Hit the Bricks

A runaway balloon, a giant purple cow, and talking pigs: uncover the origin of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Read the transcript here: https://hitthebricks.com/intermission

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Jessi wakes to discover that she's been replaced. Meanwhile, in the Oz of the past, Glinda's final battle with her sisters changes Oz's future. 

For transcripts, credits, and more, go to http://www.hitthebricks.com/1x9

Cast:

Michelle Agresti as Jessi

PJ Scott-Blankenship as Wallace

Keilidh Hamilton-Maureira as Lurline

Jordan Higgs as Jacoby

Jordan Cobb as Dorothy

A.R. OIivieri as Zeb

Jessica Dahlgren as The Queen of the Field Mice

Layla Katib as Ozga Files

Mitchell Mayle as Jo Files

Bridge Geen as Rius

Ollie Mantoani as The Wicked Witch of the East

Megan Sharlau as The Wicked Witch of the West

Q Dyer as the Wicked Witch of the South

Ester Ellis as The Guardian of the Gates

And Lauren Shippen as Glinda

Written and directed by PJ Scott-Blankenship 

Executive Produced and Sound Designed by Ester Ellis

Music by Kathryn Hoss, AP Harbor, Jeff Ball and Jordan Bush. "What Next Will I Be" was written by Jeromy Barber.

Recording Engineering by Brandon Grugle, Mischa Stanton, and Ester Ellis

Story Editing by TH Ponders

Transcripts by Erin M Speckley

Art by Chandler Candela 

Audio Consulting and Clean Up by Sage GC and Travis Reaves 

Magic Consulting by Geordan Burress

Special thanks to Davis Walden and Multitude.

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Having returned from the Moon, Jessi, Wallace and Lurline return to Oz. With their tasks ramping up, it might be time to stop and smell the flowers...

For transcripts and more go to http://www.hitthebricks.com/1x8

Credits:

This episode starred

Michelle Agresti as Jessi

PJ Scott-Blankenship as Wallace

Keilidh Hamilton-Maureira as Lurline

Jordan Higgs as Jacoby

Layla Katib as Ozga Files

Bridge Geen as Rius Files

And Mitchell Mayle as Jo Files

It was written and directed by PJ Scott-Blankenship 

Executive Produced and Sound Designed by Ester Ellis

Music by Kathryn Hoss, AP Harbor, Jeff Ball and Jordan Bush

Recording Engineering by Brandon Grugle and Ester Ellis

Story Editing by TH Ponders

Transcripts by Erin M Speckley

 Art by Chandler Candela 

Audio Consulting and Clean Up by Sage GC and Travis Reaves 

Magic Consulting by Geordan Burress

Special thanks to Davis Walden and Multitude.

This episode featured a preview of Primordial Deep. To find out more, go here: https://www.nosuchthingradio.com/primordial-deep

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Jessi and company travel to the Tinker Town, a clockwork city on the moon. Its creator, Mr. Tinker, may know something about Tik-Tok's sudden wind-down.

For transcripts and more, go to http://www.hitthebricks.com/1x7

Credits

Cast

Michelle Agresti - Jessi

PJ Scott-Blankenship - Wallace

Keilidh Hamilton-Maureira - Lurline

Jordan Higgs - Jacoby

Morgan Givens - Mr. Tinker

The Woodsheep - The Tinker Tunes

Jordan Higgs - Clockwork Jacoby

Emma Sherr-Ziarko - Mombi

Q Dyer - The Wicked Witch of the South

Written and directed by PJ Scott-Blankenship 

Executive Produced and Sound Designed by Ester Ellis

Music by Kathryn Hoss, AP Harbor, Jordan Bush, TRIHEART, and Jeff Ball.

Recording Engineering by Brandon Grugle and Ester

Story Editing by TH Ponders

Transcripts by Erin M Speckley

Art by Chandler Candela 

Audio Consulting and Clean Up by Sage GC and Travis Reaves 

Magic Consulting by Geordan Burress

Special thanks to Davis Walden and Multitude

This episode features a preview of “Less is Morgue.” Learn more here: https://lessismorgue.com/

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A chilly reception in Gillikin Country is thawed by the guidance of the Good Witch of the North. 

For more information and transcripts go to http://www.hitthebricks.com/1x6

Credits

Michelle Agresti - Jessi

PJ Scott-Blankenship - Wallace

Keilidh Hamilton-Maureira - Lurline

Lucille Valentine - Alis

Ishani Kanetkar -Polychrome

Karin Heimdhal - The Good Witch of the North

Gavin Gaddis - Train Announcer

Jordan Cobb - Dorothy

A.R. OLIVIERI- Zeb

Written and directed by PJ Scott-Blankenship 

Executive Produced and Sound Designed by Ester Ellis

Music by Kathryn Hoss, AP Harbor, Jordan Bush, and Jeff Ball.

Recording Engineering by Brandon Grugle and Ester Ellis

Story Editing by TH Ponders

Transcripts by Erin M Speckley

Art by Chandler Candela 

Audio Consulting and Clean Up by Sage GC and Travis Reaves 

Magic Consulting by Geordan Burress

Special thanks to Davis Walden and Multitude

This episode features a preview of “Kalila Stormfire’s Economical Magick Services’. Click here to learn more.

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Separated from Wallace and Lurline, Jessi searches the northern mountains for any sign of life and gets a little more than she bargained for.

For credits, transcripts, and more go to http://www.hitthebricks.com/1x5

Credits for Episode 1x5: Polar Opposites

This episode starred

Michelle Agresti as Jessi

PJ Scott-Blankenship as Wallace

Keilidh Hamilton Maureria as Lurline

Lucille Valentine as Alis

Gavin Gaddis as The Conductor

Tori Douglas as Louise

Megan Scharlau as The Wicked Witch of the West

Ollie Mantoani as The Wicked Witch of the East

Emma Sherr-Ziarko as Mombi

And Q Dyer as The Wicked Witch of the South

It was written and directed by PJ Scott-Blankenship

Executive Produced and Sound Designed by Ester Ellis

Music by Kathryn Hoss, AP Harbor, Jeff Ball and Black Kite.

Recording Engineering by Brandon Grugle and Ester Ellis

Story Editing by TH Ponders

Transcripts by Erin M Speckley

Art by Chandler Candela 

Audio Consulting and Clean Up by Sage GC and Travis Reaves Magic Consulting by Geordan Burress

Special thanks to Davis Walden and Multitude

This episode featured a trailer for Down the Yellow Brick Pod, a podcast love letter to L. Frank Baum's work. Learn more here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1172138

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Jessi, Wallace, and Lurline are admitted to see Prince Jack Pumpkinhead, at last...but something's rotten in the state of Oz. 

For credits, transcripts, and more go to http://www.hitthebricks.com/1x4

Credits for Episode 1x4: Rotten

This episode starred:

Michelle Agresti as Jessi

PJ Scott-Blankenship as Wallace

Keilidh Hamilton-Maureria as Lurline

Kristen DiMecurio as Eureka

Whitney Johnson as Jellia Jamb

Ester Ellis as The Guardian of the Gates

David Michmerhuizen as Jack Pumpkinhead and King Oz the Wicked

Arthur Maurici as Saw-Horse

Lauren Shippen as Glinda

Q Dyer as The Wicked Witch of the South

Ollie Mantoani as The Wicked Witch of the East

And Megan Scharlau as The Wicked Witch of the West

It was written and directed by PJ Scott-Blankenship

Executive Produced and Sound Designed by Ester Ellis

Music by Kathryn Hoss, AP Harbor, Jeff Ball and Jordan Bush

Recording Engineering by Brandon Grugle, Mischa Stanton and Ester Ellis

Story Editing by TH Ponders

Transcripts by Erin M Speckley

Art by Chandler Candela 

Audio Consulting and Clean Up by Sage GC and Travis Reaves 

Magic Consulting by Geordan Burress

Special thanks to Davis Walden, Multitude and The Whisperforge.

This episode features a preview of Justin Hellstrom's “The Great Chameleon War”, a surreal adventure log of an AWOL soldier traveling through the poetically psychedelic domain of the Colossal Chameleons. Find out more here: https://www.thegreatchameleonwar.com/

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Meet Lurline: a witch who's not wicked but isn't exactly good, either.

The storm is over, and Jessi and Wallace are in for a rough landing…or two.