Episodes
Dec. 24, 2025
FREE EPISODE: “Value of a Buck, Part 1”
In this first episode of Album 80: “Rewritten,” Buck visits Odyssey and Jules braces to tell him her life-changing news. Meanwhile, a nursing-home “ministry” has an unsettling similarity to a dark detail from Buck’s past. (Th...
Nov. 25, 2025
Top 10 Episode Countdown
Five hundred podcasts, thirty-eight years of Adventures in Odyssey , and one epic countdown! Bob and Jesse celebrate by revealing the ten most-listened-to episodes in the Club, complete with never-before-heard audio and behin...
Nov. 12, 2025
Visit to the Texas State Fair in Young Whit and the Shell Game
Executive producer and author Dave Arnold previews Young Whit and the Shell Game , the sixth book in the Young Whit series. Hear how this stand-alone adventure expands Whit’s world, connects to lessons he’ll carry into adulth...
Oct. 29, 2025
Solving the Final Mystery: The Legacy of the Last Chance Detectives
The Last Chance Detectives have been solving mysteries for more than thirty years—on screen, on audio, and now in books. As Book 8: The Curse of Calamity Wells releases, hear from creator and author Bob Vernon and editor Thom...
Oct. 15, 2025
Into the Spotlight: Shining Light on Jonathan’s Story
Writer Bob Smithouser, collaborator Abigail Geiger, and sound designer Nathan Jones take listeners “Out of the Spotlight” and explain why the name turned out to be such an appropriate title for both Jonathan’s journey and the...
Sept. 17, 2025
Wayback Wednesday: Say hello to Lucy… again.
Genni Long (Lucy Cunningham-Schultz) reflects on more than 70 episodes, falling in love with Jack Davis (Donald Long), and what life has looked like since her last Odyssey appearance.
Sept. 3, 2025
Chess Moves with Dr. Blackgaard
Phil Lollar dishes on Bishop’s Block , the latest Blackgaard Chronicles novel. Hear how he balances faith, villains, and spy-thriller intrigue—plus a glimpse at what’s ahead in the rest of the series.
Aug. 20, 2025
Odyssey’s Real-Life Working Genius
Jesse Kellum IV doesn’t just write for Odyssey —he also works at the real-life Whit’s End! Hear how a workplace personality quiz inspired his latest episode, how a slide thermometer sparked a memorable story, and how he tackl...
July 23, 2025
A Very Whittaker Podcast: Totally Random Questions for Andre Stojka
Andre Stojka (voice of Mr. Whittaker) reveals his hobbies, his favorite quote, his least favorite chore, and his most unusual possession. Plus, vote in the Avery Awards and nominate a real-life Whit in your life.
July 9, 2025
Wayback Wednesday: From Stand-Up to Whit’s End with Ed Washington
Mark Christopher Lawrence revisits his journey as Ed Washington — from landing the role to bringing humor, heart, and faith to one of Odyssey’s most beloved dads. Hear reflections on his personal faith and how he continues to...
June 25, 2025
Sisters On and Off the Mic: Katie and Shona Preview Album 79
Katie Leigh (Connie) and Shona Rodman (Jules) preview Album 79: Eleventh Hour. They share what it’s like playing sisters, how they keep their characters fresh, and how they prepare for recordings. Get a sneak peek at the hear...
June 11, 2025
From “At Face Value” to the “Eleventh Hour”: What’s Behind and What’s Ahead
Showrunner Marshal Younger, co-creator Phil Lollar, writer/director Kathy Buchanan, and line producer Nathan Hoobler return to answer your questions. Why were the names of the early albums changed? Will marshmallow and pear i...
May 28, 2025
Mapping the Perkins Family Story Arc
Showrunner Marshal Younger unpacks the five-episode journey that transformed the Perkins family. How did real-life experiences shape Ron’s path? And why is Bridget’s story still unfinished? Plus: a preview of “The Picture Day...
May 14, 2025
Finding Ron Perkins
Before voicing Ron, Eric Martsolf was singing at theme parks, performing on cruise ships, and even touring with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat . Eric shares how his eclectic career prepared him to play a Marine ...
April 30, 2025
Totally Random Edition with Chris Anthony Landsdowne
Fans submitted thousands of off-the-wall, anything-goes questions, and Chris is ready to answer. From her favorite childhood book to the one food she’d eat forever, get to know the voice of Adventures in Odyssey like never be...
April 2, 2025
Buck, Baltimore, and Batting Cages: Exploring “Better Buck Next Time”
Writer/director Kathy Buchanan and sound designers Luke Guenot and Zach Schneider dive into the making of “Better Buck Next Time.” Hear how Buck’s story evolved after his breakup with Jules, how football and faith collide in ...
March 19, 2025
Morrie’s Next Move: Atticus Shaffer and Phil Lollar on “Kris-Crossed”
Morrie Rydell is changing from manipulative villain to surprising hero. Actor Atticus Shaffer and writer/director Phil Lollar take us inside “Kris-Crossed,” discussing Morrie’s changes, behind-the-scenes stories, and insight ...
March 5, 2025
Bringing Military Authenticity to Odyssey: A Marine’s Story
Marine Josh Hosler shares how his real-life experiences shaped the Adventures in Odyssey episode “Ambush” and more. From military communication to a surprising sheep encounter, hear how he brought authenticity to the story of...
Feb. 19, 2025
Taking Adventures in Odyssey to the next level
We’re saying goodbye to CDs in the spring of 2026 and going fully digital. That means longer storylines for your favorite characters. Less waiting between multi-part stories. More flexibility for fun, one-off episodes. But wh...
Jan. 22, 2025
Totally Random Edition
It’s Opposite Day as hosts become guests and Bob and Jesse tackle more than a dozen TRQs from our listeners!
Jan. 8, 2025
Building “School of Hard Knocks”: Friendship, Sound Design, and New Faces
Writer Evan David and sound designer Zach Schneider reveal how they brought “School of Hard Knocks” to life. Evan shares the challenge of transforming Clubhouse Magazine’s Tori Mori into an Odyssey character and weaving her i...
Dec. 11, 2024
Why did Buck and Jules break up? Will Jules stay in the band? Where is the live show in the timeline?
Showrunner Marshal Younger, writer/director Kathy Buchanan, writer/director Phil Lollar, and line producer Nathan Hoobler answer your questions about Adventures in Odyssey past, present and future! From Bridget’s job changes...
Nov. 27, 2024
Rocking Manic Ravioli: The Sound of Jules’s Band
Sound designer Nathan Jones and composer John Campbell reveal how they turned “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” into a rock anthem, balanced professionalism with a touch of amateur fun, and tackled the challenges of bringing a fictiona...
Nov. 13, 2024
Voicing and Writing "Express Salvation"
Dive into the making of the latest story arc with showrunner Marshal Younger and actor Dawson Griffin, the new voice of Wyatt Perkins. Why has this story been five years in the making? How did Dawson’s journey to Odyssey begi...
Oct. 30, 2024
From Odyssey to Hollywood and back again
Writer Charlie Richards returns to Adventures in Odyssey after 24 years. Discover how his journey from Focus on the Family to a Hollywood sitcom to “The Pond” led to the latest Club adventure, “You Dirty Rat.” Plus hear a pre...
Oct. 16, 2024
Celebrating Whits everywhere with Award Winner Richard Moore
Bob and Jesse celebrate Richard Moore, this year’s Whit Award winner, with his son Chris and grandson Campbell, who nominated him! Hear how Richard’s mentorship was impacted by Whit himself and how his own mentorship has impa...
Oct. 2, 2024
The Avery Awards 2024, courtesy of AI-Oh
All the ideas for the Avery Awards have been done until Bob and Jesse employ their new digital assistant AI-Oh. From daring escapes to singing in spooky mansions, our hosts reveal the fan-voted winners from Album 75: “The Bes...
Sept. 18, 2024
From England to Odyssey: The Voice Behind Renee D. Carter
Caitlin Thorburn, the voice of Renee D. Carter, shares her journey from old England to New England (and back again!), mastering Renee's Scottish accent, and what fans can expect from “The Heavens Declare.”
Sept. 4, 2024
An update with Andre Stojka
Andre Stojka had to miss One Grand Party and had a lot of people praying for him. He gives us an in-depth update on what happened and how he’s feeling now.
July 25, 2024
FREE EPISODE: “500” (plus bonus interviews!)
Relive the milestone that is halfway to 1000 as you join the folks in Odyssey for a fun behind-the-scenes look. Exclusive interviews, bloopers, a fun-filled tour of our first 500 episodes, and much more!
July 24, 2024
Rewind from 1000 to 0001 with Steve Harris and Phil Lollar
Odyssey co-creators Phil Lollar and Steve Harris talk about the creation of Odyssey in 1986 and God’s hand on the show (Plus: We reveal the name of episode #1000!)
July 10, 2024
Focus president Jim Daly on 1000 episodes
Focus on the Family President Jim Daly travels the halls of the United States Congress, university campuses, and the State Department and finds Adventures in Odyssey fans everywhere he goes.
June 26, 2024
New notes about the first Odyssey theme song
Composer Martie Echito worked on the very first Adventures in Odyssey theme song in 1987 and created the background music for dozens of episodes.
June 12, 2024
Who is Molly's dad? When will Seymore be back? What's going to happen in Album 77?
Showrunner Marshal Younger, co-creator Phil Lollar, and line producer Nathan Hoobler answer your questions about Album 76: Keep it Together, future books and episodes, and look forward to Album 77.
May 29, 2024
Who played six different parts in “Running the Race”?
In the Eric Liddell three-parter, Greg Jbara plays a Headmaster at a school in England, a Scottish track coach, a Manchester reporter, a Japanese officer, an elderly man at a concentration camp…and of course Pastor Wilson! Pl...
May 15, 2024
Why and how did Buck fall down the stairs?
Writer/director Kathy Buchanan and sound designer Zach Schneider discuss Buck’s first (but not last!) adventure in Baltimore – “Making an Honest Buck.”
May 1, 2024
Unpack all three parts of “The Rydell Realizations”
“The Rydell Realizations” is a turning point for Emily and especially for Morrie. Get into the spoiler-y details of the story and production with writer/director Phil Lollar and sound designer Luke Guento … but only after you...
April 17, 2024
The five-year journey to “Running the Race”
Executive producer Dave Arnold starting outlining a story about Eric Liddell in 2019 — but the episode wasn’t written and directed by Phil Lollar until 2023 and not released until 2024. Follow the marathon production of the t...
April 3, 2024
The epic production of “Running the Race”
Sound designer Nathan Jones looks back on all the jogging and Olympic sprints in the first two parts of “Running the Race,” previews the final episode in a prison camp…and tells us the one thing he would save from his home.
March 21, 2024
The Chairman emerges from the shadows
Brian Cummings has played dozens of Odyssey characters from Christopher Columbus to the local soccer coach to Emperor Nero to even Jesus Christ.
March 6, 2024
Bridget runs the race and hits the right notes
Actress Keely Marshal looks back at (spoiler!) singing in “Right Notes, Wrong Key” and ahead to the three-part “Running the Race.”
Feb. 21, 2024
Stories about Will Ryan from his wife Nancy
In our final podcast looking back at the life of Will Ryan and the creation of “The Best is Yet to Come,” Will’s wife Nancy Niparko Ryan shares stories from their time together, Will’s similarity to Eugene, and the reach of A...
Feb. 7, 2024
Who is Molly's mom?
Dana Powers, voice of Molly’s curiously unnamed mom, remembers auditioning, talks about voicing KitKat commercials, and shares why “One Last Treasure Hunt” is her favorite episode.
Jan. 24, 2024
Eugene’s voice came from war-torn Ukraine
Vitalii Knya, Head of Delivery at Respeecher, tells us how they created Eugene’s line for “The Best is Yet to Come,” the technology behind their company, and what’s going on in Ukraine.
Jan. 10, 2024
Join us to celebrate One Grand Party in Colorado Springs!
Calling all Odyssey fans! The 1,000th episode airs this year! We’re inviting fans from all over the country to join us at One Grand Party on August 2-3, 2024, in Colorado Springs. Tickets go on sale on Thursday, January 11. G...
Dec. 27, 2023
FREE AUDIOBOOK: "Showdown with the Shepherd"
As a special gift, hear an entire Imagination Station audiobook! More are available in the Adventures in Odyssey Club. In this adventure, Cousins Patrick and Beth go to the Holy Land in the tenth century BC. Troubles await th...
Dec. 12, 2023
All your questions about "The Best is Yet to Come" answered
Why not let Eugene stay in Odyssey? Are you going to use the same technology to bring back old characters? Where did you get Bernard’s lines? Why did the whole family Meltsner family move? Why didn’t we hear Wooton in Eugene’...
Nov. 29, 2023
Producing a milestone: “The Best is Yet to Come”
Sound designers Luke Guenot and Zach Schneider talk about working on such a significant series of episodes and how it was the most collaborative production in Odyssey history
Nov. 15, 2023
Katie Leigh on “The Best is Yet to Come”
Katie Leigh, voice of Connie, remembers the recording sessions for the Meltsner four-parter and working with Townsend Coleman as Eugene
Nov. 1, 2023
What do the latest episodes in Album 75 and this month’s Club adventure have in common?
Writing discipline, bringing back Dr. Trask, and choosing characters who scare her are all topics on writer Abigail Geiger’s mind.