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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, JD. Sutter, and this is episode two fifteen.

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Thank you so much for joining me for this summertime episode,

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and we're going to be talking all about that here

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in a few moments. This might be a little bit

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of a shorter episode, had a whole lot of stuff

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going on, but we'll try to still make it worth

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your while with some great audio drama recommendations. As always,

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we're going to start off with some audio drama updates

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here shortly, lots of cool stuff happening, and then in

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the here's what I'm Thinking segment, I am going to

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be talking about some of my favorite summertime or road

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trip audio dramas, and I brought in some of the

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ATC contributors to share some of their favorites as well.

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So we're gonna take a look at a bunch of

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fun audio dramas to listen to on a road trip,

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and I think we're gonna have a lot of fun.

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We'll hear some samples from some of them and talk

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a little bit about them and also have a few

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recommendations from listeners as well. So for my American listeners,

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I hope you had a wonderful Independence Day, and for

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the Canadians, I hope you had a great Canada Day.

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And here we are in the month of July. It's summertime,

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so let's jump into all of this audio drama goodness.

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Speaker 3: We interrupt this program to bring you a special.

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Speaker 4: Report and in other news tonight.

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Speaker 5: A brief look at the headlines.

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Speaker 6: Now they want exciting, fast piece news that's relevant and

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entertaining like this.

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Speaker 2: Well. Quick reminder, as always, if you've got some audio

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drama updates, be sure to send them over to us

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PFM dot link, slash atc news or click the button

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on the homepage of our website. Let us know what

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you've got going on. And I know there are several

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of you who have been anticipating the next Adventures and

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Odyssey album review. Yes we are a bit behind on those.

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If that's what you were expecting for this episode or

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hoping for. I do have some Odissey related information to

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share with you, and first is I was a guest

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on the Odyssey Geek podcast and we talked about our

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top seven favorite sound design moments. This episode released on

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June twenty first of this year, so just a couple

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of weeks ago, and in case you missed it, I

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think it will be a great Odyssey related conversation that

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you can go check out to hold you over until

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the next ATC review of Odyssey. And here is a

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little snippet of that episode with me in Austin Peachee

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to give you a little bit of an idea of

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how we approached this collection of great sound design moments

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from Adventures and Odyssey. The way I approached this, it's

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not necessarily the best or the most intricate or the

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most epic moments. Rather, these are sound design moments that

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I think are just extremely well executed in service to

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the story right and help immerse the listener in what's happening.

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from a sound design perspective, or where the sound effects

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kind of stole the show for a moment. So that's

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topic from so I would say this, these might not

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be like my top favorite moments in the entire run

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of the show. More like these are just seven out

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of the dozens that I could have chosen, and on

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a different day, I might have selected some different ones,

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so who knows.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, for me, again, like favorite is kind of broad.

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moments that I think about quite a bit, or that

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really when I think about that episode, I remember that

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moment yes in that episode, or just wow, that was

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really complex. Yeah, like I really appreciate all that went

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this is going to be interesting. And also it's the

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first time doing a ranked list with you, so this

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to go check out that episode, which I highly recommend

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you'll enjoy it. Now. Next up is another Adventures in

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Odyssey discussion on another podcast, this time it's for your

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fellow Odyssean's podcast, and I was invited back to that

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show by the host Daniel Roth, and this time, rather

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than having a more general discussion about our experiences with

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the show, we talked about a big Adventures in Odyssey

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anniversary slash milestone that is going to be commemorated in

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just a couple of weeks. So that episode is not

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it out. It will be dropping on July eighteenth. Again,

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that is the Your Fellow Odysseans podcast, So for more

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that out. There is a link to the overall show

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in the show notes for this episode, and I will

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So again, more Odyssey discussion over on the Your Fellow

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Odissions podcast. All right, so let's move into some recent

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releases in the audio drama community. First up is episode

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two of Venture from Eternal Future Productions is out now.

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to listen to for free on their YouTube channel. But

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if you would like to own a copy of it,

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it's easy to do. You can head over to their

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website Eternal Futureproductions Dot com and purchase that episode there.

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So this one was written by Glenn Haskell and directed

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by Alisia Hanson, with sound designed by Lee Stang, music

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by Frank Hughley, and it was mastered by Craig Hart. Again,

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we have Jonathan Cook as the lead role of Captain Kurt,

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and other members of the cast are Craig Hart, Rose

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and Kara O'Brien. So lots of sci fi fun with

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venture Episode two and also episode three, which is titled

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links in the show notes. Our next recent release is

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their debut full length audio drama and it is now

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available on CD and digital download. So set in nineteen

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fifty four Southern Louisiana, Reckoning of Cowards is a gripping

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full cast mystery exploring corruption power and hidden truths in

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a small town rocked by a triple homicide. Sheriff Noble

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secrets may cost him everything. The production features a standout cast,

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immersive sound design, and a cinematic original score by award

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winning composer Jared di Pascual. This story marks the first

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installment in New Birth's Bayou Noir series, with more titles

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currently in development. So link in the show notes to

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both digitally and in physical media formats. So again link

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little kids. This is an audio drama aimed at the

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adult demographic, So parents, you want to probably screen this

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one ahead of time to see if it is suitable

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for your children. Next up is He Vanished below from

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a Caleb Brestler and Craig Hart. This is a three

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episode mini series. The first episode dropped on June ninth,

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and the next two episodes dropped shortly thereafter, so all

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three parts are available now and again, this is a

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to preview it first. There are some scenes that might

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be a little more intense or scary, and some content

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that is something you might not want your little ears

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But here is a little sample from the first episode

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to what your appetite.

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Speaker 6: There's two different tunnels that go off here. Which way

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Speaker 8: How are we gonna find our way back? We haven't

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Speaker 8: It looks spooky, and then we what's that?

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Speaker 6: Remember like this, We know, we know, this tunnel goes

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linked in the show notes. So that is he Vanished

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below a thriller mystery mini series from Caleb Bresler and

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Craig Hart and if you'd like to hear my initial

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Backstage and last up in our updates segment is another

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release from Heart Matters, and this one is called Red's

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A Pigtail, which was released last year from Heart Matters,

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and this story is a comedic spin on the classic

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tale Little Red writing Hood and listeners will learn the

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importance of being careful what they share online and to

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choose your social media friends wisely. The cast includes returning

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actors Bethany Baldwin as the omniscient Narrator and John Thornoff

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as Big Bad b B. Woolf. Betsy Nicholson plays the

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title role of Red, with Rebecca Bradford, Kara O'Brien, and

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Frank you Lee filling out the rest of the cast.

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as this sequel, and sound design was done by Mark Mulkayhey.

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So this episode, as well as all of the previous releases,

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including A Pigtail, are available for free in the Heart

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your life right now, this is a fun one to

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check out. Oh wow, lots of great new releases, lots

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of amazing stuff happening in the family friendly audio drama space.

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But now let's move into looking at some past releases

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audio dramas, and I thought, well, let me go ahead

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this subject, but listener Kyle several years ago, back in

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twenty twelve, asked us about what are some recommendations of

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a road trip. So we put together a post back

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then called Essential Audio Entertainment for road Trips. And that

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and sort of just occupying this story world for you know,

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longer than a twenty five minute Odyssey episode. So that

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was how I approached it. I didn't put those same

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sort of stipulations on the ATC contributors. I just told them, Hey,

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something that you enjoy listening to in the summertime. Maybe

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something that when you listen it just feels like summer,

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or it works really well for listening to as a

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group on a family road trip, something like that. So,

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since I ended up selecting a handful of different ones,

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what I'm going to do is share one or two

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of mine and then we'll go to one of the

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contributors and we'll just go back and forth like that. So,

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you know, there are so many amazing long form audio

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dramas in this space, and there are so many different

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ones that I could have selected, but based on you

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know that Criteri area of something less on the pulling

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at your heartstrings side of things and more of an

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emphasis on the adventure and action side of things, or

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again one is just a long form journey, so to speak,

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that you can just get pulled into. So one of

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the first ones that came to my mind was the

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Extraordinary Adventures of Ja Hint series. Now there are several

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from their library that I think would apply here that

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would work just fine, but the first one that came

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to my mind was their very first release, Under Drake's Flag.

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It's such an action packed adventure. It's definitely not a

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road trip. A significant amount of the story takes place

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on a ship, so you've got the seafaring adventure sort

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of aspect of it. But if you haven't heard it

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in a while, or if you've never heard it, it

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is about Ned Hawkshaw and he's about to take the

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greatest adventure a boy could ever imagine. With one of

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the most celebrated heroes in history, Sir Francis Drake. Ned

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fights off a shark attack, survives a shipwreck, engages in

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fierce battles on sea and land, and comes face to

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face with the Spanish Inquisition. Experience the swashbuckling tale that

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pits faith against fear and helps Ned grow from a

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boy into a man. Live the adventure and board the

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Golden High for an epic quest of courage. On the

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High seas really really great high action audio drama. And

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in the show notes is a link to our review

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of it, as well as a link to purchase it.

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And here is a little sixty second promo that will

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give you a little bit more about this amazing adventure

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audio drama. And I should say some of these promos

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that I'm going to play were originally produced for radio,

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so they might mention, you know, stations or older websites

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that aren't really in use anymore, so be sure to

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check the show notes for the appropriate links.

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Speaker 12: His name, let's hook show, and he's about to take

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the greatest adventure a boy could ever imagine.

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Speaker 3: With one of the most celebrated heroes in history.

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Speaker 13: My name is Francis Drick.

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Speaker 3: Confronting the fiercest dangers, canel swid no nets start.

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Speaker 2: With dear shirt, no like stop.

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Speaker 3: You'll come face to face the evil itself.

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Speaker 2: We arrest you in the name of the Holy Inquisition.

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Speaker 9: You have one hour to recount your faith.

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Speaker 3: A story pit's faith against fair evenly Father?

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Speaker 8: Where are you?

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Speaker 3: And turns ned from a boy into a bat. I

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may be young, but I will not bow before the Spaniards.

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Speaker 12: Now bring this in spiring adventure Hope. Order your copy

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of Under Drake's Plan go to hentyolive dot com. That's

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henty alive dot com.

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Speaker 2: Oh man, that one is just so fun, really really

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enjoyed that. Highly recommend it, and I'm gonna share one

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more of mine and then we're gonna jump to one

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of our contributors. Next up is from the Focus on

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the Family Radio Theater series and my pick for that

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series is at Home in Midford. So this one is

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definitely not on the adventure side of things. This is

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a much more slower paced story, but it is one

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where you just get to spend a lot of time

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with these characters, get to know them, and it just

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pulls you into this small town life where you feel

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like you become friends with these people. So if you

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don't know, it's based on a book, but it is

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set in the charming village of Mitford and it draws

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listeners into the life of Father Tim and episcopal rector

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who finds himself running on empty and longing for change.

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His bachelor existence is changed and enriched by a lovable

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cast of characters, including a stray dog, a lonely boy,

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and a comely neighbor. This one is just a whole

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lot of fun. There's a lot of humor, there is

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a lot of heart. There are a couple of more

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serious emotional moments, but overall it's just a really enjoyable time.

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And this is one that I have listened to on

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a row trip and it really just works great for

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that that environment. And here is a little sample from

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that show.

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Speaker 11: Father Tim, Oh, we're so glad you're here.

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Speaker 2: Hello, Hessie.

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Speaker 9: How's it going?

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Speaker 11: Well, we were just discussing the arrangement of the flowers.

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I thought we should plant them so they spelled Midford.

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Wouldn't it be grown?

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Speaker 2: I think you'll need more flowers than you have.

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Speaker 11: Now, Oh, dear, well do you think so?

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Speaker 3: I'm sure of it unless you leave out a few letters,

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really which ones?

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Speaker 14: Well, you could leave out the vowels.

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Speaker 11: M, T, F R, D oh.

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Speaker 15: You know, if might work.

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Speaker 11: I'll tell everyone.

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Speaker 3: No, no, no, wait, I was only Joe killing father.

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Speaker 11: Is that your dog? You might want to get him

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out of the road.

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Speaker 9: Hey, what your name is?

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Speaker 3: Don't come here?

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Speaker 9: Come here?

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Speaker 16: There's are.

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Speaker 9: You trying to get yourself killed.

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Speaker 12: The road?

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Speaker 3: Shoo shoo, go play in the park or something. Sorry

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about that, Father.

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Speaker 17: Tim ah MERCEDI I was just coming up to.

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Speaker 2: See all right, Well, let's move on to ATC contributor

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Michael Schrader and his picks.

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Speaker 5: There is no better entertainment medium than audio drama when

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it comes to going on road trips, and uh, I

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have definitely driven across the country by myself listening to

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audio dramas and also with my wife, and so I

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like to listen to the longer, more epic storylines when

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I'm going on a road trip for Adventures in Odyssey.

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This is cliche, but I like to listen to Bernard

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and Eugene's road trip or something like Darkness before Dawn

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because I like having a story that's gonna continue on,

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especially if we're driving for a while. And then one

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that my wife and I've really enjoyed is The Father

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Gilbert Mysteries, which can be a little intense for younger listeners,

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so if you have little kids in the car, I

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don't necessarily recommend that. And then there's some that are scary,

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like there's some Lamplighter theater adventures that are great, like

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Basket of Flowers and Sir Malcolm and the Missing Prints.

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But then there's others like certain eight of the Splendid

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Way that I listened to driving through the dark woods

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at night, that I had to turn off because it

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was too much for driving alone at night at that moment.

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But the longer, the longer storylines is what I really like,

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and Lamplighter are great for that, and Father Gilbert and

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then some of the longer odyssey storylines. Those are my picks.

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Speaker 2: Oh thank you, Michael, really really great suggestions there. All

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of these that he mentioned are listed in the show notes,

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but I'm going to play the promo for one of

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them that he mentioned, The Basket of Flowers from Lampblader Theater.

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Speaker 8: Where are you taking me?

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Speaker 9: Which is this place?

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Speaker 8: Mary is accused of a crime she never committed.

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Speaker 3: Have you never seen a prison before?

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Speaker 18: I do not have the range.

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Speaker 8: She's banished from her country along with her father.

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Speaker 12: God works with closed doors as well as open ones.

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Speaker 8: It's a journey that could crush Mary's faith.

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Speaker 3: If your God is here? And why is you letting

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you go?

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Speaker 19: To all rich a dangerous journey that will take her

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far beyond what she ever imagined. Good Lamplighter Theater presents

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the Basket of Flowers, the latest trauma in this exciting

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New Family.

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Speaker 11: Radio series had.

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Speaker 8: The Basket of Flowers first written in the seventeen hundreds,

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and now this special book, beloved by families all over

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the world, is coming to your radio station Lamplighter Theater.

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Speaker 2: Such a great one. Now again, this promo is originally

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intended for radio, as you heard there, but I think

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you get the idea, all right. So for my next pick,

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this one is one that sort of crosses both sides.

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It's got some emotional moments, it's got some slower paced sections,

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but it's also got epic battles and all kinds of

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stuff going on. That is the thirteen hour long adaptation

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of The Lord of the Rings, all three parts from

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the BBC. This was first broadcast on BBC Radio four

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in nineteen eighty one. And so this is the famous

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epic fantasy tale by J. R. R. Tolkien which has

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been adapted for film and is beloved by many in

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that medium. But way before the film version was this

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audio version, which is pretty awesome as well. Now, this

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one was done in the eighties, so it doesn't have

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the same level of immersive soundscapes that we might expect

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from high quality audio drama today. But if you are

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a fan of Tolkien and you love the books, I

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think you're going to really really love this audio adaptation

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as well. This one was adapted by Brian Sibley and

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it features Ian Holme as Frodo, who fans of the

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films will know that he stars as Bilbo in the films,

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but he plays Frodo in the audio version. And again,

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it's about thirteen hours long. It's one of those that

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you can just get lost in the story and this

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will last you a long, long road trip. There is

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a link in the show notes to a review that

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former co host Andrew wrote for this production, as well

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as links to where you can purchase it. But here

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is a little sample from book one, The Fellowship of

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the Ring.

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Speaker 9: After they've been walking for about three hours, Fredo, Pippin

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and Sam made camp in the deep resin center darkness

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of a patch of fir wood. Night passed and the

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morning came pale and Clammy.

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Speaker 8: Oh, walking for pleasure?

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Speaker 16: Oh?

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Speaker 2: Why didn't I go buy.

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Speaker 3: Cart with Mary?

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Speaker 2: My next stiff?

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Speaker 20: And I feel as there were hole in my back,

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and all my beautiful feather beds sold of the Sackville bagginses.

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These tree roots would do them good.

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Speaker 5: Wake up hobbits.

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Speaker 3: It's a beautiful morning. Oh what's beautiful about it?

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Speaker 16: Sam?

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Speaker 9: Get breakfast ready for half past night?

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Speaker 3: Have you got the bath water?

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Speaker 16: Hop?

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Speaker 9: No?

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Speaker 3: No, Sam, it's all right.

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Speaker 9: Sam.

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Speaker 3: Mister Pippy is pulling your leg.

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Speaker 20: Come on, Pippy up, you get you can help Sam

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get breakfast, and then we must get started.

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Speaker 1: I've never been this near the end of the shire before,

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mister perrilin What river.

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Speaker 2: Is that down there?

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Speaker 4: That's the Brandywine?

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Speaker 16: Sam?

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Speaker 3: And who elves live in those woods over there in

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the end?

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Speaker 4: No, not that I ever heard. This road goes on forever.

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Speaker 21: Why are we going to rest further.

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Speaker 16: Further?

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Speaker 22: The road goes ever on and on down from the

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door where it began. Now far ahead the road has gone,

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and I must follow if I can, pursuing it with

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eager feet, until it joins some larger way where many

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paths and errands meet.

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Speaker 8: And whether then I cannot say?

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Speaker 20: That sounds like a bit of old Bilbo's rhyming, or

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is it one of your imitations?

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Speaker 16: Hmmm?

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Speaker 20: I don't know. It came to me then as if

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I was making it up, but I may have heard

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it long ago.

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Speaker 21: Any event, it doesn't sound altogether encouraging.

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Speaker 2: No, I suppose not, hmm.

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Speaker 20: Bilbo often used to say there was only one road

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that it was like a great river. Its springs were

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at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. It's

487
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a dangerous business going out of your door.

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Speaker 14: He used to say.

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Speaker 20: You step into a road, and if you don't keep

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your feet, there is no knowing where you might be

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swept off to.

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Speaker 12: Well, this road won't sweep me anywhere for an hour

493
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at least, it's time for a rest. And if you

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fellas won't wait, well, then you must go on without me.

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Speaker 2: All right, Let's move on to our next contributor, and

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this is Robert Thacker. Robert take it away.

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Speaker 15: My favorite summertime audio drama would have to be The

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Adventures in Odyssey three part series Aloha OI. In it,

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the Barkley family wins an all expenses paid trip to Hawaii,

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00:28:28,799 --> 00:28:32,319
but the Rathbone family comes along with them, and I

501
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,480
just think the juxtaposition of those two families is so

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fun and it leads to all kinds of hilarity. Plus,

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I think it makes a great vacation or road trip

504
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,559
audio drama because the Hawaii vibes just put you in

505
00:28:45,599 --> 00:28:49,799
a great mood. So that is my favorite summertime audio drama.

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Speaker 2: Oh, he is absolutely correct. Aloha Oi. It's perfect for summertime. Rights,

507
00:28:58,079 --> 00:29:02,480
It's absolutely perfect. It is included if you don't know,

508
00:29:02,599 --> 00:29:06,119
it is included in album nineteen Passport to Adventure of

509
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Adventures Odyssey, but it's also included on the Ultimate road

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00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:14,880
Trip Collection, which has not just this three parter, but

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also the two parter Family Vacation, the two parter Camp Waternut,

512
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the two parter The Cross of Cortes, and several other

513
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:30,079
fun road trip related episodes from Adventures in Odyssey. It's

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a total of six and a half hours long. So

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this is a great collection if you don't have the

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club and you want to purchase some great audio drama,

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because we know Adventures and Odyssey always has some great

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road trip stories. So Aloha Oi is included in the

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Ultimate road Trip Collection, which is linked in the show notes.

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00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:53,240
If you'd like to get a copy of that.

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Speaker 17: Be sure to pack your surfboard for the next exciting

522
00:29:56,839 --> 00:29:59,599
Adventure in Odyssey. It's going to be fun in the sun.

523
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Barclay's discovered that they've won an all expenses paid vacation

524
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to Hawaii. They can hardly believe their good fortune. That is,

525
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until they find out that the rat Bones are also

526
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going along. This is one vacation you don't want to miss.

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Next time an Adventures in Odyssey.

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Speaker 3: I see, well, thank you very much for your help.

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All we will bye will Dad.

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Speaker 6: What did they say, you real?

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Speaker 11: Don't keep us in suspense, George?

532
00:30:31,119 --> 00:30:33,920
Speaker 10: Well, they said, oh, look at the time wh Rantsid's

533
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:35,079
song directly?

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00:30:35,519 --> 00:30:36,799
Speaker 3: Okay, it all checks out.

535
00:30:36,799 --> 00:30:37,799
Speaker 21: The trip is legit.

536
00:30:39,319 --> 00:30:40,400
Speaker 3: We're going to Hawaii.

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00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:40,960
Speaker 8: Way did go?

538
00:30:41,119 --> 00:30:41,480
Speaker 4: Jimmy?

539
00:30:41,559 --> 00:30:43,200
Speaker 7: Hey, Now, let's give credit where credits due.

540
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:44,119
Speaker 3: I'm the one who's sent it.

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Speaker 22: Well.

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Speaker 2: My next selection is from the Jonathan Park series. This

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is Jonathan Park number thirteen, Light in the Shadows, and

544
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I thought it was great because this is definitely the

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high action entry here on my list. It's got a

546
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,119
lot of stuff going on, but it is all centered

547
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,359
around a road trip, so I thought it was perfect.

548
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,359
So here's a summary. After opening a mysterious package from

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an anonymous benefactor, Jonathan discovers he's been entrusted with a

550
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,039
very special assignment. Soon, he and his friends are launched

551
00:31:16,039 --> 00:31:19,440
on a hair raising cross country hunt through America's national

552
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:24,119
parks their mission to retrieve eight historical artifacts within thirty

553
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:29,319
days and present them to the benefactor. So it's perfect.

554
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,400
You've got a cross country road trip learning about American

555
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:38,000
history at the same time, it's got the ticking time

556
00:31:38,039 --> 00:31:42,680
bomb aspect of the story, so to speak, and it's

557
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,440
just a lot of fun. It's perfect, I think for

558
00:31:45,559 --> 00:31:48,079
a family road trip. Link is in the show notes

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00:31:48,119 --> 00:31:50,039
if you want to grab a copy of that, And

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here is a little sample of the beginning of this

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00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,640
volume of Jonathan Park to give you a little taste

562
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:58,279
in case you haven't heard it before.

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00:32:04,079 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 21: Huh, I wonder.

564
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:06,599
Speaker 2: What this is.

565
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 21: Pretty heavy?

566
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,799
Speaker 2: Whatever it is? No return address?

567
00:32:13,839 --> 00:32:14,559
Speaker 21: That's strange.

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00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 9: Hm hmm.

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00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:21,799
Speaker 8: Okay what is this.

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00:32:23,559 --> 00:32:26,319
Speaker 14: A silver box?

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00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:29,519
Speaker 3: Huh?

572
00:32:30,039 --> 00:32:33,160
Speaker 8: No way to open it? No markings?

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00:32:34,599 --> 00:32:35,839
Speaker 21: This is weird.

574
00:32:38,319 --> 00:32:38,759
Speaker 2: Whatever.

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00:32:41,559 --> 00:32:59,799
Speaker 21: I'm going to bed?

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00:33:07,799 --> 00:33:08,480
Speaker 9: What's going on?

577
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 7: What is.

578
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:12,480
Speaker 3: What's going on?

579
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:13,759
Speaker 8: Quiet?

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00:33:13,839 --> 00:33:15,319
Speaker 3: What is that the boss?

581
00:33:18,279 --> 00:33:18,799
Speaker 8: Quiet you?

582
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,640
Speaker 3: What's the snooze button.

583
00:33:21,319 --> 00:33:21,920
Speaker 20: From the sting?

584
00:33:23,079 --> 00:33:30,240
Speaker 2: Can't that's better? Okay?

585
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:38,799
Speaker 21: Recet, Okay, I'm going back to sleep.

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00:33:40,519 --> 00:33:42,559
Speaker 20: Ah h.

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Speaker 11: H stop.

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00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:52,839
Speaker 9: Stop it's coming.

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00:33:52,599 --> 00:33:58,559
Speaker 3: Stop what what?

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00:34:00,759 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 9: Okay?

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00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:02,400
Speaker 2: What is going on here?

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00:34:04,039 --> 00:34:09,840
Speaker 10: Whoa whoa Jonathan Park? What you may call me mister

593
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:13,079
c you have been recommended for a special assignment.

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00:34:13,519 --> 00:34:14,960
Speaker 3: Okay, is this a prank?

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00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:18,079
Speaker 10: Within twenty four hours, you will receive a box containing

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your first clue. Seven clues will follow them.

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Speaker 2: Hello, can you hear me?

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Speaker 10: Each clue leads to an historic artifact. You must collect

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all eight artifacts and present them to me within thirty days.

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If you do, my client will make a donation to

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the Creation Museum, a donation one hundred and twenty million dollars.

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00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:43,000
Speaker 2: What all right? Next? Up is Austin Peachey's pick and

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here it is.

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Speaker 16: So.

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Speaker 7: I have a lot of memories listening to odrama on

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road trips, not just the summertime, but for holidays and

607
00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,400
things like that. One of my favorite Audi dramas that

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00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:55,480
I've heard on a road trip has to be The

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Extraordinary Ventures of j Henty the Katavou Basts. It's about

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00:34:59,559 --> 00:35:02,599
a young man named Amuba who's a prince but has

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00:35:02,639 --> 00:35:05,639
taken captive as a slave and is sent to Egypt.

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00:35:06,039 --> 00:35:09,599
It's a really enthralling story. There's a lot of suspense

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00:35:09,679 --> 00:35:13,280
and action. There's even a murder mystery. There's some tie

614
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,719
ins to real life history, and there's some good amounts

615
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:17,960
of comedy in this as well. As you may know,

616
00:35:18,159 --> 00:35:22,039
ancient Egyptians worshiped cats, and a certain character in that

617
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:26,239
is very much acting like a cat. It is hilarious.

618
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:28,000
It's one of the funniest moments in the whole show.

619
00:35:28,199 --> 00:35:30,800
But there's also some good biblical truth in it. But yeah,

620
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,880
it works great as a summer story or a road

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00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:37,719
trip story. It's over two hours long and just a

622
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,159
rollicking good time. Highly recommend it.

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Speaker 2: Great great choice there, Austin. As I said earlier, the

624
00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:49,239
hinty stuff is really great. Many of them definitely work

625
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,800
for road trips or summertime. But I think this really

626
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,639
is a great selection as well, So links in the

627
00:35:55,639 --> 00:36:01,440
show notes to check it out. The Catiff Bubasts all right,

628
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:06,119
My next pick is from Lamplight Our Theater. Now, Michael

629
00:36:06,119 --> 00:36:09,400
Schrader mentioned them earlier, and I think his pick was

630
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,400
a good one. He mentioned the Basket of Flowers, Sir

631
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,719
Malcolm and the Missing Prince and Sir Knight of the

632
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:17,519
Splendid Way, which is one of my all time favorites.

633
00:36:17,559 --> 00:36:20,760
Though he's right there are some definitely some more intents

634
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:22,840
and darker scenes in that one, so may not be

635
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:26,960
the best pick for this application, but I wanted to

636
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:31,199
mention one of my favorites for just having a really

637
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:33,960
enjoyable time listening to a story that I think is

638
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,079
great to listen to as a family or even if

639
00:36:37,119 --> 00:36:39,400
you're on a road trip by yourself like Michael was.

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And this one is Extraordinary Little Maid. So this is

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00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,639
about Peggy Perkins, a peculiar maid who will delight you

642
00:36:48,679 --> 00:36:52,000
with her extraordinary ability to share the gospel. Hear the

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00:36:52,039 --> 00:36:55,519
good news in bold and often humorous color as Peggy

644
00:36:55,519 --> 00:36:58,000
embraces her mission to send everyone she meets to the

645
00:36:58,039 --> 00:37:02,840
only physician who can cure hearts. Her courage intrigues people

646
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:05,559
from all walks of life, and her faithfulness invites them

647
00:37:05,559 --> 00:37:09,320
to experience the joy of the extraordinary God. She serves.

648
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:11,920
You will laugh and cry as she grows in her

649
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:16,760
faith through the mishaps and mayhem of daily life. And

650
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:20,119
this one is just really really fun. As it says

651
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,719
in the summer, it's delightful, it's humorous. There's just some

652
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:27,440
great moments. There's a mishap with a dog, and just

653
00:37:27,559 --> 00:37:31,079
some really fun, enjoyable moments in this one that I

654
00:37:31,079 --> 00:37:34,000
think just makes it perfect for this And here is

655
00:37:34,079 --> 00:37:37,320
a little sample of extraordinary little maid.

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00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:41,559
Speaker 8: Sometimes your life is going by so fast you miss

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00:37:41,599 --> 00:37:43,599
people in the blur around you.

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00:37:43,679 --> 00:37:47,280
Speaker 17: A bed old man and nobody comes to visit me,

659
00:37:47,519 --> 00:37:48,840
people who are wounded.

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00:37:49,039 --> 00:37:51,159
Speaker 18: He went off to war and I never heard from

661
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:51,679
him again.

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00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:56,400
Speaker 8: People lost in the blur. But now comes a story

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00:37:56,559 --> 00:38:01,559
that will awaken your heart. Lamp that theater presents an

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00:38:01,599 --> 00:38:05,519
extraordinary little Maid. You'll fall in love with. Peggy Perkins.

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00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:06,440
Speaker 3: Hey got us alt?

666
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 11: What have you been doing with it?

667
00:38:08,079 --> 00:38:09,199
Speaker 3: What have you been doing with yours?

668
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 11: I gave it to the Lord Jesus.

669
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 18: My missus told me there'd be some so sick unto death,

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00:38:15,559 --> 00:38:18,079
and I believe yours is quite dead.

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00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:21,840
Speaker 8: Give the story to others to open their eyes as well.

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00:38:22,039 --> 00:38:24,320
Speaker 18: You're the first person I've ever met in my life

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00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:25,079
that curd.

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00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:25,440
Speaker 14: For my soul.

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00:38:25,679 --> 00:38:29,679
Speaker 8: Extraordinary little Maid will awaken your heart. To the people

676
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:33,400
in the blur. To order a extraordinary little Maid, go

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00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,639
to lamplighter dot net. Lamplighter dot net.

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Speaker 2: All right, well, that brings us to our last contributor submission,

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and that is from Joe Pearson. Let's see what he

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00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:46,480
has to say.

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Speaker 4: What is my favorite summer road trip audio drama? My

682
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:54,559
honest answer is kind of a boring one. It's the

683
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Chronicles of Narnia. I just can't think of a better

684
00:38:58,159 --> 00:39:01,639
way to spend the time on a long road trip

685
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:05,639
than by getting lost in that world. But I imagine that

686
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,719
many of us have worn out our Narnia CDs, so

687
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,519
I wanted to have another pick as well. This is

688
00:39:11,639 --> 00:39:14,320
kind of a dark horse. It doesn't have the greatest

689
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,679
sound design in the world, and the score is pretty simple.

690
00:39:18,039 --> 00:39:21,440
But I really like it and you might too. It's

691
00:39:21,599 --> 00:39:25,760
a late nineties production of Winnie the Pooh. Like most people,

692
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:28,400
I grew up on the Disney movie, but I never

693
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:31,719
read the books, and when I was maybe eleven or twelve,

694
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:34,679
I heard this audio drama and was surprised to find

695
00:39:34,679 --> 00:39:37,880
that the stories weren't just the cute preschooler fluff that

696
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:42,079
I was expecting. They were actually really witty and funny.

697
00:39:42,639 --> 00:39:45,440
And this is captured really well by the audio drama,

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00:39:45,559 --> 00:39:48,800
which has a cast of very British actors like Judy Dench,

699
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,119
who bring a very British sense of humor to an

700
00:39:51,159 --> 00:39:54,679
already very British set of stories. The best performance is

701
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:58,199
Jeffrey Palmer as ere. You might recognize Jeffrey Palmer as

702
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,840
Inspector Javer in Radio the Tea. They miss a rob

703
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:03,960
and he is an amazing Eyore. Not all of the

704
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,559
casting is as amazing as he is, but most of

705
00:40:06,559 --> 00:40:09,079
them are pretty fun. So if you've exhausted other options

706
00:40:09,079 --> 00:40:11,239
on your road trip and you're looking for something light

707
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:13,639
and funny to listen to, you could give this a try.

708
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,920
It does have that long summer afternoon feel to it,

709
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:19,719
and it might just be my nostyal to talking, but

710
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,519
I think that this is an audio drama that a

711
00:40:22,519 --> 00:40:24,480
lot of ages can really have a lot of fun with.

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00:40:26,119 --> 00:40:28,039
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, how can you go wrong with Narnia?

713
00:40:28,079 --> 00:40:31,639
He's absolutely right about that. And the collected stories of

714
00:40:31,679 --> 00:40:33,719
Winnie the Pooh that he talks about is one that

715
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:38,159
I have not actually heard yet, but after hearing his recommendation,

716
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:39,800
I have added it to my wish list and I

717
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:43,719
will be getting that soon. It has a total of

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00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:46,679
ten stories with a runtime of about four and a

719
00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:50,480
half hours, and so this is definitely one that fits

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that criteria of a long form story, one that you

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can listen to with the whole family together. And here

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is a little sample of that.

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Speaker 23: Here is Edward bare Now coming downstairs on the back

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of his head behind Christopher Robin.

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Speaker 14: It's the only way he knows of coming downstairs. But

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sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if

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only he could stop bumping for a moment and think

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of it.

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Speaker 2: And then he.

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Speaker 14: Feels that perhaps there isn't.

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Speaker 23: Well well, anyhow, here he is at the bottom and

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ready to be introduced to you, Winnie the Pooh.

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Speaker 14: When I first heard his name, I said, just as

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you are going to say. But I thought he was.

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Speaker 3: A boy, so did I.

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Speaker 14: Then you can't call him Winnie. I don't, JU said.

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Speaker 18: He's Winnie the Pooh. Don't you know what there means?

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Speaker 16: Ay?

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Speaker 14: Yes, now I do.

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Speaker 23: I hope you do too, because it's all the explanation

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you're going to get.

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Speaker 14: Sometimes, Winnie the Pool likes a game of some sort

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when he comes downstairs, and sometimes he likes to sit

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quietly in front of the fire and listen to a

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story this evening.

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Speaker 18: What about a story?

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Speaker 14: What about a story?

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Speaker 18: Could you very sweetly tell Winnie the Pooh one?

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Speaker 14: I suppose we could?

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Speaker 18: What sort of stories does he like about himself? Because

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he's that sort of bear? Oh, I see, so could

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you very sweetly?

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Speaker 14: We'll try once upon a very long time ago, now

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about last Friday, Winnie the Pool lived in a forest

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all by himself, under the name of Saunders.

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Speaker 18: What does under the name mean?

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Speaker 14: It means he had a name over the door in

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gold letters and lived under it.

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Speaker 18: Winnie the Pooh wasn't quite sure.

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Speaker 14: Now I am, Then we'll go on.

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Speaker 23: One day, when Pool was out walking, he came to

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an open place in the middle of the forest. And

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in the middle of this place was a large oak tree.

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And from the top of this tree there came.

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Speaker 14: Winnie the Pool sat down at the foot of the tree.

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Speaker 13: That buzzing noise means something. You don't get a buzzing

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noise like that, just buzzing and buzzing without it meaning something.

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And if there's a buzzing noise, somebody's making a buzzing noise.

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And the only reason for making a buzzing noise that

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I know of is because you're a bee. And the

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only reason for being a bee that I know of

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is making honey. And the only reason for making honey

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is so as I can eat it.

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Speaker 23: So he began to climb the tree. He climbed, and

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he climbed, and he climbed and As he climbed, he

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sang a little song to himself.

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Speaker 2: Isn't it funny how a bear likes honey.

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Speaker 8: Buzz buzz buzz.

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Speaker 13: I wonder why he does.

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Speaker 23: Then he climbed a little further, and a little further,

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and then just a little further. By that time he

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had thought of another song. He was rather tired by now,

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so it came out as a complaining song.

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Speaker 1: It's a very funny thought that if bears were bees

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that build their nest to the bottom of trees, and

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that being so, if the bees were bears, we wouldn't

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have to climb up all these stairs.

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Speaker 14: He was nearly there by.

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Speaker 13: Now, if I just stand on that bronze, oh hell.

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Speaker 3: If I mean, I, haven't you see what I meant

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to do?

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Speaker 2: Well? Thank you to Michael, Robert Austin, and Joah for

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sending in their submissions some really, really great recommendations here

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and now. My final pick was an Adventures in Odyssey

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multi parter or a collection, but it was already mentioned

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by Michael, and that was the Bernard and Eugene road

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Trip collection. It's not really you know, just a one

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00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:54,079
or two episodes, it's a whole arc but it's a

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lot of fun. It's definitely perfect for the road trip,

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lots of humorous moments, and you know, I don't think

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you can go wrong with that one. So that is

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my final pick. Even though Michael already mentioned it, I

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wanted to mention it again because it's just such a

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delightful and funny thing. I mean, of course, anytime you

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get Bernard and Eugene in a scene together, there's going

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to be something humorous. And when you have them stuck

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in a car together driving across the country, hilarity ensues. Right,

808
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So it's such a classic part of the Aio Show,

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and you got to mention it in a list like this,

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So man lots of recommendations from BBC, from Jonathan Park,

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from Lampeider Theater, from The Extraordinary Adventures of Ja Hint

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to focus on the Family Radio Theater. Oh my goodness,

813
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,760
so much for you to check out. Hopefully there's something

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that you may not have heard before. But even if

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you have heard of a lot of these, maybe it's

816
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:57,239
time to revisit them. And maybe some of these little

817
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sound bites have peaked your interest or have pushed you

818
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to go check them out again. So I hope you

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have enjoyed this look at some of the ATC team's

820
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favorite summertime audio dramas, and now we did get a

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few from our listeners, so we put it out on

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the socials and we got a couple of comments and

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one voicemail. So our first one is from Caleb, so

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let's hear what he says.

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Speaker 16: Hi, Audio Theater Central, this is Caleb. One of my

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favorite road trip audio dramas is the Blacker Chronicles collection

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from Adventures in Odyssey. Not only does it have a

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lot of episodes to listen to, it has a mystery, suspense,

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and even some humor thrown in. You also get to

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hear Odyssey episodes that were broadcast over a long period

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of time, so you can hear how the show changed

832
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in different eras. Thanks.

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Speaker 2: Oh, excellent point. Excellent point. Yes, a I always been

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mentioned several times already, but the Blackered saga, it's one

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of the most awesome parts of the whole run of

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the show. So yeah, getting to listen to the entire

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Blacquer Chronicles together, which is available in a CD collection

838
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and on the club, that's definitely a great, great recommendation,

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So thank you so much, Caleb. And when we put

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out the call for your favorites, we got a comment

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from Thomas Sargent and he said, ours was definitely the

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Novacom Saga from AIO or the Father Gilbert mysteries. Yep,

843
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it was a great one, Sue Thomas. Father Gilbert has

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been mentioned, Novacom hasn't been mentioned so far, and that

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is a great one too. I mean there's definitely some action,

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some intrigue, mystery, lots of stuff going on there. Of course,

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there are some more somber moments there with Connie and

848
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Mitch and stuff like that, but it is it's great

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for a road trip as well, So thank you so much, Thomas.

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And the last one we received was from Parker Hankins

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and he said the Left Behind series and Jake Muller,

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So those are great recommended too, and neither one of

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those have been mentioned so far. Definitely action packed on

854
00:48:05,639 --> 00:48:09,719
both of those series, So yeah, if you've got older kids,

855
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Jake Muller would be great. And I think maybe even

856
00:48:13,519 --> 00:48:17,239
the Left Behind series might have some more intense moments

857
00:48:17,039 --> 00:48:19,719
that might be a little scary for younger kids. But

858
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that series, of course is a very long one that

859
00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:25,800
would probably take you a couple of vacations to get

860
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:28,719
through all of those, but yeah, the Left Behind series

861
00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:31,960
haven't listened to those in a long time, but I

862
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really think it's about time to revisit those because they're

863
00:48:35,159 --> 00:48:39,960
so extremely well done. The sound design is first class,

864
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and so I definitely need to revisit those. It's been

865
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too long, But thank you so much Parker and Thomas

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and Caleb for sending in your recommendations. What an amazing

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selection of fun audio drama to listen to on a

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road trip. Well that's all we've got for you in

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this episode. I know, so it was a little bit

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shorter than normal, but I still wanted to make sure

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to get some content out for you and I hope

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you enjoyed it. If you'd like to get in touch

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with us, you can always reach out to us Audio

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that we talked about in this episode, and I would

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love to hear from you. But let us know what

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your favorite summertime our road trip audio drama is. You

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can always post it on the show notes on the

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