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Speaker 1: And now Audio Theater Central. Hello, welcome to Audio Theater Central.

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This is the show that explores family friendly audio drama

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through news, reviews and interviews. I'm your host, JD. Setter.

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This is episode two zero seven, the final episode of

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twenty twenty four. Thank you so much for joining me.

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Well in this episode, we're gonna break the mold a

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little bit. We're switching things up and today at the

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very end of the episode, I'm going to share a

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pretty serious message from me, and I hope you will

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stick around for that. We've got some feedback from Camden

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and Blake, a bunch of audio drama updates to get

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to which I'm really excited about, and I'm going to

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be sharing two here's what I'm thinking Segments one about

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some audio drama terminology which has been popping up lately

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and I thought it would be fun to address that.

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And then it'll look back at some highlights from the

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year of twenty twenty four. So let's jump into it.

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Speaker 2: We interrupt this program to bring you a special.

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Speaker 3: Report and in other news tonight.

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Speaker 1: A brief look at the headlines.

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Speaker 3: Now, they want exciting, fast piece news that's relevant and entertaining,

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like this.

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Speaker 1: Well, as always, if you have some updates about an

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upcoming or recently released audio drama that you think our

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community needs to know about, be sure to let us know.

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Go to PFM dot link slash atc news and fill

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out that form. Get us all the pertinent information, and

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we will do what we can to help you spread

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the word. And even if it's not something you want

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to be announced on the podcast, if it's just something

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you want to let me know about, you can do

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it that way as well. All right, First up, a

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couple of really time sensitive things. Today is Cyber Monday

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at the release of this episode, so Black Friday is passed.

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But we did recently post a list of a roundup

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of year end sales. Many of them were happening on

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Black Friday, but some are happening still today as well

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as some will be continuing throughout this week or through

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the end of the year, maybe some happening around Christmas time,

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So be sure to hit up that link and maybe

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bookmarket check back as we move through the holiday season,

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as we will be updating that post with the most

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up to date information regarding some of these end of

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the year sales from your favorite audio drama. Series, so

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be sure to check that out. Also, the second annual

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Christmas Audio Drama Spectacular. This is an event that ATC

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teams up with Odyssey Geek to put on. This is

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obviously it's a second annual, so this is our second

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year doing it, and it's a live stream that you

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can tune in, listen to some audio dramas with some

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other family friendly audio drama fans and chat about it

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in the chat room. And you know, we're going to

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be sharing some really cool behind the scenes information from

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each one of the featured productions, so you don't want

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to miss this. It will be streaming live on the

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Porchline FM radio station as well as the Odyssey Geek

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YouTube channel. Now it isn't a video, it's just audio,

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but those are the places where you can tune in.

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This will be taking place on Friday, December thirteenth, so

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it's going to be a lot of really really cool

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shows featuring stuff from First Acts Productions, Adventures and Odyssey

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LRT Media, Playful World Ministries, Life at the Pond, Witnesses

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and more. So there's a link in the show notes

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to a post on our website which has all of

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the details there and all the pertinent links for you

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to be able to tune in, but again that will

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be Friday, December thirteenth. It's going to be going for

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Moving on to some recent releases, Shadows in Daylight season two,

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episode two, titled Trojan, has been released. Here is the summary.

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Kaylan's grades are mysteriously slipping until she learns it is

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the result of a hacker who's infecting the entire university

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and beyond. Can private investigator Winter O'Brien find the hacker

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and save Klan's grades before it's too late. You can

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get a copy of this episode at the Shadows and

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Daylight website or through Christopher greens Buy Me a Coffee page.

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links for all the various places to get this episode

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are in the show notes. It's a really really fun

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one and if you'd like to hear my initial reaction,

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that is over in atc backstage. But I also got

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to play a character in this episode, which was really

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really fun for me, so be sure to check that out.

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As I said, links for all those different places are

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in the show notes. The latest Patch the Pirate album

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is out now. Danger in the Deep is available on

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CD and digital download. Here is the summary. Dive into

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a thrilling underwater escapade where danger lurks around every corner,

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especially in the gray area. Join the Patch the Pirate

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crew and their new friend Ferdinand the Young Explorer as

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they learn the importance of authority, the reality of consequences,

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and the wonderful blessing of forgiveness. Link is in the

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show notes if you want to grab your copy of

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this brand new release. And actually, Roy former ATC co host,

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just texted me about this one and he said the

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new Patch is great. They just keep getting better, so

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he really enjoyed it. I know his kids are really

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enjoying Patch the Pirate two. So again, link is in

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the show notes if you want to get your copy.

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Also just released a new Christmas edition of On Demand. Now.

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last year Glenn Haskell for Stax Productions released a three

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interesting and I got to play a character in those

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sort of a bookend character in this series and just

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released is on demand Christmas. The summary for this is

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a new show is on demand and Jeffrey wants to

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share it with his sister. They sit down to watch

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a holiday special she was not expecting. You're invited to

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join these siblings as they experienced the holiday in some

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very unique and affirming ways. This is exclusively available on Dramafy.

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being asked to come back and play the character of Jeffrey,

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and this time he is joined by his sister, who

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is played by Rose Beasley. So that was a lot

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of fun. And thanks Glenn for having me come back

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from Pirateeers. The Pirateeers Season three soundtrack with music composed

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by Drew A. Forbes, is now available on CD. So

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I think it was already released digitally, but now you

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can get a CD copy if you want. There is

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this season of Audio drama episodes as well, but that

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is also available now at the Eternal Future Productions website,

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which is linked in the show notes. Now something really

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exciting that I know. There are those of you in

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this community who have been looking forward to this for

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quite some time. There have been little hints at it,

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and the Lamplighter Theater catalog featured some information about it.

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But we got some really cool information about the Chronicles

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of Finny and Jones. The Bookend Collection. This is really cool.

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This is a compilation of all the bookends from the

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very beginning of Lamplader Theater in two thousand and nine

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until now. Three volumes of shows, plus some never before

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released behind the scenes stories of Lamplighter Theater and how

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it began. So it is going to be available as

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a retail product. You can purchase these yourself, but it

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will also be airing as a Lamplader Theater radio special

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this month and into early January. So take a listen

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to this promo for the Chronicles of Finnian T. Jones.

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Speaker 3: If you enjoy Lamplader Theater, we have something very special

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just for you, for me, for you, Lamplighter Theater presents

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the Chronicles of Finnian T. Jones, The book nd Collection.

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Speaker 2: If you're truly ready for a change. Open the door

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as Finian invites you to the Exploratorio, ride Rollo the

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Rolling Ladder bus. We clear the trucks. Next we pull the.

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Speaker 1: Then Wayne j.

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Speaker 3: Plus the Ever Leader, the Thepipulator, the excavator. At each

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book end is filled with timely wisdom inspired by scripture.

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Speaker 2: God makes everything beautiful in its time.

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Speaker 3: Plus the story of how Lamplighter Theater began with doctor

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Mark Hambi.

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Speaker 1: That moment changed my life of faith forever.

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to Lamplighter dot net. Lamplighter dot net.

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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, this is something we've been looking forward

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and two will feature the bookends. And then in volume three,

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Mark Hamby and John Fornoff they're going to take a

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tour of Fidian's antiques, books, coffees, et cetera. And John said,

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Mark throws me in the defibrillator. We step inside the Exploratorium,

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then we hop for a ride on Rolo the Rolling

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a new mini series with Finian, where all the hints

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that they've been planting since two thousand and nine all

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come together in an action packed, exciting rescue adventure. So, oh,

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my goodness, we've heard little hints at a Finian only

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focused audio drama for quite some time now, and it's

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all leading up to that. So my goodness, this is

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going to be some really exciting stuff here in twenty

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twenty five from Lamplider Theater, and I mean, I'm here

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lamp Ladder Theater, they're always fantastic, they're always really really interesting,

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of Finian and that little air of mystery about him

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and his backstory and things that they've been slipping in,

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to get some really cool stuff. So oh, lots to

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look forward to there. And our final bit of news

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things we'd have to look forward to. This is an

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update from New Birth Audio Productions regarding the Claim, the

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audio drama that they are producing in partnership with Tracy

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van Doolder of Witnesses. This is that Western that we've

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talked about in the past, and mikeah Touchet says that

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production is complete on the Claim, So I don't know

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if that just means recording or if that means entirely

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finished and it will be released soon. We will find out.

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coming from New Birth. Oh my goodness. And these are

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and these are ones I've really been looking forward to.

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of a partner on the Jake Muller Adventures, and so

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about hinted at a little bit in a previous episode,

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but two more coming up soon and that is just

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some exciting stuff. And of course in that episode we

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and Micah also shared that that production is available on

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CD now in addition to the digital version. So oh goodness,

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lots happening with New Birth Audio productions and lots to

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look forward to here in the coming year of twenty

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Speaker 3: Testing one, two, three, testing.

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Speaker 1: That was just me talking. I do that a lot.

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Speaker 3: Where's my speech?

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Speaker 1: How long you're going to work with it?

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Speaker 3: That's what I want to talk about.

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Speaker 1: So here's something that I've been thinking about a lot recently,

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ago there was a big discussion about it in the

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Audio Drama Alliance group, and unfortunately, while that was going on,

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I saw that it was happening, and I know there

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saw snippets of it as it was happening, but wasn't

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able to really dive into it. But it was something

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that was already on my mind because I'd been seeing

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it talked about, as I said, here and there in

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the space, and we have addressed it here in the past,

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different parts of it in different episodes, and I thought, well,

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maybe it's time to take a few minutes here on

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the show and just talk about all of these different

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things all together, all at once, and let's just get

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it all in one place. And so let's dive into this.

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Let's start off with just the basics here. What do

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we mean by audio drama? What is audio drama? And

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the discussion in the group was sort of centering around

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awareness of this medium in the general public and people

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not understanding what it is and talking about do we

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need a different term. So before we can make that decision,

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I think let's define it so to us here at ATC,

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audio drama is a dramatized audio production consisting of a

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full cast of actors performing a story, accompanied by sound

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design and music to create an immersive oral experience. Now

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that is a you are al not orl There is

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such a thing as oral storytelling, which that's not what

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we're talking about here. Oral is referring specifically to sound,

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and so that's what we're talking about here. Full cast audiobooks,

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one voice, spoken word performances, those are something else. They're cool,

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and we've talked about those things before, but they're not

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audio drama. Now. An audio drama of production may be

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highly produced with some custom folly and detailed soundscapes, or

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they may be recorded live with minimal sound effects. But

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as long as they have the essential elements of acting

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and sound design, that is what we consider to be

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an audio drama. Now. They're also referred to as radio

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drama or radio theater or audio theater as the name

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of this show reflects Audio Theater Central, and we technically

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could have gone with Audio Drama Central as the name

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of this show, and perhaps that would have made more

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sense in the long term since we've really gone full

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in on the term audio drama as opposed to audio theater.

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But audio theater central it just felt I don't know it,

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it flowed a little nicer at the time, That's what

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I was thinking. I just liked it a little bit better.

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And because you know, the high quality series in the

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industry used the term theater focus on the family, radio

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theater and lamp lader theater both spelled with the th

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h e a t r e spelling. That was one

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of the big influences for the name of this show.

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But I'm not opposed necessarily to using the term radio

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drama or radio theater, but audio drama. It just is

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the one that has also started to grow in the

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consciousness of the you know, the average consumer out there.

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Because of the proliferation of podcasts in the last several years,

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audio drama has become a more recognizable term. And a

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couple of things about that term audio drama is too words.

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I have seen a lot of people putting them together,

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like audiobook sometimes is written as one word, and I

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tend to do that myself when I'm writing it out

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I'll say audiobook has one word, but it is two words,

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and it is short for audio dramatization, and so that's

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why it's separated there. And it's not referring to drama

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in regards to a genre of story. So audio drama

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doesn't mean that the story or the production is a

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dramatic or a drama necessarily. I've also seen people writing

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because they see the term audio drama and they think

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that it means the genre of story. I've seen people

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write audio comedy or audio thriller or something along those

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lines to differentiate the genre of story, and that's a misunderstanding.

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So audio drama is just short for audio dramatization. So

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if you would prefer to say you are a puer

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of audio dramatizations, I'm totally fine with that. It's just

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a very long word, and so it's just been kind

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of shortened to audio drama. And if you look on

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the cover art for a lot of productions, even stuff

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from the BBC or other production houses, many times on

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the cover art it will say an audio dramatization or

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something along those lines, and so that's where this term

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audio drama comes from. Now, of course, theater spelled with

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either the er or re spelling often gets used as well,

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because we can trace our roots back to the theater,

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the stage and radio drama or old time radio was

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just a sort of a progression of storytelling from the stage,

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which goes back far far into history, and so that's

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where the roots of our storytelling medium come from. And

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so with a lot of things in life, the terminology

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just gets just evolves in morphs as things change, and

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in this case, as technology comes about that changes the

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way storytelling is done. And so because of that, you know,

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we have the term radio theater or audio theater, and

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also radio play or audio play. Now, the reason why

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I don't necessarily embrace those terms is because this is

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just my personal thought on it. But a radio play

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or audio play tends to carry with it the connotation

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of less of an immersive type of storytelling. Now, there

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are stage plays out there that use a lot of technology,

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including full sound design and musical scores that run underneath it. Now,

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I know there are a lot of those out there

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in London's West End, or Broadway in New York, or

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even cited sound theaters here in the US. They do

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amazingly huge productions on stage, But generally speaking, a stage

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play is much more stripped down. You're focusing primarily on

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the performance of the actors and sometimes the sets, which

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are sort of the visual equivalent of elements of sound design.

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For audio drama, sometimes those sets are very minimal as well.

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The main thing there is the actor's performance, and so

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I think when you call what we do an audio

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play or a radio play, it sort of does minimize

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the other elements in my mind, and it also can

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carry a connotation of melodrama because stage plays and theater

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you tend to sometimes overact a little bit or project

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because you're speaking to a crowd in this room, you've

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got to make yourself hurt. Many theaters are more of

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an intimate space, so they may not even use amplification.

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I've been in lots of small theaters in the round

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where they just focus on the actors' performances and they

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don't use any PA system. So I think audio play,

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radio play, those terms sort of feel a little less

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applicable to what we do as an industry here in

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audio drama. Now, if you want to use those terms,

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that's fine. This is just a personal preference for me

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and so that's why I'm just explaining my thought process

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on why I don't prefer those terms. Now, there are

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many others that are floating around audio movie, theater of

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the mind, audio fiction, fiction podcasts, all of these things

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are floating around too. Now. Theater of the mind is

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a more general term that I've heard a lot of

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people use, even just for oral storytelling, because you're telling

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a story and the person is sort of picturing it

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all in their mind on the theater of their mind.

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And so while that can apply and it can work,

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it's not my favorite term. Audio movie comes a little closer,

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but then you're sort of merging two different mediums into

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one term. But I understand why people use that because

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the general population are far more familiar with what a

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movie is versus audio drama. So combining those to make

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it clearer, I guess sort of makes sense to me.

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The problem with both of those is that there are

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very similar terms that are trademarked. Now. Wayland Productions has

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a trademark for the term theater for the mind, and

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that is with the th e a t er spelling

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of theater, and of course they switch up the prepa

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is there for instead of but theater for the mind

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is a trademarked term of Wayland Productions, and another one,

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a movie in your mind is a trademark of graphic Audio.

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So you've got to be careful using those sorts of

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terms to market your content because it could get too

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close to those trademarks. Now, in general conversation, if you're

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just sharing with a friend trying to explain what it

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is that you do or the medium that you are

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interested in as a consumer, then you can use those terms.

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But in marketing I would tend to steer clear of those,

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just so you can avoid any potential of legal issues.

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So that brings us to audio fiction and fiction podcast.

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Those are both also big terms that are thrown around

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in the indie audio drama space, and the reasons why

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I don't really care for those is because audio While

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the vast majority of audio drama is fiction, there are

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many that are not. There are some that are true

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biographical stories, and I think if we call it all

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audio drama audio fiction, that's a little misleading. It doesn't

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apply to every single one. And there are of course

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stories that are primarily based on true historical figures or

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things like that, and there might be some artistic license

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taken with them. So you might be saying, well, if

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that's the case, then it's still fiction. But it's just

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a bit too gray for me, and so audio fiction

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just doesn't feel like it fits to my mind. And

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fiction podcasts, well, I think have already explained the fiction

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part of that. Not all audio dramas are fiction, and likewise,

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not all audio dramas are podcasts. In fact, I would

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say the vast majority of the high quality audio dramas

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that are available in the world today are not podcasts.

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Focused on a family radio theater Adventures and Odyssey, The

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Extraordinary Adventures of Ga Hinty Lamplighter Theater, Many of the

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BBC radio shows. I say many, not all, because I

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can't give a blanket endorsement of everything that the BBC produces,

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but many of them, especially the classic lit adaptations, are

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some of my favorites. None of those are podcasts. Now,

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some of these shows may have dropped an episode here

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and there on a podcast at some point in time

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as a marketing tool, but the main show, the major content,

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is not available as a podcast. So to call all

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audio drama or just use a blanket term for all

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of this content as fiction podcasts. That's not accurate either.

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I mean I didn't even mention Big Finish Produce Actions

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and The Brinkman Adventures and many of these other shows.

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They're not podcasts, so that term doesn't work either. Now,

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thinking back to the term radio I said earlier, I'm

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not necessarily opposed to using the term radio theater or

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radio drama because you know, people still use the term

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film and TV or television to describe content that is

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completely digital these days and not broadcast on the airwaves

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or cable, so radio could still be used if you

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wanted to, though in this case I prefer the more

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general term audio. It feels a little more modern and

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it feels like it encompasses things a little better. But again,

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I won't quibble if you want to use the term

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radio drama or radio theater. So that's my thinking on

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the whole term audio drama slash audio dramatization. The key

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thing here is we're talking about a full cast of

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actors that is performing a story, So it's not just

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acitation or a narration of a story. This is a performance.

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And then those other elements of sound design and music

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come together to make that whole cohesive piece of content

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that we love called audio drama. Now, there are other

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things I mentioned in a recent episode. I think it

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was actually the last episode. There is sort of a spectrum.

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If we have audio drama way over here on the

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right side, then over clear on the other side, the

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left side, you might have oral storytelling and audiobooks. They're

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kind of synonymous there. They're typically one narrator, sometimes dual

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like a male and female narrator, but there also can

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be full cast. Occasionally they might have an opening music

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cue and maybe one at the end, but generally there's

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no music throughout, no underscoring for sure. I have heard

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some audiobooks where they have a music que at the

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beginning and the end of each chapter that I find

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to be rather annoying. If I want to listen to

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an audiobook, I just want to hear an audiobook, so

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having a music cueue to bring in and out each

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chapter not my favorite thing. But these are productions of

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the full word for word text of a novel or

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a piece of fiction written in prose. That is an audiobook.

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And again I think oral storytelling, where it's just a

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single person telling a story, those are similar. Those are

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clear over on the left side of the spectrum here.

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But then if you move a little over towards the right,

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you have what I call an enhanced audiobook, and it

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is the above sort of production, typically one narrator, sometimes two,

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but more commonly with the enhanced audiobook, it might be

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a full cast, so you have narrators for all the

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different characters. But it's still a narration of a novel.

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But it might also have some sound effects and some music.

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But again the key thing here is it's still a

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verbatim narration of the text of this prose piece of fiction.

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So that's what I call it an enhanced audiobook. Then

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move a little further down this continuum you have the

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hybrid audiobook audio drama, and that is a full cast

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of actors. And this time it's just not narration. This

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is acting. You get the vocal folly, the efforts. When

478
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there's some combat, you know, say in some sort of

479
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a medieval piece, you might have the actors actually performing

480
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as they're you know, having a sword fight or something

481
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along those lines. So it's not just a narration. It

482
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is full performances by actors, and you have a more

483
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immersive sound design and musical score. But again, these hybrid

484
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audiobook slash audio dramas are still a performance of the

485
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text of a novel or piece of fiction written in prose.

486
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That's the big difference here. But they may omit dialogue

487
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attributions such as John said this, or those sorts of

488
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things or even other small sections of the original texts

489
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that are unnecessary due to the sound effects actually portraying that,

490
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and so that narration of the text may not be

491
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quite necessary. So sometimes those things are stripped out, and

492
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:31,680
that is what graphic audio produces. In general, most sections

493
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:35,440
of prose are left intact, but they remove the character tags,

494
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so to speak, or those dialogue attributions and other small

495
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:43,000
things like that, but it is still a narration. You

496
00:31:43,079 --> 00:31:45,960
have a narrator reading the majority of the text of

497
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,039
the book, but it does have a performance from actors,

498
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:54,519
immersive sound design, many times original music score. So those

499
00:31:54,559 --> 00:31:58,960
I call a hybrid audiobook audio drama. So just to review,

500
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on the the left side of the spectrum, we have

501
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the straight audiobook, then a little further over we have

502
00:32:05,119 --> 00:32:09,519
an enhanced audiobook. Then we have a hybrid audiobook audio drama,

503
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and then at the far end on the right, we

504
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have a standard regular audio dramatization, and there may be

505
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other things that fall somewhere in that spectrum, but that's

506
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sort of the terms that I'm using these days now.

507
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In episode one ninety nine, we talked a little bit

508
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about the different lengths of productions and how we had

509
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to break it down for the Seneca Awards, because it

510
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,160
wasn't fair to have an episode of Adventures in Odyssey

511
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it's coming in around twenty five minutes, go up against

512
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an hour and a half audio drama from lamp Ladder

513
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Theater or something like that. So we had to break

514
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it up into short form and long form, and we

515
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chose the forty five minute mark. So anything under forty

516
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five minutes we call short form. Anything over forty five

517
00:32:56,839 --> 00:32:59,400
minutes was long form. And then of course, like a

518
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:04,640
feature link would be generally speaking, you know, sixty seventy

519
00:33:04,759 --> 00:33:08,119
ninety minutes, it would be a feature typically somewhere around

520
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ninety minutes. But then you have you know, things like

521
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a mini series or stuff like that. But of course,

522
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the big focus in that episode I was talking about

523
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micro audio dramas, and I generally speaking at that time,

524
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talking specifically about something that was five minutes or under Now,

525
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I do think, as I've looked back on this, I

526
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think if you're over a little bit over five minutes,

527
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you could still consider that to be a micro audio drama.

528
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But I think anything under ten minutes could technically be

529
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considered a micro audio drama. But within that short form

530
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,960
range there's a lot of wiggle room and different terms

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you could use. But recently, when I was telling somebody

532
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about a micro audio drama that I had worked on,

533
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when I was explaining it to them, I used the

534
00:33:56,519 --> 00:33:59,759
phrase it's the audio equivalent of a short film or

535
00:33:59,799 --> 00:34:03,960
something like that. People tend to understand that it makes

536
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sense to them, and so I think that works. But

537
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I do really like the conciseness of the term micro

538
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audio drama. And I'm not going to retread all of

539
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,639
that ground that I covered in episode one ninety nine,

540
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So if you missed that, head over to that episode

541
00:34:19,519 --> 00:34:23,239
and check out that segment there. But the bottom line is,

542
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:26,079
I think audio drama is as good a term as

543
00:34:26,119 --> 00:34:29,480
any and there's really no need to try to rebrand

544
00:34:29,519 --> 00:34:33,920
the medium. I think it's just as easy to educate

545
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:37,199
people as needed. I mean, just use the term audio

546
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,760
drama when you're talking about this, don't try to think

547
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:44,960
up other different terms necessarily, just explain it when when

548
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,920
you need to. I think it's very simple to say

549
00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,039
when you're talking to somebody in a conversation, Oh, I'm

550
00:34:51,079 --> 00:34:52,800
a fan of audio dramas. Have you ever heard an

551
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:56,079
audio drama? Oh, it's these great stories that are told

552
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,239
with a full cast of actors, with sound design and music.

553
00:34:59,559 --> 00:35:02,320
It's really cool, you know. I mean that's very simple,

554
00:35:02,559 --> 00:35:05,960
and I think people understand that. If they don't, you know,

555
00:35:06,039 --> 00:35:08,920
obviously you can go a little further to explain more.

556
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But I think just the term audio drama it works.

557
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And so I would like to hear your thoughts on

558
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this idea. What are your thoughts on audio drama? Do

559
00:35:21,079 --> 00:35:24,719
you think we need to dig into finding a new

560
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,920
term to use, or do you have any other thoughts

561
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:31,599
on some of the other terms that I addressed here. Again,

562
00:35:31,639 --> 00:35:33,840
I think this is important because there has been such

563
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a growth of interest in audio content in general. The

564
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:41,840
audio book industry is growing year on year on year,

565
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and it's growing very very quickly, and as more people

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get into making audio and they're looking at these different

567
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:53,840
types of audio productions, I think it makes sense to

568
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sort of differentiate Now. Platforms like Audible do make it

569
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a little bit more difficult because as they lump all

570
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of this stuff together. They even have just regular podcasts

571
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:10,239
talk show format podcasts on Audible now, so they're just

572
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:13,639
lumping all kinds of audio stuff together, and it is

573
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hard to find. If you're looking for straight true audio drama,

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it is harder to find it on there. They don't

575
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have a separate section, so it does make it more difficult.

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But anyway, as always, this segment is just about what

577
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I'm thinking, what's on my mind at this point in time,

578
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and I'm not necessarily saying that I always have all

579
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of the correct answers. So I would love to hear

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your thoughts on this.

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again six three six eight eight two seven seven zero.

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And actually that is what our first piece of feedback

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is from a voicemail which I'm actually just going to

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touch on some of the highlights here. In this particular case,

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this was a voicemail from Camden. I believe Camden from Montana,

602
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so apologies if I misheard. The name was only spoken once,

603
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so I may have misheard, but I think it's Camden

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from Montana. And this is Guarding ATC episode two zero five.

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And he said that he was listening to the episode

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and he heard us playing the trailer for blood in

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the updates segment, and he called in to let us

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know that he was extremely disappointed and quite disappointed. He

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used that term a few different times in the call.

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He said that he had five siblings and he would

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have been very embarrassed and horrified if they had been

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listening to that episode with him when that trailer was played,

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and he said that he lost quite a bit of

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confidence in this podcast, and he said, quote, I have

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to be cautious now with this podcast, and so I

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wanted to address this feedback. First of all, Camden, thank

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you for sending in your feedback. But he said in

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his message that he heard that trailer and he immediately

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stopped listening and said he had no intention of going

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back to finish the episode, and just the playing of

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a short section of the trailer of Jake Muller Adventure's

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Blood was enough for him to stop listening. Now, I

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understand if that particular production is not for you. I

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can understand that because it is touching on some topics

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that are what some people might call edgy. And while

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this show is not, nor has never been intended for children,

627
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I think very intentionally about every single thing that goes

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out on this show, because I am very cognizant that

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younger folks do listen, and it would never be my

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intention to alienate or offend anybody by endorsing something that

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is not good content. And so I just wanted to

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address this feedback to Camden if he is still listening,

633
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and to anybody else who may have had some qualms

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about this particular show that we talked about in episode

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two oh five. Now, Camden, if you had stuck with

636
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the episode and actually listen to the conversation that I

637
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had with the creators the producers of that show, you

638
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would have heard the behind the scenes of that. Yes,

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there is a focus in that story about vampires and

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the vampire subculture that we find here in the USA

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and potentially in other countries around the world as well,

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But there are a couple of things that you need

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to keep in mind. Firstly, it is not talking about

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vampires in the pop culture. Since you know the over

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the top white face, paint, cape wearing things that people

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talk about on Halloween or maybe even dress up as

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on Halloween. That is not what this show is talking about. Secondly,

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never once in the entire production does it ever glorify

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any of those elements. What it does is it talks

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about a very real subculture that is pulling young people

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into it these days that focuses on these very occult

652
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:26,880
related types of things. Yes, what those folks engage in

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is distasteful, but the audio drama does not promote that

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or glorify that in any way. And what it does

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is shine a light on what is happening and the

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allure the draw that it has for young people. And

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it shows the folly of that mindset and that lifestyle,

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and it also shows the downfall of those people who

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are involved in that stuff. Moreover, it presents the antidote.

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It shows the power of the blood of Jesus and

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how that is an essential part of salvation. It's the

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blood that washes away our sins, and so Jake Muller

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adventures blood. While it uses the prism of the vampire

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subculture to tell this story, it is an overtly Christian story.

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It is an overtly God centered story. Now, I also

666
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said in that episode, this is not one for the kids.

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This is not a show for young listeners. This isn't

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aimed at older teens, college age adults who may be

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susceptible to these sorts of communities in some way, and

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also for others just to be aware of what's out there.

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And it also can illustrate ways that we as Christians

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can witness to these people who are involved in this

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type of lifestyle. So Camden, It's unfortunate that you bailed

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on the episode at that point just from hearing that

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short section of the trailer. I think you only played

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about two minutes of it, because the rest of the

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episode we talked about this and you would have heard

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the heart behind these stories from Darby and Micah. So

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I would strongly recommend that you go back to that

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episode and listen to that interview just to get the

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full context. Again, if this audio drama is just a

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little bit too edgy for you, I get it. I

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totally understand. If it's not for you, skip that audio drama.

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But just to be perfectly honest and perfectly transparent here,

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I felt a little bit hurt that you use such

686
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strong language saying that you were quite disappointed and extremely

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disappointed just because we talked about that and you didn't

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even listen to the full context of what that show

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was about. Because again, I try very very hard to

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be intentional and mindful of everything that we promote here

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on this show, and so I just thought it was

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important to address this, and Camden, if you have any

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further feedback, feel free to send that in, and anybody

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else who might have been thinking similar things, I would

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be open to hearing from you as well, But just

696
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:28,880
know it is always forefront in my mind to promote

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clean content on this show. That's what this is about.

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Family friendly content. Now, we talked about terminology a little

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bit ago. Just because I say family friendly audio drama,

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that doesn't mean that it is applicable for all ages.

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If we're talking about terms that might need some revision,

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that might be one of them. I've thought about this

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a lot as well, trying to think of another term,

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because family friendly is the best thing that I've been

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00:44:57,719 --> 00:45:00,679
able to come up with that sort of describe. In

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00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:02,960
the comics world, they have a term called all ages,

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which means that the comic book is applicable for anybody.

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But even though we talk about clean audio drama, to me,

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that doesn't mean that every single one is going to

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be applicable for all ages. It can still be clean

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and not be appropriate for very young listeners. And so

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I think that's where Jake Muller Adventures Blood falls, And

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00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:31,079
we're going to probably run into a similar thing with

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Jake Muller Adventures Undead, which is going to be tackling

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a similar sort of subculture idea. So I hope that

716
00:45:41,719 --> 00:45:45,039
alays some of your concerns, Camden, and anybody else who

717
00:45:45,119 --> 00:45:48,760
was thinking similar things something along those lines. Again, be

718
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:52,599
assured that I think very intentionally and carefully about everything

719
00:45:53,039 --> 00:45:57,000
that we promote on this show. So I hope that

720
00:45:57,119 --> 00:46:00,920
you'll stick around, keep listening and what we're doing here

721
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:03,960
to help get the word out about clean, family friendly

722
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:07,480
audio drama. But if not, if you feel like you've

723
00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:12,559
got to part ways, then I wish you the best well.

724
00:46:12,559 --> 00:46:14,920
Our next piece of feedback is an email from Blake,

725
00:46:15,679 --> 00:46:18,199
and first of all, is a bit of sad news.

726
00:46:18,199 --> 00:46:20,840
And he mentioned in his email that Polly Marsh, who

727
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:23,840
was a very well known actress and has been in

728
00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:28,280
lamp Ladder Theater and lots of BBC radio stuff and

729
00:46:29,079 --> 00:46:33,000
focus on the family radio theater productions, just a wonderful,

730
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:37,159
wonderful talent. He had mentioned that she was not doing well. Well.

731
00:46:37,199 --> 00:46:39,519
It turns out she actually passed away. And I don't

732
00:46:39,639 --> 00:46:42,239
think I had heard this news until I went looking

733
00:46:42,239 --> 00:46:45,880
for more information, but she passed away on October seventh

734
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:50,320
of this year at seventy seven years old. She had cancer, unfortunately,

735
00:46:51,039 --> 00:46:55,000
but there was a very very wonderful oh bit that

736
00:46:55,079 --> 00:46:58,679
was written up in the Guardian in November of this

737
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:00,920
year about her, and so that is linked in the

738
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:03,360
show notes. It highlights a lot of the projects that

739
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:06,840
she was involved in and what a wonderful, wonderful talent

740
00:47:07,559 --> 00:47:09,920
and it is a shame that we have lost her,

741
00:47:10,079 --> 00:47:13,639
but we can always enjoy the amazing work that she

742
00:47:14,159 --> 00:47:16,840
provided to this industry through all of the projects that

743
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:20,559
she was involved in. So I think I'm going to

744
00:47:20,639 --> 00:47:24,920
be going back through listening to some older releases from

745
00:47:25,639 --> 00:47:29,079
radio theater and such, just to revisit some of her performances.

746
00:47:30,079 --> 00:47:32,400
But he also mentioned that on the Fast and Like

747
00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:35,920
Nails podcast from Lamplighter, there was a recent episode from

748
00:47:36,039 --> 00:47:39,480
October twenty second, called Through the Eyes of a Child

749
00:47:39,639 --> 00:47:42,840
in which Mark hamby while they were at the soundhouse

750
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:46,559
in London recording the next two lamplightder theaters, which we

751
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:50,199
talked about in a previous update segment, he sat down

752
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:52,639
in the studio with Philip Glasboro and Michael Hockey and

753
00:47:52,679 --> 00:47:55,519
did an interview about twenty some minutes and it is

754
00:47:55,559 --> 00:47:59,000
a delightful conversation with them. You know, Philip has been

755
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:00,639
a guest here on the show. He spoke at the

756
00:48:00,679 --> 00:48:07,800
Senecas in the past wonderful, wonderful writer, director, casting director, actor,

757
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:12,840
just a wonderful talent. And Michael Hockey You've heard him

758
00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:15,480
in all kinds of shows over the years, so it

759
00:48:15,559 --> 00:48:19,440
was a really really wonderful conversation. And interestingly enough, I

760
00:48:19,559 --> 00:48:22,760
was subscribed to the Fast and Like Nails podcasts, but

761
00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:26,559
there hadn't been any recent episodes in the feed that

762
00:48:26,599 --> 00:48:29,880
I was subscribed to, so I completely missed this episode.

763
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:32,719
It turns out that they have switched their podcast provider

764
00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:35,800
or something and they have a completely different feed that

765
00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:38,480
I wasn't subscribed to, and that's why I missed this,

766
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:41,119
So thank you Blake for the heads up about This

767
00:48:41,679 --> 00:48:42,920
link is in the show notes if you want to

768
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:47,800
listen to this episode. A really really enjoyable conversation with Mark,

769
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:51,199
Phillip and Michael talking about some of the highlights from

770
00:48:51,199 --> 00:48:53,360
over the years of Lampliter Theater, as well as a

771
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:57,119
few little tidbits at what is coming in these new

772
00:48:57,119 --> 00:49:00,559
ones that they just recently recorded. Kids in the show

773
00:49:00,559 --> 00:49:01,760
notes again to check that out.

774
00:49:02,119 --> 00:49:05,039
Speaker 3: Testing one, two, three, testing.

775
00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:07,400
Speaker 1: That was just me talking. I do that a lot.

776
00:49:07,559 --> 00:49:10,599
Speaker 3: Where's my speech? How long you're going to work with it?

777
00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:12,400
That's what I want to talk about.

778
00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:16,360
Speaker 1: All Right, well, here we are at the end of

779
00:49:16,519 --> 00:49:20,400
twenty twenty four looking back on this year in this

780
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:24,880
industry and personally. I'll share a little bit about that

781
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:27,440
at the end of this episode. But twenty twenty four

782
00:49:28,559 --> 00:49:33,159
was not a great year for me personally in my

783
00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:37,880
day to day life. However, it was quite an eventful

784
00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:42,199
year for me as a voice actor. I was privileged

785
00:49:42,199 --> 00:49:45,760
to have some really fun projects come out this year

786
00:49:46,039 --> 00:49:49,599
that I was involved in, and I just wanted to

787
00:49:49,639 --> 00:49:52,000
sort of look back at some highlights from this year

788
00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:55,920
related to personal projects. What has happened in the space

789
00:49:56,000 --> 00:50:00,559
over this past year, And we'll end with some of

790
00:50:00,599 --> 00:50:02,920
my favorite releases from this year. And I want to

791
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:05,559
throw that question out to you hear from you about

792
00:50:05,559 --> 00:50:09,679
that your personal favorites. But let's start off kind of

793
00:50:09,719 --> 00:50:12,760
looking back at some of the projects that I get

794
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:16,360
to be involved in this year as an actor. I

795
00:50:16,440 --> 00:50:18,599
was privileged to be able to work with Heart Matters,

796
00:50:18,639 --> 00:50:23,800
Eternal Future Productions, Protectorate Productions, Rumble Stump Entertainment, First Acts Productions,

797
00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:28,239
The Jake Muller Adventures. I worked with Christopher Green on

798
00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:31,840
Shadows in Daylight and Time Truck Chronicles, I was cast

799
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:35,840
in one of Bethany Baldwin's micro audio dramas. Just a

800
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:39,599
lot of really really fun projects. I don't know for

801
00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:42,480
sure if this is the most active that I've been

802
00:50:42,599 --> 00:50:46,480
in the space in terms of acting in a single year,

803
00:50:46,559 --> 00:50:48,960
but I think if it isn't the most, it is

804
00:50:49,079 --> 00:50:53,639
very close, and I'm just very, very thankful for that.

805
00:50:54,280 --> 00:50:56,320
It is one of my favorite things to do, to

806
00:50:56,360 --> 00:51:00,280
be involved in acting for audio drama. I kin some

807
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:02,920
of other voice over projects. You know, we talked earlier

808
00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:08,440
about full cast audiobooks. I've done several of those. I've

809
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:12,039
done radio spots, I've done all kinds of things, but

810
00:51:12,320 --> 00:51:16,239
one of my favorites is acting for audio drama. I

811
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:19,559
also referenced this earlier in this episode, but the Christmas

812
00:51:19,679 --> 00:51:23,239
edition of on Demand from First Acts Productions, that was

813
00:51:24,119 --> 00:51:26,360
a really fun one for me this year, getting to

814
00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:29,960
bring back that character of Jeffrey after doing those first

815
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:33,480
three releases last year. I was in season three of

816
00:51:33,519 --> 00:51:37,719
Pirateeers this year. Some of my favorites midty moments from

817
00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:41,119
the show where in this season I think, you know,

818
00:51:41,199 --> 00:51:45,800
of course, my view is skewed from my perspective, of course,

819
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:49,320
but I think some of my better moments portraying that

820
00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:53,519
character happened in this season. I really enjoyed in one

821
00:51:53,519 --> 00:51:57,320
of the early episodes that I was in previously getting

822
00:51:57,320 --> 00:51:59,679
to sing a sea shanty in that episode, and that

823
00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:04,039
was a highlight. But this year, in terms of acting moments,

824
00:52:04,119 --> 00:52:07,480
I thought there were some really cool ones for me

825
00:52:07,679 --> 00:52:10,599
as being able to bring that character of Smitty to life,

826
00:52:11,039 --> 00:52:15,960
and those happened in this season. And another highlight from

827
00:52:16,039 --> 00:52:19,519
this year was Nick Guy and the Who's the Greatest Affair?

828
00:52:20,079 --> 00:52:24,679
Getting to play myself in a sort of an alternate

829
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:28,599
reality where there's an audio drama convention similar to Soniccon

830
00:52:29,519 --> 00:52:33,519
and getting to mc that sort of it was just

831
00:52:34,039 --> 00:52:36,119
it was really really fun. I had a lot of

832
00:52:36,119 --> 00:52:38,639
fun with that. If you haven't heard that, you need

833
00:52:38,679 --> 00:52:41,320
to go check it out. Huge thanks to Frank U

834
00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:44,360
Lee for putting together that project. He put a lot

835
00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:46,960
of time and effort into bringing that one to life.

836
00:52:47,719 --> 00:52:49,920
Worked with a whole bunch of people in the industry,

837
00:52:50,639 --> 00:52:54,199
and many folks were playing themselves in that like I was,

838
00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:56,840
and it was just a lot a lot of fun.

839
00:52:57,679 --> 00:53:00,360
So that was a highlight for me. And then getting

840
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:03,960
to have a very small cameo in Jake Muller Adventures

841
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:08,760
Blood That was super cool. I thoroughly enjoyed being involved

842
00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:12,280
in that. As small as the part was, I had

843
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:16,840
fun getting to participate in that show because I really

844
00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:20,199
really like it. Another highlight for me was getting to

845
00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:24,840
play a lead character of Adam in the Genesis Story

846
00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:29,000
of Adam and Eve. That was a really interesting audio

847
00:53:29,079 --> 00:53:32,199
drama to be involved with, called the Serpent from the

848
00:53:32,239 --> 00:53:37,239
beginning from Heart Matters. That performance was one of my

849
00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:41,760
favorites of the year. And again I'm biased, but I

850
00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:45,519
think I think there are some really good moments. As

851
00:53:45,599 --> 00:53:49,920
I've been able to grow as an actor. I know

852
00:53:50,039 --> 00:53:54,199
that I am not a phenomenal actor and I'm still

853
00:53:54,199 --> 00:53:57,760
in the early days of performance. I can't even compare

854
00:53:57,840 --> 00:54:01,760
to many, many, many folks in this industry. But that

855
00:54:01,880 --> 00:54:05,519
was a really challenging role for me and I felt

856
00:54:05,559 --> 00:54:08,079
like I was able to stretch myself in that role

857
00:54:08,239 --> 00:54:11,000
and I really enjoyed it and the experience of recording

858
00:54:11,039 --> 00:54:16,039
together with Alisia Hanson, who played Eve that that was

859
00:54:16,119 --> 00:54:20,079
really really great as well. So those are some highlights

860
00:54:20,519 --> 00:54:24,119
of projects that I was involved in, but the top

861
00:54:24,159 --> 00:54:26,480
ones for me in terms of ones that I wasn't

862
00:54:26,679 --> 00:54:30,599
involved in producing would have to be my micro audio

863
00:54:30,639 --> 00:54:35,159
dramas this year. So I've worked in audio production for

864
00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:39,960
well over two decades now, and I've worked on all

865
00:54:40,079 --> 00:54:43,519
kinds of audio content over the years, and I have

866
00:54:44,039 --> 00:54:48,760
done some things related to audio drama myself, but this

867
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:50,880
was the first time where I sat down and said,

868
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:54,679
I'm going to do the process myself. I'm going to write,

869
00:54:54,760 --> 00:54:58,440
I'm going to edit, I'm going to sound design, I'm

870
00:54:58,480 --> 00:55:03,400
going to score with stock music. I can't compose myself,

871
00:55:03,840 --> 00:55:06,599
but I'm going to do the whole process on some

872
00:55:06,760 --> 00:55:11,119
audio dramas. And so far, as of the recording of

873
00:55:11,159 --> 00:55:13,920
this three of them have been released, with another coming

874
00:55:14,079 --> 00:55:16,599
very very soon, hopefully before the end of this month.

875
00:55:17,480 --> 00:55:23,800
But I really really enjoyed this process, and so another

876
00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:26,840
year older, another year wiser. The first one released in

877
00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:30,480
February of this year, and Loomy and the Daffodils, which

878
00:55:30,519 --> 00:55:34,800
was in this spring, and then this fall The Broken Hearted.

879
00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:39,760
I just had a great time just exploring what I

880
00:55:39,800 --> 00:55:42,239
could do in a micro audio drama in a very

881
00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:45,840
short form piece. And the other thing I guess I

882
00:55:45,880 --> 00:55:49,679
forgot to mention in the last monologue segment one thing

883
00:55:49,679 --> 00:55:52,639
that differentiates what I consider a micro audio drama is

884
00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:55,320
that it has to be self contained. It's not just

885
00:55:56,239 --> 00:55:59,599
an episode of a continuing story that's broken up into

886
00:55:59,599 --> 00:56:03,679
five mins it chunks. The whole story is contained within

887
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:06,880
that five minutes. And so that's what makes this micro

888
00:56:06,920 --> 00:56:11,079
audio drama format a challenge, is to tell a full

889
00:56:11,159 --> 00:56:14,920
story and not just leave things hanging. Now. Of course,

890
00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:18,239
you could leave certain threads open that you could address

891
00:56:18,559 --> 00:56:23,400
in a later time, but the episode itself has a

892
00:56:23,519 --> 00:56:28,239
full story in it, and so that was a challenge

893
00:56:28,280 --> 00:56:32,239
and I enjoyed tackling that challenge, and I think I

894
00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:34,920
was able to put out some really decent stuff. And

895
00:56:35,559 --> 00:56:39,440
as I've said in previous episodes, that first episode, Another

896
00:56:39,480 --> 00:56:44,159
Year Older, Another Year Wiser, has grown into a series.

897
00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:48,159
Now One Day in Aspen Creek, which is the episode

898
00:56:48,199 --> 00:56:50,880
that I alluded to a moment ago, will be coming

899
00:56:50,880 --> 00:56:53,519
out very very soon, will be the second episode of that,

900
00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:58,800
so those characters will be returning, and Loomis and the Daffodils.

901
00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:04,119
I really enjoyed building out a fantasy story world, and

902
00:57:05,039 --> 00:57:08,280
much of what was built out in that story world

903
00:57:08,920 --> 00:57:11,320
does not even appear in that episode of Loomi and

904
00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:14,840
the Daffodils. So Salus the Wondersmith, the world of that

905
00:57:14,960 --> 00:57:19,440
story will probably be returning at some point and we'll

906
00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:23,280
get some more from that. So this year, being able

907
00:57:23,320 --> 00:57:26,400
to work on these projects and some other non audio

908
00:57:26,440 --> 00:57:30,559
drama pieces has really helped me to grow as a

909
00:57:30,719 --> 00:57:35,800
creative and helped me to really understand this industry and

910
00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:38,719
this storytelling medium that we all love so much, even

911
00:57:38,760 --> 00:57:42,679
better than I did before. And so I'm really appreciative

912
00:57:42,719 --> 00:57:45,280
of that fact and the people that I've been able

913
00:57:45,320 --> 00:57:49,400
to work with on my personal projects this year. Worked

914
00:57:49,400 --> 00:57:52,360
with Rose Beasley on another Year Older and she will

915
00:57:52,360 --> 00:57:56,000
be returning in future episodes of Aspen Creek, and Glenn

916
00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:59,519
Haskell also in that and I have worked with Glenn

917
00:57:59,519 --> 00:58:02,119
before Greenhoorn Tails and it's always a pleasure, and of

918
00:58:02,119 --> 00:58:05,920
course I've worked for him in his shows, but having

919
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:09,960
him involved in that first episode was great. David Sanborn

920
00:58:10,039 --> 00:58:12,960
getting to work with such a great talent in The

921
00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:16,199
Broken Hearted, he just did a fantastic job in that one.

922
00:58:16,440 --> 00:58:19,000
Working with Bethany Baldwin in The Broken Hearted, I mean

923
00:58:19,039 --> 00:58:21,840
she did a fantastic job as one of the main

924
00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:25,079
characters in that piece, and Christiana Thomas working with her

925
00:58:25,119 --> 00:58:28,840
and Loomi and the Daffodils, and she's a fantastic talent

926
00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:30,480
that is up and coming in this space that I'm

927
00:58:30,519 --> 00:58:33,480
excited to watch what she does because she's got some

928
00:58:33,559 --> 00:58:36,599
great talent. And then in the next episode that's coming soon,

929
00:58:36,719 --> 00:58:39,760
getting to work with Phil Lawler. I mean, I am

930
00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:43,480
so blessed with such great, great contacts in this space

931
00:58:44,159 --> 00:58:46,599
and people that are willing to work with me to

932
00:58:46,639 --> 00:58:50,760
tell these fun stories. And so thank you to every

933
00:58:50,800 --> 00:58:52,639
single person who was involved in one of my projects

934
00:58:52,639 --> 00:58:54,719
this year. First of all, if you're listening, thank you

935
00:58:54,920 --> 00:58:58,559
very very much. And I'm excited about where we're going

936
00:58:58,920 --> 00:59:03,039
with this focus on micro audio dramas, and I am

937
00:59:03,079 --> 00:59:06,000
going to be continuing into the next year to produce

938
00:59:06,039 --> 00:59:08,920
those micro audio dramas and we'll see where things go.

939
00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:12,519
And so I'm just very very happy with what I

940
00:59:12,559 --> 00:59:16,079
was able to accomplish this year, and the feedback that

941
00:59:16,119 --> 00:59:20,119
I've gotten from my projects has been very, very helpful

942
00:59:20,639 --> 00:59:23,679
and very encouraging. And so if you sent in feedback

943
00:59:23,679 --> 00:59:26,679
on any of those projects, thank you, Thank you. It

944
00:59:26,760 --> 00:59:30,599
means a lot. Now, the other top project that I

945
00:59:30,639 --> 00:59:35,079
was involved in this year was Timetruck Chronicles. When Christopher

946
00:59:35,119 --> 00:59:38,000
Green reached out and asked me to be involved in

947
00:59:38,079 --> 00:59:42,760
this show, I was very, very happy and honored to

948
00:59:42,840 --> 00:59:47,039
play a lead character alongside Christiana Thomas now I mentioned

949
00:59:47,039 --> 00:59:49,840
her a moment ago. I worked with her on Loomi

950
00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:53,239
and the Daffodils, and another project that was released this

951
00:59:53,320 --> 00:59:56,519
year was The Spider and the Fly from Heart Matters,

952
00:59:56,800 --> 00:59:59,639
and we also played opposite each other in that production

953
00:59:59,679 --> 01:00:02,519
as well. So this was a third project that we

954
01:00:02,519 --> 01:00:04,920
were involved in where we were playing opposite each other.

955
01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:09,039
And you know, I'm playing the father Philip alongside her

956
01:00:09,320 --> 01:00:13,639
portrayal of the daughter Mira in Time Track Chronicles and

957
01:00:14,360 --> 01:00:20,159
it was just a great, great experience and being asked

958
01:00:20,280 --> 01:00:23,440
to undertake that project meant a lot to me. So

959
01:00:23,760 --> 01:00:25,760
thank you to Christopher Green and to Window Seat for

960
01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:30,119
making that show happen. And if you've missed it, head

961
01:00:30,119 --> 01:00:33,119
over to Window Seats website or their app and listen

962
01:00:33,159 --> 01:00:36,719
to the first season, which is three episodes already out now.

963
01:00:37,599 --> 01:00:42,599
And if you missed this announcement, season two has already

964
01:00:42,639 --> 01:00:45,800
been recorded and there will be five episodes in season

965
01:00:45,880 --> 01:00:50,440
two also coming to Window Seat very very soon. And

966
01:00:50,800 --> 01:00:54,239
so I've already been able to record eight episodes of

967
01:00:54,239 --> 01:00:57,920
that show, getting directed by Christopher and it was just

968
01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:00,320
a wonderful experience. So that is a highlight of this

969
01:01:00,400 --> 01:01:03,360
year in terms of projects that I was able to

970
01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:08,079
be involved in and act in. So time. Chuck Chronicles

971
01:01:08,199 --> 01:01:12,079
a very very fun show and I'm thrilled, honored, and

972
01:01:12,320 --> 01:01:16,719
very happy to be a part of it. A couple

973
01:01:16,719 --> 01:01:20,920
of other highlights from twenty twenty four The one Grand Party.

974
01:01:21,519 --> 01:01:24,159
Oh my goodness, There's so much I could say about this,

975
01:01:24,280 --> 01:01:26,239
but I would just say to go back and listen

976
01:01:26,280 --> 01:01:30,239
to the episode where we recap that event. But getting

977
01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:34,199
to go to Colorado Springs and experience hanging out with

978
01:01:34,280 --> 01:01:38,800
a bunch of Odyssey fans, seeing cast and crew, talking

979
01:01:38,840 --> 01:01:41,960
with people, just getting to hang out and have dinner

980
01:01:42,159 --> 01:01:46,719
with some amazingly talented folks and other fans, and Audio

981
01:01:46,760 --> 01:01:51,519
Drama Alliance members and the live show and all of that.

982
01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:54,679
I mean, it was a once in a lifetime experience

983
01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:58,400
that I will never forget, and so that was certainly

984
01:01:58,559 --> 01:02:03,079
certainly a highlight of twenty twenty four for me. Also,

985
01:02:03,199 --> 01:02:07,440
Episode two hundred of this show happened this year, and

986
01:02:07,800 --> 01:02:11,960
that was a huge, huge, highlight. Blake reached out earlier

987
01:02:12,280 --> 01:02:14,000
in the year asking what we were planning to do

988
01:02:14,039 --> 01:02:17,639
for episode two hundred, and I hadn't even thought about

989
01:02:17,639 --> 01:02:20,159
what to do. I was not even planning anything special,

990
01:02:20,920 --> 01:02:23,920
and his question sort of spurred me on to try

991
01:02:23,920 --> 01:02:27,159
to do something. And the idea I had was audacious,

992
01:02:27,199 --> 01:02:30,119
and I probably should have tried to do something a

993
01:02:30,119 --> 01:02:33,440
little bit on the smaller scale, but I'm so pleased

994
01:02:33,480 --> 01:02:37,199
with how it turned out. And having so many amazing

995
01:02:37,400 --> 01:02:40,480
people in this industry, the creatives in this industry involved

996
01:02:40,480 --> 01:02:42,559
in that episode, and then getting to hear from so

997
01:02:42,639 --> 01:02:45,960
many of you in the ATC community in another segment

998
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:51,559
of that episode was just a wonderful, wonderful experience, and

999
01:02:52,119 --> 01:02:55,320
so that is, of course a highlight of this year

1000
01:02:55,320 --> 01:02:57,800
for me, Episode two hundred. If you're new to the show,

1001
01:02:59,000 --> 01:03:01,760
I highly recommend you going back to episode two hundred

1002
01:03:01,760 --> 01:03:05,679
and listening to all of those really fun interviews with

1003
01:03:06,039 --> 01:03:10,840
so many great creatives from this space, and hey, maybe

1004
01:03:10,840 --> 01:03:12,400
if you've already heard it, it might be fun to

1005
01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:16,440
go listen to again. And finally, I want to talk

1006
01:03:16,480 --> 01:03:19,920
about some of my favorite releases audio drama releases from

1007
01:03:20,119 --> 01:03:24,039
twenty twenty four Now, as I alluded to a couple

1008
01:03:24,079 --> 01:03:26,519
of times already in this episode, this has been a

1009
01:03:26,559 --> 01:03:30,199
tumultuous year for me, and so I have not actually

1010
01:03:30,239 --> 01:03:33,119
gotten to listen to everything that has been released so

1011
01:03:33,239 --> 01:03:36,239
far this year, but I have listened to a good

1012
01:03:36,320 --> 01:03:39,760
chunk of it. And so while things might change, and

1013
01:03:39,800 --> 01:03:42,480
we still have a month left in this year where

1014
01:03:42,519 --> 01:03:45,239
some other stuff might come out, and so this ranking

1015
01:03:45,320 --> 01:03:49,199
might change a bit, but as of things right now

1016
01:03:49,280 --> 01:03:53,280
that I have heard, here are my top four favorite

1017
01:03:53,320 --> 01:03:59,480
audio dramas from twenty twenty four, starting off with number four.

1018
01:04:00,280 --> 01:04:04,440
That is A Far Off Planet from Heart Matters And

1019
01:04:04,679 --> 01:04:09,559
this was just a really, really interesting science fiction take

1020
01:04:09,840 --> 01:04:14,639
on the Prodigal Sun's story. Now, the Prodigal story is

1021
01:04:14,719 --> 01:04:18,440
one that we've heard numerous times in audio drama in

1022
01:04:18,599 --> 01:04:24,039
various different ways. You know, it's not a new story,

1023
01:04:24,440 --> 01:04:26,960
and when we're talking about a story from the Bible,

1024
01:04:27,599 --> 01:04:30,840
but this twist on it was so unique and so

1025
01:04:31,039 --> 01:04:35,800
well done that I thoroughly enjoyed it. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

1026
01:04:36,360 --> 01:04:39,039
And if you haven't heard that yet, you definitely want

1027
01:04:39,039 --> 01:04:41,079
to go give that one a listen. A Far Off

1028
01:04:41,119 --> 01:04:45,559
Planet from Heart Matters that is my number four favorite

1029
01:04:45,760 --> 01:04:50,280
audio drama from twenty twenty four. Number three would be

1030
01:04:50,599 --> 01:04:54,960
Robin Hood Rising to Honor season one. This is a

1031
01:04:55,079 --> 01:05:00,039
joint production from LRT Media and Eternal Future Productions, with

1032
01:05:00,199 --> 01:05:04,519
some amazing, amazing talent in that cast. I mean, we

1033
01:05:04,639 --> 01:05:09,400
have Daniel Cross and Craig Hart and Jonathan Cook and

1034
01:05:09,440 --> 01:05:14,719
Alisha Hansen and Kara O'Brien and oh my goodness, just

1035
01:05:14,880 --> 01:05:19,039
so many. I know, I'm forgetting people, Andy Harvey, just

1036
01:05:19,320 --> 01:05:24,239
some super super talented folks in that show. And I

1037
01:05:24,280 --> 01:05:27,519
know it's just the beginning of this epic story, but

1038
01:05:27,639 --> 01:05:32,599
I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was really, really compelling. I

1039
01:05:32,719 --> 01:05:35,239
am really looking forward to hearing where they go with

1040
01:05:35,280 --> 01:05:37,440
it in season two and beyond. I don't know how

1041
01:05:37,440 --> 01:05:42,400
many seasons are planned, but just had a wonderful time

1042
01:05:42,440 --> 01:05:46,480
with this first season of this show and really looking

1043
01:05:46,519 --> 01:05:52,039
forward to the next ones. So that is my number three.

1044
01:05:52,719 --> 01:05:56,079
Number two is Nick Guy Private Eye number seventy one.

1045
01:05:56,719 --> 01:06:01,280
Nick Guy and the Shadows and Daylight Affair. Really enjoyed

1046
01:06:01,280 --> 01:06:04,480
this one quite a bit. I really liked the Nick

1047
01:06:04,519 --> 01:06:08,159
Guy show just because of Frank Youuly's wit. I mean,

1048
01:06:08,239 --> 01:06:12,440
his sense of humor is so fun. I thought it

1049
01:06:12,480 --> 01:06:16,800
particularly shined in this one. Just so many fun jokes

1050
01:06:16,920 --> 01:06:22,440
and witty things. I just thinking about it makes me

1051
01:06:22,519 --> 01:06:25,400
laugh right now. It's just such a such a fun show.

1052
01:06:25,880 --> 01:06:28,280
And the combining of the Nick Guy world with the

1053
01:06:28,280 --> 01:06:32,280
shadouts in Daylight World, I thought was so well done.

1054
01:06:32,519 --> 01:06:35,840
And if you missed it, we did an entire behind

1055
01:06:35,840 --> 01:06:39,119
the scenes interview. I talked with Frank Uley and Christopher

1056
01:06:39,159 --> 01:06:42,960
Green about that process and everything like that. Such a great,

1057
01:06:43,440 --> 01:06:48,360
great production, and I mean everything about it was so

1058
01:06:48,679 --> 01:06:52,559
fun and the acting, the cast all came together so nicely,

1059
01:06:52,679 --> 01:06:58,599
merging the various actors from both series together. It was

1060
01:06:58,800 --> 01:07:03,280
just such a fun show and a great mystery in there,

1061
01:07:03,559 --> 01:07:07,280
and of course the apologetic that they tackle in that production.

1062
01:07:08,679 --> 01:07:10,920
I just had such a fun time listening to that,

1063
01:07:11,559 --> 01:07:14,719
and it's one that I will be revisiting again because

1064
01:07:15,079 --> 01:07:17,400
it has become one of my top favorites from the

1065
01:07:17,480 --> 01:07:22,760
Nick Guy series. All Right, we come to number one,

1066
01:07:22,880 --> 01:07:29,400
and that would be Jake Muller Adventure's Blood. Wow, what

1067
01:07:29,480 --> 01:07:32,039
a production to come out in the last part of

1068
01:07:32,039 --> 01:07:38,440
the year. Just an amazing story with some of the

1069
01:07:38,519 --> 01:07:44,599
highest quality production values and acting. I just thoroughly enjoyed

1070
01:07:44,800 --> 01:07:48,119
listening to this story. I mean I was enthralled on

1071
01:07:48,159 --> 01:07:51,519
the edge of my seat with this one, as I

1072
01:07:51,639 --> 01:07:56,119
was with Unidentified. I mean the writing, the sound design,

1073
01:07:56,280 --> 01:08:01,000
the music, the acting. We're talking about top tier stuff

1074
01:08:01,079 --> 01:08:05,119
right here. I mean, as I talked about just a

1075
01:08:05,199 --> 01:08:08,559
few moments ago, in this episode, this is not one

1076
01:08:08,679 --> 01:08:13,679
for young kids, maybe not even for younger teens. But

1077
01:08:14,440 --> 01:08:18,760
this is a phenomenally done audio drama tackling a very

1078
01:08:18,760 --> 01:08:23,439
interesting topic but with some beautiful moments of redemption and

1079
01:08:23,680 --> 01:08:31,640
hope and my goodness, it's fantastic. It's absolutely fantastic. And

1080
01:08:33,000 --> 01:08:36,399
this was my favorite audio drama to release in the

1081
01:08:36,479 --> 01:08:40,520
year of twenty twenty four, So looking forward to what

1082
01:08:40,600 --> 01:08:46,000
comes next in this in the Jacob Muller universe. This

1083
01:08:46,079 --> 01:08:48,279
is top tier audio drama. I mean, there's no other

1084
01:08:48,319 --> 01:08:50,880
way to put it. Setting aside the fact that it

1085
01:08:50,920 --> 01:08:53,439
might be controversial in terms of the content and the

1086
01:08:53,479 --> 01:08:57,279
topics that they're addressing, it cannot be denied that this

1087
01:08:57,439 --> 01:09:01,800
is top quality audio drama. So that is my pick

1088
01:09:02,000 --> 01:09:05,800
for number one for my favorite audio drama release from

1089
01:09:05,920 --> 01:09:09,520
twenty twenty four. Now, i'd like to hear from you

1090
01:09:10,039 --> 01:09:11,840
what are your favorites. I mean, if you want to

1091
01:09:11,840 --> 01:09:14,000
share a few like I did, fine, or if you

1092
01:09:14,039 --> 01:09:16,239
just want to share your top favorite from twenty twenty

1093
01:09:16,239 --> 01:09:19,800
four and why why is that one your favorite? Be

1094
01:09:19,840 --> 01:09:22,399
sure to let me know. I would love to hear

1095
01:09:22,439 --> 01:09:27,279
from you now before I head out the door. I

1096
01:09:27,319 --> 01:09:30,920
did say at the top that I had a more

1097
01:09:31,159 --> 01:09:34,239
serious note that I wanted to share with you, and

1098
01:09:35,039 --> 01:09:40,119
it is not a fun topic or subject matter to

1099
01:09:40,960 --> 01:09:45,720
bring to you, and honestly, I feel very uncomfortable talking

1100
01:09:45,720 --> 01:09:48,880
about it, but I just want to share a little

1101
01:09:48,880 --> 01:09:54,560
bit about this with you because it affects the future

1102
01:09:54,600 --> 01:09:58,600
of this show as we move into twenty twenty five. So,

1103
01:09:58,680 --> 01:10:02,560
as I said earlier, the year of twenty twenty four

1104
01:10:02,640 --> 01:10:08,880
has been a struggle for me personally in my personal life,

1105
01:10:10,359 --> 01:10:13,760
probably one of the worst years of my life in

1106
01:10:13,800 --> 01:10:19,880
a lot of ways. Some major major health struggles this year,

1107
01:10:21,199 --> 01:10:28,640
financial struggles, and just a myriad of other things. To

1108
01:10:29,279 --> 01:10:33,800
put it succinctly, life has really beat me up in

1109
01:10:33,840 --> 01:10:38,079
twenty twenty four. And so the reason I'm bringing that

1110
01:10:38,239 --> 01:10:40,680
up to you is a couple of the things that

1111
01:10:40,720 --> 01:10:44,319
I've been facing the last few months are some major

1112
01:10:44,520 --> 01:10:50,920
computer issues and our main studio computer that I run

1113
01:10:51,000 --> 01:10:56,119
everything with, from the website stuff to recording, to hosting

1114
01:10:56,159 --> 01:11:01,760
files for the Seneca Awards and for the ATC team

1115
01:11:01,920 --> 01:11:06,239
for reviews, all of that stuff. It went down and

1116
01:11:06,720 --> 01:11:10,800
had to be replaced, then had some major hard drive

1117
01:11:10,880 --> 01:11:18,079
issues shortly thereafter, and right now I have a corrupted

1118
01:11:18,159 --> 01:11:22,800
hard drive which has the vast majority of all our

1119
01:11:22,960 --> 01:11:28,560
entire library of audio dramas on it, and including all

1120
01:11:28,640 --> 01:11:35,119
kinds of business records, all kinds of valuable information is

1121
01:11:35,159 --> 01:11:37,600
on that hard drive and it is corrupted, and I'm

1122
01:11:37,640 --> 01:11:43,319
having to find somebody who can recover that data, and

1123
01:11:43,359 --> 01:11:49,119
that's going to cost money. And again I said, I'm

1124
01:11:49,239 --> 01:11:52,800
very uncomfortable with this kind of thing, but I'm sharing

1125
01:11:52,840 --> 01:11:55,920
it with you because well, and first let me say

1126
01:11:56,319 --> 01:11:59,920
I understand the need for backups, and I did have

1127
01:12:00,159 --> 01:12:03,479
a backup in place. However, because of the previous computer

1128
01:12:03,640 --> 01:12:08,720
dying and some misunderstandings, the backup got lost as well.

1129
01:12:08,840 --> 01:12:13,800
And so while I do have some partial data at

1130
01:12:13,840 --> 01:12:17,279
this point, I'm not exactly sure how much of that

1131
01:12:17,359 --> 01:12:22,680
data survived in the backups versus what is still left

1132
01:12:23,039 --> 01:12:29,439
on the corrupted hard drive. And so anyway, all of

1133
01:12:29,439 --> 01:12:34,359
that said, I'm asking if you would be able to help,

1134
01:12:35,319 --> 01:12:39,640
and you can help by joining Audio Theater Central Backstage,

1135
01:12:39,720 --> 01:12:43,640
because that is the easiest way for you to help

1136
01:12:43,720 --> 01:12:46,880
contribute to what we do here and get something in

1137
01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:49,960
the process. And it's only a few dollars a month,

1138
01:12:50,079 --> 01:12:52,960
or if you pay for a whole year, that would

1139
01:12:52,960 --> 01:12:56,520
be wonderful as well. But if you are able to

1140
01:12:56,560 --> 01:12:59,680
do that, I would really really appreciate that. There is

1141
01:12:59,720 --> 01:13:03,359
a very very small percentage of the ATC community that

1142
01:13:03,640 --> 01:13:06,720
is involved in Backstage, and there's some great content back there.

1143
01:13:07,239 --> 01:13:09,800
We do our best to add content every single month

1144
01:13:10,159 --> 01:13:14,479
to ATC Backstage, and so that would be the easiest

1145
01:13:14,520 --> 01:13:18,039
way for you to get something back and also help

1146
01:13:18,119 --> 01:13:22,720
us out. Also check out our merch store purchasing any

1147
01:13:22,800 --> 01:13:26,319
of those things which are available at our website see

1148
01:13:26,319 --> 01:13:29,640
the merch tab at the top, that would be a

1149
01:13:29,680 --> 01:13:32,520
helpful thing as well. Or if you are able to

1150
01:13:32,600 --> 01:13:35,119
just donate, I have a link in the show notes

1151
01:13:35,159 --> 01:13:38,520
to our PayPal and to might buy me a coffee page.

1152
01:13:38,680 --> 01:13:42,439
Either one of those options would work to help us

1153
01:13:42,680 --> 01:13:45,600
get the funds we need to fix this computer issue

1154
01:13:45,840 --> 01:13:48,319
and get everything in place so that we don't run

1155
01:13:48,359 --> 01:13:51,640
into something like this again have some more redundancies in place,

1156
01:13:51,760 --> 01:13:55,039
but if you can help at all through any of

1157
01:13:55,039 --> 01:13:59,640
those methods, I would deeply, deeply appreciate it. As I said,

1158
01:14:00,439 --> 01:14:03,479
this year has been a terrible one for me, and

1159
01:14:04,319 --> 01:14:06,079
all of these things that I've been having to deal

1160
01:14:06,119 --> 01:14:08,800
with in terms of technology at the end of this

1161
01:14:08,880 --> 01:14:13,840
year has just compounded everything else, and it is also

1162
01:14:14,039 --> 01:14:17,880
sort of brought into question the viability of the future

1163
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:23,000
of ADC on a broader sense, and the senecas specifically,

1164
01:14:24,039 --> 01:14:29,439
just because of how much it's costing financially to keep

1165
01:14:29,479 --> 01:14:33,239
these running at the place that I would like them

1166
01:14:33,319 --> 01:14:38,000
to be and to continue to bring this content to

1167
01:14:38,239 --> 01:14:41,479
this industry and to the fans of this amazing audio

1168
01:14:41,520 --> 01:14:45,680
drama that we love. And I could just really use

1169
01:14:45,720 --> 01:14:47,920
your help in one of those ways. So if you're

1170
01:14:47,960 --> 01:14:53,079
able to ADC backstage our merch or PayPal or buy

1171
01:14:53,159 --> 01:14:58,479
me a coffee donations. I hate having to make these

1172
01:14:58,560 --> 01:15:02,119
kinds of pleas but that's sort of where things are

1173
01:15:02,239 --> 01:15:05,640
right now, So if you're able to help it all,

1174
01:15:05,880 --> 01:15:10,479
I would really appreciate that. And as always, if you'd

1175
01:15:10,520 --> 01:15:12,720
like to stay on top of everything else that's going

1176
01:15:12,720 --> 01:15:15,319
on here, you can join the ATC Insiders, which is

1177
01:15:15,319 --> 01:15:17,960
our newsletter. We'll send you emails about what's going on

1178
01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:20,840
whenever we have something cool to share with you. You

1179
01:15:20,840 --> 01:15:23,159
can always get in touch with us at Audio Theatercentral

1180
01:15:23,159 --> 01:15:26,199
dot com slash contact and the show notes for this

1181
01:15:26,319 --> 01:15:28,800
episode with links to everything I've talked about is at

1182
01:15:28,800 --> 01:15:33,760
Audiotheatercentral dot com slash two zero seven. I don't want

1183
01:15:33,800 --> 01:15:37,159
to end on a downer note, so I want to

1184
01:15:37,199 --> 01:15:40,560
say thank you to everybody who has listened to the

1185
01:15:40,600 --> 01:15:43,560
show this year. Everybody who is sent in an email

1186
01:15:43,800 --> 01:15:48,119
or voicemail or text or commented on the website. Thank

1187
01:15:48,159 --> 01:15:51,439
you so much. I've said it before and I will

1188
01:15:51,439 --> 01:15:55,439
say it again. Your feedback means so so much. It

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is very encouraging to know when somebody finds an audio

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drama that they've never heard of from ATC and gets

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to connect with other people in the space who love

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this content as well, whatever it might be. Getting to

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hear from you, you sharing your stories with us, it

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really really means a lot and it does help keep

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us going. So thank you. Thank you for that, and

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I'm hopeful that twenty twenty five will be a brighter year.

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I know there's some amazing, amazing audio drama coming in

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twenty twenty five, so there's definitely a lot to look

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forward to on that front. And of course I want

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to wish you a very very merry Christmas and a

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happy New Year. Again, thank you so much for listening.

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