The Royal Podcast of Oz

Jay and Sam are joined by Angelo Thomas in breaking down the miniseries The Witches of Oz and its movie counterpart Dorothy and the Witches of Oz . Angelo reveals behind the scenes details and gives us the scoop on the unrealized sequel.

Jay talks with Zoe O'Hallin-Berne about how important Ozma's story is to transgender Oz fans. Reading from The Marvelous Land of Oz performed by Stephen Alexander Willis for Willow Audio Books, used with permission.

Jay and Sam waltz up and down the produce aisle as they look at Veggie Tales' The Whimsical Wizard of Ha's as the parable of The Prodigal Son is mixed with a Wizard of Oz parody.

Recorded over four years ago, Sam and Jay discuss the 2007 miniseries on the Sci Fi Channel.

The Royal Podcast returns with two short stories and two poems read by L. Frank Baum fans! "How the Tin Woodman Became A Fire Hero" read by Erica Olivera "Blow, Winds, Blow!" read by Sam Milazzo "By the Candelabra's Glare" read by PJ Scott Blankenship "The Dummy That Lived" read by Suren Oganessian Music by Paul Tietjens for The Wizard of Oz Broadway extravaganza, piano rolls published by the Aeol...

Jay talks with Aron Toman, the writer, director and producer of The Chronicles of Oz (and voice of the Scarecrow). Find out behind the scenes information,  some spoiler talk and the secrets behind this podcast adaptation of the  Oz series.

After a long hiatus, the Royal Podcast of Oz returns as Jay chats with PJ Blankenship, creator of the upcoming Hit the Bricks, a fiction podcast featuring modern adventures in Oz!

At OzCon International, we will be welcoming Andy Mangels, a foremost authority on Filmation, the company that produced the first animated Oz film, Journey Back to Oz. But Andy's connection to Oz goes a bit deeper. Jay chats with Andy about it. Find out more about this year's OzCon here and register here.

At OzCon International this year, in celebrating all things Oz, there will be special attention given to Rachel Cosgrove Payes, the fifth Royal Historian of Oz, author of The Hidden Valley of Oz, The Wicked Witch of Oz, "Percy and the Shrinking Violets" and "Spots in Oz." Joining us is her son, Robert Payes, who has appeared on the podcast before. In this brief interview, Robert tells us about Sti...

OzCon International Chairman Jay Davis chats with Guest of Honor James Ortiz. Find out why James created the play The Woodsman and what he's looking forward to at OzCon!

Jay chats with fellow Oz fan and collector Walter Krueger!

Jay and Sam start the 2018 episodes with a discussion of Thundertoad Animation's 2005 CGI animated adaptation of The Patchwork Girl of Oz. How faithful is it? How's the visuals? Where can you get a copy? All shall be answered!

Jay reads two stories from Oziana 2013, "Jinnicky Saves Christmas" by Nathan DeHoff and his own "The Way of A Lion." Afterward, he and Nathan chat about creating their tales.

Jay and Sam tackled The Muppets Wizard of Oz. When did they see it and how? What did they think? How much does Sam hate Quentin Tarantino?

Former podcast guests Garrett Kilgore and Angelo Thomas talk The Muppets Wizard of Oz.

Jay chats with recurring podcast guest Garrett Kilgore to finally discover his personal love of Oz and what he's been doing lately. Garrett's YouTube Channel The Art of Oz, Garrett's blog

Registration is finally open for Oz Con International 2018. Jay Davis and Colin Ayres are chairing next year as OzCon International heads back to California to celebrate the centennial of The Tin Woodman of Oz, as well as explore the wonders of Oz and L. Frank Baum in Hollywood. Current guests of honor include James Ortiz, Robert Payes, Andy Mangels, Aljean Harmetz, and John and Bjo Trimble. OzCon...

Jay and Angelo Thomas talk about the new animated Oz series: Boomerang's Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz and Amazon's Lost in Oz!

Jay and Sam follow up and supplement their commentary for Lion of Oz with a standard discussion episode.

Jay and Sam meet up in their hotel room at Oz Con International 2017 and watch Lion of Oz, the animated adaptation of Roger S. Baum's Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage, and give you their live comments and criticisms of the movie. (A standard review episode will be recorded and released soon.)

Jay and Sam meet up at Oz Con 2017 in Portland, Oregon and talk about what happened during the convention each day.

Jay and Sam talk about the Russian animated series Adventures in the Emerald City, with a twist for foreign language productions: this time our guys have English subtitles. Listen to them talk about how this animated take on the first two Oz stories—with a bit of Volkov—attempted to streamline the Oz stories a bit and join them in wishing that the series had gone further.

The Royal Podcast of Oz finishes presenting tales from Little Wizard Stories of Oz with "Ozma and the Little Wizard" to celebrate L. Frank Baum's birthday. When Ozma discovers some troublesome imps in Oz, the Wizard puts his magic to work to stop them. Make sure to listen all the way to the end! The cast includes Mike Conway, Doug Wall, Kim McFarland, Severino Milazzo and Sam Milazzo.

Jay tells us of the life of L. Frank Baum, with some commentary from Sam. Afterward, they discuss their sources.

Jay and Sam discuss the finale of the Oz Kids series: Mombi the witch regains her power and sets to take over Oz! How can the Oz Kids defeat her without their parents? What is the Oz Kids chronology? All this, plus a capsule review of The Wizard of Oz on Ice.