1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:11,919 And now Audio Theater Central. Hello, and welcome to Audio Theater Central. 2 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:16,519 This is the show that explores family friendly audio drama through news, reviews and 3 00:00:16,719 --> 00:00:20,440 interviews. I'm your host, JD. Setter, and this is episode one 4 00:00:20,519 --> 00:00:25,039 hundred and ninety nine. Well, I've got my cup of coffee here and 5 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:29,920 I've got a bunch of audio drama goodness to get to and so I'm excited 6 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:35,240 to bring this episode to you where we'll be reviewing Robin Hood Rising to Honor 7 00:00:35,399 --> 00:00:40,520 season one from LRT Media and Eternal Future Productions. I've got a few really 8 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:45,679 exciting audio drama updates coming up, as well as a monologue where I'm going 9 00:00:45,719 --> 00:00:50,399 to share some thoughts on micro audio drama. 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Again, would love to have you involved in this milestone episode. 19 00:01:30,799 --> 00:01:36,920 And the last quick announcement is that I'm still seeing stats from Google Podcasts 20 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:42,159 that there are some of you still listening on that app, and as I 21 00:01:42,239 --> 00:01:45,879 announced a few episodes back, it will be shutting down. Google is closing 22 00:01:45,879 --> 00:01:49,640 that app, so you'll want to switch before it just stops working completely, 23 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,920 which is going to be very very soon. So the one I use personally 24 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:59,920 is called pocket Casts and it is a great app, very feature rich, 25 00:02:00,359 --> 00:02:02,920 and I highly recommend it. But in the show notes, it's a link 26 00:02:02,959 --> 00:02:09,639 to a list of options for listening to podcasts on Android if if you want 27 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:14,120 to check out what's available out there, So be sure to switch from Google 28 00:02:14,159 --> 00:02:17,759 Podcasts as soon as possible. We interrupt this program to bring you a special 29 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:23,199 report and in other news tonight, a brief look at the headlines. Now 30 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:29,879 they want exciting, fast piece news that's relevant and entertaining like this. Well, 31 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:35,360 just a reminder that if you have any news about upcoming productions or anything 32 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,080 related to the family friendly audio drama industry. You can send those to us 33 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:43,039 so we can get them here in the updates segment. Head over to PFM 34 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,199 dot link slash ATC news and fill out that form, or as always, 35 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:51,960 there is a link right on the homepage of our website and Audiotheatercentral dot com. 36 00:02:52,479 --> 00:02:57,000 Well, first up is a really really exciting bit of news, and 37 00:02:57,039 --> 00:03:00,800 that is that mac Meet's History, which originally launched several years ago with just 38 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:07,479 two episodes, is coming back. I've got an exclusive sneak peek on the 39 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:12,280 relaunch of this show. It's going to have a new format and this is 40 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,639 really really exciting. So I got some updates here from John Fornoff and Mark 41 00:03:16,719 --> 00:03:22,479 Rashie, and so we're gonna share a little bit about what's coming in this 42 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:29,120 reboot of Macamet's History. So John Campbell composed the music for this new version 43 00:03:29,199 --> 00:03:32,039 of the show. Oscar Corral did the sound design. Brad Abrel is the 44 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:39,360 announcer for this show, and John Fornoff directed and produced, and he's also 45 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:46,560 writing as well as Robert Lipparulo. So they're writing this new series. And 46 00:03:46,639 --> 00:03:51,439 John said he had a really great cast to work with, and so I've 47 00:03:51,479 --> 00:03:54,840 been really excited to tell you about what's going on here. This new version 48 00:03:54,879 --> 00:04:00,080 of the show will be out very soon. Mark said that they're essentially doing 49 00:04:00,639 --> 00:04:06,039 the same release schedule as Jonathan Park. So these episodes will be hitting their 50 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:13,479 unlimited streaming service that they have, So one sixty minute part will be released 51 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:17,720 per month, and then it will be released on CD and digital downloads sometime 52 00:04:17,759 --> 00:04:24,560 around July of this year, twenty twenty four. So what's this first show, 53 00:04:24,639 --> 00:04:30,120 Well, it's called Voyage of the Sea Dragon, and the summary is 54 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,079 caught in a fierce storm in the North Atlantic Ocean, Mac Merkel and his 55 00:04:34,199 --> 00:04:39,439 crew try to ride it out. They're aboard a replica of the Viking canar 56 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:43,920 that Leif Erickson used to sail from Norway to Vinland, becoming the first European 57 00:04:43,959 --> 00:04:48,240 to step foot on North America five hundred years before Columbus. It's the first 58 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:54,680 mission on Mac's quest to authentically reenact the adventures and discoveries of the heroes who 59 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:59,720 built the United States and show how God encouraged and guided them Along the way. 60 00:05:00,079 --> 00:05:04,000 Mack learns about the seemingly insurmountable challenges these heroes faced, how the times 61 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,800 in which they lived, shaped who they were and the goals they strived to 62 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:12,759 accomplish, and their dependence on their sovereign and loving Creator. To succeed, 63 00:05:13,199 --> 00:05:15,759 Mac must also grow as a person and deepen his faith in ways he never 64 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:20,199 imagined. Come with him on this first adventure on the high seas. Meet 65 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:26,800 Leif Erickson as he encounters dangers lurking beyond every wave and finds salvation in Christ 66 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:32,000 through the unlikeliest of people. Welcome aboard the Sea Dragon, where survival depends 67 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:36,959 on skill and stamina, faith and friendship, and the ability to outwit a 68 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:45,120 saboteur determines to stop Mac's quest at any cost. Wow, this sounds amazing. 69 00:05:45,439 --> 00:05:50,120 And speaking of sounding amazing, I've got an exclusive little promo here that 70 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,639 I can't wait to share with you. So give a listen to this. 71 00:06:00,399 --> 00:06:05,279 Doctor Miles Merkell, compassionate, wealthy entrepreneur, his son Mac, intelligent, 72 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:12,680 enthusiastic adventurer. Together, father and son plan to recreate the adventurers that define 73 00:06:12,759 --> 00:06:17,439 the United States. To experience what it was like when Leif Ericksson discovered America. 74 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:26,879 Hold that Man, when Lewis and Clark explored the uncharted, Why when 75 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:33,439 Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic. After doctor Merkle is killed in a 76 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:38,800 car accident, it's up to Mac to continue the quest. Driven by his 77 00:06:38,959 --> 00:06:43,560 faith in God and love for his dad, mack leads a world class team 78 00:06:43,759 --> 00:06:55,040 to experience the thrill of discovery, history and adventure. Along the way, 79 00:06:55,319 --> 00:07:00,879 Mac encounters in unexpected evil resolved to stop him, but this may expact more 80 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:06,319 determined than ever. You'll never know what adventures await when Mac meets History or 81 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:17,879 oh, my goodness, that sounds absolutely amazing. I'm really excited for this. 82 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:23,759 So as you heard in that little teaser, some of the upcoming points 83 00:07:23,759 --> 00:07:29,199 in history that they'll be covering, our Christopher Columbus historic journey from Europe to 84 00:07:29,319 --> 00:07:34,639 the American continent, Lewis and Clark's expedition through America's wild and more so, 85 00:07:35,279 --> 00:07:40,480 lots of cool stuff coming up from Mac meets History. So you might be 86 00:07:40,519 --> 00:07:44,480 asking, well, where can we find this, And the answer is they're 87 00:07:44,519 --> 00:07:48,480 still working out some branding nuances, Mark says, but the site should be 88 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,759 up soon, so we will let you know as soon as that is out, 89 00:07:53,439 --> 00:07:57,879 and most likely in June or July, that website will be ready, 90 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:03,920 and then the entire leaf Ericson's series will be coming available sometime this summer, 91 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:07,720 and so lots to look forward to there. This sounds like it's going to 92 00:08:07,759 --> 00:08:13,560 be an absolutely amazing series, and I'm so glad to hear that they're bringing 93 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:18,040 back this concept because I think it's a really, really fun one and so 94 00:08:18,959 --> 00:08:22,519 really excited about this project. So let me know what you think about this 95 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:28,519 show. Are you looking forward to this new reboot of Macameat's history, Love 96 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:35,960 to hear from you. Well. Speaking of upcoming audio drama, Greenhorn Tales 97 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:41,840 season two is in the works, and I recently sat down with writers Christopher 98 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:48,279 Green and Michael Schrader and we recorded a little update for Greenhorn Tales and we 99 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,960 shared a little bit about what's coming up, shared some titles and some synopsies 100 00:08:52,159 --> 00:08:56,120 of some upcoming episodes. So link is in the show notes if you want 101 00:08:56,120 --> 00:09:01,120 to check out that short update. We're excited about what's coming in this season 102 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,960 and we would love for you to check that out if you haven't listened to 103 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,639 Greenhorn Tales yet. There are twelve episodes out there. There's a pilot episode, 104 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:13,039 ten season one episodes, and a Christmas Special all available at Greenhorntales dot 105 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:18,639 com and we recently redesigned the website made it easier to find the episodes, 106 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:20,519 So if you haven't checked that out yet, would love for you to go 107 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:24,000 give that a listen and let us know what you think of that show. 108 00:09:26,279 --> 00:09:31,879 And our final bit of news is from Witnesses Now. We just recently released 109 00:09:31,919 --> 00:09:35,799 our review of the last album from them, called The Lamb and now Tracy 110 00:09:35,879 --> 00:09:43,039 Vandolder is working on another collection of episodes called The Inner Circle. The tagline 111 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:48,440 for this new album is Encounter Jesus through the eyes of his closest followers. 112 00:09:48,879 --> 00:09:56,080 So this was originally announced in January, but the first episode just recently dropped. 113 00:09:56,159 --> 00:10:00,879 So the summary for this new album is Join the the Inner Circle of 114 00:10:00,919 --> 00:10:05,240 twelve men from all walks of life and their controversial rabbi and see familiar stories 115 00:10:05,279 --> 00:10:09,960 from the life of Christ through the eyes of the disciples. He chose warm 116 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,600 yourself by the fire while Jesus recounts his time of testing in the desert. 117 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:18,720 Stand on the shore with Simon Peter as he fishes at Jesus command. Mourn 118 00:10:18,759 --> 00:10:22,559 with the eleven as they come to terms with their teacher's death and more in 119 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,720 this brand new album from Witnesses. So, as I said, episode one 120 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:31,600 of this album, called eight Days, has just released. It is nineteen 121 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:37,039 minutes and a summary for this episode is in the dark days following Jesus' death, 122 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:41,200 the disciples fight their doubts and each other as they come to terms with 123 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:45,840 what happened to their rabbi. But Thomas is left especially confused when, after 124 00:10:45,879 --> 00:10:48,200 his brief absence from the house where they are staying, the others claim to 125 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:52,919 have seen Jesus. Is it true or just a cruel joke? And if 126 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,600 Jesus really is alive, why did he not appear to Thomas as well? 127 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:03,840 So great content from Witnesses. I'm not exactly sure at this point how many 128 00:11:03,879 --> 00:11:09,840 episodes will be in this new collection, but again it's called the Inner Circle 129 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:13,399 and the first episode, eight Days, is out now. You can stream 130 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,360 it at the website Witnesses audio dot com and of course there is a link 131 00:11:16,639 --> 00:11:22,440 in the show notes testing one, two, three testing. That was just 132 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:24,720 me talking. I do that a lot. Where's my speech? Now? 133 00:11:24,759 --> 00:11:28,759 Long you've been to bar up with it? That's what I want to talk 134 00:11:28,799 --> 00:11:35,840 about. So here's what I've been thinking about micro audio drama. What is 135 00:11:35,919 --> 00:11:41,000 micro audio drama? You ask, Well, micro audio drama is an audio 136 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:46,559 drama that is five minutes long. You say, five minutes. How can 137 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:50,240 you tell a story in five minutes? Well, it can be a little 138 00:11:50,279 --> 00:11:54,240 bit tough, but it is definitely possible. So why have I been thinking 139 00:11:54,320 --> 00:12:00,039 about this? Well, before we get into all of that, let's go 140 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,720 ahead and define things a little bit further. If you've been around ATC for 141 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:09,159 any length of time and you know about the Seneca Awards, you know that 142 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:13,120 we have had a short form audio drama category in a long form audio drama 143 00:12:13,159 --> 00:12:20,519 category, and from the very beginning we defined that as forty five minutes and 144 00:12:20,759 --> 00:12:24,799 up is long form. Anything below that is short form. So we had 145 00:12:24,799 --> 00:12:30,600 to sort of decide where that line was because we knew it wasn't fair to 146 00:12:30,639 --> 00:12:39,000 compare a single episode of a show to a feature length production, and so 147 00:12:39,879 --> 00:12:46,120 we needed to be able to recognize both formats, and so that's sort of 148 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:50,960 the line where we landed. And so you may have seen sometimes when Odyssey 149 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:56,000 would release a multi parter that's a self contained story, it's just across multiple 150 00:12:56,039 --> 00:13:01,639 episodes, and so those were considered together if it was a two or a 151 00:13:01,639 --> 00:13:07,440 three parter, those were considered together as a long form audio drama. A 152 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:11,720 little behind the scenes there, But in recent months I've been thinking a lot 153 00:13:11,759 --> 00:13:16,360 about short form and what is possible with that, and so in conversations with 154 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:22,960 members of the Audio Drama Alliance and in particular Christopher Green, we've sort of 155 00:13:22,879 --> 00:13:28,080 defined terms a little bit more. And so he wrote, he wrote up 156 00:13:28,279 --> 00:13:30,840 a post and I said, hey, if you're okay with it, I 157 00:13:30,879 --> 00:13:33,159 would like to share this on ATC because I'm going to be talking about micro 158 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:37,480 audio drama. And so he consented, and so here's how he broke it 159 00:13:37,519 --> 00:13:41,879 down. So he says, zero to five minutes is micro audio drama, 160 00:13:41,399 --> 00:13:46,000 five to fifteen minutes is short form, fifteen to forty five is mid length 161 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:52,440 or average, and forty five minutes plus is long form. Now, again, 162 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:56,440 this is breaking it down even further from what I was what had said 163 00:13:56,679 --> 00:14:03,440 earlier about the Seneca Awards, and so I would still consider anything under forty 164 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:07,320 five minutes to be short form, but then you have these multiple levels of 165 00:14:07,399 --> 00:14:11,120 short form, I guess. But he said, the ideal audiences, as 166 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,279 he sees it is for micro that would be like a brand new listener. 167 00:14:13,279 --> 00:14:18,519 They've never heard of audio drama and this is a good sort of starting place 168 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:24,120 for them. So for the short form, which he has has five to 169 00:14:24,159 --> 00:14:28,399 fifteen minutes, he says, the audience for that would be like the busy 170 00:14:28,679 --> 00:14:33,759 mainstream audience, somebody who may have grown up with Adventures in Odyssey only and 171 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:41,399 mostly listens on their commute. Mid level is mainstream audio drama fans who mostly 172 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:46,080 only listen to Adventures of Odyssey. That's the fifteen to forty five minute range. 173 00:14:46,799 --> 00:14:50,399 And then for the long form, he says those would be like the 174 00:14:50,399 --> 00:14:54,279 hardcore fans. Their main form of entertainment is audio drama, and they actually 175 00:14:54,279 --> 00:15:00,480 sit down and listen to audio drama on a regular basis. And these are 176 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,360 the kind of people who are listening to Audio Theater Central, who know the 177 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:07,960 names of the actors and all of that kind of stuff. So it's an 178 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:13,919 interesting breakdown in terms of the audiences there. I think that's mostly correct. 179 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:20,799 So what are some examples of these different levels? So with long form, 180 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,279 of course, you have things like Lamplader Theater, The Extraordinary Adventures of g 181 00:15:24,399 --> 00:15:28,639 A hint focus on the Family Radio theater, all of those long feature length 182 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:33,559 type of productions. For the mid length, of course, the most recognizable 183 00:15:33,559 --> 00:15:39,399 brand would be Adventures in Odyssey, but there's also things like base Camp Adventures 184 00:15:39,399 --> 00:15:43,679 and Discovery Mountain. All of those shows are targeting that thirty minute range. 185 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,159 Of course, there are many others Your Story Hour and all of these others 186 00:15:48,759 --> 00:15:56,960 that have that thirty minute episodic sort of format. The shorter form stuff would 187 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:03,519 be things perhaps like Pirateers and others that are sort of that in between range, 188 00:16:03,639 --> 00:16:10,240 and I would also include Greenhorn Tales in that because the majority of episodes 189 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:15,440 are between five and ten minutes. Now that we've defined all of these terms, 190 00:16:15,639 --> 00:16:18,600 let's go back to micro audio drama. Now, again, these are 191 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:26,480 productions that are entirely self contained in five minutes. So why have I been 192 00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:30,639 thinking about this? Well, this area of short form audio drama has been 193 00:16:30,799 --> 00:16:37,559 interesting to me for years now. In fact, Greenhorn Tales was created specifically 194 00:16:37,759 --> 00:16:44,080 for this sort of space, to try to test what could be done in 195 00:16:44,759 --> 00:16:48,840 short form. The original goal of that show was to be under ten minutes 196 00:16:48,919 --> 00:16:52,240 every single episode. Now, we did have a couple that went a little 197 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,720 bit over, and that was okay. We knew that the pilot episode was 198 00:16:55,759 --> 00:17:00,879 going to be longer, but the regular season episodes we aimed for five to 199 00:17:00,919 --> 00:17:03,759 ten minutes. And the reason for that was because I had done some research 200 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:10,359 into what was the general average length of a YouTube video at that time. 201 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:15,039 Now things have changed since then, but back then the average was somewhere around 202 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:22,680 ten minutes, and that was the duration that was most successful and would keep 203 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,839 people's attention. And so I wanted to see if we can make something in 204 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:32,880 the audio drama world that would appeal to the attention span of the for lack 205 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:37,119 of a better term, the YouTube generation, and I wanted to make a 206 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,960 short audio drama that you could just jump in at any point. You didn't 207 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:45,119 have to be following a long story arc. You could just hop in on 208 00:17:45,839 --> 00:17:48,519 episode six and not need to have any context for what had happened prior, 209 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:55,440 and you could still have an enjoyable experience in under ten minutes. And so 210 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:00,920 that was one of the main goals with that show. Now I think we 211 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:04,000 were successful with that. I think each one of the episodes definitely stands alone. 212 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:07,640 Now, as you get later in the season, there might be little 213 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:12,839 references that if you had heard the prior episodes, will have a little bit 214 00:18:12,839 --> 00:18:18,759 more context, but it's not required, and I think they definitely stand on 215 00:18:18,839 --> 00:18:23,880 their own as just fun short stories. And so, of course, that 216 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:30,839 was years and years ago when we first started developing that show, and then 217 00:18:30,839 --> 00:18:34,400 in more recent years, I started experimenting with just doing some of my own 218 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:40,720 little personal projects starting I think it's been over a year ago now, if 219 00:18:40,759 --> 00:18:44,359 I remember correctly, when I first started playing around with his idea, and 220 00:18:45,079 --> 00:18:48,960 it was sort of spawned by a book called The Art of Brevity by Grant 221 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:55,480 Faulkner, and I heard about this on a podcast for writers, and so 222 00:18:55,720 --> 00:19:00,079 I was interested in this idea of short fiction, and in in writing it's 223 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:04,440 called flash fiction, and there's this thing called one hundred word stories, and 224 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:10,119 these are very very short, obviously, and you can tell an entire story 225 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:14,279 in a very very short space. So I begin to think about how we 226 00:19:14,319 --> 00:19:21,720 could explore even shorter than Greenhorn tails in audio and targeting that under five minutes. 227 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:26,279 And so as I started playing around with us ideas, I've been posting 228 00:19:26,279 --> 00:19:32,640 things on my own website, and then I had an idea for something for 229 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:37,480 the Audio Drama Alliance members as a way to help the group to hone their 230 00:19:37,519 --> 00:19:42,839 skills and challenge themselves to make some cool audio. And so that had been 231 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:47,279 rolling around in my mind for a while. And then right around that same 232 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:52,599 time, Craig Hart from LRT Media produced a very short audio drama and it 233 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:57,680 was an experimental piece and it's for a range that he's calling Nuggets, and 234 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:04,640 it was an entire audio drama without any dialogue, and it was so interesting. 235 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,839 And I've always been intrigued by the idea of pushing the boundaries of what 236 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:14,559 you can do with audio, different methods of telling a story through audio, 237 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:19,519 and so when he posted that, it really really got me going again about 238 00:20:19,519 --> 00:20:25,480 this idea of short form because it was such an interesting idea and I think 239 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:27,480 it was a successful one. Now you can hear that audio drama. It 240 00:20:27,559 --> 00:20:30,200 is linked in the show notes if you want to check that out, and 241 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,799 I recommend you do. If you're a big fan of audio drama and different 242 00:20:33,839 --> 00:20:37,240 ways of telling a story with the audio medium, then you should check it 243 00:20:37,319 --> 00:20:42,920 out. So all of these different things that I've been talking about sort of 244 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,559 converged at that point and I said, Okay, we're going to start this 245 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:55,119 challenge. And so it's the ADA Member Audio challenge, and the members are 246 00:20:55,160 --> 00:21:00,880 given a prompt and they have to create an entire audio production that is under 247 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:06,279 five minutes based around that prompt. And so some really interesting cool things have 248 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:10,640 come out of that. Now, again, why why am I so intrigued 249 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:18,319 by this micro audio drama format? And it's because I am a big proponent 250 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:25,359 of the idea that certain constraints or restraints or parameters, or however you want 251 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:30,440 to phrase it around creative projects can force you to be more creative and push 252 00:21:30,519 --> 00:21:36,920 you outside of what is normally expected and you can make some really interesting things. 253 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:41,440 Orson Wells, who has been referenced numerous times on this podcast over the 254 00:21:41,519 --> 00:21:45,759 years as a big fan of old time radio. He is an actor that 255 00:21:45,799 --> 00:21:49,720 I have listened to a lot in my lifetime, and he had a line 256 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:55,440 that he said at one point, he said, the enemy of art is 257 00:21:55,480 --> 00:22:02,039 the absence of limitations. And so this is one of the concepts that has 258 00:22:02,319 --> 00:22:07,839 spurred this idea of a five minute audio drama. And Eric Schmidt, the 259 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:12,000 former CEO of Google said, creativity loves constraints. So again, all of 260 00:22:12,039 --> 00:22:15,000 these sort of things have been spinning around in my mind for a while, 261 00:22:15,759 --> 00:22:22,079 and as I begin to experiment with short audio myself. I thought, well, 262 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:26,039 let's try to spread this out a little bit more, get more people 263 00:22:26,039 --> 00:22:30,759 involved, because I think this is going to be beneficial to creatives and to 264 00:22:32,279 --> 00:22:37,039 the fan community because it's more content for them. Right. So I've just 265 00:22:37,079 --> 00:22:42,480 been really intrigued by this. And another reason is because short form allows for 266 00:22:42,599 --> 00:22:49,039 more experimental storytelling approaches. As I mentioned with craig'spiece, an entire story told 267 00:22:49,079 --> 00:22:53,640 with no dialogue. You would think that that's not possible in audio, but 268 00:22:53,720 --> 00:23:00,200 it is. And if we compare this short form audio with short form writing 269 00:23:00,279 --> 00:23:06,519 again, another podcast that I was listening to called Writing Excuses, was talking 270 00:23:06,519 --> 00:23:12,319 about short stories and novelettes and novellas versus novels, the differences in those approaches 271 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:17,880 to writing. They're different disciplines. The structure of the story looks different in 272 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:22,759 these various ways of writing a story, and the same is true for audio 273 00:23:22,839 --> 00:23:26,039 drama. The way you would write a feature length script is different from what 274 00:23:26,079 --> 00:23:30,000 the way you would write a script for a micro audio drama. And so 275 00:23:30,799 --> 00:23:33,920 because it's only five minutes, you can experiment a little bit more. You 276 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:38,759 can do interesting things like having a story with no dialogue. I don't think 277 00:23:38,799 --> 00:23:45,200 somebody's gonna sit for ninety minutes listen to an audio drama without dialogue. Somebody 278 00:23:45,279 --> 00:23:49,319 might not be willing to sit down for a feature length production and listen to 279 00:23:49,319 --> 00:23:55,359 something that's very different from what they're used to. But five minutes, okay, 280 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:57,839 three minutes, sure, I can do that. I'll check that out. 281 00:23:59,799 --> 00:24:03,519 The other thing is, as Christopher pointed out, this is a good 282 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:08,039 on ramp for people who are unfamiliar with audio drama. Right. This is 283 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:12,680 one of the goals of Audio Theater Central, expand the listener base, let 284 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:18,000 more people know about great audio drama. Well, what better way to introduce 285 00:24:18,039 --> 00:24:22,079 them to this medium than to share a free five minute audio drama with them. 286 00:24:22,519 --> 00:24:27,519 It's much easier to get somebody to commit to three or five minutes than 287 00:24:29,279 --> 00:24:33,759 it is for ninety minutes. And generally speaking, most of the mid range 288 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:37,279 to feature link stuff you're gonna have to pay for anyway, at least the 289 00:24:37,279 --> 00:24:45,240 good ones. And so to be able to share a good five minute audio 290 00:24:45,279 --> 00:24:48,680 drama that somebody can listen to for free, I think it's a fantastic way 291 00:24:49,079 --> 00:24:55,160 to introduce more people. The other thing is it sort of acts as a 292 00:24:55,200 --> 00:25:00,279 modern business card or poster for producers, even if they have audio dramas that 293 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:06,200 are paid projects, and they can release teasers and things for that, but 294 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:11,319 to actually post short form stuff that people can listen to for free and have 295 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:15,400 a self contained story and not just a little tease for something that they then 296 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:19,799 have to pay for. I think that's a great idea to market what you 297 00:25:19,839 --> 00:25:26,599 are capable of as a producer and the level of quality that people can expect 298 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:30,119 from your paid for projects. Now, I know that I've been primarily speaking 299 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:36,079 to people who are making audio drama, but this does apply to listeners as 300 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:41,400 well. And so to give you an example of what can be accomplished with 301 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:47,160 just five minutes, I want to share with you a short that was produced 302 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:53,039 by Alicia Hansen of Eternal Future Productions for the recent audio challenge in the Audio 303 00:25:53,079 --> 00:26:00,480 Drama Alliance Group. Now, it's called the Eyes of Spring, and I'm 304 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,599 gonna warn you up front that you're gonna want to have some tissues ready. 305 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:10,599 Now, this might not be audio drama in the strictest sense, because it 306 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:15,400 is again a short form medium where you can experiment a little bit. And 307 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,440 so I asked Alicia if she would mind if I shared her piece, because 308 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:23,440 I think it's a great example of what you can do with just a couple 309 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:29,359 of minutes. You can tell an entire story, and you can still move 310 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,920 people with just five minutes. So give a listen to this. It's called 311 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:41,079 the Eyes of Spring. Hi Rose, my name is Spring, spring Walker. 312 00:26:45,279 --> 00:26:49,200 My goodness, if you could see how beautiful it is today. I've 313 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:56,599 always loved the spring, so did my mother. When she found out she 314 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:03,480 was pregnant with me, she was overjoyed. You see, she thought she 315 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:07,039 couldn't have any children, but if she ever did, she knew it would 316 00:27:07,039 --> 00:27:11,799 be a girl, and then I'd be born in spring. And she was 317 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:17,720 right. I was her only one, but she told me that's all she 318 00:27:17,759 --> 00:27:25,319 ever needed. Look, I know I shouldn't be here. You don't even 319 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:29,279 know me, but I'm here to tell you that, even though we never 320 00:27:29,319 --> 00:27:34,640 met a day in your life, you have changed my life because I was 321 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:44,160 the one who took yours. Oh this is so hard, I don't even 322 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:49,799 know how to explain, but I'll try. About four years ago I married 323 00:27:49,839 --> 00:27:55,359 the man of my dreams, my best friend, and we got pregnant with 324 00:27:55,400 --> 00:28:00,400 a girl of her own. You can imagine my excitement having when is the 325 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,880 joy my mother experienced growing up with me. I knew, without a shadow 326 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,559 of a doubt, what I wanted to be. I wanted to be a 327 00:28:07,599 --> 00:28:14,559 mother. The pregnancy went as well as it could. Of course, I 328 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,400 was tired and felt sick for most of it, it seemed, but none 329 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:22,799 of that mattered. I just couldn't wait to meet her. But one day 330 00:28:22,839 --> 00:28:29,759 I made a terrible decision that made all that change. I was driving home. 331 00:28:30,759 --> 00:28:33,359 I wasn't feeling too well, but I felt her kick and my heart 332 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:38,319 leapt and with this happiness I couldn't contain. I pulled out my phone and 333 00:28:38,359 --> 00:28:41,319 started to text my husband to tell him. Oh, I had to tell 334 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:47,880 him, even when I heard a voice say wait, just wait, but 335 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:55,680 I ignored it. It was a decision that would change everything. Not more 336 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:59,839 than a couple seconds later, I hear this horn and it terrified me. 337 00:29:00,079 --> 00:29:04,279 It was so loud. I looked up only in time to see a car 338 00:29:04,319 --> 00:29:08,359 heading right towards me, and without even thinking, I jerked the wheel. 339 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:15,559 A second later, I hit a tree and everything went black. I woke 340 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:22,119 up in a hospital. Everything hurt so bad I could barely move, but 341 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:26,039 that didn't matter. The first thought that came to me was her. I 342 00:29:26,079 --> 00:29:30,759 felt my stomach. Every inch I moved, my fingers hurt so much. 343 00:29:30,839 --> 00:29:36,200 I cried out. But I had to feel her. I needed to know 344 00:29:36,319 --> 00:29:42,880 she was safe. But I felt nothing. The doctor told me she was 345 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:48,279 gone, that the accident had caused me to go into premature labor and there 346 00:29:48,279 --> 00:29:57,519 were complications. My daughter was gone and it was my fault. I've gone 347 00:29:57,559 --> 00:30:03,039 through some very dark days, days where I could barely get out of bed. 348 00:30:03,799 --> 00:30:10,359 I keep having this dream where I relive the accident. It's horrible, 349 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:17,200 I know, except it's different. After I black out, I'm not in 350 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:22,039 the hospital. No. Instead, I see this man in white linen. 351 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:26,519 He doesn't look like he's from here, and I think he's going to be 352 00:30:26,599 --> 00:30:33,920 angry with me. But he's so gentle, compassionate. Even he gives me 353 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:38,440 the strength to stand up each time I take his hand, and he keeps 354 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:44,319 telling me to follow him. He's the one who gives me strength to speak 355 00:30:44,359 --> 00:30:48,680 to you today. Rose. I wish more than anything I could have met 356 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:59,359 you. Why didn't I wait? Why didn't I listen? I'm so sorry, 357 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:22,480 baby, I can have done better. Wake up Spring, wake up, 358 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:37,640 it's you rise and follow me. Wow, it's so good, so 359 00:31:37,799 --> 00:31:44,039 good. That's just an example of what you can do in four minutes and 360 00:31:44,119 --> 00:31:49,720 fifty nine seconds. It's powerful. You can tell an entire story, and 361 00:31:51,519 --> 00:31:56,240 notice how it starts off. We have some ambient sound effects there to help 362 00:31:56,279 --> 00:32:00,400 set the scene, and then as things progress and the music comes in, 363 00:32:01,119 --> 00:32:07,880 those sound effects fade out and we can focus on the vocal performance. And 364 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:15,039 what a performance there by Alisia Hansen. Fantastic, Just an amazing, heartrending 365 00:32:15,559 --> 00:32:20,039 performance there. And then at the end we hear the voice of Jonathan Cook 366 00:32:20,119 --> 00:32:24,680 coming in there portraying Jesus. So I wanted to share that with you as 367 00:32:24,799 --> 00:32:34,119 just one example. And I think this micro audio drama space is largely ignored 368 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:39,440 by most producers, and I want to see that change. I really do, 369 00:32:39,519 --> 00:32:45,920 because I think this is a fantastic way to expand the audience base of 370 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:52,359 clean, family friendly audio drama, and short stories like this can be shared 371 00:32:52,519 --> 00:32:57,720 very easily. There are different platforms out there that make it very easy to 372 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:02,079 get this out there and quickly share a link with somebody or even just send 373 00:33:02,119 --> 00:33:07,119 them an MP three file. It's very very easy to share and I want 374 00:33:07,119 --> 00:33:10,359 to see more people get on board. Now. I have actually heard from 375 00:33:10,559 --> 00:33:15,680 a few people since I've been starting to talk about this in recent months who 376 00:33:15,759 --> 00:33:21,400 have been inspired by and I don't think it's just solely me, but have 377 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:27,039 told me that they've seen what I'm doing and it inspired them. They haven't 378 00:33:27,079 --> 00:33:29,960 given me permission to share who they are, but so I'm not going to 379 00:33:30,039 --> 00:33:35,440 name them. But other producers have been looking at this format and that makes 380 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:40,440 me very excited because I think it is an untapped market and I want to 381 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:45,559 see this grow. Now again, I've been talking a lot to producers, 382 00:33:45,599 --> 00:33:52,880 but for listeners, I think if you've been used to listening to that twenty 383 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:59,400 five minute Adventures Odyssey episode, maybe it's time to be open to expanding your 384 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:05,720 horizon a little bit and trying different formats and then share these pieces from producers 385 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:13,239 that you really enjoy and let's grow the fandom or that's probably not the right 386 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,960 word, but the community of audio drama listeners in any way that we can 387 00:34:17,039 --> 00:34:22,280 and use this as an on ramp to introduce audio drama to people who are 388 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:25,679 unfamiliar with it. And so, as I said, I've been working on 389 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:30,400 several projects they are all posted at my personal website jdsutter dot me. I 390 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,960 would love for you to go over there and check those out. There is 391 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,519 a place where you can sign up to get notified whenever I post new ones. 392 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:43,559 I am going all in on this. I'm really excited about the possibilities 393 00:34:43,559 --> 00:34:49,480 here and I want to see more, more crazy, cool stuff done in 394 00:34:49,559 --> 00:34:52,400 this space, and I plan to keep working in it as well. So 395 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,480 you can sign up, drop your email address in there, and whenever I 396 00:34:55,519 --> 00:34:59,920 post new stuff, you'll get notified right away. I would love for you 397 00:35:00,159 --> 00:35:02,519 join me over there. Jdsutter dot me. Link is in the show notes 398 00:35:02,559 --> 00:35:07,559 as well. I have done two full fledged audio dramas, as well as 399 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:13,800 multiple other short pieces, audio essays, some narration of short fiction that I've 400 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:17,039 written, and so I want to see this space grow, and if you 401 00:35:17,079 --> 00:35:22,320 could join me as we try to grow this, I would really really appreciate 402 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,480 that. The two audio dramas I've done is a contemporary piece about a young 403 00:35:25,559 --> 00:35:30,159 man who has recently lost his father and he's trying to figure out what he 404 00:35:30,159 --> 00:35:34,159 wants to do with his life after this loss, and it's called Another Year 405 00:35:34,199 --> 00:35:38,079 Older, Another Year Wiser, and then just recently I wrote a short fantasy 406 00:35:38,119 --> 00:35:44,679 piece called Loomy and the Daffodils, and it's really really fun at least I 407 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:49,280 think so. And so that is also available, and all of this content 408 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,320 is available to listen to for free, so you can check it out again 409 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:58,920 jdsutter dot me. And there's also a link to some of the content from 410 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,559 the Audio Drama Allion. There is a sort of round up post of some 411 00:36:02,599 --> 00:36:07,639 of their recent productions on the Idiodrama Alliance website, which I've also linked in 412 00:36:07,679 --> 00:36:09,320 the show notes so you can hear what other people are doing as well. 413 00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:15,920 Now the homework part. I don't usually do this, but I would love 414 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:17,800 to hear from you. What do you think about this idea of micro audio 415 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:22,880 drama or micro audio in general, and what would you like to hear somebody 416 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:28,440 do as a listener and as a producer. Has this sort of peaked your 417 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:34,079 interest? Are you interested at all in exploring this idea of micro audio drama. 418 00:36:34,119 --> 00:36:36,840 I would love to hear from you. It's a murder mystery sort of 419 00:36:37,079 --> 00:36:39,840 cross between William Shakespeare and Agada Christie. No, it's not that I didn't 420 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:44,480 like it, it's that it wasn't a good play. This will be one 421 00:36:44,519 --> 00:36:47,880 of the best shows we have ever done. Such an amusing show. What 422 00:36:49,079 --> 00:36:52,440 was that line you coined? I never knew acting could be so much fun. 423 00:36:53,039 --> 00:36:58,920 Well, I am excited to talk about robin Hood Rising to Honor Season 424 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:02,239 one. Now, this is a joint production from LRT Media and Eternal Future 425 00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:08,440 Productions. If you're new around here. LRT Media is known for other projects 426 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:15,320 such as their Sherlock Holmes, Chapelin, Squeak and The Titanic Waif and Eternal 427 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:22,920 Feature Productions is the producer of Pirateeers, and these two producers teamed up for 428 00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:28,880 robin Hood Rising to Honor. So this one is actually released in a similar 429 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:36,079 way to Pirateeers in that they tell a single story across an entire season, 430 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:44,239 and this first season has seven episodes. So it's interesting because it is an 431 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:49,280 entire story in one season, So that makes it feel a little bit more 432 00:37:49,639 --> 00:37:53,840 like a feature length production when you look at the total run time. But 433 00:37:54,039 --> 00:38:00,440 since it is released in smaller chunks, I guess it could fit technically into 434 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:05,840 that format of short form that we were talking about earlier. But each episode 435 00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:09,599 is around ten minutes, I mean, give or take a minute or two 436 00:38:09,639 --> 00:38:15,320 here and there, so it's if you're looking at individual episodes, then yeah, 437 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:22,000 it does fit into that short form category. But episode one was released 438 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:27,360 just at the tail end of last year on December twenty eighth, and then 439 00:38:27,519 --> 00:38:32,079 the remaining six episodes have been released across January and February, with episode seven 440 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:37,960 releasing on February twenty sixth. Now, this entire season is out, of 441 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:42,119 course, and you can go and listen to them all, or you can 442 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:49,039 purchase them on CD from Eternal Future or LRT Media. They both have these 443 00:38:49,079 --> 00:38:52,360 available, so both of them are linked up in the show notes, so 444 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:57,440 you can choose whichever one you want to use. But you can listen to 445 00:38:57,519 --> 00:39:02,079 these episodes on the Eternal Future website or through a podcast feed. But I 446 00:39:02,159 --> 00:39:08,920 highly recommend go and purchase the full season cut and support these producers because they're 447 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:14,239 making some really great stuff and so of course that option is available if you 448 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,760 want to go just test the waters for yourself see if it's something you're interested 449 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:22,519 in, then this is a good way to do it. But there now 450 00:39:22,559 --> 00:39:27,639 you may notice a difference in the duration of the CD version versus the total 451 00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:35,039 runtime of the individual episodes, and that is because I'm assuming that on the 452 00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:38,360 CD version or the full season cut, they have removed the credits from the 453 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:44,000 end of every single episode, so we're looking at about seventy to seventy eight 454 00:39:44,079 --> 00:39:49,079 minutes runtime total, depending on which version you are listening to. So that 455 00:39:49,199 --> 00:39:52,800 is a good chunk of content here for this first season of robin Hood Rising 456 00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:58,880 to Honor, And you know at spoiler alert, it's just a really fun 457 00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:05,719 show. It's a really fun show. So let's jump into the summary and 458 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:12,840 know the pain. That's say, your life, your strength is wearing things 459 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:24,880 and you're tire, feeling ant Denis and you want to give him live have 460 00:40:25,119 --> 00:40:39,119 a gift to reveal mersin you. Every time your heart, every time your 461 00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:47,280 dreams break, every time you'll wear it will be there. A kingdom burdened 462 00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:53,480 by war, taxes and a tyrannical monarch. As England struggles to carry on 463 00:40:53,559 --> 00:40:59,199 in the absence of the good King Richard, other forces begin gathering to grab 464 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:02,519 power. Meanwhile, those who suffer most are the common folk, crushed under 465 00:41:02,519 --> 00:41:08,960 the weight of excessive taxation and lawlessness. Rich soundscapes, original music, and 466 00:41:09,039 --> 00:41:15,440 compelling voice acting bring the medieval world of robin Hood to life, immersing listeners 467 00:41:15,559 --> 00:41:20,400 in an epic tale of bravery and justice in a way you've never heard before. 468 00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:25,239 I would one hundred percent agree with that it is very, very different, 469 00:41:25,679 --> 00:41:30,320 and just to shoot straight with you. When I first heard about this 470 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:37,400 robin Hood project way back in the early days when LRT Media first was launching, 471 00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:42,239 they had posted a little graphic about projects that they had in the early 472 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:45,679 stages, and I saw robin Hood as one of them, and I thought, 473 00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:49,880 you know, there's been a lot of Robin Hood audio drama. We've 474 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:55,760 had an absolutely amazing, world class production with the Legends of Robin Hood from 475 00:41:55,760 --> 00:42:00,239 Air Theater, and I wonder, what else can we do with this story 476 00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:07,000 now. I've always found the character of Robin Hood fascinating and interesting, and 477 00:42:07,039 --> 00:42:12,920 I've seen stage presentations on the character, and I know that the lore around 478 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,760 this character is very big. I mean it's I think that Robin Hood is 479 00:42:17,039 --> 00:42:23,000 probably one of the most recognized characters from legend and lore or however you want 480 00:42:23,039 --> 00:42:30,480 to describe it. And I mean, the whole concept of robbing the rich 481 00:42:30,559 --> 00:42:34,840 to feed the poor, even that phrase is sort of ingrained in the English 482 00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:40,800 language. And so this is an epic story. And after hearing what LRT 483 00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:45,280 Media was able to produce, and knowing what Eternal Future was producing, I 484 00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:51,320 was confident that they were going to put out a high quality product and they 485 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:55,599 delivered. I think it is a really interesting take on this legend, this 486 00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,599 character that most everybody is familiar with, but not in the way that they 487 00:43:00,679 --> 00:43:06,800 do it. It's very different. So let's run through the crew on this 488 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:13,039 show before we get into the particulars of the episodes. The voice track editing 489 00:43:13,079 --> 00:43:16,280 was done by Craig Hart, Writing, directing and production by Alicia Hanson, 490 00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:21,719 Jonathan Cook and Craig Hart. Again, these two production houses teamed up for 491 00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:24,760 this. The music was composed by Dominic Trice. Now you may have heard 492 00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:30,079 of him before as an actor. He was in lamp Ladder Theater and is 493 00:43:30,079 --> 00:43:34,119 the producer of Saint Benedict Radio Theater. He's a great actor. He's done 494 00:43:34,119 --> 00:43:37,840 some stuff in the audio drama Alliance as well. But he's also a very 495 00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:43,159 talented composer, as you heard in this show if you've listened to it already, 496 00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:45,639 and if you haven't, you will hear, and he did some amazing 497 00:43:45,719 --> 00:43:52,360 music. The LRT Media theme was composed by John Campbell, and again these 498 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:58,000 three creatives sort of split up the sound design duties on this production. Jonathan 499 00:43:58,039 --> 00:44:01,960 Cook handled sound design for episode one and four, Craig Hart on episodes two, 500 00:44:02,039 --> 00:44:07,000 four, and five, and Alicia Hanson on episodes three, six, 501 00:44:07,119 --> 00:44:14,599 and seven, So really splitting up the duties here, and I think it 502 00:44:14,639 --> 00:44:16,960 worked. Now, this is a very unique approach. I don't off the 503 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:22,480 top of my head, I don't recall any other show that was created like 504 00:44:22,559 --> 00:44:27,840 this where the writing, directing, and producing and sound design are all split 505 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:32,039 up like this. Well, I guess Pirateeers is an example. Between Jonathan 506 00:44:32,079 --> 00:44:37,199 and Alicia, they do co direct and co write those a lot of times, 507 00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:42,840 but this is a really interesting way to approach production, and they were 508 00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:46,800 able to crank out an entire season in fairly short order, so it's quite 509 00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:51,440 impressive. Now, in terms of the cast, we've got a lot of 510 00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:55,519 familiar names and some perhaps that you may not be familiar with, but the 511 00:44:55,639 --> 00:44:59,920 producer sort of split up the main character roles as well, and we have 512 00:45:00,119 --> 00:45:04,400 Jonathan Cook as Robin Hood, Craig Hart as Prince John, and Alicia Hansen 513 00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:08,039 as Maid Marian, and I think their voices work really well for these characters. 514 00:45:08,559 --> 00:45:14,039 And now this is not a spoiler, because we find this out in 515 00:45:14,079 --> 00:45:17,960 the very first episode, and Craig did reveal this in our interview with him 516 00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:23,400 not long ago where we talked about Robin Hood. But their take on the 517 00:45:23,519 --> 00:45:28,480 character again is very different, and so in this story, in this version, 518 00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:34,400 Little John is the same person as Prince John or King as he wants 519 00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:39,920 to be called, and Robin Hood is also the Sheriff of Nottingham. So 520 00:45:40,039 --> 00:45:43,679 what in the world that is such a I mean, it blew my mind 521 00:45:43,679 --> 00:45:45,440 when I heard that that's what they were going to do. I'm like, 522 00:45:45,119 --> 00:45:52,880 that is such an interesting, unique take on this and it totally lends itself 523 00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:59,800 to some really interesting conflict and you know, having to choose allegiances here, 524 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:06,039 and it makes for some interesting storytelling. So again, really really interesting and 525 00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:07,880 I mean, like I would have never thought to do something like that, 526 00:46:08,079 --> 00:46:15,079 and so it's really really interesting. Now some of the other main characters are 527 00:46:15,199 --> 00:46:20,079 Friar Tuck, which is another character that we're all familiar with from the Legends, 528 00:46:20,599 --> 00:46:23,679 and he was played by Andy Harvey and he did a fantastic job, 529 00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:29,039 just nailed it. So we'll get to some of the other characters as we 530 00:46:29,119 --> 00:46:31,639 go through I guess now would be a good time to mention Cyril, the 531 00:46:31,719 --> 00:46:37,400 steward, who is introduced in the first episode as sort of the right hand 532 00:46:37,679 --> 00:46:42,920 of Prince John, and he's played by Duffy Webber, who if you have 533 00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:47,840 heard Pirateers then you know him from that show as well. So let's dive 534 00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:52,639 into these episodes a little bit. And I don't want to give any major 535 00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:58,280 plot point spoilers, you know, like I said, the discovery that those 536 00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:02,280 characters are the same Little John and Prince John, and Robin Hood also is 537 00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:07,000 the sheriff at this time in this story, those are not really spoilers because 538 00:47:07,039 --> 00:47:13,760 again it's given out right there at the beginning of the season. But there 539 00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:16,360 are things that happen throughout that I don't want to spoil because if you haven't 540 00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:21,880 heard it, it's really cool to experience them. So we're going to go 541 00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:24,840 through them as spoiler free as we can. But I did want to talk 542 00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:30,000 about these because I do think what they're pulling off here with this show is 543 00:47:30,119 --> 00:47:36,599 really cool, and you know, another example of a high quality show that 544 00:47:36,679 --> 00:47:45,559 is being produced entirely remotely, and it's really really cool stuff. So as 545 00:47:45,599 --> 00:47:49,840 I moved through the season. I felt like the pacing was really nice, 546 00:47:50,639 --> 00:47:54,079 allowing the moments to not feel rushed. This is a big thing for me, 547 00:47:54,840 --> 00:48:00,280 and a lot of times newer producers overlook this and it just can make 548 00:48:00,679 --> 00:48:08,719 the audio drama feel a little bit tense or overly edited maybe is the right 549 00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:14,000 word. And they don't do that here. There are several moments where there's 550 00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:21,599 just pauses between dialogue as we hear somebody moving through the scene the setting of 551 00:48:21,639 --> 00:48:27,199 that moment, and they're just allowing the sounds to tell the story there. 552 00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:30,239 Especially in that first episode, there were a couple of moments like that, 553 00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:36,760 but that does happen throughout the season. And speaking of the sound design again, 554 00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:40,599 in this first episode, the sound design was done in such a way 555 00:48:40,639 --> 00:48:46,760 that it allows you to feel the spaciousness of the palace or whatever the I 556 00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:52,480 don't know if palace is the right word, the castle, wherever the setting 557 00:48:52,519 --> 00:48:58,079 is happening there with John and Robin. But it's done in such a neat 558 00:48:58,159 --> 00:49:02,000 way, because again, these are little details that a lot of times get 559 00:49:02,039 --> 00:49:07,400 overlooked, and I really appreciated the sound of it. It works really well. 560 00:49:07,519 --> 00:49:14,280 And then we're introduced to this idea that both Robin and John are interested 561 00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:17,960 in Maid Marion, and so we know we're setting up some things for some 562 00:49:19,119 --> 00:49:22,280 conflict later on in the season, and of course that does come into play. 563 00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:30,280 But another big focus is, as we heard from the summary, it's 564 00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:36,880 just on the people and how much they are struggling under all of these extra 565 00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:42,599 regulations and taxes and things, and just Prince John being a jerk, you 566 00:49:42,599 --> 00:49:47,559 know, and enforcing these laws on them. And so I know that's why 567 00:49:47,599 --> 00:49:52,400 I chose the song I did here to open up this segment. It just 568 00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:59,719 felt right considering the focus in this story on the struggles of the people and 569 00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:05,480 the hard times and the hardships and lost that they're facing, and it just 570 00:50:05,639 --> 00:50:10,119 feels very genuine and real. And speaking of that, also introduced in the 571 00:50:10,159 --> 00:50:15,800 first episode is a character called John Plowman, which I don't know if this 572 00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:20,800 is intentional, I'm assuming it was, but Plowman a great surname, but 573 00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:27,000 also it's one of those ones that sort of hearkens to an occupation. And 574 00:50:27,679 --> 00:50:32,800 John Plowman is played by Daniel Cross and he does a fantastic job of playing 575 00:50:34,599 --> 00:50:39,199 I guess you could call him a peasant farmer and who is really struggling under 576 00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:45,480 all of this taxation and just the state of the land. During this time, 577 00:50:45,519 --> 00:50:50,559 Richard is away fighting in the Crusades and he's left John in charge, 578 00:50:50,639 --> 00:50:53,639 and John's letting the power go to his head, you know, and so 579 00:50:54,760 --> 00:51:00,199 the people are suffering, and so that does come through, and you know, 580 00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:05,360 the summary also talks about bravery and justice, and those themes do come 581 00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:10,079 through very nicely as we move through these seven episodes in some really interesting ways, 582 00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:15,679 some really interesting ways. Now, anybody who is familiar with the Legends 583 00:51:15,719 --> 00:51:22,119 of robin Hood knows about the legendary split arrow scene, Well, it plays 584 00:51:22,199 --> 00:51:25,159 out in this story as well in this version, but a little bit differently, 585 00:51:25,159 --> 00:51:30,079 and it was really cool. I really liked that. And we also 586 00:51:30,199 --> 00:51:36,159 learn in episode two a little bit about what is motivating John and why he 587 00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:39,320 is acting the way he is, and that's one thing that might be missing 588 00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:45,559 in some other versions of this story. Because of the unique setup of these 589 00:51:45,639 --> 00:51:49,960 characters, you get the feeling that they've known each other for a long time 590 00:51:50,239 --> 00:51:54,360 as friends, they grew up with each other, and so it does allow 591 00:51:54,440 --> 00:52:00,079 for some interesting ways to play with the motivations for Prince John. All three 592 00:52:00,119 --> 00:52:04,760 of them Robin, John and Marion were friends as children, and so this 593 00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:09,599 is really really interesting. Now, there were some humorous moments throughout the season 594 00:52:09,639 --> 00:52:15,280 which I really enjoyed. There is a running joke about an archer's finger slipping 595 00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:17,599 on the bow string, and that was really interesting the way they worked that. 596 00:52:17,719 --> 00:52:23,400 In Earlier I mentioned Andy Harvey as Friar Tuck. He delivers a standout 597 00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:30,000 performance I think probably the best performance in this audio drama in this first season. 598 00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:37,440 Extremely well done. Daniel Cross as John Plowman was also fantastic. Really 599 00:52:37,480 --> 00:52:42,679 really enjoyed his performance. Now, in episode three, we have a really 600 00:52:42,679 --> 00:52:47,280 cool scene, a very intense conversation between Robin Hood and Tuck in the church, 601 00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:54,400 some really really great moments there. You can feel the tenseness as Friar 602 00:52:54,480 --> 00:53:01,199 Tuck is sort of trying to nudge Robin to do what's right and what Robin 603 00:53:01,239 --> 00:53:05,840 knows in his heart is the right thing, but he's not sure how to 604 00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:10,320 go about it. And it's got some really really great moments. And in 605 00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:15,480 this particular episode, episode three, there is just an amazing music cue that 606 00:53:15,639 --> 00:53:22,000 leads out of this last scene here. Really great work there by Dominic Trice 607 00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:25,840 really enjoyed that. It really jumped out at me as just a perfect feel 608 00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:36,039 there to that moment and accompanied the scene extremely well. And speaking of humorous 609 00:53:36,039 --> 00:53:42,360 moments, Cyril is sort of a comic relief throughout the series on his own. 610 00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:46,000 But then in episode four we are introduced to his wife, and boy, 611 00:53:46,079 --> 00:53:53,119 oh boy, does she bring along some funny moments, not necessarily in 612 00:53:53,159 --> 00:53:58,280 a great way, but I won't spoil exactly why or how, but she's 613 00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:01,480 played by Kara O'Brien, and Kara's just fantastic. She does a really really 614 00:54:01,480 --> 00:54:07,639 great job, and Duffy s Cyril just does an amazing job as well. 615 00:54:07,639 --> 00:54:15,199 And then we also get in episode four some really deep moving motivations for Marion 616 00:54:15,320 --> 00:54:21,119 that are revealed. That was a really neat moment there as well. So 617 00:54:22,119 --> 00:54:25,199 again we have the producers here who are doing the writing, the directing, 618 00:54:27,159 --> 00:54:32,960 and all the behind the scenes post production as well and playing the main characters, 619 00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:37,679 and Alicia Hansen here as made Marion did a really great job as well. 620 00:54:39,199 --> 00:54:45,480 Now in episode five we have a scene where Prince John is drunk and 621 00:54:45,519 --> 00:54:51,000 there are some quite funny moments, even though it's not funny what he's doing 622 00:54:51,079 --> 00:54:55,079 or saying, but the way it's portrayed here, a really great job by 623 00:54:55,119 --> 00:55:01,320 Craig Hart playing that character. And you know, we're we're closing in on 624 00:55:00,480 --> 00:55:07,480 the back half of the season and tension is really building. And then at 625 00:55:07,519 --> 00:55:10,480 around this point we have some more intrigue that sort of enters the picture, 626 00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:15,719 which really ratchets up the tension. And I'm really liking where this thing is 627 00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:21,880 going at this point. Well, while we're talking about funny moments, Craig 628 00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:24,920 Heart was kind enough to give us a little sneak peek into the studio, 629 00:55:25,360 --> 00:55:31,320 so to speak of when they were recording for robin Hood, and since Craig 630 00:55:31,400 --> 00:55:36,880 and Jonathan and Alicia were all playing the main characters, they would record together 631 00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:42,280 remotely, and so Craig sent over this little reel of clips from their recording 632 00:55:42,320 --> 00:55:46,840 session and their outtakes of Jonathan Cook as he's recording for robin Hood. So 633 00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:54,800 let's give this a listen. Is there a problem here? Is harder to 634 00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:59,639 get back to my snacks? No, I'm in shape and I can take 635 00:55:59,679 --> 00:56:01,519 all this shit if anytime I want. Would you stand still please? I'm 636 00:56:01,559 --> 00:56:05,719 trying to have a conversation here. I belong to No one. I'm my 637 00:56:05,840 --> 00:56:10,639 own person. Little it'sy bitsy, tain't sea wing? See you were going 638 00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:15,519 down, mister pluming. I'm coming for you and your family and your dog. 639 00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:25,679 Was my take that bad? What was I supposed to do with this 640 00:56:25,719 --> 00:56:31,719 one again? Oh? Please? Here it goes? Married again? Marry 641 00:56:31,719 --> 00:56:39,079 in wait? Even the people hearing? The people people are worth this blue 642 00:56:39,119 --> 00:56:43,599 heart well than anything that. All they do is sniver, learn wide all 643 00:56:43,679 --> 00:56:47,599 day about that I can't pay their taxes. How are you doing? Do 644 00:56:47,679 --> 00:56:52,159 you arch here often at the archer return? I really dig the way you 645 00:56:52,239 --> 00:56:55,000 draw that bog. You know what I'm saying? Woit dead? Bulls iright 646 00:56:55,079 --> 00:56:58,960 through my head? My lady? What's up? Then? I'm sorry I 647 00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:04,599 couldn't hear you of the out screaming my name. I think it's gonna slip 648 00:57:04,639 --> 00:57:07,320 across your throat in this second. Shut up. We all know you're a 649 00:57:07,320 --> 00:57:12,119 good art. Yeah. I think Craig enjoys playing Mary and so got your 650 00:57:12,119 --> 00:57:17,719 bully another poor widow who's trying to feed hop pole will children. But man, 651 00:57:19,119 --> 00:57:22,639 my fingers slipped. I got away with it that time. Is there 652 00:57:22,639 --> 00:57:25,480 anything you can do to maken not marry? I want it for myself need 653 00:57:25,639 --> 00:57:30,440 depinny, I'll wait the passion of you? Is it too me? It'll 654 00:57:30,480 --> 00:57:37,400 be a funny file. Indeed it was. Oh goodness, well, thank 655 00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:42,639 you Craig for letting us share that, and thank you Jonathan for letting us 656 00:57:42,920 --> 00:57:45,480 pope fun at you. No no, no, we're laughing along with you, 657 00:57:45,559 --> 00:57:52,800 not at you. We're really laughing at you. Oh all right, 658 00:57:52,840 --> 00:58:00,039 well let's move into some more serious stuff again. So this version of the 659 00:58:00,119 --> 00:58:05,519 Robin Hood Legends, there are similarities. Of course, we've talked about some 660 00:58:05,519 --> 00:58:08,519 of the differences, but some of the similarities is that made Marian is pretty 661 00:58:08,599 --> 00:58:15,199 much the same. She's the caring, sweet woman who is concerned for the 662 00:58:15,239 --> 00:58:19,239 people. She does want to do what's right, and as I mentioned a 663 00:58:19,239 --> 00:58:22,960 little while ago that some of her motivations start to be revealed in episode four. 664 00:58:23,480 --> 00:58:27,920 When we get to episode six, she actually gets to sit down and 665 00:58:27,960 --> 00:58:32,079 have a real heart to heart talk with Robin, and there's some really really 666 00:58:32,159 --> 00:58:38,920 nice moments there, and one of the standout lines there was quoting the scripture, 667 00:58:39,079 --> 00:58:42,920 you've done it unto the least of these, You've done it unto me, 668 00:58:43,760 --> 00:58:47,320 And that was a really neat way to work that concept into this legend 669 00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:52,639 and just to show the compassion that Marian has. Now I've mentioned some of 670 00:58:52,639 --> 00:58:58,480 the humorous moments and humorous characters, but there is one particular line here in 671 00:58:58,519 --> 00:59:07,360 episode six where somebody makes a reference to the sheriff, who is Robinhood having 672 00:59:07,840 --> 00:59:12,159 a look that was kind of scary or menacing or something like that, and 673 00:59:12,159 --> 00:59:15,920 Cyril says, he looks at everyone that way. That's why he's the sheriff. 674 00:59:15,639 --> 00:59:19,679 And I thought that was a really funny line, great way to bring 675 00:59:19,719 --> 00:59:23,360 in a little bit of humor and show the witty side of this character of 676 00:59:23,400 --> 00:59:30,039 Cyril. And in this episode, episode six is where we really get to 677 00:59:30,079 --> 00:59:36,079 hear some amazing acting from Daniel Cross as John Plowman, and it was just 678 00:59:36,119 --> 00:59:40,239 an excellent performance here. And that brings us to the season finale of episode 679 00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:46,360 seven, which sort of brings things all to a head and there is a 680 00:59:46,360 --> 00:59:52,039 little bit of resolution, but the entire thing is not resolved. We know 681 00:59:52,119 --> 00:59:55,760 that there is more story to tell, and I'm happy to say that they 682 00:59:55,840 --> 01:00:00,320 are working on more episodes and I can't wait to hear where they go with 683 01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:06,800 this. But there is a really really neat moment there again, it's between 684 01:00:06,920 --> 01:00:13,880 Robin Hood and Friar Tuck and they're talking about maybe feeling a little hopeless about 685 01:00:14,039 --> 01:00:17,920 the way certain things have played out, and Robin says something along the lines 686 01:00:17,920 --> 01:00:22,360 of ah, that doesn't help us in this moment, and Friar Tuck says, 687 01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:27,320 and yet this moment is all that we have. And I thought that 688 01:00:27,400 --> 01:00:30,320 was a really poignant thing. And it's like, you know, you can 689 01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:35,360 apply that to your own life. You can't always dwell on what has happened, 690 01:00:35,480 --> 01:00:39,519 what is going on around you. You can't change certain things. You 691 01:00:39,559 --> 01:00:45,639 don't have control over certain situations. And maybe there are things in the past 692 01:00:45,719 --> 01:00:50,920 that you have done, you have contributed to the way things are now. 693 01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:54,519 But this is the moment that you have at this point. This is where 694 01:00:54,559 --> 01:00:59,079 you can make a change. This is where you can alter your course. 695 01:00:59,840 --> 01:01:04,440 And the way that that was framed in this final episode was really really cool. 696 01:01:05,840 --> 01:01:08,920 Final note on the music, the last music cue as we come out 697 01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:15,079 of episode seven, another really really great piece of music there from Dominic Trice. 698 01:01:15,840 --> 01:01:19,559 I was just really impressed with his work on this project overall, and 699 01:01:20,679 --> 01:01:23,519 the music, the sound design, the acting all came together really nicely. 700 01:01:24,079 --> 01:01:30,159 Now, if you are familiar with productions like radio theater or lamplider theater. 701 01:01:31,199 --> 01:01:37,320 The soundscapes in this show are not quite as immersive. They're not quite to 702 01:01:37,440 --> 01:01:40,880 the depth and level of something like that, but they cover all of the 703 01:01:40,920 --> 01:01:45,719 bases that you need to set the scene and to pull the listener in. 704 01:01:45,960 --> 01:01:51,079 There's no confusion about where the scenes are taking place, where things are going. 705 01:01:51,719 --> 01:01:54,840 I think it works really well and that they've been able to create these 706 01:01:55,000 --> 01:02:00,599 great shows in such a short time. It's fantastic. And this is what 707 01:02:00,679 --> 01:02:04,679 I'm excited about with this new era. I'm calling it the new Era. 708 01:02:05,039 --> 01:02:07,800 I think somebody I think it was Bethany Baldwin and called it a renaiscence of 709 01:02:08,039 --> 01:02:14,760 audio drama recently, and this is a great time. It's a great time 710 01:02:14,800 --> 01:02:17,239 to be an audio drama fan, and it's a great time for clean, 711 01:02:17,440 --> 01:02:22,320 family friendly audio drama. This is a great example of what you can do 712 01:02:22,880 --> 01:02:27,199 with a small cast. I mean, it's not a massive cast with a 713 01:02:27,239 --> 01:02:30,679 small production team, and you can just make some really interesting stuff. Now, 714 01:02:30,760 --> 01:02:34,000 I want to call out a couple of the other cast members because, 715 01:02:34,360 --> 01:02:37,440 as I said, there isn't a massive cast in this production, but the 716 01:02:37,480 --> 01:02:43,000 actors who were involved really brought it. And so we have aw Miller as 717 01:02:43,119 --> 01:02:45,920 Reeves, the Treasurer. If you're not familiar with him, he is a 718 01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:50,679 voice talent who's been around for a long time. Has worked on other LRT 719 01:02:50,880 --> 01:02:54,280 media projects. If you've listened to the Sherlock Holmes productions, you've heard him 720 01:02:54,320 --> 01:03:01,280 there. And he's also an audiobook narrator. He is narrated several audiobooks from 721 01:03:01,679 --> 01:03:06,920 an author that I enjoy quite a bit ted Decker. So he does a 722 01:03:06,960 --> 01:03:09,920 really great job with the character of Reeves. And then we have Darby Kern 723 01:03:09,960 --> 01:03:14,880 who does a couple of small parts a guard and a herald, and Stephanie 724 01:03:14,920 --> 01:03:19,360 Nimitt Parker who plays a woman in the church and Dominic Trice, the composer 725 01:03:19,400 --> 01:03:22,880 for the show, steps in and plays a servant in a scene. And 726 01:03:22,920 --> 01:03:28,559 then we have Stacey Bradshaw as Elizabeth, who is an assistant or a maid 727 01:03:28,679 --> 01:03:32,079 to Marion. And so again a small cast, but they were able to 728 01:03:32,119 --> 01:03:38,280 pull this together and make a fairly immersive world set in the medieval era, 729 01:03:38,599 --> 01:03:45,199 and it sounds really, really good. And again I'm excited about what they've 730 01:03:45,239 --> 01:03:49,840 got coming in this series. I think it's definitely worth checking out. Of 731 01:03:49,880 --> 01:03:53,440 course, all the links to get your copy or to listen in are in 732 01:03:53,480 --> 01:03:59,719 the show notes. As always, go support what these creators are working on 733 01:03:59,800 --> 01:04:03,559 these days, because it's only by the by supporting that they're able to make 734 01:04:03,679 --> 01:04:08,400 more. If you're able to purchase copies, please do that. If not, 735 01:04:09,119 --> 01:04:12,360 share it with somebody else, tell somebody else about the show if you 736 01:04:12,480 --> 01:04:16,880 enjoy it, and let's get the word out about these great shows. So 737 01:04:17,039 --> 01:04:23,880 kudos to Craigheart, Alisiha Hansen, and Jonathan Cook of LRT Media and Eternal 738 01:04:23,920 --> 01:04:30,920 Future Productions for an amazing first season of Robinhood Rising to Honor. I'm a 739 01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:32,960 fan. I've got to say, I'm a fan. I really enjoy it 740 01:04:33,480 --> 01:04:39,079 and can't wait to hear more. Well, if you'd like to get in 741 01:04:39,119 --> 01:04:44,079 touch with us here, head over to Audio Theatercentral dot com slash contact. 742 01:04:44,239 --> 01:04:45,719 All the ways to get in touch with us are listed there. Of course, 743 01:04:46,079 --> 01:04:51,360 email feedback at audio theatercentral dot com or send a text message or leave 744 01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:57,480 a voicemail at six two three six eight eight two seven seven zero. Would 745 01:04:57,519 --> 01:05:00,079 love to hear from you to include you in episode two, which is next 746 01:05:00,079 --> 01:05:05,039 episode, so please get in touch and let us know what you think about 747 01:05:05,039 --> 01:05:10,280 anything that we addressed in this episode. The song at the top of the 748 01:05:10,320 --> 01:05:15,760 review segment is called Wounded by Jamie Slocum from his nineteen ninety nine release titled 749 01:05:15,880 --> 01:05:21,039 Grace Changes Everything. If you'd like to be notified about anything we've got going 750 01:05:21,079 --> 01:05:25,440 on here at ATC, if we need to get in touch with you between 751 01:05:25,440 --> 01:05:29,199 episodes, you can always join the ATC Insiders, which is our free newsletter. 752 01:05:29,800 --> 01:05:33,920 Click the link on our website at Audiotheatercentral dot com and we will be 753 01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:39,400 in touch. And as always, the show notes with links to everything that 754 01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:43,880 we've talked about in this episode are at audio Theatercentral dot com. Slash one 755 01:05:44,159 --> 01:05:47,400 ninety nine. We'll see you next time. Thank you so much for listening. 756 01:05:53,960 --> 01:05:58,039 Audio Theater Central is a production of Fortunite Family Media. Our theme music 757 01:05:58,159 --> 01:06:01,280 was composed by Sam Avandanio. The show is produced and edited by yours truly, 758 01:06:01,639 --> 01:06:13,480 JD. Sutter, and our website is Audiotheatercentral dot com. So why 759 01:06:13,519 --> 01:06:18,320 did Robinhood steal from the rich because the poor didn't have anything worth stealing? 760 01:06:20,440 --> 01:06:26,360 Why couldn't Robin Hood hit the target because his arrows were all in a quiver. 761 01:06:27,960 --> 01:06:30,079 What did Robin say when he nearly got hit at the archery contest? 762 01:06:31,280 --> 01:06:39,239 That was an arrow escape? How did Robin hood tie his shoelaces with a 763 01:06:39,280 --> 01:06:44,039 long bow? You know, Friar Tuck was a monk, so why did 764 01:06:44,039 --> 01:06:48,800 he get involved in a life of crime because it was his habit? Porch 765 01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:57,960 Light Familymedia your source for family centered concept Cornslightfamilymedia dot com