The Arthur Podcast

"The Arthur Podcast" is a Podcast Featuring Arthur Read. It will be released October 20th. New podcast episodes are scheduled to be released weekly on Thursdays throughout the fall of 2022.
The Arthur Podcast is available to stream on the Arthur PBS website the PBS KIDS Video app, the Arthur YouTube channel, and most major audio streaming platforms, such as Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. The podcast is produced by (W)GBH Kids and Gen-Z Media, and distributed by PBS KIDS and PRX. Each podcast episode features Arthur retelling the events of a classic Arthur television episode, with commentary from his friends and family. It also includes an interactive segment that incorporates listener-submitted audio clips from kids, responding to questions posed by Arthur regarding topics that relate to kids' everyday life and challenges.https://deadline.com/2022/10/arthur-podcast-series-pbs-kids-1235136720/
== Plot ==
*Trailer: Arthur is getting ready to start his new podcast. He has his recording equipment set up in his bedroom, but D.W. is curious and eager to interrupt. She wants to make the show all about her instead. Arthur explains that the podcast will be about his friends and family.
*Spelling Trubble: Arthur is surprised when he and Brain are chosen to represent Mr. Ratburn’s class in the school-wide spellathon. Arthur didn’t study! How will he be able to compete against the smartest kid in the school and last year’s reigning champ?
*Scare-Your-Pants-Off: When a group called “Parents Against Weird Stories” try to ban the “Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club” books, it’s up to Arthur and his friends to save their favorite book series!
*Buster's Secret Admirer: Buster receives a box of chocolates in the mail. Who could they be from? He’ll need Arthur’s help to discover who his secret admirer is.
*Snow Biz: It’s snowing in Elwood City, and Arthur’s new shoveling business is booming…that is, until Buster tries to get in on the action. Now the friends must compete to be the best shoveler on the block!
*Arthur's New Baby: Arthur is not excited when his parents announce that they’ll be having another baby. One little sister is more than enough! Will he be able to win Baby Kate over, or will he have another D.W. to contend with?
*Locked In The Libary: Francine is upset with Arthur and refuses to speak to him. Being in a fight with your best friend is hard enough, but things take a turn for the worst when they both get locked inside the Elwood City Library for the weekend!
*Long Dull Winter: When Arthur and his friends catch a case of the winter blues, they decide that having a holiday to celebrate is the only way to cure it. Since there are no major holidays coming up, they take it upon themselves to create a brand new one!
*Crunch Cereal: Arthur is determined to win the new Crunch Cereal Jingle contest! All he needs is a band…and lyrics…and a melody.
*Arthurs Pet Business: To prove to his parents that he’s responsible enough to have a dog of his own, Arthur creates his own pet sitting business. But managing all these pets turns out to be harder than he bargained for!
*The World Record: Arthur and his friends want to break a world record, but can’t seem to agree on which record to break!
*D.W.'s Very Bad Mood: D.W. is acting even crankier than usual, and it’s up to Arthur and Francine to get to the bottom of what’s causing her bad mood.
*StayCation: Mr. and Mrs. Read have to cancel their vacation when they can’t find a babysitter for Arthur, D.W., and Baby Kate. To help cheer their parents up, the kids plan a staycation for them in their own backyard.
*Lend Me Your Ear: Mr. Ratburn is acting strangely, and Arthur, Buster, and Brain are worried. The kids work together to get to the bottom of Mr. Ratburn’s odd behavior!
*Speak Up, Francine: After discovering that the local creek is polluted, Francine is determined to get the word out during Elwood City’s Earth Day Rally. But will her fear of public speaking get in her way?
*Desk Wars: It’s the hottest school day of the year and tempers are even hotter. The tension comes to a head when Mr. Ratburn moves Brain and Arthur away from their usual desks and sets off the most dramatic desk war in third grade history!
*The Case Of the Girl with the Long Face: Fern has been feeling down, but none of her friends know why! Buster Baxter, private eye, is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery.
*Arthur's New Old Vacation: Arthur’s family goes on the same summer vacation every year to Codpocket Lake. But this year, Arthur wants to go to the pirate-themed amusement park: Dead Man’s Cove. Can he convince his family to change up their usual vacation destination?
*Arthur's Big Meltdown: Arthur is usually pretty calm, but even the most mild-mannered kid gets upset sometimes! When his friends ruin his brand new pair of sneakers, Arthur flips out. Will he be able to salvage his reputation—and his friendships?
*How the Cookie Crumbles: Muffy is determined to win the cookie competition at this year’s Strawberry Festival. Together with her friends, she makes the perfect batch of cookies with a brand new recipe. But she’ll have to decide which is more important: getting all the credit, or keeping her friends!
*Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone: Arthur’s third grade class is shocked when they discover that Mr. Ratburn is getting married. When they overhear Mr. Ratburn talking about a wedding with a woman named Patty, the kids worry that he’s marrying someone even tougher than he is!
==Characters==
;Trailer
*David Read (mentioned)
*Buster Baxter (mentioned)
*Muffy Crosswire (mentioned)
*Jane Read (mentioned)
*D.W. Read
*Pal
*Arthur Read
*Francine Frensky (mentioned)
;Spelling Trubble
*Arthur Read
*Prunella Deegan
*Brain
*Buster Baxter
*Francine Frensky
*D.W. Read
*Mr. Haney
*Mr. Ratburn
*Muffy Crosswire
*3rd Grade Female Cat (Number 2) (first speaking role)
*David Read
*Jane Read
*Kate Read
*Mr. Powers 
*Thora Read
*Pal
*Jenna Morgan (cameo)
*George Lundgren (cameo)
*Binky Barnes (cameo)
*Sue Ellen Armstrong (cameo)
*Fern Walters (cameo)
*Ms. Tingley (cameo)
*Mrs. Fink (cameo)
*Miss Sweetwater (cameo)
*Mr. Marco (cameo)
*Billy (cameo)
*Otis (cameo)
*Alex Davidson (cameo)
*Maria Pappas (cameo)
*Brian (cameo)
*Luke (cameo)
*Mary (cameo)
*Beulah McInnerny (cameo)
;Scare-Your-Pants-Off
* Arthur Read
* Buster Baxter
* Muffy Crosswire
* Francine Frensky
* Alan Powers
* Ed Crosswire
* Ms. McWord
* Paige Turner
* Julie Moore
* Bailey
* Laverne Frensky
* Rashad
* Ice cream shop customer
;Buster's Secret Admirer
* Arthur Read
* Buster Baxter
* Bitzi Baxter
* Muffy Crosswire
* Fern Walters
* Mrs. Wood
* Sue Ellen Armstrong
* Francine Frensky
* Jamie (Meteor Comix)
* Unknown Female Aardvark (Number 7)
;Snow Biz
*Arthur Read
*Buster Baxter
*D.W. Read
*Jane Read
*David Read
*Ramon Molina
*Thora Read
*Francine Frensky
*Binky Barnes
*Muffy Crosswire
;Arthur's New Baby
*Kate Read
*Arthur Read
*D.W. Read
*Jane Read
*David Read
*Thora Read
*Buster Baxter
*Francine Frensky
*Binky Barnes
*Muffy Crosswire
;Locked In The Library
* Arthur Read
* Francine Frensky
* Buster Baxter
* Muffy Crosswire
* D.W. Read
* Paige Turner
* Nigel Ratburn
* Bionic Bunny (mentioned)
* George Lundgren (mentioned)
* Ladonna Compson (mentioned)
* Alan Powers (mentioned)
* Pal (mentioned)
* Binky Barnes (mentioned)
* Sue Ellen Armstrong (mentioned)
* Jenna Morgan (mentioned)
;Long Dull Winter
*Arthur Read
*Buster Baxter
*Francine Frensky
*Binky Barnes
* Nigel Ratburn (mentioned)
*D.W. Read
* Bitzi Baxter (mentioned)
*Thora Read
*Alan Powers
*Muffy Crosswire
*Catherine Frensky (Mentioned)
;Crunch Cereal
*Arthur Read
*D.W. Read
*David Read
*Jane Read
*Buster Baxter
*Francine Frensky
*Binky Barnes
*Thora Read
*Muffy Crosswire
*Sue Ellen Armstrong
*Nadine Flumberghast
*Norman Hedgehog
*Jack (bulldog)
;Arthur's Pet Business
*Muffy Crosswire (mentioned)
*Binky Barnes (mentioned)
*D.W. Read
*Perky
*Jane Read
*David Read
*Arthur Read
*Kate Read
*Francine Frensky
*Nemo
*Mrs. Wood
;The World Record
*Arthur Read
*Buster Baxter
*Francine Frensky
*Muffy Crosswire
*Binky Barnes
*Brain
*David Read
*Mr. Haney
*Jane Read
*D.W. Read
*Nadine Flumberghast
*Mrs. Powers
*Mr. Ratburn
*Thora Read
;D.W.'s Very Bad Mood
*D.W. Read
*Arthur Read
*Francine Frensky
*Lisa
*David Read
*Jane Read
*Brain
*Binky Barnes
*Pal
*Emily Leduc
;StayCation
*Arthur Read
*D.W. Read
*David Read
*Jane Read
*Kate Read
*Buster Baxter
*Brain
*Thora Read
;Lend Me Your Ear
*Arthur Read
*Buster Baxter
*The Brain
*Nigel Ratburn
*Jane Read
*Vladimir and Estragon
*The Lost Teachers
*Trevor Brown
*Hope Locke
;Speak Up, Francine: 
*Francine Frensky
*Ladonna Compson
*Arthur Read
*Muffy Crosswire
*Binky Barnes
*Brain
*Buster Baxter
*Mr. Ratburn
*Bud Compson
*George Lundgren
*D.W. Read (Cameo)
*Thora Read (Cameo)
*Jane Read (Cameo)
*David Read (Cameo)
*Oliver Frensky
*Laverne Frensky (Cameo)
*Catherine Frensky (Cameo)
*Fern Walters (Cameo)
*Prunella Deegan (Cameo)
*Bitzi Baxter (Cameo)
*Mayor Hirsch (Cameo)
*Mr. Haney (Cameo)
*Ms. Tingley (Cameo)
*Mr. Bellamy (Cameo)
*Julie Moore (Cameo)
*Mr. Armstrong (Cameo)
*Rafi (Cameo)
*Sue Ellen Armstrong (Cameo)
*Jenna Morgan (Cameo)
*Alex Davidson (Cameo)
*Maria Pappas (Cameo)
;Desk Wars
*Alan Powers
*Muffy Crosswire
*Arthur Read
*Francine Frensky
*Binky Barnes
*Buster Baxter
*Fern Walters
*Mr. Ratburn
*Sue Ellen Armstrong (mentioned)
*David Read (mentioned)
;The Case Of the Girl with the Long Face
*Buster Baxter
*Brain
*Fern Walters
*The Grey Dove (Binky Barnes)
*Muffy Crosswire
*Arthur Read
*George Lundgren
*Mr. Ratburn
*Bitzi Baxter
*Ms. Turner
;Arthur's New Old Vacation
*Arthur Read
*D.W. Read
*David Read
*Jane Read
*Buster Baxter
*Kate Read
*Pal
*Pirate
*Bitzi Baxter (mentioned)
*Sharky (mentioned)
;Arthur's Big Meltdown
*Arthur Read
*Buster Baxter
*D.W. Read
*Brain
*Muffy Crosswire
*Francine Frensky
*David Read
*Jane Read
*George Lundgren
*Binky Barnes
*Jack Weasel
*Mr. Ratburn
*Ms. Morgan (mentioned)
;How The Cookie Crumbles
*Muffy Crosswire
*Arthur Read
*Francine Frensky
*Binky Barnes
*Buster Baxter
*David Read
*Ed Crosswire (mentioned)
*Bailey (mentioned)
;Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone
*Arthur Read
*Buster Baxter
*Francine Frensky
*Muffy Crosswire
*Mr. Ratburn
*Ms. Turner
*Patty Ratburn
*Patrick
==Songs==
*Spelling Trubble:
**"A-A-R-D-V-A-R-K"
*Snow Biz:
**The Magic Snow Jingle
**The Everclean Snow Shoveling Jingle
*Long Dull Winter:
**There's Nothing To Do Today Day
*Crunch Cereal:
**"My Brother Stinks"
**"Oh, I Have a Hunch"
==List Of Podcasts==
;Season 1
#Trailer
#Spelling Trubble
#Scare-Your-Pants-Off
#Buster's Secret Admirer
#Snow Biz
#Arthur's New Baby
#Locked In The Library
#Long Dull Winter
#Crunch Cereal
;Season 2
#Arthur's Pet Business
#The World Record
#D.W.'s Very Bad Mood
#StayCation
#Lend Me Your Ear
#Speak Up, Francine
;Season 3
#Desk Wars
#The Case Of the Girl with the Long Face
#Arthur's New Old Vacation
#Arthur's Big Meltdown
#How The Cookie Crumbles
#Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone
==Trivia==
*Arthur, D.W. and Brain's voice sounds quite different.
**It has later been revealed that Wyatt White is now voicing Arthur, due to the previous voice actor reaching puberty.
**D.W. and Brain are voiced by Billy Ibbott and Nathan Sayavong respectively due to their previous voice actors are reaching puberty.
*This is the first media with him walking with the New PBS Kids Logo. (FOR THE TRAILER ONLY)
*This is the second podcast to be based on a cartoon, the first was Listen Out Loud
* PRX has partnered with PBS KIDS to present other children's podcasts, like The Podcast and The Podcast.
* Similar to the television program, corporate sponsors for the podcast are IKEA and ABCmouse.com
===Errors===
*Scare-Your-Pants-Off: The plot on YouTube misspelled as "When a group called “Parents Against Weird Stories” trird to ban the “Scare-Your-Pants-Off” books, it’s up to Arthur and his friends to save their favorite book series!"
===References===
*Locked In The Library: Historical figures Joan of Arc and Harriet Tubman are mentioned.
*Desk Wars:
**This title is similar to Star Wars and Heli Wars and Base Wars, which the latter two are Roblox games.
**This episode is reminiscent of World War I because various alliances and incidents dragged countries into the conflict just like how the students were forming alliances and causing conflict amongst one another
***The students are also writing reports on the United Nations, an intergovernmental organization.
**The premise is simliar to The Sweet Spot where (Arthur and his friends/Lincoln and his sisters) fight to get the best (Seat/The Sweet Spot), and later they got caught.
===Differences from the T.V. show===
*Desk Wars:
**Unlike the television episode, the man who intervenes the chaos is Mr. Ratburn instead of Mr. Haney. This is likely due to the 2014 passing of Haney's voice actor, Walter Massey.
**George's role is substituted by Fern in the podcast. Many of George's original speaking lines remain the same, except Fern says them.
**Sue Ellen plays a small role in the original television episode, but she is only mentioned in the podcast.
**In the television episode, the chaos is triggered when George's gummy dinosaur model is squashed, while in the podcast the trigger is Fern sharpening Brain's pencil.
**Fan is replaced with Window
**Francine says podcast instead of Show
==Credits==
*Executive Producers: Carol Greenwald and Marc Brown
*Original Stories: Marc Brown
*Original Television Script Writer: Joe Fallon
*Television Script Adapted for Podcasting: Holly Gregory
*Music Editing, Sound Design, and Mix: Chris Tarry
*Audio Engineer: Darian Newsome
*Voice Director: Holly Gregory
*Supervising Producer: Claire McClanahan
*Session and Post Producer: Amy Cervini
*Voice Recording: Difuze & Super Sonics
*Composer: Ray Fabi
*Talent Coordination: Chantal Page and Sphere Animation
*Casting: Debra Toffan
*Co-producer: Ben Strouse / Gen-Z Media
*Senior Producer: Tolon Brown
*Producer: Anthony Bostler
*Associate Producer: Kacie Quinn
==External Links==
*The Arthur Podcast Trailer/Promo
*The Podcast
==Transcript==
The Arthur Podcast/Transcript
==Sources==
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