It's Christmastime, and love is in the air. Candy Claus is pleased to present a funny and heartfelt show from our friends at Good Story Guild. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Josie's Lonely Hearts Club is a semi-improvised audio drama set in the studio of New Mexico's 2nd-best relationship call-in show. On-air, Josie Heller mends the broken hearts of a weekly collection of hilarious improvisers. Off-air, listeners get to eavesdrop on the life of Josie's secret identity: timid, unassuming Joanne Holtzinger. Join Joanne and her puckish producer Frank while they navigate the pitfalls of love and fame as the show slowly becomes a national sensation.

Merry June, everyone! We're here to bring you a quick update and share a new show we love.

CANDY CLAUS, PRIVATE EYE recently won Best Comedy/Adventure Podcast at the LA Webfest! Woo hoo. Super merry. We had a blast meeting other creators as part of the fest, some in person and some online. One of those creators was Drew Frohmann, who took home Best Director that same night for HUMAN-B-GON. Drew has another mystery podcast that we think you'll love. It takes place just South of the North Pole (aka Canada), and it's an icy mystery with a totally different flavor: SORRY ABOUT THE MURDER.

Every day in the nice little Canadian town of Beavermount, Ontario, a Zamboni driver has to solve a grisly murder to clear his Québecois name…and ready the ice for that night’s hockey game.

Enjoy!

Hear all about the story behind the story in this festive conversation between Candy Claus writer/director Ella Gale, Producer Dillon Magrann-Wells, voice actor Aly Dixon, and friend of the show/voice actor Katie Stone. Learn about favorite show moments, Christmas traditions, and why it's totally not weird to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus on December 25th.

Season 1, episode 6 (season finale). Candy and Tinfoil must break out of captivity in the old rock candy mines to save Minty. Written and directed by Ella Gale.

Producer: Dillon Magrann-Wells

Sound supervision and sound design: Sarah Gibble-Laska

Composer and musician: Gillian Beth Durkee

Candy: Aly Dixon

Minty: Moujan Zolfaghari

Santa: Kyle Kinane

Narrator: John Ennis

Sugarplum: Erin Lampart

Tinfoil: Ella Gale

Freezerburn: Owen Egerton

Gumdrop the Winter Squid: Jordan Doll

Dasher: Josh Simpson

Dr. Claus: Shana Merlin

Additional sound editing: Nathalie Escudero, Natalie Cordero, and Zachary Spiezer

Dialogue editing: Dillon Magrann-Wells

Sound recording: Dillon Magrann-Wells and Travis Willman

Singers: Gillian Beth Durkee, Alycia Scott, Meredith Strang

Season 1, episode 5. Candy, Minty, and Tinfoil dive deeper into the Christmas conspiracy, and track down Yuli's murderer. Written and directed by Ella Gale.

Producer: Dillon Magrann-Wells

Sound supervision and sound design: Sarah Gibble-Laska

Composer and musician: Gillian Beth Durkee

Candy: Aly Dixon

Minty: Moujan Zolfaghari

Santa: Kyle Kinane

Narrator: John Ennis

Sugarplum: Erin Lampart

Tinfoil: Ella Gale

Comet: Sanjay Rao

Freezerburn: Owen Egerton

Moppet: Aaron Brooks

Wobble: Aaron Urist

Bunting: Will Weldon

Elf press corps: Dillon Magrann-Wells, Aaron Urist, Sara Sabzi

Additional sound editing: Nathalie Escudero, Natalie Cordero, and Zachary Spiezer

Dialogue editing: Dillon Magrann-Wells

Sound recording: Dillon Magrann-Wells and Travis Willman

Singers: Gillian Beth Durkee, Alycia Scott, Meredith Strang

Season 1, episode 4. Candy and Minty head to the Tannenbaum to search for the Bethlehem Star. Written and directed by Ella Gale.

Producer: Dillon Magrann-Wells

Sound supervision and sound design: Sarah Gibble-Laska

Composer and musician: Gillian Beth Durkee

Candy: Aly Dixon

Minty: Moujan Zolfaghari

Santa: Kyle Kinane

Narrator: John Ennis

Pinecone: Katie Stone

Advent: Jordan Maranto

Powder: Erin Lampart

Comet: Sanjay Rao

Santa Blob: Rudy Schultz

Air traffic control: Dillon Magrann-Wells

AVW: Shana Merlin

Additional sound editing: Nathalie Escudero, Natalie Cordero, and Zachary Spiezer

Dialogue editing: Ella Gale

Sound recording: Dillon Magrann-Wells and Travis Willman

Singers: Gillian Beth Durkee, Alycia Scott, Meredith Strang

Season 1, episode 3. Candy and Minty track down a carrot that may have been used in illicit snowman creation. Written and directed by Ella Gale.

Producer: Dillon Magrann-Wells

Sound supervision and sound design: Sarah Gibble-Laska

Composer and musician: Gillian Beth Durkee

Candy: Aly Dixon

Minty: Moujan Zolfaghari

Santa: Kyle Kinane

Narrator: John Ennis

Dr. Claus: Shana Merlin

Freezerburn: Owen Egerton

Bobsled: John Ennis

Santa Blob: Rudy Schultz

Dasher: Josh Simpson

Comet: Sanjay Rao

Additional sound editing: Nathalie Escudero, Natalie Cordero, and Zachary Spiezer

Dialogue editing: Ella Gale

Sound recording: Dillon Magrann-Wells and Travis Willman

Singers: Gillian Beth Durkee, Alycia Scott, Meredith Strang

Parts of this production took place in The Foundry at The Fine Arts Library at The University of Texas at Austin.

Season 1, episode 2. Candy and Minty interrogate a prisoner at the candy cane jail. Written and directed by Ella Gale.

Producer: Dillon Magrann-Wells

Sound supervision and sound design: Sarah Gibble-Laska

Composer and musician: Gillian Beth Durkee

Candy: Aly Dixon

Minty: Moujan Zolfaghari

Santa: Kyle Kinane

Narrator: John Ennis

Trolley elf: Erin Lampart

Licorice Pig: Sara Sabzi

Yuli: Jordan Doll

Guard: Sanjay Rao

Additional sound editing: Nathalie Escudero, Natalie Cordero, and Zachary Spiezer

Dialogue editing: Ella Gale

Sound recording: Dillon Magrann-Wells

Singers: Gillian Beth Durkee, Alycia Scott, Meredith Strang

Season 1, episode 1. Santa's bastard daughter is a Christmas-hating private eye who stumbles into investigating the North Pole's first murder in 500 years. Written and directed by Ella Gale.

Producer: Dillon Magrann-Wells

Sound supervision and sound design: Sarah Gibble-Laska

Composer and musician: Gillian Beth Durkee

Candy: Aly Dixon

Minty: Moujan Zolfaghari

Santa: Kyle Kinane

Narrator: John Ennis

Police Officer: Rudy Schultz

Marmalade: JoAnn Schinderle

Yuli: Jordan Doll

ATC: Dillon Magrann-Wells

Additional sound editing: Nathalie Escudero, Natalie Cordero, and Zachary Spiezer

Dialogue editing: Ella Gale

Sound recording: Dillon Magrann-Wells

Singers: Gillian Beth Durkee, Alycia Scott, Meredith Strang