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The Oz 9 ship against a starry sky. Some characters are visible through the windshield.

episode 101: “Crap” indeed. Meanwhile…

Published October 31, 2024

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Do you have ANY IDEA the literally dozens of hours you’ve wasted with this bunch of smooth-shelled walnuts? (and yes, that’s a reference to their brains, I just couldn’t quite make it work the way I wanted). I mean, it’s probably not enough time to cure cancer or invent a really good cable organizing system, but you could have latch hooked a really nice rug by now, or made a portrait of Elvis with little rolled up gum wrappers, AT LEAST.

You know what? Forget it. Do want you want. I’m done. Seriously.

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to:

Sarah Rhea Werner as Pipistrelle
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Shannon Perry as Madeline and Olivia
David S Dear as Dr Theo Bromae and Tiberius
Eric Perry as Joe, Dr. von Haber Zetzer, and Mr. Southers
Bonnie Brantley as Jessie and Donna
Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
Tim Sherburn as Colin
Lee Shackleford as Pluto
Kevin Hall as Greg and Felonius
Dr. Vikram Baliga, who would have been so much more helpful in Season 4, as himself
Mark “Stooch” Restuccia as himself
Introducing Pete Barry as Bob Ersat of the West Jersey Ersatz
Kyle Jones is your Narrator 2
and Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator.

John Faley is our music director, and our awesome artwork is by Lucas Elliott. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor, and Mark Restuccia is our sound designer.

Oz 9 is a proud member of the Fable and Folly Network. Please check out our sibling shows at fableandfolly.com and support our sponsors.

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episode 100: Suitless, helmetless, and utterly baffled

Captains Madeline and Jessie smiling (sort of) at one another in front of the Oz 9.

episode 100: Suitless, helmetless, and utterly baffled

Published June 25, 2024

Well, ain’t this a kick in the underpants? No one would have believed, on that random Tuesday in 2142, that the Oz 9 would still be kicking (mumble) months later. And yet, as we stare down the barrel of our 100th full episode, well, here we still are, just to the left of Uranus, clueless and shivering in the dark.

But isn’t that just the human condition, basically? I mean… if we’re going to philosophize….

Oh, let’s not. Pour yourself something naughty and well-deserved, prepare tissue for the inevitable nosebleed, and roll the episode. Happy 100, Space Monkeys — so glad to have you still on board. And to have a board for you to be on. You know what I mean.

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to:

Bonnie Brantley as Jessie and Donna
Shannon Perry as Captain Madeline
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Tim Sherburn as Colin and Emily
Eric Perry as Joe, Howard, and Dr. von Haber Zetzer
Sarah Rhea Werner as Pipistrelle
Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
Kevin Hall as Greg
Lee Shackleford as Pluto
and with our very special guests:
Dr. Vikram Baliga of the genuinely brilliant podcast Planthropology, as himself!
And the fabulous podcast Mission: Rejected lent us John Dowgin, Faith Dowgin, Emmet Dowgin and Caden Dowgin, who played all our ghosts.
Kyle Jones is your Narrator Two,
And Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator

John Faley is our music director, and our awesome artwork is by Lucas Elliott. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor, and Mark Restuccia is our sound designer. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry. Thanks to Kyle Jones for so much great artwork that we keep forgetting to thank him for, but whatever, tour guide.

Oz 9 is a proud member of the Fable and Folly Network! Please check out our sibling shows at fableandfolly.com and support our sponsors.

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episode 99: Put your kidneys on speaker

Julie and Greg against a backdrop of the Oz 9 ship.

episode 99: Put your kidneys on speaker

Published June 9, 2024

With the end of Season 5 just …. an indeterminate time but probably about two weeks away, the eternal Tuesday of the spotless (thanks to Joe) 9 is getting darker, scarier, and downright rude.

We hope you’ll join us (though in good conscience we can’t recommend it) as we spin and flip and spiral out of control toward the last episode of this season. Bring lozenges — there’s gonna be a lot of shouting.

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to:

Tim Sherburn as Colin
Shannon Perry as Captain Madeline and Olivia
Bonnie Brantley as Jessie and Donna
Eric Perry as Joe and Dr. von Haber Zetzer
Kevin Hall as Greg
Sarah Rhea Werner as Pipistrelle
Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
Lee Shackleford as Pluto
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
David S. Dear as Dr. Theo Bromae
Special guests John, Faith, and Emmet Dowgin as our Spectres and the Dead Astronaut
Kyle Jones is your Narrator 2,
Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator

Many thanks to cast-favorite podcast Mission: Rejected for lending us the Dowgins!

We’ll be doing a live listen-along of our season 5 finale, so eventually you’ll be able to find details here on our website, Oz-9.com.

Our music is composed and performed by John Faley; Lucas Elliott creates our artwork. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor. Mark Restuccia is our sound designer. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry.

Oz 9 is a proud member of the Fable and Folly Network. Be sure to check out all the great shows at fableandfolly.com.

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episode 98: Something is coming

episode 98: Something is coming

Published May 26, 2024

It’s time to check under the bed, make sure the closet doors are firmly shut, tuck any clown dolls in your siblings’ rooms or the freezer, and crank up the nightlight — things are getting spooky on the Oz 9.

“Something is coming,” and it’s probably not bearing ice cream or prezzies. The crew of the 9 are in trouble, and though this is no big surprise, it is nearly the end of the season, so you never know….

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to:

Bonnie Brantley as Jessie and Lady Nibble Biscuit
Eric Perry as Joe, Dr von Haber Zetzer, and Howard
Shannon Perry as Madeline and Olivia
Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
David S Dear as Doctor Theo Bromae
Sarah Rhea Werner as Pipistrelle
Tim Sherburn as Colin
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Kevin Hall as Greg.
Kyle Jones is your Narrator Two,
And Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator.

Our music is composed and performed by John Faley; Lucas Elliott creates our artwork. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor. Mark Restuccia is our sound designer. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry.

Oz 9 is a proud member of the Fable and Folly Network. Be sure to check out all the great shows at fableandfolly.com.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of one of our favorite forever space monkeys, Kate Wallenga. We love and miss you, Kate. You will always matter.

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episode 97: Well, this is unexpected

Published May 11, 2024

So, a few things to discuss here. Basically, don’t do ANYTHING you hear in this episode. So, I guess there’s really only one thing to discuss. Never mind.

Some warnings: sounds of person nearly drowning. Some painful but non-lethal punching.

TRANSCRIPT

There are no credits on this episode, so I’mma do them here.

You’ve been listening to:

Tim Sherburn as Colin and Emily
Bonnie Brantley as Jessie
Eric Perry as Howard

Oz 9’s theme music is composed and performed by John Faley; Lucas Elliott creates our artwork. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor.

With a massive sigh of gratitude and relief, Shannon is handing over the sound editing to Sound Mixer, Designer, and Wizard, Mark Restuccia. If you haven’t heard Best in Galaxy, (bestingalaxy.com) do yourself a favor and get that IN YOUR EARS. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry.

The trailer you hear is from World Gone Wrong. I’ve listened to the first ep, and yeah, this is a good ‘un. Get in there early so you can be smug about it later.

Malik: Michael Turrentine
Jamie: Hilary Williams

The trailer was written by Eleanor Hyde, directed and edited by Jeffrey Nils Gardner. The theme song is “Falling in Love at the End of the World” by Olivia and the Lovers. From Audacious Machine Creative. Find out more here: https://www.audaciousmachinecreative.com/world-gone-wrong.

Oz 9 and World Gone Wrong are proud members of the Fable and Folly Network. Be sure to check out all the great shows at fableandfolly.com.

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episode 96: Why is there a bar on the bridge?

Julie against a background of the Oz 9 ship.

episode 96: Why is there a bar on the bridge?

Published April 7, 2024

I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

Have you ever met a Kestochalian? Actually, you might have. They’re sort of lovely, except when you want to thump them on the snoot. Which, to be fair, is true of a lot of living things. Also my computer. Which, if it had a snoot, would have been thoroughly thumped on today.

ANYWAY, we made something for you, and if you’ve ever made a huge Sunday meal, this is kind of like that. We slaved all day, it’ll be over in 20 minutes, and then we start over. Do I sound crabby? I feel kind of crabby.

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to:

Shannon Perry as Madeline and Olivia
Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
Kevin Hall as Greg
Bonnie Brantley as Jessie and Donna
Tim Sherburn as Colin and Emily
Lee Shackleford as Pluto
David S. Dear as Dr Theo Bromae
Eric Perry as Dr. von Haber Zetzer, Howard, and Joe
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Sarah Rae Werner as Pipistrelle
Kyle Jones as Narrator Two
And Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator

Thanks to Stan Sitzman for the “doffing of gas mask” noise, and Chris Nadolny Gourley for the cocktail umbrella sound!

John Faley is our music director, and our awesome artwork is by Lucas Elliott. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor, and Shannon Perry is our sound designer.

Oz 9 is a proud member of the Fable and Folly Network! Please check out our sibling shows at fableandfolly.com and support our sponsors.

Freesound sounds used in this episode:

Cutting Lemon Or Orange by IENBA — https://freesound.org/s/703058/ — License: Creative Commons 0
thud pint glass beer down on table wood knock door Vows.flac by kyles — https://freesound.org/s/454222/ — License: Creative Commons 0
Charcoal Foley.wav by UlyssesAtSea — https://freesound.org/s/648136/ — License: Creative Commons 0
freezing machine turn on.ogg by kyrika84 — https://freesound.org/s/347428/ — License: Creative Commons 0

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episode 95: Spill or be spilled

Mrs S, Madeline and Colin all appear in black and white against a classic noir detective drama background.

episode 95: Spill or be spilled

Published March 14, 2024

Well, cue the sultry saxophone and the wire-brushed cymbals, we’re back for part II of our “noir” wormhole. We had high hopes for this one (as in, high hopes everyone would get shot and this nightmare would finally be at an end), but we’re only down a tour guide, and even he just seems to have wandered off.

Goldipants Detective Agency is hot on the heels of Red (aka Colin Smith aka Horace MacRory), the millionaire gangster whose morals are as slippery as his accent. Will Pluto and Donna track down the bad guy before we lose any more scientists? Will Mrs S and Donna survive their brush with the Big Bad? Also, what the hell’s a nereid?

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to:

Lee Shackleford as Pluto
Bonnie Brantley as Donna
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Tim Sherburn as Colin
David S Dear as Dr. Theo Bromae
Eric Perry as Joe
Kevin Hall as Greg
With special guest Bob Killion as the Admiral
Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator

Many thanks to one of our all-time favorite podcasts, Mission: Rejected, for loaning us the character of the Admiral. If you haven’t already, be sure to add Mission: Rejected to your list on your podcatcher of choice.

Oz 9’s theme music is composed and performed by John Faley; Lucas Elliott creates our artwork. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor. Shannon Perry is our sound designer. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry.

Oz 9 is a proud member of the Fable and Folly Network. Be sure to check out all the great shows at fableandfolly.com.

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episode 94: Expensive perfume and cheap shots

Am image of the Oz 9 spaceship against a background of, well, the Oz 9 spaceship.

episode 94: Expensive perfume and cheap shots

Published March 4, 2024

It’s a quiet night on the mean streets of … uhhhhh … doesn’t matter. And it’s not that quiet, either. Lemme start this again.

It’s a Tuesday night, and the Oz 9 has slipped into yet another wormhole. But it’s OK. This one comes with hats.

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to:

Lee Shackleford as Pluto
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Bonnie Brantley as Donna
David S. Dear as Dr. Theo Bromae
Tim Sherburn as Colin
Eric Perry as Joe
Shannon Perry as Madeline
Kevin Hall as Greg
Kyle Jones as your Narrator 2, and
Chris Nadolny Gourley as your Narrator.

Our music is composed and performed by John Faley; Lucas Elliott creates our artwork. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor. Shannon Perry is our sound designer. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry.

We love a good rating and review and promise to decorate your pod with one of those spinny disco ball things if you throw us some stars and stuff. Just sayin’….

Oz 9 is a proud member of the Fable and Folly Network. Be sure to check out all the great shows at fableandfolly.com.

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episode 93: A Midsummer Morning After

Published February 14, 2024

It’s part 2 of this, and then I swear, we’re finished and you can go back to just suspecting how pretentious we are rather than having the receipts.

We know Feb 14 can be a bit rough for some, so we wanted to give you the subtle sounds of barfing fairies to help you get through the day. Just know, we love your goofy, kooky self ALL days of the year.

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to:

David S Dear as Dr. Theo Bromae
Kevin Hall as Greg
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Eric Perry as Dr. von Haber Zetzer
Shannon Perry as Olivia
Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
Tim Sherburn as Colin
Sarah Rhea Warner as Pipistrelle
Bonnie Brantley as Duckweed, Wooly Sedge, Horsetail, and Cattail.
Kyle Jones is your Narrator 2,
And Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator.

Our music was composed and performed by John Faley, and our artwork is by Lucas Elliott. The glorious madrigal music you hear at the beginning was created by John Faley and performed by John Faley, Tanya Faley, and Emily Faley.

Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor, and Shannon Perry is our sound designer. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry. Who will deny it if asked.

The trailer is for a show we love and that is written, produced, and stars our own Julie: Chrisi Talyn Saje. You’ll find Madison On The Air wherever you listen to podcasts.

Oz 9 is a proud member of the Fable and Folly Network. Be sure to check out our awesome podcast siblings at fableandfolly.com.

We’ll see you next time, Space Monkeys. Keep your eyes on the stars, and if you see Cupid, seriously, tell him to adjust his sash.

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