{"id":1824,"date":"2016-06-17T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T18:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2016-06-16T21:50:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T09:50:12","slug":"episode-seventy-six-the-tragedy-of-little-miss-muffet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2016\/06\/episode-seventy-six-the-tragedy-of-little-miss-muffet\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode Seventy Six &#8211; The Tragedy Of Little Miss Muffet"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_181\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1824-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-76-TheTradgedyOfLittleMissMuffet.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-76-TheTradgedyOfLittleMissMuffet.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-76-TheTradgedyOfLittleMissMuffet.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-76-TheTradgedyOfLittleMissMuffet.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=1824-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-76-TheTradgedyOfLittleMissMuffet.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-76-TheTradgedyOfLittleMissMuffet.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_Images\/76%20-%20The%20Tragedy%20of%20Little%20Miss%20Muffet.jpg\" alt=\"Big Red Couch - Episode Seventy Six - The Tragedy Of Little Miss Muffet\" width=\"614\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For small arts colleges in the cyberpunk dystopia, there&#8217;s a choice to be made between being free of any corporate influence, and dead broke, or climbing onto that gravy train of research into how to better control the world.<\/p>\n<p>Rules about not interfering with developing life-forms are a fine idea, but when you finally find some folks who are almost at the point where you could talk to them, and there&#8217;s a threat inbound that they can&#8217;t deal with on their own, what do you do?<\/p>\n<p>Who is framing the spider for Miss Muffet&#8217;s mysterious murder?<\/p>\n<p>Miss Muffet lies dead at the Muffet Estate, and the assembled guests must determine which of them is the murderer.<\/p>\n<p>Cyberpunk cities are bad enough, with the side-effects of corporate actions clearly visible in the streets and alleyways. But what&#8217;s happening out in the post-rural countryside?<\/p>\n<p><!--more Here are some links to stuff we nattered about --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ac2016.cons.nz\/\">Au Contraire 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Little_Miss_Muffet\">Little Miss Muffet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Zealand_Dairy_Board\">NZ Dairy Board<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberal_arts_college\">Liberal Arts College<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shadowrun\">Shadowrun<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/shock-2\">Shock: Social Science Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/memory-alpha.wikia.com\/wiki\/Prime_Directive\">Prime Directive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danielsolisblog.blogspot.ae\/2007\/08\/do-pilgrims-of-flying-temple.html\">Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/makebigthings.com\/questlandia-rpg\/\">Questlandia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lamemage.com\/microscope\/\">Microscope<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkenstonepublishing.net\/zombiecinema\">Zombie Cinema<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vsca.ca\/Diaspora\/\">Diaspora<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_Trek\">Star Trek<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasperfforde.com\/nurserycrime\/home.html\">Nursery Crime Division stories by Jasper Fforde<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GUMSHOE_System\">Gumshoe<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tangent-zero.com\/trouble.htm\">The Trouble With Rose<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cluedo\">Clue\/Cluedo<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_(role-playing_game)\">Underground<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PBS Idea Channel Episode on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ct5fjHC7tL8\">Tractor Hacking<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nps24EqiZjY\">a recent, optimistic follow-up.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/news\/boss-hog-the-dark-side-of-americas-top-pork-producer-20061214\">That Rolling Stone Article about Pig Farming<\/a> (Fair Warning: It&#8217;s a decade old and the descriptions have stuck with me about that long)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pale_Rider\">Pale Rider<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Outlaw_Josey_Wales\">The Outlaw Josey Wales<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wellington\">Wellington<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Picton,_New_Zealand\">Picton<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nelson,_New_Zealand\">Nelson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nelson,_New_Zealand#Geographical_centre_of_New_Zealand\">Geographical Centre of New Zealand<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Log_Horizon\">Log Horizon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greymouth\">Greymouth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiwirailscenic.co.nz\/tranzalpine\/?servicename=TranzAlpine\">TranzAlpine<\/a> <em>Craig had it wrong; TranzAlpine, not TranzScenic ~ T. Jones<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seat61.com\/TranzAlpine.htm\">&#8220;The Man In Seat 61&#8221; review of the TranzAlpine, which is <strong>much<\/strong> more informative than the official site.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur%27s_Pass\">Arthur&#8217;s Pass<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sapphire_%26_Steel\">Sapphire and Steel<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paradiserow.com\/usr\/library\/documents\/main\/j.g.-ballard-short-story.pdf\">Report on an Unidentified Space Station, by J. G. Ballard<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christchurch\">Christchurch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iceberg.co.nz\/\">International Antarctic Centre<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_183\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1824-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-76-TheTradgedyOfLittleMissMuffet.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-76-TheTradgedyOfLittleMissMuffet.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-76-TheTradgedyOfLittleMissMuffet.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-76-TheTradgedyOfLittleMissMuffet.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=1824-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-76-TheTradgedyOfLittleMissMuffet.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-76-TheTradgedyOfLittleMissMuffet.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-76-TheTradgedyOfLittleMissMuffet.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS For small arts colleges in the cyberpunk dystopia, there&#8217;s a choice to be made between being free of any corporate influence, and dead broke, or climbing onto that gravy train of research into how to better control the world. 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