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

Thanksgiving Bonus: Take the planet

Published November 23, 2023

It’s Thanksgiving, Oz 9 style, which means the only thing anyone has to be grateful for is surviving it.

If you’ve ever wondered about the origin of stuffing, well, we have a theory for you. Also, were you aware you speak fluent Klep? It’s true. And you didn’t even have to practice. Take THAT, Duolingo.

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to:

Bonnie Brantley as Jessie, Donna, and Daisy
Eric Perry as Joe and Jay
Shannon Perry as Madeline
Kevin Hall as Greg
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Kyle Jones is your Narrator 2
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. Normally, the super-talented Chrisi Talyn Saje does the sound design, but this time you’re stuck with Shannon Perry, who also penned this mess.

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

See you next time, space monkeys. Happiest of holiday seasons, if and however you celebrate.

From yer ever-lovin’,

Crew

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episode eighty-eight: A hairball in your haggis

Published November 19, 2023

We turned five years old yesterday. The podcast, I mean — Oz 9 just turned 5. How we’ve lasted that long, we have no idea, but we suspect it has something to do with the fact that everyone is slightly fried from the pandemic and not giving real life 100% of their attention just now. And that’s cool. Real life can be a bit of a turd on a hot plate now and again, so suspending reality right alongside disbelief seems like a healthy decision.

All of which to say, thanks for hanging out with us. Gravity — both the being-serious kind and the falling-down kind — is not something we handle well. You clearly don’t either, and we’re happy you chose to unfurl your freak flag across the nose of the 9.

High five, space monkey. We wouldn’t be here without you. And the healer pod.

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to:

Kevin Hall as Greg
David S Dear as Doctor Theo Bromae
Bonnie Brantley as Jessie
Shannon Perry as Olivia and Madeline
Tim Sherburn as Colin
Eric Perry as Dr von Haber Zetzer
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Kyle Jones is 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, and Chrisi Talyn Saje is our sound engineer. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry.

Oz 9 is a proud member of the Fable and Folly Network. Please support our partners here: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/. And be sure to check out the other great Fable & Folly shows at https://fableandfolly.com/.

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episode eighty-six: Spike the Gargling Cow

Published November 5, 2023

Continuing in our endeavor to educate the public, much of the cowboy vernacular here is authentic. Well, some of it. “Brown gargle,” for example, is totally legit. Should it come up on Jeopardy at some point, we expect compensation.

The crew continue to explore the Oz 9, sometimes voluntarily. We know these stupid sandwich machines are trying to tell us something, but knowing that and actually understanding what that “something” is are two different things, and let’s face it, this bunch have only just managed speech.

TRANSCRIPT

You’ve been listening to

Tim Sherburn as Colin
Bonnie Brantley as Jessie
David S Dear as Dr Theo Bromae
Kevin Hall as Greg
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
J Michael DeAngelis as Clyde the cowboy
Introducing Pete Barry as … never mind — WAS the bartender
Kyle Jones is your Narrator 2, and
Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator

Our theme and other music is composed and performed by John Faley. Thomas Golding composed and performed the additional ragtime music for this episode.

Our artwork is by Lucas Elliott (who also did our COMIC BOOK and our cool pin set!! https://oz9podcast.etsy.com). Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor, and Chrisi Talyn Saje is our sound designer. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry. Find this and all our episode transcripts on our website, https://oz-9.com.

Oz 9 is a proud member of the Fable & Folly network! Please support our partners here: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/. And be sure to check out the other great Fable & Folly shows at https://fableandfolly.com/.

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episode eighty-seven: Why does the mustard matter?

Published November 5, 2023

Remember those days, hanging out at the mall, thinking Spencer’s Gifts was the height of counter-culture because they had festive roach clips? Yeah, me neither. I spent all my time at Waldenbooks.

Anyway, get ready for a trip backwards in time to the mall. I can almost smell the Orange Julius and Cinnabon (which reminded me that I made coffee that was currently cooling in the other room, dammit. I’m back now) and hear the yelps as another pre-teen gets their ears pierced at Claire’s.

There’s a very confused security guard -slash-sommelier, some moaning, and somebody ends up with an earring in their forehead. (Now taking bets on who THAT turns out to be.)

TRANSCRIPT

Because you haven’t got the sense nature gave a goat, you’ve been listening to:

Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
Sarah Rhea Werner as Pipistrelle
Eric Perry as Joe
Aaron Clark as Le Bichon Frise
Shannon Perry as Madeline and Olivia
Lee Shackleford as Pluto
introducing the Narrator’s kiddo, Michaela Nadolny Gourley as Emma, the Counter Girl and
John Dowgin of Mission: Rejected as Cyril the Security Guy.
Kyle Jones is 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, and Chrisi Talyn Saje is our sound designer. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry.

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episode 84: Would it help if I spoke stupid?

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

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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