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Speaker 1: And now Audio Theater Central.

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Speaker 2: Hello, welcome to Audio Theater Central. This is the show

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that explores family friendly audio drama through news, reviews and interviews.

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I'm your host, j D. Sutter. This is episode two

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zero four. We have got a lot of content coming

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at you in this episode. We've got an interview with

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a couple of the team members from a new audio

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drama streaming platform for Christian audio drama called window Seat.

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I'm really excited about that, so stick around for that.

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We've got some feedback coming from Jeremy and Sarah, a

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ton of audio drama updates to get to. Unfortunately, for

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those of you who really enjoy this segment, there is

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no here's what I'm thinking segment this time. I have

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been sick first with a severe cold for a while,

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and then I ended up getting co COVID, so I

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just have not had time to prep anything for that

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segment this time around. But there's plenty of other content

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for you. Also, just wanted to acknowledge that in September

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of this year we hit our fourteen year anniversary, so

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we're moving into our fifteenth year of doing this show,

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and you know, it's not one of those nice round numbers,

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so I didn't make a big deal out of it,

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but I thought it was worth recognizing here and just

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say thank you for everybody who's been listening over the years,

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and hopefully you'll stick around and keep listening. All right,

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let's move into the updates.

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Speaker 1: We inter up this program to bring you a special.

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Speaker 3: Report and in other news tonight.

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Speaker 4: A brief look at the headlines. Now they want exciting,

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fast piece news that's relevant and entertaining like this.

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Speaker 2: Well, as always, if you have some information, news and

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update about a show or an event, anything related to

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family friendly audio drama, please let us know about it.

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You can head over to PFM dot link slash atc

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news or click the button in the sidebar on our

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homepage at Audio Theatercentral dot com and send in that

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news information to us so we can help spread the

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word for you. Well, first up, some new releases. We're

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going to dive into several here from Nick Guy Private Eye.

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The first one is Nick Guy and the Myfair Trixie Affair.

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It is based on My Fair Lady and the summary

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is Trixie Prattle enrolls in Miss Pickering's School for the

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well mannered miss in order to make herself more refined

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and cultured, but she quickly finds that the school's curriculum

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favors a superficial view of virtue and a subjective view

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of morality, forcing her to come face to face with

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the value of being right with God. That one is

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out now. Also out from Nick Guy is Nick Guy

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and the Shadows and Daylight Affair. Frank Youly said, we

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teamed up with Christopher Green, producer of the Shadows and

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Daylight series, and feature his characters Winter O'Brien and Matt

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Delaney working alongside Nick Guy and Doctor de Soto to

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thwart the plans of a secret society bent on taking

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over the world. The Apologetic lays out the importance of

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rightly dividing the word of truth and how bad doctrine

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leads to bad results. Now I have heard this one

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and it is quite good. One of my favorite Nick

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Guy shows so far. I really really enjoyed it, and

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in fact, Frank Youuley and Christopher Green reached out to

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me and asked me to conduct a behind the scenes

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interview with the both of them so they could go

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a little bit more in depth on how this collaboration

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came to be. It was a really fun conversation with

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both of them, and you can find a link in

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the show notes to go listen to that interview. And

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of course you'll want to check out this audio drama too.

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really good production, and I think you'll really enjoy it.

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Greatest Affair, And Frank said of this one, we feature

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the largest cast we've ever assembled for a Nick Guy adventure.

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Nineteen voice actors are featured in this story, and most

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of them are actually playing themselves. The setting is an

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audio drama convention. Nick Guy and Trixie Prattle, the alter

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egos of Frank Uley and Rebecca Bradford, must track down

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two fictional characters who are trying to undermine the unity

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of the convention. And I've heard this one as well,

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as Frank said, I actually played myself, which was a

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think you're really going to enjoy this one. Especially if

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and different producers. It's just a really really fun show

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with lots of inside jokes that the average listener who

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pick up on. But they're just little references that are

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and so this is a really really fun one as well.

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titles which until now have not been available as a download.

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and the Search for Luke Affair, and Nick Guy and

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and you can find the link to check those out

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in the show notes. And The Caller from Audio Imagination

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seventy seven Productions has been finished and it was released

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on September thirtieth. Time is forty six minutes and you

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YouTube and all the major streaming platforms. Now quick note,

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no bad language or graphic violence, but producer Matthew P.

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Warner says all this in mind, parental discretion is advised.

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the Man upstairs. I have listened to this and horror

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it's not my thing. But if you do enjoy that

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kind of story, I think you will enjoy this. The

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really really good, and music, sound design all quite good.

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not going to appeal to everybody, and I might characterize

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it as more of a psychological thriller, but it does

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have some creepy moments, and I do think this is

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probably not one for the kids, but adults listening who

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enjoy that kind of thing, this is probably one that

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you're going to want to check out. So link is

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in the show notes for The Caller. The latest production

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from Audio Imagination seventy seven productions. Also just released from

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Christopher Green is The Force, a brand new comedy micro

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audio drama series. These are short, bite sized comedies that

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follow Roman Jamison and their quirky squad as they navigate

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the chaos of life on the police force. This crew

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of officers fumbles through the streets and their personal lives,

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where the line between law and disorder is never quite clear.

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and it is exclusively available on DRAMAFI. You know I

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mentioned earlier about Frank's snappy, witty sense of humor. These

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but that same just very punny and if you'll enjoy

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It's very fun. Also in the recent releases category, we

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have Pirateers. After two years in the making, the team

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has finally released the epic conclusion to season three. The

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final episode of the season is titled A Change in

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the Wind and it is exclusively available on Drama Phi

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and Window Seat, which we'll be hearing more about here shortly.

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and she's really excited because Pirateeers has been trending number

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one on Drama Phi for over two months now. And

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digital download and on CD, so all eight episodes from

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season three presented together in one full feature length audio drama.

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this show. But I think I can say this without

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being too biased. This is a really really good show

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and you'll definitely want to check this out support them.

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so more content coming from this show. And speaking of

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more content, the book. I think we've mentioned this before,

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apologies if I haven't, but a novelization of season one

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of the audio drama called The Fountain of Youth, which

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was written by Craig Hart, Alisia Hanson, and Jonathan Cook,

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is also available on ammaz on in kindle and paperback.

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It's a one hundred page book and it's really really fun.

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I just recently read it, and ATC contributor Austin Peache

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has read it and really really enjoyed it as well.

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in prose form, but there's also more, there's some backstory

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in the audio drama. So it's really really nicely done.

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a novelization of season one and links in the show

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notes if you want to grab your copy of that now.

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production of Eternal Future Productions, and another show that they've

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that all ages can enjoy. And episode two is in

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the voice track editing phase right now, so that will

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be coming pretty soon. They've always got some great stuff

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drama series Chester and Ralphie, and they just recently posted

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the cover art for this second episode, called forest Fires

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again with a punniness. I love it and if you

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missed that first episode, it's quite fun. It's called Rise

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and Yikes, and that episode is already available at Eternal

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Futureproductions dot com. And this one, First Fires, will be

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coming hopefully in a couple of weeks, but very likely

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by the end of this month October of twenty twenty four.

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So another fun micro audio drama to look forward to.

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Also coming soon is the next episode from Faith Filled Stories.

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It's called An Extraordinary Lunch and it's an adaptation of

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a biblical fiction story based on an account from the Gospels.

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original music composed specifically for the production. The cast includes

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some people making their audio drama debut, some Audio Drama

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Alliance members, and an actor from Adventures and Odyssees Early Days,

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So this is going to be really fun and An

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Extraordinary Lunch is tentatively scheduled for a late twenty twenty

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four or early twenty twenty five release, And I was

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of this script, and it's shaping up to be probably

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from Eternal Future Productions, this time for a new standalone

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production called Resurgence. Now, I do believe, I'm not one

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hundred percent sure, I can't remember off the top of

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my head, but I do believe this is going to

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be a long form production that is a standalone And

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they have announced that the recording for this show is

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complete and they are officially sharing a synopsis for it

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for the first time. And here it is a world

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class voyage pleasure or business. In the early nineteen hundreds,

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many would have done anything to book passage on this

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transatlantic expedition, but the struggle faced by Thomas and Hazel

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Elsner as they board the ship will bring them face

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to face with some hard realities amidst danger and mystery,

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threatening to separate them. They must come to terms with

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the possibility that not every story will have a happy

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ending and not every wish comes true. Interesting. Interesting, that

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sounds rather bittersweet there, so who knows? Who knows? They've

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the cast and there are lots of familiar names Bethany Baldwin,

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Jonathan Cook, Daniel Cross, Craig Hart, Glenn Haskell, Jason Markiwitz,

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Kara O'Brien, and Tricia Rose was recently added to the cast.

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be a really well done show. So Resurgence is coming soon. Also,

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that Ian Lollam has joined the cast and he will

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be a bandit in season two and his character will

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stand by the true King in a dramatic scene of

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this season. So Ian is a newcomer to audio drama,

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but he spent the last six years as a full

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time actor, and he worked on his first audio drama

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production in May of twenty twenty four and has shared

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that the last few months have been a whirlwind of

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creating connections, auditioning, and meeting new people. And he is

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excited and thrilled to work for Eternal Future Productions and

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LRT Media. So I haven't heard any work from him

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as of today, but again, Eternal Future and LRT they

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do good stuff. I have every confidence that they are

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bringing in great quality talent. So I loved season one

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of Robin Hood Rising to Honor really looking forward to

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season two. These guys just always put out good stuff.

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I feel like I'm repeating myself, and I probably am,

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but I'm just really excited about what's going on in

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this space, especially from these two producers. I mean, they're

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just really cranking out good stuff. Well. Moving on to

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a brand new project that probably most folks have not

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heard about yet, and this is one that John Fornoff

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is producing. It's called The Surround Bible. This is a

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word for word audio drama of the entire NIV Bible,

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and it's going to be launching in December of twenty

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twenty four with the Story of Christmas. But they are

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going all out with radio distribution. They're going to have

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a couple of different versions on radio. This is a huge,

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huge project. They are shooting to have the entire Bible

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completed by the end of twenty thirty one. And here

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is John Fornoff to tell you a little bit about

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the Surround Bible.

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Speaker 5: All right, I'm John Fornoff, producer for the Surround Bible

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and Immersive Audio Experience. Do you remember back when you're

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at graduation, high school, college, and you remember the commencement speech.

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change the world. You're going to change the world. We're

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going to change the world, that kind of thing. And

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you're sitting there in your funny looking cap and your

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dingle dangle thing, you know, and you're saying, yeah, I'm

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going to change the world. And then there's this thing

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called reality. And I don't know about you. Maybe you

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have changed the world by the way we all change

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the world right around us, but I'm talking about more

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of a global thing. I've got something that can literally

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changed the world, and I want you to be part

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of it. We're talking about the Surround Bible, an immersive

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audio experience, and what this is. First of all, it's

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an audio drama. I've worked with audio dramas like Adventures

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in Odyssey. I was a writer and director for that show.

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Wonderful show, lamp Lader Theater. I love working with the

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lamp Lader Theater, Different Unshackled, Jonathan Park, Adventum, all kinds

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of projects like that. I've worked on seventeen audio dramas

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and I've launched ten of them, and I've written over

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two hundred and fifty episodes. It's all leading up to this.

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An amazing experience with an amazing team of sound designers, writers, directors, producers, musicians.

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We're going to take the word of God and immerse

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you with new technology where you're gonna hear it all

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around you. You're gonna be in the middle of the

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boat in Galilee. You're gonna hear the storm as the

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waves are hitting the side of the boat, and you're

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gonna hear rip across the sky rain falling on you,

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and you'll hear Peter in the front of the boat,

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and you're gonna hear disciples all around you. You're gonna

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be right there in the middle of the Word, experiencing

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it all around you, and then you'll hear Jesus coming

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off to the left. That's the kind of surround Bible

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we're talking about. Imagine passages of the Word coming alive

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light never before.

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Speaker 2: Now. There is more from John about this project at

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the website which is linked in the show notes surround

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Bible dot com. But I also wanted to share a

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little snippet. So here is a sample from the Book

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of John, chapter twenty, and I think it's the first

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ten verses of that chapter, So give a listen to this.

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Speaker 1: Early on the first day of the week, while it

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was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and

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saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.

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So she came running to Simon, Peter and the other disciple,

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the one Jesus loved, and said, Mary.

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Speaker 6: They've taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we

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don't know where they have put him.

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Speaker 1: So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb.

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Both were running, but the other disciple out ran Peter

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and reached the tomb first, he bent over and looked

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in at the strips of lenin lying there, but did

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not go in. Then Simon Peter came along behind him

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and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips

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of lenin lying there, as well as the cloth that

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had been wrapped around Jesus's head. The cloth was still

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lying in its place, separate from the linen. Finally, the

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other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went inside.

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He saw and believed they still did not understand from

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scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead. Then

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the disciples went back to where they were staying.

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Speaker 2: Now that should give you a little bit of an

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idea of what to expect with this production. And again

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more information is available at the website. Link is in

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the show notes. And you know, this is not necessarily

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new territory. There have been all kinds of audio Bibles

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in the pasto it's not necessarily new. And there have

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even been dramatic audio bibles before. We had the Word

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of Promise several years ago, which had music and things

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like that, And there are all kinds of these sorts

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of productions out there. Just a couple of years ago,

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the Audio Bible Superproduction did a word for word dramatization

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of the Bible with sound design, with full cast recorded

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in Hollywood, and they even went to Israel to record

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sound effects. So I'm not sure exactly how this is

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going to differ. They are using a different translation of

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the Bible, so that is one thing that is different.

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And of course the team John Forornoff and Alan Hurley,

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these are people who have been involved in the family

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friendly audio drama space for a long time, so they

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know audio drama. But in my book, this is not

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true audio drama. It is a word for word nation

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or dramatic reading of the Bible, but it has elements

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of audio drama in the background, and it is a

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full cast, so it's more like an audio drama audiobook hybrid.

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But you know, I know John has been working on

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this for a long time. He's very passionate about this.

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over all over the world, you know, via radio and

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all kinds of different distribution models, and so this is

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a huge, huge project and so it's definitely something to

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watch and if you are an actor, auditions are open

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right now. They are recording in Hollywood. So if you

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are interested in potentially being involved in this project, again

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link is in the show notes. Surround bible dot com

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is the website. Go check it out and you can audition.

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But again, huge, huge project and definitely one to watch.

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And the sample that I for you is just a

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portion of what is available on the website. There's a

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full eight minute sample that you can go listen to.

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So if this is something you're interested in, you definitely

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want to check this out. Also for the actors out there,

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another bit of news from John Fornoff. The Audio Drama

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Institute is announcing their first online lab. They're calling it.

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This is a one day class that will be taking

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place on October twenty sixth, and it is voice acting

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for Audio Drama and it will be taught by John Fornoff.

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So that is going to be coming up very soon.

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As I said, October twenty sixth, more details coming later

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this week, so stay tuned. But if you are looking

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to get into acting for audio drama, this is going

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to be something you're going to want to check out.

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And the Audio Drama Institute, which is an effort from

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John and a few other folks in the space, they

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just recently wrapped up the Writer's Recharge Seminar, which was

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a week long, intense training session.

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Speaker 6: And.

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Speaker 2: I'm excited to see where this goes. I've been passionate

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about the idea of training this next generation of creatives

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in the space from the current top folks in this industry,

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and so I'm so excited to see this happening so

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Audio Drama Institute. More information will be coming on that soon.

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And finally, our last bit of news, and that is

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the Audio Drama Alliance recently announced they are heading into

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production on an adaptation of The Hardy Boys and the

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Tower Treasure, the very first book in the Hardy Boys series.

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I am super, super excited about this. We've had this

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in the works for a very very long time and

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we've tried to keep it hush hush in just in

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the group as we were working out all the details

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and things like that. But we were thrilled to finally

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be able to tell the public we had in the

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works and things are moving along on it very quickly.

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The script is complete. There is more details about the

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production at the link in the show notes, which will

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take you over to the Audio Drama Alliance website and

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there will be some graphics. The cover art has been revealed,

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so lots to come on that. We're heading into casting

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now and Craig Hart is our director and lead writer

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for that project. More information again is at the link

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in the show notes. But I am super super excited

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about The Hardy Boys. If you are a fan of

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The Hardy Boys, or you know somebody who is, please

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share this news with them. The more people we can

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get fired up about this and excited, the more chance

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we can continue the series and do more of the books.

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So I know the entire Audio Drama Alliance team is

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super excited about this as well, and so cannot wait

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to get into production on that. But this is one

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of the projects that I've been most excited to be

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involved in, and so man super super excited about it.

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Well that'll do it for all the updates. Goodness, there

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was a lot of stuff to get to. I hope

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you're as excited about all this stuff as I am.

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But let's move into our interview with our guests from

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window seat.

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Speaker 1: Just say your name and the role you're playing in

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this production.

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Speaker 2: Please excuse me, excuse me, The local news station would

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like to talk to you.

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Speaker 1: Oh, here's a couple of me.

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Speaker 5: Play right, I'm here to ask you a couple of questions.

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Speaker 2: Well, if you have been around the show for any

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length of time, you've heard me reference a new platform

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a couple of different times called window Seat, and I

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am excited to be talking with a couple of the

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folks from their team today. We're going to talk all

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about what window Seat is, what it offers, and just

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get into the nitty gritty because I know as an

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audio drama fan you're always interested in what's going on

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new ways to access content. So I am so glad

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to have Mark Cook, the founder and CEO of window Seat,

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and Mark Ullham, chief content Officer. Thank you, gentlemen for

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coming on Audio Theater Central.

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Speaker 4: Thank you. J D excited to be here.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, thanks for having us.

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Speaker 2: Well, we talked about this earlier. You guys both have

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the same first name, so we're going to refer to

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you by your surnames throughout this conversation to keep things

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a little clearer for the audience. But before we dive

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into the specifics about the window Seat platform, I'd kind

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of like to just hear from you guys. Each of you,

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what is your experience with audio drama, either currently with

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your own family or growing up. What was your experience.

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We'll start with you, Mark Cook.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, grew up on audio drama. So I remember fondly

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listening to audio drama in our house on vinyl, which

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is in vogue and fun now, but it just was

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the reality of my life when we were growing up

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and pulling out records and listening to Audie drama on

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the weekends, and we'd spend time together as a family

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doing this. A lot of fond memory with audio drama.

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And then my kids now are a little bit older,

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but it's been part of my life, really my whole life.

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So my son's now off to college and my daughters

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in high school. We still listen to audio drama when

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we're all together. We've listened to audio drama their whole lives.

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Ventures in Odyssey has been a really big one for

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our family, and we've spent a lot of time on

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that platform. But I mean, we listened to Your Story, Hour,

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listened to I remember framing your Bill, and all kinds

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00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,559
of stuff from like Moody. When we're growing up. It's

479
00:29:33,599 --> 00:29:36,559
just always been a way for the family to sort

480
00:29:36,559 --> 00:29:39,200
of gather around and listen to something together and enjoy

481
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:40,839
that time. So it's yeah, it's always been a part

482
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,359
of our family.

483
00:29:42,599 --> 00:29:43,960
Speaker 2: What were you listening to on vinyl?

484
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:48,599
Speaker 4: I was listening to Your Story Hour? Okay, yeah, we

485
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,640
had some old records of that program.

486
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,799
Speaker 2: Interesting. Yeah, so I had a few. Back in the day,

487
00:29:55,039 --> 00:29:58,319
Disney used to release some of their stories audio versions

488
00:29:58,319 --> 00:30:02,680
on LPs and even also the smaller what are those

489
00:30:03,599 --> 00:30:08,079
forty fives? Yeah, yeah, and I had some of those.

490
00:30:08,079 --> 00:30:11,599
And then I also had a Bible story. I'm blanking

491
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,240
on the name of it now, but that was one

492
00:30:14,279 --> 00:30:16,160
that was on record, and I listened to that one

493
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:19,000
all the time. A couple of years ago, I've talked

494
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,599
about this on the show, so longtime listeners will know this,

495
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:23,799
But a couple of years ago, I found a copy

496
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:27,160
on eBay of that exact one, and it was so

497
00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,039
cool because it had like a comic book built into

498
00:30:30,079 --> 00:30:33,279
the sleeve, so you would open up the record sleeve

499
00:30:33,319 --> 00:30:36,000
and there was the whole Bible story there that you're

500
00:30:36,039 --> 00:30:38,559
listening to, and I remember loving that thing. So I

501
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,960
was so excited when I found a copy that I

502
00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:45,440
could actually have again after all those years, so many

503
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:49,960
memories sitting around the radio, Dad's great, what about you, Olam.

504
00:30:50,319 --> 00:30:52,559
Speaker 7: So there's a little bit of overlap between Mark and

505
00:30:52,559 --> 00:30:55,240
I in our history, and it totally dates us. I'm

506
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,039
going to just give a date. This is the mid

507
00:30:57,119 --> 00:31:00,559
nineteen seventies, mid to late nineteen seventies, and in printed

508
00:31:00,599 --> 00:31:05,000
in my mind are the LPs of Your Story Hour.

509
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:09,519
My dad was a pastor and so he had all

510
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,400
of the there must have been like at least forty

511
00:31:12,519 --> 00:31:15,319
LP's at the time, and I would listen to them

512
00:31:15,519 --> 00:31:19,079
just day in and day out in the evenings with

513
00:31:19,119 --> 00:31:22,559
my mom, just hanging out. And so that's sort of

514
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,720
the core memory of my initial engagement with audio dramas.

515
00:31:26,799 --> 00:31:32,119
And it's interesting after having revisited these stories, you know,

516
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,960
decades later, they're so deeply imprinted in my DNA, in

517
00:31:36,039 --> 00:31:39,359
my mind. It's kind of crazy. But Your Story Hour

518
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:43,160
was the primary audio drama that I listened to.

519
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,759
Speaker 2: Isn't that amazing? How audio does? It really just gets

520
00:31:47,759 --> 00:31:51,240
stuck in your mind. And you know, I'm a little

521
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,440
bit younger, so I have definitely listened to Your Story Hour,

522
00:31:54,519 --> 00:31:57,000
but I didn't grow up with it quite as much

523
00:31:57,079 --> 00:31:58,920
as some of these other shows. I listened to a

524
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:02,799
lot of Moody stuff and children's Bible Hour programming and

525
00:32:03,119 --> 00:32:07,920
Odyssey and even now, I listened to an episode that

526
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,720
I heard as a kid, and I haven't listened to

527
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,599
it in a long time. But sometimes that the lines,

528
00:32:14,079 --> 00:32:16,359
I can remember them word for word. It's crazy how

529
00:32:16,359 --> 00:32:17,480
that happens.

530
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, it is. I mean, I think audio has a

531
00:32:20,519 --> 00:32:25,400
unique way of staying with you because you do have

532
00:32:25,759 --> 00:32:27,400
I think, so much more of a focus on what's

533
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,000
happening there, and you don't have the distraction of visuals,

534
00:32:30,039 --> 00:32:33,799
and your imagination is creating these vivid scenes, and it

535
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:35,839
just it does imprint and it has a way to

536
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:37,440
really stick with people for a long time.

537
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 2: Well, while you're talking about that, why do you think

538
00:32:41,279 --> 00:32:44,640
an audio service is so important or valuable to the

539
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:45,440
consumer today?

540
00:32:46,079 --> 00:32:48,599
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think there are a few really good reasons

541
00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:52,000
for that. I think one of the big ones is

542
00:32:52,039 --> 00:32:56,440
screen time. We have a huge issue right now in

543
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:59,640
our society that everyone just sort of inherently knows when

544
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:01,799
it comes screen time, and especially with our kids. I

545
00:33:01,799 --> 00:33:05,000
mean as adults we have the same issue, but we're

546
00:33:05,119 --> 00:33:08,039
very cognizant of the amount of time our kids are

547
00:33:08,079 --> 00:33:10,079
spending in front of screens and the kind of things

548
00:33:10,079 --> 00:33:13,400
that come through on those screens, and having an app

549
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:17,039
like window Seat that is just an audio experience will

550
00:33:17,079 --> 00:33:20,079
give everyone a chance to spend time in the real

551
00:33:20,119 --> 00:33:23,519
world together while they're also listening to a great story.

552
00:33:23,599 --> 00:33:28,359
So it's not this mind numbing sort of experience or

553
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:32,480
a thing where you're being exposed even to ads that

554
00:33:32,559 --> 00:33:34,799
you really worsh your kids weren't being exposed to. It's

555
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,480
you know, window Seat is an ad free, social media free,

556
00:33:37,519 --> 00:33:41,799
audio only platform that really does encourage a lot of

557
00:33:42,559 --> 00:33:46,799
real world interaction and play and spending time together while

558
00:33:46,839 --> 00:33:50,640
also listening to really great content that's edifying and biblity based.

559
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:55,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. So that's a perfect segue into going a

560
00:33:55,880 --> 00:34:00,160
little deeper into what exactly window Seat is. And I

561
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:02,680
don't usually like to stack questions, but this kind of

562
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:06,160
goes hand in hand with it. What this means for

563
00:34:06,319 --> 00:34:10,159
the audio drama fan, So either whoever wants to take

564
00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:10,719
that one.

565
00:34:11,119 --> 00:34:13,119
Speaker 7: Yeah, so I can speak to that a little bit.

566
00:34:13,599 --> 00:34:15,920
What we are doing with window Seat is bringing together

567
00:34:16,079 --> 00:34:19,800
all of the best Christian audio dramas in one place,

568
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:24,000
and it seems to us that this is a needed

569
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,519
platform because over the years, you know, audio drama is

570
00:34:27,519 --> 00:34:29,519
an old medium all the way. It goes back to

571
00:34:29,519 --> 00:34:34,840
the fifties, and the distribution models for the content has

572
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:41,320
been largely LPs originally and then CDs cassettes. Now we

573
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,960
have a lot of platforms or a lot of distributors

574
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:47,000
and producers who are selling MP three's, So we felt

575
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,280
like there was a fragmentation in the distribution model, and

576
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:53,760
that bringing together all of this content that has been

577
00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:58,519
around for decades into a modern streaming platform that would

578
00:34:58,559 --> 00:35:02,599
allow do you subscribers to discover all of this content

579
00:35:02,679 --> 00:35:06,000
that some of it maybe is not easily accessible, has

580
00:35:06,039 --> 00:35:09,559
really been one of the driving forces discoverability of the

581
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,840
legacy of audio drama.

582
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:13,400
Speaker 4: If I could add in just a little bit more

583
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,239
on that too. I mean, I don't know about how

584
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,800
common this is. Like I don't even have the ability

585
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:22,000
to play a CD anymore. My car doesn't have a

586
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:25,280
CD player, I don't really have one at home. MP

587
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,800
three files or just a hassle, And so it's one

588
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,840
of those things where how do I access this? How

589
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,280
can I easily access this and listen to it wherever

590
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,400
I'm at, wherever my kids happen to be. And this

591
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:39,199
is solving that. It's a really practical problem to solve.

592
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:41,920
But access is a big part of it. And even

593
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:45,199
through this experience of building Window Seat, as much as

594
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,440
audio drama, like we said at the beginning, has been

595
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:51,079
part of our histories, I mean as far back as

596
00:35:51,079 --> 00:35:53,400
I can remember, like audio dramas are in and around

597
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:58,239
our house, I have discovered so many really amazing new

598
00:35:58,519 --> 00:36:02,000
to me audio drama through this process of building Window Seat,

599
00:36:02,559 --> 00:36:05,119
and it's because we're having conversations with people like you.

600
00:36:05,199 --> 00:36:09,920
We met really great producers, really great writers, really great performers,

601
00:36:10,079 --> 00:36:12,559
and people are like, oh, have you talked to his own? So?

602
00:36:12,639 --> 00:36:16,519
And there's this really great, rich world of Christian audio

603
00:36:16,599 --> 00:36:19,440
drama that I didn't even know was out there. And

604
00:36:19,599 --> 00:36:24,440
finding it on a platform like Apple Podcasts or Spotify

605
00:36:24,599 --> 00:36:27,519
or wherever this might be, it's almost impossible to just

606
00:36:27,639 --> 00:36:31,079
happen upon it. It's this ocean of content and unless

607
00:36:31,079 --> 00:36:33,480
someone is giving you a specific name or sending you

608
00:36:33,599 --> 00:36:37,320
a link, it's just lost out there. So with Windows Seat,

609
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:41,480
because of the niche that operates in, because it's so specific,

610
00:36:42,079 --> 00:36:45,400
it's really easy to find these shows that you maybe

611
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,000
have never heard of, but you're going to love, and

612
00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:50,199
your family's going to love and will really create this

613
00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:53,840
great experience for you. So access and discovery we're certainly

614
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,960
two really practical problems that we're trying to solve with this.

615
00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:59,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, now, both of you have mentioned that this is

616
00:37:00,079 --> 00:37:03,519
Christian content, so please elaborate on that a little bit,

617
00:37:03,599 --> 00:37:06,679
a bit more about what your mission is with Window Seat,

618
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:10,199
what sort of content people can find, and talk a

619
00:37:10,199 --> 00:37:12,840
little bit about how Philippians plays into this.

620
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 7: Sure, you know, we we thought long and hard about

621
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:20,440
the content guidelines for our platform, and I'm sure Mark

622
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,400
will speak to it, but Philippians four eight. In fact,

623
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,599
I'm going to hand this off to Mark. The Philippians

624
00:37:26,639 --> 00:37:28,800
four eight thing came from him a little bit more

625
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,400
than me. So why don't you talk first about four eight?

626
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:32,880
Mark put you on the spot.

627
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:34,880
Speaker 4: Okay, Okay, Yeah, I'm happy to talk about that, and

628
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:38,320
then I'll let you talk about the content guidelines. But yeah,

629
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:42,679
when we were first thinking about creating this platform, that

630
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,199
verse was very top of mind. It's like we wanted

631
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:49,039
a place where people could go that celebrated things that

632
00:37:49,079 --> 00:37:51,360
are true, noble, right, pure and lovely. You know this,

633
00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:56,519
this is overtly Christian it's leaning into that. And the

634
00:37:56,599 --> 00:38:00,159
name window Seat is part of an organization that's all

635
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:03,239
these things, so that the umbrella organization is these things.

636
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:06,480
Window Seats, the app that we're making right now and

637
00:38:06,519 --> 00:38:11,039
everything that we're creating is about celebrating thinking on things

638
00:38:11,599 --> 00:38:13,599
that we should be spending our time with, you know,

639
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:18,039
according to Paul, and so that is a fundamental reason

640
00:38:18,079 --> 00:38:20,599
why this exists, and it informs all of our content

641
00:38:20,639 --> 00:38:22,440
guidelines and Mark, I don't know if you want to

642
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,000
go into those more specifically.

643
00:38:24,679 --> 00:38:27,679
Speaker 7: Yeah, I can give a high level overview, and these

644
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:32,159
are available on our website at windowseat dot io as well. So, yeah,

645
00:38:32,199 --> 00:38:35,960
the Filippians four eight is the foundation, and beyond that,

646
00:38:36,639 --> 00:38:40,280
we are looking for content that one comes from Christian creators,

647
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:44,320
and that the content is overtly Christian. It's not just good,

648
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:49,280
but it actually is putting forth Christian messages, if not

649
00:38:49,559 --> 00:38:54,039
on an episodic level, that the show is overtly Christian globally,

650
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:57,559
in the in the narrative arc and in the scope

651
00:38:57,559 --> 00:39:01,400
of the show. We also are looking at content that

652
00:39:01,559 --> 00:39:06,239
is made for listeners age five to sixteen, and content

653
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:10,400
that clearly understands and puts forth that the Bible is

654
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:14,320
the Word of God, and that biblical principles are celebrated overtly.

655
00:39:15,199 --> 00:39:20,559
And lastly, content that upholds traditional Christian values. Actually that's

656
00:39:20,599 --> 00:39:25,760
not lastly. The very last one is no swearing. We

657
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:30,519
understand that sometimes family friendly content isn't family friendly at

658
00:39:30,559 --> 00:39:33,039
the level we want it to be, and so we've

659
00:39:33,039 --> 00:39:37,239
added the no swearing guideline so that it clearly demarks

660
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:40,880
the difference between just something that might be family friendly

661
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,800
to some families but not Christian families.

662
00:39:44,599 --> 00:39:46,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I appreciate that. Yeah, I thank you for

663
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,320
clarifying all of that. And I know there are other

664
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:53,119
options out there. We've talked about on this show numerous

665
00:39:53,119 --> 00:39:55,639
times in the past, Drama FI and they're doing something different.

666
00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:58,599
I mean, I think there's room for different places like this,

667
00:39:58,679 --> 00:40:00,559
and I love that you guys are focusing on a

668
00:40:00,599 --> 00:40:05,039
specific customer demographic and doing your best to serve that

669
00:40:05,159 --> 00:40:06,920
demographic as well as you possibly can.

670
00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:10,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, one hundred percent. I mean, there's we're not trying

671
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:12,519
to say we're replacement for anything. We do see window

672
00:40:12,559 --> 00:40:15,519
seats a nice compliment to other work that's that's already

673
00:40:15,519 --> 00:40:18,480
happening out there, great work that's happening out there. And

674
00:40:18,519 --> 00:40:21,280
one of the reasons we wanted to be this specific

675
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:25,440
was for family. So safety is a thing that we

676
00:40:25,519 --> 00:40:28,039
hear a lot as we're talking to families about window

677
00:40:28,079 --> 00:40:30,320
Seat and they just don't want to have to worry

678
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:32,719
about it. It's like, I can let my eight year

679
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:34,679
old loose on this app and they're not going to

680
00:40:34,679 --> 00:40:38,039
happen upon anything that I don't feel comfortable with. You know,

681
00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:41,599
everything aligns with the content guidelines Mark just went through.

682
00:40:42,199 --> 00:40:44,480
There's no questions there, no weird ads are going to

683
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,960
show up. There's no social aspect to this at all,

684
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:51,639
and so it is a really safe, curated environment for

685
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:54,320
Christian families that just want to have a space for

686
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,840
their kids to explore and listen to some great content.

687
00:40:57,159 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a good point too to clarify because even

688
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,760
other options such as The Adventures and Odyssey Club, there

689
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:05,679
is a social aspect because there is commenting available on

690
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:09,039
different episodes and actually, I think pretty much every piece

691
00:41:09,039 --> 00:41:11,079
of content that they have in there, there's a way

692
00:41:11,119 --> 00:41:14,039
to interact and kids talk back and forth in the

693
00:41:14,039 --> 00:41:18,039
comment section and they have to moderate all of that.

694
00:41:18,159 --> 00:41:20,159
And this is a different thing you cause you're not

695
00:41:20,159 --> 00:41:22,159
trying to do that. You're trying to just say here's

696
00:41:22,159 --> 00:41:24,960
some great content, you can listen to it here and

697
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,679
you can discuss it with your family. But we're not

698
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,599
facilitating discussions within this app.

699
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:33,519
Speaker 4: Absolutely right. And I think this also even goes back

700
00:41:33,559 --> 00:41:35,679
to the screen time thing, like we're really trying to

701
00:41:35,679 --> 00:41:39,400
make intentional decisions to not keep people in the app.

702
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,559
And I know it is an app. You have to

703
00:41:41,679 --> 00:41:44,519
use a screen to access the app, but the ideal

704
00:41:44,559 --> 00:41:47,840
scenario is, man, you put together a playlist, you start

705
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:49,800
that going, you stream it to a Bluetooth speaker, and

706
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:52,639
that the phone's closed, and now you're spending time with

707
00:41:52,679 --> 00:41:55,079
each other. You're spending time drawing, you're spending time with Lego,

708
00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:58,280
whatever that might be, but you're not really spending time

709
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,119
in a screen interacting with that more than just setting

710
00:42:02,119 --> 00:42:03,679
things up and getting it started.

711
00:42:04,039 --> 00:42:07,719
Speaker 2: Yeah exactly, So, Olim, you're in charge of the content

712
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:09,599
here on the platform. So can you give us a

713
00:42:09,639 --> 00:42:13,079
picture of what is available as of now? If somebody

714
00:42:13,119 --> 00:42:15,360
goes and downloads on the app today, what shows are

715
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:15,960
they going to find?

716
00:42:16,559 --> 00:42:19,119
Speaker 7: So we're really happy with the launch collection. We've worked

717
00:42:19,119 --> 00:42:22,199
really hard with your help actually to connect with as

718
00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:27,519
many producers, and we've met fantastically talented and mission minded

719
00:42:28,039 --> 00:42:31,239
groups of people and individuals making this content. So we

720
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:36,280
have twelve shows currently over fifteen hundred episodes and many

721
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:39,199
hundreds of hours. I could just run through the list,

722
00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:42,079
and many of these will be familiar. We've mentioned Your

723
00:42:42,119 --> 00:42:49,480
Story Hour, Discovery, Mountain Pirateers, Witnesses, Base Camp Adventures, Nick Guy,

724
00:42:49,599 --> 00:42:54,480
Private Eye, Human Eel Dow, Gilead Lane, Red Rock Mysteries,

725
00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:59,119
Brinkman Adventures seasons one and two, and Coral Island Adventures,

726
00:42:59,159 --> 00:43:01,159
as well as The Bible in Living Sound.

727
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:06,199
Speaker 2: That's a huge, huge lineup and getting your Story Hour

728
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:10,119
library is massive. I mean, that's that's really cool. Now.

729
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:14,800
I don't recall myself ever listening to The Bible and

730
00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:17,039
Living Sound, but I know we have listeners who are

731
00:43:17,079 --> 00:43:19,559
big fans of that, grew up with that show, so

732
00:43:19,679 --> 00:43:21,239
I know people are going to be excited to hear

733
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:25,239
about that too. So, man, what a great lineup. That's exciting.

734
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:26,159
Speaker 4: Thank you.

735
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:29,639
Speaker 7: Yeah, we couldn't be happier. Were initially when we were

736
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:32,880
thinking about the launch and what we might be able

737
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:36,840
to bring on board for the app launch. This has

738
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:41,440
far exceeded and it's largely because of the eagerness that

739
00:43:41,519 --> 00:43:43,800
producers have been willing to look at this as a

740
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:46,119
platform and they go, we see what you're trying to do.

741
00:43:46,159 --> 00:43:49,360
We want to we want to participate, anything to add

742
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:49,639
on that.

743
00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:53,480
Speaker 4: Cook No, I'm just really excited. Like this is such

744
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:56,039
this is a collection. I mean, there's so many things

745
00:43:56,079 --> 00:43:59,559
that are it's easy to build something for yourself, and

746
00:43:59,599 --> 00:44:01,719
it's like it's kind of always a little bit of

747
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:04,679
a red flag, you know, who am I building this for?

748
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:09,159
But as a consumer of window Seat, I'm so excited

749
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:11,920
about the launch collection that we have and who's here

750
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:15,480
and even the conversations that we're still having with producers

751
00:44:15,519 --> 00:44:17,440
that aren't on here yet that I think will be

752
00:44:17,519 --> 00:44:21,719
on soon. There's just so many great shows, and like

753
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:23,960
I said, I these are some some of these are

754
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:27,320
new to me as going through this process that I've

755
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,239
completely fallen in love with. My kids love it, and

756
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:32,239
like I said, my kids even older. My daughter's in

757
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:35,119
high school, my son just started college. They have not

758
00:44:35,199 --> 00:44:38,039
aged out of these, like these are shows they love.

759
00:44:38,079 --> 00:44:40,559
There's shows I love. I mean, we even do this

760
00:44:40,639 --> 00:44:43,039
thing still. We'll have sleepovers once a month in our

761
00:44:43,079 --> 00:44:46,159
living room and we just play audio dramas together while

762
00:44:46,159 --> 00:44:48,519
we're going to sleep in the living room, camping out,

763
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:51,039
and it's a great time. I mean, I just I'm

764
00:44:51,079 --> 00:44:53,760
so excited about this medium, and I'm so excited about

765
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:56,880
the producers and the makers that have agreed to be

766
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,159
part of this and their enthusiasm for window Seat and

767
00:44:59,159 --> 00:45:02,239
where this is going. No, I'm just really excited.

768
00:45:02,559 --> 00:45:05,199
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's fantastic, And I'm glad you alluded to the

769
00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:07,800
fact that more is coming. So this is not the

770
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:11,199
extent of what you can expect as a consumer of

771
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:14,559
the window Seat platform. There's more to come. And in fact,

772
00:45:14,679 --> 00:45:19,119
there is an exclusive new show that is coming or

773
00:45:19,239 --> 00:45:22,400
is actually on the platform already, and it is called

774
00:45:22,559 --> 00:45:25,519
Time Truck Chronicles. Tell us a little bit about that.

775
00:45:26,199 --> 00:45:31,199
Speaker 7: Oh Man. Time Truck Chronicles is a fun show, brand new,

776
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:36,800
created by Christopher Green, and he's run basically what we're

777
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:41,159
calling a pilot season. And the thing about Time Truck

778
00:45:41,199 --> 00:45:44,239
Chronicles is that it was made exclusively for Window Seat

779
00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:48,159
and is only available on Window Seats, So it's sort

780
00:45:48,159 --> 00:45:51,079
of a the first one in what we hope to

781
00:45:51,119 --> 00:45:55,559
be a long line of exclusive content for our platform.

782
00:45:55,599 --> 00:45:59,039
Speaker 4: And I'm guessing your listeners may hear some familiar voices.

783
00:46:00,199 --> 00:46:06,159
Speaker 2: That's that's absolutely true. And ATC backstage pass holders have

784
00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:10,639
already heard some initial reactions to the first three episodes,

785
00:46:11,199 --> 00:46:14,960
and so yeah, I'm really excited about this one, and

786
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:17,880
I'm excited to share with the ATC community that I

787
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:21,639
got to be involved in this show, had such a

788
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:25,440
wonderful time working on these episodes, getting to play one

789
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:29,199
of the lead characters, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I

790
00:46:29,199 --> 00:46:32,519
think it's a really fun show. And yes, it is

791
00:46:32,679 --> 00:46:35,639
aimed towards the younger demographic, but it's just fun and

792
00:46:35,679 --> 00:46:38,000
there's some jokes in there that I think even the

793
00:46:38,039 --> 00:46:42,079
adults are gonna enjoy. The rest of the cast was amazing,

794
00:46:42,559 --> 00:46:45,760
and yes, you're gonna hear some familiar voices like Christiana Thomas,

795
00:46:46,119 --> 00:46:49,360
you're gonna hear, Frank Yulei, You're gonna hear Jonathan Cook,

796
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:53,480
You're gonna hear I'm gonna I know I'm missing somebody.

797
00:46:53,079 --> 00:46:54,280
Speaker 4: Here, gonna doctor.

798
00:46:56,239 --> 00:47:01,480
Speaker 2: Yes, and Bethany Baldwin. And it's just a really fun show,

799
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:07,039
sort of taking a little interesting approach to Bible stories

800
00:47:07,039 --> 00:47:11,199
and not diving deeply into the entire story but pulling

801
00:47:11,199 --> 00:47:13,719
out little lessons that kids can apply to their lives.

802
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:15,079
And I love that aspect of it.

803
00:47:15,639 --> 00:47:17,880
Speaker 4: I need too. I think it checks such a unique

804
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:21,119
box on window seat because there are other stories that

805
00:47:21,199 --> 00:47:23,400
go more in depth, but you know you mentioned Bible

806
00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:26,239
and Living Sound that really does dive into these stories

807
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:28,400
on a much more in depth level. But this is

808
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:31,400
such a cool survey of a bunch of stories you've

809
00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:33,119
heard before, but it pulls out a couple of key

810
00:47:33,159 --> 00:47:35,800
points that kids can take away. And the length is

811
00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:38,840
really nice. They're relatively short. It's an easy thing you've

812
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:40,960
listened to while commuting or just one a few minutes

813
00:47:41,039 --> 00:47:43,639
with your kids here there and the response we've already

814
00:47:43,639 --> 00:47:45,519
had to again listening to our family. I know you

815
00:47:45,559 --> 00:47:48,840
said it's made for younger kids. Again, my kids still

816
00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:51,920
love it. We loved it. So I think it's a

817
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:56,280
show that while the target audience does consider a younger group,

818
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:59,519
which is wonderful, you don't age out of this very quickly.

819
00:47:59,559 --> 00:48:01,360
I think it it's a show that a lot of

820
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:02,760
people will really enjoy listening to.

821
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:04,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree.

822
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:09,559
Speaker 7: I also think that listeners will really love to re

823
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:13,159
listen to the episodes they're just they're so adorable. I

824
00:48:13,199 --> 00:48:16,039
could imagine five, six, seven, eight, nine year olds just

825
00:48:16,119 --> 00:48:17,880
wanting to listen to it time and again to see

826
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:18,639
what Mayra's up to.

827
00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:22,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I thought about that too, because you know,

828
00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:25,400
I hear from parents that their kid wants to listen

829
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:27,519
to the same thing over and over. They'll listen to

830
00:48:27,639 --> 00:48:29,679
the same Odyssey episode every night as they go to

831
00:48:29,719 --> 00:48:31,960
bed or whatever. And I think these do have that

832
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:35,480
same kind of replay value for kids. And I think

833
00:48:35,559 --> 00:48:37,239
it's a I think it's a really fun show, and

834
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:39,280
I think people are going to really enjoy it, and

835
00:48:39,559 --> 00:48:41,960
I think it's a great opportunity for people to go

836
00:48:42,079 --> 00:48:44,480
check out window seats. So we're going to hear more

837
00:48:44,559 --> 00:48:47,239
about that later on in the episode. I'm going to

838
00:48:47,239 --> 00:48:49,119
play the trailer for that show for you, so stick

839
00:48:49,159 --> 00:48:52,559
around for that. But on your website you talk about

840
00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:58,239
devotionals and podcasts that also may be coming to the platform.

841
00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:00,760
Talk a little bit about that, what that might look like,

842
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:02,679
What sorts of content are we talking about here.

843
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:08,159
Speaker 7: So initially at launch, we have created an original devotional

844
00:49:08,199 --> 00:49:11,199
called the Word Nerd. This is an original, which is

845
00:49:11,199 --> 00:49:14,119
this different than an exclusive because we have created it

846
00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:18,719
we've done the writing, all the producing, and it is

847
00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:22,920
only available on Window Seat. So it's a daily devotional

848
00:49:23,039 --> 00:49:26,039
that is going through the Bible one chapter at a

849
00:49:26,079 --> 00:49:29,639
time with a new vocabulary word that helps you learn

850
00:49:29,679 --> 00:49:30,480
about the word.

851
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:33,360
Speaker 2: And I've listened to a couple of episodes and it's

852
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:37,480
quite fun. You know, I would be a self professed

853
00:49:37,519 --> 00:49:41,559
word nerd, so I enjoy having those things. And what's

854
00:49:41,599 --> 00:49:42,960
the target h for This.

855
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:45,719
Speaker 4: Target age is probably very broad on this one as well.

856
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:48,280
It probably is closer to time Chark chronicles. I mean,

857
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:51,880
we wanted to make sure our youngest listeners could benefit

858
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,079
from this, So I mean you could be four and

859
00:49:54,119 --> 00:49:57,599
five and six and still really getting a nice blessing

860
00:49:57,639 --> 00:50:00,480
from this devotional every day. But again, I think you

861
00:50:00,519 --> 00:50:05,039
could be twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and still find this interesting.

862
00:50:05,159 --> 00:50:07,440
And the vocabulary words aren't so basic that it's like,

863
00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:09,400
oh man, we've all heard of that, Like that's just

864
00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:11,800
the basic word. Some of these are still challenging and

865
00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:14,679
they're going to extend your vocabulary. But I think it

866
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:18,719
also makes it more memorable when you think about that

867
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:20,920
chapter of the Bible and now you have a word

868
00:50:21,039 --> 00:50:24,519
that can kind of trigger other lessons learned from that

869
00:50:24,679 --> 00:50:26,960
and that really help you understand the character of God.

870
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:30,239
So these are every chapter. Like Mark said, there's like

871
00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:33,519
one and eighty nine episodes that will be coming out

872
00:50:33,519 --> 00:50:36,320
on the Word Nerd over the course of time, and

873
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:39,400
that covers everything. I mean, genealogies are in there, and

874
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:41,800
it's like, oh, man, I don't normally read that. I

875
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:43,840
kind of skip over the genealogy and jump to the

876
00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:46,400
next part. Well, there's really interesting things that can be

877
00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:50,039
pulled out of chapters like a genealogy, and Word Nerd

878
00:50:50,119 --> 00:50:54,280
helps expose that and give people insight into why why

879
00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:56,440
that chapter is important and maybe how we can better

880
00:50:56,519 --> 00:51:00,559
understand God through something like a genealogy. So really excited

881
00:51:00,559 --> 00:51:03,760
about it. I think Word Nerd is the first devotional,

882
00:51:04,079 --> 00:51:06,480
but it's not gonna be the last devotional. We're in

883
00:51:06,519 --> 00:51:10,000
talks with other content creators that already have a long

884
00:51:10,159 --> 00:51:13,119
history of devotionals that we want to include on the platform.

885
00:51:13,239 --> 00:51:15,760
So this is the one they have access to it launch,

886
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:18,360
But again, there'll be more devotionals coming up, some of

887
00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:21,239
them original and some of them exclusive, and some of

888
00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:23,639
them will just be another place where you can find

889
00:51:23,639 --> 00:51:26,079
a devotional that may be already accessed from another location.

890
00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:28,800
Speaker 2: So I don't know if you can answer this or not,

891
00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:32,360
but is it possible that we might at some point

892
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:34,400
have keys for kids on Window Seed.

893
00:51:35,119 --> 00:51:37,440
Speaker 4: I don't know if we can answer that either. I

894
00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:40,840
can say like, that is exactly what I had in mind.

895
00:51:40,880 --> 00:51:43,599
So we've been in talk with keys for kids. Obviously,

896
00:51:43,599 --> 00:51:45,800
we have Don gilly ed Lane, we have Red Rock Mysteries,

897
00:51:46,599 --> 00:51:49,599
and we've talked about including their devotionals on the platform.

898
00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:52,760
There has been interest in doing that. Part of it

899
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:55,639
is the mechanics of figuring out the best way to

900
00:51:55,840 --> 00:52:00,280
translate you know, hundreds of different devotionals over or to

901
00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:02,400
our platform in a way that makes sense because those

902
00:52:02,440 --> 00:52:05,960
are primarily built for radio, and so there's some pieces

903
00:52:06,039 --> 00:52:08,800
to those devotionals that don't make quite as much sense

904
00:52:08,840 --> 00:52:11,199
on a streaming platform, and so we just have to

905
00:52:11,199 --> 00:52:13,119
work through the mechanics of it. But there's interest on

906
00:52:13,159 --> 00:52:15,639
both sides to have piece for his devotionals here.

907
00:52:16,159 --> 00:52:19,039
Speaker 2: So in terms of podcasts, what might that look like?

908
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:23,039
Speaker 7: Yeah, so the podcasts we're looking at, I mean, podcasts

909
00:52:23,079 --> 00:52:26,480
are easily accessible, but we're going to be curating a

910
00:52:26,519 --> 00:52:31,239
pretty tight set for kids that are christian centric as

911
00:52:31,320 --> 00:52:34,559
everything on Window Seat is, but also just a really

912
00:52:34,599 --> 00:52:38,000
great list of podcasts that'll be brought in and available

913
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:41,280
for kids and families to listen to. So that'll be

914
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:44,000
one more component that will just sort of centralize the

915
00:52:44,119 --> 00:52:45,679
consumption of this audio content.

916
00:52:47,599 --> 00:52:50,199
Speaker 2: So briefly described, and we don't have to get into

917
00:52:50,239 --> 00:52:53,440
the nitty gritty here, but just briefly describe how the

918
00:52:53,480 --> 00:52:57,199
content is laid out in the app, how it's cataloged,

919
00:52:57,480 --> 00:52:59,360
what a family can expect to find when they first

920
00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:01,000
open it up, How are they going to find the

921
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:03,360
shows that they want to want to see, that kind

922
00:53:03,400 --> 00:53:03,679
of thing.

923
00:53:04,119 --> 00:53:06,800
Speaker 4: So when you first launched the app, there's gonna be

924
00:53:06,840 --> 00:53:09,440
three main tabs, So there's a home tab, there's a

925
00:53:09,480 --> 00:53:12,719
discovered tab, and a library tab. On the homepage, you're

926
00:53:12,719 --> 00:53:15,559
going to find the devotional section at the top. Right now,

927
00:53:15,559 --> 00:53:17,800
that'll be the word nerd. Right below that, you'll have

928
00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:20,719
all of your continue listening for shows that you've already

929
00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:22,960
started or next up in a series, and then you

930
00:53:23,039 --> 00:53:27,159
might find some recommended stories below that. On the discovered tab,

931
00:53:27,679 --> 00:53:31,039
we will soon have a search function. So right now

932
00:53:31,079 --> 00:53:34,960
it is a discovery experience that you just tap through shows.

933
00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:37,760
But below that you'll see a listing of all the

934
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:41,760
shows on the platform, organized by age. So the first

935
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:43,840
grouping would be all ages, and then we have some

936
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:46,119
shows that are eight plus and some shows that are

937
00:53:46,119 --> 00:53:50,199
twelve plus. Again, all of these follow the content guidelines

938
00:53:50,320 --> 00:53:52,719
mark outlined, So I don't want people to think, like,

939
00:53:53,199 --> 00:53:55,280
what's going on with a twelve plus show on Window?

940
00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:57,920
See that I thought this was safe. It's all very safe.

941
00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,559
None of the content is questionable. But some of these

942
00:54:00,559 --> 00:54:03,599
shows may have intense moments or they're dealing with an

943
00:54:03,599 --> 00:54:06,000
intense sort of topic, and we just want parents to

944
00:54:06,039 --> 00:54:08,840
be aware of that as they're sorting through and thinking

945
00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:12,880
about what might be appropriate for their kids. So that's

946
00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:16,599
the primary way of discovering content on Winnessy. You'd go

947
00:54:16,599 --> 00:54:20,239
to a show, you dig into that, there's a trailer available,

948
00:54:20,280 --> 00:54:22,440
free show, there's an intro that you can find that

949
00:54:22,519 --> 00:54:25,400
gives you a little bit more information about the creators

950
00:54:25,440 --> 00:54:27,440
and why they're making content.

951
00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:29,920
Speaker 2: And so you learned about that. I love that. Oh

952
00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:30,679
it's really cool.

953
00:54:31,159 --> 00:54:33,559
Speaker 4: Oh it's great. I'm glad to hear that. And then

954
00:54:33,599 --> 00:54:35,880
your library is your library, so if you want a

955
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:38,280
favorite episodes, those will show up there. If you want

956
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:41,079
to again go back to your history in any way

957
00:54:41,119 --> 00:54:43,800
and re listen to something you listen to before continue listening.

958
00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:45,679
That's all accessible from your own library.

959
00:54:46,159 --> 00:54:49,320
Speaker 2: And I think another point also to mention is even

960
00:54:49,360 --> 00:54:53,239
some of the shows that are in the older categories

961
00:54:53,719 --> 00:54:57,199
may not even be that they're necessarily too intense, but

962
00:54:57,280 --> 00:55:01,320
they may just not keep the tension of a younger

963
00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:05,000
listener as well. So for witnesses, for example, a very

964
00:55:05,039 --> 00:55:08,039
young child probably wouldn't be able to grasp everything in

965
00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:11,280
a show like that, so it makes more sense for

966
00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:14,360
that to be in that older age bracket.

967
00:55:15,159 --> 00:55:15,880
Speaker 4: A great point.

968
00:55:16,159 --> 00:55:20,480
Speaker 2: Absolutely. So we've talked a little bit about why this

969
00:55:20,599 --> 00:55:24,360
is a benefit. It's a curated library, but you know,

970
00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:27,440
many of these shows currently are found elsewhere. There are

971
00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:30,920
some exclusives, But what is the benefit for paying for

972
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:33,079
a platform like this? What do you say to families

973
00:55:33,079 --> 00:55:35,880
who are kind of on the fence here or maybe

974
00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:38,119
you are having a bit of subscription fatigue.

975
00:55:38,719 --> 00:55:41,239
Speaker 7: Yeah, I totally get that. I just want to give

976
00:55:41,280 --> 00:55:46,280
a personal conversation point. I have my wife the other day. Now,

977
00:55:46,280 --> 00:55:50,440
my kids are twelve and fourteen, so they're aging towards

978
00:55:50,440 --> 00:55:53,960
the teenage years and a little bit towards the end

979
00:55:54,039 --> 00:55:57,280
of the window seat sort of age range. But I

980
00:55:57,320 --> 00:56:00,760
remember my wife spending hours trying to find this is

981
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:03,679
back when they were three, four, five, six, ours trying

982
00:56:03,679 --> 00:56:09,320
to curate a list of things to listen to audio dramas.

983
00:56:09,639 --> 00:56:11,159
She's like, oh, I had to go over here to

984
00:56:11,199 --> 00:56:12,840
find this, and I had to go over here and

985
00:56:12,840 --> 00:56:14,960
put it on my computer and download these MP three

986
00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:17,599
files for this road trip that we're going on, to

987
00:56:17,639 --> 00:56:20,280
try to get it so that we can entertain our

988
00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:22,000
kids on a road trip, or so that they can

989
00:56:22,079 --> 00:56:24,599
have something to listen to that's not junk. So we

990
00:56:24,639 --> 00:56:28,800
find the biggest benefit from at least my wife's perspective,

991
00:56:28,880 --> 00:56:33,960
is that it's all there, easy to access and convenient

992
00:56:34,239 --> 00:56:35,239
for when you're on the go.

993
00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:40,519
Speaker 4: Practically speaking, I would add, you're gonna save money. So

994
00:56:41,039 --> 00:56:44,159
even though a lot of this content is available other places,

995
00:56:44,239 --> 00:56:47,079
a lot of it is still paywall, some of it's not.

996
00:56:47,199 --> 00:56:49,280
Some of you can find on a podcast, or there

997
00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:51,199
may be another platform where you can get to this.

998
00:56:51,320 --> 00:56:54,079
But you're talking about ten dollars a month for unlimited

999
00:56:54,159 --> 00:56:58,679
access to for fifteen hundred episodes, and quite a few

1000
00:56:58,679 --> 00:57:01,119
of these shows are shows where you need to either

1001
00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:04,760
purchase a CD or purchase MP three's or they may

1002
00:57:04,800 --> 00:57:07,760
have some ability to stream, although most don't, but some

1003
00:57:07,840 --> 00:57:11,719
do and those come at a cost. So on the whole,

1004
00:57:11,880 --> 00:57:15,400
if you had any interest in multiple shows, this is

1005
00:57:15,480 --> 00:57:18,519
going to be definitely a money safer versus trying to

1006
00:57:18,559 --> 00:57:22,079
access each one of these shows individually. Outside of the

1007
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:25,079
convenience that Mark was talking about, I mean, it's it's

1008
00:57:25,079 --> 00:57:27,119
certainly checking that box.

1009
00:57:27,599 --> 00:57:30,239
Speaker 2: So you mentioned it's ten dollars, that's per month. How

1010
00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:33,159
does a Windows eat subscription work? Is it per person?

1011
00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:35,519
It can a family share? Are there limits on how

1012
00:57:35,559 --> 00:57:37,800
many people can access an account? How does that? How

1013
00:57:37,840 --> 00:57:39,599
do the what are the logistics of that look like?

1014
00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:42,880
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a great question. So right now it is

1015
00:57:43,480 --> 00:57:46,119
a family account. There's no limit to the number of

1016
00:57:46,320 --> 00:57:49,519
devices or people that can use it. It's ten dollars a month,

1017
00:57:49,679 --> 00:57:52,599
and you have unlimited access to everything. Everything also starts,

1018
00:57:52,599 --> 00:57:55,079
it's probably we're saying, with a seven day free trial,

1019
00:57:55,440 --> 00:57:56,920
so you don't have to enter a credit card, you

1020
00:57:56,960 --> 00:57:58,840
don't have to do anything. You just name an email

1021
00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:00,519
and you're in and you can check one to see

1022
00:58:00,559 --> 00:58:02,519
for free for seven days. And see if it works

1023
00:58:02,519 --> 00:58:05,519
for your family. One thing it's also worth mentioning is

1024
00:58:05,559 --> 00:58:08,760
we look ahead a little bit on a sort of

1025
00:58:08,760 --> 00:58:12,840
a product roadmap side of things. We understand the value

1026
00:58:12,880 --> 00:58:15,280
that will come with profiles. So right now there will

1027
00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:17,559
be a single profile that you're logging into that you

1028
00:58:17,559 --> 00:58:20,920
share across all your devices. Soon when I say soon,

1029
00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:25,360
I do mean soon. We are really working on creating profiles.

1030
00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:28,440
So there'll be an account holder mom or dad, and

1031
00:58:28,519 --> 00:58:31,079
then kids can have their own profiles, which will be

1032
00:58:31,119 --> 00:58:34,119
great because then you can have your own favorite list,

1033
00:58:34,119 --> 00:58:36,000
you can have your own listening history. All of that

1034
00:58:36,079 --> 00:58:39,679
will be tied to a specific individual, which can also

1035
00:58:39,719 --> 00:58:42,599
be tied to their own device. And this will also

1036
00:58:42,639 --> 00:58:45,239
come with some parental controls. So if you have a

1037
00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:47,280
big age range, you might have a four year old

1038
00:58:47,320 --> 00:58:49,559
or five year old and a fourteen year old. There

1039
00:58:49,599 --> 00:58:52,119
may be some shows like Witnesses or something like you said,

1040
00:58:52,159 --> 00:58:53,920
where it's like, yeah, I don't know, maybe this one's

1041
00:58:53,920 --> 00:58:56,559
a little too young, and so that can be parents

1042
00:58:56,599 --> 00:58:58,760
will have the ability to control a little bit what

1043
00:58:58,840 --> 00:59:02,039
their kids can access that they have get access to

1044
00:59:02,159 --> 00:59:05,239
on the platform. So profiles are a big part of

1045
00:59:05,280 --> 00:59:06,920
what we're going to be looking at here in the

1046
00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:07,519
near future.

1047
00:59:08,199 --> 00:59:11,760
Speaker 2: So the majority of the ATC audience are fans and

1048
00:59:11,840 --> 00:59:15,159
the listeners of audio drama, but we do have a

1049
00:59:15,239 --> 00:59:18,480
significant number of industry folks who listen to the show

1050
00:59:18,480 --> 00:59:20,920
as well. So let's touch a little bit on the

1051
00:59:20,960 --> 00:59:23,760
producer relationship. What that might look like for somebody who

1052
00:59:23,800 --> 00:59:26,400
wants to participate in Window Seat, if they have a

1053
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:28,400
show that they think would be a fit, what should

1054
00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:28,639
they do?

1055
00:59:28,719 --> 00:59:31,719
Speaker 7: First of all, so the best thing to do right

1056
00:59:31,760 --> 00:59:34,199
now is to go on to the website window seat

1057
00:59:34,239 --> 00:59:37,079
dot io and send me an email. We're going to

1058
00:59:37,119 --> 00:59:42,000
be working on a little more formal form that will

1059
00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:44,360
have a lot more teeth to it, but for now

1060
00:59:44,360 --> 00:59:47,280
we're going to be using a contact form where you

1061
00:59:47,360 --> 00:59:49,159
just send me an email when we start the conversation.

1062
00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:53,280
Speaker 2: So, what does the relationship with window Seat look like

1063
00:59:53,360 --> 00:59:54,840
for a producer? We don't have to get into all

1064
00:59:54,840 --> 00:59:57,039
the nitty gritty, but in broad terms, what does that

1065
00:59:58,079 --> 00:59:59,519
monetary relationship look like?

1066
01:00:00,440 --> 01:00:03,760
Speaker 7: It's a royalty sharing model based on listening time.

1067
01:00:04,199 --> 01:00:04,400
Speaker 2: Mark.

1068
01:00:04,440 --> 01:00:08,039
Speaker 7: Do you want to unpack the broader general fundamentals of that.

1069
01:00:08,920 --> 01:00:12,800
Speaker 4: Sure, yeah, So it was really important to us to

1070
01:00:13,039 --> 01:00:18,760
make sure content creators producers were motivated to distribute their

1071
01:00:18,760 --> 01:00:21,360
content on window Seat. You know, we have as a

1072
01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:24,960
team a pretty strong background in design and user experience,

1073
01:00:25,039 --> 01:00:27,400
so we felt like we can we can build a

1074
01:00:27,400 --> 01:00:30,000
great app, and we can build a great user experience.

1075
01:00:30,599 --> 01:00:33,039
But we know that really means nothing if we don't

1076
01:00:33,079 --> 01:00:36,559
also have really great content for people to access through

1077
01:00:36,599 --> 01:00:39,599
window Seat. So one of the ways we want to

1078
01:00:39,639 --> 01:00:43,519
do that is by providing great royalty payment. So right

1079
01:00:43,559 --> 01:00:45,960
now it's it is a fifty to fifty split. All

1080
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:47,920
the profits that come in, half of them go back

1081
01:00:47,920 --> 01:00:50,960
to content creators, half of them are reserved by window Seat,

1082
01:00:51,000 --> 01:00:53,360
so we can continue to invest in improving the platform

1083
01:00:53,400 --> 01:00:54,239
and the experience.

1084
01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:57,599
Speaker 2: So you mentioned the UI and the UX and I

1085
01:00:57,599 --> 01:00:59,639
got to say, you guys nailed it, Like from the

1086
01:00:59,639 --> 01:01:03,519
splash screen to the way the app works. There are

1087
01:01:03,559 --> 01:01:05,079
a couple of things that I'll be talking with you

1088
01:01:05,159 --> 01:01:08,639
guys about later that I came across, but for the

1089
01:01:08,639 --> 01:01:11,519
most part, it's a beautiful app. The way it functions

1090
01:01:11,599 --> 01:01:14,960
is very intuitive, and I think that families are going

1091
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:18,039
to find this really easy to work with and incorporate

1092
01:01:18,079 --> 01:01:19,960
into their media consumption habits.

1093
01:01:20,239 --> 01:01:21,519
Speaker 4: Thank you I'd love to hear that.

1094
01:01:22,039 --> 01:01:24,840
Speaker 2: So for the producer, is there going to be a

1095
01:01:24,840 --> 01:01:27,079
way for them to see how their show is performing

1096
01:01:27,199 --> 01:01:29,159
on the platform? Is there going to be some sort

1097
01:01:29,159 --> 01:01:33,119
of a dashboard or monthly reporting or how does that work?

1098
01:01:33,599 --> 01:01:40,480
Speaker 4: Yes, there will be, So we are in the process

1099
01:01:40,480 --> 01:01:42,880
of working through the reporting piece of this. Obviously we're

1100
01:01:42,920 --> 01:01:46,159
already collecting all the listening data, and listening data will

1101
01:01:46,199 --> 01:01:50,199
be the factor. So on this royalty sharing program, we

1102
01:01:50,239 --> 01:01:52,639
are going to split these profits, like we said, and

1103
01:01:52,719 --> 01:01:56,760
then from the royalty pool that's created each one of

1104
01:01:56,800 --> 01:01:59,719
the producers. We paid based on listening time. So if

1105
01:02:00,239 --> 01:02:03,920
time Chuck Chronicles, for instance, is accounts for ten percent

1106
01:02:04,119 --> 01:02:07,239
of the listening time over a given royalty period, ten

1107
01:02:07,280 --> 01:02:10,360
percent of the royalty pool would go back to Time

1108
01:02:10,440 --> 01:02:14,519
Chuck Chronicles in a payout. So there will be reports

1109
01:02:14,599 --> 01:02:17,719
at this point. We're going to be generating reports after

1110
01:02:17,800 --> 01:02:20,800
each royalty pay period, which will be quarterly, and so

1111
01:02:20,840 --> 01:02:23,159
they'll receive a detailed report that shows how their show

1112
01:02:23,199 --> 01:02:26,599
performed total listening time across the platform, all the details

1113
01:02:26,599 --> 01:02:29,199
that sort of fed into that payout. But we are

1114
01:02:29,239 --> 01:02:32,239
moving towards a system that will allow producers to log

1115
01:02:32,320 --> 01:02:35,159
in and see more of a real time performance of

1116
01:02:35,400 --> 01:02:37,480
how their content's doing on the platform.

1117
01:02:37,719 --> 01:02:41,840
Speaker 2: That's good, that's good to hear. So what's next for

1118
01:02:41,840 --> 01:02:44,079
the platform? You talked about profiles are coming, There's more

1119
01:02:44,079 --> 01:02:47,400
content that's coming, I know that you've alluded to in

1120
01:02:47,440 --> 01:02:50,199
the past and some of our conversations some teen and

1121
01:02:50,639 --> 01:02:54,920
more adult content that could be potentially coming, audiobooks. So

1122
01:02:55,880 --> 01:02:57,000
what does the roadmap look like?

1123
01:02:57,440 --> 01:03:00,559
Speaker 7: And if want to talk about the content first, Yeah,

1124
01:03:00,719 --> 01:03:05,840
the audiobook component is really something that we're going to

1125
01:03:05,880 --> 01:03:09,079
be you know, post launch. We're going to make sure

1126
01:03:09,079 --> 01:03:12,760
that the audiobook conversation that we're having both with some

1127
01:03:12,840 --> 01:03:18,400
publishing houses and with the design team becomes a priority.

1128
01:03:19,599 --> 01:03:23,800
Speaker 2: So right now, the you can access through an iOS

1129
01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:28,079
or Android app. Is there a web version coming as well?

1130
01:03:28,599 --> 01:03:31,000
Speaker 4: I'm actually not sure how to answer that question, only

1131
01:03:31,039 --> 01:03:34,440
because I don't I want to say yes, We've talked

1132
01:03:34,440 --> 01:03:38,519
so much about having a web version of this as

1133
01:03:38,719 --> 01:03:41,760
something we're moving toward. It's not on the roadmap right now,

1134
01:03:41,960 --> 01:03:44,760
but it's something that's in conversation and part of what

1135
01:03:44,760 --> 01:03:47,920
we're going to do is we're paying really close attention

1136
01:03:47,960 --> 01:03:50,960
to feedback. In fact, we love feedback. If anybody wants

1137
01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:53,400
to provide feedback, there's an easy way to provide feedback

1138
01:03:53,599 --> 01:03:55,960
pretty much anywhere on the app. You can go into

1139
01:03:55,960 --> 01:03:58,199
a more menu and do that from any point. So

1140
01:03:58,559 --> 01:04:00,960
we would love to hear from people, well if that's

1141
01:04:00,960 --> 01:04:03,840
a thing that they really need. We felt like mobile

1142
01:04:03,920 --> 01:04:06,800
first was where we need to go. We needed to

1143
01:04:06,800 --> 01:04:09,280
make sure this worked really well wherever people are at

1144
01:04:09,480 --> 01:04:13,599
on their phones. If a web version of this becomes

1145
01:04:13,599 --> 01:04:17,920
something that customers are asking for, it will be something

1146
01:04:17,960 --> 01:04:20,400
we'll we'll move toward and develop eventually. But at this

1147
01:04:20,480 --> 01:04:23,559
point where we're kind of collecting information and feedback to

1148
01:04:23,599 --> 01:04:26,000
see if that's if that's something that we need to do.

1149
01:04:26,360 --> 01:04:29,800
Speaker 2: Okay, well, is there anything else that I didn't cover

1150
01:04:29,920 --> 01:04:33,239
that you think is important for the listener to know.

1151
01:04:34,320 --> 01:04:36,599
Speaker 4: One of the things that we like about Windows C

1152
01:04:37,360 --> 01:04:41,519
is it not only provides a screen free experience for kids,

1153
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:44,360
which is something we're trying to move away from. I

1154
01:04:44,360 --> 01:04:48,079
think as parents, really good parents make time for themselves,

1155
01:04:48,239 --> 01:04:50,440
Like you have to. You have to make time to

1156
01:04:51,320 --> 01:04:54,199
spend time with a devotional or respond to something or

1157
01:04:54,360 --> 01:04:56,519
get something done. You have to make time in your

1158
01:04:56,599 --> 01:04:58,239
day for the things that you need to be doing

1159
01:04:58,280 --> 01:05:00,880
and investing back into yourself so you can engaged with

1160
01:05:00,960 --> 01:05:04,440
your kids. And one of the things we like about

1161
01:05:04,599 --> 01:05:09,079
window seed is it does provide a screen free, biblically

1162
01:05:09,119 --> 01:05:12,199
based option for your kids. So it's like, hey, I

1163
01:05:12,239 --> 01:05:14,840
need twenty minutes, let's put on a really great show.

1164
01:05:14,880 --> 01:05:17,039
You guys can do something over here while I'm taking

1165
01:05:17,079 --> 01:05:20,760
care of this over here. And we really like that

1166
01:05:21,000 --> 01:05:23,000
window Seed does that in a really guilt free way.

1167
01:05:23,119 --> 01:05:24,760
You're not setting them in front of a screen, You're

1168
01:05:24,760 --> 01:05:26,920
not worried about the content that's coming in. In fact,

1169
01:05:27,159 --> 01:05:30,400
you're excited about the content coming in. It's reinforcing all

1170
01:05:30,440 --> 01:05:33,280
the same values and principles that you're trying to instill

1171
01:05:33,320 --> 01:05:36,239
in your kids day to day anyway as a Christian parent.

1172
01:05:36,679 --> 01:05:38,719
And so you can feel good about taking those twenty

1173
01:05:38,760 --> 01:05:41,519
minutes whenever you need to step away and take care

1174
01:05:41,559 --> 01:05:43,119
of something that you need to be looking at, or

1175
01:05:43,159 --> 01:05:47,079
even yourself. So that's just another aspect of window Seat

1176
01:05:47,079 --> 01:05:48,559
that we're really excited about.

1177
01:05:49,119 --> 01:05:51,639
Speaker 2: Well, for the listener, you head over to window seat

1178
01:05:51,639 --> 01:05:54,840
dot io. There's links there to grab the app and

1179
01:05:55,280 --> 01:05:58,599
sign up for that seven day free trial. Check out

1180
01:05:59,079 --> 01:06:03,880
the catalog check out Time Truck Chronicles please, because if

1181
01:06:03,880 --> 01:06:05,920
you like that show, we want to make some more.

1182
01:06:05,960 --> 01:06:08,880
At least I do, because I had such a fun

1183
01:06:09,000 --> 01:06:11,880
time with that show. So yeah, Window Seat, dot Io,

1184
01:06:12,559 --> 01:06:15,320
Cook and Olham, thank you so much for joining us.

1185
01:06:15,440 --> 01:06:18,079
Anything else that we should add here before we hit

1186
01:06:18,119 --> 01:06:18,559
out the door.

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Speaker 7: I just wanted to say thank you for taking the

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time to speak with us and put us on your podcast.

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This has been a great, great time for both of us.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, thanks so much. This is fun to talk about it.

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It's fun to have a conversation with you again. Thank

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you for being part of Time Truck Chronicles. Like, we're

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so excited about that show. And yeah, we also hope

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so many more episodes are going to come out for

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that's that's.

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Speaker 2: Awesome, fantastic. Thank you guys, so much.

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Speaker 4: Thank you, Thank you.

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Speaker 2: Well. As promised in the conversation a few moments ago,

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I'm going to share with you the trailer for that

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new show, Time Truck Chronicles and we'll talk a little

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bit more about it. Because I realized we didn't really

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do a good job of explaining exactly what the sho

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show is in that conversation, So I want to do that.

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But before we do that, I also want to say

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that as much as I love the idea of what

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window Seat is doing and other streaming platforms like Dramafi,

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I think it's a great tool to access and discover

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audio dramas. But don't forget that you don't own these shows.

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Just like a Spotify or Apple Music subscription, you're leasing

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access to a catalog of content. So again, I think

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it's wonderful to support the folks who are trying to

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curate these specialized lists and catalogs of shows. So definitely

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check them out. But if you find a show that

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you really love on these platforms, I highly recommend going

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over to the producer's website and purchasing a copy or

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show merch if they offer that, or even sending them

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a donation to help support them directly too, because I

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think that's just a great way to ensure that these

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shows keep being made. Now, with a show like Time

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Truck Chronicles, which is an exclusive to the platform, there

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isn't a place where you can go get it elsewhere,

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So in that case, as I said earlier, just send

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in feedback and let people know that you're enjoying that

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show and tell other people about it. So that is

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always super helpful for producers in knowing if their shows

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are connecting with people. And of course the monetary support

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is huge. It's huge. Now let's talk a little bit

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more about Time Truck Chronicles specifically, as we said, it's

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a brand new audio drama, and here is the promo

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copy from producer Christopher Green. He said, we join the

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time traveling adventures of Dad and daughter duo Philip and Mira,

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played by J. D. Sutter and Christiana Thomas, as they

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drive through the Bible in the Time Truck, a modified

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pickup truck with endless possibilities, join them on lightheart but

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meaningful trips, meeting the cast of characters in scripture and

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learning about God along the way. So, as I said

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in the conversation with the Window Seat guys, three episodes

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are available now and it features telling us that the

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ATC community will be familiar with, such as Bethany Baldwin,

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Craig Hart of LRT Media, Frank Uley from Nick Guy,

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Jonathan Cook of Eternal Future Productions, Nathan Marlette of Glenn

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Haskell's Dragnet series, as well as original music by Dominic

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Trice and All of the shows are written and produced

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by Christopher Green, who you know from Shadows and Daylight

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or Greenhorn Tales or When Worlds Collide from Heart Matters,

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and so you definitely want to check this show out.

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I think you're going to really enjoy it. And Christopher said,

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preliminary test audiences are loving the show, and as a producer,

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it's one of my most anticipated projects of this year. Now,

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as I mentioned also earlier, if you are a backstage

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past member, there is an initial Reactions episode where I

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I talk about all three of the pilot episodes. So

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if you want to check that out, definitely go ahead

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and log into ATC backstage. But all that said, let's

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give a listen to the trailer for Time Truck Chronicles.

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Speaker 3: Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime as we

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join niall, Queen Mira and her dad Philip I'm not

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balding as they travel through time in their trusty Time truck.

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Really can we drive over to meet it?

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Speaker 2: Well, that is what this truck is for.

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Speaker 3: And face danger he.

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Speaker 2: Was blocking the road and he has a really scary

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looking song, and.

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Speaker 3: Meet heroes of the Bible. Wow, you must be Queen

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Esther listen to Time Truck Chronicles, produced by Christopher Green

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and starring the prolific voice talents of Christiana Thomas and JD. Sutter,

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Only available on Window Seat.

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Speaker 2: You ready, Yes, I'm ready, and I hope the ATC

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listeners are as well. Oh my goodness, I think that

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might be the first time I've ever been called prolific,

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So that's pretty cool. Anyway, it's a fun, fun show.

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Head over to window seat dot io sign up for

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01:11:13,840 --> 01:11:16,399
your seven day free trial and definitely check out that

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show and the whole catalog. I think it's a great

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01:11:18,920 --> 01:11:22,119
option to check out a bunch of audio dramas and

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01:11:22,199 --> 01:11:26,800
support some original content like Timetruck Chronicles. So what do

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you think of the show?

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Speaker 5: Please leave your message after the show.

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Speaker 6: Hi, Audio Theater Central.

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Speaker 2: Hey guys, this is awesome. Hello, J D. Royan, Andrew

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minum It Victoria Now.

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Speaker 3: Yesterday I received a letter from a big fan.

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Speaker 1: No time to try, I've got an emails another package

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for me today.

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Speaker 2: No exactly, just your mail. Yes, it is time to

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hear from you. You can always send in feedback feedback

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at Audio Theatercentral dot com, comment on the show notes,

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or send your text or voicemails to six two three

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six eight eight two seven seven zero. Now. Feedback has

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been really sparse as of late, so I would love

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to hear from you. I gotta tell you, it gets

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01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:22,439
pretty lonely being a podcaster sometimes, and feedback goes a

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long long way. So if you hear something on the

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show that you like, you enjoy, please reach out. Let

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us know what you think, If there's something you'd like

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to hear us cover, let us know that. Yeah, it

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just really does help give us a little boost to

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hear from you now. Sarah reached out after listening to

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episode two hundred and two and she said, just finished

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ATC two oh two. Great as always, by the way,

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Thank you, Sarah, and was curious if you would consider

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Slack as a replacement for the ATC Throne Room. I've

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been part of different groups for writing and personal things

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there and have enjoyed the platform. So I have considered

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Slack and we actually use slacky internally for Portslite Family

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Media and it's a great platform and I have considered

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using that. So if you also think that is a

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good option, let me know. I've also considered a WhatsApp

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community or group or whatever they call those I forget now,

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but I've looked into that possibility, and there are several

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other things I've considered. Again, not looking for a social

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media platform kind of thing like a Facebook group. It's

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not what I'm interested in. I'm looking for a more

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of a closed off experience where it's just our community.

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And so if you have options or if you like

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the slack idea, let me know. And thank you Sarah

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for reaching out. Appreciate that very much. We also got

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an email from Jeremy about episode two oh two. He said,

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I really enjoyed listening to this month's Audio Theater Central

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podcast with the interview with John R. Ericsson. I discovered

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the audio of his books back in New eighteen ninety seven.

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You are right, these are really great audio books. I

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am so glad that he read a sample of the

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eighty first book. I really enjoy listening to books that

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have narrators that do different voices for the characters. I

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didn't know that he played the music as well. That

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was interesting to me. One other author that I have

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enjoyed that set up the books as audio dramas is

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Bruce Covil. He does books for younger listeners, but they

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are still fun to listen to. Have you heard of

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his books, well, Jeremy, it's interesting that you mentioned him.

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I was a big fan of Bruce Covill's books when

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I was a kid. I remember reading several of them.

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He had a whole series I think about Aliens now

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sounds it sounds creepy and stuff, but it's not. They're

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books for kids, and they're not really scary. They're more

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funny with some weird, wacky things in them. I don't

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really remember much about them, but I remember loving them

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when I was a kid. I remember reading another one

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that had something to do with like holograms. I cannot remember.

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It's been such a very long time. I mean we're

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talking probably thirty thirty years ago or something like that.

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But I remember loving his books. But I had no

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idea that he did audiobook versions that you're talking about

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with sound effects and music and stuff. Had no clue. So, yeah,

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it's definitely something worth checking out. If they're anywhere close

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to the quality of the Hank the Cow Dog books,

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then that's really interesting. So you know, this whole idea

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of enhanced audiobooks, whether it's a single narrator or a

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full cast narration, but if it's you know, the full

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text of the book enhanced with sound effects and music,

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I think that's a really interesting space. And I've been

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having some conversations well in the Audio Drama Alliance and

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with other producers that are really embracing this medium. The

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audiobook industry is massive, and it has pervaded the public

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consciousness much more than audio drama specifically, so I think

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it's a good bridge for people. I think everybody knows

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what an audiobook is, right. They started decades ago as

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books on tape, and actually there's even some going back

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to records, but they really got to be big, you know,

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with a cassette tape, and you'd go by truck stops

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or places like that and you'd find big sets of

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cassettes where you could rent, even audiobooks for your road trip,

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and libraries would carry them. And then they went to CD,

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and now of course you have Audible and all kinds

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of other audiobook platforms. But this idea of using a

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full cast or supplementing the narration of a novel with

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sound design and music is really fun. I know there

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are some people that are, you know, audiobook purists. I

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guess you might call them. I see comments reviews on

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audiobooks all the time where people think they're getting a

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single narrator audiobook and they actually get one that has

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other elements to it and they don't like that. But

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generally speaking, I think most people are open to trying these.

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And I'm actually involved in a couple of different organizations

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that produce full cast audiobooks, so there are different levels

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here of audio content, and I think these full cast

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audiobooks or enhanced audiobooks that have sound design and music

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are great ways to bring people over into straight audio drama.

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So I'm all for this kind of stuff. So anyway,

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I'll definitely have to check out Bruce Kovil's audio editions.

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Thank you very much, Jeremy Well, thanks again to Mark

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Cook and Mark Oulham of Window Seat for coming on

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the show. Really enjoyed that conversation and I hope you'll

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check that I'm out again. The website is linked up

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in the show notes, and I'm looking forward to seeing

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Windows Heat just break into this space and really make

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a splash. So be sure to check them out, and

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if you'd like to get in touch with us here

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at Audio Theater Central, head over to Audio theatercentral dot

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com slash contact. All the ways to reach out are

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listed there. Of course, show notes for this episode are

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at audio theatercentral dot com slash two zero four. All

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the links to everything we've talked about can be found there.

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I will see you next time. Thank you so much

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for listening. Audio Theater Central is a production of Porchlight

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Family Media. Our theme music was composed by Sam Avandanio.

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The show is produced and edited by Yours Truly JD. Stter,

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