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Adventures In Odyssey
''Adventures in Odyssey'' (AIO), or simply ''Odyssey'', is an Evangelical Christian radio drama and comedy series created and produced by Focus on the Family. Aimed at families with children age 12 and younger, the series first aired in 1987 as a 13-episode pilot called ''Family Portraits'' and has over 947 episodes to date. In 2005, the show's daily audience averaged around 1.2 million within North America. The ''Odyssey'' radio series also includes several spin-off items, including a home-video series, several computer games, books, and devotionals. The series is set in the fictional town of Odyssey. Stories center around the people who live there, particularly ice-cream and discovery emporium owner John Avery Whittaker, who was originally voiced by Hal Smith. History In 1982, Focus on the Family began creating several short dramas for inclusion in the ministry's daily half-hour radio show; these radio dramas were commissioned by Focus on the Family founder and then-presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Comedy
Radio comedy, or comedy, comedic radio programming, is a radio broadcast that may involve variety show, sitcom elements, sketch comedy, sketches, and various types of comedy found in other media. It may also include more surreal or fantastic elements, as these can be conveyed on a small budget with just a few sound effects or some simple dialogue. Radio comedy began in the United States in 1930, based on the fact that as most United Kingdom music hall comedians such as Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel progressed to silent films, they moved to cinema of the United States, Hollywood and fed the radio comedy field. Another British music hall comic, George Formby, stayed in the British movie industry, and in 1940 joined the Entertainments National Service Association to entertain British World War II troops. UK radio comedy therefore started later, in the 1950s. Background and history Radio comedy began in the United States in 1930, and got a much later start in the United Kingdom becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Anthony (voice Actor)
Chris Anthony Lansdowne, born Christine D'Antonio, is an American voice actress best known as host of Focus on the Family's ''Adventures in Odyssey'' and, along with Katie Leigh, is the only remaining original cast member of the show. Career As host of ''Adventures in Odyssey'' for over three decades, she is heard weekly on more than 2,000 radio stations worldwide. Aside from her work in radio drama, video games, animation, and TV/radio commercials, Anthony is also known for having voiced more than 100 Mattel talking Barbie games, toys, dolls, and button sound books, from 1994 to 2006. Anthony has been the host of ''Adventures in Odyssey'' since it was started in 1987, and has also played several characters in the series. She was in the ''Adventures in Odyssey'' video series for ''A Flight to the Finish'' and ''Star Quest''. Other radio drama work includes the role of Ronda in the children's radio drama '' Jungle Jam and Friends: The Radio Show!'' and Marsha in ''Paws & Tales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio World
''Radio World'' is a trade journal published by Future US targeted at radio broadcast executives and operations personnel worldwide. Multiple editions are published for the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. Columnists range from broadcast industry consultants to legal counsel specializing in the broadcast industry. ''Radio World'' was founded in 1977 by IMAS Publishing and was privately held until IMAS was acquired by NewBay Media in 2007. Future plc acquired NewBay in April 2018. Sister publications include ''Radio'', ''TV Technology ''TV Technology'' is a trade journal covering the English-speaking broadcast television industry in North America. The magazine is published monthly by Future US. History and profile ''TV Technology'' is published by Future U.S. The magazine i ...'', ''Videography'', ''Government Video'', ''TVB'', and ''DV.com''. An unrelated ''Radio World'' magazine wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midwest
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four Census Bureau Region, census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of the United States. It was officially named the North Central Region by the Census Bureau until 1984. It is between the Northeastern United States and the Western United States, with Canada to the north and the Southern United States to the south. The Census Bureau's definition consists of 12 states in the north central United States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The region generally lies on the broad Interior Plain between the states occupying the Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian Mountain range and the states occupying the Rocky Mountains, Rocky Mountain range. Major rivers in the region include, from east to west, the Ohio River, the Upper Mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dobson
James Clayton Dobson Jr. (born April 21, 1936) is an American evangelical Christian author, psychologist, and founder of Focus on the Family (FOTF), which he led from 1977 until 2010. In the 1980s he was ranked as one of the most influential spokesmen for conservative social positions in American public life. Although never an ordained minister, he was called "the nation's most influential evangelical leader" by ''The New York Times'' while ''Slate'' portrayed him as a successor to evangelical leaders Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. As part of his former role in the organization, he produced the daily radio program ''Focus on the Family'', which the organization has said was broadcast in more than a dozen languages and on over 7,000 stations worldwide, and reportedly heard daily by more than 220 million people in 164 countries. ''Focus on the Family'' was also carried by about sixty U.S. television stations daily. Dobson also founded the Family Research Council in 1981. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Fictional Towns And Villages
This is a list of fictional settlements, including fictional towns, villages and cities, organized by each city's medium. This list should include only well-referenced, notable examples of fictional towns, cities, settlements and villages that are integral to a work of fiction and substantively depicted therein. Fictional cities, towns and counties are arrows in the fiction writers' quivers they lend an air of authenticity to the story, and since there are so many of them, readers find them to be a plausible addition that makes the story more realistic. Comics Film Television Radio Animated Literature Video games Mythology Other See also * Fictional city * Welcome to Night Vale * List of fictional British and Irish universities References * {{fiction navbox Towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangelical Christian
Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual experiences personal conversion; the authority of the Bible as God's revelation to humanity (biblical inerrancy); and spreading the Christian message. The word ''evangelical'' comes from the Greek (''euangelion'') word for " good news". Its origins are usually traced to 1738, with various theological streams contributing to its foundation, including Pietism and Radical Pietism, Puritanism, Quakerism, Presbyterianism and Moravianism (in particular its bishop Nicolaus Zinzendorf and his community at Herrnhut).Brian Stiller, ''Evangelicals Around the World: A Global Handbook for the 21st Century'', Thomas Nelson, USA, 2015, pp. 28, 90. Preeminently, John Wesley and other early Methodists were at the root of sparking this new movement during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Adventures In Odyssey Books
Books Original novels Authored by Paul McCusker *1: ''Strange Journey Back'' *2: ''High Flyer with a Flat Tire'' *3: ''The Secret Cave of Robinwood'' *4: ''Behind the Locked Door'' *5: ''Lights Out at Camp What-a-Nut'' *6: ''The King's Quest'' *7: ''Danger Lies Ahead'' *8: ''Point of No Return'' *9: ''Dark Passage'' *10: ''Freedom Run'' *11: ''The Stranger's Message'' *12: ''A Carnival of Secrets'' *Strange Journey Back (Compilation of Books 1-4) *Danger Lies Ahead (Compilation of Books 5-7, 12) *Point of No Return (Compilation of Books 8-11) ''Imagination Station'' book series Authored by Marianne Hering with Paul McCusker, Brock Eastman, Marshal Younger, Wayne Thomas Batson, Nancy Sanders, Chris Brack, and Sheila Seifert *1: ''Voyage with the Vikings'' *2: ''Attack at the Arena'' *3: ''Peril in the Palace'' *4: ''Revenge of the Red Knight'' *5: ''Showdown with the Shepherd'' *6: ''Problems in Plymouth'' *7: ''Secret of the Prince's Tomb'' *8: ''Battle for Cannibal Island'' *9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Adventures In Odyssey Episodes
This is a list of all the episodes of ''Adventures in Odyssey'', a Christian animated radio drama series produced by Focus on the Family. It has aired on the radio since its debut on November 21, 1987, and has been one of the longest-running radio programs still in production. Almost all the episodes, sorted into a series of albums, have been available, originally on cassette tape, but also on CD, digital download, and through Focus on the Family's online subscription service, the Adventures in Odyssey Club. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1987–88) Episodes 1-19 were originally aired under the name "Odyssey USA". *7: "Promises, Promises" *8: "Dental Dilemma" *9: "Doing Unto Others" *10: "Nothing to Fear" *11: "Addictions Can Be Habit-Forming" *12: "The Tangled Web" *13: "Bobby's Valentine" *14: "Missed It By That Much" *15: "My Brother's Keeper" *16: "No Stupid Questions" *17: "A Member of the Family, Part 1" *18: "A Member of the Family, Part 2" *19: "Recollections" En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Arnold
Dave Arnold (born 1971) is the founder and president of the Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD); the host of the radio show '' Cooking Issues''; an owner of Booker and Dax, a food and drink research lab in New York; a food science writer and editor; the author of ''Liquid Intelligence: The Art & Science of the Perfect Cocktail''; and an innovator in the field of culinary technology. Early life Dave Arnold was born in 1971. He earned his B.A. in philosophy at Yale University and M.F.A. in performance sculpture from Columbia University School of the Arts. He worked as a paralegal, performance artist, and pizza deliveryman before he began experimenting with restaurant equipment. Arnold wrote contributing articles on food science and machinery for ''Food Arts'' magazine and caught the eye of then-editor Michael Batterberry, who became his mentor and introduced him to the food world of New York City. Career In 2004, Arnold started working on plans for MOFAD, a museum to promote learning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Crowe
Jonathan George Crowe (born 1979) is an Australian legal philosopher. He is Professor of Law at Bond University. Crowe is recognised internationally for his work on legal philosophy, ethics and public law. He is a proponent of natural law theory in jurisprudence and ethics. He is known in Australia for his advocacy on behalf of survivors of sexual violence. Career Crowe commenced his academic career at the University of Queensland, before taking up a full professorship at Bond University. He has held visiting positions at the University of Texas at Austin and Georgetown University. He holds a PhD in law and philosophy from the University of Queensland. Crowe is an Honorary Life Member of thAustralasian Society of Legal Philosophy having served as its president from 2014 to 2018 (succeeding Jeffrey Goldsworthy). He is also a former President of the Australian Dispute Resolution Research Network. He co-edits th''Journal of Legal Philosophy''with Raff Donelson and Hillary Nye. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Hoobler
Nathan Hoobler (born November 2, 1979) is an American writer, director, and producer for the Focus on the Family-created radio drama, ''Adventures in Odyssey''. Nathan grew up listening to Adventures in Odyssey and even started his own fansite about the show before being hired by Focus on the Family. He has a degree in Media Communication from Asbury College. In addition to his other roles, Nathan produced the bonus features for The Gold Audio Series. and has authored 2 books for the series. Career In 1999, Nathan started the AIOHQ website and in the summer of 2000, got the opportunity to work with the Adventures in Odyssey team for a few months. For about a year and a half, he worked for the show on a freelance basis and wrote about five scripts. He became a full-time staff writer for Odyssey in January 2002, and has since written over 70 scripts, and directed over 50 episodes. Personal life Originally from Pennsylvania, Nathan now lives in Colorado Springs with his wife Tar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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