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Down the Yellow Brick Pod

306 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago -

Down the Yellow Brick Pod is a podcast preserving and peeling back the curtain on the wonderful world of Oz. Join good (trouble) witch co-hosts Emily Kay Shrader and Tara Tagliaferro over the rainbow for an escape; new episodes drop every Sunday evening. Thank you for listening!

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Chapter 2: The Council with the Munchkins- “Is she a good witch…???...”

July 12, 2020 00:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MB

Lots of shade and skepticism about the “Good” in the Good Witch of the North’s self proclaimed title and her beef with the “Wicked” Witch of the East. Join Tara and EmKay for a quizzical exploration of Dorothy’s first taste of Oz. Show Notes: Matilda Joslyn Gage "The Wizard of Oz" Invented the 'Good Witch' by Pam Grossman David Hardenbrook - The Unknown Witches of Oz Straight Outta Oz - Todrick Hall Andrea Dotto Ruth Plumly Thomspon - The Giant Horse of Oz Prairie-Dog Town (Twinkle T...

Chapter 2: The Council with the Munchkins, “Is she a good witch…???...”

July 12, 2020 00:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MB

Lots of shade and skepticism about the “Good” in the Good Witch of the North’s self proclaimed title and her beef with the “Wicked” Witch of the East. Join Tara and EmKay for a quizzical exploration of Dorothy’s first taste of Oz. Show Notes: Matilda Joslyn Gage "The Wizard of Oz" Invented the 'Good Witch' by Pam Grossman David Hardenbrook - The Unknown Witches of Oz Straight Outta Oz - Todrick Hall Andrea Dotto Ruth Plumly Thomspon - The Giant Horse of Oz Prairie-Dog Town (Twinkle T...

Why Oz

July 05, 2020 22:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MB

From sharing a home on the open road to sharing a home in a crazy city, meet Em Kay and Tara as they go public with their uncontainable Oz obsessions.   Show Notes: Emeralds of Oz: Life Lessons from Over the Rainbow Harry Potter and the Sacred Text Paper Mill Playhouse Chasing Rainbows Musical John Fricke Wizard of Oz on Ice Some Good News Why Zoom is Terrible Instagram: @downtheyellowbrickpod #DownTheYBP Tara: @taratagtickles EmKay: @emshray Original music by Shane Chapman Inst...

Off to Read the Wizard: Unpacking the Intro and Dedication

July 05, 2020 22:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MB

Tara and EmKay visit their Oz libraries and pull their most holy copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz down off the shelf to bless and begin this savory re-reading journey. Show Notes: Rachell Sumpter @rachellsumpter Penguin Classics Wizard of Oz Greg Hildebrant Jack Zipes Margaret Hamilton on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood The Great Realisation Good Night, Rebels The Annotated Wizard of Oz (Centennial Edition) Instagram: @downtheyellowbrickpod #DownTheYBP Tara: @taratagtickles EmKay: @...

Chapter 1: The Cyclone - “It's Gray”

July 05, 2020 22:00 - 57 minutes - 39.9 MB

From imagining Dorothy’s backstory before the Kansas prairie to foreshadowing findings in the text that made us FREAK, join EmKay and Tara as they pretend to be historians of 1800's America and re-examine the inciting incident. Show Notes: The Wizard of Oz Apple Books Narrated by Tituss Burgess A Brief History of Kansas (written by 7th graders) Dorothy: This Side of the Rainbow Uncle Henry and Aunt Em in Oz Instagram: @downtheyellowbrickpod #DownTheYBP Tara: @taratagtickles EmKay: @em...

Welcome to our Oz "Seenery!"

June 28, 2020 01:00 - 5 minutes - 3.92 MB

Welcome to Down the Yellow Brick Pod, your Ozcast journey for all things over the rainbow! Join Tara Tagliaferro and Emily Kay Shrader as they take you through the extensive history, hidden emeralds, imagined backstories, and alternate perspectives of Oz starting with the original 1900 source by L. Frank Baum titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.   Before we travel down the yellow brick road together, we wanted to share our current truth and hope for our discussions going forward. Thank you f...