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Your favorite Witches are BACK! Tara and EmKay kick off Season 4, The Wicked Years, with a deep dive into the background, inspiration, and creation of Gregory Maguire's novel, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. Rabbit holes include discussing the nature of evil, mapping out the season ahead, highlights of Gregory Maguire's life thus far, and so much more! Let the journey begin.

*Content warning: This episode features discussion of a crime involving murder, violence, and children. Time stamp: 1:15:00-1:25:10.

Show Notes:

• Scenery Bags
• Massachusetts is the perfect home for Gregory Maguire, author of “Wicked”
• Gregory Maguire, AG90: What inspired you to write Wicked?
• Douglas Smith
• "Monster In The Making" by Marjorie Williams
• StarryHomeCrafts

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Music by: Shane Chapman
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Down the Yellow Brick Pod: A Wizard of Oz Podcast preserving the history and legacy of Oz

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Hi friends! Are you missing regular episodes of DTYBP? Good news! This winter, Tara and EmKay are dropping exclusive episodes on the Patreon feed. For the whole month of February you can test drive Patreon for only $1 by joining the Tornado Tier to receive access to DTYBP's bonus episode library and the currently unfolding deep dive into NBC's TV series "Emerald City." Come join this flash tier before it closes on March 1st!
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Music by: Shane Chapman
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Down the Yellow Brick Pod: A Wizard of Oz Podcast preserving the history and legacy of Oz

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2022 is drawing to an end and Tara and EmKay are ready to close the chapter of Season 3 with gratitude and reflect on some memorable moments from throughout the year, both on and off the pod! Detours include a few more opinions on "Oz the Great and Powerful," personal shares on "brains, heart and courage" takeaways from this season, behind the scenes technical difficulties and an attempt to pin down the biggest on air laugh attack.
Thank you for being on the road with us, dear listeners. We can't wait to see you on the Patreon feed in February for some bonus "Emerald City" TV series content, then back on the main feed for Season 4: WICKED in April 2023!

Show Notes:

• Down the YBP Etsy Shop
• Patreon - DTYBP
• Rising Star MUA
• Irregular Choice
• The Art of Oz The Great and Powerful by Grant Curtis

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Music by: Shane Chapman
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Special guest Danielle Hope joins the Slipperhood for part 2 to reflect on her journey to be crowned winner of the BBC's 2010 reality TV series "Over the Rainbow," the search to find Dorothy in Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2011 production of "The Wizard of Oz" at The London Palladium! Danielle recalls memorable personal highlights from her run at The London Palladium, takes a moment to honor Judy Garland, answers questions from our very own pod squad and shares about her recent NYC Off-Broadway debut in "Kinky Boots."

Show Notes:

• Danielle Hope
• Over the Rainbow TV series
• Scenery Bags
• Down the YBP Etsy Shop
• Patreon - DTYBP

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Down the Yellow Brick Pod: A Wizard of Oz Podcast preserving the history and legacy of Oz

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Special guest Danielle Hope joins the Slipperhood to reflect  on her journey to be crowned winner of the BBC's 2010 reality TV series "Over the Rainbow," the search to find Dorothy in Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2011 production of "The Wizard of Oz" at The London Palladium! Danielle unpacks personal highlights and challenges of each week on the show, relives her solo song choices, and shares her EPIC internal monologue during the iconic moon boot off and winning the competition! 
Stay tuned for Part 2 dropping this Wednesday!

Show Notes:

• Danielle Hope
• Over the Rainbow TV series
• Starry Home Crafts
• Rising Star MUA
• Down the YBP Etsy Shop
• Patreon - DTYBP

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Music by: Shane Chapman
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Actress, singer, writer, poet, and Good Witch Rebbekah Vega-Romero joins the Good Witches of the Concrete Jungle Series to share all about growing up in New York City, the journey to find her voice as a writer and performer through the many twists and turns of life, what led her to explore the world of tarot and of course, her connection to the world of Oz. Plus, Rebbekah even leads our community through a tarot reading to close out 2022 and usher us into 2023!

Show Notes:

• Rebbekah's website
• Persephone's Sister
• The Paradox Process
• Lindsay Mack
• Analisa Leaming
• Ravensburger
• Books of Wonder
• Andrew Kolb
• Oz Tarot by Barclay Mountain
• Herbs and Arts
• Catland Books
• Ars Poetica
• Down the YBP Etsy Shop
• Patreon - DTYBP

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Friend of the pod and Oz historian Ryan Jay returns to DTYBP to provide expert analysis and personal passion for into Disney's 2013 film "Oz the Great and Powerful"! Tara and EmKay continue traversing the yellow brick road to meet the three witches, discuss casting choices, theorize about possible book nods and much more!

Show Notes:

• Ryan Jay Reviews
• Slipperhood Series: Ryan Jay (Acclaimed Oz Historian and Producer!)
• The Art of Oz The Great and Powerful by Grant Curtis
• Down the YBP Etsy Shop
• Ryan Jay Introduces Oz the Great and Powerful
• Ryan Jay's Complete Oz the Great and Powerful Interviews
• Ryan Jay at the World Premiere of Oz the Great and Powerful
• That Ol' Gay Classic Cinema
• Yvevations Etsy Shop
• We Can Do Hard Things Podcast - The Episode That Wasn't
• Lance Burton
• Andrew Kolb - Oz: A Fantasy Role Playing Game
• The Wonderful Recap of Oz
• "Oz the Great and Powerful" at Disney Parks
• Film Review: ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ by Justin Chang
• Patreon - DTYBP

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Music by: Shane Chapman
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Down the Yellow Brick Pod: A Wizard of Oz Podcast preserving the history and legacy of Oz

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Friend of the pod and Oz historian Ryan Jay returns to DTYBP to provide expert analysis and personal passion for Disney's 2013 film "Oz the Great and Powerful"! Tara and EmKay's bullet points return, Ryan unpacks pre-production history and casting (with a detour to presence James Franco's misconduct), and Ryan presents his defense of why he loves this film so much. Tori Calamito of The Oz Vlog, you've been summoned to the stand.
Stay tuned for Part 2 dropping this Wednesday!
Note: This episode contains a discussion of sexual misconduct and sexual criminal behavior.

Show Notes:

• Ryan Jay Reviews
• Slipperhood Series: Ryan Jay (Acclaimed Oz Historian and Producer!)
• The Art of Oz The Great and Powerful by Grant Curtis
• Scenery Bags
• Down the YBP Etsy Shop
• James Franco breaks silence, admits to sleeping with students from his acting school by Rachel Treisman
• Ryan Jay Introduces Oz the Great and Powerful
• Ryan Jay's Complete Oz the Great and Powerful Interviews
• Ryan Jay at the World Premiere of Oz the Great and Powerful
• The Oz Vlog
• Patreon - DTYBP

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Music by: Shane Chapman
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Special guests and Walt Disney World cast members Roxanne & Bailey Canales join DTYBP to turn back the clock and revisit a retired WDW attraction, The Great Movie Ride (1989-2017)! The group dives into the history of the attraction in tandem with the creation of Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney's Hollywood Studios), shares about the pair of ruby slippers ("Dorothy's Shoes") in the queue throughout the 90s, Bailey reflects on accomplishing her lifelong dream of working on The Great Movie Ride, and Oz-related connections to the ride are both confirmed and debunked!

Show Notes:

• Sneak Peek at a Dinner in the Great Movie Ride
• Disney Wiki - The Great Movie Ride
• Yesterworld: The Untold History of The Great Movie Ride - Disney’s Beloved and Abandoned Attraction
• The Ruby Slippers of Oz: Thirty Years Later by Rhys Thomas
• The Slippers Documentary (2016)
• The Disney Oz Connection - Eric Shanower
• Andrew Kolb
• Irregular Choice
• Down the YBP Etsy Shop
• Patreon - DTYBP

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Music by: Shane Chapman
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DTYBP Patreons have voted and the episode they asked for is HERE! Tara and EmKay continue their deep dive into Disney's "Rainbow Road to Oz," a 1957 proposed live-action film centered around the Land of Oz. Rabbit holes include a deep dive into the history of Disney's "Rainbow Road to Oz," the proposed Disneyland ride Rock Candy Mountain, and the Oz Disneyland Records.

Show Notes:

• "Walt Disney and the Rainbow Road to Oz" by David R. Smith
• "Walt's Journey to Oz" by Jim Korkis
• The Official Mickey Mouse Club Book by Lorraine Santoli
• Ravensburger
• The Disney Oz Connection - Eric Shanower
• Disneyland Oz Records
• Down the YBP Etsy Shop
• Patreon - DTYBP

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Music by: Shane Chapman
Edited by: Emily Kay Shrader

Down the Yellow Brick Pod: A Wizard of Oz Podcast preserving the history and legacy of Oz