Hello, Odyssey fans, I'm Jesse.

And I'm Bob.

Welcome to the official Adventures in Odyssey podcast.

Over the past year or so, you may have noticed a trend in Odyssey.

There's always a lot going on in Odyssey, but there have been a lot of hearts changing lately.

Since just last November, we've heard salvation stories for Wyatt Perkins,

Carla Perkins, Ron Perkins, Jules Kendall, Buck Mousner, and Renee Carter.

There have been more salvations in the last year than any other year in Odyssey history.

A lot of major character development and a lot of deeply moving personal moments.

So today, we're talking about what happened behind the scenes leading to what the team has been calling a season of salvation.

We brought together three people who helped shape these stories from the very beginning.

Showrunner, Marshall Younger, co-creator Phil Lawler, and writer-director, Kathy Buchanan.

I'm really looking forward to this conversation, Jess.

So let's get started.

Well, these are always some of my favorite podcast because we have our writers gathered together again.

So Kathy, Phil Marshall, welcome.

Good to be here.

Thanks.

Good to be here.

I do need to apologize.

If you're hearing any banging, I'm having my roof redone today.

So if you're hearing stuff raining down on me, don't worry, it's just the roofers. It's not,

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