In our first episode review podcast of the year, we discuss A Capsule Comes to Town! Plus, we have bloopers from our interview with Nathan Hoobler and Marshal Younger... and full details on an exciting season-long contest that you won't want to miss! Once the season ends, you can email your contest submission/guess to aiofanpodcast@hotmail.com. Leave a comment if you have any questions!
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Well, a happy March 1st to everyone! It's hard to believe spring is already around the corner. A Capsule Comes to Town has been out for four days now... any thoughts? Certainly a different style of episode with which many listeners may be confused. Apparently, this particular episode was modeled after Chicago Public Radio's This American Life. Having never even heard of the program, much less listened to it, I certainly didn't draw the parallel.
I plan on listening to an episode of This American Life over the weekend, so that will probably help provide more perspective. As far as our podcast goes, we probably won't be posting it until Tuesday. I've currently swamped with final assignments, so I'll need most of the weekend to complete them.
In the meanwhile, check out some of the latest cover art! Album 35 has been repackaged and will be available for re-release this April. Once again, another dramatic improvement over the original cover. Your thoughts?
Finally, a quick update on the Album 33 repack, which was briefly highlighted over a month ago. It's slated to release sometime this month. The next album to be repackaged is Album 27: The Search for Whit, which will come out this June. I can't wait to see the cover art for that particular album!
As anticipated, they've added A Capsule Comes to Town to the Oneplace server already! You can listen by clicking here.
Less than five days remain until A Capsule Comes to Town and potentially fewer if the episode is posted by Tuesday or Wednesday. Here's hoping they do!
A small administrative note to get out of the way... iTunes subscribers, you may have noticed that the latest download was the Feb 20, 2008 edition of the Official Podcast. That was accidentally added when I included a link to the Official Podcast in my earlier blog. I've fixed it now, so the Official Podcast has been removed from the Unofficial Podcast's RSS feed. Those who have it on their iTunes can delete it manually or delete their subscription and re-subscribe to the podcast.
We're nearly there!
With the release of the latest Official Podcast, it's clear that this season will soon prove to be one to remember. In similar fashion to Album 25: Darkness Before Dawn, the episodes in the 50th album will be self-contained, meaning all the shows will be interconnected. It all begins with the discovery of an 100 year-old time capsule buried somewhere in Odyssey. This remarkable find coincides with the town's nomination for the best small town in America. It just so happens that The Best Small Town is also the album title for the upcoming season, as confirmed by the product resource listing available at WhitsEnd.org.
As we heard in the preview and in our interview with Nathan and Marshal, favorite characters from the past are going to be making special appearances, including Jimmy Barclay and... Lucy Cunningham-Schultz?! I can't reiterate it enough--this is going to be an incredible season.
As promised, Sarah and I will be back in March to give our full review on A Capsule Comes to Town. We'll also be launching an exciting season-long contest, so check back for more details!
Only nine more days!
It's almost been two months since the last episode aired and I'm getting restless. Perhaps the most highly anticipated season of all-time will finally commence when A Capsule Comes to Town in less than three weeks! In case you haven't noticed, there's been an extreme deficiency in podcasts this year...
Wait, we haven't released one yet?
Whoops.
Anyhow, to whet your appetite, I'll be posting our latest interview with Nathan Hoobler and Marshall younger tomorrow. In it, we discuss episodes from the past season as well as things to look out for in the upcoming season! You won't want to miss this exclusive preview!
Well, you could, but then you'd have to wait another two weeks to hear anything new about the 50th season. That wouldn't be fun now, would it?
Check back this Saturday afternoon for the podcast!
Well, we have the names of the episodes for the next couple months. They've posted all the titles over at WhitsEnd.org, and it looks like we'll be hearing some of the greatest Bernard shows of all-time.
December 22: Suspicious Minds
December 29: Room Mates
January 5: The Conscientious Cross-Guard
January 12: Feud for Thought
January 19: My Fair Bernard
January 26: First-Hand Experience
February 2: Third Degree
February 9: Blind Justice
February 16: Poor Loser
February 23: Bassett Hounds
...which, of course, leads us to the spring season premiere which airs on March 1: A Capsule Comes to Town. In honor of this momentous episode, I've added a countdown to the right-hand column. Only 75 more days, folks!
