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The lads grab their broomsticks and defy gravity as they cover Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s megahit musical: Wicked. Topics include the twisted mind of Gregory Maguire, the highs and lows of Stephen Schwartz, and how to reckon with a show that is simultaneously trying to tackle the horrors of fascism and the inherent melodrama of wanting to kiss a hot Winkie.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Wicked. Book by Winnie Holzman, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Dir. Joe Montello. 2003.
• Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. ReganBooks. 1995.
• Before 'Wicked' was a smash, it was stumbling in San Francisco by Jenny Singer. The San Francisco Standard. November 23rd, 2024.
• "Defying Gravity": Queer Conventions in the Musical "Wicked" by Stacy Wolf. Theatre Journal, Vol. 60, No. 1 (Mar., 2008). The John Hopkins University Press.
• “Gregory Maguire on Wickedness Post-Bush” by Erika Milvy. Clamour. February 27th, 2009.
• “John Bucchino and the Origins of Wicked the Broadway Musical”
• Still Popular: Chenoweth and Menzel Talk ‘Wicked’ by Jackson McHenry. Vulture. October 24th, 2023.
• “THEATER REVIEW; There’s Trouble in Emerald City” by Ben Brantley. NYTimes. October 31st, 2003.
• “‘They changed my ending, I felt aghast’: how we made Wicked” by Chris Wiegand. The Guardian. September 27th, 2021.
• “Wicked Review” by Charles Isherwood. Variety. October 30th, 2003.
• “Wicked Review” by David Finkle. Theatremania. October 30th, 2003.

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Interstitial: “Baritone” // Music by Stephen Schwartz // Lyrics by Dr. Samuel Bultch, D.D.S. // Featuring Dr. Samuel Bultch, D.D.S. as “Dr. Samuel Bultch, D.D.S.” and David Armstrong as “Stephen Schwartz”.

Tom Walker (Tom Walker: Very, Very) joins the lads for his very first trip to Odyssey as they cover adventures in shock-jock DJing, international espionage, and the return of everybody’s favorite encyclopedia writing, ice-cream selling, NSA asset/God King of Odyssey: John Avery Whittaker. Topics include biblical trading cards, the logistics of owning a beef jerky co-op, and how to make propaganda that doesn’t inspire a life-long obsession with hunting down heretical texts.

Tom Walker: Bluesky // Instagram // Twitch // Youtube

Tom Walker: Very, Very: A love letter to mime (and to a coat) written by award-winning idiot Tom Walker, who keeps talking during what he insists is a mime show.

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Adventures in Odyssey
  • #313: “Top This!”
  • #355-357: “The Search for Whit, Parts 1-3"

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Interstitial: “A Series of Voicemails Left on Mary Mulligan’s Answering Machine by One Melvin Mulligan, Her Brother and Composer of Corporate Jingles” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring Eleanor Philips as “Mary Mulligan” and A.J. Ditty as “Melvin Mulligan” // Piano Cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” by Gleesinnpiano

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The lads dare to speak about Christ in the classroom and face the wrath of Ray Wise as they cover Harold Cronk’s 2016 evangelical propaganda film: God’s Not Dead 2. Topics include the horrendous filmmaking, the deeply-flawed rhetoric, and what we can learn about the future of America from a film that posits a world in which the masses will be subjugated by the most annoying people alive.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• God’s Not Dead 2. Dir. Harold Cronk. 2016.
• God’s Not Dead (2014) - Financial Information
• God’s Not Dead 2 (2016) - Financial Information
• ‘God’s Not Dead’ Producer Pure Flix Launches Theatrical Distribution Arm
• God's Not Dead 2: The Escalation of Christian Propaganda | Big Joel

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Interstitial: “Harold Cronk Presents: The Vagina Monologues” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring Brian Alford as “Brian Alford” and A.J. Ditty as “Harold Cronk”