The Royal Podcast of Oz

Jay and Sam talk Rainbow, the Spanish film that attempted to modernize Oz. Did it work?

Recorded back in February, Sam and Jay talk the new teaser trailer for the next part of the Russian movie adaptation of The Wizard of the Emerald City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tc85RLR3Qs

Angelo Thomas talks his new Oz comic, out now! Over the Rainbow harp cover: https://archive.org/details/acidplanet-audio-01156008

Jay and Sam talk Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz again as the original episode on it isn't available.

Jay, Bryce and Jon reunite to talk the latest Oz movie to hit theaters!

Jay chats with Tom O'Dell, the writer and director of the upcoming documentary Fantasy Rising , examining how the fantasy genre evolved in pop culture. Right now, you can get involved on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tomodell/fantasy-rising/

Jonathan Miranda joins Jay in discussing collecting the dolls tying in with the Wicked movies.

Sam Milazzo leads a live on the ground recap of OzCon 2025 featuring a number of special guests.

Jay and Angelo talk the new Russian film The Wizard of the Emerald City Part 1 - Yellow Brick Road .

Jay and Sam review Guardians of Oz, the 2017 animated film from Mexico featuring the Flying Monkeys.

Jay and Sam get up late at night and have a glitch-ridden call to talk Black Dynamite's Oz parody "The Wizard of Watts!"

The first part of the film adaptation of Wicked is out! Jay talks about it with his friends Jonathan Miranda, Angelo Thomas and Bryce Madison.

Remember that Russian movie we talked about the teaser trailer of? Well, we now have a longer trailer. Sam and Jay break it down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtQTfJru9kM

Jay and Sam break down two episodes of the 2003-2008 Strawberry Shortcake animated series: "Toto's Tale," loosely adapting the classic Wonderful Wizard of Oz story, and "Where the Gem Berries Glow," a second adventure in Strawberry Shortcake's version of Oz.

Jay interviews Gregory Hall, the composer of the new opera Marvelous, based on The Marvelous Land of Oz . Gregory explains his fascination with the source and how he's adapted the story, and tells us where and when we can see some of its first performances.

Jay invites author Dee Michel to discuss the queer aspects of The Wizard of Oz. Check out Dee's website at: https://www.deemichel.info/ Opening: Over the Rainbow by the Gay Men's Chorus of Boston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85ANRvwWyq8 Closing: The Trolley Song by the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDrX33Xb7Do\

Russia should really get out of Ukraine's business and make some good movies like the one Sam and Jay watch and discuss in this episode! To watch the trailer yourself, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3-d9qg9Ew4

Jay sits back as Sam Milazzo talks with comics writer Andy Mangels and artist Anna-Maria Cool about The Patchwork Girl of Oz graphic novel, a project you can back on Kickstarter to help bring it to life! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andymangels/the-patchwork-girl-of-oz-book-one

Erica Olivera joins Jay and Sam in discussing Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man, a short film by Whitestone Motion Pictures, and a little aside about The Tin Woodsman, an animation by Greg Tatum. Heartless: https://vimeo.com/11431902 The Tin Woodsman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg_pwveYCnY

Jay Davis and Angelo Thomas break down the trailer for the upcoming film adaptation of the musical Wicked.

In this bonus episode, we present an episode from Jay's other podcast, Let's Get Both Ties, a queer culture podcast about the stories that mean something to the LGBT community. Jay is joined by Tim Tucker to discuss L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, the 1902 novel that took a different approach to Santa Claus mythos.

Jay and Sam review Santa's Castle, a film adaptation of L. Frank Baum's A Kidnapped Santa Claus. Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk5wg-2jqPk The version of "Carol of the Bells" at the end: https://archive.org/details/Carol_Of_The_Bells_Technetium The graphic novel adaptation: https://www.amazon.com/Kidnapped-Santa-Claus-Alex-Robinson/dp/0061782408 Read the orig...

Angelo Thomas gives us a holiday surprise with an interview with Kirk Thatcher, director of The Muppets Wizard of Oz.

It's a double feature as Jay and Sam Milazzo discuss Tom and Jerry's take on MGM's The Wizard of Oz from 2011 and then they turn to its far more worthy sequel in 2016's Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz .

Jay, returning guest Angelo Thomas and new guest Tyler Varney discuss the upcoming two-part film adaptation of the musical Wicked . They discuss the cast, the decision to make two movies, the current state of Hollywood, the sneak peeks, the leaks, where could we expect to see some original Broadway cast cameos?