Hear about the challenges - and the true story - behind creating "In a Sun-Scorched Land" from the crew who created it.

The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Writer-director Kathy Buchanan and sound designer Christopher Diehl journey to Africa (in one case, literally) for the latest Club exclusive adventure "In a Sun-Scorched Land." Plus, hear a preview of "Between Camp and a Hard Place."

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0:00.0	Hi everyone out there at Odyssey Land, I'm Bob, producer of the Adventures in Odyssey Club.
0:09.2	And I'm Jesse, editor of Focus on the Family Clubhouse Magazine.
0:12.9	Welcome to the official Adventures in Odyssey Podcasts.
0:15.7	And here we are at the end of another epic two-parter on the club.
0:19.5	In a sunscorched land was a dramatic story in a far off place with an incredible journey
0:24.0	to a promised land, with heart-pounding chases, a few laughs, and even some tears along
0:29.4	the way.
0:30.4	Whenever we have a big episode like this, I always love to do a deep dive into the details
0:35.0	with the people who spent weeks and even months working on it, the writer and the sound designer.
0:40.2	Which is exactly what's on the docket today.
0:42.4	Writer, director, Kathy Buchanan and sound designer Christopher Deel joined us in the studio
0:46.2	to tell us all about creating this unique journey to Africa.
0:49.7	Let's hear what they had to say.
0:53.2	Well, Chris and Kathy, thanks for joining us on the podcast again.
0:58.4	Thank you.
0:59.8	Kathy, let's go back to the beginning.
1:02.4	This episode was inspired by really a terrible but true story that is also known as the
1:08.0	Lost Boys of Sudan.
1:09.7	So why did you want to create an Odyssey episode based on that story?
1:14.1	You know, when I first heard this story, it was probably in the early 2000s, and the
1:19.6	Lost Boys of Sudan, which were these 20,000 children that had been displaced because of
1:24.7	war and were in search of a refugee camp.
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