Well, ain't this a kick in the underpants? No one would have believed, on that random Tuesday in 2142, that the Oz 9 would still be kicking (mumble) months later. And yet, as we stare down the barrel of our 100th full episode, well, here we still are, just to the left of Uranus, clueless and shivering in the dark.

But isn't that just the human condition, basically? I mean... if we're going to philosophize....

Oh, let's not. Pour yourself something naughty and well-deserved, prepare tissue for the inevitable nosebleed, and roll the episode. Happy 100, Space Monkeys — so glad to have you still on board. And to have a board for you to be on. You know what I mean.

You've been listening to:

• Bonnie Brantley as Jessie and Donna
• Shannon Perry as Captain Madeline
• Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
• Tim Sherburn as Colin and Emily
• Eric Perry as Joe, Howard, and Dr. von Haber Zetzer
• Sarah Rhea Werner as Pipistrelle
• Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
• Kevin Hall as Greg
• Lee Shackleford as Pluto
• and with our very special guests:
• Dr. Vikram Baliga of the genuinely brilliant podcast Planthropology, as himself!
• And the fabulous podcast Mission: Rejected lent us John Dowgin, Faith Dowgin, Emmet Dowgin and Caden Dowgin, who played all our ghosts.
• Kyle Jones is your Narrator Two,
• And Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator

John Faley is our music director, and our awesome 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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Listen up, Space Monkeys! We did the hard work of vetting a very fun new podcast for you, so now all YOU have to do is listen to it. YOU'RE WELCOME.

It's Desert Skies, a quirky, comedic, and heartfelt sci-fi podcast about life between this world and the next. The story takes place along the road of a lonely highway at a gas station in the afterlife called Desert Skies Astral Plane Fuel and Service Station. The staff at the station help new arrivals in the afterlife get ready to embark on their journey through the celestial spheres. You’ll meet Tendy the Attendant, Mac the Mechanic, and C.A.S.H the sentient cash register, and together they’ll make sure you’re prepared for the ride.

We truly enjoyed listening and are sure you will too. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts, or by clicking this link: https://pod.link/1634726836

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With the end of Season 5 just .... an indeterminate time but probably about two weeks away, the eternal Tuesday of the spotless (thanks to Joe) 9 is getting darker, scarier, and downright rude.

We hope you'll join us (though in good conscience we can't recommend it) as we spin and flip and spiral out of control toward the last episode of this season. Bring lozenges — there's gonna be a lot of shouting.

You've been listening to:

• Tim Sherburn as Colin
• Shannon Perry as Captain Madeline and Olivia
• Bonnie Brantley as Jessie and Donna
• Eric Perry as Joe and Dr. von Haber Zetzer
• Kevin Hall as Greg
• Sarah Rhea Werner as Pipistrelle
• Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
• Lee Shackleford as Pluto
• Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
• David S. Dear as Dr. Theo Bromae
• Special guests John, Faith, and Emmet Dowgin as our Spectres and the Dead Astronaut
• Kyle Jones is your Narrator 2,
• Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator

Many thanks to cast-favorite podcast Mission: Rejected for lending us the Dowgins!

We'll be doing a live listen-along of our season 5 finale, so eventually you'll be able to find details on our website, Oz-9.com.

Our music is composed and performed by John Faley; Lucas Elliott creates our artwork. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor. Mark Restuccia is our sound designer. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry.

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It's time to check under the bed, make sure the closet doors are firmly shut, tuck any clown toys in your siblings' rooms or the freezer, and crank up the nightlight — things are getting spooky on the Oz 9.

"Something is coming," and it's probably not bearing ice cream or prezzies. The crew of the 9 are in trouble, and though this is no big surprise, it is nearly the end of the season, so you never know....

• Bonnie Brantley as Jessie and Lady Nibble Biscuit
• Eric Perry as Joe, Dr von Haber Zetzer, and Howard
• Shannon Perry as Madeline and Olivia
• Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
• David S Dear as Doctor Theo Bromae
• Sarah Rhea Werner as Pipistrelle
• Tim Sherburn as Colin
• Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
• Kevin Hall as Greg.
• Kyle Jones is your Narrator Two,
• And Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator.

Our music is composed and performed by John Faley; Lucas Elliott creates our artwork. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor. 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. Be sure to check out all the great shows at fable and folly dot com.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of one of our favorite forever space monkeys, Kate Wallenga. We love and miss you, Kate. You will always matter.

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So, a few things to discuss here. Basically, don't do ANYTHING you hear in this episode. So, I guess there's really only one thing to discuss. Never mind.

Some warnings: sounds of person drowning. Some painful but non-lethal punching.

There are no credits on this episode, so I'mma do them here.

You've been listening to:

• Tim Sherburn as Colin and Emily
• Bonnie Brantley as Jessie
• Eric Perry as Howard

Oz 9's theme music is composed and performed by John Faley; Lucas Elliott creates our artwork. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor.

With a massive sigh of gratitude and relief, Shannon is handing over the sound editing to Sound Mixer, Designer, and Wizard, Mark Restuccia. If you haven't heard Best in Galaxy, (bestingalaxy.com) do yourself a favor and get that IN YOUR EARS. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry.

The trailer you hear is from World Gone Wrong. I've listened to the first ep, and yeah, this is a good 'un. Get in there early so you can be smug about it later.

• Malik: Michael Turrentine
• Jamie: Hilary Williams

The trailer was written by Eleanor Hyde, directed and edited by Jeffrey Nils Gardner. The theme song is "Falling in Love at the End of the World" by Olivia and the Lovers. From Audacious Machine Creative. Find out more here: https://www.audaciousmachinecreative.com/world-gone-wrong.

Oz 9 and World Gone Wrong are proud members of the Fable and Folly Network. Be sure to check out all the great shows at fableandfolly.com.

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I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

Have you ever met a Kestochalian? Actually, you might have. They're sort of lovely, except when you want to thump them on the snoot. Which, to be fair, is true of a lot of living things. Also my computer. Which, if it had a snoot, would have been thoroughly thumped on today.

ANYWAY, we made something for you, and if you've ever made a huge Sunday meal, this is kind of like that. We slaved all day, it'll be over in 20 minutes, and then we start over. Do I sound crabby? I feel kind of crabby.

You've been listening to:

• Shannon Perry as Madeline and Olivia
• Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
• Kevin Hall as Greg
• Bonnie Brantley as Jessie and Donna
• Tim Sherburn as Colin and Emily
• Lee Shackleford as Pluto
• David S. Dear as Dr Theo Bromae
• Eric Perry as Dr. von Haber Zetzer, Howard, and Joe
• Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
• Sarah Rae Werner as Pipistrelle
• Kyle Jones as Narrator Two
• And Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator

Thanks to Stan Sitzman for the "doffing of gas mask" noise, and Chris Nadolny Gourley for the cocktail umbrella sound!

John Faley is our music director, and our awesome artwork is by Lucas Elliott. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor, and Shannon Perry is our sound designer.

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.

Freesound sounds used in this episode:

• Cutting Lemon Or Orange by IENBA -- https://freesound.org/s/703058/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
• thud pint glass beer down on table wood knock door Vows.flac by kyles -- https://freesound.org/s/454222/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
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Olivia frequently just gets bored watching the crew of the Oz 9 tangle themselves up in disasters of their own making, and lately she's been downloading podcasts to listen to. She recently stumbled across The Sprouting, a show about battling plants (wait for it) .... cleverly. And she liked it. Like ... a lot. She doesn't like ANYTHING, so we're all a bit shocked over here.

Please take a listen to the supercut of The Sprouting, then find the show wherever you listen to podcasts!

Dear listener,

Welcome back to The Cradle. Our protagonists meet at a fuel stop... sorry, Gas Station... and come to the realization that travelling onwards as a group is far safer than travelling alone. As they navigate this eldritch plant strewn world, what horrors might they encounter?

I guess you're about to find out.

BIG thank you to:

Karim Kronfli for Roland

Tanja Milojevic for OTI

Find the authors:

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://linktr.ee/thesprouting

Discord: https://discord.gg/vtgnVAZY44

Support: http://www.Patreon.com/blighthouse

This is a Blighthouse Studio production.

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Well, cue the sultry saxophone and the wire-brushed cymbals, we're back for part II of our "noir" wormhole. We had high hopes for this one (as in, high hopes everyone would get shot and this nightmare would finally be at an end), but we're only down a tour guide, and even he just seems to have wandered off.

Goldipants Detective Agency is hot on the heels of Red (aka Colin Smith aka Horace MacRory), the millionaire gangster whose morals are as slippery as his accent. Will Pluto and Donna track down the bad guy before we lose any more scientists? Will Mrs S and Donna survive their brush with the Big Bad? Also, what the hell's a nereid?

You've been listening to:

• Lee Shackleford as Pluto
• Bonnie Brantley as Donna
• Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
• Tim Sherburn as Colin
• David S Dear as Dr. Theo Bromae
• Eric Perry as Joe
• Kevin Hall as Greg
• With special guest Bob Killion as the Admiral
• Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator

Many thanks to one of our all-time favorite podcasts, Mission: Rejected, for loaning us the character of the Admiral. If you haven't already, be sure to add Mission: Rejected to your list on your podcatcher of choice.

Oz 9's theme music is composed and performed by John Faley; Lucas Elliott creates our artwork. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor. Shannon Perry is our sound designer. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry.

Oz 9 is a proud member of the Fable and Folly Network. Be sure to check out all the great shows at fableandfolly.com.

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It's a quiet night on the mean streets of ... uhhhhh ... doesn't matter. And it's not that quiet, either. Lemme start this again.

It's a Tuesday night, and the Oz 9 has slipped into yet another wormhole. But it's OK. This one comes with hats.

You've been listening to:

• Lee Shackleford as Pluto
• Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
• Bonnie Brantley as Donna
• David S. Dear as Dr. Theo Bromae
• Tim Sherburn as Colin
• Eric Perry as Joe
• Shannon Perry as Madeline
• Kevin Hall as Greg
• Kyle Jones as your Narrator 2, and
• Chris Nadolny Gourley as your Narrator.

Our music is composed and performed by John Faley; Lucas Elliott creates our artwork. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor. Shannon Perry is our sound designer. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry.

Oz 9 is a proud member of the Fable and Folly Network. Be sure to check out all the great shows at fableandfolly.com.

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It's part 2 of this, and then I swear, we're finished and you can go back to just suspecting how pretentious we are rather than having the receipts.

We know Feb 14 can be a bit rough for some, so we wanted to give you the subtle sounds of barfing fairies to help you get through the day. Just know, we love your goofy, kooky self ALL days of the year.

You've been listening to:

• David S Dear as Dr. Theo Bromae
• Kevin Hall as Greg
• Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
• Eric Perry as Dr. von Haber Zetzer
• Shannon Perry as Olivia
• Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
• Tim Sherburn as Colin
• Sarah Rhea Warner as Pipistrelle
• Bonnie Brantley as Duckweed, Wooly Sedge, Horsetail, and Cattail.
• Kyle Jones is your Narrator 2,
• And Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator.

Our music was composed and performed by John Faley, and our artwork is by Lucas Elliott. The glorious madrigal music you hear at the beginning was created by John Faley and performed by John Faley, Tanya Faley, and Emily Faley.

Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor, and Shannon Perry is our sound designer. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry. Who will deny it if asked.

The trailer is for a show we love and that is written, produced, and stars our own Julie: Chrisi Talyn Saje. You'll find Madison On The Air wherever you listen to podcasts.

Oz 9 is a proud member of the Fable and Folly Network. Be sure to check out our awesome podcast siblings at fableandfolly.com.

We'll see you next time, Space Monkeys. Keep your eyes on the stars, and if you see Cupid, seriously, tell him to adjust his sash.

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As Narrator 2 says in this episode, "English majors must perforce English maj," so here's the episode you've all been dreading: the Fakespeare. Come on, stop whining, you knew it was coming.

If you're not familiar with A Midsummer Night's Dream, well, there are lots of really excellent versions out there. We prefer you NOT listen to those, however, as that's going to make this seem even more torturous than being read Vogon poetry before being shot out into space.

That said, it was fun to write and fun to do, so ... get over it. Also, the second half should show up on Feb. 14, a day some folks seem to think is special.

Thou hast been listening to...

• David S Dear as Dr. Theo Bromae
• Kevin Hall as Greg
• Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
• Eric Perry as Dr. von Haber Zetzer
• Shannon Perry as Olivia
• Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
• Tim Sherburn as Colin
• Sarah Rhea Warner as Pipistrelle
• Bonnie Brantley as Duckweed, Wooly Sedge, Horsetail, and Cattail.
• Kyle Jones is your Narrator 2,
• And Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator.

Our music was writ by John Faley, and our artwork from the fevered brow of Lucas Elliott. Sarah Golding our dialogue did edit, and Shannon Perry our sound design'ed. Lamentably, our story of Oz 9, much like the alien of old, did explode from the head of Shannon Perry and wreaketh much havoc upon a space ship. Check out more nonsense at https://oz-9.com.

Know you now that Oz 9 doth hang about with many a rascally and ill-reputed tale amidst the Fable and Folly Network; go thee hence to fableandfolly.com and there beguile your idle hours with true delights.

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