Here Be Tygers: Your Storytelling Guide
Storytelling
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.
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United States
Description:
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.
Twitter:
@jcertherealist
Language:
English
Website:
https://herebetygers.com/
Episodes
"A Visitor Idea", with Odder Worlds and Bee
1/12/2022
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...
Duration:01:11:04
"Apocryphal Texts & Tails Without End" with Ken H.
12/8/2021
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...
Duration:01:14:16
"When the Dreamer Doth Not Lie", with David Herman & Nic Lori
11/15/2021
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...
Duration:00:53:12
Lesson 0: How to Decide when You're in a Critical or Creative 'State of Mind', with Dave Herman
10/28/2021
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...
Duration:01:10:01
"The Stories We Tell Ourselves" with Kate Wallinga, Part 2
10/14/2021
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...
Duration:00:59:19
"The Stories We Tell Ourselves" with Kate Wallinga, Part 1
9/30/2021
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...
Duration:00:58:34
"Needs, Wants, Desires & the Truths that We Live By", with Jesse Harless
9/16/2021
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...
Duration:00:52:12
"Why Legacy Matters for those who Create", with Matt Selznick
9/2/2021
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?...
Duration:00:50:52
"What it Means to *be* a Storyteller" with Matt Selznick
8/18/2021
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...
Duration:00:55:26
"How to Know if What You Create Has 'Worth'", with Stephen Herman
6/9/2021
Hey all,
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...
Duration:00:39:42
"...of All Possible Worlds", with Stephen Herman
5/24/2021
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...
Duration:01:05:40
"What Stories Are & Where They Help Us Arrive", with Steven Leavitt, Pt 2
4/30/2021
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...
Duration:00:54:04
"What Stories Are & Where They Help Us Arrive", with Steven Leavitt, Pt 1
4/12/2021
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...
Duration:00:50:15
"Unraveling Ends," Why We Love or Despise Them
3/25/2021
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...
Duration:01:01:33
"The Economies of Self, Consciousness & Time" with neuroscientist Nicolas Lori
2/28/2021
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...
Duration:01:27:59
"The World(s) that We Make", with Lisa Trott, Head of Marketing and Community at Multiverse
2/15/2021
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...
Duration:01:15:26
Here Be Tygers, Season 2 Trailer
2/1/2021
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 --- Send in a voice message:...
Duration:00:01:58
“A Lark with Some of Fans...”
12/31/2020
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...
Duration:00:48:56
“Friendship is (Insert Adjective)...?”, an HBT Workshop with Dave Herman
12/23/2020
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,...
Duration:00:58:01
The Four Essential Beats of Narrative, Part 2
11/30/2020
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...
Duration:00:53:40