Review of Robin Hood: Rising to Honor, Season 2

(00:00:00) Review of Robin Hood: Rising to Honor, Season 2
(00:01:09) Audio Drama Updates
(00:10:51) Monologue (So Here’s What I’m Thinking)
(00:23:18) Review Segment
(00:56:28) Feedback Segment

The audio drama updates are pretty event-heavy in this episode, but that's ok! Also in this episode, J.D. responds to feedback from Jane and Michael, he shares some thoughts about the value of building relationships in the audio drama industry, and he reviews Season 2 of Robin Hood: Rising to Honor. This is a unique, dramatic audio retelling of the Robin Hood legends from LRT Media and Eternal Future Productions. There is lots to enjoy in this episode that marks the 15th birthday of Audio Theatre Central.
 
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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
And now Audio Theater Central. Hello, welcome to Audio Theater Central.
This is the show that explores family friendly audio drama
through news, reviews and interviews. I'm your host, JD. Sutter,

(00:21):
and this is episode two nineteen. Well, Happy Labor Day
to those of you listening in the United States on
release day. Hope you're having a great day, and for
the rest of you, I hope you're having a great
day too. We've got a great episode lined up for
you today. We've got a review of season two of
robin Hood Rising to Honor that's coming up shortly. We've

(00:44):
got some feedback from Michael and from Jane, and I've
got a monologue coming up here about ATC's fifteenth birthday
and the value of relationships and how that has helped
this community to grow. We'll be talking about that in
a few minutes, but before we get to that, I've
got some audio drama updates. So a packed episode. Thanks

(01:07):
for joining me, and let's jump into it.

Speaker 2 (01:10):
We interrupt this program to bring you a special report
and in other news tonight.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
A brief look at the headlines now and.

Speaker 3 (01:17):
What exciting fast piece news that's relevant and entertaining.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
Like this, as always if you have some updates relating
to shows in this family friendly audio drama space, hit
us up and let us know. Link is right on
the homepage of our website. Now, the first item is,
we're revisiting something that I did several years ago. Five
years ago. Actually, I did a survey of this atc community,

(01:44):
which is made up of a lot of super fans
of clean audio drama and some creatives in the space
as well, and I asked three questions just to get
to know a little bit about what you like and
what you don't like about audio drama. Now I want
to do this again, so there is a link in

(02:04):
the show notes to this survey. We're doing it again
and again it's just three questions. And I want to
do this again because I want to track the trends
in this industry and see how things maybe change from
year to year. So I plan to do this every
so often. It wasn't the plan to wait five years necessarily,
but you know here we are, So even if you

(02:27):
did complete this survey before, I'm going to ask you
to do it again. And I just want to track things.
And this is helpful for creatives in the space because
I can then use this information as I talk with
producers in the space and let them know this is
what people are looking for in good quality, clean, family
friendly audio drama. So link in the show notes to

(02:49):
the three question survey and please please take a few
minutes to fill this out. Next up, we've got several
events happening. First one is coming up very soon and
that is Alpha Omega Con. It's happening later this month,
September twentieth, twenty twenty five, in Long Beach, California. This

(03:10):
is I think the longest running Christian comic convention in
the country, and the reason why we're talking about it
here is because, as with most comic cons they have
spread out to cover lots of different types of media
and content and not just comics. So there is an
audio drama presence there because several times in the past

(03:30):
AIO actors have attended the convention and Katie Lee is
going to be there this year again. This is taking
place September twentieth in Long Beach, California, So if you
are in the area, check it out. Link is in
the show notes to the website. It is a free
to attend event and they've got all kinds of cool
pop culture content that you can check out there that

(03:53):
all comes from a Christian worldview. So it's a great event.
And if you happen to have an audio drama show,
I think this would be a great opportunity go check
it out. See if this might be something that you
can set up a table or have a booth there
to help spread the word about your show. So again,
Long Beach, California. Linky's in the show notes for Alpha
Omega Con. Next up is one that I know lots

(04:17):
of people have been asking me about. I can't even
count how many times people have asked me about this
over the last several months, and that is Sonic Coon.
Sonicicon is returning. It will be coming back in the
summer of twenty twenty six. So we're talking about a
shift in the schedule. Now it's previously been in the fall.
We're going to the summer this time. So they were

(04:40):
looking at a weekend like we've previously done of July
one through three, but now they're looking at the middle
of the week actually that same week, June thirtieth through
July second. So those are the projected dates for Sonicicon
twenty twenty six. More details are to Con. There's a

(05:00):
lot of things still to be worked out, but that
is the plan at this moment, So go ahead and
pencil that into your calendar and start looking at that
that week, and it's going to be a great time
as always, I'm sure. So Soniccon is returning. Next up
is a fun event that is also happening next year,

(05:22):
and this will be the Voyage of Voices Cruise. Now,
this is not affiliated with any particular audio drama. It's
not affiliated with AIO or focus on the family, but
many of the people who are going to be involved
are involved in Adventures Odyssey. Katie Lee is going to
be there, Phil Lawler, Kimmi Robertson, Donald and Genesis Long

(05:43):
John Fornoff all going to be on this cruise to Mexico.
So this will be taking place October seventeenth through the
twenty second of twenty twenty six. It's called the Voyage
of Voices Cruise, going to Cosamel, Mexico. There's going to
be some live audio dramas and lots of time to

(06:04):
have some Q and A sessions with these voice talent,
and there's going to be, of course the regular things
you get on a cruise, you have food and other entertainment.
There's going to be some Christian comedy as well, So
this is a really interesting event. Link is in the
show notes to go check this out. I know it's

(06:24):
quite a ways away, but because it is a you know,
it's a higher ticket event, so giving you as much
time as possible to look into this. Check it out.
It is open for booking now and if that sounds
like something you're interested in, give this a look and
see if that works out for you and your family.
I know it's been in the works for quite some

(06:44):
time now. Katie and I were talking about this at
the Making Great Audio Drama camp last month and it
just sounds like it's going to be a great time.
So again link is in the show notes. Go ahead
and check that out if it sounds like something that
you're interested in. And speaking of the Making Great Audio
Drama event from the Audio Drama Institute, Austin Peach and

(07:06):
I did two bonus episodes. They are the last two
episodes in the feed here on ATC and we recorded
those at the event. Give you a little behind the
scenes look at what was going on at the event.
A really great time of connecting with people, not just
the creatives in the space, but also some new talent.
Really really exciting time. And I'm bringing it up here

(07:28):
because David Hilder, who runs the AIO Update website, was
in attendance there. He is an aspiring voice actor, been
participating in some shows in recent years with Heart Matters
and things like that, so he was there as an
attendee and he wrote a really great recap article on
the AIO Update website about the Making Great Audio Drama event.

(07:49):
I recommend checking it out if you are interested at
all in getting into the space. It's a really great
recap of how that week transpired and you're just interested
in hearing, even as a fan, a little bit about it.
I think it's a good read. He did a great
job writing that up, so that is also linked in
the show notes, and if you're interested, there will be

(08:12):
more events like this coming up in the future. I
know John Thornoff, who runs the Audio Drama Institute, has
got lots of ideas, lots of plans, still working those
things out, but this is not going to be the
last event of this kind from the Audio Drama Institute,
so I have no fear there will be more events
coming from the Audio Drama Institute. All right, now let's

(08:35):
move into recent releases. Now, if you heard those bonus
episodes from the Audio Drama Camp, then you heard us
talk about this. But Heart Matters has just released their
latest audio drama. It is their first fantasy audio drama.
It's called The Potion of Power, and the summary is
to achieve his dream of knighthood, Marlow makes a deal

(08:55):
with a shadowy stranger to gain superhuman strength. This power
comes at a cost, as his lies and addiction threaten
to destroy him and the woman he loves. So here
is a little sample. Here's a trailer for the Potion
of Power. Take a listen.

Speaker 2 (09:09):
What if lies goodly truths? Oh, don't believe you're even?
And night fables be futures. I will always be your Marllow,
and vanities be valor? When does it end? Marllow? When
does your valor earn you a life of peace of love?

(09:31):
When you drink the potion? No enemy can kill you?

Speaker 4 (09:39):
Oh my god, no.

Speaker 2 (09:43):
No war weaken you. This a very just so loose everything.
No impudent old man deny you?

Speaker 5 (09:52):
What is yours?

Speaker 2 (09:53):
Would know you of my mind's old man?

Speaker 5 (09:58):
We lose our We forget What were You're fighting for?

Speaker 6 (10:03):
What were you fighting for?

Speaker 2 (10:04):
Mala.

Speaker 1 (10:08):
It's a really, really well done audio drama. It was
written by Christopher Green, with music by Jared Depesqual and
sound designed by Ben Kimp. I know all three of
these guys. They always do really cool work. The cast
includes people like Daniel Cross, Rachel Marley Corral, Tim Cox,
and Craig Hart. It's just got some really really great

(10:30):
performances in it. You can hear this audio drama, as
well as all the past audio dramas from Heart Matters,
for free in the Heart Matters app. It's available on
Apple and Google. Link is in the show notes. Go
check it out. They've also just recently released the soundtrack
of the score by Jared Depesqual. It's all in the
app there as well. Go check it out.

Speaker 5 (10:50):
Testing one, two three testing.

Speaker 4 (10:53):
That was just me talking.

Speaker 1 (10:55):
I do that a lot.

Speaker 4 (10:56):
Where's my speech?

Speaker 1 (10:57):
How long you're going to war up with it?

Speaker 2 (11:00):
That's what I want to talk about.

Speaker 1 (11:02):
Well, this monologue segment is going to be aimed mostly
at creatives in audio drama space, So if you're really
just not interested at all in that, feel free to
skip to the next segment. But here's what I'm thinking.
This month, September of twenty twenty five marks fifteen years
of Audio Theater Central, and last month in August, I

(11:25):
celebrated eighteen years of podcasting overall, and that puts me
at about twenty five years total of online content creation.
So I've been around this space, the audio drama space
in particular, and creating content for the web for a
long time. And what has really been kind of running

(11:47):
around in my mind as I was thinking about this
marking this sort of milestone is the value of relationships
that I've been able to create in this space in particular.
And I think, regardless of what discipline in the audio
drama world or just in life in general that you
are striving for, this is a hugely beneficial thing to

(12:09):
really think about. And so the value of building that
network and fostering relationships with peers and professionals in whatever space,
whatever industry it is, it reaps so many many benefits.
And so I just wanted to take a few minutes
and share some of my thoughts on what I've learned

(12:29):
about this particular topic in these past fifteen years of
running Audio Theater Central. Now earlier in the episode I
mentioned the Making Great Audio Drama event that happened last month,
and in the very first session, John Faranoff asked each
of the teachers to share with the students for just

(12:49):
a few minutes and give them some tips on how
to get the most out of the event as an attendee.
And so one of the things that I talked about
was this thing about building relationships, and so that's another
reason why this has kind of been on my mind
lately as well. And so then in conjunction with marking

(13:11):
this fifteen year birthday of ATC, it's kind of all
been swirling around in my mind. So I was going
to sort of recap what I some of the things
that I had said at that event, but that I thought,
why don't I just play that clip from the event
for you in this episode. So here is almost two
minutes of some of the things that I shared at

(13:35):
the Making Great Audio Drama camp.

Speaker 7 (13:37):
All of us are here for you, but don't forget
to take the opportunities to interact with your peers as well.
Because Katie said, it's about the relationships and networking. That's
always been the most valuable thing for me at any
conference or convention. Yes, I learned from the sessions, but

(13:58):
just to get and it's hard for me because I
am an introvert and so I have to force myself
to go out and talk to people.

Speaker 6 (14:05):
And you know, you just have to do it. You
have to force yourself.

Speaker 7 (14:09):
And the benefits of doing that are so great because
this industry is like a lot of different industries, and
it's so much about the relationships that you've built over
the years, and so this is an opportunity to begin those.

Speaker 6 (14:24):
And some of you have attended the lamp that our
guilt as well.

Speaker 7 (14:27):
You've already started some relationships you know people already, but.

Speaker 6 (14:31):
We were already seeing it last night.

Speaker 7 (14:32):
There was so much great conversation happening and I love
seeing that, and I know it's only going to grow
as we progress through the week. But really capitalize that
on that, and don't neglect the chances to bolster and
encourage each other as well, because you know, it's about

(14:52):
a give and take.

Speaker 6 (14:54):
It's not always like, well what can this person do
for me?

Speaker 7 (14:57):
I might need a voice actor down the road, but
what can I help them with? And you notice that
and that you put we've heard that phrase, it's a
give and take what's first. It's the give, and the
Bible says it's more blessed to give than to receive,
So keep an eye out for those opportunities to just
grow your network.

Speaker 1 (15:15):
But with that mindset of what can I bring to
the table now. Of course I mentioned some things that
were very specific to attendees at that event, but I
think if you listen carefully to the concepts and the
ideas that I'm talking about, overall, it still applies to
anybody who's listening to this episode right now. So again,

(15:37):
those relationships are going to be so beneficial to you,
and not just in a practical sense of, you know,
helping you further your career or whatever it might be,
but also I'm here to testify after these fifteen years
of ATC it does enrich your life overall as well,
just knowing and being acquainted with people who are working

(15:59):
at the top of the game, and it helps, it
helps push you further, and it just makes you a
better person. I think being around really really good people.
So a few quick little tips here, and I thought
I would share beyond what was in that clip. Number one,
just be easy to work with, and I did several

(16:22):
one on one coaching sessions at that event as well,
and I think this came up several times, as you know,
you just talk about that idea of interpersonal relationships in
the industry and getting to know people and how to
work together, being easy to work with people like to
work with people that they like. I know I've said
some of these things in the past on this show,

(16:43):
and I thought that I might have even done a
monologue segment about this very topic, but I couldn't find
it in my notes. So if I'm repeating some things,
I apologize, but maybe I don't because it's always worth
hearing it again. Sometimes it's great to have a little
reminder of the base. But you know, when I say
be easy to work with, I'm not saying, you know,

(17:04):
be a doormat and let people walk all over you.
But what I am saying is be kind, kill the ego,
be professional in all of your communications, and be clear
and concise with instructions or expectations or direction that you
have for your team. If you're the one in charge,
or even if you're not, you know, if you're an
actor participating in a project, just be clear and concise

(17:29):
in your communication and think about how it's going to
come across, and it just makes you a pleasant person
to interact with. I don't think I can overstate the
importance of just being pleasant and easy to work with.
Number two, look for ways to serve and to help

(17:50):
in whatever the project might be you know that you
might be involved in. Always be looking for opportunities to
be of assistance or be of service to people within reason. Now,
I'm not saying that you must always make huge sacrifices
of time or talent in every single thing you're involved in,
but you can offer advice or a tip, or recommend

(18:11):
a resource, whatever it might be. Just be intentional and
open to those opportunities as they come along, and it
really can help solidify relationships and people remember when you
helped them out, they will remember. And Lastly, this is
by no means an exhaustive sort of discussion of this topic.

(18:33):
But we could go on for a long time and
you could probably do an entire session about this idea,
but just of the few minutes that I wanted to
take today. Lastly, I just want to mention be sure
to show gratitude, however that looks like in your particular instance,
whatever the situation, might be be grateful when someone helps you.

(18:58):
When someone voices a character for your show, oh or
shares advice or a tip or a tool, be sure
to say thank you. It goes such a long way.
Just having a little bit of gratitude. It really does
help again solidify that relationship. That interaction is going to
be remembered by that other person. It's not often, but

(19:18):
there have been times when I've assisted someone, whether that's
in this space or in my general content creation consulting.
At work. I do a lot of help for people
through email, and there have been a few times. Thankfully
it's not very many, but there have been times when
I've assisted someone and then I just never get another reply,

(19:39):
no follow up. It's just like you also remember those
interactions as well when somebody doesn't take the time to
follow up and show that they appreciated that you took
the time to give them a little bit of help.
So just to recap real quickly, Number one, be easy
to work with. Number two, look for ways to serve
and help. Number three show gratitude. My main inbox for

(20:03):
my consulting and for all of my online content work
gets upwards of one hundred to one hundred and fifty
emails a day, and that's not counting my inbox for
my day job, and my inbox for the Portsyde Family
media feedback emails or for the radio station. Those all

(20:24):
are separate inboxes and they all get a lot of
emails every single day as well. So I'm going through
a ton of emails on a regular basis. And maybe
people don't realize the volume of emails that we might
be dealing with as producers or creatives. So when we

(20:46):
take the time to respond, especially when we give a
thorough response to a question that's not done lightly or
without thought, and so again, kind of going back to
that gratitude thing, it really goes a long way. So
the bottom line of this whole segment, I guess is
I'm just very grateful for this community and the professionals

(21:09):
in it that I've been able to build relationships with
over the years. They have become friends, and I really
really am thankful to be a part of this. And
I'm also excited about the new blood that is coming
into this space. It's just so exciting to see the
excitement that they have for creating great audio drama. And

(21:31):
I am expecting some really cool things to come from
this making Great Audio Drama event and Sonic Con and
even the Realm Makers event which has recently started putting
a focus on audio drama as well. So this is
just an exciting time to be involved in the audio
drama community. And as we kind of circle back to

(21:54):
the birthday of Audio Theater Central, ADC would not have
lasted for fifteen years without the support of this industry
and the faithful listeners. Some of you have been listening
from the very early days when we started in September
of twenty ten, and I am so grateful for you
sticking around this long and continuing to send in feedback

(22:15):
be a part of what we're doing here. The core
reason we exist is to spread the word about great
audio drama to the fans of audio drama, connect the
fans with the content. That's the main thing. Two, it's
to share the heart behind the content by interviewing the
creatives and connecting with the creatives to build that community

(22:37):
and let them know that there are listeners out there
that care about what they're doing. And three, it's to
encourage and equip the next generation of creatives by helping
them understand the scope of what's available out there, what
you can do with the audio drama medium, and sort
of chronicling this industry as it moves forward. So I

(23:01):
again am super grateful for being able to have helped
play a role in this industry. And I think I'm
going to stick around for as long as you guys
will have me. If you have any thoughts on this topic,
be sure to let me know.

Speaker 6 (23:18):
What do you think of our little plan?

Speaker 7 (23:20):
Your characters were weak, your dialogue was cliched, and you
didn't have much of a story.

Speaker 2 (23:25):
Wonderful everyone, We have a delightful show. It's the Michael,
a true genius to use symbolism in that way.

Speaker 5 (23:32):
You may even get a standing ovation.

Speaker 1 (23:37):
All right, let's jump into this review of robin Hood
Rising to Honor season two. This is a joint production
from LRT Media and Eternal Future Productions, and it was
released in August of twenty twenty five, so just last month,
and it has a run time of one hour and

(23:58):
eighteen minutes. Before we jump into the specifics here, I
have to say, if you haven't heard season one yet,
you will want to go listen to season one before
you listen to season two, because the story is serialized
across the seasons, so you could probably if you're familiar
with the Robin Hood legends, you could probably follow what's

(24:19):
going on in season two without having heard season one.
But there is some groundwork that's laid in season one
that you definitely want to hear before jumping into this one.
And I will say, as with all of our reviews
except for Adventures not a Seed reviews, this is going
to be spoiler free. So if you haven't heard this
season yet, I'm not going to spoil any of the

(24:42):
major plot points in this review. So here is the
official summary of season two. A kingdom in turmoil as
loyalty is tested and honor demands sacrifice. With King Richard
being captured in Prince John's tyranny escalating, the people of
England face their darkest hour as villages burn and taxes

(25:04):
crush the common folk. Sheriff Robin must choose between his
duty to the corrupt throne and his conscience. Now, there
is a slight spoiler there in that summary, and that
is that King Richard is captured, but since they spoiled it,
I guess it's okay to mention that. Now Again, if

(25:25):
you haven't heard it yet. I'm going to play the
trailer so you can get a little taste of it.
And if you have heard it, well, here's a little
refresher for you.

Speaker 5 (25:33):
John. You do know I hold our bond in the
highest esteem, as do I Robin, which of course is
why I elevated you to the position of Sheriff of
not enough. It is my pleasure to serve you, your majesty.

Speaker 4 (25:50):
A kingdom burdened by war taxes and a tyrannical monarch
begging your ponds. Sir, I.

Speaker 5 (25:59):
Cannot pay before the mail my daughter she strave for you,
an un plowman.

Speaker 7 (26:08):
It appears from my records that you were unable to
pay last time.

Speaker 1 (26:13):
Is that not correct? Please? Oh fank you.

Speaker 4 (26:18):
As England struggles to carry on in the absence of
good King Richard, other forces begin gathering to grab power out.

Speaker 1 (26:27):
Of the weapons and food then the rest and John,
I am here to employ you to feed these.

Speaker 2 (26:34):
People, Gods, seize the friar.

Speaker 4 (26:38):
Take my hand, Marin. I couldn't leave you behind, but talk.
We'll come back to him, I promise. Rich soundscapes, original music,
and compelling acting bring the medieval world of Robin Hood
to life immersing listeners in an epic tale of bravery
and justice in a way you've never heard.

Speaker 5 (27:00):
For Not that I needed, but perhaps I should fetch
my boat, spend some time in practice before the match, Robin. Yes,
your majesty, aim for the heart.

Speaker 1 (27:30):
Really good, really good. So let's go over some of
the credits real quickly. Now. As I said, this is
a joint production from LRT Media and Eternal Future Productions,
So those teams shared the duties on this in terms
of the writing, directing, sound design, and the production of
this project, and that would be Alisia Hanson, Craig Hart,

(27:52):
and Jonathan Cook. And the voice track editing was done
by Craig Hart. The original score was by Dominic Trice
and the LRT Media theme was composed by John Campbell.
And there's also a scene that has a piece of
harp music and that was not done by the composer.

(28:13):
That was performed by Cassandra Oswenesky. And I hope I'm
pronouncing that correctly. I think that's how it was pronounced
in the credits. I've never heard the name outside of that,
so apologies if I butchered it, but I think that's
how you pronounce it. That piece was called Song of
the Sparrow. I don't know if it's an original piece
or if that's an existing piece of music that was

(28:35):
just performed by her, but it was a really cool
touch to have that in the scene there. So in
terms of the cast, we have most of the same
actors returning from season one to reprise their roles in
season two. So our main core cast members we have
Jonathan Cook as Robin Hood, Craig Hart as Prince John,

(28:58):
Alicia Hansen has made Mary, and Andy Harvey as Friar Tuck.
So those are our main cast of the story that
we all are familiar with. But then there's some other characters,
original characters. We have a Stacy Bradshaw who plays Elizabeth,
sort of servant or assistant to Marian. And we have

(29:20):
Duffy Weber as Cyril, and A. W. Miller as Reeves,
and Daniel Cross as John Plowman. So these are all
returning from season one. And Cyril, I have to say,
is such a fun character. He's I think I said
this in the review of season one. He's sort of

(29:41):
the comic relief for the show. Although Prince John, who
insists on being called King is a little bit more
on the comic side in this season than he was
in last season. I think he's a little bit more goofyet.
I mean not straight up you know, jest or like

(30:03):
or clowning around, but just a little bit more on
the goofy side than he was in season one, at
least in my opinion. That's my perception anyway. But Cyril
is still pretty much the straight up comic relief and
he's technically the steward, but he might as well be
the court Chester because he's just a fruitcake, you know.

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It's just hilarious. But and speaking of Cyril, he has
that same joke about chicken legs from season one. It
is back, and it gets played up a lot in
this season where he's sort of miss misspeaking and saying
leg instead of my liege or vice versa, and all
that's funny. But yeah, that gets played up a lot.

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And that's where Prince John's more comedic side comes out too.
It's like he's constantly hungry and he's always wanting to eat,
and he loves chicken legs, and so that that kind
of gets played up there. And speaking of that, there's
one point where he says something about chicken from Etherea.
I think is how he pronounced it. It's just a

(31:11):
very brief passing mentioned. I don't know if that's a
real place. I tried to look it up, but not
knowing how to spell it, I searched a couple of
different spellings, and it doesn't seem to be a real place.
But I did see that there are lots of fictional
places with that name a similar name, So I don't
know if that's a reference to something that the writers

(31:31):
slipped in there as a little easter egg or not.
If any of you are listening to this review, I'd
love to hear if that is a reference there, or
if I'm just uneducated and it is a real place.
But anyway, the whole chicken thing quite fun, sprinkled throughout
the whole season, and you know, it's fun to have

(31:51):
a little bit of levity in there because there are
some dark moments in this you know, we had some
in season one as well, and it just can tinues
here in a couple of really dark moments, though they
don't like dwell on them, and it's not like explicit,
it's not in your face or anything, but you know
what's going on, so it definitely makes the story more interesting. Now,

(32:15):
before I get too deeply into, you know, scene by
scene stuff, I want to mention this has a cold open,
and I cannot remember if season one did as well.
I should say I'm listening to the full cut, and
in season one I listened to the individual episodes, so
they were broken up into seven episodes, so the structure

(32:38):
may have been slightly different. So in the in the
director's cut of season one, they may have done this
as well. But anyway, this one opens with a cold open.
We just go right into scene one and it's quite
a long scene, and then at the end of that
scene we move into the open, which is done by Craig.

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And it was just really cool that transition out of
that first scene into the show open with the theme
music and everything. It sounded. It sounded really really cool.
I liked it quite a bit, and I said, said theme,
it's not necessarily the l RT theme that that plays there,
but it's just sort of an opening music cube and

(33:21):
it sounded really really good. And then and it transitions
into the next scene, which is sort of a confrontation
with Reeves and another character, which again not not going
to spoil all that's going on there, but the music
transitions to really ominous and it's really really cool.

Speaker 4 (33:42):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (33:43):
The music just sounded really good throughout and the same
thing happens at the end of scene three. The cues
there were just really, really nice. I quite liked them
a lot, So kudos to to Dominic on the music there.
Now an interesting thing here. There's a scene where Cyril

(34:03):
is talking with Reeves, and if you remember from season one,
these are not necessarily the most upstanding gentlemen. They have
a little bit of sneakiness going on, and so Reeves
mentions a particular verse of Scripture in this scene, and
Cyril says, I never took you for a man of

(34:26):
a book, and Reeves says, well, I don't put much
stock in it myself, but every now and then it
suits my purposes. And I thought, man, I mean that
fits this character very very well, sort of cherry picking
the parts that he cares about. But it also made
me think, man, that sounds a lot like many folks

(34:48):
these days, unfortunately, just trying to follow the bits of
the Bible that they like, but not necessarily wanting to
take into account all of it and all of the
commandments and everything. But I thought that was just an
interesting point. It's like, yeah, yeah, that makes sense for
this character. But then it's also a good illustration of

(35:12):
the way some other people approach it, and I thought
that was interesting. Now, total side note here, and this
is not necessarily a criticism, but I'm just nerdy like this,
and so I had to look it up. So the
verse that Reeve's references is from Proverbs, and he says

(35:33):
that it says pride goeth before a fall. Now, I
don't know if this is just intended to be the
character not clearly understanding scripture. That's what I'm going to assume,
because the Bible doesn't actually say that is as pride
goes before destruction, and in the King James a haughty

(35:54):
spirit before a fall, so he sort of crams that together.
But the the interesting thing is that's the King James
and the King James version of the Bible was not
in existence in the era in which this story in
the Medieval in the medieval era in which these stories
are taking place, so it probably would have been the

(36:16):
Wickliffe translation that these characters would have been familiar with
if they knew scripture, so I did look it up
at that and it also doesn't say Pride goes before
a fall, So it's just a nerdy little thing. But
it could have been again that they're trying to show
that the character is totally just paraphrasing and not really

(36:37):
knowing scripture himself, or it could be just the writer's
making a decision to sort of simplify and paraphrase that
just because that is actually a common phrase that people
think the Bible actually says. So anyway, again, it's not
a negative necessarily, but it is just something that was
interesting that I noticed that they did, and I thought

(37:00):
worth mentioning, because again, I'm nerdy and I like to
look up those sorts of things. But speaking of Reeves
and Cyril, there is another scene and then actually it
might have been the same one I can't recall now,
but there's a scene where Reeves is sort of mocking
Cyril behind his back and he's like he's doing an
impression of Cyril and Cyril's wife. It's absolutely hilarious just

(37:23):
the way that aw Miller is voicing this character and
sort of he's in the character's voice, but it's sort
of this second layer of acting, and this when actors
can do this kind of thing, it's always so interesting
to me. So aw Miller is playing Reeves, who is

(37:44):
playing Cyril and Cyril's wife, and so he's doing this
impersonation or impression of these other characters while also being
in character. And yes, that's a little meta, but I
love those little things, and he pulls it off so well,
and I think it's so so fun. And I was
laughing out loud at that at that point, not just

(38:04):
because it makes sense in the story and it fits
in everything, but just because of that extra layer of understanding,
the skill of the actor being able to pull that off,
and those little details like that are always so fun
to me. I really enjoy that kind of stuff. Now,
we do have some new characters in this season. One
of them is a character that does appear in some

(38:27):
of the robin Hood legends, and he is Sir Guy
of Gisborne. Now that is how they pronounce it in
this I've heard this character name pronounced lots of different ways,
and if you are familiar with Air Theater's version of
robin Hood, they say sir GhIE because it's the French

(38:47):
pronunciation of the name like the author Gui de mo Posson,
so it's pronounced as sir Ghi, and they might say
Gisburne rather than Gizborne. So they chose for the very
Anglicized or even Americanized pronunciation of guy of Gisborne. That's

(39:08):
how they pronounced it in this show. Again, I'm assuming
that was an intentional decision on the part of the
producers there to you know, not go with the French
pronunciation there that is sometimes used. Now, I did a
little bit of research into this as well, and I've
seen that it has been used in both ways, though

(39:29):
I think it is traditionally supposed to be serghee. In
my research, I found that in some other adaptations, some
of the screen adaptations, they used the guy pronunciation as well,
So apparently it's not necessarily a right or wrong thing.
It's a you know, you can kind of go either way.

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But I thought it was worth mentioning. Now. I know
there are several different adaptations of robin hood for the screen.
I've not seen any of them, so I don't know
how it's typically handled in that medium, And the only
other Robinhood that I've heard in audio that I can
recall in which this character appears is the air theater version,

(40:11):
so that was my point of reference, so it jumped
out at me immediately when I heard the guy pronunciation.
But anyway, that's just a little random tidbit that I
picked up on and I thought was worth mentioning as well. Now,
also speaking of pronunciations, so Prince John says schedule with

(40:32):
the American pronunciation at one point instead of the typical
British pronunciation of schedule. So again I'm assuming this was
a deliberate decision on their part to maybe make it
more approachable to American audiences. I don't know. I will
say one slight negative is the accents are not always

(40:56):
spot on. It does slip in play here and there
from different characters, but that is a very minor thing
in my view. It didn't hinder my enjoyment of the show,
though I know that there are many in our audience
here who are very particular about accents, So I thought
it was worth mentioning. And I can't criticize too much
because I struggle with accents a lot as an actor

(41:19):
as well, so it's not my strong suit. But I
thought it was worth mentioning because, like I said, I
know that we do have some in the community of
listeners here who are very particular about having solid, strong accents,
so I wanted to bring that up. But aside from that,
this is a really really interesting show and I thoroughly

(41:43):
enjoyed season one, really enjoyed season two as well. The
action is just getting ratcheted up in this season. It's
just building. Of course, we're building on what happened in
season one, and it's just moving things forward. There's some
you know, there's some I'm trying to think about how

(42:04):
to say this without spoiling things, but there are some
sort of breaking of relationships that happens to a certain extent,
and these are long existing relationships, and so it's a
really interesting to see this particular take. If you're not
familiar with the approach to these characters that LRT and

(42:24):
an Eternal Future are taking with this show, it's a
little bit different. So Little John and Prince John are
the same person, and the Sheriff of Nottingham and Robin
Hood are the same person, so it's a very different
sort of thing. I've never heard or even heard of
this sort of approach to these familiar characters. So it's

(42:45):
very interesting. It's a different, unique take, and so I
really find this intriguing and so I love what they're
doing with these characters. A quick note on the sound design,
it's really quite good all throughout. And these these three

(43:05):
Craig and Jonathan and Alicia just keep impressing me with
their abilities with you know, some of the things they've
done on Pirateers and some of the things that Craig's
done in l RT, and then with this show with
their sound design skills. You know, the these these folks
have only been doing audio drama for a handful of years,
and I know Craig has been editing audio for a

(43:27):
lot longer than he's worked in audio drama. But even that,
you know, it's sound design is a very different ballgame
from just editing voice tracks, and so that they've been
able to pull off these really nice soundscapes in these
shows is really really good. The opening scene in particular,

(43:49):
we've got horses and like the sounds of like the
creaking saddles and other tack, like the reins or whatever's
going on there with the horses, and then we have
some wind that's period, you know, blowing through the trees,
you can hear it. It's not just like a wishing sound.
It's actually you can hear it like rustling through foliage.

(44:09):
It's just a really nice, immersive opening sound. You know.
That's just one example. I was just really impressed with
how how well they did on the sound design with this.
There's a other couple of moments with some sword fights
and uh some some scenes with some fires going on
and all of it. The sound design was really quite good.

(44:34):
I just really want to give kudos to these guys
for for how well they did on that aspect of
this show. There's one moment that I really wanted to
highlight here too that just jumped out at me. We
talked about in season one, how we have this character
of John Plowman, who is just an everyday, average kind

(44:56):
of guy who's who's very poor, struggling to pay the taxes,
and he's constantly kind of running up against the sheriff
and John and the other people who are collecting taxes
because he just doesn't have the money. So we learned
about him in season one. Of course, he is also
here in season two. But there is a really interesting moment,

(45:21):
and I think somebody can correct me if I'm wrong,
but I'm pretty sure I did go back and listen
to season one again before I jumped into season two,
and so I think that this is the first time
that this happens. And so there's a scene where Robin

(45:41):
is talking with John Plowman, and it's a really sort
of I don't know how to describe it. It's an
intimate moment, and Robin calls him by his first name
in the way that Jonathan Cook as Robin delivers that line. There,
it just jumped out at me. It's a very beautiful moment.
It's like because, like I said, I'm pretty sure this

(46:05):
was the first time. Every every previous time he's referenced
referred to him, he's called him Plowman or he said
his full name, but here he says directly to him,
to his face, John, and it was almost like Robin
was trying to say to this this poor man, who's

(46:27):
who has had some really tough stuff that he's had
to face in season one, and again here it's almost
like he's saying, I see you. Even though I have
this this position of authority, I'm the sheriff here, you know,
I'm essentially Prince John's right hand, I'm the the enforcer,

(46:49):
but at this moment we are equals. I'm I'm, I
see you. We're on the same level here. That's how
that moment came across to me, and I just thought
it was really really cool, so that one just jumped
out at me. Loved that. Speaking of cool moments, there

(47:09):
was another one where Friar Tuck has this confrontation with
Prince John and I know that's a slight spoiler but
probably not too surprising if you're familiar with these characters
in any way, but they have this confrontation and it
totally was giving me like Samuel versus David vibes from

(47:29):
the Old Testament, though this does have a very different outcome,
I should say, hopefully that's not too spoilery, But as
this moment was playing out in the show, that was
immediately what jumped into my head, and I was like, oh,
that's kind of a cool little parallel. Even though it's
not quite the same, it is very similar. And I

(47:50):
don't know if that was intentional on the part of
the writers here, but if so, that was a brilliant
thing to do and I really really liked it quite
a bit. So as I'm trying to avoid spoilers. There's
really not a whole lot to say without getting into
the specifics of the scene and the plot points, so

(48:13):
I'm going you know, I'm trying to avoid that because
this is like a seventy eight minute audio drama, so
it's not super long, and so there's not a whole
lot of individual points to really pull out without spoiling
too much. So I will say, though, Wow, what an ending.
The way it wraps up. It's just a great example

(48:37):
of ramping up the tension and ending on a cliffhanger
in a really cool way. And it's obvious by the
way this season wraps up things are really just getting started.
And this is a slight spoiler, even though I'm really
trying to avoid those. But we haven't even made it
to Sherwood Forest yet, and we're all the way through

(48:58):
to the end of season two, so there is obviously
a lot more to come in this story, and I
am here for it. I really really enjoy this show
quite a bit. I've listened to both seasons multiple times now,
and I just really like what they're doing here. Now.

(49:21):
A couple of things I wanted to mention standout performances
for me once that just jumped out at me as
just really really like all of them were solid, but
the ones that just jumped out at me as exceptional,
as really above average. Where Jonathan David Bullock as Sir
Guy Man, there were some really tense moments with this

(49:45):
character and some more lighthearted where he's sort of playing
a mocking sort of approach to the character, as he's
a very arrogant person, at least that's the way he
comes across. He thinks very highly of himself and he's
not a super great guy, but he gets shoved into

(50:07):
the mix here by Prince John, and so it's just
an interesting dynamic between him and Robin Hood and the
way that they approach situations. And so I thought, Jonathan, well, Jonathan,
I guess I have to specify who I'm talking about here.
I thought Jonathan David Bullock just really did an outstanding

(50:29):
job with that character of Sir Guy of Gisborne. And
the other one was Daniel Cross as John plowin Man.
That character he just gets pulled through the ringer and
in season one and in this season and Daniel just
does a great, great job with that character. And again,

(50:49):
like I said, all the performances were really solid, but
these two in particular just jumped out at me. Really
really enjoyed that. I'd love to hear more from Jonathan Bullook.
I know that I've heard him in some of the
Wise King stuff, but man, I definitely want to hear
more from this guy. And you know, we're very familiar

(51:11):
with Daniel Cross around here. He's done a lot of
stuff that we know of, you know, Main Street Music
Show and Lamp Ladder Theater and all kinds of stuff.
He's been a guest here on the show in the past.
Just a very versatile actor, and I thought he just
did a great job with that character. As minor as
the character of John Plowman is, he really just brings

(51:33):
him to life in such a dynamic way. So kudos
to those two guys. And again, the music throughout was
really solid by Dominic Trice sound design. Great great job
there by the team. It just sounds really good, I thought. Overall,
I think the majority of these actors were recorded remotely,

(51:55):
and even though they did have some directed sessions with
some of them, I don't know exactly how many of
the cast were actually interacting with each other aside from
the core characters of Robin and John and Mary, and
I think they would they usually recorded together, but in
any case, it all sounds pretty cohesive overall. And so

(52:17):
I'm impressed with the quality of this show that they've
been able to put out with this collaboration between the
two studios. So I really really enjoyed it. Now a
bit of a sad note here, unfortunately, Season three will
not be coming until they have the funding, so it's
sort of on hold for right now until they can
get the funds to move ahead with the show. And

(52:40):
this show, this season does not wrap things up. It ends,
as I said, on a cliffhanger. There is a lot
more story to be told here, so I want to
see this show made. I want to hear the rest
of this story that they want to tell here. It's
just so compelling. Again, such an intro unique take on

(53:02):
very very familiar, legendary characters of Robin Hood and Maid
Marion and Prince John Friar Tuck, of course I should
have mentioned I think I mentioned him earlier, but Andy
Harvey as Friar Tuck just did a really, really great job.
And I should say that the cast also play other

(53:22):
smaller roles throughout. So Jonathan Cook plays a couple of
other roles. He plays a merchant in one scene, which
is absolutely fantastic, a really really great colorful character there.
Craig Hart plays other characters, Duffy Webber plays a couple
of other characters, Daniel Cross picks up another character. I mean,
we also have Ian Lollam and Kara O'Brien playing a

(53:46):
couple of small roles here. So just a great cast overall.
And I want to also mention it just popped into
my mind the other character that Craig Hart plays as
a villager in one scene, and I had no clue
that was him. It was just a great character voice
there that he did. And so anyway, the cast just

(54:08):
did a really really good job overall. And so the
point is, I want more of this show. And I'm
sure if you've heard the show and you enjoy it,
you want to see where this is going as well.
So go get your copy if you've listened on some
of these other platforms. I don't know all of the
places it's going to be available. I know that they're
trying to get this out or doing a really wide

(54:29):
release of this season so it's going to be out
on some of the audiobook platforms and things like that,
but get your copy directly from them. There's a link
in the show notes, because they're going to be able
to retain as much of that profit as possible. But
tell your friends, tell your family about this show. Go
stream season one on Drama Fi or window Seat if

(54:50):
you're on those platforms, because they get credit for all
of those plays and it sends revenue to them so
they can start funding the rest of the show. So
do whatever you can again co buy copies and directly
from the website. And also if you really enjoy it,
they do have the soundtrack from Dominic Trice of both

(55:14):
seasons actually available, so if you are a music fan,
you can go and get those soundtracks as well. Whatever
we can do, help spread the word, purchase our copies
so we can help them fund the rest of this show.
Because I want to see more independent producers being successful
in this space, and the only way they can do
that is to be profitable. So whatever we can do

(55:36):
to help support them, help them get the word out
about the work that they're doing, and of course supporting
them directly with our purchases and that's how audio drama
gets made. So anyway, I really enjoyed Robinhood Rising to
Honor season two. Really solid stuff and I want to
see more. So link is in the show notes to

(55:58):
go grab your copy and reach out and let them
know if you can contact them, let them know that
you enjoy the show, give them some encouragement because sometimes
I know this as an independent producer, feedback really does
mean a lot. I mean, yes, you need the finances
to keep the shows going too, but hearing from listeners

(56:21):
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eight eight twenty seven seventy Well. First up is an
email from Jane, and she said thank you for doing
the updates. At the Making Great Audio Drama event, I
was very sad that I could not come, and I
was happy to hear what was going on. I sincerely
hope there will be one next year. Well, Jane, as
I said earlier in the episode, there will be another

(57:39):
event of this kind from the Audio Drama Institute. I
don't know exactly if it's going to be next year.
I think that is the plan. No dates scheduled at
this point, but yes, there are going to be more
events coming like this one, so hopefully you can make
one in the future. She continues. I've heard you speak
highly of the Jake Muller Adventures, and I have listened
to what's available. Are there others like that you would recommend?

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I am interested in writing audio drama for adults and
would like to listen to more of it, but waiting
through podcast platforms, I don't like a lot of what
I'm finding. Oh, yes, and that is the struggle. That
is the struggle, and that's one of my passions here
at Audio Theater Central is trying to encourage people because
for so many years, and this is something I've talked

(58:22):
about a lot, so apologies for the repeat, but for years,
most of the good quality, clean audio drama was aimed
at children. And there's nothing wrong with that. There is
a place for that. I am thankful for that. But
it's really exciting to me to see when these other
projects start coming on the scene that are aimed at
an older demographic, because adults still like audio drama too,

(58:45):
and just because we're adults, that doesn't mean me want
a bunch of garbage in the content. So it's really
really great. Jake Muller Adventures is probably one of the
best ones in that sort of range of intended audience
of older listeners. I really really do love the show,
and there are more coming, hopefully very soon. There will

(59:07):
be one coming called Undead and I'm looking forward to
hearing that, but a few others that are maybe similar
to Jake Muller in that they are contemporary stories. Because
it is a very unique show. I don't think there's
anything else out there that's really like it entirely. It

(59:27):
is its own thing. But some of the other ones
that are, you know, contemporary stories, would be John Bevier's Rescued.
We did a review on our website of that one
several years ago. As far as I know, Messenger International,
which is John Vivier's ministry, only did those two Rescued
in another one a fantasy story called Affabel, but Rescued

(59:51):
is a contemporary story definitely aimed at an older audience.
So I highly recommend checking out that from John Bevie.
And if we're talking about other high quality ones, the
Father Gilbert Mysteries from Focus on the Family Radio Theater.
If you haven't heard those yet, those are amazing. I
think there's nine of them. Off the top of my head,

(01:00:12):
I'm thinking there's nine total. They're just extremely well done
in all aspects of production values and acting. So those
are something I would recommend. The Left Behind audio dramas
if you haven't heard those, absolutely fantastic from Gap Digital. Fantastic.
They're just amazing audio drama productions. Even if you don't,

(01:00:34):
I've seen some people posting recently that they don't agree
with the theology that's fine if you don't. I don't
think I'm one hundred percent in agreement with everything that
happens in them theologically speaking either, but they're great stories
and they are action packed and they keep your attention.
So if you haven't heard those, The Left Behind Audio

(01:00:55):
Dramas a couple of indie productions which I think you
might want to check out. This was just a recent
release he Vanished below by Caleb Bresler and Craig Hart.
They teamed up for this one and it's a mini
series I think three episodes. That is an interesting one
for older listeners that's worth checking out. And then a
bit of time travel from somewhat Significant audio productions. This

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is an anthology series about interesting ways that people who
can use time travel, and I put it in this
category of contemporary stories because it is somewhat but of course,
since it involves time travel, the stories themselves actually take
place in different eras, but anyway, regardless of that, it

(01:01:40):
is worth checking out a bit of time travel. And then,
if you like historical fiction, the Augustine Institute Radio Theater
series of biographies of the Saints. Those are fantastically well
done and they are aimed at older listeners. There is
just some amazing moments in those audio dramas. And then
the Extraordinary Adventures of Ga Hinty from Heirloom Audio absolutely fantastic,

(01:02:05):
especially the Reign of Terror and in Freedom's Cause. Those
are some of my favorites from that series. But they
are just extremely high quality, and even though they are
sort of intended for families to listen to together, they're
definitely not aimed at the you know, the eight to
twelve demographic that Adventures not have seen. Some other shows

(01:02:26):
are typically targeting, so the Ga hint series are fantastic.
Of course, many of the Lamplighter Theater productions sort of
the same thing. They're kind of aimed at families in general,
but again they're not specifically aimed at children. So they're
some fantastic stories there. And the show that we just
highlighted in this episode's review, Robin Hood Rising to Honor.

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While it is certainly not got content in it that
you know, would exclude children necessarily from listening to it,
it is not aimed particularly at children, and I think
it's a great one for adults. So there's two full
seasons of that show out now to check out. So again,
those are the historical fiction recommendations, and then if you

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like classic literature, Big Finish has done a great adaptation
of The Invisible Man by HG.

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Wells.

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Focus On the Family Radio Theater did an amazing, amazing
adaptation of Oliver Twist and Ley Miss. I mean, those
are classics that many people are familiar with, but the
audio drama adaptations of those are just super high quality.
Oliver Twist in particular is so so well done. I

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think I've said this before. I think it is an
example of a perfect audio drama. The BBC has done
adaptations of classic literature such as Jane Eyre and David Copperfield.
They've done many many other titles, but these are two
off the top of my head that I can safely
recommend now. Just as a little warning the BBC and
the Big Finish audio dramas they are at adapting these

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stories not from a Christian point of view like Focus did.
So if there was some mild language in the original
classic lit books, you know that's likely going to show
up in the audio drama adaptations as well. So just
a heads up going in on those that may happen
in those adaptations. But they're well done stories. And then

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if if we move into the sort of audiobook audio
drama hybrid area, Sergeant Family Productions has some really great
stuff and their Generations series. They have Generations one and
Generations to the DC gambit. Those are great for older listeners.
It's aimed at a teens and up sort of demographic,
but I think there's some really cool stuff in there

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for adults. So that is another recommendation that it would make.
So those are things that came to mind just as
I was sort of mulling over Jane's question of some
great audio dramas for adults. I'm sure I'm missing some.
So if you're listening and you're like JD, why are
you not mentioning this show, be sure to post it
in the comments so Jane can see that as well,

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or if you prefer, email me and let me know
and I can pass it on as well. But those
are a few recommendations that came to my mind as
I was just preparing for this episode. Thank you so
much Jane for the feedback. Really appreciate it and I
hope that was helpful. Next up, we have a few
different pieces of feedback from Michael j and first up,

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was an email he sent in about the Tory Martin
interview in ATC two o nine. He said, JD, I
enjoyed your interview with Tory Martin about his podcast of
Moose and Men and listening to his podcast series. I
shared it via text with an atheist friend as a
way to share the Gospel with him in a way
he will enjoy. And he continues, we can help Tory

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and non Christians by posting his podcast on our social
media with a recommendation to give it a listen. And
I think that's a great idea. Tory has said before.
I don't remember if he said it in the interview,
but he said it to me that he's not a
great salesman or promoter of his work, and so I
think that's a great idea. Word of mouth is so
powerful when talking about sharing content. People trust their friends recommendations.

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So this is a great, a great idea to share
this with other people. I recommend doing that with any
audio dramas that you really enjoy and you think you
have some friends or family that might also enjoy it,
tell them about it. Word of mouth is so powerful.
It helps producers tremendously, especially lesser known works many many

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people are aware of Adventures in Odyssey and Lamplider Theater
and Jonathan Park and some of these other shows that
have been around for a long time, but especially when
you find a newer producer that is not as well
known and you really enjoy their work, it is so
helpful to tell somebody else about that. So great idea. Michael,
thank you for doing that, and again encourage anybody listening

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to do the same. Michael also sent in a very
well thought out email to Focus about the Adventures Odyssey
plan to go club exclusive starting next year, and he
copied us on that email to let us know that
he is responding to our call from our special episode

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that we did in February of this year sharing about
the changes that are coming to Odyssey. If you haven't
heard that episode and you hadn't heard about that news yet,
there is a link in the show notes to that
episode if you want to give it a listen. But
a Focus did respond to Michael and said that they
appreciated his feedback and we're bringing it to the attention
of the appropriate team members, so they are listening. So

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if you have thoughts on this topic and you have
yet to reach out to them and let them know
do it. They have an email address that they prefer
that kind of feedback to go to. It is questions
at Adventuresnodyssey dot com. So again, if you have thoughts
on this whole thing, be sure to reach out and
let them know. And as I've said before, do it
lovingly and respectfully, and that will go a long way

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for having your thoughts and your opinions heard. Lastly, Michael
also sent in an email about a show called Airship Genesis,
and he said, please tell the ATC listeners about an
audio drama that teaches the Bible to kids called Airship Genesis.
I listened to three or four episodes and it is great.
There's one new episode a month, but many many back episodes.

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The origin story episode is an enhanced audiobook, but all
the others are full audio dramas. It is produced by
Doctor David Jeremiah's ministry called Turning Point. At the end
of the episodes, the kids often talked to doctor Jeremiah,
who they call Doctor Jay, about the Bible and what
they learned during their most recent adventure. It can be
listened to on Airshipgenesis dot com or on Apple podcasts.

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Or on oneplace dot com. So Michael, thank you so
much for reaching out about this, because I have known
about the show. I think we may have even mentioned
it in passing in previous episodes when we first came
across it. It's been so long I don't remember exactly
how long ago it was I found this show, and
I have a memory of trying to reach out, trying

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to make contact with the team, but I never got
a response. We never really kept following it though I
was aware of its existence. And again, I think we've
either mentioned it on the podcast or maybe in one
of our roundup posts about shows. Pretty sure that it
has been mentioned at some point, but I sort of
kind of lost track of it, and I did not
realize that they now offered it as a podcast, because

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when I first found the show, that was not the case,
or if it was, it was not apparent from the
website at all at the time. So now that I
know that is something that they are doing, that is
really great. I have added the show to our list
of audio drama podcasts on Podchaser, and it is linked
in the show notes. If you want to check this
show out. The website for the show and a link

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to their listing on Podchaser so you can follow it
in your podcast player of choice. It is a really
well done show I listened to when I first founded.
I listened to some samples. I don't remember if I
listened to a full episode or not at the time,
but I did sample it just to get a gauge
of the quality and what I heard of it sounded
really good. That was why I did reach out and

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wanted to get some more information about it. But yeah,
it is definitely a viable option, and somebody can correct
me on this if I am wrong, But I have
a memory I think Rich Swingle has participated in that
show at some point. I know I have a memory
of seeing him share a post on his website at

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some point about playing some characters for this show. So anyway,
I am aware of Airship Genesis and now it has
been mentioned again here on ATC so we will try
to keep track of that. And if you have anybody
out there has a connection to the team over there,
I would love to connect with them to hear more
about what they're doing. But anyway, links are in the

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show notes for you to check the show out if
you haven't heard it. Yet thank you Michael for all
great feedback. Really appreciate your support and communication with us
over the years. Always always grateful to hear from people
who are as engaged and as much fans of audio
drama as we are over here, So thanks again, Always
always appreciate that. Well, if you would like to stay

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Thank you so much for listening. I'm grateful to hit
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