Oz 9

By: Gated Galaxies
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  • It's Spring 2142 (a Tuesday), and Gated Galaxies has launched its 400 Oz-8000 ships, each carrying 50,000 "resting guests" to, hopefully, a new home on a shiny, brand-new planet. Except this whole "terraform and take over" idea isn't actually the plan; the real plan is far more nefarious and involves a great deal of cackling. But those aboard the ships don't know that, so off they toodle (those that make it out of Earth's atmosphere, at least), all shiny and optimistic. This is the story of one of those ships – the Oz 9 – and its tiny crew of hopeless incompetents. So far, they've been in space half an hour and several hundred people are dead. So... bright future, clearly.
    2019 by Shannon Kay Perry. All Rights Reserved.
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  • episode one: What the f&#* is that smell??

    episode one: What the f&#* is that smell??
    Nov 18 2018
    HEY! HI! If you enjoyed this episode (and yes, I know, you probably haven't heard it yet, hush), you'll be thrilled to know it's also a COMIC BOOK. Which you can BUY! https://oz9podcast.etsy.com On an otherwise unexceptional Tuesday in 2142*, Gated Galaxies fired off 400 of its Oz 8000™ ships, each with 50,000 “resting guests” tucked into stasis pods, plus a skeleton crew of up to half-a-dozen total no-hopers. It was a win-win for G2, as they’re known, as the Oz 8000 model was about to be declared “unfit for journeying to the nearest 7-Eleven, much less interstellar space” and recalled. G2 had a very large fleet of the 8000s, and a slight head start on the recall, as they’d paid off the head inspector to delay her report by promising the ships would be stripped and sold for parts. Instead, the ships were spit-shined, outfitted with some black market YugoPods™, and space aboard quietly sold to very very rich people on the promise that somewhere up there, screamingly wealthy and privileged lives away from the riff raff of Earth were to be had. To their credit, there was a lot of screaming, so they had that right. This is the story of one of those ships, the Oz 9, and the utterly futile attempts of its crew to fulfill its stated mission: to deliver the passengers safely to their new, terraformed planet. At its unstated (and unknown) mission – to make Gated Galaxies even richer by doing some sneaky, underhanded and occasionally homicidal things – it was a massive success. Oz 9 is a proud member of the Fable & Folly network! Please support our partners here: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/. And be sure to check out the other great Fable & Folly shows at https://fableandfolly.com/. *Thanks, Space Cadet #420! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    20 mins
  • episode two: I had a cake all to meself

    episode two: I had a cake all to meself
    Nov 24 2018
    Still smoking from the launch pad, our band of space explorers can't quite get a grip on this whole "survival" idea. So I wouldn't get too attached to them. Oz 9 is a proud member of the Fable & Folly network! Please support our partners here: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/. And be sure to check out the other great Fable & Folly shows at https://fableandfolly.com/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    15 mins
  • episode three: Great heaving chesticles

    episode three: Great heaving chesticles
    Dec 4 2018
    Have you ever thrown the last of your milkshake out the car window, only to have it splat on the windshield of the car behind you? OK, imagine doing that with liquified human remains, in space, where there are no windshield wipers. Or gas stations with handy squeegee things. What happens next? You might get a really irritated comms call from the next ship in line, who are, incidentally, also about to hit you. You're listening to: Bonnie Brantley as Jessie Richard Cowen as Leet Richard Nadolny as The Narrator Eric Perry as Joe Shannon Perry as Madeline and Olivia Theme and incidental music composed and performed by John Faley. Our artwork is by Lucas Elliott (who also did our COMIC BOOK and our cool pin set!! https://oz9podcast.etsy.com). Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry. Sound effects available on Freesound: Spaceship Engine – just noise.wav by Nexotron Sci fi door by peepholecircus Electric zap by JoelAudio Bridge ambient sounds: https://freesound.org/people/Diboz/sounds/211683/ Car handbrake sound by audible-edge: https://freesound.org/people/audible-edge/sounds/76804/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 mins

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Oz-9 is my favorite podcast

I love Oz-9! It's incredibly well written, cast and performed! Every episode is great

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The absolute wittiest, most hilarious this side of Leet’s Chest

This podcast is incredibly funny, with fantastic wordplay and ridiculous characters. The names of the foods alone are incredibly clever. Add in the utterly inept crew, throw in some Donna, and you have a gem of a podcast. Once I got caught up on the seasons, I immediately started it over because it is so funny!!! As Madeleine would say, anyone who doesn’t enjoy this is “benign.”

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heartbreaking

I don't even know what to say other than God Bless Richards family and friends. 💔 but what a wonderful way to remember him forever ❤️

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