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The Degrees of Kelvin graphic novel cover is on Amazon! It will be released on June 9, 2020, and it’s available for pre-order. https://www.amazon.com/Degrees-Kelvin-Good-Galaxy-Beyond/dp/1646070062/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Degrees+of+Kelvin&qid=1588508251&s=books&sr=1-1
Also, on Whitsend.org, it says that the Radio Theater Chronicles of Narnia series will be coming soon to Focus at Home.
I know that the interview that happened on the Adventures in Odyssey Club when Dave Arnold and Bob Smithouser asked the fan’s questions is old news, but there are a few questions I found interesting that weren’t mentioned in your posts.

A fan asked if there would be another get in the show contest. Dave Arnold responded, “We don’t have any plans right now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we do it some time.”

When someone asked if there is a plan to have a deeper storyline for Jay, Dave Arnold replied, “Not at the moment. I personally really like Jay’s character a lot though. Maybe at some point we’ll do a story arc with him. He’s just really good in smaller doses.”

When someone asked if they can make episodes about Wooton as a kid, Dave Arnold said, “Fun idea. We’ll have to think about that.”

A lot of questions were asked about characters returning to Odyssey. Bob Smithouser and Dave Arnold answered these and said that they don’t have any plans to bring back Agent Bourland, Monty Whittaker, Jellyfish, Two-Bits, Nelson Swanson,or Mr Skint anytime soon. When asked if Aubrey Shepard was going to return to Odyssey, Dave Arnold said, “Probably not.”

Both confirmed that they might continue to have Horace, Luella, and Nelson in episodes. Dave Arnold confirmed that we would hear from Valerie again outside of the club episodes. Bob Smithouser said, “We’ve even talked about possibly having Mrs. Randolph return in a Club episode next year.”

Someone asked if Paul McCucker would write any episodes. Dave Arnold said, “Paul is busy working for another company right now, so I don’t see him writing anything for us soon. Someday maybe?”

I think they completely destroyed theories about the Rydell Saga being connected to Novacom and Blackgaard. A fan asked, “will we ever meet up with him or any of the Novacom folks again?” Dave Arnold said, “no plans at this point, but you never know.” To follow that up, Bob Smithouser said, “Morrie is in no way connected to Dr. Blackgaard who, may I reiterate once again, is 100% dead.”

Dave Arnold said that they can’t do episodes about the Narnia stories and Tolkien stories because they, “are owned by estates and they have to grant rights to do anything with them. We’ve already done all of the Narnia stories for Radio Theatre. But the Tolkien estate won’t give us permission.”

When asked about the Young Whit Books, Dave Arnold said, “Just finishing up book four and book five is already plotted out and ready to begin. If they sell well enough, we’ll continue the series. If not, that could be the last. So buy them and read them!” He later said, “By the way, if we continue the books past this first series, I have ideas for Young Whit to go visit his relative on the ranch.”

The last question which was answered I think, was a fan saying to please answer about Connie getting married. Dave Arnold replied with, “Only God knows that answer.”

Whit’s End.org has been updated! The domain, instead of whitsend.org, is adventuresinodyssey.com. On the site, the release date for the fourth Young Whit book has been revealed: April 2021.

On the latest podcast, (https://www.adventuresinodyssey.com/podcast/what-is-the-name-of-album-70-can-you-give-a-preview-of-the-rydell-revelations-and-more-questions-for-the-team/), the preview of The Rydell Revelations was played again…but with one extra line after Morrie says, “It’s all on Emily’s phone, here.” Whit replies, “Hm. Interesting. It’s not password protected.”

The 5-6 episodes in Best Kept Secrets is called California Dreams, and in it, Mr Kendall comes to get Jules.

June’s club episode is Cars, Trains,
and Motorcycles!

I don’t think you ever mentioned the upcoming episode “A Simple Reminder”. It is a remotely recorded episode that was recorded on May 18. It was from Phil Lollar’s Facebook page, and is written and directed by Phil Lollar and includes Connie, Whit, and Jason.

July’s Club episode is “Millstones”.
The description in the magazine says, “Some choices are easy, But knowing the right thing to do isn’t always black and white. In “Millstones,” Connie’s good intentions lead to trouble when a fundraiser gets out of hand. Meanwhile, Renee faces a truth-telling dilemma in the Room of Consequence. Is it ever OK to lie? Join us this month at aioclub.org for an important lesson on motives and moral decision making.”

The album artwork for Album 70 is now released.

Album 69 was removed from the Club, and in the comments section under Cut-And-Fold Wyatt, a user called ModeratorNaomi said, “We’re sorry for the confusion with the new album, friends! We hope you’ll be encouraged to know it’s scheduled to post on July 7th!”

According to the AioWiki, “The Forever Gift” is September’s Club Episode.

So apparently A Simple Reminder is finished and has been confirmed to be September’s club episode. Yes. September’s. What??!!

The Town of Odyssey Message Boards recently hosted a live chat with Marshal Younger in which the fans asked him questions about Odyssey and upcoming episodes. Here are some of the highlights:

When asked about Album 73, he said: “28 Hours is a six-part episode written by Kathy. And it’s going to blow your mind…Kathy outdid herself on 28 Hours. I didn’t know she had it in her.” He later said, “I enjoy acting, but I don’t think I’m that good at it. Kathy wrote a pretty major part for me in “28 Hours”, and I felt like an idiot next to Phil Proctor, who has been acting in audio drama for 60 years!”
(He says here that he acted alongside Phil Proctor. I’m wondering if that means he’ll be playing Officer Stew Burke.)

He also made several comments about what the plans are for the future of Eugene Meltsner. He said, “We discussed what we’re going to do with Eugene in the February meetings. And we made a definite decision, but I really can’t say much more than that. We considered all possibilities, and there are no good answers. I’ll tell you right now, you probably won’t be satisifed with anything we do about Eugene, because what we really want is Will. And we can’t have that.” When the possibility of killing Eugene was mentioned, Marshal said, “That came up, and there were people on your team in [that] camp. Not going to say if we’re going that way, but I will say that much.” He later said, “We are trying our hardest to handle the Eugene thing with care. Remember, we have lost a friend too. It’s going to be hard on some of our actors. But like I said, there are no good solutions.” He went on to say that Nathan Hoobler is working on the tribute now.
(Not to speculate or anything, but based on these comments, I’m wondering whether the AIO Team decided to bring in a new actor for Eugene. But I could be wrong.)
Later, when asked about the availability of the Eugene Sings Album, he replied, “I don’t really know anything about “Eugene Sings”. I didn’t realize it wasn’t in the Club. I’ll look into it.”

The topic of the Rydell Saga came up a few times. When asked if we will we see any stories showing the dynamic of Morrie and Suzu at Whit’s house, he replied, “Yes, Phil is writing a story right now about Morrie and Suzu interacting with Whit, some at the house. Should be in Album 74.”
It was mentioned that the Rydell Saga has been controversial and that the fans feel like their questions haven’t been sufficiently addressed. Someone commented that instead of changing course, “it seems more like y’all are doubling down”. Marshal responded, “We talked at length at the writer’s meeting in February about a plan for Morrie and Suzu. For some, the damage is done and I don’t know if any answer we give is going to satisfy, but we are planning on addressing some of those questions.”

When the subject of Whit no longer being at the forefront of the show came up, Marshal simply replied, “As far as Whit is concerned, he is definitely the most prominent character in shows coming up.”

Several questions were asked about different characters, and he gave multiple hints/tidbits about upcoming episodes. He said, “I led the Writer’s Meeting in February, and I emphasized making sure our main characters are heard from, making sure we tell stories with relevant themes, and hitting on deep topics.” He also said that there are “No plans right now” for Becky Riley, the Timothy Center or Whit’s End, Connellsville to appear in the near future. However, he did say, “There’s some stuff happening with Whit’s End though that’ll be very cool.” When asked if there will be more Kidsboro episodes, he said, “I doubt there will be any more Kidsboro stories. It never really fit with the world of Odyssey.” When asked about a Leonard Meltsner return, he said, “We haven’t talked about Leonard.” When asked if we’ll hear more about Valerie, he said, “If I recall, I don’t think any of the stories pitched at the Writer’s Meeting included Valerie.”
When asked about exploring the character of Jay, he said, “We will see a little bit of Jay’s home life in a show coming up in the Club soon.” When someone said that the Jay-stalking-Zoe thing is creepy, Marshal responded, “Personally, I think “stalking” is a bit harsh. Maybe I’m not being sensitive enough. But I actually think Zoe likes it.”
When asked if there are any Imagination Station shows coming, he said, “IS episodes, yes. And two historical episodes. And a couple of Bible ones.”

When asked if there will be an updated Official Guide for AIO’s 35th Anniversary he replied: “No. We don’t have much planned for the 35th, but I just pitched something HUGE for the 1000th episode. Can’t say, though… Sorry.” He went on to say that the 1,000th episode, “…should be recorded in the summer 2024.”

He also mentioned the upcoming upgrade of the AIO Club, saying, “The new Club Experience keeps getting pushed back for various reasons. We’re hoping within the month, but don’t quote me on that.”

Those are a few highlights from the chat. To read more things Marshal said (including answering to Jillian being the chariman), check out the full transcript can be read here: https://www.thetoo.com/viewtopic.php?p=1166272#p1166272