Paul McCusker tells the story of the lost episode "Pamela Has a Problem"

The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast

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🗓️ 14 July 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This month’s Club adventure features the character of Connie’s friend Pamela, last heard in 1990 in "Pamela Has a Problem." Writer/director Paul McCusker (with the help of a surprise guest) explains why Adventures in Odyssey decided to address the sensitive topic of abortion in that early episode. (Plus: Hear a preview of "The Rydell Revelations, Part 1.")

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0:00.0	Hi Odyssey fans, I'm Jesse, editor of Focus on the Family Club House Magazine.
0:14.6	Uh, a bob?
0:17.6	Minus the polynomial of pie after moving the exponent to decimal places.
0:21.6	A bob, what are you doing?
0:23.8	Oh, just trying to figure out Odyssey math.
0:26.8	Oh, you mean the passage of time and how some of the characters in the show seem to age
0:31.1	more slowly than others.
0:32.4	Exactly, sort of like people, years, dog years, and Odyssey years.
0:36.0	Forget about a bob.
0:37.2	Many have tried and many have failed.
0:38.7	One guy was institutionalized.
0:40.1	Why the sudden interest in crunching the numbers?
0:42.2	Well, because this month's club episode reintroduces a character we haven't heard from
0:45.6	in 30 years.
0:47.0	Connie's friend Pamela from California.
0:48.8	Wait, you mean Pamela has a problem?
0:51.0	Pamela?
0:52.0	One and the same.
0:53.0	And we find out that she has a new problem.
0:54.8	Someone that Connie tries to help her solve in the July Club adventure titled Milestones.
0:58.8	Wow, after three decades, Pamela could be a grandma by now.
1:02.7	You're thinking people years, Jesse?
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