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Speaker 1: And now Audio Theater Central.

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

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

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I'm your host, JD. Sutter. This is episode two twenty Well,

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this is a jam packed episode. A lot going on.

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We've got an interview with Christy Jardo, the executive producer

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of the Heart Matters audio Dramas, coming up in a

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little bit. We've got some feedback from Michael Blake and Jeremy.

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We've got a whole ton of audio drama updates here

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in just a few moments. And also I've got a

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monologue by a guest and it's basically part two of

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last time's topic about the value of a professional network.

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So lots and lots to get to. I hope you

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will stick with us for the duration. Before we jump

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into the me of the episode, I have to say

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real quickly quick announcement for our ATC backstage pass holders.

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If you are a backstage member and you have a

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Yahoo email address, all of our notification emails being sent

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to you are getting rejected. They're bouncing back. We are

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working with Yahoo support to try to figure out what's

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going on. But in the meantime, I just wanted to

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give you a heads up if you haven't been getting

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any notification emails from us, that's why. So I don't

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know if this will help, but maybe if you haven't already,

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add our ATC email address to your white list or

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your safe list or whatever Yahoo calls it, and maybe

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that will help those emails come through. But we'll keep

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working on it on our end. But I just wanted

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to let you know. If you have an alternate and

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email address, you might want to go log into backstage

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and change that so you don't have that issue. But again,

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I want to let you know. And obviously I can't

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email you to tell you what's going on, so had

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to do it here on the show. All right, well,

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let's jump into the updates.

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

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Speaker 4: And in other news tonight.

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Speaker 5: A brief look at the headlines.

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Speaker 4: Now they want exciting, fast piece news that's relevant and

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entertaining like this.

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Speaker 2: Two quick reminders. First of all, one, as always, if

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you have some news about an upcoming or a recently

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released audio drama, let us know. Head over to PFM

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dot link, slash ATC News or click the button on

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our homepage let us know what's going on so we

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can share it with the community. And number two talked

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about this last time, but the three question survey about

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audio dramas for you avid fans of audio drama. If

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you haven't filled that out yet, please do so. Link

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is in the show notes to go check that out.

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It should only take you a couple of minutes. But

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this is very helpful for us as creative in the space,

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and so if you have a few minutes, please go

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ahead and do that. The feedback is already coming in

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and it's really really good stuff and I would love

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to hear what you think as well. So if you

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haven't done that, please take a minute and do that

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for us. Next up is just a quick shout out

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and congratulations to the team at Unshackled. This is the

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longest running audio drama series in the world. They started

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back in nineteen fifty and they just celebrated their seventy

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fifth anniversary at the end of September. They recorded episode

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three thousand, nine hundred and seven, their seventy fifth anniversary

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special and that's just an absolutely amazing accomplishment, Just so

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cool that they've been around for so long telling these

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fascinating and amazing real life true stories. Such a cool

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thing that they're doing. They're on over three thousand radio

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stations still grow in st wrong, so huge congratulations to

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Timothy Gregory and the entire team over there at Unshackled.

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If you haven't checked out that show yet, why not

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give it a chance. It is free. You can listen

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to it via podcast or on their website unshackled dot org.

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Check it out. Congrats again. A couple of upcoming events here.

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World Audio Drama Day is just a couple of weeks away.

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October thirtieth is World Audio Drama Day. They started back

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in twenty thirteen as an organized movement and it was

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set on the date of the original broadcast of Orson

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Welles's production of The War of the Worlds, And so

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ATC community hangout or not. We did that last year.

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touch and let me know. We'll see what we can

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put together if we get enough people saying that's something

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they want to do, will make it happen. Next up

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got a heads up for Realm Maker's Expo twenty twenty six,

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fourth through the twenty seventh in Saint Louis, Missouri at

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Union Station. This is an expo that is a festival

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of books and media by faith driven creators for fantasy

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and sci fi fans. Registration begins on February first, twenty

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twenty six. So this year, in twenty twenty five they

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really started putting a focus on audio drama and the

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Main Street Music Show performed there with Katie Lee and

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Darby Kern and Micah Touchet. The Jake Muller Adventures team

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Bit of Time Travel and The Church at Russell Falls,

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Ben Kemph and Callie Sue of twelve thirty two. There

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it is a place where if you are an audio

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drama producer that is at all in the speculative fiction realm,

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this is a good place to connect with potential fans,

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and if you're an audio drama fan well, this is

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a chance for you to possibly connect with some creators

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of the shows that you enjoy and just find out

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some other cool stories like books and video games that

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a great event. The Realm Makers Expo coming next year.

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production yet, but we got some early news about it,

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and I wanted to tell you so you can keep

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an eye out for it when it does come. And

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this is from the Mary Beggars producers of The Saints

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and on the Night Train and the Christmas Carol Advent calendar.

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It's called Exodus Journey into Freedom. This is the story

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of Moses and the Exodus, and it is projected to

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be a forty episode series. Here is the official copy

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as of now. Egypt, thirteen ninety three BC. A Hebrew infant,

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the son of Slaves, is adopted by an Egyptian princess

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and raised in the court of Pharaoh. Forced to flee

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after a horrific murder, God calls him to return to

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his people and rescue them from slavery. What follows is

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a wild and epic adventure of trials and triumphs, suffering

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and sacrifice, failure and redemption. So they are still in

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the early phases of this project, just going into casting

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at this point, so it's a little ways out, but

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the horizon. Sounds really cool, all right. Moving into recent releases,

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Generations two is out now from Sergeant Family Productions. They

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have released the sequel to Generations that we've talked about

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here on the show in the past. This one is

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called Generations. To the DC gambit, in the swirl of

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a hit man's revenge, two hackers face off in a

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battle of wits that could shake the foundations of the

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US government. Now, we played one trailer just a few

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episodes back in ATC two thirteen, but now that it's out,

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handy that they have two different trailers. So here is

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a sample of Generations too.

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Speaker 6: The Men of Power must think of himself as a

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chess master. Are you saying that you have a task

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that requires three of the best hit contract fulfillment operators

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on the East Coast?

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Speaker 2: Let's call it a tale of two senators.

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Speaker 4: I don't care anymore what people think It's time to

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up the hill.

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Speaker 2: You've done nothing except take up space in this chamber

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for nine years. Isn't he planning to run for president?

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Speaker 7: He is?

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Speaker 2: We wanted to win.

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Speaker 6: He organizes the wrecks and manipulates from outside the game.

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Speaker 2: Hey, Gedge, I'm picking up some really weird vibes. Kingston

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has also hired a world class.

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Speaker 1: Hacker spy versus spy.

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Speaker 2: Something like that. But how does it help us?

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Speaker 8: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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Speaker 2: We're going to run a high stakes gambit.

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Speaker 6: Ranberry, blackmail and intimidation become the president butter for the

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want to be emperor.

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Speaker 2: I think it's time for us to turn up the heat.

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Speaker 8: That's it.

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Speaker 5: What is They're going to assassinate Senator Smith.

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Speaker 2: It's the riskiest part of the overall plan.

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Speaker 1: It always is when it's time to kill.

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Speaker 3: Who are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm a man who's looking for some men information.

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Speaker 4: Don't they teach you anything in hacker school?

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Speaker 1: If you want to live longer than fifteen seconds, you'll

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tell me everything you know.

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Speaker 2: There's got to be a way out. I don't think so.

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Bro Melankey's right.

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Speaker 3: Outside the door.

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Speaker 7: Release her or die, Kill them.

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Speaker 2: Sir, Stop Dad.

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Speaker 6: Every so often. However, it remains only one of course elimination.

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Speaker 1: Hello, mister Nolan.

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Speaker 3: God, if you don't help me now, I might be

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seeing you in a few minutes.

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Speaker 4: Generations to the DC gambit.

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Speaker 2: If you are one who enjoys the longer form hybrid

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audio drama audiobook format, which features a full cast and

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a narrator with full sound effects in original music, this

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one come in it over fifteen hours, so it's perfect

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for road trips. And the regular price for this nearly

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sixteen hours of content is only fifteen ninety five. I

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mean that is fantastic, But stick around because I'm going

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to give you a coupon code so that you can

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get it for even less than that. But all of

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the actors from the first production whose characters appear again,

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they have returned to reprise their roles, and there are

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a bunch of new characters, as you might expect for

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a whole new story. So in the cast for this

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sequel we have some amazing folks, including some familiar names

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you might have heard of Bethany Baldwin, John Fornoff, and

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yours truly. So I get to play Senator Smith's chief

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of staff, Tony in this show, a really fun character

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for me to get to play. Really enjoyed it, and

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so I think you're going to enjoy this story. But

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going to want to listen to that one before you

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listen to the sequel, because of course it's setting up

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a lot of things. These are not standalone books in

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the same universe. They are a continuing series, so you

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will want to listen to or read the book of

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the first one before you jump into the second one.

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the demographic of older kids and adults, so it's a

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lot of action. Some stuff might be a little more

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intense for younger listeners, so keep that in mind. They

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are recommending it for ages fifteen and up. We talked

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about them in the past on episode one eighty one

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But again, this one is out now on all the

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major platforms. It's still coming on Audible, but it is

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on a bunch of the others. But they also sell

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it through their website through a platform called awesome Sound,

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and they have so generously given us a coupon code

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to give to you, especially for the ATC community, to

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give you twenty percent off. Now, this works only if

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you purchasing it through their website through the Awe Sound platform,

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not through the audiobook platforms. So this coupon code is

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ATC twenty twenty five, So ATC two zero two five.

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dot com. Click the link to purchase on Awe Sound

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and use that. Now, if this trailer that I just

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played isn't enough to pull you in and help you

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to make a decision on whether or not to purchase this,

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on their website, they have a full chapter sample almost

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ten minutes that you can listen to for free to

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get more of an idea of how the story goes.

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So huge thanks to Sergeant Family Productions for giving us

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the coupon code making it super easy for people to

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sample what they're doing. I'm really excited about what they're doing.

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and I know this is not for everybody, but if

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that is something that you enjoy, I definitely think this

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is in the show notes and that code again is

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ATC twenty twenty five. All right. Another new release is

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from Witnesses. The episode Sons and Strangers has been released.

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This is a fourteen minute episode based on matthew seventeen

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verses twenty four through twenty seven. Simon is challenged about

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the Temple tax and Jesus gives him a unique task

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in response. This features Nato, Jacobsen, Jonathan Bullock, Jonathan Cotton, Mark,

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Henry Cooney, Daniel Cross, and David Sanborn. And here is

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a little sample of Sons and Strangers.

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Speaker 3: It feels like years since I've been on the water.

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Speaker 5: He's being a tea set of men not suiting you

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as well as you thought.

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feels like I've spent all my time since leaving Capernium

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listening and learning. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

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I enjoy learning from the Rabbi, but I understand.

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I'm sure, And you know how John gets when he

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is hungry.

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Speaker 3: Do you understand?

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Speaker 5: Well, I'm still not sure why he called me either.

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Speaker 3: My brother Andrew him. I understand he loved listening to

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John the Baptizer, he was a student from Perth.

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Speaker 5: But me, how about a text collector? What use could

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I have for his work? I'm sure it will all

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make sense one day.

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Speaker 2: Good stuff, good stuff, all right. Another new release, and

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this one is from Voices in the Wind Audio Theater.

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They have done a reproduction of the aforementioned orson Wells

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and Mercury Theater on the airs production of the War

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of the Worlds. Just talked about that a few minutes ago.

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They have reproduced this. It's really cool. They've taken that

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original script reproduced it with some original music and all

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new sound effects. Obviously modern production methods, so the quality

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is much higher than that original recording from the nineteen thirties.

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So this is out now and it has a run

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time of sixty minutes and it is available on their

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website right now. Coming to those audio platforms like Audible

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a little bit later. When you purchase directly from these producers,

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they get a little they get to keep a little

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bit more of that rather than having to split it

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with these platforms. So if you can at all purchased

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directly from producers and that helps them out a lot.

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So anyway, really cool to hear somebody tackle this original

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script from nineteen thirty eight and having it come out

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in the month that the original broadcast happened is really cool.

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So check that out. From Voices in the Wind Audio Theater.

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Next up is a brand new show from a brand

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new producer. This is called The Return of Epsilon Seven.

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This is a new superhero audio drama from Over the

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Hill Productions and here is the official summary. Epsilon seven

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was an unstoppable superhero until he vanished after a battle

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with the Nighthawk. Now, Nelson Locke tries to track him

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down to stop the rampage of the Iron Condor. But

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is Epsilon seven really the hero everyone thinks he is?

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And if he stops the Iron Condor what then? This

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superhero drama looks at themes of pride, surrender, and justice

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versus vengeance. It also draws parallels to the stories of

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Samson and Nebekinezzer. Featured in the cast are John Tuttle,

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The Thid, Glenn Haskell, Bethany Baldwin, and Ian Lalam, Austin Peachey,

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Caleb Bresler, Caleb Teeson and more so, this is being

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released episodically via podcast, but you can purchase the entire

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full cut of the nearly seventy five minute show for

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only seven dollars, so that is super cool. I think

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it's great to see producers tackling multiple methods of distribution.

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the website. You can go listen to the first episode.

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They're being released weekly, I believe, on the podcast version,

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but if you enjoy it, go purchase a copy to

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help support these producers. Again, it's only seven dollars for

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a feature link show, so that's really cool. Some great

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talent on the voice acting side involved with this one.

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So that is the return of Epsilon seven. All right, Well,

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we talked about Voices in the Winds production of The

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War of the World's happening in October, which is the

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month in which World Audio Drama Day happens. But also

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October is National Bullying Prevention Month. So Heart Matters is

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releasing a three episode mini series called The Bullying Triangle.

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Now you're going to hear this reference in the conversation

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that I had with Christy Jardou in the interview segment

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coming up. But this story is about three high school girls,

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Katie the bully, Alexis the bullied, and Laura the bystander.

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Each episode will focus on one of those characters from

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her own perspective. With each episode you will gain new

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insights and information on the full picture of how the

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bullying situation happens and the fallout from it. So this

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sounds absolutely fascinating. They did something similar with The Darkness Duology,

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but this is obviously a brand new story again. It's

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called The Bullying Triangle. It was written by Darby Kern,

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with music by Jerry Depesqual and sound designed by Oscar Corral.

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The cast includes Tamara Green, Betsy Nicholson, Rose Beasley, and

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Sarah Klein. So the first episode is called Bullied and

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it was released on October. First episode two, Bully, will

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be released on October eighth, and the final episode, Bystander,

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is releasing on October fifteenth. So head over to the

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Heart Matters app to check this out and all of

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their past audio dramas. It's available on all the different

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platforms Apple, Google, Amazon, so link in the show notes

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to go grab that app and listen to The Bullying Triangle.

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And lastly, for our new releases, Jake Muller Adventures is back.

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The third Jake Muller is out now it's called Undead.

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When Jake takes his nephew Peter to Louisiana to see

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the filming of a movie about him, they also make

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plans to visit some friends. Julienne Courmier, who changed the

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course of his life, is one of them. So is

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his former captain, whose health has taken a surprising turn.

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So why are young people disappearing? And what has driven

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Julienne's best friend to apparent suicide and what is all

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this talk about? Zombies? Battle lines are being drawn and

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Jake Muller isn't about to back off from a fight.

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This one was written by Micah Toousche and Darby Kern,

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directed by Darby Kern, and produced and sound designed by

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Mica Touche with music by Jared di Pasqual. This thing

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is over two hours long. I have not had a

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chance to listen as of the recording of this episode,

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but it is on my list to get to it

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right away. Love what they're doing over there, just super

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high quality, amazing storytelling. As we've said in the past,

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these are intended for an older demographic, so it may

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not be appropriate for really young listeners, so just keep

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that in mind. Mind but they are approaching these pop

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culture topics from a biblical and Christian perspective. So link

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is in the show notes to the Jake Muller website

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to go ahead and grab your copy. It is available

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on CD and digital download. Jake Muller Adventures Undead.

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Speaker 3: Testing one, two three testing.

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Speaker 8: That was just me talking.

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Speaker 4: I do that a lot.

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Speaker 9: Where's my speech?

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Speaker 3: How long you've been work with it? That's what I

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want to talk about.

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Speaker 2: So here's what I'm thinking. I'm still thinking about what

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we talked about last time, the value of networking and

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the value of building relationships and basically just having a

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good reputation in the world of audio drama production. This

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is a follow up to last episode's monologue, and I

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heard from a few people who really resonated with what

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I shared in the last episode, and that includes Christopher

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Green who sent me a voice recording and I am

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going to share that with you in this episode here

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in the monologue, and as with the last one, this

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is intended for creatives in the space, So if that's

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not you, you're not interested at all in this side

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of things. You're just a fan of good audio drama,

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totally get that. Feel free to skip to the next

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segment if this is not your thing, but if you

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are interested in, if you are a creative in the space,

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I encourage you to go ahead and give this a listen.

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Christopher Green is obviously known to this community as my

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creative partner on the Greenhorn Tales comedy series, and we

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have worked together on several other projects. I've voiced characters

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for him on Shadows on Daylight, I've worked with him

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on the Time Truck Chronicles, and we have known each

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other for many years now. And so he sent this

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over to me, and I thought, this is some really

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valuable information and I'm going to share it here in

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this segment in the place of the monologue from me

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this time. So here's Christopher.

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Speaker 7: I was listening to the monologue segment of the most

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recent episode, and first of all, congratulations on fifteen years

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of ATC. While to think that it has been that

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long the ATC has been around and providing such a

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benefit to audio drama fans and increasingly so to audio

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drama creators, as you spoke about in the monologue segment,

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which has quickly become my favorite part of Audio Theater

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Central's podcast, which as a side note, if listeners of

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the podcast have been listening for a long time and

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are unaware, Audio Theater Central is larger than just the podcast.

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There's a whole website with articles and things that are

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never actually in the podcast itself, So if somehow you've

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missed that, go check it out. There's some great articles

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there to read. But I kind of wanted to share

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some thoughts that I had in the recent monologue. I

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totally and wholeheartedly agree with the importance of relationship and

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networking and that kind of thing in that space, and

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it is a bit hard to describe to people because

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you don't want to make them feel like you're saying that,

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you know, you should just network with people and make

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friendships with people so that you can get something out

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of it. I love how you said that in you

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know more blessed to give them received, that the giving

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comes first in the order before you receive, And it

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is very true, and sometimes they come hand in hand too.

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I've been very blessed to be able to connect with

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a lot of people in this space who are working

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with excellence, and I think that excellence is contagious, as

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you mentioned, and the audio drama to clip that you

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don't just want to seek maybe the industry pros, but

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also your peers as well and everyone around. But surrounding

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yourself with people who are putting the hard work in

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I think for me personally, has inspired me to do better,

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to try harder, not in a sense of competition, but

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perhaps more of a sense of accountability, where maybe in

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isolation working on my own projects, I might be tempted

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to cut corners and be like, eh, this is good enough,

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and there's a place for not becoming perfectionists, of course,

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but you can slide into the other extreme when you

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have no point of reference and become lazy, especially when

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you're just working for yourself, when you're working for other people,

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maybe going above and beyond which you are working on

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your own shows. You know, I produce the show Shadows

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of Daylight for myself, for no one really, and they're

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definitely times where I was tempted to cut corners in

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certain production aspects, maybe not go as detailed in certain

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scenes than I ultimately did, but being in a space

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constantly seeing what others are putting out kind of just

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inspired me to be like to do a good job basically,

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you know. So there's that aspect, but it's also like

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being in that space is like you can learn from

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other people. It's not just networking as in like maybe

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this person will need a voice actor and I'm a

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voice actor or something like that, but also being able

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to learn from other people's successes and failures and that

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kind of thing where they say, hey, I tried this thing,

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it worked great, and you can oh cool, I'm want

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to try that too. I've learned some very interesting sound

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design techniques from doing stuff early on with Kevin McCreary

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of Sego Night Kevin and the ceiling fan techniques that

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he taught me. I've learned from listening to some stuff

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not probably anybody that we would know in this immediate space,

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and the family friendly the audio drama, but other indie

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productions of what I don't want to do. So you know,

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it's always learning, and then you have things. I have

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things to share that I've been able to share with others,

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and I go back to something that is near and

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dear to the listenership. I believe of audio theater Central

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and the greater community of that is the Audio Drama Alliance,

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that the people within that circle increasingly are becoming some

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of the best people in this family friendly, independent audio

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drama space. Some of the greatest talent is coming to there,

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and some of the greatest talent is coming through there

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as they're growing and learning and maturing as a space,

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things like what Heart Matters has done, and a lot

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of connection with many members of the Audio Drama Alliance

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and that kind of thing. So it's beenantastic to see

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what the Audio Drama Alliance has become through your leadership, JD.

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I've gained so much through the Audio Drama Alliance and

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through the connections there. I have a full time video

478
00:29:14,839 --> 00:29:18,920
production job that is unrelated to audio drama, but I

479
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:23,079
also freelance heavily in audio drama and other content creation.

480
00:29:23,839 --> 00:29:29,920
But most, if not nearly, all of my freelance connections

481
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:33,519
have come through building these relationships, be it in the

482
00:29:33,519 --> 00:29:36,160
Audio Drama Alliance or through people in the Audio Drama

483
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,759
Alliance referrals through that kind of thing. This is not

484
00:29:40,119 --> 00:29:42,799
intended as a commercial for the Audio Drama Alliance so

485
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,440
much as it is to bolster the point that you've

486
00:29:45,559 --> 00:29:49,720
been making JD that connections are so valuable in again,

487
00:29:49,799 --> 00:29:54,079
you can't do it in a way that is just

488
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,920
for that end goal. For example, I had a recent

489
00:29:58,319 --> 00:30:03,359
two recent experiences where I was talking to individuals who needed,

490
00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:07,559
in one case a recommendation for a piece of hardware

491
00:30:07,599 --> 00:30:11,119
that they were looking to purchase, and another person just

492
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:14,920
more of a casual conversation about their production and curiosity

493
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:18,519
about what software they were using. Though both of those

494
00:30:18,559 --> 00:30:22,680
conversations led to opportunities for me to be able to

495
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:27,440
show and share what I can do for them to

496
00:30:27,559 --> 00:30:32,039
help them with their productions. And so I didn't start

497
00:30:32,079 --> 00:30:36,440
either of those conversations out going like, hey, how can

498
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:40,960
I manipulate this into a sales pitch. I started those

499
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:46,920
conversations out of genuine curiosity, in genuine conversation with these

500
00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,759
people who I was interested in talking to. And I

501
00:30:49,839 --> 00:30:52,200
think that's what it comes down to. You have to

502
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:56,480
be interested in this space, interested in learning from others,

503
00:30:56,519 --> 00:31:01,119
interested in contributing and benefiting to others through conversation too,

504
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:05,000
and not necessarily looking to get anything out of it.

505
00:31:05,319 --> 00:31:07,200
And this is what I'm trying to get is you

506
00:31:07,319 --> 00:31:11,240
don't give to get, but you will always get you

507
00:31:11,279 --> 00:31:15,599
will get friendships even in explaining to someone. Teaching someone

508
00:31:15,599 --> 00:31:18,920
how to do something the way that you see them

509
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,200
process it, or the way that you think about it

510
00:31:22,279 --> 00:31:24,839
in your own mind as you are processing how to

511
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,359
explain it to another person will unlock new ways of

512
00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:32,559
thinking about it and inevitably end up helping you to

513
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,000
learn something new about things that you thought you already

514
00:31:35,039 --> 00:31:38,279
knew as well. So anyway, there's so much value in

515
00:31:38,319 --> 00:31:40,720
all that. So I really am just echoing a lot

516
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:44,319
of what you said, But love, love, love those thoughts

517
00:31:44,599 --> 00:31:47,680
and gain congratulations on fifteen years.

518
00:31:48,799 --> 00:31:51,039
Speaker 2: Well. First of all, thank you so much for the

519
00:31:51,119 --> 00:31:55,240
kind words and for sharing some of your experiences. Christopher

520
00:31:55,519 --> 00:31:58,240
deeply appreciate it. Always a joy to hear from you

521
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,640
and to collaborate with you on projects. But what I

522
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,319
loved about this and why I decided it was appropriate

523
00:32:04,319 --> 00:32:07,000
to go ahead and share this recording on the podcast

524
00:32:07,079 --> 00:32:10,039
in this segment is as he said in the recording,

525
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,000
it bolstered a lot of the points that I was making,

526
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:16,960
but it also illustrated some great examples, some real world

527
00:32:17,079 --> 00:32:20,880
anecdotal evidence of the concepts that I was talking about

528
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:24,000
last time. So I was talking more from a high

529
00:32:24,079 --> 00:32:29,640
level informational standpoint and just giving some tips and tricks,

530
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:32,880
whereas he took what I was talking about and actually

531
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,839
gave some real world examples that he has experienced in

532
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,359
his own work as a creative in this space, and

533
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,119
so I thought that was valuable to share with you.

534
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:44,400
So thank you again, Christopher, and thank you for listening.

535
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:48,279
And if you have any ideas for topics you'd like

536
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,759
me to address here in the monologue segment going forward,

537
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,440
I am definitely open to hearing from you.

538
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,759
Speaker 8: I have some very important information and I thought i'd

539
00:32:56,759 --> 00:32:58,759
be getting it into the hands of a real reporter.

540
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:01,319
Speaker 4: Sir, can I speak to you a moment?

541
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,119
Speaker 3: Oh well, there's nothing to it. I just ask you

542
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,480
the questions and you answered them in the tape recorder

543
00:33:06,519 --> 00:33:07,640
here played the interview.

544
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,119
Speaker 2: Well, in just a couple of minutes, I'm going to

545
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,759
be playing an interview that I recorded with Christy Jardou

546
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:20,680
of Heart Matters, Inc. In Oklahoma. She is the executive

547
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,960
producer of the audio dramas that Heart Matters has been

548
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,480
producing recently, along with other duties that she has at

549
00:33:27,519 --> 00:33:30,599
that ministry, at that organization. And if perhaps this is

550
00:33:30,599 --> 00:33:33,000
your first time listening to ATC and you hadn't heard

551
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,440
about Heart Matters before and you want a little bit

552
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,839
more information about their organization and what they do. We

553
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:42,160
talked all about that with Christy in her previous appearance

554
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,079
on the show in episode one ninety six, So that

555
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:46,480
is linked in the show notes if you want to

556
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:50,519
give that a lesson too. But last month, Heart Matters

557
00:33:50,559 --> 00:33:54,000
held an event in early September for cast and crew

558
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,720
who have worked on their shows. It was called Celebrating

559
00:33:56,759 --> 00:33:59,920
Stories of Light and I was privileged to be able

560
00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:03,079
to be there. Incidentally, it happened to land right on

561
00:34:03,119 --> 00:34:06,319
my birthday, and the team there even got me a

562
00:34:06,359 --> 00:34:09,559
birthday cake and had everyone sing Happy Birthday to me.

563
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,960
It made it very very special for me, So thank

564
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,280
you to the Heart Matters team and to everybody there

565
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:20,119
for making that night special for me personally, even though

566
00:34:20,159 --> 00:34:23,079
it was not about me at all, it really made

567
00:34:23,079 --> 00:34:26,639
my day. But aside from that, the event itself was

568
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,239
just great to be able to hear some of the

569
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:33,559
impact that their stories they are making and the heart

570
00:34:33,599 --> 00:34:36,199
behind what they're doing, and just to connect with some

571
00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:38,880
of the other creatives that I've been able to appear

572
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,400
in shows with, and things like that, so it was

573
00:34:41,519 --> 00:34:45,920
just a wonderful event. And after the event itself, I

574
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:49,199
was able to sit down with Christy and just talk

575
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:51,920
a little bit about the impact these stories have been

576
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,639
having and be able to share this with you everybody

577
00:34:55,679 --> 00:34:58,280
here in the ATC community and kind of let her

578
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:03,280
reflect back on the last several months of producing audio

579
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:06,119
drama and how that has fit into what they're doing there.

580
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:09,719
And you'll also hear us mention hearing from John Fornoff.

581
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:12,280
He was the speaker at the event, and he spoke

582
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:15,320
about how stories can change the world. So that's just

583
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,320
a little context for you when we get to that

584
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,119
part in the conversation, so you'll understand what was being

585
00:35:20,159 --> 00:35:23,760
referred to there. But this was recorded on location at

586
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:27,559
their office, not in a studio with a handheld microphone,

587
00:35:27,599 --> 00:35:30,519
so there is a bit of room noise, some room reflections,

588
00:35:30,559 --> 00:35:32,679
and some MI handling noise. I did my best to

589
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,719
minimize all of that, but you know, in a situation

590
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,079
like that, you can't eliminate it entirely, So I hope

591
00:35:38,079 --> 00:35:40,880
that doesn't detract from the message that Christy has to share.

592
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,119
You can definitely hear her heart for the work they're doing,

593
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:48,960
and I just am really excited to bring this conversation

594
00:35:49,079 --> 00:35:53,719
to you in this episode today. Again, it was recorded

595
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,679
a month ago, so as you heard in the updates segment,

596
00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:01,360
the Bullying Triangle has already started releasing and Christy references

597
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:04,960
that it is coming. So again, the first part is

598
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,679
already available in their app, so go ahead and check

599
00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:09,679
that out. But let's go ahead and give a listen

600
00:36:09,679 --> 00:36:13,599
to this conversation that I had with Christy Jardo. I

601
00:36:13,639 --> 00:36:19,519
am here at the Beautiful Heart Matters headquarters in Martlesville, Oklahoma,

602
00:36:19,679 --> 00:36:23,519
with Christy Jardo, lead program coordinator and executive producer of

603
00:36:23,559 --> 00:36:26,960
the Heart Matters Audio Dramas. We had a great event

604
00:36:27,039 --> 00:36:29,800
here this weekend, and first of all, before we get

605
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:31,599
into all of the stuff that I want to talk about,

606
00:36:31,639 --> 00:36:34,000
I just want to say thank you Christy for having

607
00:36:34,039 --> 00:36:36,800
the cast and crew down for this event. It was

608
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,199
I can't even think of the appropriate word. It was

609
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:42,320
just a wonderful evening, So thank you very much.

610
00:36:42,599 --> 00:36:45,679
Speaker 8: Absolutely, we were so happy to do it. Austin Peachee

611
00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:47,639
is the one that put it all together. But we

612
00:36:47,679 --> 00:36:51,800
wanted to have something because Sonicon wasn't happening this year,

613
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:54,800
so we thought what could we do to honor and

614
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,239
thank the contractors that have been working with us and

615
00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,599
honestly the people who have helped launch that app to

616
00:37:00,639 --> 00:37:03,519
where it is right now because of the audio dramas.

617
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,679
Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, and speaking of the audio dramas, now we're

618
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,760
about a year and a half from the launch of

619
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:14,639
the app. And we talked previously in ATC one ninety

620
00:37:14,639 --> 00:37:17,559
six back in February of twenty twenty four, and we

621
00:37:17,639 --> 00:37:20,280
talked a little bit about, you know, heart Matter's mission,

622
00:37:20,599 --> 00:37:23,239
why you decided to get into audio drama in the

623
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:27,480
first place. And so here we are eighteen ish months later.

624
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,559
I'd really like to hear your thoughts on what you've

625
00:37:30,559 --> 00:37:34,480
released thus far and maybe now that this has fully

626
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:37,840
come to fruition, how are you observing that this content

627
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:39,440
is fulfilling that mission for you.

628
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 8: Yeah, it's been eighteen months. I can't even believe it.

629
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:46,599
We are chugging along again. Austin Peach is our audio

630
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:49,480
content producer, so he is the one that's kind of

631
00:37:49,559 --> 00:37:52,920
overseen and being the one to help bring these up

632
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,159
with you working with the contractors. From the music composers,

633
00:37:56,159 --> 00:38:01,159
there's the video or the voice actors, the sound designers,

634
00:38:01,519 --> 00:38:04,079
everybody that it takes to do this. The writers, I

635
00:38:04,119 --> 00:38:07,239
know I'm missing something, the voice track editors, all of

636
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:11,719
these people that help bring these stories alive. It's been

637
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,960
an amazing adventure, honestly, because this is something that is

638
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,199
not in my wheelhouse. You know when it's God calling

639
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:20,119
you into something because it's something that you have no

640
00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:23,039
idea how to do it, but He helps you and

641
00:38:23,039 --> 00:38:25,320
prepares you along the way. Here I am as an

642
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:30,159
executive producer. I you have that science and math kind

643
00:38:30,159 --> 00:38:32,000
of brain, but I get to work with all of

644
00:38:32,039 --> 00:38:35,360
these creative people, these actors and the music composers, and

645
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,880
I get to see their content and see what they

646
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,440
do these gifts that God has given them. It's been

647
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:42,840
absolutely amazing. So I am very happy to be able

648
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,239
to be a part of that. So we've had a

649
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:49,039
lot of audio dramas come out since then, things where

650
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:52,079
we talk about sex, stortion, it's something that's happening to

651
00:38:52,119 --> 00:38:54,960
our kids right now, mostly our boys. We get to

652
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,719
talk about things like, well, I don't want to give

653
00:38:58,760 --> 00:38:59,719
some things away.

654
00:38:59,519 --> 00:39:00,559
Speaker 4: But were able to do.

655
00:39:00,599 --> 00:39:02,320
Speaker 8: We just came out with Potion of Power, which is

656
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:06,760
an incredible audio drama that basically says we need a savior.

657
00:39:07,039 --> 00:39:09,239
But even in the feedback we've gotten from that, they

658
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:12,679
talk about, hey, this is addiction, and we see how

659
00:39:12,679 --> 00:39:15,000
that affects people, and this is exactly how it is.

660
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,239
People don't think they can live without that, but they

661
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:18,760
know that the Lord can bring him through it. And

662
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:20,679
that's what is our hope through the Potion of Power

663
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:22,960
is just say we all need a savior and he

664
00:39:23,079 --> 00:39:24,719
is here for us, and he's here to help us,

665
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:26,920
and he can bring us out of whatever that thing

666
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:30,079
may be, such as addiction. He can bring you out

667
00:39:30,119 --> 00:39:33,599
of that. And so we also trying to think of

668
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,480
some of the other things. A Lifetime we came out

669
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,960
with at the beginning of this year. It's a pro

670
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:42,119
life audio drama, but you wouldn't know it necessarily. We

671
00:39:42,159 --> 00:39:46,119
just wanted to be able to portray obviously the Lord

672
00:39:46,159 --> 00:39:49,760
cares about life and we do too, and so being

673
00:39:50,039 --> 00:39:52,800
advocates for that. Just being able to bring that story

674
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:58,480
to life in a way just really touches my heart

675
00:39:58,559 --> 00:40:00,239
that I'm able to be able to do so thing

676
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:03,360
like that from this end. Obviously I wouldn't act in

677
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,039
it or anything like that, but just to be able

678
00:40:05,079 --> 00:40:07,840
to bring that story to life. Love doing that and

679
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:11,480
then we do things for the whole family, like super Distracted.

680
00:40:11,599 --> 00:40:14,639
You've got a superhero that's very distracted by his phone,

681
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:17,239
and so it's great, it's a comedy, it's light, but

682
00:40:17,559 --> 00:40:19,519
it also kind of hits you, like, you know what,

683
00:40:19,679 --> 00:40:22,360
we can all get distracted sometimes. I mean, I'm speaking

684
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:25,239
from experience with our phone, so to be able to

685
00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:27,800
bring that to life and just in a fun way

686
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,079
kind of let people know. But hopefully kids will be

687
00:40:30,079 --> 00:40:31,400
able to hear that too and think, you know what,

688
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:33,599
I shouldn't be on my phone as much because I'm

689
00:40:33,639 --> 00:40:36,440
mean distracted too. So a lot of those different things

690
00:40:36,559 --> 00:40:38,239
we want to touch on a lot of it. Not

691
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,119
every audio dramas for everyone, because you know, we do

692
00:40:41,199 --> 00:40:43,519
have age restrictions on some of them, but we want

693
00:40:43,519 --> 00:40:45,519
families to sit down and listen to them together so

694
00:40:45,559 --> 00:40:48,440
that we can open up the conversations about these things.

695
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:52,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, well that's exactly right, and I appreciate your tackling

696
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,719
a myriad of different issues because they're all important and

697
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,840
we need to be talking about these things. And to

698
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:01,760
your point about the potion of Power, yes, it does

699
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,920
speak to the person who might be dealing with addiction,

700
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:07,119
but I think as I was listening to it. I

701
00:41:07,199 --> 00:41:10,079
was listening also from a perspective of somebody who has

702
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,480
known somebody who's dealing with that, and so you can

703
00:41:13,519 --> 00:41:16,480
see some things to do and something's not to do

704
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:19,639
when you're dealing with somebody who's going through something like that.

705
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:22,280
So it works in both ways.

706
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:24,639
Speaker 4: I love that we got that from there, I really do.

707
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:26,480
Speaker 8: I appreciate that perspective too.

708
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:30,519
Speaker 2: So here we are twelve standalones, two mini series with

709
00:41:30,599 --> 00:41:34,639
Princess and Darkness Zoology so far, total of about almost

710
00:41:34,639 --> 00:41:39,039
twenty episodes. And I'm sure you've gotten some feedback from

711
00:41:39,159 --> 00:41:42,079
listeners or maybe even people involved in the projects. I'd

712
00:41:42,119 --> 00:41:44,320
love to hear maybe some of the impact that these

713
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:46,199
stories have been having thus far.

714
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:49,280
Speaker 8: Yeah, I love that, Yes, we have, we have gotten feedback.

715
00:41:49,639 --> 00:41:52,320
Austin people will reach out to him and just give

716
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:55,960
him their feedback of how it made them feel, what

717
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,480
they thought about working on it, and then we've just

718
00:41:58,519 --> 00:42:02,559
gotten listeners perspective to their feedback. So I do have

719
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:07,079
a couple. Lori Twitchell, she was the writer of Princess,

720
00:42:07,119 --> 00:42:09,920
and so she sent us something back and she said,

721
00:42:10,039 --> 00:42:12,039
not gonna lie. This one was tough. The way through

722
00:42:12,079 --> 00:42:14,159
while I was writing it, how do you address some

723
00:42:14,199 --> 00:42:16,840
of those heavier topics for middle school age audiences without

724
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:21,320
getting into more adult ratings or looming, preachy or expository.

725
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,760
And so she just said it took some digging, a

726
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:25,719
lot of tears, and a lot of hours, but it

727
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,119
turned out incredibly and I have hope that it's going

728
00:42:28,159 --> 00:42:32,760
to change lives, and that is sorry. That is why

729
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:35,719
we do what we do, and so just to bring

730
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:38,239
that hope to people who don't have it, but also

731
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:41,760
to bring awareness. I mean, Princess is about familial trafficking,

732
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:43,880
and a lot of people don't know that a lot

733
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:46,320
about it. You know, sometimes when people think of trafficking,

734
00:42:46,519 --> 00:42:48,599
I think it's becoming more known now that hey, it

735
00:42:48,639 --> 00:42:50,079
is happening here in the United States.

736
00:42:50,519 --> 00:42:52,400
Speaker 4: A lot of people think about take and.

737
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:53,760
Speaker 8: I don't know, if you remember that movie from a

738
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:56,679
long time ago, that oh, it happens somewhere else, but

739
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,719
it doesn't happens here. And we even know in a

740
00:43:00,079 --> 00:43:03,400
towns such as Bartlesville thirty five thousand people and some

741
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:06,960
surrounding towns are a lot smaller, familial trafficking is happening.

742
00:43:07,119 --> 00:43:09,119
And so that's why we wanted to bring light to

743
00:43:09,199 --> 00:43:11,440
this so that we can bring awareness to other people

744
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:14,079
and let them know this is going on. It's going

745
00:43:14,119 --> 00:43:16,440
on all around the United States. It's going on in

746
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,440
your community and in your neighborhood. So we want people

747
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:23,039
to really be able to understand it more, to see

748
00:43:23,079 --> 00:43:26,119
those signs, to look forward, to know that there's something

749
00:43:26,119 --> 00:43:29,039
that you can do too, and being proactive about seeing something.

750
00:43:29,119 --> 00:43:31,599
So that's where Princess came from.

751
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:35,000
Speaker 2: Well, and again you're covering both sides of the equation

752
00:43:35,079 --> 00:43:39,840
that you're talking about, the trafficked and those all involved

753
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:42,880
in it, on both sides of the good and the bad.

754
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:47,000
And it's such important work. So hats off to you

755
00:43:47,079 --> 00:43:48,639
guys for tackling these issues.

756
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:49,559
Speaker 4: Thank you so much.

757
00:43:49,599 --> 00:43:52,639
Speaker 8: I really appreciate that we've had people just say, hey,

758
00:43:52,639 --> 00:43:54,719
thanks to Heart Matters for being bold enough to tackle

759
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:58,760
the subject, and that every family and every church needs

760
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:00,840
to hear this. So that's kind of what we want

761
00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:03,480
to do, is to get that the app out there

762
00:44:03,519 --> 00:44:05,960
so that people can listen to these things, because again,

763
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:08,760
not everybody knows and so we want to bring awareness

764
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:10,599
of that. We want to bring light to the darkness.

765
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:14,239
Speaker 2: Go download the app if you're listening. Obviously you are

766
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,840
go download the app right now. Any other bits of

767
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:18,800
feedback you want to share.

768
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:21,679
Speaker 8: Yeah, So one of the things that we reached out

769
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:24,800
was a Potion of Power because it is so powerful,

770
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:28,039
it is so well done. If people haven't listened to it,

771
00:44:28,079 --> 00:44:31,119
they really need to because every part about that is

772
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:34,119
just amazing. But somebody had said, hey, I just listened

773
00:44:34,159 --> 00:44:35,960
to the Potion of Power and brought me to tears.

774
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,679
The acting was phenomenal, the script was impactful, the music

775
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:42,639
was fantastic. It was truly beautiful. So again, the Lord

776
00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:46,159
is putting these contractors in our say, in our way

777
00:44:46,199 --> 00:44:49,159
that doesn't sound right. He's bringing them to us so

778
00:44:49,199 --> 00:44:52,920
that they can, you know, share their gift while glorifying

779
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:56,840
Him and what they're doing by sharing hope of Christ

780
00:44:57,719 --> 00:45:00,239
in these things too, because that's the other piece of this.

781
00:45:00,519 --> 00:45:04,079
While we want audio dramas and we want to entertain people,

782
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:07,039
we want to teach people, but most importantly, we want

783
00:45:07,079 --> 00:45:09,599
to bring the hope of Christ to them because He's

784
00:45:09,639 --> 00:45:13,000
what matters, and so to glorify Him in doing this

785
00:45:13,159 --> 00:45:15,920
for people to be on board with us, to obey

786
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:17,840
the calling that he's calling them to do, whether it's

787
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:21,800
acting or you know, creating music or sound designing. That's

788
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:25,920
what this is all about, is glorifying Him. So I

789
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,840
was trying to see if there was anything else said

790
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:31,119
I got. Somebody had said, you know, this is a beautiful, powerful,

791
00:45:31,119 --> 00:45:35,000
intriguing story. It's full of twists and turns and unexpected things,

792
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:37,760
and I've got a powerful theme at its heart, and

793
00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:41,039
again it's Christ. And so I hope that that's what

794
00:45:41,079 --> 00:45:44,079
people get out of that when they listen to it again,

795
00:45:44,159 --> 00:45:47,199
it's you've got the addiction piece, things to do and

796
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:49,559
not to do, but most importantly, it just points people

797
00:45:49,559 --> 00:45:50,000
to Christ.

798
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:54,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, it's such great stuff. Now you said it earlier. Well,

799
00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:56,719
I'm not a voice actor. I'm not really involved. I

800
00:45:56,719 --> 00:45:58,320
was thinking, but I know you've done a few bit

801
00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:01,320
parts here and there in these shows, So are there

802
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:03,599
any of them that you want to share? Tell the listener,

803
00:46:03,679 --> 00:46:05,280
like some of the bit parts that you've done, and

804
00:46:05,599 --> 00:46:07,440
how has that experience been for you.

805
00:46:08,199 --> 00:46:09,320
Speaker 4: It's been a lot of fun.

806
00:46:09,679 --> 00:46:11,800
Speaker 8: I know it's not my wheelhouse, but I have a

807
00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:15,239
great director in Austin because he will pull it out

808
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:17,320
of you. So that's a good thing when you know

809
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:19,119
you're going in there and you know he's going to

810
00:46:19,159 --> 00:46:21,280
be patient with you and he's going to pull those

811
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:23,519
things out. Okay, great, but I want you to do

812
00:46:23,519 --> 00:46:25,159
it this way now, you know. So that's a lot

813
00:46:25,199 --> 00:46:27,480
of fun to be able to do that. Thankfully it's

814
00:46:27,519 --> 00:46:29,400
not on camera because I can't even imagine what that

815
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:32,280
might look like. Some of the things that I've done,

816
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:34,519
I am not going to tell you because then people

817
00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:37,320
listener and are like, oh, yeah, you're right, that's not

818
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:37,679
her thing.

819
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:39,639
Speaker 4: No, I'm just kidding. I do have one.

820
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:43,000
Speaker 8: Well I probably shouldn't say, but I get to actually

821
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:47,239
work alongside my husband, and this part is kind of

822
00:46:47,639 --> 00:46:49,000
I have to be irritated with him.

823
00:46:49,039 --> 00:46:50,400
Speaker 4: I'm like, oh, that is not a problem.

824
00:46:50,599 --> 00:46:54,199
Speaker 8: No, No, I think it's a lot of fun. Though again,

825
00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:57,880
to be on that side of it totally different. But

826
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:02,000
I get actually more of appreciation for people that do this.

827
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:06,599
You know, at our event last night, to see people

828
00:47:06,719 --> 00:47:09,360
volunteer to get up and do some of the audio

829
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:11,639
dramas we've already done, just you know a few pages

830
00:47:11,679 --> 00:47:14,719
of out of the script and to see them not

831
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,840
have a clue exactly what the scene is. You know,

832
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:20,280
Austin says, well, here's the scene you're going to play

833
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:22,599
this character and you have to play it this way,

834
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:25,360
but there's no reading through it. They just pop up

835
00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:28,480
there and they do it, and I'm like, what, Yeah,

836
00:47:28,559 --> 00:47:30,920
that's when I know, Okay, Yeah, these people have a

837
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:32,559
gifting for this and they know what they're doing. But

838
00:47:32,599 --> 00:47:34,440
it's a lot of fun to watch and it's a

839
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:35,159
lot of fun to hear.

840
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:38,760
Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, And you know, we talked a little bit

841
00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:41,199
about some of the feedback you're getting from elsewhere, but

842
00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:44,079
I'd also love to know from you personally. I know

843
00:47:44,119 --> 00:47:46,480
you listen to these as they go through the process.

844
00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:49,760
Has there been a particular line or a scene of

845
00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:52,320
any of the iudeodramas so far that has really resonated

846
00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:56,599
with you personally or you thought particularly really hit home

847
00:47:56,800 --> 00:47:58,079
the point that you were trying to make.

848
00:47:58,559 --> 00:48:01,039
Speaker 8: That's really good, I think again here I go back

849
00:48:01,079 --> 00:48:03,519
to Potion of Power. But I also don't want to

850
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:06,480
I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll just tell

851
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:09,599
you there's a line in there that just hits home?

852
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:12,760
Does it for me? I'm like, that's it, that's the one.

853
00:48:13,559 --> 00:48:15,719
So hopefully people can go and figure that one out.

854
00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:21,719
A far off planet is taking my favorite Bible story,

855
00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:25,039
setting it in sci fi, you know, which I love,

856
00:48:25,679 --> 00:48:29,199
and you know, it's just done in such a great way.

857
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:32,280
But just like every time I read that story in

858
00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:36,000
the Bible, I'm crying every time I listen to that

859
00:48:36,039 --> 00:48:37,880
because we just listened to it, you know, with you

860
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:41,079
guys tears again, I mean every time, because you just

861
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:45,320
know that this is me and this is the Lord

862
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:48,559
and he is running after me, and I just I

863
00:48:48,599 --> 00:48:50,440
think that is just such a powerful thing.

864
00:48:50,519 --> 00:48:53,639
Speaker 4: So that has been very impactful. I love that. I

865
00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:54,840
love to be able to.

866
00:48:54,760 --> 00:48:58,719
Speaker 8: Bring people Bible stories and maybe they don't necessarily know

867
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:00,719
it is. We listen to one last night, which I

868
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:02,800
can't give away because it doesn't come out until December,

869
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:06,199
but we got to hear that. Another another Bible story

870
00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:09,159
done in a Western way, you know, so here's cowboys

871
00:49:09,159 --> 00:49:10,199
and Indians.

872
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:12,840
Speaker 4: But it's a Bible story. So good. I love that.

873
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:17,679
Speaker 8: I think probably the most impactful because it's something that

874
00:49:17,719 --> 00:49:21,400
I've been through. We won't come out until next year,

875
00:49:21,639 --> 00:49:23,679
so just being able to be a part of that

876
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:28,440
and help kind of put my story into it was

877
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:33,360
a really awesome thing to do because again, it's hopefully

878
00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:35,800
it's going to speak to everybody, but I know it's

879
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:38,920
going to speak to a certain group of people who

880
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:41,880
have been through what I've been through, and so yeah,

881
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:43,800
we might have to talk about that, maybe a later

882
00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:46,920
time so that you guys will know what I'm talking about.

883
00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:49,440
But it will come out next year, so we're looking

884
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:50,840
forward to that one too well.

885
00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:53,960
Speaker 2: Isn't that the point of good storytelling is that you

886
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:56,079
can relate to it, you can resonate with it. We

887
00:49:56,159 --> 00:49:59,519
heard about that from John Fornoff, and I think that's

888
00:49:59,639 --> 00:50:02,800
when you know you've hit the mark is when you've

889
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:05,360
been involved with the process the entire way through, right,

890
00:50:05,719 --> 00:50:08,599
and then you hear the finished project and it still

891
00:50:08,679 --> 00:50:11,519
hits home like that's that's a successful story.

892
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:12,000
Speaker 6: Yes.

893
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:15,159
Speaker 8: I absolutely loved what John Thornoff had to say, and

894
00:50:15,199 --> 00:50:17,559
he was He's so right. I mean, he was so

895
00:50:17,599 --> 00:50:19,400
inspiring and I'm like, I need to write a story

896
00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:22,360
about something I don't know what, but yeah, for us

897
00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:25,519
to be able to put our I don't want to

898
00:50:25,519 --> 00:50:28,039
say our stamp, but things that the Lord has brought

899
00:50:28,119 --> 00:50:29,679
us through and to be able to put that into

900
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:32,440
a story, like you said, is going to resonate with someone,

901
00:50:32,559 --> 00:50:34,000
and that's what we want to do, you know, I

902
00:50:34,039 --> 00:50:37,199
know Second Corinthians one talks about you know, the God

903
00:50:37,199 --> 00:50:39,800
of all comfort who comforts us, and then we are

904
00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:41,920
able to comfort people that have been through you know,

905
00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:43,800
they're going through that same thing that we've been through.

906
00:50:44,159 --> 00:50:46,320
So I think being able to do that, I think

907
00:50:46,480 --> 00:50:50,280
is a huge blessing. And I'm honored to be able

908
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:52,559
to do that again because of what He's done for me.

909
00:50:53,119 --> 00:50:55,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, you mentioned a far off Planet and

910
00:50:55,800 --> 00:50:57,440
I hadn't listened to that one in quite some time,

911
00:50:57,480 --> 00:51:00,400
and so we got to listen to it altogether. And

912
00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:04,679
afterwards I messaged Dominic Trice, who plays the main character

913
00:51:04,760 --> 00:51:06,920
in that one, and I said, I forgot how good

914
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:08,719
you were in that. It was so good to hear

915
00:51:08,760 --> 00:51:12,599
it again. And yeah, I was also moved. You know,

916
00:51:12,639 --> 00:51:14,360
I'm sitting there at the table like, don't lose it.

917
00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:18,599
Don't lose it, because it is it's a beautiful picture

918
00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:23,039
of that story that Jesus tells in the New Testament

919
00:51:23,119 --> 00:51:28,599
and just reframed in a really cool way. And so

920
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:32,719
it's just so impactful and I love that. So, as

921
00:51:32,719 --> 00:51:34,920
I said earlier, here we are, you know, almost two

922
00:51:35,039 --> 00:51:38,480
years in now, I'd love to know from your perspective,

923
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:41,039
and I'm sure Austin and I can talk about this

924
00:51:41,079 --> 00:51:43,880
from his perspective at some point too. But have there

925
00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:48,199
been any unexpected challenges or maybe some unexpected joys as

926
00:51:48,239 --> 00:51:51,440
you work through this process of creating audio drama because

927
00:51:51,559 --> 00:51:54,519
this is sort of a new thing for you personally.

928
00:51:54,599 --> 00:51:59,239
Speaker 8: Yes, absolutely, just challenge wise, I would say, I mean,

929
00:51:59,679 --> 00:52:02,320
is this is going to sound terrible, probably, but money.

930
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:06,559
Money is the biggest challenge. So kind of not knowing

931
00:52:06,559 --> 00:52:08,480
what this looks like, not knowing what an app would

932
00:52:08,519 --> 00:52:10,599
look like, but knowing that we were called to do that,

933
00:52:11,199 --> 00:52:15,639
and especially putting somebody who was already in our organization.

934
00:52:16,119 --> 00:52:19,360
Austin was hired as the social media guy, and so

935
00:52:20,159 --> 00:52:22,920
we knew that the Lord, you know, several months after

936
00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:25,599
this was calling us out of social media. You know,

937
00:52:25,639 --> 00:52:28,639
you're giving a parent presentation and you're saying, telling all

938
00:52:28,679 --> 00:52:30,440
this stuff about social media, and then you're like, hey,

939
00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:32,559
go follow us on social media, and everybody kind of

940
00:52:32,639 --> 00:52:35,920
laughs and you're like, yeah, this doesn't make sense. And

941
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:38,440
so knowing that he was going to do that, we

942
00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:41,079
took everything down on social media and thought, you know what,

943
00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:44,639
this is actually pretty amazing because how is this going

944
00:52:44,679 --> 00:52:45,119
to grow?

945
00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:45,599
Speaker 2: Right?

946
00:52:45,639 --> 00:52:47,760
Speaker 8: Everyone's like, you've got to be on social media. Well

947
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:50,840
you don't because we serve a big God and so

948
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:53,079
we just know, you know what, whatever happens, it's going

949
00:52:53,119 --> 00:52:55,199
to be Him. It's not going to be us putting

950
00:52:55,239 --> 00:52:57,320
stuff on social media. It's all going to be Him.

951
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:00,639
So fast forward, after we were able to step out

952
00:53:00,679 --> 00:53:03,719
in faith, our board was like, Okay, we're going to

953
00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:05,599
step out in faith with you and we're going to

954
00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:07,599
allow you guys to do this app and then we're

955
00:53:07,599 --> 00:53:10,960
going to see what happens. And so then this past

956
00:53:11,039 --> 00:53:14,519
year being able to put everything out has been amazing.

957
00:53:14,639 --> 00:53:18,760
The feedback has been amazing, getting downloads, not being on

958
00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:23,079
social media amazing. But now the board's like, Okay, this

959
00:53:23,159 --> 00:53:25,960
costs a lot of money to do this. We need

960
00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:30,159
to go out and get not donations aren't coming in,

961
00:53:30,239 --> 00:53:34,159
you know they are, but they're not enough because putting

962
00:53:34,159 --> 00:53:37,320
an app together costs a lot of money. And so again,

963
00:53:37,679 --> 00:53:40,159
the Lord is our provision and we trust that he

964
00:53:40,239 --> 00:53:42,280
called us to do this and we know he will provide.

965
00:53:42,519 --> 00:53:44,079
Speaker 4: But we did have to pull back.

966
00:53:44,239 --> 00:53:46,039
Speaker 8: So there was a couple of audio dramas that we

967
00:53:46,079 --> 00:53:49,360
had to push to hopefully next year, Lord willing, we'll

968
00:53:49,360 --> 00:53:51,679
be able to do those and so, you know, just

969
00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:54,800
kind of following his lead and him guiding us and

970
00:53:55,239 --> 00:53:58,079
give his wisdom on when to spend and how much

971
00:53:58,119 --> 00:54:01,880
to spend. So that's been the biggest challenge honestly with this,

972
00:54:02,679 --> 00:54:06,880
you know, having the all the contractors in place, the

973
00:54:07,239 --> 00:54:10,440
people that Austin knows, the people that he's met along

974
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:14,440
the way, people coming on and sharing the app, and

975
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:17,119
people wanting to be a part of that. Just growing

976
00:54:17,159 --> 00:54:20,840
his list of contractors. That's been amazing. And so I

977
00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:23,360
think that's just going to continue to happen is as

978
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:25,599
you all share this, as we're able to share it

979
00:54:25,599 --> 00:54:28,280
with other people, and thank you for us being able

980
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:30,639
to be on this podcast to do that. So just

981
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:34,079
I think that just seeing how the Lord is bringing

982
00:54:34,079 --> 00:54:37,679
those people alongside us, the talent that he has given them,

983
00:54:38,119 --> 00:54:41,519
you know, those gifts amazing. That's all been joyful. And

984
00:54:41,559 --> 00:54:43,519
then just to see what God's going to do with

985
00:54:43,559 --> 00:54:46,480
it from here on out, I am joyfully expected in that.

986
00:54:47,039 --> 00:54:50,480
Speaker 2: Well, that's fantastic. And I'm going to just just pause

987
00:54:50,559 --> 00:54:53,760
right here and give you a chance to tell the

988
00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:55,840
listener what your website is if they feel like they

989
00:54:55,880 --> 00:54:58,239
would like to donate, I'm sure there's a way to

990
00:54:58,239 --> 00:54:59,480
do that on the website. Is that correct?

991
00:54:59,559 --> 00:55:03,639
Speaker 8: Yes, rrect Yeah is heart Matters hyphen okay, since we're

992
00:55:03,639 --> 00:55:06,880
in Oklahoma dot org. And there is a give button

993
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:09,239
at the top. There's also a give page if you

994
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:11,360
download the app at the very bottom. There is a

995
00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:13,280
give portion there too, and they both go to the

996
00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:16,760
same place. And you can give by credit card, debit card,

997
00:55:17,239 --> 00:55:19,480
and then you can give like on a monthly basis,

998
00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:22,079
you can give a one time gift. So yeah, those

999
00:55:22,119 --> 00:55:23,639
are the ways that we have to be able to

1000
00:55:23,679 --> 00:55:23,920
do that.

1001
00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:26,960
Speaker 2: Great. Great and I'm gonna say it again if you

1002
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:31,119
haven't already download the app, and yeah, I've been able

1003
00:55:31,119 --> 00:55:33,880
to be involved in three of the productions so far,

1004
00:55:34,119 --> 00:55:36,960
acting into and doing some post production work on one

1005
00:55:37,039 --> 00:55:41,840
of them. And they're just fun. Well I shouldn't say

1006
00:55:41,840 --> 00:55:44,519
they're all fun stories. Many of them are just fun

1007
00:55:44,559 --> 00:55:48,119
stories and some of them are very deep some of them,

1008
00:55:48,159 --> 00:55:50,719
as you talked about, there's different age ranges that these

1009
00:55:50,760 --> 00:55:54,239
are applicable to, but there's something for every age range

1010
00:55:54,239 --> 00:55:57,239
in your family. So get the app now. As we

1011
00:55:57,280 --> 00:56:00,639
also talk a little bit about finances. This is something

1012
00:56:01,039 --> 00:56:03,440
I'm pretty sure we touched on a little bit in

1013
00:56:03,480 --> 00:56:07,679
our first conversation, But are there any plans to at

1014
00:56:07,679 --> 00:56:12,719
some point maybe offer digital downloads, maybe high quality audio

1015
00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:15,920
digital downloads for purchase as a way for listeners, you know,

1016
00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:17,679
they can stream it for free. I should say app

1017
00:56:17,719 --> 00:56:20,239
is free. You can listen for free, all the discussion

1018
00:56:20,239 --> 00:56:22,679
guides and coloring pages and all that stuff. It's free.

1019
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:26,039
So is that a thing that you're exploring, maybe even

1020
00:56:26,039 --> 00:56:28,760
CDs sets of some of the series or something like

1021
00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:31,719
that as another revenue revenue stream.

1022
00:56:32,079 --> 00:56:35,440
Speaker 8: Yes, absolutely, I know Austin has mentioned that. I've had

1023
00:56:35,599 --> 00:56:38,400
another gentleman that we've worked a lot with say hey,

1024
00:56:38,679 --> 00:56:40,719
here's some ideas and it's those and I'm like, you

1025
00:56:40,719 --> 00:56:43,480
know what people are wanting to do that. Absolutely, that's

1026
00:56:43,480 --> 00:56:45,719
something we can definitely do. So we thought, you know

1027
00:56:45,800 --> 00:56:48,159
what if maybe the next place that would go have

1028
00:56:48,199 --> 00:56:50,400
a booth or something like that, see how that goes.

1029
00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:53,000
But absolutely, I think merch is something that we want

1030
00:56:53,079 --> 00:56:55,400
to do. We have a puppet drama that's going to

1031
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:58,880
come out next year. We had puppets made. They're amazing

1032
00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:01,880
their life size, and we're going to put that out,

1033
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:05,719
so you know how fun would sweatshirts with mister lyon.

1034
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:08,320
You guys will have to tune in download the app

1035
00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:10,679
and we'll let you know what that's all about. But

1036
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:14,199
things like that, because you know, Austin had stickers made

1037
00:57:14,320 --> 00:57:16,760
for all of the audio dramas, you know, the thumbnails,

1038
00:57:16,960 --> 00:57:20,000
which that looked fantastic. But you even have stuff like that,

1039
00:57:20,119 --> 00:57:22,400
you know, to be able to do just little things,

1040
00:57:22,920 --> 00:57:25,440
but people might ask, you know, hey, where'd you get

1041
00:57:25,480 --> 00:57:26,840
the sticker or what is this about?

1042
00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:27,400
Speaker 4: Or what is that?

1043
00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:29,119
Speaker 8: You know, we would love to be able to do that,

1044
00:57:29,199 --> 00:57:32,000
so just continue to bring that. You know, when we

1045
00:57:32,280 --> 00:57:33,760
one of the things that we do here at Heart

1046
00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:35,880
Matters is we go into the schools and we teach

1047
00:57:35,960 --> 00:57:39,719
kids during the day digital media safety, how to protect themselves,

1048
00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:42,719
how to keep themselves safe online, not only you know,

1049
00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:45,679
from predators, but also from screen time. You know, you

1050
00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:47,960
got to balance your media. So we do a lot

1051
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:49,679
of that. But when we go into the public schools,

1052
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:53,360
we can't share Christ and so with that we're able

1053
00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:56,159
to tell them about the app and then that way

1054
00:57:56,159 --> 00:57:58,360
they can go download it and they can see the

1055
00:57:58,400 --> 00:58:01,519
gospel you will on there. We have something called the

1056
00:58:01,519 --> 00:58:04,119
rest of the story, and so we're doing Bible stories

1057
00:58:04,559 --> 00:58:07,599
visually too, and so then you get the audio dramas

1058
00:58:07,639 --> 00:58:09,360
where you do get the hope of Christ and some

1059
00:58:09,400 --> 00:58:11,760
of these and so just to be able to share

1060
00:58:11,880 --> 00:58:15,039
Christ with them is like our number one goal. We

1061
00:58:15,119 --> 00:58:17,320
want to keep them safe online. We want to teach

1062
00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:19,679
parents how to do that also and talk to their kids,

1063
00:58:20,519 --> 00:58:22,519
but we also want to share Christ with everyone. So

1064
00:58:22,559 --> 00:58:24,039
that is, you know, one of the things.

1065
00:58:23,880 --> 00:58:24,679
Speaker 4: That the app can do.

1066
00:58:25,119 --> 00:58:29,159
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's fantastic. So I've got one more business or

1067
00:58:29,199 --> 00:58:32,119
serious question. But before we wrap up with that, I

1068
00:58:32,159 --> 00:58:34,400
want to do something that we sometimes do for fun.

1069
00:58:34,760 --> 00:58:36,599
It's a lightning round. I call it this or that.

1070
00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:38,440
So I'm going to throw a few things at you

1071
00:58:38,519 --> 00:58:41,119
and you just tell me what you prefer between these two.

1072
00:58:41,159 --> 00:58:41,599
Speaker 1: Is that right?

1073
00:58:41,679 --> 00:58:42,199
Speaker 4: Sounds good?

1074
00:58:42,440 --> 00:58:44,559
Speaker 2: Okay? First step chocolate or vanilla?

1075
00:58:44,719 --> 00:58:49,079
Speaker 8: Oh, chocolate, death by chocolate by Jared's frozen custard.

1076
00:58:49,159 --> 00:58:49,719
Speaker 4: It's got.

1077
00:58:50,039 --> 00:58:52,280
Speaker 8: I also add peanut butter and caramel to that, So

1078
00:58:52,639 --> 00:58:53,119
I mean.

1079
00:58:53,079 --> 00:58:53,760
Speaker 4: That's the best.

1080
00:58:54,800 --> 00:58:57,400
Speaker 2: That sounds pretty good. That sounds pretty good, all right?

1081
00:58:57,480 --> 00:58:58,320
Mountains or beach?

1082
00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:01,519
Speaker 8: Oh that's so hard. Can I be on a beach

1083
00:59:01,519 --> 00:59:06,599
with the mountains behind me. Okay, good, because that is

1084
00:59:06,639 --> 00:59:09,920
something I've always wondered. Oh, the mountains are so amazing

1085
00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:12,119
and fantastic, and then you can go to a beach

1086
00:59:12,199 --> 00:59:14,559
and it's just as amazing fantastic. So it's really hard

1087
00:59:14,559 --> 00:59:17,039
to cheerse Maybe Hawaii is that what I should say.

1088
00:59:17,039 --> 00:59:19,360
I've never been, but I know there's mountains and there's

1089
00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:21,320
a beach, so that's true.

1090
00:59:21,360 --> 00:59:25,119
Speaker 2: Well, my home state of Oregon, we've got the coast

1091
00:59:25,119 --> 00:59:26,960
there and then we have like Mount Hood and all

1092
00:59:26,960 --> 00:59:27,920
these other instagra.

1093
00:59:28,079 --> 00:59:30,679
Speaker 8: Maybe I need to come visit Oregon. That sounds pretty good.

1094
00:59:31,639 --> 00:59:33,639
Speaker 2: All right. Last one, cats are dogs.

1095
00:59:33,880 --> 00:59:37,840
Speaker 8: Both I have both, so again I can't cheese have

1096
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:40,559
a German Shepherd. And then I have a couple of kitties.

1097
00:59:40,880 --> 00:59:44,079
One's a rescue kitty and one is a Diba that

1098
00:59:44,119 --> 00:59:46,400
I got. She's a British short hair but she's so sweet.

1099
00:59:47,920 --> 00:59:50,920
Speaker 2: That's fun. All right. Well, this has been a pleasure

1100
00:59:50,960 --> 00:59:52,960
to chat with you again and catch up on what

1101
00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:55,119
you guys are doing here at Heart Matters Again. I

1102
00:59:55,199 --> 00:59:59,840
love the mission, I love the commitment to making quality stories,

1103
01:00:00,280 --> 01:00:02,880
and so I really appreciate what you're doing. Now I

1104
01:00:02,920 --> 01:00:05,800
know you can't give spoilers, and you know, don't want

1105
01:00:05,800 --> 01:00:08,559
to give too much detail, but is there any kind

1106
01:00:08,559 --> 01:00:10,159
of teasers you can give us for some of the

1107
01:00:10,159 --> 01:00:12,679
stories that might be coming up maybe later this year,

1108
01:00:12,760 --> 01:00:15,320
or maybe something that's still a little ways out, anything

1109
01:00:15,360 --> 01:00:17,519
at all, genre or anything.

1110
01:00:17,800 --> 01:00:19,280
Speaker 4: Yes, Okay, let me see.

1111
01:00:19,360 --> 01:00:23,559
Speaker 8: We do have another medieval one coming out next year,

1112
01:00:23,679 --> 01:00:26,679
which I really love, and that is the part. That's

1113
01:00:26,679 --> 01:00:28,559
the one I was talking about earlier that kind of

1114
01:00:28,599 --> 01:00:32,360
has my story in it. And then we talked about

1115
01:00:32,480 --> 01:00:35,599
the Western. It's a Bible story, but it's a Western,

1116
01:00:36,159 --> 01:00:38,679
so I love to always tease. My husband was here

1117
01:00:39,039 --> 01:00:41,880
listening with us at the event and I said, see

1118
01:00:41,880 --> 01:00:43,679
if you can tell me what Bible story this is,

1119
01:00:43,760 --> 01:00:45,679
you know, and so anyway, so that was fun for

1120
01:00:45,800 --> 01:00:48,360
him trying to figure it out along the way, and

1121
01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:52,000
then coming up this year, actually next month, we have

1122
01:00:52,440 --> 01:00:54,559
a really neat way of.

1123
01:00:54,519 --> 01:00:55,280
Speaker 4: Telling the story.

1124
01:00:55,400 --> 01:00:57,639
Speaker 8: It's not a fun story, but it's kind it's a

1125
01:00:57,679 --> 01:00:59,519
neat way. I don't know if you ever saw a

1126
01:00:59,599 --> 01:01:03,280
vantage point. It's a movie Dennis Quaid was and I

1127
01:01:03,320 --> 01:01:05,519
don't even know how long ago. It's quite old, but

1128
01:01:05,639 --> 01:01:08,400
it was the vantage point. So seeing the same story

1129
01:01:08,639 --> 01:01:12,679
from different viewpoint and so stay tuned for that. But

1130
01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:15,679
it does have to do with bullying and cyber bullying,

1131
01:01:16,280 --> 01:01:18,559
so from three different points of view.

1132
01:01:19,039 --> 01:01:21,920
Speaker 2: Oh, so we're going from a duology to a trilogy.

1133
01:01:21,519 --> 01:01:23,360
Speaker 4: Now, exactly, yes, exactly?

1134
01:01:24,679 --> 01:01:26,800
Speaker 2: All right, Well again, this has been a pleasure to

1135
01:01:26,840 --> 01:01:29,880
chat with you, and I just again appreciate what you

1136
01:01:29,880 --> 01:01:32,840
guys are doing and any final words you want to

1137
01:01:32,840 --> 01:01:33,559
say to the listener.

1138
01:01:34,320 --> 01:01:36,880
Speaker 8: No, I just appreciate you guys having us on because

1139
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:38,920
the more that we get to talk about it, the

1140
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:41,400
more people will hear about it and then download the

1141
01:01:41,440 --> 01:01:44,639
app and hopefully get some tools or some help or

1142
01:01:44,840 --> 01:01:46,239
you know, some hope from it.

1143
01:01:46,280 --> 01:01:47,920
Speaker 4: So I really appreciate.

1144
01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:50,159
Speaker 8: You and anyone on all your listeners who have downloaded

1145
01:01:50,159 --> 01:01:50,519
the app.

1146
01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:55,960
Speaker 2: Thank you, Christy, Thank you well. Thank you to Christy

1147
01:01:56,199 --> 01:01:59,920
again for coming on the show, for sharing and link

1148
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:02,480
thanks to all of the things that we discussed, all

1149
01:02:02,519 --> 01:02:04,719
the pertinent links to their website, to the app to

1150
01:02:04,760 --> 01:02:07,000
where you can donate. All of that is in the

1151
01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:10,480
show notes. Be sure to check that out. And I

1152
01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:12,360
would love to hear from you what your favorite Heart

1153
01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:14,719
Matters audio drama so far has been.

1154
01:02:15,159 --> 01:02:16,760
Speaker 3: So what are you think of the show.

1155
01:02:21,480 --> 01:02:22,760
Speaker 1: Please leave your message after the.

1156
01:02:22,760 --> 01:02:24,880
Speaker 4: Selle hi Audi Theater Central.

1157
01:02:25,039 --> 01:02:26,719
Speaker 2: Hey guys, this is awesome preaching.

1158
01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:27,719
Speaker 6: Hello j D.

1159
01:02:27,960 --> 01:02:30,320
Speaker 4: Royan Andrew Minum is Victoria Now.

1160
01:02:30,400 --> 01:02:32,599
Speaker 5: Yesterday I received a letter from a big band.

1161
01:02:32,840 --> 01:02:33,599
Speaker 2: No time to try.

1162
01:02:33,880 --> 01:02:36,880
Speaker 3: I've got an email listen another package for me today?

1163
01:02:37,039 --> 01:02:38,360
No exactly, just your mail.

1164
01:02:42,079 --> 01:02:44,159
Speaker 2: Well, it is that time of the episode to hear

1165
01:02:44,239 --> 01:02:47,000
from you. If you'd like to get in touch with us,

1166
01:02:47,280 --> 01:02:50,880
email feedback at audiotheatercentral dot com. You can comment on

1167
01:02:50,960 --> 01:02:53,679
the show notes, or send a text message or leave

1168
01:02:53,679 --> 01:02:57,400
a voicemail at our feedback hotline six two three six

1169
01:02:57,599 --> 01:03:01,280
eight eight two seven seven zero Again six two three

1170
01:03:01,840 --> 01:03:06,559
six eight eight two seven seven zero. Well. First up

1171
01:03:06,679 --> 01:03:08,760
is an email from Jeremy and he said, I wanted

1172
01:03:08,800 --> 01:03:11,559
to wish you a happy fifteenth anniversary. I have been

1173
01:03:11,599 --> 01:03:14,400
a loyal listener ever since twenty eighteen or twenty nineteen.

1174
01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:17,400
I hope the podcast is around for years to come.

1175
01:03:17,880 --> 01:03:19,760
I can't wait until a new episode comes out at

1176
01:03:19,760 --> 01:03:21,760
the beginning of the month. It has become one of

1177
01:03:21,840 --> 01:03:24,320
my favorite podcasts to listen to. It is at the

1178
01:03:24,400 --> 01:03:28,599
top of my podcast list. Well, Jeremy, thank you so much.

1179
01:03:28,679 --> 01:03:33,559
That means a lot, and I plan to be around

1180
01:03:33,559 --> 01:03:37,119
for years to come as well. He continues, I really

1181
01:03:37,199 --> 01:03:39,760
enjoyed the bonus episodes that you and Austin did. I

1182
01:03:39,840 --> 01:03:41,519
hope this will be something that you will do more

1183
01:03:41,559 --> 01:03:44,719
of in the future. Yes, we do try to do

1184
01:03:44,800 --> 01:03:46,880
those when it makes sense to do so, when we're

1185
01:03:46,920 --> 01:03:49,159
at an event, like we have done in the past

1186
01:03:49,239 --> 01:03:53,800
with Sonic KHN, and we have done similar things with

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the Adventures Odyssey events that we've been able to attend

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live and record at. So yes, we will do those

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on occasion when it makes sense. So I'm glad you

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enjoyed those. He also had a question. He said, you

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mentioned the Left Behind audio dramas. Is there a way

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to download these to my computer or can you get

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them on CD? Well, you used to be able to

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do both. Unfortunately, it appears that the Left Behind audio

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dramas are only on certain audiobook streaming services like Audiblespotify,

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audiobooks dot Com, and in some of those places it's

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only the first one, and then in others they have

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more than one. It doesn't appear to be available none

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of them on the online retailers or on the website

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The official website from Gap Digital. It was called Earflix.

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That website is gone, so unfortunately, it seems like the

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only place where you can purchase a download is through

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libro FM, and that is linked in the show notes,

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but it was only the first one. Again, it was

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only book one left Behind, not the rest of the series.

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Now it has the audio book versions, but not the

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audio dramas, so that's unfortunate. I don't know what's going

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on there with the distribution, but just a heads up

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that on any of these audiobook platforms it's not going

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to be high quality audio anyway. But aside from watching

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eBay or Amazon for used CD copies and ripping them,

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that seems to be the only place to acquire digital

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copies and they are out of print in CD, so

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it's only used copies, so again eBay or Amazon is

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your best bet for those. So unfortunately, it seems like

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it's much harder to find left Behind these days. Now.

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I do have links in the show notes for the

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Libro version which is just the first book, and then

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audiobooks dot Com has the full series, but it's not downloads.

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You're just purchasing access on their platform. So if anybody

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01:05:55,320 --> 01:06:01,239
listening knows any other options for how to legally obtained copies,

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because I know there are some pirated versions going on

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out there, which is something that we do not support

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or condone. But if you know of a legitimate legal

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way that it is available that I missed in my research,

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please let me know and I'll pass that on to Jeremy. So, Jeremy,

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thank you very much for the email and for the question.

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And last week you have a couple of emails about Lamplighter,

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one from Michael C and one from Blake. So Michael said,

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I'm really enjoying listening to the chronicles of Finnian Jones,

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the book in collection volumes one and two. The book

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ins are bringing back memories of Lamplighter past. And yes,

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I don't remember if we mentioned this in the past,

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and I apologize if I if I did neglect to

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mention these. But Lamplighter has put together some collections of

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book ins and some original Finian material, some behind the

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scenes stuff, and it is in three volumes. So Michael

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mentions volumes one and two. Volume three is coming. They

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just couldn't fit it all into two. It was originally

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only going to be two, but they had so much material.

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They created a volume three which is available for pre

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order right now, so that will be coming soon. But

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three full volumes of the Chronicles of Finnian Jones from

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01:07:16,760 --> 01:07:20,559
Lamplighter Theater. If you really enjoy revisiting that storyline that

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happens in the bookends, then this is a place to

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01:07:23,519 --> 01:07:27,199
get it all at once, along with some additional material.

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So thank you for bringing that up, Michael. And then

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Blake says you seem to have neglected to mention the

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01:07:33,239 --> 01:07:36,239
latest Lamplighter Theater audio dramas they hand On the Bridle

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01:07:36,320 --> 01:07:40,400
and Kelly Nash both are out now, and yes, Blake,

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we did not mention that, and that's not because we

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intended to overlook Lamplighter. It's probably the same reason that

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01:07:48,880 --> 01:07:52,800
we may not have addressed the Finian collections. As I've

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01:07:52,840 --> 01:07:55,119
said before, the reason why I set up the new

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01:07:55,199 --> 01:07:59,119
submission form is I'm having trouble keeping track of everything

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that is going on in this and that's why I've

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asked producers to fill out that form to let me

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know when releases are happening, or updates that are coming,

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01:08:07,400 --> 01:08:09,360
anything like that, so we can stay on top of it,

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01:08:10,079 --> 01:08:12,880
because it's just becoming too difficult to try to track

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01:08:12,960 --> 01:08:15,599
things down, and I do hear about some releases sometimes,

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01:08:15,639 --> 01:08:19,159
but it's in between episodes and I haven't started prep

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for the next episode, and by the time I get

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01:08:21,840 --> 01:08:24,880
ready to record an episode, it may have slipped my

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01:08:24,920 --> 01:08:26,720
mind that there was a release, and so it just

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01:08:26,800 --> 01:08:30,039
doesn't end up making it to the update segment. It's

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01:08:30,119 --> 01:08:34,760
not an intentional oversight or a slight to any producer

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01:08:34,800 --> 01:08:36,800
out there. It's just that there's so much going on.

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01:08:37,439 --> 01:08:39,279
I can't keep track. So if you're not hearing things

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01:08:39,319 --> 01:08:42,640
talked about, it's because these producers are not directly letting

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01:08:42,720 --> 01:08:46,159
us know what's going on, and I'm just missing things

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01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:49,640
for the updates segment when it comes around to recording

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01:08:49,680 --> 01:08:53,399
an episode. So I apologize for missing those. Thank you

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01:08:53,479 --> 01:08:55,479
for bringing it up. Blake, Yes, Hand on the Bridle

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01:08:55,560 --> 01:08:59,239
and Kelly Nash are out now now. These were audio

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01:08:59,319 --> 01:09:02,560
dramas that were re recorded in London, so Lamplander has

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01:09:02,600 --> 01:09:05,439
gone back there and they recorded two more there, which

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01:09:05,520 --> 01:09:09,439
Blake points out, Behind the Door and The Courage of Nikolai,

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and those were also recorded in London, and he said

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he was bringing it up because he'd liked to know

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01:09:15,880 --> 01:09:20,039
what we think of the New Finnian Jones segments. Well,

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01:09:20,720 --> 01:09:24,640
we will get to those when we review those particular

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01:09:24,760 --> 01:09:27,920
Lamplader Theater productions. So it's gonna be a little while.

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01:09:28,560 --> 01:09:30,920
I don't want to just drop a spoiler here because

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01:09:30,920 --> 01:09:34,199
I know there is an ongoing story arc in those shows,

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01:09:34,239 --> 01:09:37,039
and so I don't know where listeners are in the

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01:09:37,199 --> 01:09:40,359
lamp Ladder series, so I don't want to address something

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01:09:40,439 --> 01:09:43,520
like that here in the feedback segment and spoil something

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01:09:43,560 --> 01:09:46,119
for somebody. So we will get to those. I know

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01:09:46,199 --> 01:09:48,359
we're behind on reviews, but we will get to them

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01:09:48,359 --> 01:09:50,640
as soon as we possibly can. But thank you to

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01:09:50,720 --> 01:09:54,359
Michael and Blake for bringing up Lamplader Theater. Yes, they

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01:09:54,399 --> 01:09:57,640
are still making some cool stuff over there at Lamplader,

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01:09:57,800 --> 01:10:01,000
so apologies for missing that stuff. But I love I

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01:10:01,079 --> 01:10:04,279
love Lamplider Theater, so was not an intentional thing there

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01:10:04,359 --> 01:10:08,000
to overlook them. Well that'll do it for this episode.

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