 7 (Live Recording!) - The Adventures of Dock Doyle: Longshoreman's Lament, Part TwoA live recording of one of our very first shows! Take a trip back in time to a pulpy, noir-y homage to radio dramas of the past as noted adventurer Dock Doyle takes on organized crime, communists, and a crippling alcohol addiction in this, Longshoreman's Lament Part Two! (Don't fret: there was never a Part One).2016-06-1533 minRadio RoomEpisode 6 - Smoke Without Flame: Poison on the Pacific Limited1914. Both the United and Confederate States smolder so soon after the 2nd Atlantic War. Tensions are high even among the upper crust, so when a black dwarf--famous geologist Dr. Winston Albemarle--is accused of murder onboard the transcontinental railroad, people are all too ready to dispense justice without the formality of a trial. Can the good doctor clear his name before things--and the train itself--go south?2016-06-0139 min
Radio RoomEpisode 5 - Smoke Without Flame: ExodusIn an alternate world, a young woman is trapped inside a giant steam-powered computer... and time is running out.2016-05-1431 minRadio RoomEpisode 4 - Queens of the Sapphire Sea: Industrious RevolutionAfter Belle is captured by Fascist revolutionaries, Madeleine and Kingston have to race to rescue her, fighting each other as much as the raging storm that threatens to tear their plane apart!2016-05-0132 minRadio RoomEpisode 3 - Queens of the Sapphire Sea - An Air of ProprietyBelle and Madeleine race to the site of a downed airship, only to find that an old adversary is laying in wait. With seaplane mercenaries, dogfights, and old scores to settle, it's another high-flying day in the life of the Queens of the Sapphire Sea!2016-04-1535 minRadio RoomEpisode 2 - Tales of the Halloween Team - The Knight and the IguanaIn this, the next adventure of the Halloween Team, we find the Terrible Terror and the Invincible Iguana investigate crimes and shoot out their tongues to swing from rooftop to rooftop as they join the rest of their team and deal with the pains of being superheroes!
Well, only one of them swings by their tongue, really...2016-04-0124 minRadio RoomProduction Freebies - Steele And Tyrant Talk Queens ProcessSteele and Tyrant talk about the process of creating an episode of Queens of the Sapphire Sea. Plus, Steele gives a lesson to Tyrant on Pittsburghese!
Music: www.purple-planet.com2016-03-1507 minRadio RoomProduction Freebies - Producers Talk Smoke Without FlameTyrant and Steele talk with their co-producer, Adam, about his project, Smoke without Flame, an anthology series set in a steampunk world where the South won the Civil War. Zaniness ensues!
Music: http://www.purple-planet.com2016-03-1007 minRadio RoomProduction Freebies - Inspiration for Queens of the Sapphire SeaCo-producers Steele Tyler Filipek and Tyrant Rex talk about the inspiration for the high-flying, adventure-seeking, thrill-chilling serial known as Queens of the Sapphire Sea!
Music: http://www.purple-planet.com2016-03-0306 minRadio RoomEpisode 1 - Tales of the Halloween Team - The Tragic Demise of Hobo ManListen in to this first adventure as a member of our illustrious Halloween Team attempts to discover the horrific truth to the life, death, and rebirth of Hobo Man!2016-03-0120 minRadio RoomRadio Room Production Freebies - Steele And Tyrant Talk Casting ProcessSteele and Tyrant discuss the casting process behind audio, drama, or whatever, and touch upon why working with good people is better than working with people who think they're good.
Music: http://www.purple-planet.com2016-02-2406 minRadio RoomProductionFreebies2.SteeleTyrant.HalloweenTeamProcessRadio Room producers Steele Tyler Filipek and Tyrant Rex talk about the process for creating an episode of Mr. Rex's project, Tales of the Halloween Team, as well as the creative commons license, getting actors to give their best, and much more!
Music: http://www.purple-planet.com2016-02-1806 minRadio RoomProduction Freebies - Tyrant Talks Halloween TeamRadio Room producers Steele and Tyrant talk about how the Halloween Team came to be, influences, New York, comic books, and punk rock.2016-02-1106 min