The Royal Podcast of Oz

Jared talks with International Wizard of Oz Club charter member Doug Greene.

Sam and Jared talk about something very, very important. EDIT: This episode was released for April Fool's Day. It is not that important.

Jared and Sam discuss abandoned Oz film and television projects over the years, especially Disney's The Rainbow Road to Oz. More about The Rainbow Road to Oz: Original Mickey Mouse Club website Jim Hill Media: Disney's Long, Long Road to Oz Mouse Planet: Walt's Journey to Oz On the Disneyland Records Oz releases: The Scarecrow of Oz The Wizard of Oz The Cowardly Lion of Oz The Tin Woodman of Oz

Jared talks to Megan Lavey-Heaton and Isabelle Melançon of the webcomic Namesake.

Jared and Sam conclude their discussion of this classic Oz film and we hear opinions from other Oz fans.

Jared and Sam discuss MGM's technicolor classic The Wizard of Oz! Due to being a super-long talk, it has been split in two parts. Part 2 will be released soon.

Jared chats with web cartoonist and Royal Explorers of Oz illustrator John Troutman.

Sam and Jared interview cartoonist Eric Shanower!

Jared reports Oz news, including the first Oz book of 2012, and talks to Cindy Ragni about her new site wonderfulbooksofoz.com and to Peter Hanff about the origins of the Winkie Convention.

Jared and Sam painfully discuss the 1925 silent comedy film based on The Wizard of Oz then get back into Ozzy spirit by discussing the very first Oz cartoon. And they get ready for the next movie...

Jared and Sam discuss the adaptations of L. Frank Baum's The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus from 19856 and 2000.

Mike Conway, Zach Allen, Doug Wall, Miriam Goldman, and Peter Heimsoth perform W.W. Denslow's "Dorothy's Christmas Tree" from "Denslow's Scarecrow and Tinman."

Jared talks with legendary Oz fan and International Wizard of Oz Club charter member Ruth Berman.

Marcus Mebes, editor of Oziana, reads Jack Snow's "The Penhale Broadcast" from Dark Music and Other Spectral Tales. An experimental supernatural broadcast is carried out in the Penhale graveyard. Will the ghost of famed opera singer Sonya Parrish sing again? The text of the story may be read here.

Jared and Sam discuss the third and final Oz film from the Oz Film Manufacturing Company.