December 19, 2017: FREE EPISODE: "Spare Tire," the first drama Focus on the Family produced

The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Merry Christmas! As the year draws to a close, we listen to the very first radio drama ever produced by Focus on the Family. "Spare Tire" released on the daily Focus on the Family broadcast on December 17, 1983 and it paved the way for "Family Portraits" and - ultimately - Adventures in Odyssey. Hear this drama, plus an interview with Odyssey co-creator Steve Harris.

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0:00.0	Merry Christmas Odyssey fans, I'm Bob, producer of the Adventures in Odyssey Club.
0:13.7	And I'm Jesse Editor, a focus on the Family Clubhouse magazine.
0:17.1	Welcome to the official Adventures in Odyssey Podcasts.
0:19.6	One of my favorite things to do at Christmas is give away a free episode on the podcast.
0:24.3	It's right up there with my other tradition of wrapping the Frank in present.
0:27.5	Oh, wait, wrapping the what?
0:29.6	You know how Frankenstein's monster was made of spare parts?
0:32.0	Right.
0:33.0	And you know how there are always those extra strips of wrapping paper too small to use on a single gift?
0:37.4	Oh, yeah, I hate those.
0:38.4	You know, I always feel like I'm wasting wrapping paper.
0:40.2	Exactly.
0:41.2	So every year I use a bunch of those extra pieces to wrap one gift.
0:45.1	It's kind of become a tradition.
0:46.9	Everybody wonders who'll get the Frank in present for Christmas.
0:49.3	Bob, I had no idea you had such an interesting tradition.
0:52.2	Well, it's because free Odyssey episodes don't require wrapping paper.
0:55.5	That's right.
0:56.5	Well, this year on the podcast, we're changing it up a little bit.
0:59.4	Instead of a free episode of Odyssey, we're giving away spare tire, the very first drama
1:04.2	that focus on the family produced.
1:05.9	This show originally aired on December 17, 1983, and it paved the way for family portraits
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