As usual, we have a jam-packed episode today. J.D. reviews two productions in this episode; the Darkness Duology from HeartMatters and The Jungle Book from Root and Twig Sounds. Two very different audio projects but both are very well done and worth talking about. J.D. also responds to feedback from Michael and Blake. But before all that, he shares a whole bunch of exciting audio drama updates to keep you up to date with all that's happening in this industry.

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IntroThank you to all who came to the World Audio Drama Hangout

Audio Drama Updates - 01:59Send updates to us - pfm.link/atcnews
Chester and Ralphie: "Furrest Fires" is now available
Venture Episode 2 is in post-productionEpisode 1 is on Dramafy and on the EFP YouTube channel
Robin Hood: Rising to Honor Season 2 recording is complete
BBC Radio’s C. S. Lewis: The Space Trilogy
FaithFilled Stories trailer for "An Extraordinary Lunch"
Caleb Bressler’s New Show, He Vanished Below
Dramafy’s Pride & Prejudice
The Invicta Collective KickstarterMore show infoListen to Episode 1
One Day in Aspen Creek, a new show from J.D.

Review #1 - 18:44

Darkness Duology from HeartMatters
The HeartMatters app
Darkness Duology - the audio dramas and all the bonus content

Transition Song: “You'll Find Your Way” by Andrew Peterson from his 2012 album titled Light for the Lost BoyApple Music | Amazon | Spotify

Review #2 - 39:33

Root & Twig website
The Jungle Book audiobookThe Jungle Book soundtrack
Disney’s The Jungle Book - Apple MusicAudible’s The Jungle Book reviewBBC Radio’s The Jungle Book - AmazonLifehouse Theatre on-the-air’s Rikki-Tikki-Tavi reviewKipling’s “--If” from Verses In Vox

Transition Song: “Carry the Fire” by Andrew Peterson from his 2012 album titled Light for the Lost BoyApple Music | Amazon | Spotify

Feedback - 59:46

Michael C has feedback about using audio drama as a marketing tool, thoughts on hybrid audiobooks, and Billy Brown's Audio Adventures

Blake compiles a list of British actors who have worked on all four of the big productions in our space recorded at The Sound House, Focus on the Family Radio Theatre, Lamplighter Theatre, The Extraordinary Adventures of G.A. Henty, and Augustine Institute Radio TheatreThe following actors have appeared in all 4 of the major series:

• Philip Sherlock
• Richard O'Callaghan
• Andrew Harrison
• Robert Benfield
• Daniel Philpott
• Sallyanne Law
• Justin Butcher
• Stuart Pendred
• Ian Cullen
• David Simeon
• Elizabeth Counsell
• Dominic Hecht
• Stephen Greiff
• Nick Burnell
• Mollie Stannard
• Chris Emmett
• Jade Williams
• Mervyn Stutter
• Richard Syms
• Susie Brann
• John Rhys-Davies
• David Oakley
• Finty Williams
• Peter Moreton
• Andrew Williams
• Theo Maggs

He asks: Which actors are you surprised did not make the list? Do you think I missed anyone?

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