There’s never been an Adventures in Odyssey episode quite like “Take Every Thought Captive,” where mean girl Valerie Swanson visits a strange city inside her own mind. Sound designer Jonathan Crowe talks about the creation of this unusual adventure.

Go inside the mind of sound designer Jonathan Crowe to uncover secrets of "Take Every Thought Captive"

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Executive producer Dave Arnold starting outlining a story about Eric Liddell in 2019 — but the episode wasn’t written and directed by Phil Lollar until 2023 and not released until 2024. Follow the marathon production of the three-part epic. (Plus: A preview of “The Rydell Realizations, Part 3”)

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The Chairman emerges from the shadows

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Go inside the mind of sound designer Jonathan Crowe to uncover secrets of "Take Every Thought Captive"

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