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The Rydell Saga

0802 Parker for President When a school grant puts real power up for grabs, sibling rivals Matthew and Olivia Parker face off in a student election that grows messier than either of them bargained for.

0804 The Key Suspect When every locker at school is found mysteriously open two mornings in a row with nothing stolen, middle-school detectives Emily Jones and Matthew Parker take on a taunting culprit who seems to be daring them to catch him.

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.

0853 The Good in People A newly elected drama club president stakes everything on a bold promise, but a mysterious benefactor's offer proves too good to be true.

0877 A Sacrificial Escape When a mysterious voice hijacks a new escape room and seals it shut, two young detectives must solve its puzzles against the clock while their friends outside race to help.

0885 Further from the Truth When Emily Jones finds her school locker emptied and a cryptic poem left behind, the young detective must follow a trail of riddles that leads uncomfortably close to the friend she's been avoiding.

1 of 3 0898 The Rydell Revelations When a frantic Morrie Rydell accuses Emily Jones of kidnapping his sister, Whit must sift through Emily's recorded case log to untangle who has really been playing detective - and who has been playing everyone.

2 of 3 0899 The Rydell Revelations When a vanished sister forces Odyssey's cleverest schemer to seek help from the one man he couldn't fool, every game he ever played comes unraveled.

3 of 3 0900 The Rydell Revelations When a trusted caretaker turns out to be far more dangerous than she seems, three gifted kids and a stolen souvenir pull Emily Jones into a high-stakes game of spies, secrets, and rescue.

0909 Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off When three students land in detention for phones that aren't theirs, they realize someone framed them to get the school's best detectives out of the way - and the plot is unfolding right now.

0922 The Team A blackmailed high school athlete turns to a reluctant young detective and two reformed schemers, who must outwit an unseen tormentor without breaking any rules themselves.

0955 Value in the Process A brilliant young programmer schemes to skip ahead of a class far beneath his abilities, only to find that the real lesson isn't in the curriculum.

0965 Two's Company, Four's a Crowd When a nervous Suzu asks Emily to help investigate a popular classmate's stolen award, the mismatched detectives uncover clues that don't add up - and Emily must decide what kind of partner, and person, she really wants to be.

1 of 3 0976 The Rydell Realizations When a stranger's tearful story moves young genius Morrie Rydell to an act of kindness, it lands him in a police interrogation room accused of a quarter-million-dollar cyber theft.

Kids' Radio

0350 The Time of Our Lives A mall-obsessed girl and a TV-addicted boy each discover just how much a wasted hour can really cost.

0369 It's a Wrap! A Kids Radio crew shadows Whit through an "ordinary" day at Whit's End - but between a found wallet full of cash, an overeager reporter, and Harlow Doyle on the case, nothing stays ordinary for long.

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.

0389 O.T. Action News: Jephthah's Vow When invaders threaten Israel, the outcast warrior Jephthah is called home to lead the fight - but a rash promise made on the eve of battle may cost him more than any enemy could.

0413 The Devil Made Me Do It A Kids Radio broadcast pulls back the curtain on the devil's three favorite tricks - through a rigged game show, a courtroom scandal, and a demonic awards ceremony.

0442a Two Roads Two boys from the same neighborhood face the same spilled-candy temptation in a school cafeteria - and Whit follows the very different roads their choices set them on.

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.

0477 O.T. Action News: Battle at the Kishon When a household visit in ancient Israel is interrupted by breaking news of rebellion, OT Action News covers Deborah's bold prophecy and an outnumbered army's stand against nine hundred iron chariots.

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.

0519 The Defining Moment After a costly error in right field, a young ballplayer chases the perfect comeback moment - only to learn that redemption rarely looks the way we imagine it.

0537 My Girl Hallie When a struggling student receives an experimental computer that responds to his thoughts, his grades soar - but the machine's help comes at a growing cost.

0550 Fairy Tal-e-vision Kids' Radio imagines what television would look like in fairy-tale land, where nursery-rhyme characters' news flashes, courtroom dramas, and commercials reveal how one person's bad choices ripple out to everyone around them.

0562 The Last 'I Do' When a Roman emperor outlaws marriage to build a more loyal army, a defiant priest named Valentine risks everything to keep performing forbidden weddings.

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.

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 Connie Kendall

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.

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.

0828 Friend or Foe When new-in-town Jules falls in with a flattering classmate who loves her taste - and her dad's credit card - she learns that not everyone who acts like a friend is one.

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.

0831 Crash Course A newly licensed teen driver and a hopelessly nervous student behind the wheel send two Odyssey families swerving toward secrets, crashes, and one very badly kept surprise.

0832 Your Honest Opinion, Please When honesty and kindness collide, Wooton learns that a little white lie about his wife's artwork can snowball into a house full of trouble.

0839 Met His Match When two well-meaning matchmakers discover Whit's hidden sadness, they secretly sign him up for online dating - but their perfect plan may not be as clever as they think.

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.

0842 Mean Streak When Connie's high-school nemesis breezes into Odyssey flaunting a picture-perfect life, a well-meaning scheme to impress her spirals out of control - while Jules plots revenge on a mean girl of her own.

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.

0846 The Last Straw A ruined science project and an on-air joke gone wrong force two sisters and a radio host to wrestle with what forgiveness really requires.

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.

From the shelf: Clanging Cymbals...and the Meaning of God's Love

0691 Wooton Knows Best When two siblings compete for the single helper spot on a weekend retreat, Wooton must figure out which of them truly has what the job requires.

0692 A Penny Saved After doing the right thing at great personal cost, Penny disappears, and her friends race to find her before she loses everything.

0693 The Amazing Loser A musical scavenger hunt through Odyssey puts Barrett's teamwork - and his priorities - to the test when winning and doing the right thing pull in opposite directions.

0694 Anger Mismanagement When a classmate steals the spotlight on her friend's homecoming float project, Olivia must learn what to do with her anger before it costs her more than she realizes.

0695 Forgiving More...or Less When a school recording project goes sideways and a broken machine goes unconfessed, young Camilla discovers that forgiving others is a lot trickier than it sounds.

0696 You're Two Kind A student's offer to help a struggling classmate is tested when kindness, secrets, and hurt feelings collide over a class project.

0697 A Penny Earned When free-spirited artist Penny can't find a job in Odyssey, her friends scramble to help her find work before she's forced to move back home.

0698 Never for Nothing When Matthew questions why anyone should keep showing kindness to people who don't deserve it, his grandmother-in-town Lucia's story of a childhood friend who believed love is never wasted begins to reveal an unexpected answer.

0699 Emily the Genius When a school aptitude test labels Emily a genius, her family's newfound pride sets her on a path she'll do anything to stay on.

0700 How to Sink a Sub When Katrina takes over a middle school literature class, her high standards spark a student rebellion - and Olivia must decide whether to trust her friend or follow the crowd.

0701 Unbecoming Jay When a scheming Jay pawns off his visiting cousin on an unsuspecting friend, an unlikely friendship blooms - and Jay can't leave well enough alone.

0702 Childish Things Burned by a past betrayal, Penny turns to a body-language book to instantly judge who she can trust - and starts seeing deception in everyone around her.

Featuring Tom Riley

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.

0462 The W.E. When a flashy new tech-filled Kids Center lures away his young customers, Whit must decide how far he'll go to modernize Whit's End without losing what made it matter.

0463 Green Eyes and Yellow Tulips A charming stranger from Odyssey's controversial new media company leaves Connie tongue-tied - and torn between her heart and her loyalty to Whit.

1 of 2 0468 Chains When Whit chooses a struggling neighborhood over the safe suburbs for his new Whit's End, he discovers the community's resistance runs deeper than he imagined - and so do the needs of two children he finds in its path.

2 of 2 0469 Chains When vandals halt construction and a hostile neighborhood rejects his new shop, Whit gambles that an open invitation - and stubborn trust in two runaway kids - can change hearts in Oswald Heights.

Where it started

FP01 Whit's Visitor When a nighttime noise draws Whit into his garage, he finds not a possum but a runaway neighbor boy who's convinced his family's troubles are all his fault.

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.

FP03 The New Kid in Town A lonely girl who's tired of always being the new kid meets a stranger in Odyssey who isn't quite what he seems.

FP04 No Stupid Questions A curious ten-year-old girl who's been banished from her mother's workplace for asking too many questions finds an unlikely afternoon home at Whit's End - and an even unlikelier friend at the library.

FP05 You're Not Going to Believe This When the family's most notorious storyteller swears his latest outlandish tale is true, his skeptical cousin has to decide whether anyone can believe the boy who's fibbed one time too many.

FP06 My Brother's Keeper When Philip's pesky little brother ruins his school project and embarrasses him at baseball practice, an angry wish spoken in the heat of the moment teaches him how much a brother is worth.

FP07 While Dad's Away A father's dream promotion slowly turns him into a stranger in his own home - and a curious young couple wants to know why the house is selling so cheap.

FP08 The Letter A prideful father and his embarrassed teenage daughter, wounded by each other's words, discover what it takes to close the distance between them.

FP09 A Different Kind of Peer Pressure When his father lectures teenage Blair about caving to the popularity crowd, Richard Hudson discovers that peer pressure isn't something adults outgrow - it's something they get better at.

FP10 In Memory of Herman When a backyard frog funeral reignites a couple's clash over faith, it takes an ordinary workday turned upside down to make a stubborn husband reconsider everything he thought he knew.

1 of 2 FP11 A Member of the Family When Whit's spoiled nine-year-old grandson arrives in Odyssey for the summer, the old man's patience - and his ideas about love and discipline - are put to the test.

2 of 2 FP12 A Member of the Family A week with Grandpa ends in turmoil as Whit and his daughter Jana must face the anger that has divided them for years - before it costs them Monty.

FP13 A Simple Addition When his baby sister arrives before his promised new boots do, a little boy must learn that a growing family doesn't mean a shrinking share of love.

0001 Whit's Flop After a humiliating Little League loss cements his reputation as the kid who ruins everything, young Davey Holcomb is challenged by Whit to unravel the mystery of a failed invention called "Whit's Flop."

Written by John Fornof

0496 Exceptional Circumstances With Mitch's fate finally revealed, Connie must guard a dangerous secret while Jason's search for the truth behind Eugene's research uncovers what the NovaBox really costs its users.

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.

0579 Always As college move-in day arrives, a young woman's departure forces her whole family - especially her devastated little sister - to figure out what letting go really means.

0414 Buried Sin A backyard digging project at Whit's End unearths a buried box whose contents reopen a mysterious death from 1921 - and the trail leads closer to home than anyone expects.

0431b The Virtual Kid A boy becomes so obsessed with running the website he built for Whit's End that he risks missing out on the real place - and the real life - right in front of him.

0591 Switch When two kids insist that adults have it easy, a forty-eight-hour family role swap puts them in charge of the money, the meals, and the bills.

0497 Expect the Worst As Novacom's true agenda comes into focus, a desperate act at the broadcast tower puts lives - and one man's freedom - on the line.

2 of 2 0482 Grand Opening As Connie's romance with Mitch blossoms, mounting evidence ties his employer Novacom to the surveillance at Whit's End - and everyone must decide how far trust can stretch.

0550 Fairy Tal-e-vision Kids' Radio imagines what television would look like in fairy-tale land, where nursery-rhyme characters' news flashes, courtroom dramas, and commercials reveal how one person's bad choices ripple out to everyone around them.

0466 Snow Day A surprise snow day turns into a perilous mission when a boy must deliver his mother's cookies to Grandma while a neighborhood bully and his gang will stop at nothing to steal them.

0577 The Business of Busyness When Eugene's new help-everyone service and the Washington family's jam-packed calendar both spiral out of control, everyone must figure out what busyness is really costing them.

0400 The Spy Who Bugged Me Armed with vintage cereal-box spy gear, two boys launch an increasingly disastrous surveillance campaign against a girls' secret club they're convinced is up to no good.

0547 No Way In When a missing friend's abandoned car points to the Washingtons' new house, a search uncovers hidden passages - and secrets the old home was built to keep.

0568 The Power of One A Kids' Radio broadcast reimagines the Bible's most famous underdogs - from a shepherd facing a giant to a secret-agent apostle - to discover where real strength comes from.

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