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[0:00] Mythic Thunderlute: Mythic Thunderlute is brought to you with support from 11th Hour Theater Company, Philadelphia's only all musical theater company.

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[0:36] Leigha: Hello and welcome to Mythic Thunderlute, a D&D podcast musical.

[0:42] Jake Blauch: I'm Jake Blauch.

[0:43] Lillian Castillo: I'm Lillian Castillo.

[0:44] Michael D'Aherty: I'm Michael D'Aherty, and I'm Steve Goodalunas.

[0:48] Leigha: And that's the team. What's up, family? How are we feeling?

[0:50] Michael D'Aherty: Fantastic.

[0:53] Lillian Castillo: I'm feeling more relaxed than ever this week.

[0:55] Jake Blauch: We're fucking pros now, right?

[0:56] Michael D'Aherty: I feel the same way.

[0:57] Lillian Castillo: I used to be so scared, and now I'm just like a little bit scared.

[1:01] Michael D'Aherty: Just a little bit.

[1:02] Lillian Castillo: I feel good. I'm excited. I don't fear anything.

[1:04] Michael D'Aherty: Oh my god. Also, I got a little bit high and I slept four hours.

[1:06] Jake Blauch: Four hours?

[1:12] Michael D'Aherty: Wow.

[1:11] Lillian Castillo: Four hours.

[1:15] Michael D'Aherty: Wow, so four whole hours, huh, Mike?

[1:18] Jake Blauch: That's incredible.

[1:19] Michael D'Aherty: Yeah, well.

[1:25] Jake Blauch: Fuck yeah. All right, so I'm gonna take this opportunity to hand it over to our favorite boy, Michael D'Aherty.

[1:32] Michael D'Aherty: Yes!

[1:33] Jake Blauch: Thank you.

[1:34] Michael D'Aherty: He is our favorite boy.

[1:36] Jake Blauch: He's our favorite boy.

[1:38] Michael D'Aherty: Thank you, thank you. Today on the pod we have stage and screen actor Wayne T. Carr.

[1:43] Michael D'Aherty: Wayne's got a heck of a resume. He's known as Jon Stewart, aka the Green Lantern in the Snyderverse.

[1:51] Michael D'Aherty: That's the extended cinematic universe of Zack Snyder's Justice League. And he recently wrapped filming The Tragedy of Macbeth, directed by Joel Coen's and starring Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington.

[2:03] Michael D'Aherty: Big doings. Wayne, congrats and welcome to the pod.

[2:07] Wayne T. Carr: Thank you, thank you, Michael. I so appreciate it, man. It is so nice to have you here, man. Now, you've had such a wild little quarantine. What can you tell us about your Justice League experience?

[2:18] Wayne T. Carr: Oh, there's so much I can tell you about it, but I guess to like jump right into it, I put myself in a situation where I was able to help Zack complete his vision, and he enjoyed what I did so much that he said, I want to put this in the movie.

[2:33] Wayne T. Carr: And then, of course, when Warner Brothers saw it, they had their own ideas of what they wanted to do with the Jon Stewart character, and they cut me out, unfortunately. But when the movie dropped on HBO Max, there was a concept art photo leaked, and all of a sudden I became a very popular man.

[2:54] Michael D'Aherty: So incredible.

[2:55] Wayne T. Carr: Now, this leak was specifically Zack Snyder himself.

[2:59] Wayne T. Carr: Oh, yeah, yeah. He leaked this photo, absolutely.

[3:02] Michael D'Aherty: That's amazing. So who knows what will come of this, but for now, you got like a little surge in popularity and an exciting little—

[3:03] Wayne T. Carr: Yeah, the DC fans are amazing, and they welcomed me, even though I didn't make it in the movie, you know, just because I got validation from him. He went on a podcast, he said, Wayne T. Carr is my Green Lantern, he's my Jon Stewart.

[3:24] Wayne T. Carr: Oh, and then he just made it official, and the DC fans welcomed me ever since. And it's been an awesome, awesome ride.

[3:31] Michael D'Aherty: So cool. And so you fully filmed a sequence at Zack's place.

[3:36] Wayne T. Carr: Yes. He had a whole setup, green screen. There's pictures online and everything. And it was the scene that Martian Manhunter did. And so lines were different. You know, even when we were shooting it in his driveway, he would throw lines to me and I would read them.

[3:52] Wayne T. Carr: So he was changing the script on the spot. And so it was a completely different thing from what Harry Lennox and his Martian Manhunter did.

[3:59] Michael D'Aherty: Right. So yeah, unfortunately, we weren't able to see that.

[4:02] Wayne T. Carr: That just sounds so cool. I will just enjoy that forever in my imagination instead.

[4:07] Wayne T. Carr: Me too. Now, as a huge Coen nerd myself, truly, I could not be more excited about Macbeth. What was filming that like?

[4:15] Wayne T. Carr: Well, um, I don't know how much of the story I've talked to you about, though. Um, sorry, can I call you Doe in this podcast?

[4:23] Michael D'Aherty: Of course.

[4:24] Wayne T. Carr: I call him Doe, everyone.

[4:25] Michael D'Aherty: So, um, many of us do.

[4:28] Wayne T. Carr: That's true. So, uh, yeah, that was an incredible ride. So many of the Coen films I love, I'm sure, you know, like I mean, I'm completely obsessed. But the experience was amazing because I'm sitting there with Oscar Award-winning people, you know, talking about Shakespeare. I geeked out every day. It was incredible.

[4:50] Michael D'Aherty: So, what was exactly your position on the set?

[4:54] Wayne T. Carr: So I was basically the consultant, the Shakespeare consultant, and they gave me the role of murderer number three. I went in and I started helping with rehearsals and filling in because half the cast was coming from London, and Denzel Washington said, I think he's great. I think he needs to, you know, help other actors as we move forward with this, and he should be on set every day.

[5:18] Wayne T. Carr: So he fully like extended your contract.

[5:21] Wayne T. Carr: He got me a job, basically, for the entire shoot.

[5:24] Michael D'Aherty: Cool, man. Well, Wayne, that is such an amazing story. It sounds like it's going to be incredible.

[5:31] Wayne T. Carr: Oh my gosh. I can't wait. Friends, be sure to catch The Tragedy of Macbeth, which premieres September 24th at the New York Film Festival. Wayne, thank you so much for being here, man.

[5:42] Wayne T. Carr: Oh man, this was my pleasure. Thank you for having me.

[5:45] Michael D'Aherty: All right, we gotta get this party started. Friends, if you want to hear the full interview with Wayne, you can do so by joining our Patreon and checking out episode four of Shoot the Loot, which will drop next week.

[5:56] Michael D'Aherty: In the meantime, I'm gonna explain how this works. Here's the deal. Our four players will improvise their way through a fantasy-style role-playing game of my making. After we record, we add sound effects, underscoring, full-fledged musical numbers, and special guest voices. And boom! Ska bim! There you have an episode. Sound good?

[6:19] Lillian Castillo: Sure.

[6:20] Michael D'Aherty: Then let's play Mythic Thunderlute!

[6:31] Leigha: Previously, on Mythic Thunderlute. After creating a genre of music called folk rock to unite the city of Redfear, Jocasta, Edgar, Pugface, Roscoe, and Herman are escorted into the Elven Geek by Gutendell, the local sheriff, who insists on helping them if they ever need anything.

[6:46] Leigha: They quickly gain counsel with the Queen, who agrees to grant them access to the Sanctuary of the Gods in exchange for their never returning to Karkatara again. Once inside the sanctuary, they plead with the Elven gods to not exterminate the people of Adenia and are given a chance to convince their king to change their nation's ways.

[7:02] Leigha: They are then warned of the plagues and apocalypse that will unfold if they fail. And the music god Domino restores magic to Edgar's Thunderloot.

[7:10] Michael D'Aherty: Yes. As they make their way out of the Elf Nation, they bid farewell to the kind General Albar and hear an ominous threat on Edgar's life from Colonel Tarsk. At the Adenian border, the gang is about to be placed under arrest by the King's Guard of Borstead when Edgar decides to use his newfound magic to vaporize fifty soldiers.

[7:26] Lillian Castillo: Hogface takes out two of the guard as well, just before the entire group is sedated and thrown in prison. The next morning, they meet their defense attorney Simon Crab, send a K Ray to Sheriff Gutend to be their character witness, and are summoned to begin their trial.

[7:41] Michael D'Aherty: Wow, we saw a lot in 72 hours.

[7:43] Lillian Castillo: So much.

[7:44] Leigha: We begin. A burly guard stares intensely as he waits to escort you. When Crab the lawyer turns to you and says, "All right, don't try anything funny, otherwise they'll just add another count of resisting arrest to the charge."

[7:55] Edgar: Resisting arrest? I think that's what we did.

[7:59] Lillian Castillo: Don't say that when we're up there.

[8:00] Edgar: I'm just embarrassed that not a one of us, even for a second thought, oh, maybe running away. Or maybe trying to escape. We also could have just complied with the law, I suppose.

[8:12] Wayne T. Carr: You know, I gotta tell you, this is not the time.

[8:14] Herman: No.

[8:15] Edgar: I suppose that the people that I vaporized were in fact people.

[8:22] Wayne T. Carr: Yeah.

[8:23] Edgar: Had families and like was someone's child.

[8:27] Wayne T. Carr: I mean, some of them had kids.

[8:28] Edgar: You have blood on your hands.

[8:30] Wayne T. Carr: I mean, as long as it was an accident, it was an accident.

[8:34] Edgar: Well, it wasn't an accident that I—self-defense.

[8:36] Wayne T. Carr: Sorry, all right. This is the exact kind of story we could get straight once we get to the courtroom.

[8:42] Edgar: All right, Bernie.

[8:43] Wayne T. Carr: Yeah, he's definitely morphing into Bernie Sanders.

[8:47] Lillian Castillo: Yeah, there's no question.

[8:49] Wayne T. Carr: The burly guard chimes in. Please do follow. I shall bring you to the courtroom.

[8:55] Leigha: As soon as you exit your cell, you see several dozen soldiers lined up down the hall to your right. The guard in front of you takes a hard left and heads down toward the end of the hall.

[9:04] Edgar: Oh, this is a lot of soldiers.

[9:06] Roscoe: Roscoe, hold my hand. I don't like this.

[9:08] Edgar: No problem, I got you. You follow the guard who leads you through a door and up some stairs, with the platoon of King's Guard following closely behind.

[9:16] Leigha: After passing through several more corridors, the guard in front of you opens a set of double doors that leads into a lavish marble courtroom. Rows of seats are filled with spectators, some of whom you recognize from the square two days ago.

[9:29] Wayne T. Carr: As you're led to the looming bench at the front of the room, the humans start to notice and murmur about you. Mentions of dead gods, King Cyrus, and murder can be heard.

[9:40] Edgar: They're gonna kill us.

[9:41] Roscoe: I don't like this. This is it. Uh, this is the end.

[9:44] Edgar: I don't like it. This is how we go.

[9:46] Lillian Castillo: Maybe we could convince them that we have a bigger thing that we gotta deal with, and then we can come back later.

[9:51] Edgar: Oh, that's good. Wait, Dracaster, a bigger thing than killing 50 of their men?

[9:56] Wayne T. Carr: That's the tough one.

[9:57] Edgar: That is the tough thing. I mean, I normally I'd agree with you, you know, but we don't know how that happened, though.

[10:03] Wayne T. Carr: Precisely my thought. When you reach the front of the room, you see to your right a box filled with 12 nervous-looking humans and a man in a blue robe with white hair and tiny spectacles sitting at a table right next to you.

[10:16] Wayne T. Carr: Crab sits down at a table on your left and gestures for you to join him.

[10:20] Edgar: Okay, yeah, we sit down.

[10:22] Wayne T. Carr: Okay, let's go. Before this thing starts, I'm gonna make sure we've got our story straight. So that thing that killed him, you're uh what do you call it?

[10:29] Edgar: Yeah, the mythic thunder loot.

[10:30] Wayne T. Carr: Yeah, now I've never seen one of those things before. I don't think anyone in this courtroom has ever seen one of those things before. You picking up what I'm putting down here?

[10:37] Edgar: Murder is all about intent, right? So as long as you didn't know what the Thunderloot was capable of, or if you intended something other than to kill those men.

[10:46] Wayne T. Carr: Absolutely. In fact, I asked the soldiers, do you boys like rock and roll?

[10:52] Edgar: Oh, you did.

[10:53] Wayne T. Carr: He did, he did.

[10:55] Edgar: Yes, that is true.

[10:56] Wayne T. Carr: Okay, okay. So you were actually intending to play rock and roll.

[10:59] Edgar: It's to engage in my life's work.

[11:01] Wayne T. Carr: That's fantastic. Okay. Maybe my first time out of the gate, but uh what?

[11:05] Edgar: What your first time? You've never done this before.

[11:07] Wayne T. Carr: Wait, what? This is the first time we've had a trial where the defendants are allowed to plead their case, yes.

[11:13] Edgar: Up till now it's been you hung by your toes, and they stick a rat up your keys and the rat, if it lives, then you're found guilty.

[11:28] Wayne T. Carr: It's nuts.

[11:29] Edgar: Would we go with that option?

[11:30] Wayne T. Carr: No, why?

[11:31] Edgar: That's enough. All right, so if we feel like we've got our story straight, I can explain how this is all gonna go down. Given that we haven't had a whole lot of luck in dealing with the public who believe that they suck for torturing the accused without a reason or determining if they were in fact guilty of their corruptions.

[12:04] Wayne T. Carr: So the king decided he'd appoint a feudal war judge and call a jury of what's fierce who had a grudge. A prosecutor and defense attorney, you see, to show a kind of wiser penetrating.

[12:21] Wayne T. Carr: So it's a trial of the trial of the century, the tenants of which I'll still rude a mentory.

[13:57] ♪ Musical number: "The Trial of the Century" — performed by the cast ♪

[15:18] Wayne T. Carr: Now, I could technically call any of you to the stand to testify, but since Edgar and Pugface are the most culpable for the alleged crimes, I'm gonna recommend that you two take the stand.

[15:29] Edgar: I will if you will, Pugface.

[15:31] Pugface: Okay.

[15:31] Wayne T. Carr: Jocasta, Roscoe, you both seem very likable. I don't want your talents to go to waste. Now, anyone on the side of the defense is allowed to give statements and cross-examine witnesses. So I'm gonna recommend that one of you give our opening statement and the other be our cross-examiner.

[15:46] Jocasta: Okay.

[15:46] Pugface: Oh, gosh. Jocasta, what do you feel more comfortable with? Which one of you is a good orator? Who can weave a tale? Who gets spitting on?

[15:52] Jocasta: Oh, that'd be Jocasta.

[15:55] Pugface: Oh, God, are you sure? You know how sometimes I say things and I'm not supposed to say them.

[16:00] Jocasta: Georgia, you can weave a tale.

[16:06] Pugface: Who says you don't have to get angry? Maybe that's a better use for the cross-examiner.

[16:09] Jocasta: Okay. I think you're right. Now, what can I do here?

[16:12] Wayne T. Carr: Herman, just you gotta sit this one out.

[16:15] Herman: Nothing, Herman.

[16:16] Wayne T. Carr: At this point, the King's Herald enters through a door in front of you and addresses the room.

[16:21] King's Herald: Hear ye, hear ye. The trial of the Boarstead Five is now called to order.

[16:27] Wayne T. Carr: All right. Everyone stands up.

[16:29] King's Herald: The right honorable Judge Lionel Judy presiding.

[16:35] Wayne T. Carr: An older disgruntled gentleman in a long black robe enters through the same door and takes a seat behind the bench.

[16:45] Judge Lionel Judy: Be seated.

[16:46] Wayne T. Carr: Your Honor, the defendants stand accused of incitement of the apocalypse, false impersonation of the king, obstruction of justice, revifting arrest, and fifty-two counts of murder most foul.

[17:02] Wayne T. Carr: The herald turns and bows toward the judge and leaves back through the door.

[17:06] Judge Lionel Judy: We are to begin with opening statements. Lord Prosecutor, the floor is yours.

[17:14] Lord Prosecutor: Thank you, Your Honor, kind people of the jury. You are to hear a tale today of negligence, trickery, and home saddle lunacy. There are not only countless witnesses who can identify these five people at the three crime scenes, but when you hear the extent of their crimes, and indeed the foolishness of their misgivings, you shall not believe your ears. I ask that you find them guilty on all counts. Nah, I'm certain of it. My only quandary is with so many acts of deceit and violence that have so recently come to light. What other abominable deeds have they done that we don't even know about?

[17:59] Wayne T. Carr: Your Honor.

[18:02] Judge Lionel Judy: Thank you, Lord Prosecutor. Mr. Crab, opening statement for the defense.

[18:07] Jocasta: Okay, you're up, Jocasta. Knock 'em dead.

[18:12] Jocasta: Judge Judy, members of the jury, people of the courtroom. My name is Jocasta Stormwood, and I'm here to tell you the truth of our tale. That we four have been trying to do what is right for the people of Denia. It started one day while we were spending time together, and a lovely wood nymph informed us that the Forest of Stormwood was going to be in grave danger and that we needed to talk to the god Maris. So we traveled across this country to the Temple of Maris, and we told him what happened. He went bananas. He was out of control. He decided that the only solution was to discharge everyone in Adania. Now I tell you, ladies and gentlemen, we tried. We tried to stop the god Maris from deciding that this was the only course of action.

But we are mere mortals. We are simple people. We were thinking only of you and your well-being. And so I say to you, Judge Judy and jury, and people in the court, I ask you today to listen to our story and come to the only verdict that makes any sense. Not guilty.

[19:36] Wayne T. Carr: The jury is nodding at you, Jocasta, in agreement. Several people in attendance break into applause, and the judge interrupts.

[19:45] Judge Lionel Judy: Order! Order! There will be none of that today.

[19:51] Wayne T. Carr: I think that did it. Oh, I really think that did it. Let's see that prosecutor try to come back from that. They didn't get it, so I laid it right up for 'em. Gave it to him, straight man, nothing but facts. When we walked in here, it was pretty clear that we didn't have a chance. Now it's on and we're making it up here like it was all just happenstance. We can't explain all the pain and grief from just these last three days. But if we put our heads together, it's gonna be okay. So now I'll go and sit. But we ain't gonna quit till a quit.

[20:48] Wayne T. Carr: As you return to your seat, Krabs says, That was great. Those dumb jurors didn't know what hit 'em.

[20:53] Krabs: Call them down.

[20:54] Wayne T. Carr: We can hear you, Mr. Krab.

[20:56] Krabs: Oh, sorry. Oh God, gotta be more careful.

[20:59] Judge Lionel Judy: At this time, Lord Prosecutor, you may call forth any witness you wish to present to the jury.

[21:05] Lord Prosecutor: Thank you, Your Honor. I'd like to call Major Maynard Mayfield of Mayburit to the stand.

[21:13] Wayne T. Carr: From the back of the room emerges the King's Guard soldier who not only was duped by Edgar dressed as King Cyrus, but who led the arrest on the five of you last night.

[21:22] Lord Prosecutor: Major Mayfield, do you swear before Venetius to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

[21:28] Major Mayfield: I do.

[21:28] Lord Prosecutor: Please be seated. Major Mayfield, may I call you Maynard?

[21:32] Major Mayfield: You may not.

[21:33] Lord Prosecutor: Major Mayfield. Do you have a relationship with the defendants?

[21:38] Major Mayfield: I do.

[21:40] Lord Prosecutor: Could you please elaborate on that?

[21:43] Major Mayfield: Well, two days prior to today, I was tasked with arresting said suspects for the explosion in the square. I thought I'd found their horses when that man—he points furiously at Edgar—disguised himself as King Cyrus and tricked me.

[21:59] Wayne T. Carr: Gasps and hubbub erupt once more.

[22:02] Judge Lionel Judy: Order! Order! There will be order here today!

[22:07] Wayne T. Carr: Major Mayfield, do proceed.

[22:10] Major Mayfield: Tricked, you say. He convinced me that he was our sovereign and sent me and my fellow men away.

[22:18] Major Mayfield: What deceit? What neighbor? So these folks not only had told spectators that they had awoken a dead guard, but made a mockery of his majesty when asked to answer for it.

[22:31] Wayne T. Carr: Uh, objection, Your Honor, leading the witness.

[22:34] Judge Lionel Judy: Sustained. Keep it on the rails, Lord Prosecutor.

[22:37] Lord Prosecutor: Very well. Did you encounter them after that?

[22:40] Major Mayfield: Well, we tried to pursue them once we realized our mistake. But the trail went cold at the Kakataran border.

[22:48] Major Mayfield: So we stuck out until yesternight, when we made our arrest.

[22:52] Lord Prosecutor: And how did that go?

[22:54] Major Mayfield: Not well. Not only did each of these peasants say that they refused to surrender to the law, but that same deceitful elf, that same cruel being, proceeded to ask if we liked rock music.

[23:10] Wayne T. Carr: Before we could answer, a strum of his lute sent a tidal wave of elven witchcraft toward us, which laid waste to half my men.

[23:20] Wayne T. Carr: The courtroom is a Twitter once more.

[23:22] Judge Lionel Judy: Order! The spectators eventually calm.

[23:27] Major Mayfield: As we begin our attempts to sedate the lawbreakers, the gnome fired in additional two arrows, which slew another two of my finest men.

[23:36] Wayne T. Carr: For shame. No further questions, Your Honor.

[23:39] Judge Lionel Judy: Do the defendants wish to cross-examine?

[23:41] Roscoe: Uh, yes. Roscoe, he has no way of knowing that that was Edgar.

[23:45] Edgar: No, he doesn't at all.

[23:47] Roscoe: Give him hell, Roscoe.

[23:48] Roscoe: How are you doing, Major?

[23:49] Major Mayfield: Not particularly well to be talking to you, prisoner.

[23:52] Roscoe: No, I can see that. You seem tense, you seem overwhelmed, you seem overcome with emotion, Major.

[23:58] Major Mayfield: Would that be correct?

[23:59] Major Mayfield: Indeed, I am.

[24:00] Roscoe: So maybe you're not seeing the situation as clearly as you could be now. Isn't that right?

[24:05] Major Mayfield: Is that so?

[24:07] Roscoe: Do explain.

[24:08] Major Mayfield: Sir, how can you prove definitively that my good friend Edgar Hawk here was indeed your sovereign?

[24:15] Major Mayfield: Well, he was surrounded by the four of you, of course.

[24:18] Roscoe: But how can you prove that it was him?

[24:20] Major Mayfield: Because your party, you said so yourself.

[24:23] Roscoe: Oh, Major, see, what I don't understand here is that you're a high-ranking officer in this sovereign's army, are you not, sir?

[24:30] Major Mayfield: I am a major, sir.

[24:32] Roscoe: And you did not recognize your commanding officer, otherwise known as your sovereign king.

[24:38] Major Mayfield: I admit that I am embarrassed of this fact, but it only speaks to the treachery and deceit of your friend Edgar.

[24:44] Roscoe: No, sir. I think it speaks to the fact that you're overworked, you're underpaid, and I believe you're very tired.

[24:52] Wayne T. Carr: All I'm saying is there's no definitive proof.

[24:54] Michael D'Aherty: And you're gonna take one man's word over an entire band.

[24:57] Wayne T. Carr: It's really a shame what this world's coming to these days.

[25:01] Michael D'Aherty: No further questions, Your Honor.

[25:03] Judge Lionel Judy: Thank you, Mr. Chubb, and thank you, Major Mayfield.

[25:07] Wayne T. Carr: You may return to the audience.

[25:08] Major Mayfield: Major Mayfield leaves the stand.

[25:10] Wayne T. Carr: He is bright red, fuming, just like staring daggers into Roscoe Chubb as he passes.

[25:19] Roscoe: Sorry to embarrass you.

[25:21] Wayne T. Carr: Just a little quicker on your toes next time, Bob.

[25:24] Roscoe: But that was really kind of lame.

[25:26] Wayne T. Carr: Gotta bring your A-game if you go in head to head with Roscoe Chubb.

[25:31] Michael D'Aherty: I did more than pass it.

[25:33] Wayne T. Carr: Was a master class in my mental agility.

[25:38] Roscoe: A hundred lease, cousin servant.

[25:41] Wayne T. Carr: Up the feast of plausible deniability.

[25:44] Michael D'Aherty: They threw everything they got at us, and we're still standing here.

[25:50] Wayne T. Carr: They ain't got the goods to take us down.

[25:54] Michael D'Aherty: That's becoming more than clear.

[25:57] Wayne T. Carr: It just takes a little.

[26:00] Michael D'Aherty: And we ain't gonna quit.

[26:03] Wayne T. Carr: Say a quit it.

[26:12] Michael D'Aherty: Quit it.

[26:15] Judge Lionel Judy: Lord Prosecutor.

[26:16] Wayne T. Carr: Any more witnesses to bring forth?

[26:18] Lord Prosecutor: No, you're on.

[26:20] Judge Lionel Judy: Mr. Crab, the floor is yours.

[26:22] Roscoe: Oh, thank you, Your Honor.

[26:24] Wayne T. Carr: I would like to call to the stand Edgar Hawk.

[26:29] Edgar: Edgar stands and sort of uh floofs his clothes, you know.

[26:32] Wayne T. Carr: Edgar, as you make your way to the stand, people kind of gasp in horror at seeing you still reeling from the major's testimony.

[26:40] Lord Prosecutor: Mr. Hawk, do you swear before Venetius to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

[26:45] Edgar: I do.

[26:46] Lord Prosecutor: Be seated.

[26:47] Wayne T. Carr: Mr. Hawk, what are they?

[26:50] Lord Prosecutor: Lots of uh lots of assertions leveled at you today, we could say.

[26:53] Wayne T. Carr: Uh let's talk about your arrest.

[26:55] Lord Prosecutor: Uh now t tell me about this thing.

[26:57] Wayne T. Carr: Your uh Thunderloop.

[26:58] Edgar: Yes.

[26:59] Lord Prosecutor: Crab grabs it from the table and the crowd recoils.

[27:02] Edgar: Careful, careful, careful.

[27:03] Lord Prosecutor: Relax, relax.

[27:03] Edgar: I'm not uh just relaxed.

[27:05] Lord Prosecutor: What about the neck?

[27:06] Edgar: Uh, could you tell the jury what this is?

[27:08] Wayne T. Carr: Oh, that's the uh mythic thunder loop that the band's named after.

[27:10] Lord Prosecutor: And what's it supposed to do?

[27:12] Edgar: Oh, it makes the best guitar tone that you've ever heard.

[27:15] Lord Prosecutor: So, what was your intention when you strummed it last night?

[27:18] Edgar: When I strummed the loot, uh, I asked the soldiers beforehand, do you boys like rock and roll?

[27:23] Wayne T. Carr: As a uh a way of sort of calming the situation.

[27:26] Lord Prosecutor: I see.

[27:27] Wayne T. Carr: So you're merely trying to entertain these gentlemen of the King's Guard?

[27:31] Edgar: Yes.

[27:32] Wayne T. Carr: Remarkable.

[27:33] Lord Prosecutor: No further questions, Your Honor.

[27:35] Wayne T. Carr: Lord Prosecutor, the witness is yours.

[27:37] Lord Prosecutor: My honor, your honor.

[27:39] Wayne T. Carr: Mr. Hawk.

[27:41] Lord Prosecutor: When you were tasked on your so-called epic quest, did it never occur to you to bring your problem to Venetius, the one true Edenian god?

[27:52] Edgar: The wood nymph, uh, that appeared to us, instructed us that we really needed to get in touch with the old elven gods to uh so you took the word of an elven spirit, instead of using your own better judgment to contact the guard which serves us all in a denial.

[28:07] Edgar: I don't know that I go there for.

[28:08] Wayne T. Carr: I'm not the really religious type myself, but uh for me.

[28:12] Lord Prosecutor: Slanderous elf made anti-Edenian blasphemy!

[28:17] Edgar: Uh objection, Your Honor, badgering the witness sustained.

[28:20] Lord Prosecutor: Is it a crime to go to the uh Temple of Maris?

[28:23] Edgar: The Temple of Venetius does lay just across the street of the Elven Shrine, does it not?

[28:28] Wayne T. Carr: I don't know what to tell you, Councillor.

[28:29] Edgar: We didn't decide to go there because that wasn't where uh our information led us.

[28:34] Lord Prosecutor: Taken the word of an elven wood nymph over the sound logic that should lie in any Edenian remarkable.

[28:42] Wayne T. Carr: Mr. Hawk, could you explain to the juror why you dressed up as King Cyrus?

[28:46] Edgar: I didn't dress up as King Cyrus.

[28:47] Lord Prosecutor: Your friends were positively ID'd alongside the false king, according to the court report, which has been, in fact, corroborated by his majesty.

[28:58] Wayne T. Carr: So unless you are calling our sovereign a liar.

[29:01] Lord Prosecutor: Are we then to believe that there just happened to be another person, your height, dressed as the king, shortly after the explosion, and in your absence with your friends?

[29:11] Edgar: Well, it's the duty of the prosecution to prove that there was.

[29:13] Lord Prosecutor: Prove it.

[29:14] Edgar: I merely highlight the absurdity.

[29:17] Lord Prosecutor: Just one last quandary, you're on this murder weapon, this thunder lute, as you call it.

[29:24] Edgar: What magic flows from it, which now lays dormant in its bout?

[29:28] Wayne T. Carr: The magic of the god Domino.

[29:29] Lord Prosecutor: I see.

[29:30] Edgar: So you fiddled with it, knowing full well that powerful elven magic lay within.

[29:37] Edgar: Oh no, I didn't fiddle with it.

[29:38] Edgar: My finger slipped.

[29:40] Lord Prosecutor: Your finger slip.

[29:41] Edgar: Now, this contradicts something you said earlier when you claimed to be trying to entertain the king's Guard.

[29:46] Edgar: Oh, very, of course I was.

[29:48] Edgar: I mean, I the the the thunder loot has, as you can see, um uh uh crab, would you hold it up for it?

[29:54] Wayne T. Carr: Here it is.

[29:54] Edgar: By the neck, by the neck.

[29:55] Edgar: Okay, sorry, sorry.

[29:57] Edgar: As you can see, there's a volume knob on there.

[30:00] Edgar: Uh, to play rock and roll the certain way that I like to play, you've got to get that volume knob up a little bit.

[30:05] Edgar: Yeah, uh, so was I falling with the volume knob?

[30:08] Edgar: Yes, yes, I was.

[30:09] Edgar: I didn't intend for it, my finger to slip and for it to go all the way up to, as you can see the uh little elven letter T there.

[30:16] Lord Prosecutor: So, you're suggesting that by bringing the dial all the way up to the max, that is what caused the explosion?

[30:22] Edgar: Uh yes.

[30:23] Lord Prosecutor: And so am I to believe that in all the time you spent wielding that instrument, the centuries you spent playing lead guitar for Elf Mother, you never once had an incident or any indication that something like this might occur?

[30:36] Edgar: Did I go out to certain parts of the wild and turn it all the way up and see what it did?

[30:42] Edgar: Uh, yes, but I was in an open field where So you knew, sir.

[30:46] Edgar: You knew that a wave of elven magic would pursue if you strummed it after turning it up to the max.

[30:52] Edgar: Yes, but it wasn't my intention to turn it up to the max.

[30:54] Wayne T. Carr: I see.

[30:56] Lord Prosecutor: No further questions, Yon.

[30:59] Wayne T. Carr: The prosecutor returns to his seat.

[31:02] Judge Lionel Judy: Mr. Hawk, you may return to your chair.

[31:07] Judge Lionel Judy: We'll let it out.

[31:10] Judge Lionel Judy: Any other witnesses, Mr. Crab?

[31:13] Roscoe: Yes, yes, I do.

[31:14] Roscoe: I would like to call Pug Face Doodle up to this thing.

[31:17] Wayne T. Carr: You got this.

[31:19] Edgar: You got this, kid.

[31:19] Wayne T. Carr: You got this, kiddo.

[31:21] Judge Lionel Judy: Ms. Doodle Lab, do you swear before Vinicius to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

[31:26] Pugface: I do.

[31:27] Judge Lionel Judy: Be seated.

[31:28] Wayne T. Carr: Hello, Miss Doodle Up.

[31:29] Lord Prosecutor: Tell us about last night.

[31:31] Wayne T. Carr: What was going through your mind when you were asked to surrender to the King's Guard?

[31:34] Pugface: Well, there are so many guards, and there's only five of us.

[31:38] Wayne T. Carr: And uh, for me, uh, fear was a big factor.

[31:42] Lord Prosecutor: You were terrified, of course, as anyone would be in that situation.

[31:46] Wayne T. Carr: And now, when Edgar's loot went off and killed all those people, tragically, how did that make you feel?

[31:52] Pugface: Shocked, more scared.

[31:54] Wayne T. Carr: Perhaps remorseful?

[31:55] Pugface: Definitely.

[31:56] Lord Prosecutor: Objection, Your Honor, leading the witness.

[31:58] Judge Lionel Judy: Okay, all right, sustained, of course.

[32:00] Wayne T. Carr: What happened then, Miss Doodellock?

[32:01] Pugface: 50 men go down, and then arrows come shooting at us.

[32:04] Wayne T. Carr: And what would you want me to do?

[32:06] Pugface: My friends were already down, so I was protecting my friends.

[32:08] Wayne T. Carr: Her friends were already down, she was just protecting her friends.

[32:12] Wayne T. Carr: Thank you, Your Honor.

[32:13] Lord Prosecutor: I have no further questions.

[32:14] Wayne T. Carr: Lord Prosecutor, the witness is yours.

[32:16] Lord Prosecutor: Pugface, the blue robed prosecutor stands and swaggers towards you.

[32:21] Lord Prosecutor: Tell me, Miss Doodle Op, at the time you were asked to surrender to the King's Guard, and the moment those first 50 soldiers were killed, what did you say or do?

[32:29] Pugface: What did I say and do?

[32:31] Pugface: What did I say and do?

[32:32] Pugface: Well, Major Mayfield claims that you all verbally refused to surrender.

[32:37] Pugface: Well, we were scared.

[32:39] Lord Prosecutor: So you did.

[32:40] Pugface: No.

[32:40] Lord Prosecutor: What no?

[32:41] Pugface: I don't remember doing that.

[32:43] Lord Prosecutor: Did you or did you not respond when Major Mayfield asked you to surrender?

[32:50] Pugface: Sure.

[32:51] Pugface: So much happened.

[32:53] Pugface: A lot happened.

[32:54] Pugface: You know when when death is staring you right in the face, you kind of just you kind of just black out.

[32:59] Lord Prosecutor: So it stands to reason that Major Mayfield himself would remember much more clearly than you what happened.

[33:07] Pugface: I know.

[33:09] Pugface: No.

[33:10] Pugface: Yes.

[33:11] Pugface: Yes.

[33:12] Pugface: I buckle under pressure.

[33:14] Wayne T. Carr: I don't Judy, you got it.

[33:16] Wayne T. Carr: Look, she's clearly under duress.

[33:18] Wayne T. Carr: Get her off the stage, Judy!

[33:21] Judge Lionel Judy: Well, I'm going to see this through.

[33:23] Lord Prosecutor: Mr. Char.

[33:24] Wayne T. Carr: Okay.

[33:25] Lord Prosecutor: Look at me.

[33:25] Lord Prosecutor: Do you not understand that we are all under a lot of pressure?

[33:29] Lord Prosecutor: We have to save a denia.

[33:31] Lord Prosecutor: We have to save you people.

[33:32] Wayne T. Carr: So, in order that's why we didn't comply.

[33:35] Lord Prosecutor: That's why we didn't.

[33:36] Pugface: So you admit not complying with the life.

[33:39] Lord Prosecutor: Sorry.

[33:39] Wayne T. Carr: Thank you, Your Honor.

[33:40] Lord Prosecutor: The prosecution rests.

[33:42] Pugface: Terrible liar.

[33:43] Wayne T. Carr: Miss Doodle Up, you may return to your chair.

[33:48] Pugface: I think I blew it.

[33:49] Pugface: No, I know I just blew it.

[33:51] Pugface: There's no way we're ever gonna come back from that.

[33:54] Pugface: Can't lie worth a shit.

[33:56] Pugface: Not just a little bit.

[33:58] Pugface: We'll be hanging from the gallows in no time, Flad.

[34:01] Pugface: I think I need some air.

[34:03] Pugface: Should've never gone up there.

[34:04] Pugface: Give us space.

[34:05] Pugface: Someone get us some water stat.

[34:08] Pugface: I let down the band up there on the stand.

[34:12] Wayne T. Carr: How can you ever forgive me?

[34:17] Edgar: We just gotta believe that the truth will set us free.

[34:24] Wayne T. Carr: We might not know what our fate will be, but we'll have each other's backs.

[34:30] Edgar: No matter what the future holds, listen.

[34:34] Edgar: That's our song pack.

[34:36] Edgar: However bad it gets, sing it with me.

[34:40] Edgar: We ain't gonna quit.

[34:44] Edgar: Till a quit it.

[34:46] Edgar: Quit till a quitted.

[34:48] Edgar: Quit quit quit till acquitted.

[34:52] Edgar: Quit quit quit till a quitted.

[34:55] Wayne T. Carr: Now then, Mr. Crab, if you know further witnesses.

[34:58] Roscoe: In fact, your honor, I do.

[35:00] Roscoe: I would like to call to the stand sheriff Gerald Gotendell of the Red Fear City Watch.

[35:06] Wayne T. Carr: Everyone turns to the back of the room.

[35:09] Edgar: No one enters.

[35:11] Wayne T. Carr: I guess he's still not here.

[35:12] Edgar: No.

[35:13] Wayne T. Carr: To Casa.

[35:14] Edgar: I'm just spitballing here, but if a tree were to just suddenly grow in the middle of this courtroom, they'd probably have to call a recess.

[35:23] Wayne T. Carr: Certainly ain't enough time for uh Gutendale to get here.

[35:26] Judge Lionel Judy: Oh, uh the judge bangs his gavel.

[35:29] Judge Lionel Judy: He says, May we move on to closing arguments, Mr. Crab?

[35:34] Roscoe: Chocasta starts moving her hands under the table, and as she does that, an upright base shaped tree starts growing in between the two tables.

[35:44] Wayne T. Carr: Because, frankly, she doesn't know how to grow a plant that doesn't look like an instrument.

[35:48] Edgar: People start getting alarmed and murmur in the audience.

[35:51] Judge Lionel Judy: Order!

[35:54] Judge Lionel Judy: Order!

[35:59] Judge Lionel Judy: Can any of the defendants please explain what's happening in my courthouse?

[36:04] Edgar: None of the defendants know what's happening.

[36:06] Edgar: What is that?

[36:07] Edgar: Oh my god, it looks like a base!

[36:08] Wayne T. Carr: I'm so sorry, Your Honor.

[36:10] Wayne T. Carr: I I I I truly don't know.

[36:12] Wayne T. Carr: Can we get this situation under control?

[36:14] Edgar: Jokaska puts her hands up.

[36:16] Edgar: Is it continuing to grow?

[36:18] Wayne T. Carr: Until until we have a sizable tree, essentially.

[36:20] Edgar: Okay, great.

[36:21] Wayne T. Carr: So there is now a large upright base in the middle of the courtroom.

[36:26] Edgar: The people are now murmuring quite loudly to one another.

[36:29] Judge Lionel Judy: Order.

[36:32] Judge Lionel Judy: Y'all know.

[36:33] Judge Lionel Judy: I can only assume that the defense is trying to stall for the character witness to arrive.

[36:40] Edgar: You want to talk about Stalin?

[36:42] Edgar: Yes, seriously.

[36:43] Edgar: You talk so slow.

[36:44] Edgar: We could have been out of here two hours ago if it weren't for you.

[36:47] Judge Lionel Judy: Or there will be order here today.

[36:52] Judge Lionel Judy: We are to move forward with the closing arguments.

[36:55] Judge Lionel Judy: I will assume the defendants do not know why this large instrument appeared, giving you the benefit of the doubt.

[37:01] Judge Lionel Judy: Lord Prosecutor, you may go first.

[37:03] Lord Prosecutor: Thank you, Your Honor.

[37:05] Lord Prosecutor: Distinguished peers of the jury, there you have it.

[37:09] Lord Prosecutor: Heathen betrayers of our beloved god of self Venetians turned to the elven pantheon to bend our nation to their beliefs.

[37:17] Lord Prosecutor: And so they incited an apocalypse. They claim not by their own hand, but that is simply their word. And whether they knew what they were doing when they summoned this red goddess beside the point, they turned away from Venetius, and in so doing endangered us all. Ashamed of their crimes, they donned disguises, deceived our law enforcement, refused arrest, and maimed and killed 52 innocent soldiers. Try as they may to subvert our attention to ulterior motives, or ludicrously try and deny some of the claims. The fact remains they did it. Ask again for you to find them guilty on all counts. Thank you, Your Honor. The defense may now give their closing argument.

[38:05] Edgar: All right, all right, all right. That was pretty good. But here's what I'm thinking. Jocasta, you just screwed this big old instrument in the middle of the courtroom. I know, I know, and Edgar, you said that you were a singer. Are any of the rest of you musicians as well?

[38:21] Roscoe: Yeah, we are.

[38:23] Edgar: Okay, okay. Then I think we need to wow them through song. Our music is powerful. Perhaps, Edgar, we don't use the Thunder Loot for this little performance.

[38:31] Jocasta: Better not. You know, I have to say the Thunder Loot has a really nice acoustic quality too. I would not suggest grabbing the murder weapon personally.

[38:38] Roscoe: But wouldn't it help to make the Thunderloot look more innocent if we played something on it?

[38:44] Jocasta: She makes a good point.

[38:45] Edgar: Look, I work for you guys. I say, go for it. My friends. Wow, then. All right, everyone give me a performance check to see how the closing argument goes.

[38:55] Roscoe: I got a seventeen.

[38:57] Edgar: 21 for Roscoe.

[38:58] Jocasta: 24.

[38:59] Pugface: That's an eight.

[39:02] Edgar: Oh no.

[39:04] Roscoe: Okay. So you guys play a pretty bangin' tune.

[39:20] Edgar: Good people of the jury think on the evidence you heard. The prosecution says we're no good crooks, but you'll find that's just absurd. Use a little common sense, folks. Don't give in to their game. Cause if you were in our place, you'd have done just the same. And then you're minding your own business at home and a wooden inferno says if you don't wake up a long dead god, your farm is gonna disappear. So you go to the shrine of Morris and play a song as sacrifice. How could we know our music brought dead deities to life? Is it our father, Morris awoke in an anger? And the crowd that gathered was aware of the danger. No, we didn't tell 'em why. It's so easy to blame. But standing in our place, you would have done just the same. Done just the same. Oh, done just the same.

[40:30] Edgar: Imagine walking down a pitch black road in the middle of the night. You see torches ahead, thinking it's Boarstead, but you're in for one hell of a fright. What you couldn't see through the trees, and what's now come to light, are the people moving in the dark? Oh, something ain't right. Oh, something ain't right. So you ain't quite sure who's up ahead. A voice calls out hold. And you're thinking these could be bandits now. Who say you should do what you're told? Is it time for flight? Or is it time to fight before Jim favors the bold? All right, it was us, do you boys like rock and roll?

[41:13] Roscoe: Everyone likes rock and roll.

[41:17] Edgar: Ooh, but that's in the slip of the hand. Ooh, for that should we be dead. Ooh, would you be so quick to blame? Cause if you were in our place, you'd have done just the same. Done just the same. Oh, done just the same. And the thing at the burger joint to shed some light. All we did was stop in for a bite. Right?

[41:51] Pugface: Right.

[41:55] Edgar: Ooh, so the evidence is clear. Ooh, we're not the ones to fear. So it's time to clear our name. Cause if you were in our place, you'd have done just the same. Done just the same.

[42:16] Edgar: Despite your best efforts to not alarm the courtroom, Domino's magic comes through as you sort of shred on this solo that goes super electric. Everyone becomes rather alarmed in the courtroom and scared for their lives for a minute. By the end of the song, the courtroom is awed into silence.

[42:39] Roscoe: We just rocked their faces.

[42:41] Edgar: Yeah!

[42:44] Judge Lionel Judy: Very well. We will now take a brief pause for the jury to deliberate.

[42:48] Edgar: Oh, I've got something to say.

[42:51] Wayne T. Carr: You turn around and see none other than Sheriff Gutendel coming down the aisle from the back of the room. Hubub ensues. I rushed here as soon as I was summoned. I came all the way from Redfair. May I just say a few words? Given the nature of the alleged crimes, to not give audience to an officer of the law would seem indecent.

[43:15] Judge Lionel Judy: Say your peace, Sheriff.

[43:17] Wayne T. Carr: Fight your order, I will. Hello, Buffett. Distinguished members of the jury. I don't know what these five heroes are at trial for, but I could assure you, you got it all wrong. And yes, our sad heroes. When the city of Redfield was on the brink of revolution. A rock music revolution bar. It would have been easy for this five sub to stoke the fire one way or the other. But it's dead. A day you dotted us. Because deep down the way I see it, they just try to make the world a better place. I don't eradicate it. Not because I've got older facts, but because I've seen the true nature of their arts. Do what's right. Because the world needs people like them. They're not just heroes. Debofreds. Thank you, Your Honor.

[44:09] Edgar: Holy shit, did you pay him?

[44:12] Pugface: No.

[44:14] Edgar: Enough. Thank you, Sheriff, for your time.

[44:16] Wayne T. Carr: Sheriff Gundell proceeds to go toward the back of the room, and he gives you guys a thumbs up of encouragement as he passes by.

[44:23] Pugface: Love you.

[44:23] Edgar: Good job, buddy.

[44:24] Roscoe: Thank you, Group. Very longer. Thank you. The jury will now deliberate. We shall take a short recess while they do.

[44:32] Judge Lionel Judy: Judge Judy bangs his gavel and leaves out the door he came through as the jurors file out a door on the other side of the bench.

[44:39] Edgar: Well, now, no matter what happens, my friends, we gave it our best shot.

[44:43] Roscoe: I think we got this.

[44:44] Edgar: I think we're just fine.

[44:45] Pugface: I hope so. But I don't know. There were some stumbles there.

[44:49] Edgar: I'm sorry.

[44:50] Pugface: I'm sorry.

[44:51] Edgar: It's all right, Pugface. I get nervous. I buckle under pressure.

[44:55] Pugface: I'm sorry.

[44:56] Edgar: I know, but you played the bass so well during the closing argument.

[44:59] Pugface: Thank you. I just want to say whatever happens. I love you guys.

[45:03] Edgar: I'm gonna break my vow of silence to say I love you too, Pugface.

[45:08] Pugface: Shut up!

[45:10] Edgar: Silence! My family. Gods as my honor. You will see your father again. I promise you.

[45:15] Edgar: After not long at all, the doors on either side of the bench fly open as the judge and jury return to their seats. The room quiets. You could hear a pin drop. Here we go. Has the jury reached the verdict?

[45:33] Juror: We have, your honor.

[45:35] Judge Lionel Judy: You may now read it. We, the jury, have reached the following verdicts. Of the charge incitement of the apocalypse. We find the defendants innocent. Of the charge, false infascination of the king, we find the defendants innocent. Of the charge, obstruction of justice, we find the defendants innocent. Of the charge, 52 counts of murder most foul, we find the defendants innocent. Of the charge resisting arrest, we find the defendants.

[46:16] Pugface: Come on, mama.

[46:17] Juror: Guilty.

[46:17] Judge Lionel Judy: Commotion has erupted among the spectators once more. Order.

[46:31] Judge Lionel Judy: Now then. The defendants have been found guilty of said crimes.

[46:36] Edgar: We were found guilty of one crime.

[46:38] Judge Lionel Judy: They are to report before his majesty for sentencing immediately.

[46:43] Edgar: And he bangs his gavel.

[46:45] Roscoe: Well, though, this could be good. We kind of wanted to see his majesty anyway.

[46:50] Edgar: Herman. The next thing you know, you are surrounded by King's Guard waiting to escort you to King Cyrus.

[46:56] Pugface: I think this is our moment.

[46:58] Edgar: Y'all, I did not realize how tense I was. I was puckered tighter than a duck's butt.

[47:04] Roscoe: That's tense. Let's go. You are led out the jury door and down several more corridors. Before long, you reach massive doors which creak open and reveal the throne room. It is somehow the most opulent room you've seen yet, with portraits and marble statues of past sovereigns everywhere. A door opens from the back of the room, and through it steps a crowned man of about 60 with a scepter and a long red cape trailing behind him. As he looks upon you with his wild eyes, you suddenly feel the gravity of being in the presence of your sovereign King Cyrus. And that's where we'll end our episode.

[47:45] Edgar: Oh my!

[47:46] Pugface: My lord.

[47:48] Michael D'Aherty: Tune in in two weeks on Monday, September 27th for episode 5, The Temple of Vinicius. And don't forget to rate, comment, and subscribe. Mythic Thunderlute was conceived by Jake Blauck, Michael Doherty, and Steve Goodaloonis. Jake Blauch serves as our guitarist and the voice of Edgar Hawk. Lillian Castillo is the voice of Jocasta Stormwood. I'm Michael Doherty, the editor and head writer, aka the game maker. Steve Goodaloonis is our resident drummer in the voice of Roscoe Chubb. Leigha Cato is the voice of Pugface Doodalop. Dan Kazimi does our underscoring, arranging, synth, keyboard mixing, and mastering. Alex Kuyper is our co-producer and chief story editor. She did the sound effects for this episode.

The writing consultant for this episode was Chris Boudelier. The trial of the trial of the century was written and performed by Michael Daugherty and Dan Kazimi, with additional vocals by Alex Kuyper, and drums by Kaniko Omey, which were mixed and tracked by Dan Kazimi. Quit till acquitted was written by Jake Blau, with harmonies by Michael Doherty, and drums by Steve Goodaloonis, which were mixed and tracked by Tyler Blanchard at Goodcat Productions. And the closing argument was written by Jake Blau. Our production manager is Molly Foy, social media assistants from Sarah Royds, marketing consultation from Judd Mellinger Blauck, imaging by Lee Cortapassi and Daniel Kantz, and web design by Campbell O'Hare.

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