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0518, 2003, 24 min. When a classmate's family vanishes overnight, a pair of kids and two elderly ex-magicians launch an investigation that leads somewhere none of them expected. 0795, 2016, 1 of 2, 25 min. A boy's family heirloom stirs a haunting recognition in Whit as a new kids' radio show brings to life one family's desperate escape from postwar Vietnam. 0314, 1995, 1 of 3, 22 min. Told through a curator's discovery of hidden tunnels beneath Whit's End, an enslaved Tennessee family's hope for freedom is tested when a cruel master's spite tears them apart. 0990, 2024, 25 min. Invited to show her paintings at a glamorous charity auction, Penny Bassett discovers the event's organizer is the mother-in-law who has never acknowledged she exists - and is soon asked to keep her true identity a secret. 0464, 2001, 1 of 2, 21 min. When a careless critique in an elevator introduces young Whit to the very writer he's mocking, an unlikely friendship blossoms - and quietly complicates his best friend's romance.
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The Blackgaard Chronicles

0073 A Bite of Applesauce When curiosity collides with a secret room at Whit's End, one forbidden computer program proves too tempting to leave alone.
0076 Eugene's Dilemma A young genius's new college computer job takes a dark turn when a routine grade check uncovers tampering that someone close to him would rather keep buried.
1 of 2 0077 The Nemesis A smooth-talking newcomer petitions the Odyssey Town Council to open a children's amusement house, while Connie agonizes over whether she can face Whit again after being fired.
2 of 2 0078 The Nemesis A job interview with a too-charming stranger and a mysteriously arranged meeting set Odyssey's fate in motion on the day of a pivotal town council vote.
1 of 2 0083 The Battle When Whit finally visits Blackgaard's Castle, the rival arcade's charm masks a scheme that reaches into the heart of Whit's End - and puts young Lucy in the middle of it.
2 of 2 0084 The Battle With Whit's End shuttered and a child in the hospital, a guilt-ridden teenager caught between a ruthless schemer and the people he betrayed must decide where his loyalties truly lie.
0128 One Bad Apple When several Odyssey children fall ill after eating at Whit's End, Whit and Tom Riley trace the trouble upstream to a source no one in town would ever have suspected.
1 of 2 0155 Waylaid in the Windy City A business trip to Chicago turns perilous when Whit and Connie cross paths with a fugitive thief and a stolen laptop full of military secrets.
2 of 2 0156 Waylaid in the Windy City When Connie is taken by an old enemy demanding a top-secret computer as ransom, Whit must navigate a Chicago full of double-crosses where no one - friend or foe - is quite what they seem.
0159 The Homecoming A young man with a troubled past returns to Odyssey seeking something the town may not be ready to give.
0160 A Rathbone of Contention When Bart Rathbone fast-tracks the grand opening of Odyssey's new electronics store, his habit of cutting corners - and borrowing other people's talent for free - puts the whole venture on shaky ground.
0203 Double Trouble A famous actor's arrival in Odyssey sends the town into a panic when he turns out to be the spitting image of its most notorious villain.
1 of 2 0286 Tom for Mayor When a suspicious government inspection threatens Tom Riley's farm and Odyssey's mayor suddenly resigns, Tom's friends push the reluctant farmer into a hard-fought campaign against forces working behind the scenes.
2 of 2 0287 Tom for Mayor With his farm shut down and his mayoral campaign on the line, Tom Riley sets out to prove the environmental report against him isn't what it seems.

Live Shows

0387 New Year's Eve Live! When the Whit's End gang hosts a live New Year's Eve radio broadcast, songs, bumbling field reports, and a tale of a boy with a magical clock invite Odyssey to think about how we spend our time.
0448 Mandy's Debut A young playwright's opening night at Whit's End puts two comedies of guilt and neglected chores on stage - with her friends cast as themselves.
0502 Live at the 25! Connie's live anniversary broadcast at Whit's End doesn't go quite as planned - but a Western-style parable and a glimpse of the future reveal what really makes the shop worth celebrating.
SP01 B-TV: Live! When Bernard and the B-TV cast go live to explore how God calls each person, comedy sketches, surprise guests, and one very bad Whit impression put the theme to the test.
0726 Push the Red Button (Live) When Eugene's new master computer program links every invention at Whit's End, one untested red button threatens to blur the line between imagination and reality.
SP03 30th Birthday Live Show Whit's End goes live on air for a holiday arts festival, but with a missing performer, a mysterious mustachioed stranger, and Eugene begging for fireworks, the show behind the show is anything but smooth.
SP04 A Thousand Blessings

The 1980s

0053 The Sacred Trust A sleepover pact to keep secrets forever puts Lucy in an impossible spot when her best friend's confession turns out to be more than she bargained for.
0062 Let This Mind Be in You With Whit away in Chicago for two days, Connie takes his parting instruction to "do what he would do" a little too literally.
0098 The Visitors On Christmas morning, the Barclays' holiday is upended when a mysterious young family with a baby turns up sheltering in their backyard shed.
0064 The Greatest of These When a fifth-grade grudge pairs Robyn with the classmate who keeps ruining everything, a puzzling Greek word from her Bible study turns out to hold the answer to both mysteries.
0060 And When You Pray... When her little brother's prayers seem to work like magic and her own go unanswered, a skeptical girl sets out to discover how prayer really works.
2 of 2 0067 The Imagination Station A boy inside a remarkable machine finds himself in Jerusalem on the darkest night in history, determined to save an innocent man the whole city has turned against.
0057 The Prodigal, Jimmy With his savings in his pocket and his parents out of the house, Jimmy Barclay decides the rules can wait - a choice that costs him more than money.
0056 By Faith, Noah When two kids ask what faith really means, Whit takes them to the Bible Room to bring the story of Noah - and the trust it demands - vividly to life.
0055 Auld Lang Syne On New Year's Eve, Whit slips away from his own party at Whit's End, and he and Tom Riley look back on everything the year brought.
0085 You go to School Where? When Robyn Jacobs discovers that a new friend is homeschooled, the two girls agree to trade places for a day - and each gets a schooling she never expected.
FP02 Dental Dilemma A big brother's teasing turns a fearless little girl's beloved dentist visit into a day of dread - until Dr. Graves finds out.
0010 Nothing to Fear A girl who's afraid of everything is lured into a prank that leaves her facing her worst fear in a pitch-black basement.
0058 A Matter of Obedience When their father, a country doctor, entrusts them with delivering medicine to a sick woman on the far side of the woods, young Tom Riley and his sister Becky discover just how hard it is to follow a few simple instructions.
0020 Mike Makes Right When mild-mannered Mike Caldwell stands up to the schoolyard bully on behalf of a helpless classmate, he learns that doing the right thing can cost more than he bargained for.

Just aired

1043 Suggestion Box When an old suggestion box at Whit's End turns up ideas eerily identical to Penny's own tastes, her hunt for a mysterious double collides with a young boy's struggle over whether being a Christian means being normal.
1042 You're in Good Hands When a class assignment asks fourth graders what they want to be when they grow up, one kid launches an insurance company and another chases stand-up comedy stardom - and both discover their shortcuts come with a price.
2 of 2 1041 The Measure of a Patriot Two kids time-travel through American history hoping to find a flawless founding father to write about - but every patriot they meet keeps disappointing them.
1 of 2 1040 The Measure of a Patriot When two classmates use the Imagination Station to settle whose American patriot is most inspiring, meeting their heroes face-to-face proves far more complicated than the history books let on.
1039 The Great Yellowstone Heist A know-it-all kid's obsessive vacation planning becomes his family's only hope when a Yellowstone camping trip takes a criminal turn.
1038 Accountability, Please On the same day a mom returns to the police force under a difficult partner, her daughter's friends must decide whether caring about someone means confronting her about a secret.
1037 A Quick Fix When a get-rich-quick promise lures a young lawn-mowing entrepreneur away from honest work, two families in Odyssey learn what fast money really costs.
1036 What's the Catch? A high schooler starting college classes gets roped into a friend's scheme to flatter a student teacher for fundraiser money - and finds the plan harder on her conscience than she expected.
1029 This Is My Story When a downtown bookstore burns and a reporter suggests Whit's own words may have inspired the arsonist, Whit responds not by defending himself but by gathering the stories of Odyssey's newest believers.
1035 Word in the Hallway When a hallway rumor about her spirals out of control, a middle schooler must decide whether staying silent to help her best friend is worth the harm it causes.
3 of 3 1028 Face the Truth Reeling from a secret trip through the Imagination Station that left her shaken and empty, Renee Carter boards a one-way bus out of town - and finds the ride home is anything but ordinary.
2 of 3 1027 Face the Unknown When Renee loads a mysterious old Imagination Station program in search of answers about the afterlife, she gets an adventure far different from the one she expected - while an angel shows Connie how the smallest moments matter more than she knows.
1 of 3 1026 Face the Future When three unrelated conversations in one day all point to the same question about her future, Connie begins to wonder whether God is sending her a message - and whether it's time for an adventure.
2 of 2 1034 The Prodigal Twin When Wooton's estranged twin brother vanishes amid accusations of a multimillion-dollar theft, the Bassett family must decide whether some relationships are truly beyond repair.

Featuring John Whittaker

2 of 2 0812 Legacy When a traveling theater troupe needs a stage and Becky's inherited farm needs visitors, Whit rallies the whole town to put on a Western musical melodrama - and the show may change more lives than anyone expects.
1 of 2 0818 Swept Away When weeks of relentless rain push Trickle Lake to the breaking point, the people of Odyssey must race to evacuate before their town's century-old protection fails them.
2 of 2 0819 Swept Away As a failing dam threatens to send a wall of water into Odyssey, Eugene and an unlikely dive team race underwater to find what's blocking the only way to save the town.
0820 The Legend of Sperry McGerk When Whit challenges Renee to build an Imagination Station adventure about redemption, he shares the layered legend of a Civil War hero whose story is far more than Odyssey ever knew.
0821 Angels in Horsehair A day at a rescue-horse farm brings together a woman haunted by a riding accident and a chain-wearing foster boy convinced he's unlovable - until the horses begin their quiet work.
1 of 4 0822 There and Back Again A friendship-building trip to New Zealand takes an unexpected turn when Whit, Jason, and Wilson cross paths with a familiar face hiding a secret and a stranger who can't remember her own.
2 of 4 0823 There and Back Again While vacationing in New Zealand, Whit and Jason set out to unravel the mystery of a dazed young woman who gave a false name, vanished from the hospital, and carries a crochet piece stitched with a single strange word.
4 of 4 0825 There and Back Again A vacation in New Zealand turns purposeful when Whit, Jason, and Wilson try to reach a young woman drawn into a manipulative group - armed with little more than a rare Maori Gospel and a mother's last words.
1 of 2 0826 Find a Penny Fresh from his honeymoon, Wooton returns to Odyssey with no memory of the past three weeks - and no idea where his new bride Penny is.
2 of 2 0827 Find a Penny Fresh off his honeymoon with no memory of it, a drugged and phone-less Wooton must piece together clues from his own trip to find his missing bride before a criminal ring does.
0829 Have a Heart When the school bully returns from a mysterious four-month absence acting suspiciously nice, Buddy Norman is determined to figure out what could possibly change a person's heart.
0830 B-TV: Revenge Connie Kendall joins the caped crusader Wombatman for a sketch-comedy broadcast exploring why revenge never pays - just as a puzzle-obsessed villain invades the lair seeking payback of his own.
0833 The Secret of the Writer's Ruse When a never-before-seen novel by a long-dead mystery author surfaces at the library, two young detectives follow its cryptic inscription into a decades-old puzzle of vanished writers and hidden identities.
1 of 2 0835 David and Absalom When a sibling squabble over hero worship lands two kids in the Imagination Station, they meet King David in his twilight years - and discover that the most dangerous charm in Israel belongs to his exiled son, Absalom.

From the shelf: FUN-damentals

0056 By Faith, Noah When two kids ask what faith really means, Whit takes them to the Bible Room to bring the story of Noah - and the trust it demands - vividly to life.
0057 The Prodigal, Jimmy With his savings in his pocket and his parents out of the house, Jimmy Barclay decides the rules can wait - a choice that costs him more than money.
0058 A Matter of Obedience When their father, a country doctor, entrusts them with delivering medicine to a sick woman on the far side of the woods, young Tom Riley and his sister Becky discover just how hard it is to follow a few simple instructions.
0059 A Worker Approved After confidently sharing her faith with her class, a young girl is stumped by one classmate's honest question and discovers that knowing why she believes is harder than she thought.
0060 And When You Pray... When her little brother's prayers seem to work like magic and her own go unanswered, a skeptical girl sets out to discover how prayer really works.
0061 The Boy Who Didn't Go to Church When a restless young volunteer quits the helping group that never lets him do the exciting jobs, he sets out to prove he can serve people better on his own terms.
0062 Let This Mind Be in You With Whit away in Chicago for two days, Connie takes his parting instruction to "do what he would do" a little too literally.
0063 A Good and Faithful Servant When the Barclay kids' constant requests for money push their parents to try a new plan, everyone in Odyssey gets a lesson in what it really means to handle money wisely.
0064 The Greatest of These When a fifth-grade grudge pairs Robyn with the classmate who keeps ruining everything, a puzzling Greek word from her Bible study turns out to hold the answer to both mysteries.
0065 Bad Company When a mall outing with an old friend goes wrong and a slick new Bible teacher shakes Connie's faith, both girls learn how much the company they keep can shape who they become.
0068 Choices When a straight-A student wins the honor of writing a district-wide report, the assigned topic forces her to choose between her grade and her deepest beliefs.
0069 Go Ye Therefore After a well-meaning evangelism handbook turns every attempt to share her faith into a disaster, a discouraged Connie is ready to give up on witnessing for good.

The 2010s

0840 Failing to the Finish Line When their homemade go-kart hits its speed limit, a young inventor's impatience tempts him to chase a dangerous shortcut behind his mentor's back.
0782 Let's Get Together At Odyssey's family festival, Wooton's rush to finish his comic book display sparks a public falling-out with Penny that leaves their engagement - and one long-unanswered question - hanging in the air.
1 of 2 0655 The Inspiration Station When Whit's new invention shows people their best selves, Connie's newfound serenity and Matthew's well-meaning tinkering both spiral into trouble at Whit's End.
1 of 4 0822 There and Back Again A friendship-building trip to New Zealand takes an unexpected turn when Whit, Jason, and Wilson cross paths with a familiar face hiding a secret and a stranger who can't remember her own.
0850 The Shame About Fame Two Odyssey girls launch an online talk show chasing internet fame, while Connie weighs whether a delightfully flighty free spirit is roommate material - and a jelly bean stunt puts everything to the test.
0870 The World of Whitonia A student's virtual paradise is put to the test when an ambitious professor decides her gentle digital creations need a taste of conflict.
0794 Things Not Seen A brilliant engineering student who trusts only math and proof lands her dream internship at Whit's End - where her first day tests everything she thinks she knows about faith.
1 of 4 0708 Sergeant York A reckless Tennessee sharpshooter's wild ways collide with tragedy, faith, and a war he wants no part of.
2 of 12 0680 The Green Ring Conspiracy When a suspicious phone call and a hospital X-ray reveal hidden identities, the kids of Odyssey find themselves holding the one device a dangerous conspiracy will do anything to recover.
1 of 2 0667 The Mystery of the Clock Tower When City Hall's computerized clock mysteriously keeps resetting itself to 11:45, Eugene's investigation uncovers black roses, a warning note, and a twenty-year-old secret someone in Odyssey has kept hidden.
0742 Drake the Cosmic Copper A hard-boiled space detective goes undercover to expose a mysterious alien sect - but nothing they say is quite what it sounds like.
0741 In a Kingdom Far Away When Camilla fears that sinning on purpose might use up God's patience, Whit spins a fairy tale about a young duchess whose kingdom turns against her - and hides a lesson about love that doesn't run out.
1 of 2 0795 The Boat People A boy's family heirloom stirs a haunting recognition in Whit as a new kids' radio show brings to life one family's desperate escape from postwar Vietnam.
4 of 4 0711 Sergeant York A reluctant soldier who hates killing must find a way to save his trapped comrades from deadly machine-gun fire.

Kids' Radio

0746 The Lone Lawman When a Kids' Radio western goes on the air, a lone survivor of a stagecoach ambush must decide what it truly means to pursue justice.
0765 Follow Me Long before a call by the Sea of Galilee changes everything, three boys in Capernaum - a proud scholar, a dreamer, and a restless fisherman's son - find their futures shaped by a reckless prank against a Roman tax collector.
1 of 2 0771 Pinocchio: The Tale of a Foolish Puppet When a lonely toy maker carves a puppet that springs to life, the reckless creation ignores every voice of wisdom and tumbles headlong into a world of tricksters and trouble.
2 of 2 0772 Pinocchio: The Tale of a Foolish Puppet Lured away from his first day of school by promises of a land with no rules, the wooden puppet Pinocchio learns that endless fun comes at a terrible price - and that the road back to his father demands everything he has.
0793 The Good Soil A young doctor arrives in colonial Africa determined to share the words of life, never suspecting how long a single seed can take to grow.
1 of 2 0795 The Boat People A boy's family heirloom stirs a haunting recognition in Whit as a new kids' radio show brings to life one family's desperate escape from postwar Vietnam.
2 of 2 0796 The Boat People A radio story about a refugee family's harrowing escape from Vietnam forces Whit to confront a painful chapter of his own past.
0841 Drake and the Time That Time Forgot When Wooton's new comic book becomes a radio drama, futuristic detective Drake the Cosmic Copper is dragged into a time-travel scheme by a young scientist determined to rewrite history's darkest night.
0866 Rumpelstiltskin: A Wee Little Tale A poor miller's desperate lie lands his daughter in a palace room full of straw, a deadline by dawn, and a mysterious wee little man whose help comes at an ever-steeper price.
0894 A Simple Reminder When her father leaves her in charge of the family farm for a year, a strong-willed young woman must resist a smooth-talking salesman whose miraculous free sample comes at a hidden price.
0906 Unrelatable When a caller accuses radio advice host Connie Kendall of being "unrelatable," her on-air quest to prove him wrong connects her with a mysterious listener whose story hits far closer to home than she ever expected.
0936 Drake and the Aberrant Automaton A hard-boiled space detective is hired to quietly capture a runaway android, but the fugitive's secret turns out to be nothing like what he was told.
0941 The Honor of Obed-Edom When a king's desperate search for an honorable man leads to a crippled old scout's door, accepting the sacred charge could cost him his family.
0960 The Jacobs Report: Robert Smalls A slave and boat pilot in Confederate Charleston risks everything on an audacious plan to sail his family and crew toward freedom in plain sight.

Featuring Tom Riley

1 of 2 0422 Passages A visit from his late son's camp friend leads a grieving father to hear the incredible story of two children who stumbled out of the woods and into another world.
2 of 2 0423 Passages When a small band of believers faces an overwhelming army, two children from another world must trust that the Unseen One can make the weak stronger than the weapons raised against them.
0430 Blind Girl's Bluff A lonely new girl in town teams up with a quick-witted blind friend on a "mind-reading" act that becomes more popular - and more complicated - than either of them expected.
0432 You Win Some, You Lose Some A discouraged camp counselor spends a week trying to reach three difficult middle-school girls, convinced that nothing she does is making a difference.
1 of 2 0435 A Look Back As the millennium draws to a close, a nostalgic tour of Whit's End revisits the beloved characters and moments that made Odyssey feel like home.
2 of 2 0436 A Look Back Phil Lollar's retrospective tour of Odyssey revisits its funniest names, the Imagination Station's greatest journeys, and the quiet moments that changed lives forever.
0437b The Long Way Home Desperate to escape her family's new home for a day of fun, a girl works odd jobs all week to earn her way onto a church youth group trip.
0438b The Telltale Cat When Mandy's new cat makes David Straussberg's life miserable, his desperate scheme to get rid of it comes back to haunt him.
0440 I Slap Floor When two kids ask why Whit is home recovering from Odyssey's strangest week ever, Bernard spins a tale of a mysterious returning visitor and a town where everyone suddenly starts acting like their opposite.
0442b Sticks and Stones When a former classmate he once tormented returns to Odyssey as a potential business rival, Bart Rathbone launches a scheme to drive him out of town before old scores can be settled.
1 of 2 0453 The Great Wishy Woz After a tornado sweeps her away from Aunt Bea's farm, a heartbroken girl and her dog land in a strange miniature world where the only hope of getting home lies with the mysterious Great Wishy Woz.
2 of 2 0454 The Great Wishy Woz Dotty and her friends finally reach the all-knowing Woz, only to discover that the answers they've been promised - and the way home - may not be what any of them expected.
0455 Best Laid Plans Stormy weather strands a retreat's keynote speaker at a stranger's house, leaving Connie to keep a hundred rival gang members entertained - and at peace - on her own.
0457 Opportunity Knocks When financial trouble at the Timothy Center accidentally goes public over Kids' Radio, a mysterious new company's arrival in Odyssey brings both a tempting opportunity and unsettling questions.

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