It's Spring 2142 (a Tuesday), and Gated Galaxies has launched its 400 Oz-8000 ships, each carrying 50,000 "resting guests" to, hopefully, a new home on a shiny,...
episode one hundred & eleven: There's a bulldozer outside
To everyone who responded to our blurb writer last time, they've been sacked. I mean ... does this look like message-in-a-bottle time? Using our show notes to get attention and complain about your job.... Seriously, we've no time for whingers 'round here-
HA! April fool. Still me. It was lovely seeing some of you on the socials. I'd print out your comments, only I don't have a printer and the walls are too damp to post things on.
Anyway, just wanted to let you know it's "spring" on the Oz 9, which means the bioswamp is in full flower and the mating calls of the egrets is deafening. The flowers and general greenness are pretty, but the giant spiders have taken to spinning themselves ear muffs to reduce the noise. All right for some, I guess. Anyway, hope it's pretty where you are.
You've been listening to:
Kevin Hall as Greg
Tim Sherburn as Colin
Bonnie Brantley as Donna and Jessie
Eric Perry as Dr. von Haber Zetzer and Joe
Pete Barry as (yuck) Bob
Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
David S Dear as Dr. Theo Bromae and Tiberius
Shannon Perry as Madeline and (mumble)
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Sarah Rhea Warner as Pipistrelle
Kyle Jones as your Narrator 2, and
Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator
Sarah Golding is our incredible dialogue editor, and Mark Restuccia WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND in this hella episode as our sound designer. Our music is the brainchild of John Faley, and poor artist Lucas Elliott just can't quite get free of us.
Until next time, Space Monkeys, stay well, and send earplugs and a towel? I have no idea where my towel is....
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How I Died - It's to die for!
If you haven't yet discovered the podcast How I Died, you are in for a treat! A ghoulish, scary, maybe-listen-with-a-friend "treat," but yeah, a treat nonetheless!
How I Died follows the story of forensic pathologist (NOT coroner) Jon Spacer. New to the oddly fatal place to live, Springfield, Dr. Spacer has an interesting super power: he can talk with the dead. Actually, that's not that impressive, hell, I can talk to the dead, but his super power is that when they talk back, he can hear them. So maybe that's the super power: he can hear the dead. OK, I'm getting a little sidetracked.
Anyway, it's a great show — annoyingly well written, fabulously acted, with intense and immersive sound design, so stick it in your ears.
You can find it here https://pod.link/1450764373 and in all the usual places.
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episode one hundred & ten: Hell bent for leisure
Once upon a time, there was a blurb writer who dreamed of the back of book jackets or maybe even the inside front flap, or the little bit of copy under the picture in a catalog, or a word or two like "stunning!" or "ribald!" on a film poster, oooo ooooo, maybe even on the inside first few pages of a novel, somewhere just under Kirkus Reviews....
But no. Instead that blurb writer does...this. Gives hints on a podcast episode you're planning to listen to anyway so you probably don't even read it. But here we are. You don't know this, but I'm also the https://bsky.app/profile/oz9podcast.bsky.social attendant. Didn't expect that, huh? Did ya? So if you read this, drop me a note on Bluesky? So I know someone out there did? Hellllllloooooooooooo.....?
You’ve been listening to:
Shannon Perry as Olivia and Madeline
Tim Sherburn as Colin
Kevin Hall as Felonius and Greg
Mark Restuccia as C4 from Best in Galaxy
Eric Perry as Joe and Mr Southers
David S Dear as Tiberius
Sarah Rhea Warner as Pipistrelle
Bonnie Brantley as Donna and Jessie
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Pete Barry as Bob
Kyle Jones is your Narrator 2, and
Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator.
John Faley is our music director, and our 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.
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. Also, don't forget we have a Patreon account, should you ever wish to drop some coins into our bucket. Just... mind the mime.
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episode one hundred & nine: That whole *spoiler spoiler* dead situation
Oooof, who cranked up the gravity? Feels heavy in here....
It's spring in the bioswamp, as much as it can ever be "spring" in space. Things are flowering, other things are ... I dunno, fauna-ing? Whatever the case, it's a bit rude round there, so maybe don't take the kids in for another month or so.
And NO, I am not tearing up, I'm in the bioswamp in spring, these are allergies, for crying out loud. Or NOT crying out loud, more crying inwardly, little hiccups of despair-
Oh, forget it. You've been listening to:
Pete Barry as Bob Ersat
Shannon Perry as Olivia and Madeline
Eric Perry as Joe and Dr von Haber Zetzer
Sarah Rhea Warner as Pipistrelle
Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
David S Dear as Dr Theo Bromae
Bonnie Brantley as Donna and Jessie
Kevin Hall as Greg
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Tim Sherburn as Colin
Kyle Jones is your Narrator Two and
Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator
John Faley is our music director, and our 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.
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 one hundred & eight: Playing Pluto's advocate
It's a Wednesday eve as I write this, and as I look out the porthole into the infinite recesses of space, I'm reminded how very small each of us is against the backdrop of eternity. Given how very very minute we are and how eternal space is, I have to wonder, how the actual f^&* is a crew member from the Oz 14 floating past my porthole just as I look out? I mean... what are the chances?! Nearly spilled my vodka tonic. Rude.
You’ve been listening to...
Pete Barry as Bob
Tim Sherburn as Colin
Bonnie Brantley as Donna and Jessie
David S Dear as Dr Theo Bromae
Eric Perry as Joe and Dr. von Haber Zetzer
Kevin Hall as Greg
Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
Shannon Perry as Madeline and Olivia
Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
Sarah Rhea Werner as Pipistrelle
Kyle Jones is your Narrator 2, and
Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator.
John Faley is our music director, and our 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.
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.
Whatever it is you wish for when you wish upon a star, may it show up on your doorstep when you least expect it and most need it. And may it stay exactly the right number of days before leaving, having cleaned up after itself, put its sheets in the washing machine, and left a lovely hostess gift on the dining room table.
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It's Spring 2142 (a Tuesday), and Gated Galaxies has launched its 400 Oz-8000 ships, each carrying 50,000 "resting guests" to, hopefully, a new home on a shiny, brand-new planet. Except this whole "terraform and take over" idea isn't actually the plan; the real plan is far more nefarious and involves a great deal of cackling. But those aboard the ships don't know that, so off they toodle (those that make it out of Earth's atmosphere, at least), all shiny and optimistic. This is the story of one of those ships – the Oz 9 – and its tiny crew of hopeless incompetents. So far, they've been in space half an hour and several hundred people are dead. So... bright future, clearly.
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