Odyssey Geek

Two previous guest hosts return to the podcast. For the first time, JD Sutter (Audio Theatre Central) and Ryan Matlock (AIO Audio News, Return to Gilead) record an episode of Odyssey Geek together! They join Austin to do a deep dive into the Adventures in Odyssey Club.

This retrospective includes an overview of the Club's origins and relaunch, each hosts' history with the service, feature requests, discussions about how this streaming service has impacted the listening habits and storytelling in the world of Odyssey, and much more!

This podcast uses this sound from freesound.org:

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Austin recounts his adventure in Colorado Springs at One Grand Party and the after party. What was the after party? Listen and find out!

Plus, you'll hear a teaser of what the next full-length episode of Odyssey Geek will be!

Want to listen to an audio drama that has Gloobers vibes and the actor for one of the most popular kid characters on Adventures in Odyssey? Listen to this special BONUS to find out how you can listen to it and many more free audio dramas!

Daniel Roth (Adventures in Odyssey Fan Club, Your Fellow Odyssians⁠) makes his first appearance on Odyssey Geek! In this episode, Austin and Daniel talk about their top 10 favorite exclusive episodes from the Adventures in Odyssey Club.

They discuss why they made the choices they did, how they relate to some of the stories, and why some Club exclusives shouldn't be exclusive.

Plus, Daniel shares how he got some cameo roles on some Club episodes!

Austin gives a quick update on some Odyssey Geek news, tells about some other podcasts he's recently appeared on, and shares a teaser of the next full episode of Odyssey Geek.

Clint Brahms from All Things Adventures in Odyssey joins Austin for the first time on the podcast! Austin and Clint share what their top 5 favorite songs are from AIO. Instrument analysis, which song should be the theme song for the show, the influence of Will Ryan, and more are all up for discussion in this episode.

Austin shares another special AIO-inspired audio drama that he produced over 7 years ago.

Summary:

Five Adventures in Odyssey fans became fanatics. They joined Odyssey Addicts Anonymous, a support group, to deal with their addictions. This is their story.

Music: "Anguish" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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Austin shares a special AIO-inspired audio drama that he produced over 10 years ago.

Summary:

Two die-hard Odyssey fans go on their first date together. Is it a match made in heaven?

You’re about to embark upon an epic journey. For the first time ever, Austin is joined by both Michael LaFaver AND Ryan Matlock to team up to host an Odyssey Geek episode…together! The three veteran podcasters share what their top 5 favorite Adventures in Odyssey Bible episodes are.

Along the way, they discuss what counts as a Bible episode and the difference between good and bad Biblical fiction. Childhood memories, story immersion examples, rabbit goof trails, and the Imagination Station running on Windows also come up as well in this longest Odyssey Geek episode to date!

Austin and Michael finished reviewing Season 1 of Paws and Tales on the most recent Beyond AIO episode. What's going to happen next? Austin gives an update on that BONUS episodes series and what listeners can look forward to hearing very soon!