The Royal Podcast of Oz

Jay and Sam talk about two movies that have been said to have heavy Oz influences: the sci-fi classic Zardoz and the slasher prequel Pearl.

Jay and Sam talk Rainbow, the Spanish film that attempted to modernize Oz. Did it work?

Recorded back in February, Sam and Jay talk the new teaser trailer for the next part of the Russian movie adaptation of The Wizard of the Emerald City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tc85RLR3Qs

Angelo Thomas talks his new Oz comic, out now!Over the Rainbow harp cover: https://archive.org/details/acidplanet-audio-01156008

Jay and Sam talk Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz again as the original episode on it isn't available.

Jay, Bryce and Jon reunite to talk the latest Oz movie to hit theaters!

Jay chats with Tom O'Dell, the writer and director of the upcoming documentary Fantasy Rising, examining how the fantasy genre evolved in pop culture. Right now, you can get involved on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tomodell/fantasy-rising/

Jonathan Miranda joins Jay in discussing collecting the dolls tying in with the Wicked movies.

Sam Milazzo leads a live on the ground recap of OzCon 2025 featuring a number of special guests.

Jay and Angelo talk the new Russian film The Wizard of the Emerald City Part 1 - Yellow Brick Road.

Jay and Sam review Guardians of Oz, the 2017 animated film from Mexico featuring the Flying Monkeys.

Jay and Sam get up late at night and have a glitch-ridden call to talk Black Dynamite's Oz parody "The Wizard of Watts!"

The first part of the film adaptation of Wicked is out! Jay talks about it with his friends Jonathan Miranda, Angelo Thomas and Bryce Madison.

Remember that Russian movie we talked about the teaser trailer of? Well, we now have a longer trailer. Sam and Jay break it down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtQTfJru9kM

Jay and Sam break down two episodes of the 2003-2008 Strawberry Shortcake animated series: "Toto's Tale," loosely adapting the classic Wonderful Wizard of Oz story, and "Where the Gem Berries Glow," a second adventure in Strawberry Shortcake's version of Oz.

Jay interviews Gregory Hall, the composer of the new opera Marvelous, based on The Marvelous Land of Oz. Gregory explains his fascination with the source and how he's adapted the story, and tells us where and when we can see some of its first performances.

Jay invites author Dee Michel to discuss the queer aspects of The Wizard of Oz. Check out Dee's website at: https://www.deemichel.info/ Opening: Over the Rainbow by the Gay Men's Chorus of Boston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85ANRvwWyq8 Closing: The Trolley Song by the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDrX33Xb7Do\

Russia should really get out of Ukraine's business and make some good movies like the one Sam and Jay watch and discuss in this episode! To watch the trailer yourself, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3-d9qg9Ew4

Jay sits back as Sam Milazzo talks with comics writer Andy Mangels and artist Anna-Maria Cool about The Patchwork Girl of Oz graphic novel, a project you can back on Kickstarter to help bring it to life! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andymangels/the-patchwork-girl-of-oz-book-one

Erica Olivera joins Jay and Sam in discussing Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man, a short film by Whitestone Motion Pictures, and a little aside about The Tin Woodsman, an animation by Greg Tatum. Heartless: https://vimeo.com/11431902 The Tin Woodsman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg_pwveYCnY

Jay Davis and Angelo Thomas break down the trailer for the upcoming film adaptation of the musical Wicked.

In this bonus episode, we present an episode from Jay's other podcast, Let's Get Both Ties, a queer culture podcast about the stories that mean something to the LGBT community. Jay is joined by Tim Tucker to discuss L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, the 1902 novel that took a different approach to Santa Claus mythos.

Jay and Sam review Santa's Castle, a film adaptation of L. Frank Baum's A Kidnapped Santa Claus. Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk5wg-2jqPk The version of "Carol of the Bells" at the end: https://archive.org/details/Carol_Of_The_Bells_Technetium The graphic novel adaptation: https://www.amazon.com/Kidnapped-Santa-Claus-Alex-Robinson/dp/0061782408 Read the original story: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/519

Angelo Thomas gives us a holiday surprise with an interview with Kirk Thatcher, director of The Muppets Wizard of Oz.

It's a double feature as Jay and Sam Milazzo discuss Tom and Jerry's take on MGM's The Wizard of Oz from 2011 and then they turn to its far more worthy sequel in 2016's Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz.

Jay, returning guest Angelo Thomas and new guest Tyler Varney discuss the upcoming two-part film adaptation of the musical Wicked. They discuss the cast, the decision to make two movies, the current state of Hollywood, the sneak peeks, the leaks, where could we expect to see some original Broadway cast cameos?

Jay and Sam are joined by Angelo Thomas in breaking down the miniseries The Witches of Oz and its movie counterpart Dorothy and the Witches of Oz. Angelo reveals behind the scenes details and gives us the scoop on the unrealized sequel.

Jay talks with Zoe O'Hallin-Berne about how important Ozma's story is to transgender Oz fans. Reading from The Marvelous Land of Oz performed by Stephen Alexander Willis for Willow Audio Books, used with permission.

Jay and Sam waltz up and down the produce aisle as they look at Veggie Tales' The Whimsical Wizard of Ha's as the parable of The Prodigal Son is mixed with a Wizard of Oz parody.

Recorded over four years ago, Sam and Jay discuss the 2007 miniseries on the Sci Fi Channel.

The Royal Podcast returns with two short stories and two poems read by L. Frank Baum fans! "How the Tin Woodman Became A Fire Hero" read by Erica Olivera "Blow, Winds, Blow!" read by Sam Milazzo "By the Candelabra's Glare" read by PJ Scott Blankenship "The Dummy That Lived" read by Suren Oganessian Music by Paul Tietjens for The Wizard of Oz Broadway extravaganza, piano rolls published by the Aeolian Company: "Rejoice, the Wizard is No Longer King!", "When We Get What's A Comin' To Us," "When You Love, Love, Love," "Just A Simple Girl From The Prarie," and "Phantom Patrol."

Jay talks with Aron Toman, the writer, director and producer of The Chronicles of Oz (and voice of the Scarecrow). Find out behind the scenes information,  some spoiler talk and the secrets behind this podcast adaptation of the  Oz series.

After a long hiatus, the Royal Podcast of Oz returns as Jay chats with PJ Blankenship, creator of the upcoming Hit the Bricks, a fiction podcast featuring modern adventures in Oz!

At OzCon International, we will be welcoming Andy Mangels, a foremost authority on Filmation, the company that produced the first animated Oz film, Journey Back to Oz. But Andy's connection to Oz goes a bit deeper. Jay chats with Andy about it. Find out more about this year's OzCon here and register here.

At OzCon International this year, in celebrating all things Oz, there will be special attention given to Rachel Cosgrove Payes, the fifth Royal Historian of Oz, author of The Hidden Valley of Oz, The Wicked Witch of Oz, "Percy and the Shrinking Violets" and "Spots in Oz." Joining us is her son, Robert Payes, who has appeared on the podcast before. In this brief interview, Robert tells us about Stiff Shots Photography and what he's looking forward to at OzCon. Find out more about this year's OzCon here and register here.

OzCon International Chairman Jay Davis chats with Guest of Honor James Ortiz. Find out why James created the play The Woodsman and what he's looking forward to at OzCon!

Jay chats with fellow Oz fan and collector Walter Krueger!

Jay and Sam start the 2018 episodes with a discussion of Thundertoad Animation's 2005 CGI animated adaptation of The Patchwork Girl of Oz. How faithful is it? How's the visuals? Where can you get a copy? All shall be answered!

Jay reads two stories from Oziana 2013, "Jinnicky Saves Christmas" by Nathan DeHoff and his own "The Way of A Lion." Afterward, he and Nathan chat about creating their tales.

Jay and Sam tackled The Muppets Wizard of Oz. When did they see it and how? What did they think? How much does Sam hate Quentin Tarantino?

Former podcast guests Garrett Kilgore and Angelo Thomas talk The Muppets Wizard of Oz.

Jay chats with recurring podcast guest Garrett Kilgore to finally discover his personal love of Oz and what he's been doing lately. Garrett's YouTube Channel The Art of Oz, Garrett's blog

Registration is finally open for Oz Con International 2018. Jay Davis and Colin Ayres are chairing next year as OzCon International heads back to California to celebrate the centennial of The Tin Woodman of Oz, as well as explore the wonders of Oz and L. Frank Baum in Hollywood.Current guests of honor include James Ortiz, Robert Payes, Andy Mangels, Aljean Harmetz, and John and Bjo Trimble.OzCon will feature the classics, such as the costume contest, the quizzes, the Oz Club auction, the Treasure Hunt, and all the good Ozzy fun we can offer.Plus, the day after, Disneyland!The convention is August 10-12, 2018, so mark your calendars, make your registrations and reservations, and join us!

Jay and Angelo Thomas talk about the new animated Oz series: Boomerang's Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz and Amazon's Lost in Oz!

Jay and Sam follow up and supplement their commentary for Lion of Oz with a standard discussion episode.

Jay and Sam meet up in their hotel room at Oz Con International 2017 and watch Lion of Oz, the animated adaptation of Roger S. Baum's Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage, and give you their live comments and criticisms of the movie. (A standard review episode will be recorded and released soon.)

Jay and Sam meet up at Oz Con 2017 in Portland, Oregon and talk about what happened during the convention each day.

Jay and Sam talk about the Russian animated series Adventures in the Emerald City, with a twist for foreign language productions: this time our guys have English subtitles. Listen to them talk about how this animated take on the first two Oz stories—with a bit of Volkov—attempted to streamline the Oz stories a bit and join them in wishing that the series had gone further.

Jay tells us of the life of L. Frank Baum, with some commentary from Sam. Afterward, they discuss their sources.

The Royal Podcast of Oz finishes presenting tales from Little Wizard Stories of Oz with "Ozma and the Little Wizard" to celebrate L. Frank Baum's birthday. When Ozma discovers some troublesome imps in Oz, the Wizard puts his magic to work to stop them. Make sure to listen all the way to the end! The cast includes Mike Conway, Doug Wall, Kim McFarland, Severino Milazzo and Sam Milazzo.