1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:13,800 And now Audio Theater Central. Hello, welcome to Audio Theater Central. This 2 00:00:13,919 --> 00:00:19,039 is the show that explores family friendly audio drama through news, reviews and interviews. 3 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:23,679 I'm your host, JD Sutter, and this is episode one hundred and 4 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:28,559 eighty six. Well, you might be sitting there thinking, you're JD, 5 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:32,520 what's going on? Why are you releasing a podcast on this date? Of 6 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,880 all dates, You're not supposed to have a podcast at the end of the 7 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,159 Month's supposed to be the first Monday of every month. But today is a 8 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:47,320 special day. September thirtieth is International Podcast Day, so I decided I'm going 9 00:00:47,359 --> 00:00:53,759 to give you a little extra bonus content to celebrate International Podcast Day. So 10 00:00:54,399 --> 00:00:59,960 this little extra content is my gift to you on this day and not require 11 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,840 but if you would like to reciprocate, please share Audio Theater Central with a 12 00:01:03,879 --> 00:01:10,840 friend or go and give us a rating and review on the platform where you 13 00:01:10,879 --> 00:01:15,280 listen to the show, So that would be much appreciated. But in this 14 00:01:15,359 --> 00:01:21,239 extra bonus episode, I'm going to share with you a little bit of the 15 00:01:21,359 --> 00:01:27,760 content that you would get if you are a pass holder to ATC Backstage. 16 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:34,480 So I'm going to share with you a couple of initial reactions. One is 17 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:40,920 of an Adventures Nodssy Club episode, which we don't really review here on the 18 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:47,200 main podcast, and also an initial reaction to a new show from River Cross. 19 00:01:47,239 --> 00:01:49,040 So that's coming up in just a moment, But first I wanted to 20 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:53,400 share a couple of audio drama updates with you really quickly, So let's get 21 00:01:53,439 --> 00:01:57,599 into that. We interrupt this program to bring you a special report and in 22 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:02,200 other news tonight, a brief look at the headlines. Now they want exciting, 23 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:08,240 fast piece news that's relevant and entertaining like this. Our first item is 24 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:15,719 Lamplighter Theater has just launched a new app for their audio club membership. Now 25 00:02:15,759 --> 00:02:20,719 they've had this club for a while where you could get access to their audio 26 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:25,479 dramas, but this brand new app is just launched for iOS and Android and 27 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:30,840 the club is twelve dollars a month and there's thirty two audio dramas on there 28 00:02:30,879 --> 00:02:36,520 now. All of these are feature linked audio dramas and twelve audio books as 29 00:02:36,599 --> 00:02:40,560 well, if you didn't know, lamp Ladder also produces audiobooks of some of 30 00:02:40,599 --> 00:02:45,199 their titles, So there are twelve audiobooks on there right now, and they 31 00:02:45,199 --> 00:02:50,520 said they are going to be adding new audiobooks every month, so there's a 32 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,479 link in the show notes if you want to go ahead and check that out 33 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:57,360 again. Twelve dollars a month for that audio club membership from lamp Ladder. 34 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:05,479 Matt Music has announced the next Patch the Pirate adventure. It is called Passage 35 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:09,479 to Paradise and it will be launching on October third, twenty twenty three, 36 00:03:09,599 --> 00:03:15,840 so just a couple of days away that brand new production from Patch the Pirate 37 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:23,800 is coming out. And lastly, if you are a fan of Doctor SEUs, 38 00:03:23,439 --> 00:03:29,879 there is a new Cat in the Hat cast, which is and audio 39 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:35,360 drama of sorts released as a podcast featuring the Cat in the Hat and fish 40 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:39,759 from the book The Cat in the Hat and it is geared towards children, 41 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:45,319 So this is one that parents might want to check out and see if it's 42 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:51,039 something that they can share with their kids, and it's definitely worth looking into. 43 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,639 If you would like to hear more in depth thoughts on that, you 44 00:03:54,680 --> 00:04:00,840 can join backstage because I did a full initial reaction to the first episode of 45 00:04:00,879 --> 00:04:05,759 this new show. Well that'll do it for the updates. Let's jump into 46 00:04:06,199 --> 00:04:12,240 our main content for this bonus episode what do you think of our little plan? 47 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,000 Your characters were weak, your dialogue was cliched, and you didn't have 48 00:04:15,079 --> 00:04:20,279 much of a story. Wonderful everyone, We have a delightful show. It's 49 00:04:20,319 --> 00:04:24,879 the Michael, a true genius to you symbolism in that way, you may 50 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:30,399 even get a standing ovation. So, as I said a few moments ago, 51 00:04:30,519 --> 00:04:33,000 what I'm going to share with you are a couple of what we call 52 00:04:33,199 --> 00:04:41,160 initial reactions quick eisodes. Now, these are episodes where I will just sit 53 00:04:41,199 --> 00:04:46,600 down and record some off the top of the head thoughts immediately after listening to 54 00:04:46,639 --> 00:04:53,360 an audio drama and those go to our Audio Theater Central backstage members. So 55 00:04:53,480 --> 00:05:00,560 these are raw, unfiltered, unprepped for initial reactions to the shows. So 56 00:05:00,759 --> 00:05:04,800 they are not quite as polished as the reviews as you get here on the 57 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:11,560 main podcast, because again these are recorded immediately after listening to a show. 58 00:05:11,639 --> 00:05:16,120 I don't always even have the full credits for things, and so as I 59 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:24,480 said, it's just raw and unfiltered reactions. So they're not always studio quality 60 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:29,720 audio either, because most of the time they are just recorded on my phone. 61 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,279 So it's just a way for me to create some extra content for our 62 00:05:32,319 --> 00:05:38,240 backstage pass holders, so they get a little more of a behind the scenes 63 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:44,839 sort of look at these and they're not even always full fledged reviews because they're 64 00:05:45,199 --> 00:05:48,560 literally just, you know, the first things that come to mind as I 65 00:05:48,639 --> 00:05:55,240 have listened to something, and sometimes my thoughts change on productions as I listen 66 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:59,560 to them. Again, I usually try to listen to a production two or 67 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:03,120 three times before doing a full podcast review, so again you're just getting a 68 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:10,160 little peek behind the curtain or a look backstage into my thought process as I 69 00:06:10,199 --> 00:06:14,920 listen to audio dramas. So with all of that said, the first one 70 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,839 that I'm going to share with you is my reaction to Adventures and Odyssey episode 71 00:06:18,959 --> 00:06:23,879 nine to fifty nine, which is a club exclusive and it's called Dose of 72 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:29,839 Virtual Reality. And this was released to Backstage in April of twenty twenty three. 73 00:06:30,079 --> 00:06:34,800 So here you go, how do you backstage pass holders? This is 74 00:06:34,879 --> 00:06:43,959 JD and I've got another initial reactions crickosode for you today of and Adventures and 75 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,079 Odyssey club episode. I'm trying to get through all of these as quickly as 76 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:51,879 i can get all up to date on them, So in this episode, 77 00:06:53,040 --> 00:07:00,959 I'm going to be sharing my thoughts on number nine fifty nine of Virtual Reality, 78 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:08,879 and I gotta say right at the top, I loved this episode. 79 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,360 I had a lot of fun with this one. So when it first started, 80 00:07:13,959 --> 00:07:16,319 I was like, Molly, who is Molly. It took me a 81 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:21,240 little while to remember who she was, and then I'm like, oh, 82 00:07:21,319 --> 00:07:26,959 yeah, that's right. That is Pollhouse's granddaughter. So I figured it if 83 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,680 she was in the episode, then he was going to show up at some 84 00:07:30,759 --> 00:07:36,120 point too. And of course they set the stage to bring him into this 85 00:07:36,319 --> 00:07:45,120 video game competition actually not just a video game VR game competition, And when 86 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:46,759 they first started talking about VR, I was like, ah, man, 87 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:54,040 is this going to be cheesy? Is it weird? Having VR gaming in 88 00:07:54,199 --> 00:07:59,120 Odyssey? We think of Odyssey a lot of times is like this, you 89 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:03,560 know, this quintessential, charming, little small town that's a little bit behind 90 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:09,439 on technology, aside from WIT's end, which always seems to be at the 91 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:16,800 forefront of the latest technology. But anyway, it wasn't It wasn't cheesy. 92 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:24,279 It was done really well, I thought, and it was really cool seeing 93 00:08:24,319 --> 00:08:28,639 this other side of pole House again. We had that episode a little while 94 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:35,279 back where his other family members are first introduced to us, and I was 95 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:41,039 hoping that they would bring them in more often, so I was really excited 96 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:46,279 to hear this one once I realized who Molly was, and it did not 97 00:08:46,399 --> 00:08:52,320 disappoint. I love that line and the early part of the episode where when 98 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:58,559 they're having the discussion Molly and her mother about who to invite to this gaming 99 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:07,720 competentian and she suggests her grandpa, and Molly says something like does he even 100 00:09:07,879 --> 00:09:09,200 know how to play video games? Or does he even know what they are? 101 00:09:09,279 --> 00:09:13,159 Or something like that they had her mom says, when he was a 102 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:18,799 kid, they made shadow puppets on cave walls. I like that. That 103 00:09:18,879 --> 00:09:26,000 was pretty funny. And once we actually get into the game and he starts 104 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:30,799 noticing these signs, I knew that was going to play a part in the 105 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:35,440 plot somehow, that he was going to figure out something in the game for 106 00:09:35,639 --> 00:09:39,720 her, because she was like, you know, this guy, he's too 107 00:09:39,759 --> 00:09:43,159 old, he doesn't understand video games, but he's a last resort. He's 108 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,200 my only option and I want to compete in this event, so I have 109 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,960 to go with him. She's not really paying attention to what he has to 110 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:54,080 say, so I knew that that was going to play a part, that 111 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,840 he was going to figure out something to do with the signs, And when 112 00:09:56,879 --> 00:10:01,120 he read that one about fiery trials or something, I'm like, that sounds 113 00:10:01,159 --> 00:10:05,799 like a paraphrase of a scripture verse. So I knew that that was going 114 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:13,679 to show up somewhere later on, and it did. It definitely did. 115 00:10:16,759 --> 00:10:22,080 And oh, I gotta say this, I absolutely loved the music, in 116 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:28,879 particular that transition after Polhouse dies in the game. It wasn't like the first 117 00:10:28,919 --> 00:10:35,919 time, but that main sequence after he's died multiple times, and the transition 118 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:43,159 at the end of that scene where it sounds like it might be something you 119 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:50,799 would hear in a video game as your character dies or whatever. That transition 120 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:54,159 was just super cool. I loved it. It was very different. And 121 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:58,600 when we get to the credits and I hear that it was John Campbell, 122 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:03,720 I was a little bit surprised because I wasn't expecting that. The whole episode 123 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:07,519 music had a little bit of a different feel to it, and I liked 124 00:11:07,519 --> 00:11:15,360 it a lot. Also, the little tone that played when your character died 125 00:11:15,399 --> 00:11:20,279 in the game, I'm wondering if that was something that the sound designer came 126 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:26,440 up with. Or if that was like something that John did. But either 127 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:30,200 way, it was cool. It sounded like the right kind of effect. 128 00:11:31,799 --> 00:11:35,039 Over All. The sound design itself was really good too. Zach Schneider, 129 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:39,799 the newer sound designer on the team, now, did this one sounded really 130 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:46,120 really good. I do have one little gripe with this one, and I'm 131 00:11:46,159 --> 00:11:52,960 really really surprised that this showed up in an Odyssey episode. They don't usually 132 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:58,080 let things like this slip through, but there was this line. Okay, 133 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:03,679 so let's jump back for a moment when Molly says to her mother something about 134 00:12:03,799 --> 00:12:09,480 Allison and I got special permission to compete together since her dad was out of 135 00:12:09,519 --> 00:12:15,440 town and my dad is basically you know. She doesn't finish the sentence, 136 00:12:16,639 --> 00:12:22,759 so I don't remember if he was ever referenced in the previous episode which she 137 00:12:22,879 --> 00:12:28,840 appears in, So I'm assuming that was intentional. That was an intentional thing 138 00:12:28,879 --> 00:12:33,639 to kind of give the listener a clue that, you know, there's something 139 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:37,559 more to this family or whatever, kind of keep you on the edge of 140 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:41,320 your seat about what what's going on is you know, what where is he? 141 00:12:41,919 --> 00:12:48,240 But then later on, when pull House and Molly are chatting, having 142 00:12:48,279 --> 00:12:54,000 this kind of heart to heart talk. He has a line where he says, 143 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:58,799 you and your dad used to play video games together when he was still 144 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:03,799 alive, didn't you? Okay? I know that they were trying to let 145 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:09,639 the listener know what had happened to the dad. This is the big moment 146 00:13:09,639 --> 00:13:16,399 when they reveal it. But that line is so clunky. First of all, 147 00:13:18,159 --> 00:13:22,799 of course they would have been playing games together when he was still alive, 148 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:26,840 because you can't play games video games together if somebody is not alive. 149 00:13:28,799 --> 00:13:33,600 So that line was just very clunky. I'm using the same word because he 150 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:41,559 can't think of another one. But the second thing is why are they just 151 00:13:43,159 --> 00:13:50,759 spelling it out like that. These characters already know what has happened to him, 152 00:13:50,799 --> 00:13:54,200 and if they were talking to each other, you know, without the 153 00:13:54,600 --> 00:14:01,279 listener being there, they wouldn't say it like that. I mean, it 154 00:14:01,399 --> 00:14:07,200 just it felt a little bit off to me that phrasing, you know it 155 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:11,360 maybe something like, you know, Paul House could say something like, I 156 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:16,080 know that video games was something that you and your dad used to do together, 157 00:14:16,399 --> 00:14:22,919 you know, because it's obvious in the in the next few sentences what 158 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:26,960 happened because that he references the funeral and then things like that, so we 159 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:33,639 know we're gonna we're gonna find out exactly what happened to him. Sorry for 160 00:14:33,679 --> 00:14:37,879 the noise, I gotta loud vehicle outside, hopefully that's not too noisy, 161 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,799 but we are going to find out exactly what happened. So they didn't need 162 00:14:41,879 --> 00:14:46,799 to just spell it out so plainly like that. It just it just felt 163 00:14:46,799 --> 00:14:50,960 a little on the nose, and it jumped out to me so much because, 164 00:14:52,159 --> 00:14:56,200 like I said, the Ventures and Odyssey usually doesn't have that issue with 165 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:01,519 dialogue. That's a little bit flunky. I know again, same word, 166 00:15:01,559 --> 00:15:05,759 but the only thing I can think of at the moment. This one was 167 00:15:05,759 --> 00:15:09,879 written by Bob House, and generally I like his scripts a lot too, 168 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,240 so I don't know, just a little bit, little nitpicky thing that stood 169 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:18,919 out to me. And that's the only thing really in this whole episode did 170 00:15:20,799 --> 00:15:26,399 I thought was a little bit off. Overall, really really liked it. 171 00:15:26,279 --> 00:15:33,159 And even though initially I was a little dubious about the whole VR thing, 172 00:15:33,159 --> 00:15:37,600 how are they going to make this fit into Odyssey in an interesting way and 173 00:15:37,679 --> 00:15:41,639 not make it sound like they're just trying to be down with the kids. 174 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:45,039 Or something like that, you know, but it was good. It was 175 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:48,360 really good, and like I said earlier, the signs definitely do play a 176 00:15:48,399 --> 00:15:52,639 part. As soon as he in the competition, as soon as polls, 177 00:15:52,879 --> 00:15:56,919 Pulhouse says something about the sign that says think on these things, and he's 178 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,480 finally starting to put things together. I'm like, Okay, I knew this 179 00:16:00,519 --> 00:16:03,559 was coming, but it was done in a cool way. I knew that 180 00:16:03,559 --> 00:16:08,080 they were going to win the competition. It was just not really much of 181 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:11,519 a surprise the way things played out. I saw that whole thing coming, 182 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:15,399 but I still enjoyed it, So I guess that is a sign of a 183 00:16:15,399 --> 00:16:19,360 good episode. And of course I am definitely not in the target demographics, 184 00:16:19,399 --> 00:16:27,080 so maybe kids wouldn't see that coming and would still be surprised. I don't 185 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:30,879 know, but I really liked this one. Loved the thing at the end 186 00:16:30,919 --> 00:16:37,720 where they go to Wits end and pull House makes a comment about a quadruple 187 00:16:37,799 --> 00:16:41,440 scoop explosion. Whatever that is. That's a new menu item from WIT's end 188 00:16:41,559 --> 00:16:48,480 apparently. But again, overall, really really fun episode. This is one 189 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:52,200 that I will be replaying. I liked it a lot. All right, 190 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:57,120 talk to you next. Time. And the next one is my reaction to 191 00:16:57,399 --> 00:17:02,120 episode one of a brand new show from River Cross. Now, this one 192 00:17:02,159 --> 00:17:07,240 was just released a backstage yesterday in fact at the time of this release. 193 00:17:07,559 --> 00:17:12,680 So this is brand new. And this new show from River Cross is called 194 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:19,160 Bridge to Freedom and it will be coming very soon the full mini series. 195 00:17:19,279 --> 00:17:26,599 So here is my initial reaction to the first episode of Bridge to Freedom. 196 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,559 Hey there, JD coming at you again with another initial reactions quick episode. 197 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:38,559 Again, this one is coming straight to the media host, no post and 198 00:17:38,839 --> 00:17:42,000 no editing on this, so I hope you don't mind, just trying to 199 00:17:42,039 --> 00:17:49,359 get these out as quickly as possible. And I am reacting to episode one 200 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:56,799 of Bridge to Freedom. This is the brand new series miniseries show. I'm 201 00:17:56,799 --> 00:18:02,880 not sure exactly where it fits into the to the line up here, but 202 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:08,680 it's from River Cross. So we had holding Esther from them a couple of 203 00:18:08,759 --> 00:18:17,759 years ago, and well now I'm blanking on what the other show from them 204 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:26,079 was. Oh goodness. Anyway, this is their third little mini series and 205 00:18:26,319 --> 00:18:32,559 it is called Bridge to Freedom. This is the first episode and they're calling 206 00:18:32,559 --> 00:18:37,759 it a pre release episode. I just got access to this, I think 207 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:45,359 two days ago, and It is about twenty four minutes and I just finished 208 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:49,079 listening to it, and boy, I can tell already that we're going to 209 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:59,480 be in for another heart wrenching story this Oh goodness. Like there's no opening 210 00:19:00,079 --> 00:19:07,880 host on this, so maybe that's why it's called pre release, because there's 211 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,200 nothing. There's no book ins or raps on this yet, so maybe that's 212 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:15,960 going to be added still, I don't know, and I don't have any 213 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:21,799 notes in front of me, either on the cast or anything. I just 214 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:27,759 know that Todd Bustide was the recording engineer and pretty sure did all the post 215 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:34,799 on this show as well. Now, originally I was told that John Campbell 216 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:41,119 was returning to compose the score for these episodes, but then they shared an 217 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:48,599 announcement that Aaron Fullan was actually going to be doing it, So I have 218 00:19:48,799 --> 00:19:55,039 no notes on that. Whether how that all worked out, whether the music 219 00:19:55,079 --> 00:19:56,799 I heard in this was from John or from Aaron, I don't know. 220 00:19:57,559 --> 00:20:00,119 But why I'm talking about the music, I'm just going to say this real 221 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:07,200 quickly. The opening Q is really nice and it really sets the tone and 222 00:20:07,279 --> 00:20:15,920 the location. It has that African continent vibe and sound to it, and 223 00:20:15,599 --> 00:20:25,160 it sounds really cool, But then the rest of the qu's throughout that sound, 224 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:29,559 that particular vibe, you know, with like the drums and that sort 225 00:20:29,599 --> 00:20:36,759 of African music sound is very absent. So that's why I'm kind of not 226 00:20:36,839 --> 00:20:42,880 sure about the whole composer situation. Sorry about that noise there from my computer, 227 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:52,039 but so I'm kind of wondering now if maybe the opening theme was written 228 00:20:52,039 --> 00:20:56,400 by one composer and then the rest of the music by another. So I 229 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:00,759 don't know, but I thought it was an interesting choice because if I'm remembering 230 00:21:00,799 --> 00:21:07,039 correctly, the previous two series holding Ester and I just remembered the title of 231 00:21:07,079 --> 00:21:14,480 the second one, Jiboda Bridge, they all throughout it had that similar sound 232 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:19,079 to it, a very cohesiveness throughout all of the music that really set it 233 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:23,960 in that place in the world or that part of the world, and this 234 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,160 one it is a little bit missing there. I mean, there's nothing wrong 235 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:32,720 with the music. It still sounds great, but it just sounds more like 236 00:21:32,799 --> 00:21:40,920 a traditional, suspenseful, mysterious or even a little ominous in certain parts music 237 00:21:41,039 --> 00:21:44,720 for like you that you might hear in any other audio drama, any other 238 00:21:44,839 --> 00:21:49,160 kind of thriller or something. So I don't know. Again not the music 239 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:56,920 is not bad, but it just it's missing that flavor to it. So 240 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:00,640 anyway, moving on to the rest of it, the post production, like 241 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:06,359 the sound design, it's stellar, it's fantastic. The you know, Todd 242 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:11,319 Bustide is a master. It sounds great, the acting really great. So 243 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:18,440 there's no complaints there for me from me, I should say, on those 244 00:22:18,519 --> 00:22:22,799 aspects of it. But again, this is going to be a very dark, 245 00:22:26,799 --> 00:22:30,920 heart wrenching story. I can tell already. It sounds like it's going 246 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:37,559 to be dealing with orphaned children or maybe even child brides. I don't think 247 00:22:37,559 --> 00:22:41,480 that's a spoiler, because that is brought up within the first couple of minutes 248 00:22:41,519 --> 00:22:48,519 of the story. And then we have a similar thing to I believe it 249 00:22:48,559 --> 00:22:56,880 was holding Esther, where it sounds like a relative is willing to sacrifice for 250 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:04,680 lack of a better word, there young children, young relatives, and oh, 251 00:23:04,759 --> 00:23:10,799 it's just it's awful, it's terrible, and that these kind of things 252 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:18,799 are happening in this modern day world is horrific. It's absolutely horrific. And 253 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:26,799 so I'm gonna say this is probably not one for the little kids. As 254 00:23:26,839 --> 00:23:30,759 with the previous releases from River Cross. Now, there is a caveat here 255 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:40,440 that it's probably not for little kids here in North America, because thankfully, 256 00:23:41,559 --> 00:23:48,519 most children here do not have to deal with this kind of absolutely terrible thing 257 00:23:48,559 --> 00:23:53,680 and these horrible situations. And I'm trying to not be too specific, partly 258 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:59,759 because they don't want to give away any plot points, and partly because it's 259 00:23:59,799 --> 00:24:04,759 just awful, unspeakable stuff that happens in the previous releases from River Cross, 260 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:10,039 and it looks very much like that's where things are headed in this one as 261 00:24:10,079 --> 00:24:18,359 well, and sadly, tragically, that is the reality for these young children 262 00:24:18,559 --> 00:24:22,640 in the part of a world where these stories are taking place, and it's 263 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:30,279 it's heartbreaking, it's heartbreaking, and that is why I am such a believer 264 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:37,400 in what River Cross is doing, using these stories to help people or children 265 00:24:37,799 --> 00:24:45,039 or young women who have had to face this this awful stuff and young men 266 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:52,680 as we dealt with the child soldier issue in Jabota Bridge, helping them to 267 00:24:52,799 --> 00:24:56,279 recover from the trauma of having to deal with this stuff. That's their whole 268 00:24:56,359 --> 00:25:03,720 goal, that's their mission, is using stories to help heal and minister to 269 00:25:03,799 --> 00:25:11,319 these horrible these children who have been in these horrible situations and the healing power 270 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:17,000 of a story it's amazing. And so this is not a show that I 271 00:25:17,039 --> 00:25:21,359 think you're going to want to listen to for enjoyment. It's it's not one 272 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:26,279 of those kind of stories. It's one that you'll listen to for information, 273 00:25:26,559 --> 00:25:30,440 to inform you about what is going on. Because you know, people who 274 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:36,039 are not directly involved in the ministry aspect of River Cross and those of us 275 00:25:36,039 --> 00:25:41,279 who are listening to it as just fans of audio drama, we're coming at 276 00:25:41,319 --> 00:25:45,079 it from a very different perspective of what the actual use of these shows are. 277 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:52,000 And so you know, if you are sensitive to any of these kinds 278 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,880 of issues, then you know you may not even want to check this one 279 00:25:55,880 --> 00:26:03,119 out. But it's it's so well made. They get high quality actors, 280 00:26:03,319 --> 00:26:10,400 and again the post production is top notch. So I'm definitely going to continue 281 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:17,480 listening, and I think it is important for us to know what is happening, 282 00:26:17,519 --> 00:26:22,480 what is going on, and and lend our support in whatever way we 283 00:26:22,559 --> 00:26:26,359 can to help try to change things, because again, it's horrific stuff and 284 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:33,480 I feel like I'm rambling a little bit here, but my goodness, it's 285 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:37,480 it's an amazing work that the River Cross is doing and being able to use 286 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:42,759 these stories as as a core part of their mission is an amazing use of 287 00:26:42,799 --> 00:26:49,759 audio drama. So episode one of Bridge to Freedom it's time marks all around 288 00:26:49,839 --> 00:26:56,319 for for the production as a whole content itself. Be forewarned, it's it's 289 00:26:56,319 --> 00:27:00,759 going to be dark. But if that interests you, if you do want 290 00:27:00,799 --> 00:27:06,319 to check it out, you can do that. You can become a part 291 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:11,480 of the River Cross mailing list and there's a link on their website to sign 292 00:27:11,559 --> 00:27:17,319 up and they will send you the first episode of this series to check out. 293 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:22,240 So if that sounds interesting to you, be sure to do that and 294 00:27:22,279 --> 00:27:25,960 support Rivercrosse in any way that you can, even if it's just sharing some 295 00:27:26,039 --> 00:27:33,400 of their information or their posts online. But Bridge to Freedom episode one very 296 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:38,839 very well done, and we'll see what comes from them next. All right, 297 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:45,799 talk to you later. Well. 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