The Royal Podcast of Oz

As the Royal Podcast of Oz looks forward to going into its third year, Jared Davis and Sam Milazzo (and a little bit from Nathan DeHoff) announce their Ozzy plans for 2011, including Oz books, the Winkie Convention, the Royal Blog of Oz, videos, and the podcast itself.

For our Christmas episode, we present Jack Snow's short story The Magic Sled, a story about a little boy named Bobby who receives a sled for his birthday just before Christmas. Narrated by Mike Conway, with the voice talents of Kim McFarland and Daniel Davis. Music by Kevin MacLeod.

I chat with Oz fan Miriam Goldman, an Oz fan with some interesting and unique views on Oz books, movies, events, plays, and even video games! Warning, at about 46 minutes, this is our longest single file podcast to date.

For October's podcast, Jared Davis reads The Monarch from Jack Snow's Dark Music and Other Spectral Tales.

In this podcast, we present two interviews with two people who have contributed to continuing the literary tradition of Oz today. The first interview is with Shawn Maldonado, who has illustrated a number of recent Oz books, and the second features Kim McFarland, author of the recently released A Refugee in Oz.

The Royal Podcast of Oz is pleased to present an interview with David Maxine, operator of Hungry Tiger Press!

In this podcast, Sam Milazzo and host Jared Davis talk about a number of Oz films rumored to be in the works, and what they feel would be best for presenting Baum's fairyland onscreen.

Sam Milazzo and Jared Davis discuss the 1985 cult classic Return to Oz, and Sam talks about his fan-made comic adaptation that is available online.

I'm delighted to release this podcast, where I interview Eric Gjovaag, the webmaster of The Wonderful Website of Oz, as we discuss his online work, the book Queen Ann in Oz, the Oogaboo Rendevous, the Winkie Convention, his favorite Oz books, and Oz movies.

I am pleased to have done an interview with playwright and author Edward Einhorn, who wrote Paradox in Oz and The Living House of Oz. We talk about his plays, his work in theater, the origins of Doctor Majestico and Tempus the Parrot-Ox.

As a special Christmas bonus, here is the raw file of Mike Conway reading the story we showed a couple days ago. Even though the same audio was used in the finished production, his voice work was so excellent I decided to share it.

In this episode, Jared Davis is joined by Nathan DeHoff and Shawn Maldonado to discuss the illustrations by John R. Neill for The Lost Princess of Oz.

A little deleted scene from the first podcast...

Jared interviews Doug Wall about his upcoming RPG book Adventures in Oz. (Note: this was recorded on August 6, but it was not completed until now.) Additional reading on certain topics mentioned: Monte Cook GURPS GURPS-based Oz RPG Pinnacle Entertainment Group, publishers of Savage Worlds Encyclopedia Ozica, 5th edition, an Oz reference for Savage Worlds Heroes of Oz FUDGE

The second part of the analysis, Jared and Sam continue their look at David Hutchison's manga-inspired take on the Land of Oz in The Land of Oz: The Manga and The Land of Oz: The Manga - Return to the Emerald City.

Jared is joined by Sam Milazzo in discussing Oz: The Manga by David Hutchison. Coming soon, an episode discussing The Land of Oz: The Manga and The Land of Oz: The Manga - Return to the Emerald City.

PART 3 "A Song Of Oz-Land" read by Blair Frodelius "The Home Of Jack Pumpkinhead" read by Alan Cook "Ozma and Dorothy" read by Dexter F. Part 1 Part 2

PART 2 "The History Of the Wizard and Oz" read by Jericho Mathew Bloom "Dorothy Meets Button Bright" read by Jared Davis "The Rainbow's Daughter" read by Mike Conway "Dorothy Visits Utensia" read by Nathan DeHoff "How The Story of Oz Came To An End" read by Sera Alexia Part 1 Part 3

In celebration of L. Frank Baum's 153rd birthday, we have a special 3-part podcast in which Oz fans read excerpts from his famous Oz books. PART 1 "The Queen of the Field Mice" read by James C. Wallace II "The Story of the Winged Monkeys" read by Peter Hanff "Home Again" read by Sera Alexia "How Tip Manufactured A Pumpkinhead" read by Patrick Quigley "The Flight Of The Gump" read by Sam Milazzo "T...

This is our analysis of the illustrations of Ozma of Oz by John R. Neill. I, Jared Davis, am joined by Alan Cook of Glasgow, Scotland, who is a professional illustrator, and Sam Milazzo of Maroubra, Australia, who is an art student and Oz fan.