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

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This is the show that explores family friendly audio drama

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through news, reviews and interviews. I'm your host, J D. Sutter,

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and this is episode two twenty five. Well, this episode

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could technically be titled the one about Adventures and Odyssey

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because pretty much every segment here we're going to be

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talking about Adventures and Odyssey in some way, with the

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exception of the audio Drama Updates segment. But before we

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get to that, I want to let you know what's

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coming up in this episode. We've got some feedback from Michael,

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and I've got a monologue all about the recent Adventures

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and Odyssey news, including the new artwork and logo. And

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then I'm going to be joined by Madeline Ware, who

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is heading up a project to bring Adventures in Odyssey

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to the stage. So I know you're going to I

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want to hear about that. Lots of great stuff to come.

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But before we move on real quickly, I want to

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mention that listener Jeremy had asked a while back about

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the clips that we use in the show segment transitions here,

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and so I went through and compiled all of that

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information it's all in a spreadsheet and that is now available.

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It's linked up on the About the Show page on

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our website if you are curious. All right, let's move

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on to the updates.

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

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and in other news tonight.

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Speaker 3: 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 1: As always, just a quick reminder, if you have any

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updates regarding any audio drama in the community that you

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want to let us know about, send it in to us.

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Go to PFM dot link slash atc news to let

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us know, or click the link in the sidebar on

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the homepage. First up, a couple of updates on industry events.

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Just want to remind you that the Realm Makers Writers

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on June twenty fourth through the twenty seventh. It's at

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the Hilton Union Station and registration is now open. It

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opened on February first, so if you're interested in that conference.

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recent years. And this is also where the Realm Awards

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are held and they do have an Audio Drama category

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in that awards ceremony, So link is in the show

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notes if you want to check out all the information

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about the Realm Makers Expo and conference. And then of

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course Sonicicon is coming up now. It has moved from

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the fall to the summer this year. It's being called

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Sonacon Uncut. This is a three day convention June thirtieth

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through July second, twenty twenty six. It's at Liberty University

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in Lynchburg, Virginia, and they have recently announced some of

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the speakers Phil Lawler, John Fornoff, Jared de Pascual, Katie Lee,

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Daniel Cross, and more. There will be more to be announced.

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besides the timing. They have an event only ticket, they

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have an event plus meals ticket option, and an event

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plus meals and lodging on campus options, so lots of

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different options to fit your budget. So this is a

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great conference and if you're interested at all in getting

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to get started. So link for that is in the

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show notes as well. And a couple of updates on

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upcoming projects. Not a whole lot here but just a

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little teaser from Lampladder Theater. Molly Mayo from their team

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announced that one of their latest books that they've published,

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called The French Fugitive by Aloe, which stands for a

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Lady of England. She published her novel under that acronym.

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that they adapt into audio drama. So that's one of

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the newest books that they've published, but it'll also be

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in the lineup to be adapted for audio drama. Also

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Drama Alliance. A little quick update. It is moving along.

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production process, but we are moving along and all of

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the voice actor pickups and retakes have been completed. The

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voice tracks are now at one hundred percent completed as

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far as the editing goes, and the musical score is

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getting rolling as well, so we're making progress on that project.

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we can't wait to get this project completed and released

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for you, hopefully later this year. And speaking of the

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shared that with you here in the podcast. And the

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reason why that's relevant is this new website is easier

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links all of the past shows that the group has

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ever produced, plus all of the projects that have come

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audio dramas, and some of them are not even actually

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full audio drama. Some are just interesting audio projects all

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around five minutes. So all of that is linked up

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in the new website Audiodrama Alliance dot com and navigate

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some great stuff that the group has put out over

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the years, and particularly the projects that have come out

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of the Member Audio Challenges. Some really fun stuff to

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to visit the new Ada website. Now moving on to

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recent releases, Resurgence from Eternal Future Productions has been released.

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your copy at Eternalfutureproductions dot com. Next up, we have

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two new releases from Dominion artists in the Nick Guy

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Private Eye series. First up, Nick Guy and The Night

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at the Pop Opera Affair Rufus Leaking. I've said it before,

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but I love the character names that Frank you Lee

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gives these characters. I mean, come on, Rufus Leaking hilarious anyway,

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Rufus Leaking is making the leap from singing opera to

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singing pop music, but his career shift is sidetracked when

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he is accused of Budgie smuggling. Nick Guy is hired

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to clear his name and get his career back on track.

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He also uncovers what it means to be truly blessed

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by God. Along with Rebecca Bradford and Frank Uley, the

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cast includes John Bradford, Bethany Baldwin, Joe Freeman, Alicia Hanson,

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Jenna Levick or Levick I'm not sure on the pronunciation

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of that name apologies, and then we have Ethan Phoebe

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and Hannah Maynard, Betsy Nicholson and Bubba Watson. And Frank

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said that for his role in this production, Bubba Watson,

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who plays Rufous Leaking, took vocal lessons so that he

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could sing the operatic parts his role called for. So, man,

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there to Bubba. The second release is called Nick Guy

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and the Little Orphan Andy Affair. Nick Guy and Doctor

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de Soto are hired to find the heir to the Burnbacker,

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Smoked Jams and Jelly's Fortune, who is somewhere in the

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foster care system as an orphan. As our heroes work

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to find the child before numerous conniving fortune hunters do,

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Kingdom of God. Based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie.

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This cast includes Rebecca Bradford, Elizabeth Hanson, Glenn Haskell, Yours Truly,

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j D. Sutter, Christiana Thomas, and Frank you Lee and

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features five members of Frank Lye's Church, William and Hannah Calhoun,

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Mitch and Jenna Staggs and another name that I'm not

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you're going to enjoy it. Really funny stuff in this one.

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Nick Guy and the Little Orphan Andy Affair.

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Speaker 3: In the town of Nugatory Falls, a number of people

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are interested in adopting an orphan named Andy. My wife

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Speaker 4: And Andy is a perfect child for us.

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Speaker 1: I want to adopt John. His name is Andy.

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Speaker 3: Hey, hold down there, pill, I'm adopting Andy. Why are

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so many people interested in this orphan named Andy, Well,

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it could be because he just maybe the heir to

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the Burnbocker, Smoke Gems and Jelly's estate.

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Speaker 1: If the child is an orphan and is up for adoption,

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whoever adopts him or her will be overseer of that

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child's holdings.

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Speaker 3: Which makes him very valuable. Can Nick Guy find the

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child before any potential fortune seekers? Well, you'll find out

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when you join us for Nick Guy and the Little

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Orphan Andy Affair, and you'll also discover some interesting things

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about a option into the Kingdom of God.

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Speaker 1: Well.

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Speaker 3: To find out more about Nick Guy and the Little

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arp and Andy Affair and the Nick Guy Prime and

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I Apologetics series, visit our website at nick Guy dot net.

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That's Nickguy dot net and discover that sometimes the most

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amazing things must be true words. Thanks thinking.

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Speaker 1: Oh so much fun. Frank always does such a great

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job with these shows, And if you want to find

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you can also purchase your own copy on Amazon. All

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those links are in the show notes and finally, Welcome

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to Hope Springs is out or it is airing now.

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A few of the episodes have already dropped of season one,

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the recent episode when I had Paul McCusker on the show.

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Show but Welcome to Hope Springs is a family audio

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drama series following the lives and adventures of a few

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Colorado kids through an unforgettable journey of friendship and faith.

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It all starts with the grand reopening of the old Depot.

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From there, mystery leads to mystery as each answer reveals

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a deeper question. Welcome to Hope Springs sparks your curiosity,

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tickles your funny moone, and encourages middle school listeners to

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use their imagination and see more in their daily lives.

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Told through the lens of the Christian faith, it is

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a perfect recipe for growing the mind and feeding the heart.

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the Augustine Institute, It's Christian content you can count on.

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all of the changes that have been going on with

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the AIO movie, so I will share what I know

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the movie, because that is what triggered some of these

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saying it would be interesting to know what prompted them

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to go in this direction. I'm curious to know if

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audio drama will be involved, such as the cast. I

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as opposed to just the younger crowd. So to answer

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that we know in the show today. So this is

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set in sometime around the nineteen seventies, and it's again

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it's pre WIT's end, so it's sort of the lead

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up to all of the events that bring Wit to

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purchase the building and all of that kind of stuff.

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period drama or something along those lines, being set in

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the seventies. And to your question about the cast, because

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this is all set, you know, pre Connie and Eugene

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and all of that kind of stuff, this will not

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involve the cast of the audio show. This will be

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mostly new characters and Wit will be much younger, so

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it won't be Andre Stoika playing Wit in this film, unless,

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of course, I suppose they do a flash forward at

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the end of it to you know, quote present day

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or something along those lines. But the main character of

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Wit throughout the film is going to be a much

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younger version of Wit, so quite a bit different from

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the approach to the previous film projects, and quite different

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from the stories that we're used to in the audio

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show as well. So that's what I know about the

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film project and what I can share with you at

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this time. Obviously, we're Audio Theater Central here, so we're

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focused primarily on the audio show. But I know that

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many of you were interested and curious about this, so

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and then, of course Caleb sort of brought the issue

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to the forefront with his email, so I wanted to

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make sure to address that for those of you who

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aren't interested in that. But I don't know exactly what

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prompted them to pursue the film project, but my suspicion

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and my thoughts on it are that they're trying to

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do these projects that point people back to the club,

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and this was a sort of outreach kind of project

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that brings the adventures in Odyssey brand to a broader audience,

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and the goal is to point those people who hear

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about Odyssey for the first time back to the website

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where they can find all of the other content. As

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to whether or not that's going to be successful, I

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don't know. They are working with animators in Hollywood to

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make this film. I've heard and seen lots of opinions

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about the approaches to the art style. I personally don't

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mind it, but I'm certainly not an expert on animation,

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so I don't know what is best, And you know,

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I can't judge the deep intricacies of how to do

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three D animation versus two D and all of that

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kind of stuff. That's not my wheelhouse. So honestly I

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don't It doesn't really bother me one way or the

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other what they do with it in terms of that

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film project. If it brings more people to the audio

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show and that helps fund more episodes, that's a good

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thing in my book. So those are my thoughts on

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the movie. But because of this project of bringing these

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characters to life in a visual form and working specifically

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with animators to make more anatomically realistic character designs, that

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then prompted the team to address all of the artwork

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for the show, in all of the branding, the marketing materials,

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the album artwork, and stuff like that going forward. So

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that is why we have all these new character designs.

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And while they were doing that, they updated the Adventures

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in Odyssey logo as well. So let's talk about this

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a little bit now. Again. I've seen all kinds of

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opinions on both the logo and the character designs. Many

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are for the changes, many are not. But at the

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end of the day, I think we just need to

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realize that in the grand scheme of things, a new

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look for these characters doesn't change the audio show. It

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doesn't change the characters that you picture in your mind.

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If you don't let it, you can still picture with

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however he was in your mind. These are not things

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to get all up in arms about. I think some

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people get so invested in some of this stuff that

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they just say the first thing that comes to their

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mind without thinking about how it's coming across. I personally

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think the new art style is really good. The character

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designs are really cool. If you ask me, all of

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the ones I've seen I've really liked. So if you

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have strong opinions on them. That's fine. As I said,

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with the changes to the release schedule and the killing

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off of CDs and all that stuff in that episode

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where we talked about all of that stuff, you know,

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make sure you're just sharing your opinions with consideration and

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doing it in love, because I've seen some really hateful

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comments about all of this stuff, and it's it's just

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not a good look. It's not a good look. So

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I'm not telling you do not have opinions or feelings

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about these changes, but make sure that you're being constructive

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with any kind of feedback. I'm not saying that you

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have to love it or that you have to applaud

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any changes like this if you don't like them. But

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you know, there's no need to get hateful or angry

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about this kind of stuff. But the new style, as

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I said, it's more anatomically realistic, and they wanted to

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have a cohesive look across the show. So when people

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go see that film, they see these characters in a

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certain style, and then they go look up the website

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and they see the artwork for the characters on the

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website and the episode covers and the books. Going forward,

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it's all got a standardized look, and that makes total

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sense from a brand perspective. You want it to be

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a cohesive experience across your brand, you know. Growing up,

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I remember seeing the various versions of the artwork that

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would come across, you know, album covers or whatever, and

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I never really thought all that much about the style.

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And I think that most children who are the target

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audience for the show don't really pay too much attention

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to it either, other than to say, Okay, well that's

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what that character is supposed to look like or whatever.

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But it's not anything that I ever really thought too

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deeply about, even though as I look back, you know,

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I'm not super crazy about the Bruce Day era of artwork,

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and I do like Gary Locke's style. He's an amazingly

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talented artist and the style that he's done for the

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last several years looks really cool. But to me personally,

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I've never considered Adventures Odyssey to be a cartoony type

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of show. Yes, there have been some episodes that are

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pretty comedic and sometimes even over the top a little

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bit in the comedy side of things, but overall the

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show is not a comedy, and so I think the

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move to keep the characters looking a little bit more

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realistic and not like caricatures is a smart move, and

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so I'm liking the new art style. Gary Locke will

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still be involved in doing cover and episode artwork, but

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going forward he will be using the new guidelines in

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the new style that this team has come up with.

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So all of the new designs for all of the

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characters in the show and any new characters that might

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come up, is going to be based on the style

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from the character designs from the film. Though my understanding

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is it's a different team that is doing these other

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character designs, so the film team is not necessarily involved

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in all of the artwork going forward, but it's going

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to be in that same style. And I have it

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from the team that there are no plans to redesign

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all of the previous album artwork to bring them up

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to this new style. The artwork that's out there on

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those albums will stay as it is, but going forward,

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all of that stuff will be changed and will have

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the new logos and all of that stuff on it.

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And so that's just a moving forward kind of thing.

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Though they are going back and updating some of the

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single episode art, but the existing album covers will not

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be changing. And speaking of the logo, it's a little

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bit more flat in terms of the design, and that's okay.

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It has a few different variations and a few different

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color schemes so that they have flexibility in the application.

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So if it's being used on a book cover, or

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on an album cover, or on the website or on

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some marketing materials, and depending on the background color of

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what that logo is being placed on, they have some

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options to play with and make it look really nice

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regardless of whatever the application is. And again, I think

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that's a smart move. They're thinking ahead, they're trying to

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future proof things, whereas before, you know, there is the

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one logo design and that one logo was just used

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on everything, which is not necessarily a bad thing either.

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But I think updating it a little bit and creating

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a few different variations it just makes it look a

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little cleaner. And yes, it does lose a little bit

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of the personality, but I think it looks good overall. Again,

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I'm not saying that you have to love it and

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you have to praise every decision that the AIO team makes,

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but I don't think it's anything to lose some sleepover.

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So there's some of my thoughts on the fail and

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the artwork and the logo changes. Now let's talk just

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a few minutes about Adventures Not Assey going forward. So

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we talked about a lot of this in that prior

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episode that I referenced earlier, which is going to be

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linked in the show notes. But I'm still seeing comments

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where people haven't heard the news and they missed out

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on all of those announcements from last year. So just

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to briefly reiterate, as of this new year, twenty twenty six,

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there are no new episodes of the show which will

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be going to the radio schedule. So the radio schedule

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will continue, but it will only be episodes through album

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eighty and nothing new will be entered into that schedule

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that rotation. There will also be no new CDs or

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digital downloads for purchase. Everything lives in the Adventures Not

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Assey Club now, And I've made it clear in that

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episode and since then that I'm I'm a fan of

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this decision entirely. I understand some of the economics of

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the CDs going away, but as I've said before, I'm

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still a proponent of having some kind of digital download option,

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even if it's not a full album every you know,

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every six months or or whatever, even if it's just

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a collection of episodes at the end of every year,

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if they have to raise the price on that, whatever

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they have to do, I would still love to see

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some sort of digital download option, even if it's many

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months after they originally hit the club, just to allow

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people to own the contents. That's my big thing. I'm

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a big proponent of owning content rather than perpetually renting,

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and so I've talked about that extensively in previous episodes,

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so I won't rehash all that here. But again, everything

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is going to live in the club going forward unless

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they make some kind of changes. But all of these

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changes that they've made are to push forward Adventures and

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Odyssey as a brand, not just as a radio show,

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and it has technically been much more than that for

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many years. I mean think back, I remember many years

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ago ads for board games and video games and books,

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et cetera. I mean, just ask Odyssey fan. Go to

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odysseyfan dot com and see Dan Klein's collection, ask him

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about all of the aio products that have been made

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over the years. They've had all kinds of stuff. Recently,

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we've had the trading cards, and so they are really

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trying to lean into the brand of Adventures Odyssey instead

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of just an audio drama. Though it seems like in

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my conversations with the team that audio drama is still

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the primary focus and that's still where they have a

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lot of love for that type of telling a story,

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and so that's still going to be the core of

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what Adventures and Odyssey is. But all of these things

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are going to be available as well. I mean, you know,

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we have the magazine, we have the comic books. Now,

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all of this content around this brand and the club.

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The website Adventuresnodyssey dot com will be the hub for

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all of it. I mean, if you go look at

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the website now, I don't remember exactly when this change happened,

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but there's a lot more public facing content on there now.

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And if you look at the homepage, it's broken down

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into types of content. We have the audio show and

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the film projects, and the books and the comics. It's

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all categorized there. So they're really leaning into Adventures and

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Odyssey as a larger brand, and honestly, it makes good

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business sense to do that and so I know that

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some of these changes are uncomfortable for some people, and

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again I'm not super fond of every single one of

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these changes either, But overall, we want to see Adventures

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Odyssey continue. We love the show, we love these characters,

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and as I said before, if you have thoughts and

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opinions on it, sure reach out to the team. Let

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them know your thoughts, give them your opinions, but do

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it with kindness and love and be constructive about it.

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Explain your reasons for why you feel a certain way

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about things, and just be respectful. That's it. But overall,

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I'm excited about the direction that the show is going.

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They've made some I don't want to give any spoilers

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in case you haven't heard some of the latest episodes,

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but there's been some really interesting storylines that have come

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out in recent episodes that I'm liking the trajectory of

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these character arcs. And speaking of character arcs, one thing

479
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,279
I did get from the team is that there have

480
00:28:42,319 --> 00:28:47,799
been concerns from fans about the character of Eugene. Many

481
00:28:47,799 --> 00:28:52,720
people were concerned about the idea of them having the

482
00:28:52,799 --> 00:28:56,240
character of Eugene die, and I've thought about it myself

483
00:28:56,279 --> 00:28:58,359
and I've wondered if they might do that, and I've

484
00:28:58,359 --> 00:29:00,480
been assured that they have no intention of having the

485
00:29:00,559 --> 00:29:05,160
character of Eugene Meltzner die. Apparently, for the time being,

486
00:29:05,519 --> 00:29:09,279
when the Meltzner family shows up, we're primarily going to

487
00:29:09,279 --> 00:29:13,599
be focusing on Katrina and Buck, but who knows where

488
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:18,000
things might go in the future. I don't know. I've

489
00:29:18,039 --> 00:29:20,359
said it before, but I don't necessarily think it would

490
00:29:20,359 --> 00:29:23,799
be a bad idea to recast the role at some

491
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,079
point so we can bring him back into a more

492
00:29:27,119 --> 00:29:32,160
of a regular appearance on the show. But anyway, rest

493
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,680
assured that they said they have no intention of killing

494
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:39,720
off the character of Eugene Meltzner. So if you have

495
00:29:39,799 --> 00:29:42,400
any thoughts on any of these topics and you want

496
00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,440
to share them with me, I'm I'm definitely open to

497
00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,160
hearing that, So be sure to let us know what

498
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:52,000
you think about all of these changes. And again, if

499
00:29:52,039 --> 00:29:54,519
you feel like you need to reach out to focus

500
00:29:54,519 --> 00:29:56,519
in the AIO team and let them know your thoughts

501
00:29:56,599 --> 00:29:59,759
as well. Well. Let's bring in our guests.

502
00:29:59,799 --> 00:30:02,839
Speaker 2: Now, just say your name and the role you're playing

503
00:30:02,839 --> 00:30:03,480
in this production.

504
00:30:03,599 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 1: Please excuse me, excuse me. The local news station would

505
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,799
like to talk to you. Oh, here's a couple of

506
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:11,640
me play right. I'm here to ask you a couple

507
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:18,640
of questions. So I recently heard about an interesting project

508
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,039
that I think you're going to very much want to

509
00:30:22,119 --> 00:30:24,680
learn about. If you're an Adventures Odyssey fan, which I

510
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:26,440
know you are because you're listening to this show. So

511
00:30:27,119 --> 00:30:29,680
I have on the show with me right now, Madeline Ware,

512
00:30:29,799 --> 00:30:34,200
who is heading up a project called the Adventures in

513
00:30:34,279 --> 00:30:39,119
the Odyssey Theater Pilot Project. And if you're interested in

514
00:30:39,279 --> 00:30:42,160
acting for the stage and you're an Odyssey fan, why

515
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:46,839
not combine the two. Here is your opportunity to do that. So, Madeline,

516
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:48,759
thanks for coming on Audio Theater is Interrol to talk

517
00:30:48,799 --> 00:30:49,160
about this.

518
00:30:49,559 --> 00:30:52,000
Speaker 2: Of course. Thanks jd Well.

519
00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,119
Speaker 1: You know you emailed me a little while back and

520
00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,119
when I first took a look at your website and

521
00:30:57,519 --> 00:31:00,680
what you were planning to do here, and I was

522
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,359
excited because people who have listened to the show for

523
00:31:03,359 --> 00:31:05,920
a while know that I'm a fan of theater as

524
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:10,880
well and have done a little bit in my earlier days.

525
00:31:11,079 --> 00:31:14,799
And I'm not a professional actor by any means, but

526
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,440
I do enjoy attending theater much more than participating in it.

527
00:31:18,519 --> 00:31:22,720
But it's an interesting idea to take these scripts that

528
00:31:22,839 --> 00:31:25,839
many of us grew up listening to and are familiar

529
00:31:25,839 --> 00:31:29,279
with and being able to put them on for your

530
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:33,480
church or your school or even just community theater groups.

531
00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:35,359
Speaker 2: Right, yeah, for sure.

532
00:31:35,759 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, So tell us a little bit about how you

533
00:31:37,799 --> 00:31:40,279
first got introduced to Adventures Odyssey.

534
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:41,240
Speaker 2: Yeah.

535
00:31:41,279 --> 00:31:44,160
Speaker 4: Well, my grandparents were the ones who introduced me to it.

536
00:31:44,759 --> 00:31:49,799
They listened to the Doctor Dodson Show, and so we

537
00:31:49,799 --> 00:31:52,319
were listening to the cassette tapes growing up when I

538
00:31:52,359 --> 00:31:56,160
was young, and we were homeschooled and did a lot

539
00:31:56,200 --> 00:32:00,000
of co ops growing up, and enjoyed listening to Adventures.

540
00:32:00,079 --> 00:32:04,440
Not a cy for for entertainment, I guess, but yeah, Ultimately,

541
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:08,519
I was always a theater kid and had was blessed

542
00:32:08,559 --> 00:32:12,720
with some Christian groups that did performances. And by the

543
00:32:12,799 --> 00:32:17,039
time I graduated, my younger sisters were I have six sisters,

544
00:32:17,039 --> 00:32:20,240
so I'm the third third oldest of six sisters, and

545
00:32:20,759 --> 00:32:23,400
they saw my love for theater and wanted to do

546
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,799
it as well. But the groups we were with had

547
00:32:26,039 --> 00:32:28,839
closed down, and so you know, say, hey, you know

548
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,680
it can't be too hide. I can direct one I

549
00:32:31,759 --> 00:32:33,119
do cost them, and you know, I do all the

550
00:32:33,119 --> 00:32:37,200
other things, so why not direct without knowing how hard

551
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,079
it would be to find the script? And you know,

552
00:32:40,079 --> 00:32:42,599
we were just a small co op, so we didn't

553
00:32:42,599 --> 00:32:45,880
have the big budget for the classics like Sound of

554
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,839
Music and everything, those are like thousands of dollars. And

555
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:53,599
so I was searching online, searching everywhere for a good

556
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:57,480
script that would fit the Christian co op kind of

557
00:32:57,519 --> 00:33:01,519
a group, and it was just really challenging to find

558
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:07,519
trusted Christian content and content that didn't feel poor quality

559
00:33:07,799 --> 00:33:13,240
or kind of cringey and so and then it was

560
00:33:13,319 --> 00:33:14,799
just hard to know, you know, you had to buy

561
00:33:14,839 --> 00:33:16,359
the script to be able to read it, to be

562
00:33:16,359 --> 00:33:19,160
able to vet it. And I just kept thinking, I

563
00:33:19,319 --> 00:33:22,000
just need adventures something like Adventures in Odyssey. I just

564
00:33:22,039 --> 00:33:24,599
need a script. You know, it's it's got everything, it's

565
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:28,720
good quality, it has great characters, and parents know it

566
00:33:28,759 --> 00:33:31,119
and trust it, so they're gonna want to support it.

567
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:34,599
And yeah, long story short, I ended up reaching out

568
00:33:34,599 --> 00:33:37,880
to Adventures in Odyssey and they were willing to give

569
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,839
me a script, but I had to completely adapt it completely,

570
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,000
you know, come up with the music. They wouldn't give

571
00:33:44,079 --> 00:33:48,519
us any music and promote it myself, and it was

572
00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:52,039
a great success. Everyone really enjoyed it, and I wanted

573
00:33:52,079 --> 00:33:55,240
to create that opportunity for other people, other co ops

574
00:33:55,279 --> 00:33:59,960
and people in my same situation and adventures in audis

575
00:34:00,119 --> 00:34:03,640
see you know, fast forward two years, was willing to

576
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:08,239
do a pilot project with me, and they were willing

577
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,760
to work with me so I could create and they

578
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,800
would give me all the music that I requested, the

579
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:18,079
scripts and everything and create pretty much like a VBS

580
00:34:18,079 --> 00:34:23,360
package where you have everything you need to perform a production,

581
00:34:23,519 --> 00:34:26,039
whether you're you know, a theater group that's done it

582
00:34:26,039 --> 00:34:30,159
several times, or you're just like a mom who wants

583
00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:34,000
to help your church have a fun Christmas production. And

584
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:38,320
so it's it's been super awesome because now through this

585
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:42,599
project for free, actually they're offering it for free that

586
00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:45,480
now you can take this package I call it a

587
00:34:45,519 --> 00:34:48,559
play kit, and you get the script that's been adapted,

588
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:52,960
you get the official music from that episode, and you

589
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,880
also get some of the original artwork for it, and

590
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:57,360
so you can perform your own production.

591
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,079
Speaker 1: So you have everything you need to put on the

592
00:35:00,119 --> 00:35:02,159
show and to market it because you're getting access to

593
00:35:02,199 --> 00:35:02,920
the artwork as well.

594
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,280
Speaker 2: Right, exactly.

595
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's been super fun because some of the participants

596
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,639
who have gone through it and the kids, like they

597
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,960
know the episode so well they can literally quote a

598
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,039
lot of the lines. And so it's so fun to

599
00:35:16,119 --> 00:35:19,519
see kids who have listened to these characters and you know,

600
00:35:19,559 --> 00:35:21,840
they had their fate, they love Eugene or whatever, and

601
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,000
they get to act him. They get to be him

602
00:35:24,079 --> 00:35:27,679
and learn the lessons that he learns in the episodes.

603
00:35:28,199 --> 00:35:31,519
And I've gotten comments from from a lot of the

604
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,000
parents and the kids that the message was a lot

605
00:35:34,039 --> 00:35:36,719
deeper to them, like they took home a lot more

606
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,519
because you know, they had to run the scene several times,

607
00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:42,119
and so that's been really really neat. And then the

608
00:35:42,159 --> 00:35:46,800
directors have been super grateful for content that kids love.

609
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,320
They were already like way more excited about it than

610
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:53,320
like other productions because they're already so invested. And then

611
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:58,360
parents are super supportive because they trust the content already. Yeah.

612
00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:03,519
Speaker 1: Yeah, So you're adapting these scripts. These are existing episodes

613
00:36:03,559 --> 00:36:05,840
that people are already familiar with, but you're adapting them

614
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:09,800
for the stage. How much are these actually getting changed?

615
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,239
Because on your website you have the Mystery of the

616
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,760
Clock Tower, You have The Star and you have Big

617
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,199
Trouble under the Big Top. Now those are varying links

618
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:23,119
and in the actual episodes. Are you trying to standardize

619
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,559
the lengths of all of the scripts that you're working

620
00:36:25,599 --> 00:36:29,000
with for this project or are they coming in at

621
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,679
different links for different uses.

622
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a great question.

623
00:36:32,559 --> 00:36:35,360
Speaker 4: So Big Trouble under the Big Top is my one

624
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:40,039
act play and that runs, you know, about thirty minutes

625
00:36:40,119 --> 00:36:44,760
to forty minutes. And when I take a script, I

626
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:48,199
try to keep it as close to the original episode

627
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:50,559
as possible because I do know there's those adventures and

628
00:36:50,599 --> 00:36:53,119
not to see you know, dimards are like this is

629
00:36:53,199 --> 00:36:56,039
how it must be or this is how it goes originally.

630
00:36:56,880 --> 00:37:00,719
But definitely there are some scenes that I do combined.

631
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:05,639
If I you know, it's very simple in audio entertainment

632
00:37:05,679 --> 00:37:07,719
to jump from one place to another, where it's like

633
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:11,400
technically on stage that's a lot harder. Yeah, So I

634
00:37:12,079 --> 00:37:15,119
do try to make it as feasible as possible, as

635
00:37:15,159 --> 00:37:19,079
simple as possible, and you know, some things all cut out,

636
00:37:19,119 --> 00:37:21,880
but I do try to keep the script as close

637
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,480
to the original as possible. So for the clock Tower

638
00:37:25,519 --> 00:37:29,199
and the Star, those are both two episode.

639
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:30,519
Speaker 2: I guess stories.

640
00:37:30,639 --> 00:37:33,400
Speaker 4: So those ones can run more like a two act

641
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:36,199
where you can have an intermission. So those are more

642
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:40,280
you know, more like probably forty five to sixty minute runtime.

643
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,719
Speaker 1: So are those the options to choose from right now?

644
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,519
Those three? And I guess the point is at this

645
00:37:47,559 --> 00:37:50,559
point just to see how things go, and then if

646
00:37:50,599 --> 00:37:54,079
the all goes well, then more scripts will be authorized

647
00:37:54,079 --> 00:37:54,920
for you to adapt.

648
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,679
Speaker 4: Yeah, those are the ones that are currently available. I'm

649
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:04,199
hoping to have five ready to use by the summer.

650
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,679
I have a couple in the works, but yeah, those

651
00:38:07,679 --> 00:38:09,119
are the ones that are currently available.

652
00:38:09,599 --> 00:38:12,800
Speaker 1: And I think Mystery of the clock Tower is such

653
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,920
a great one and I think it would be so

654
00:38:16,119 --> 00:38:19,840
fun to see on stage. So I I and the

655
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:24,079
Star is a classic, classic Christmas one. So these are

656
00:38:24,119 --> 00:38:27,800
great choices. Did you choose these yourself or did they

657
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:29,840
recommend episodes for you to work with?

658
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:32,599
Speaker 4: Yeah, I just them myself. The first one I did

659
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,039
was The Big Trouble under the Big Top, and that

660
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:38,639
was the first That's what started the whole project. I

661
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:42,039
just needed a good story that you know, Avengers and

662
00:38:42,119 --> 00:38:46,599
Odyssey fans would like, but also I needed an independent story.

663
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:49,000
So if no one had ever heard of Adventures in Odyssey,

664
00:38:49,199 --> 00:38:51,880
they was still appreciate it. Yeah, so I really liked that.

665
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,360
I'm a huge mystery person. I love mystery. I'm a girl,

666
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:56,239
so I love.

667
00:38:56,119 --> 00:38:58,800
Speaker 2: Drama, you know, I love like romance.

668
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 4: And so that's why I like The clock Tower is

669
00:39:02,559 --> 00:39:05,079
one of my ultimate favorite ones. It's so it's got

670
00:39:05,159 --> 00:39:10,159
such great intense, you know, scenes, and the characters, really

671
00:39:10,199 --> 00:39:13,280
good character build up and everything. So that one I

672
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,519
just purely enjoy as a story. So I knew that

673
00:39:16,559 --> 00:39:19,239
would be good. And it has Eugene, has Connie, has

674
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:23,480
all those characters in it that Avengers and Odyssey fans I.

675
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:24,519
Speaker 2: Thought would really enjoy.

676
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 4: And then for the winter, for the Christmas season, I

677
00:39:29,559 --> 00:39:32,960
really wanted to have a Christmas show for the churches

678
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,800
and stuff to be able to perform for their Christmas

679
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:39,039
like program, and that one was a little limited on

680
00:39:39,199 --> 00:39:42,599
because the other good Christmas one was the Journey is

681
00:39:42,599 --> 00:39:45,840
It Journey Back to Bethlehem, and the rights for that

682
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,800
one are tied up, so I couldn't do that one.

683
00:39:49,119 --> 00:39:51,920
So that's why the Star was still one I wanted

684
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,519
to do. But that kind of pushed me into doing

685
00:39:54,519 --> 00:39:57,119
the Star because it was available.

686
00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:00,920
Speaker 1: Gotcha gotcha. So if somebody out there is listening, they

687
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:04,519
have already got a theater group or a co op

688
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:08,039
as you mentioned for homeschool groups, and maybe they're a

689
00:40:08,079 --> 00:40:11,679
little bit more advanced. They have access to live musicians

690
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,559
or whatever. Are they required to use the music from

691
00:40:14,599 --> 00:40:17,000
the episode or can they do their own original music

692
00:40:17,039 --> 00:40:17,400
as well?

693
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:21,039
Speaker 4: They are not required to use the music. It's really

694
00:40:21,199 --> 00:40:24,440
just like here is content that you can use to

695
00:40:24,519 --> 00:40:28,199
help you with your production. So they're not required to

696
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:32,480
use the music. But with that being said, I don't

697
00:40:32,599 --> 00:40:36,679
have music sheets or anything, so they could do a

698
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:39,079
live performance.

699
00:40:38,519 --> 00:40:41,559
Speaker 2: Of the music, so it is canned. I guess you

700
00:40:42,079 --> 00:40:42,559
would say.

701
00:40:43,119 --> 00:40:46,559
Speaker 1: Yeah, So you mentioned that there's no cost to the

702
00:40:46,639 --> 00:40:48,840
director who wants to put on these productions. They just

703
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:51,280
simply reach out to you through the website and you

704
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:53,639
send them all the information, all of the materials that

705
00:40:53,639 --> 00:40:56,559
they'll need. But there is a caveat. They are not

706
00:40:56,719 --> 00:40:59,920
allowed to charge for these productions or a church tick

707
00:41:00,039 --> 00:41:01,840
at sales for these right, that is correct.

708
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:04,199
Speaker 4: So it's a nonprofit, you know, Advenguers in Odyssey is

709
00:41:04,199 --> 00:41:08,320
a nonprofit organization and for the project, the pilot project,

710
00:41:08,599 --> 00:41:12,760
it would be donation only. So you can you know,

711
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:16,480
get funds to help cover the cost of your play,

712
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:19,920
but you technically would not be able to sell tickets

713
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:20,719
to this production.

714
00:41:21,079 --> 00:41:24,400
Speaker 1: Gotcha. So we have a little bit of a time

715
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:28,320
frame here. If somebody is interested in reaching out putting

716
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,440
on one of these shows, they need to do so

717
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:34,559
pretty quickly. We're in February of twenty twenty six now,

718
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:39,280
but they will need to start the ball rolling for

719
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:43,280
them for their group very quickly, because you have a

720
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,519
timeframe that you're under to try to get as many

721
00:41:45,519 --> 00:41:48,239
people signed up and put on one of these shows.

722
00:41:48,599 --> 00:41:51,280
So tell tell the listener a little bit about what

723
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,199
we're looking at here in terms of time frame.

724
00:41:53,639 --> 00:41:57,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, as of right now, Adventures in Odyssey has cleared

725
00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:02,519
us doing these pilot productions to September of twenty twenty six,

726
00:42:03,079 --> 00:42:06,280
so that would give you time to do a spring

727
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:11,599
play or summer camp production. I have several summer camps

728
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:15,679
lined up that are going to perform. So yep, you know,

729
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:18,800
if you're interested, you'd just have to sign up, get

730
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:22,440
the script, and ideally perform it before September.

731
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,599
Speaker 1: And is there a sort of a reporting process do

732
00:42:25,639 --> 00:42:27,519
they need to get back to you to let you

733
00:42:27,599 --> 00:42:30,239
know how it all went, and I'm assuming that it's

734
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:32,239
all going through you. They don't have to contact Focus

735
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:36,079
directly for any of this. It's all through your website, correct, correct.

736
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:39,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, so I would be your point person. I'm like

737
00:42:39,559 --> 00:42:42,760
the coordinator, So I would love to connect with you personally,

738
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:46,559
give you all the information and then yeah, the project

739
00:42:46,599 --> 00:42:47,679
is completely free.

740
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:50,599
Speaker 2: But the whole purpose of the pilot project is.

741
00:42:50,519 --> 00:42:54,440
Speaker 4: To gauge what kind of impact, what kind of interest

742
00:42:54,639 --> 00:43:00,320
that Live Adventures in Odyssey Theater productions create us on.

743
00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:02,400
The family has been great to work with and they

744
00:43:02,519 --> 00:43:05,960
really do care about what is impactful for the fans.

745
00:43:06,079 --> 00:43:09,840
What is you know, meaningful for them? And is it

746
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:11,039
is it sharing the gospel?

747
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 2: Is it is it helping families thrive?

748
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:17,599
Speaker 4: And so what we do is give you the content

749
00:43:17,679 --> 00:43:21,079
and then afterwards we came in touch. I have little

750
00:43:21,119 --> 00:43:24,440
questionnaires that I'll send out so the children or the

751
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:27,800
actors can fill out what you know, give like a

752
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:31,599
little review of their experience. Asked a couple of questions,

753
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:33,039
same thing for the director.

754
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:33,599
Speaker 1: Uh.

755
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:35,800
Speaker 4: And then we also asked that we could get a

756
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:40,000
recording of your production, so we can you know, have

757
00:43:40,119 --> 00:43:43,039
that on our end and then I'll take that information

758
00:43:43,159 --> 00:43:46,360
and bring it back to Adventures in Odyssey and and hopefully,

759
00:43:46,639 --> 00:43:49,360
you know, we'll be able to look at how impactful

760
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,320
it was and if it's something that they want to

761
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:56,719
continue developing and bringing into their their like create an

762
00:43:56,760 --> 00:44:01,480
official program for live theater product options for Advenors and Odyssey.

763
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:04,679
Speaker 1: That's great, that's great. So I'm sure there's going to

764
00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:08,360
be some people who have always wanted to you know,

765
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:12,719
there's always the young kids who are the clowns of

766
00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:16,880
the class or the aspiring actor, and they love Adventures

767
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:19,360
and Odyssey. This is a great opportunity to put this on.

768
00:44:19,559 --> 00:44:22,559
It doesn't have to be a massive show, and you're

769
00:44:22,599 --> 00:44:25,639
giving them all the material they need. Of course they've

770
00:44:25,639 --> 00:44:27,800
got to still come up with the sets and the costumes,

771
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:31,159
but you know, all of the IP is there for them.

772
00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:34,320
The hard part of sifting through trying to find a

773
00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:38,280
clean story is already done. And I think this is

774
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:42,800
a great, great idea. So thank you for undertaking this

775
00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:47,400
for on behalf of Odyssey fans. So I love this idea.

776
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 4: Definitely, And they don't they don't even have to be

777
00:44:50,519 --> 00:44:54,039
like exclusively Christian groups. If you are you know, a

778
00:44:54,119 --> 00:44:57,400
parent and you want to have a theater outlet for

779
00:44:57,480 --> 00:45:00,639
your children, whether that's through their school or co upper church,

780
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:03,119
or just doing your own home production, it would be

781
00:45:03,159 --> 00:45:07,880
a great, great experience. But I also have had public

782
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:12,039
schools that the directors are Christian, but they've reached out

783
00:45:12,039 --> 00:45:15,719
to me and have been interested in it as well.

784
00:45:15,719 --> 00:45:18,440
And some of the productions are you know, you can

785
00:45:18,519 --> 00:45:20,679
choose to do the message.

786
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:21,079
Speaker 2: At the end or not.

787
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:24,320
Speaker 4: So it's been a great experience for some people, even

788
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:27,920
if they don't have actual like Christians in their group.

789
00:45:28,519 --> 00:45:32,119
It's more of like a relational ministry. So that's been

790
00:45:32,119 --> 00:45:35,199
really neat too. You know, it could be for a

791
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:37,960
great number of groups and whatever they look like.

792
00:45:38,519 --> 00:45:42,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely so. Is there anything else that I haven't

793
00:45:42,719 --> 00:45:45,119
covered here that we need to make sure that somebody

794
00:45:45,159 --> 00:45:47,639
who's considering participating in this they need to know?

795
00:45:48,119 --> 00:45:49,000
Speaker 2: No, I don't think so.

796
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:52,559
Speaker 4: I think if it's something that they are at all

797
00:45:52,599 --> 00:45:55,880
interested in, they should definitely just take a look at it.

798
00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:59,159
Take a look at the website, and there's descriptions on

799
00:45:59,199 --> 00:46:01,679
the script, so it gives you an idea of how

800
00:46:01,679 --> 00:46:06,159
many people in your cast you might need, or you know,

801
00:46:06,199 --> 00:46:10,079
the budget. I'm available to answer any questions.

802
00:46:10,159 --> 00:46:12,199
Speaker 2: So, yeah, I don't. I don't think so. I think

803
00:46:12,199 --> 00:46:12,960
you covered at all.

804
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:17,159
Speaker 1: Great. So you want to head over to Familytheatergroup dot

805
00:46:17,199 --> 00:46:20,760
com and that's theater the e R spelling, not the

806
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:25,519
R E like we use around here, but so that

807
00:46:25,519 --> 00:46:27,920
that is linked up in the show notes that website

808
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:31,199
Familytheatergroup dot com. But we can't let you go without

809
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:34,000
asking you a couple of Odyssey fan questions. So I

810
00:46:34,039 --> 00:46:36,800
got to know what's your favorite episode?

811
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:39,960
Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, that's such a good question.

812
00:46:40,719 --> 00:46:44,480
Speaker 4: Well, because I already mentioned the clock Tower, I'm going

813
00:46:44,559 --> 00:46:49,159
to have to go with. I would say Search for

814
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:52,599
Wit is one of my favorites. I really enjoy that,

815
00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:55,480
And I don't have to say, like the family is it?

816
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:57,199
Family Values is a close second.

817
00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:04,920
Speaker 1: Oh yeah. Now you've probably been listening for a long time,

818
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:07,880
and I grew up with the show too, and I

819
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:12,400
always really enjoyed the Imagination Station adventures. So were you

820
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:15,239
one who really liked those or were you more into

821
00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:18,320
the day to day life at around witsand or the

822
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:19,920
town itself. Oh?

823
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:23,800
Speaker 4: Man, I think I really enjoyed. I would say the

824
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:28,960
dramas of the actual town would probably be where I

825
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:32,519
would go. Yeah, but I did enjoy the history ones.

826
00:47:33,079 --> 00:47:35,039
I know it's not it an adventures, it's not an

827
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:39,239
imagination station journey, but it is like the Alvin York is.

828
00:47:39,159 --> 00:47:39,880
Speaker 2: One of my favorite.

829
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:43,559
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that one is so good and some really

830
00:47:43,599 --> 00:47:46,800
amazing sound design moments in that one. Oh man, Yeah,

831
00:47:47,239 --> 00:47:48,880
now you're making me think. I haven't listened to that

832
00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:50,400
one in a while. It's such a good one. I

833
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:51,760
need to go back and listen to it again.

834
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:53,719
Speaker 2: I'm hoping to adapt that one.

835
00:47:53,599 --> 00:47:57,800
Speaker 1: For Oh yeah. That's a good question. So obviously you're

836
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,360
not committed to any of this, but what are some

837
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:02,159
of the other ones that you want to work on

838
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:04,239
down the road if this gets green that.

839
00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:08,239
Speaker 4: Yes, Alvin York is actually I think it's Sergeant York

840
00:48:09,159 --> 00:48:12,159
is on top of that list one because I love

841
00:48:12,199 --> 00:48:14,320
the story. It has a little romance, you know, and

842
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:18,440
it has some fun characters for boys because like they

843
00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:20,559
want to be in more, you know, and like you

844
00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:23,440
have a stage gun and all the things. But also

845
00:48:24,079 --> 00:48:28,079
I've found a lot of co ops appreciate historical episodes

846
00:48:29,039 --> 00:48:32,599
historical like place. So that's that's top of my list.

847
00:48:33,079 --> 00:48:36,719
And then I also would like to do a Lamb's Tale.

848
00:48:37,039 --> 00:48:39,360
I think that would be a really fun one. Has

849
00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:41,119
a lot of characters in it, you know, it has

850
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:46,400
Rodney Rathbone, and I really like the message it's about sacrifice,

851
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:49,000
So I think those would be top of the list.

852
00:48:49,039 --> 00:48:52,039
I also love Kathy Buchanan's episodes Any of Us are

853
00:48:52,039 --> 00:48:55,519
amazing too, So yeah, I know, like Sunday Morning Scramble

854
00:48:55,639 --> 00:48:58,519
has been talked about. There was at one point a

855
00:48:58,559 --> 00:49:01,880
time I did a poll for or what episodes would

856
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:06,599
be the best to adapt for live theater production, and

857
00:49:06,679 --> 00:49:10,199
it was really fun to see what fans wanted to

858
00:49:10,239 --> 00:49:11,719
see on a stage.

859
00:49:12,079 --> 00:49:15,440
Speaker 1: Very cool. Well, I thank you for taking the time

860
00:49:15,519 --> 00:49:18,639
to come and tell the ATC community about this. I'm

861
00:49:18,679 --> 00:49:21,599
excited and I hope people are going to take you

862
00:49:21,679 --> 00:49:23,760
up on this because I think it's something that needs

863
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:26,960
to be a permanent thing around here. So this is awesome.

864
00:49:27,239 --> 00:49:27,599
Thank you.

865
00:49:27,719 --> 00:49:30,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, that'd be awesome. Even getting feedback from people on

866
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:34,079
the idea is going to help the project. So even

867
00:49:34,119 --> 00:49:38,280
if you can't actually perform one but want to want

868
00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:41,960
to help the project, even just giving your feedback on

869
00:49:42,199 --> 00:49:43,320
the idea is helpful.

870
00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:46,199
Speaker 2: So we can reach out from the website. There too.

871
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:49,800
Speaker 1: Yeah. So again, that's Familytheatergroup dot com. There's a button

872
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:53,159
right on the homepage that says connect now and they

873
00:49:53,159 --> 00:49:54,559
can reach out and that's going to go right to

874
00:49:54,599 --> 00:49:57,840
you and you'll help them out with any questions. Correct, yep, exactly,

875
00:49:57,920 --> 00:49:58,920
all right, thank you.

876
00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:00,440
Speaker 2: So much, Thank you JD.

877
00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:04,440
Speaker 3: Let's see what do we have in the mailbag?

878
00:50:04,719 --> 00:50:08,320
Speaker 2: It looks like letters or something. Is that your phone?

879
00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:10,360
Speaker 1: What? Yeah?

880
00:50:11,679 --> 00:50:13,760
Speaker 2: Hello, I just sent you a text.

881
00:50:14,159 --> 00:50:16,320
Speaker 1: You've got tons of comments on that entry.

882
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:19,639
Speaker 2: You're like famous. Oh, let me get to these comments.

883
00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:21,840
I'm sorry. What number are you calling?

884
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:26,800
Speaker 1: Yes, it is that time of the episode. To hear

885
00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:29,960
from you, send in your emails to feedback at Audio

886
00:50:30,039 --> 00:50:32,719
Theatercentral dot com. You can always comment on the show

887
00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:35,880
notes or send a text or leave a voicemail at

888
00:50:35,920 --> 00:50:40,199
six two three six eight eight two seven seven zero.

889
00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:43,840
Would absolutely love to hear from you. And in keeping

890
00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:46,000
with the theme of the episode, have an email here

891
00:50:46,039 --> 00:50:48,599
from Michael C. And he asked about our adventures ot

892
00:50:48,599 --> 00:50:52,079
to see reviews. He said, now that Adventures in Odyssey

893
00:50:52,119 --> 00:50:54,320
appears to be going club only, with no way to

894
00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:56,480
purchase the episodes or listen to them on the radio.

895
00:50:57,119 --> 00:50:59,119
How long will you wait after they are released on

896
00:50:59,159 --> 00:51:02,519
the club to review them with spoilers, And just to

897
00:51:02,559 --> 00:51:05,320
clarify real quickly, they will still be airing on the radio,

898
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:09,559
but just not new episodes. So I think you may

899
00:51:09,639 --> 00:51:11,159
understand that, Michael, but I want to make sure that

900
00:51:11,199 --> 00:51:15,280
everybody listening understands that as well. So how long are

901
00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:18,239
we going to wait? That's a good question and one

902
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:21,760
we're still trying to figure out. So I would be

903
00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:24,599
interested in hearing what you think. But Michael said, I

904
00:51:24,639 --> 00:51:27,159
did not mind if you include spoilers because many people

905
00:51:27,159 --> 00:51:29,039
that are not club members will want to know what

906
00:51:29,119 --> 00:51:31,800
is happening in the world of Adventures Odyssey. Just give

907
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:33,960
the spoiler alert warning for those who want to skip

908
00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:38,159
the spoilers. So yeah, some good points there, Michael. And

909
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:41,719
because the release schedule is a little bit up in

910
00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:44,679
the air, and that is another thing that I wanted

911
00:51:44,679 --> 00:51:47,280
to mention and I forgot in the earlier segment, But

912
00:51:47,719 --> 00:51:49,920
the team says that they will try to publish a

913
00:51:50,559 --> 00:51:53,760
schedule because it's since it's not going to be a

914
00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:57,119
full album that will release, you know, over a certain

915
00:51:57,159 --> 00:52:00,679
period of time. Rather it's going to be episodeisodes every

916
00:52:00,719 --> 00:52:04,079
single month, and it's not going to be, you know,

917
00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:07,760
one episode every week all throughout the entire year. It's

918
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:10,719
going to be a little bit staggered as they work

919
00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:14,599
on multiparters or one offs. It just depends on what's

920
00:52:14,719 --> 00:52:19,400
coming down the pipeline. And so there's not a concrete

921
00:52:19,519 --> 00:52:22,360
release schedule at this point, and they're going to iron

922
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:24,519
out the bugs on this as they as they get

923
00:52:24,519 --> 00:52:26,719
this all figured out, but they're going to try to

924
00:52:26,719 --> 00:52:29,320
publish the release schedule for a month or two at

925
00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:31,599
a time on the website so that you have that

926
00:52:31,719 --> 00:52:34,320
idea of what's coming up when to look out for

927
00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:38,800
those new episode drops. But that does kind of mess

928
00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:41,519
with our standard review schedule of waiting until we have

929
00:52:41,559 --> 00:52:44,519
a six episode album and then reviewing them all at once.

930
00:52:44,679 --> 00:52:47,400
So we'll have to figure that out. And this is

931
00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:50,639
where you can come in, Michael and anybody else, reach out.

932
00:52:50,719 --> 00:52:53,679
Let us know what you think. Should we do one

933
00:52:53,719 --> 00:52:55,519
episode at a time or should we wait until there

934
00:52:55,559 --> 00:52:58,280
are six episodes that have been released and then we'll

935
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:01,519
just go in six episode chung throughout the year. There's

936
00:53:01,559 --> 00:53:05,440
no difference between club episodes and album episodes. It's all

937
00:53:05,480 --> 00:53:08,760
just going to be adventures and Odyssey episodes and they

938
00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:12,719
will be numbered sequentially like that, So I'm open to

939
00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:16,159
hearing what you would prefer, so let us know reach out.

940
00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:18,320
There's all the ways to get in touch with us,

941
00:53:18,320 --> 00:53:21,400
so let us know what you think. Well, that's going

942
00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:23,079
to do it for this episode. Real quickly, want to

943
00:53:23,079 --> 00:53:25,840
say thanks again to Madline for coming on the show

944
00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:29,159
and letting us know about the amazing theater project that

945
00:53:29,199 --> 00:53:33,559
she's working on. Just a quick reminder, join the ATC insiders.

946
00:53:33,599 --> 00:53:36,119
It's our email list and we'll email you about the

947
00:53:36,119 --> 00:53:39,519
cool stuff we're up to in between episodes. Sometimes we

948
00:53:39,599 --> 00:53:41,559
need to get something out and we can't wait until

949
00:53:41,559 --> 00:53:43,760
the next episode, and that's a quick way to reach out,

950
00:53:44,119 --> 00:53:46,480
so be sure to join that. And if you'd like

951
00:53:46,559 --> 00:53:48,679
to get in touch, head over to Audio Theatercentral dot

952
00:53:48,719 --> 00:53:51,559
com slash contact. All the different ways are listed there

953
00:53:51,840 --> 00:53:54,079
and the show notes for this episode all at Audio

954
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Theatercentral dot com slash two two five. That's Audio Theatercentral

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