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Oz 9’s Beloved Narrator, Richard Nadolny

Oz 9’s Beloved Narrator, Richard Nadolny

Published September 25, 2023

If you’re the kind of person who reads show notes, you know how flippant we generally tend to be. And no one in this cast was more flippant and irreverent than Richard, our Narrator.

He loved this show, loved being a part of it, loved hearing that you loved him, and no one laughed harder at our goofy escapades than he did. He was basically the owner of our Discord channel, jumping in to keep the fun and silly going, giving updates on my writing “process,” engaging in pun battles, and sharing the wit and warmth that made him my favorite person to talk to.

There’s so much to say about him. Too much. Simply put: he is missed.

Please protect your mental health, and if you are at all concerned about yourself or someone else, seek professional help. You matter.

For crisis situations: Text 988 or text TALK to 741741
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: https://afsp.org/
Forefront Suicide Prevention (WA State): https://intheforefront.org/
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention

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Bonus: Chat with Creator Jonathan Pezza

Bonus: Chat with Creator Jonathan Pezza

Published September 10, 2023

I know, I know, I skip a lot of bonus episodes too, but srsly, give this one a listen. Not only is Jonathan Pezza smarter than the entire crew of the Oz 9 concurrently and consecutively (yes, low bar, but still), he’s also got really fun things to tell us about. Hear the interview, then for goodness’ sake, stick around and hear his full-cast, immersive audio adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.”

And while I’m assigning homework, after listening, check out the links below and get ye over to Kickstarter to learn more about the Season 3 project, coming soon!!

TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW

Thanks as ever to John Faley for the gorgeous music!

Links:

Curious Matter Anthology: https://curiousmatterpodcast.com/episodes/
Support Season 3, The Exile on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonathanpezza/curious-matter-anthology-season-3-the-exile

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episode 85: Dirty, greasy oligarchs

episode 85: Dirty, greasy oligarchs

Published August 2, 2023

Exploring the Oz 9 isn’t like exploring brave new worlds in the manner of highly questionable colonialists of eras past. Except for the alligators. And the swampy bits. Also not knowing what’s safe to eat (hint: not bloody much). And the near-fatal encounters on a daily basis.

OK, so it’s actually quite a bit like exploring brave new worlds, except for the bravery.

Just… listen to the episode. Try to stay out of the quagmires, and if you do get quagged, at least wipe your feet before you go wandering around the ship.

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to…

Eric Perry as Joe
Bonnie Brantley as Lady Nibble Biscuit and Jessie
Tim Sherburn as Colin
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Shannon Perry as Madeline and Olivia
Special thanks to J Michael DeAngelis from Mission: Rejected for taking on the role of The Cowboy.
Kyle Jones is Narrator 2, and
Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator.

Special special thanks to Thomas Golding for the Ragtime music in our Old Time Western bar!

Our theme music is by John Faley, and our artwork is by Lucas Elliott. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor, and Chrissy Talyn Saje sound designed this episode.

Be sure to join us next time as the mystery of the ketchup pen is finally solved! Maybe.

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episode 84: Would it help if I spoke stupid?

Published July 18, 2023

Exploration of the Oz 9 continues, and it’s not going well. Though we did find some goldfish. And some bumper cars.

Traveling via vending machine is just unpredictable and not nearly as filling as you might imagine, but the crew are blundering around the ship from room to room and sandwich to sandwich, flirting with cowboys and this sentence is a bit long so I’m stopping now.

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to…

Eric Perry as Joe
Bonnie Brantley as Jessie and Lady Nibble-Biscuit
Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
Kevin Hall as Greg
Shannon Perry as Olivia and Madeline
Sarah Rhea Werner as Pipistrelle
David S Dear as Dr Theo Bromae
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Aaron Clark as Le Bichon Frise
Kyle Jones is Narrator Two, and
Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator

Our artist is Lucas Elliott; our music is by John Faley. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor and Chrisi Talyn Saje is our sound designer. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry.

Join us again next time, Space Monkeys, and stay out of the bowely bits.

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episode 83: In short, she is baked

Published June 11, 2023

You know how they say “dog bites man” isn’t a story, but “man bites dog” is? First, don’t bite dogs. Second, think of how many things you’ve taken from a junk food machine. Yeah, there’s a parallel in here somewhere, and it’s super spooky, but I’m tired and you’re going to have to make the connection yourself.

In this episode, Olivia’s I-drops (iDrops?) have gotten mixed up with some other substances, and, well, if you thought added chaos might cancel out existing chaos….nope. It just piles on.

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to:

Eric Perry as Dr. von Haber Zetzer and Joe
Shannon Perry as Olivia and Madeline
Sarah Rhea Werner as Pipistrelle
Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
David S Dear as Dr Theo Bromae
Bonnie Brantley as Jessie
Kevin Hall as Greg
Tim Sherburn as Colin
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Aaron Clark as Le Bichon Frise.
Kyle Jones as Narrator 2
And Chris Nadolny Gourley as your Narrator.

Our music is by John Faley. Our artwork is by Lucas Elliott. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor, and Shannon Perry sound designed this episode (and asks that you just go with it). Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry.

Until next time, space monkeys.

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episode 82: Keep your knickers out of the biscuit tin

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

episode 82: Keep your knickers out of the biscuit tin

Published May 11, 2023

Our crew land on a strange planet … and find someone truly strange.

BUT: here’s your chance to hear a chunk of Dr. Theo’s novel as our turnip greens attempt to evade what Joe refers to as “the stupidest way to die we’ve come up with yet.”

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to:

Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
Shannon Perry as Madeline
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Tim Sherburn as Colin
Eric Perry as Joe
Bonnie Brantley as Jessie
Kevin Hall as Greg
Kyle Jones as Narrator 2
And Chris Nadolny Gourley as your Narrator
**Guest starring Ash Hunt as Officer Lowell, courtesy of Oblivity, the brilliant podcast by Rob Stringer.**

If you’re not familiar with Oblivity podcast, you’re really missing out. Stay tuned for a tasty sample, then find more here: https://www.oblivitypodcast.com/. Oblivity is one of our favorite shows of all time, so make sure you check them out!

John Faley writes our music; Lucas Elliott is responsible for our artwork. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor, and sadly, Shannon Perry sound-designed this mess.

Thanks for listening, space monkeys. Now go do something useful to make up for it.

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HIATUS : That slice of Joe Pye-Weed pie

Published April 12, 2023

I tell ya, you turn your back for, like, three months, and someone just shoulders their way in there and takes over your ship, your characters… sheeesh.

ANYWAY, if you’re familiar with A Ninth World Journal or Deconstructive Criticism, you’ve already enjoyed the work of our own Dr. Theo Bromae, better known as David S. Dear.

In this bonus episode, he gives us a glimpse of life behind the curtain. And in front of the toilet door COME ON ALREADY SOME OF US HAD RICE KUDZPIES AT SNACKTIME.

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to:

Tim Sherburn as Colin
Bonnie Brantley as Jessie
Shannon Perry as Madeline
Kevin Hall as Greg
David S. Dear as himself
Kyle Jones as Narrator 2 and
Chris Nadolny Gourley as your Narrator

Our music is by John Faley; our artwork is by Lucas Elliott. Typically, Sarah Golding is our dialog editor, and Oliver Morris is our sound designer, but you have Shannon Perry to blame for those this time. This episode of Oz-9 was written by David S. Dear.

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HIATUS: Discussing Oz 9

Published April 12, 2023

Welcome to the Audiotorium. It’s Discussing Oz 9, with Narrator and Narrator 2, Pluto, and other assorted folks.

If you’re not familiar with the Discussing Network and their stable of shows, Discussing Who, Discussing Trek, and Discussing Comics, you really could be listening to that instead of this. (http://www.discussingnetwork.com/)

But in the style of Discussing Stuff, it’s a review of Oz 9’s season 4, so if you haven’t listened to all of season 4, well, spoilers, sweetie.

TRANSCRIPT

This episode was written by Kyle Jones and features …

Chris Nadolny Gourley as your Narrator
Kyle Jones as Narrator 2
(and far-too-briefly Clarence Brown as Narrator 2)
Lee Shackleford as Pluto
Tim Sherburn as Colin
June Clark Eubanks as the Albatros
Aaron Clark as Le Bichon Frise
Richard Cowen as Leet
Bonnie Brantley as Donna and Cpt Jessie
Steven Crider as Rock Brickwell
Richard Nadolny as the Alarm
Shannon Perry as Olivia

Our music is by John Faley, our artwork by Lucas Elliott. Be sure to check out all the shows at our very dear friends’ Discussing Network!

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episode 81: Hangover remedies and really good sunscreen

Published April 12, 2023

Yes, I KNOW we said January, but hey, it’s January somewhere, right?

The Oz 9 crew are finally (?) done with their plant-based emergency and have broken free of the Milky Way Galaxy. They’re currently lurking in a galaxy that (if you’re looking at it sideways and are 9 years old) has a vaguely rude shape. That should keep them entertained for a while.

Anyway, they might actually get off the 9 and explore a strange new world here soon, so now’s probably a good time to say goodbye.

Please stay through the end credits to hear a very cool trailer for a very good show: Human B-Gon. Check it out here on Podchaser!

And we haven’t gotten any reviews for, like, AGES, so you know <scuffs shoe in dirt>, if you wanted to <stuffs hands deep in pockets>, you could, like, leave us one or something. No biggie.

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to:

Tim Sherburn as Colin
Shannon Perry as Madeline and Olivia
Bonnie Brantley as Jessie
Chrissi Talyn Saje as Julie
Eric Perry as Joe
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
David S Dear as Dr Theo Bromae
Kevin Hall as Greg,
Kyle Jones as Narrator 2, and
Chris Nadolny Gourley as your Narrator.

Our music is by John Faley; our artwork is by Lucas Elliott. Sarah Golding is our dialog editor, and Oliver Morris is our sound designer. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry but if you say so in public, she’ll deny it.

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