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Fuent Chat with Johnny FuentEpic The Musical ReviewIn this episode, I dive into Epic the Musical—a bold, genre-defying retelling of Homer’s Odyssey that fuses anime energy, video game progression, and raw emotion into a sung-through journey like no other. We’re talking gods, monsters, betrayal, and beats that hit harder than a Poseidon tantrum. From college dorm beginnings to viral TikToks and legal showdowns, Jorge Rivera-Herrans has created something truly unforgettable. I break down what works, what moved me, and why this musical hits on a whole different level. But—fair warning—I’ve got a controversial opinion that might stir the pot for die-hard musical fans...2025-06-1534 min
Animation Destination402. EPIC: The MusicalThis week we are taking a different little journey. We're talking about a MUSICAL. But not an actual, animated musical. This is EPIC The Musical by Jorge Rivera-Herrans that has a huge following of amateur animators making fan animatics for all the songs on the Tik Tok trending musical version of Homer's Odyssey. Well if you're a fan of this it's time to get some recommendations of OTHER animated shows involving Greek mythology, and hear us discuss who needs to animate the inevitable official animation of this amazing hit!
2025-06-121h 21
What's This Called? w/ Ricardo Wang29 March 2025
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ArtistSongReleaseReleasedLabelCyoakha GraceForeverThe End of Before2024Self ReleasedThe FacesTug of WarNigeria 70 – Lagos Jump2008StrutIf WritEdda FanfareEdda Fanfare single2025Self ReleasedFolknoizeQuick Dissolving no. 47Gulf of Moscow2025FolknoizeStorm & StressMeet Me in the Space They Stare at Leaving Their Seat During a ShowUnder Thunder and Fluorescent Lights2000Touch and Go RecordsJoanna NewsomSawdust & DiamondsYs2006Drag City RecordsEverything But The GirlBefore TodayWalking Wounded1996Chrysalis RecordsSeamBerlitzAre You Driving Me Crazy?1995Touch and Go RecordsRLLRBLLGolden SmokeGilliam2024NillacatSusan Campos-FonsecaAbismo Blanco10th Annual Report – Anniversary Edition2024Unexplained Sounds GroupMoor MotherGOLDEN LADY (feat. Melanie Charles)Jazz Codes2022Anti/EpitaphMaud The Moth...2025-03-2900 minWhat's This Called? – Listening Center29 March 2025
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PLAYLIST:
ArtistSongReleaseReleasedLabelCyoakha GraceForeverThe End of Before2024Self ReleasedThe FacesTug of WarNigeria 70 – Lagos Jump2008StrutIf WritEdda FanfareEdda Fanfare single2025Self ReleasedFolknoizeQuick Dissolving no. 47Gulf of Moscow2025FolknoizeStorm & StressMeet Me in the Space They Stare at Leaving Their Seat During a ShowUnder Thunder and Fluorescent Lights2000Touch and Go RecordsJoanna NewsomSawdust & DiamondsYs2006Drag City RecordsEverything But The GirlBefore TodayWalking Wounded1996Chrysalis RecordsSeamBerlitzAre You Driving Me Crazy?1995Touch and Go RecordsRLLRBLLGolden SmokeGilliam2024NillacatSusan Campos-FonsecaAbismo Blanco10th Annual Report – Anniversary Edition2024Unexplained Sounds GroupMoor MotherGOLDEN LADY (feat. Melanie Charles)Jazz Codes2022Anti/EpitaphMaud The Moth...2025-03-2900 min
Buraco Atrás do PôsterInterlúdio #56 - HunterxHunter, Pirate Yakuza, Epic: The Musical e River City GirlsÁgata Sofia e Jojo Galvão recebem hoje dois convidados muito queridos para falar sobre Final Fantasy Tactics - mas isso é só semana que vem! Essa semana, o assunto é anime, musical e jogos diferentes de Fifa Tactics. Acompanhem-nos nessa conversa repleta de memes, licença poética nas narrativas e curiosidades sobre Porto Rico, por algum motivo.
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The Book Was Better76- The Odyssey/Epic Part 2Kaley and Taylor finish comparing Homer's "The Odyssey" to "Epic" the official concept album by Jorge Rivera-Herrans, covering sagas 6-9.Listen to all of "Epic: The Official Concept Album" here!2025-02-211h 11
Vocal ArtsJP Warner: The Sounds of EPICChicago-based JP Warner has amassed 200+ million streams on his records in his 10+ year career as a music producer/audio engineer. He began his career as a DJ, touring the country as part of then-duo MiNDTRiX. In 2019 he left MiNDTRiX to work behind the scenes, creating electronic & pop records with DJ Mag Top-100 DJs Excision, Tiesto, and more.
Today, JP Warner is best known for his work on the viral Tiktok musical “EPIC” by Jorge Rivera-Herrans. Warner also notably serves as the primary producer/engineer for pop artist TE/MO as well as his own Cinematic artist project SPACELY.2025-02-191h 00
SPLANCHNICS: The Society for the Preservation of Literature, the Arts, Numinosity, Culture, Humor, Nerdiness, Inspiration, Creativity & StorytellingSongs that Rocked Our World: I Can't Help But Wonder About Your Fast CarClare and Hannah each share another song that rocked their worlds. Clare's song is a universal story about the plight of the working poor, just as relevant today as it was forty years ago. Hannah spends most of her allotted time describing what happens if you trespass at a war vet's house and pester his wife (You get shot, that's what). Also, her song made both of us cry a little.Hannah’s song: “I Can’t Help But Wonder” by Jorge Rivera-HerransClare’s song: “Fast Car” written and performed...2025-02-1817 min
The Book Was Better75- The Odyssey/Epic Part 1As The Book Was Better Podcast switches to a season model, Kaley and Taylor begin season one (we're calling everything else season 0) comparing Homer's "The Odyssey" to "Epic" the official concept album by Jorge Rivera-Herrans, sagas 1-5.Listen to "Epic: The Official Concept Album: here!2025-02-121h 23
Virtual Ball BoysSuper Bowl LIX Recap: Epiclisten to epic by jorge rivera-herrans and cast https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3sdEH7HfFE3d4xry5RnnLr2025-02-111h 24
Binary System Podcast ArchiveBinary System Podcast #439 – WTNV #260 “The December Monologues”This episode originally broadcast on January 2, 2025, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/01/binary-system-podcast-439-wtnv-260-the-december-monologues/
Happy New Year everyone! Hope everyone's 2025 is already shaping up to be calm and stress-free and completely absent of any kind of drama. This week's recap is actually way late, but we've got to get through a whole month of Welcome To Night Vale being on hiatus, so why not wait until January to cover a story with December in the title?
The three monologues this year feature a decent cross-section of Night Vale. The Faceless Old...2025-01-0321 min
PLAYJUKEBOXCanciones para decir GRACIAS (#243)Hoy en PLAYJUKEBOX damos gracias a la vida, gracias a ti por estar ahí, incluso gracias por nada… pero como siempre es en formato musical en un programa dedicado a Canciones para decir GRACIAS.
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Aquí va el listado de canciones emitidas, aunque te recomendamos que no lo mires hasta el final del programa para no estropear el factor sorpresa...
Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Dido - Thank You
Talking Heads - Thank You for Sendi...2024-12-011h 06
Young HereticsThe Never-Ending Story: Who Is Odysseus?The Odyssey begins with a big empty space where Odysseus should be. His home, his familiy, his household are all suffering for want of him. But where is he--and more importantly, who is he? That's the poem again and again and today, we begin trying to answer it. If there's one thing everyone remembers from this poem it's the adventure stories in the middle: the Cyclops, Circe, the Lotus Eaters. We embark on those stories now, beginning with the moment when Odysseus finally chooses to reveal his true identity to his hosts the Phaeacians...and perhaps also to himself.2024-09-241h 06
Nerd-N-OutNerd-N-Out #63 - The Epic "EPIC: The Musical" ReviewDid you think nerds couldn't appreciate musicals? Well, these nerds are about to challenge that assumption with their review of "EPIC: The Musical," up until The Thunder Saga.
Based on the ancient epic poem, "The Odyssey" by Homer, this musical takes a modern spin on the timeless Greek piece of lit.
Follow the mastermind behind EPIC, Jorge Rivera-Herrans, and his musical exploits on YouTube.
2024-07-1743 min
Tangents: A Trivia Workshop Podcast30: Tim DippelEpisode 30! Tim Dippel returns this week for another run, in search of questions about Star Wars or 90s Nickelodeon. You know Tim from the Frenemy Trivia Podcast, other shows from the PTE Network, and the tank top section at Target. He’s a great guest and you should definitely check out his stuff in the links below.
Last Movie You Saw In a Theatre: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Favorite Non-Trivia Podcast: Perfect Ten Podcast
Last Wikipedia Search: The BBC
Best TV Theme Song: Duck Tales
Current Po...2024-06-1724 min
Greeks and GeeksEpic the Musical: The Circe Saga with Jorge Rivera-HerransCirce is a deeply complex and often maligned character, so does Epic the Musical demonise or humanise her? In this episode, the final episode of the series, Jorge Rivera-Herrans returns to discuss Epic: The Circe saga with me.Listen to Epic the Musical now!Follow Jorge on TiktokFollow me!Tiktok: @SabrinaSalisburyWriterInstagram: @sabrinasalisburywriterSources:Epic: The Musical by Jorge Rivera-HerransThe Odyssey translated by Emily WilsonGreat Courses Odyssey of Homer- Elizabeth Vandiver, Ph.D.Segal, C. (1968). Circean Temptations: Homer, Vergil, Ovid. Transactions and Proceedings of...2024-05-281h 05Greeks and GeeksEpic the Musical: The Ocean Saga with Jorge Rivera-HerransJorge Rivera-Herrans returns to discuss Epic the Musical: The Ocean Saga! The third saga of Epic: The Musical is dramatic and things take a turn for the worse for our hero as Poseidon comes to take revenge after the events of the Cyclops Saga.Once again we compare the source material of the Odyssey to Epic: The Musical and see where the similarities and differences are.Thank you to Jorge for returning for this episode and the other sagas too (also for creating an outstanding musical). Here's a link to his socials:Listen...2024-05-2141 minGreeks and GeeksEpic the Musical: The Cyclops Saga with Jorge Rivera-HerransJorge Rivera-Herrans returns to discuss Epic the Musical: The Cyclops Saga! The second saga of Epic: The Musical is all about the encounter between Odysseus and the cyclops Polyphemus. The consequences of this saga will be far reaching as Odysseus makes some interesting choices that threaten the lives and safety of himself and his crew, and ensure that his journey home is a LONG one. Maybe don't mess with a son of Poseidon eh?Once again we compare the source material of the Odyssey to Epic: The Musical and see where the similarities and differences are.2024-05-1440 minGreeks and GeeksEpic the Musical: The Troy Saga with Jorge Rivera-HerransJorge Rivera-Herrans returns to discuss Epic the Musical: The Troy Saga with me! The first saga of Epic: The Musical starts off before the events of The Odyssey, at the crux of the Trojan war, the 10 year long epic struggle between the Greeks and the Trojans. It is a dramatic saga filled with Gods, battles and a choice which will haunt Odysseus throughout the entire musical.But what are the sources which inspired the musical? In this episode we'll discuss the differences in the ancient texts (such as The Odyssey and The Illiad) and Epic. We'll also...2024-05-0745 min
Ramblings of a BookDragonEpic the musicalGreetings my beautiful cuddlebugs with the release of the 5th saga of epic by Jorge Rivera-Herrans I thought I would finally give my thoughts on this epic musical. 2024-04-2814 minGreeks and GeeksEpic the Musical with Jorge Rivera-HerransEpic the Musical is a Greek Mythology inspired concept musical written by Jorge Rivera-Herrans. It is loosely based on the Odyssey and other Greek stories which revolve around the central character- Odysseus, the King of Ithica. In this episode, Jorge Rivera-Herrans geeks out with me over Epic: The Musical. What does it take to create a modern, hugely successful musical based on such a dense, ancient story?Listen to Epic the Musical now!Follow Jorge on TiktokFollow me!Twitter/X: @GreeksGeeksPodTiktok: @SabrinaSalisburyWriterInstagram: @sabrinasalisburywriter2024-04-2339 min
Warsaw Community Schools TigerCastWCHS Thespians: Coming to A Stage Near YouWelcome to TigerCast: A podcast designed to tell the story of Warsaw Schools and inform our community about the great things happening to serve our students.Episode 6: WCHS Thespians: Coming to a Stage Near You Did you know Warsaw Community School theater students compete at a national level This week Ms. Melany Morris, WCHS Theater Teacher and Director as well as senior leaders Joel Montoya and Emma Ferguson join Kyle to discuss Warsaw Community High School's Thespian Troupe. Tune in to learn more about the theater experience and how to get connected into this opportunity. T...2023-10-1020 min
Backstage TalkJorge Rivera-Herrans 🔱TikTok superstar Jorge Rivera-Herrans talks all things Epic, his musical, which blew up TikTok, and his latest Album, My Heart Says Go, intertwining his story and the power of his heritage. 🔥He's working with Broadway Royalty, and we LOVE how his musical had trending audios all over social media. 🤩Please visit his Instagram to see what he's been working on!If you want to know more about our host, please visit his website! Feel free to reach out with feedback or if you want to be part of Bac...2023-10-0524 min
Mapping the College Audition: Artist ExplorationJessie Mueller (Tony Award Winner, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) on Growing OrganicallyIn this Artist Exploration, Jessie and Charlie discuss:
Growing up in the Chicago Theater scene with the family in the business
Stepping into the role of Carole King
Setting future goals and the building blocks of each role
Unpacking the “it’ factor
Don’t forget to check out Jorge Rivera-Herrans’ new musical My Heart Says GoIf you have any questions about the college audition process, feel free to reach out at mailbag@mappingthecollegeaudition.com. If you’re interested in working with MTCA for help with your individualized preparation for your Colle...2023-06-141h 04
Mapping The College Audition: An MTCA PodcastJessie Mueller (Tony Award Winner, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) on Growing OrganicallyIn this Artist Exploration, Jessie and Charlie discuss:
Growing up in the Chicago Theater scene with the family in the business
Stepping into the role of Carole King
Setting future goals and the building blocks of each role
Unpacking the “it’ factor
Don’t forget to check out Jorge Rivera-Herrans’ new musical My Heart Says GoIf you have any questions about the college audition process, feel free to reach out at mailbag@mappingthecollegeaudition.com. If you’re interested in working with MTCA for help with your individualized preparation for your Colle...2023-06-141h 04
Escaping with JoyEpisode 110: Avatar 2, EPIC, & The way music affects usIn today’s episode, I talk about my experiences watching Avatar: The Way of Water (mostly spoiler free). Afterwards, I talk about (and HIGHLY RECOMMEND) Epic by Jorge Rivera-Herrans. Finally, keeping with the music theme, I talk about the ways music can affect us.
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Breaking CharacterSMSO’S PRODUCTION OF ‘IN THE HEIGHTS’; AND LIPSTICK JODI; BREAKING CHARACTER EPISODE 56In this week’s episode, Jeremy and Paul talk with Leah Tirado, Rachel Thomas and Jorge Rivera-Herrans about the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra’s production of "In The Heights" in partnership with South Bend Civic Theatre; and Karli Morehouse of the Grand Rapids indie alt-pop band Lipstick Jodi, which plays The Livery.2018-07-1900 min