Show overview
ORB: A Venture Bros. Podcast has been publishing since 2020, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 96 episodes. That works out to roughly 85 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 7th season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 44 min and 59 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language TV & Film show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 2.5 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2021, with 52 episodes published.
From the publisher
Greetings adventurers! Each week, Gary Butterfield and Kaye Ross will discuss a new episode of the Venture Bros., going through one of the most ambitious cartoons in animation history. RSS Feed: https://www.patreon.com/rss/80117?show=1722988
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S7 Ep 95ORB Episode 95: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
E<html><p>All your questions and more are answered as we say our tearful goodbyes to the Venture family.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S7 Ep 94ORB 94: Season 7 Wrap-Up
E<html><p>We're here, the end of the Venture Bros. for now. Hopefully. As long as that WB merger doesn't shake everything up and kill the movie. But we're going to think positive for now, and cover the DVD extras, read your responses to season 7, and offer up our firsts and worsts. Thank you so much for listening!</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S7 Ep 93ORB 93: The Saphrax Protocol
E<html><p>Here we are at the end of the series, what was regrettably the finale before the movie was announced. It's time for the Monarch to ascend to a Level Ten villain status, and the Guild puts on a big show about Saphrax and Altheaus, the original villain and henchman, to commemorate it. It's... incongruous. Meanwhile, Dean shares sweet moments with a comatose Hank, while Hank ventures through a psychedelic mindscape, and Brock slaughters tens of henchmen for the first time in a long time.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S7 Ep 92ORB 92: The Forecast Manufacturer
E<html><p>A strange blizzard has overtaken New York, and the OSI and the Guild must partner up to stop the culprits: The Peril Partnership. Rusty and Billy head to the skies to stop the weather machine, while 21 and the Monarch head to the leader's compound. Meanwhile, Hank ventures out into the snow to find Sirena, who isn't responding to his texts... but he'll end up wishing he'd left that stone unturned.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S7 Ep 91ORB 91: The Terminus Mandate
E<html><p>Jeremy returns to cover for Gary while he recovers from Covid, and we talk about this fun, Guild-focused episode where the Council takes on their final arches. It's a series of vignettes as they settle their old grudges, and Dr. Mrs. the Monarch's final arch happens to be Novia, a black widow who Rusty happens to be (foolishly) courting.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S7 Ep 90ORB 90: The Unicorn in Captivity
E<html><p>This week, Jeremy joins Kole to talk about a very good episode of this television show, "The Unicorn in Captivity". Rusty manages to invent teleportation, which draws the attention of unsavory characters. Meanwhile, the Monarch reluctantly joins a heist crew led by Copy Cat.</p><p>Jeremy will be back next week, and Gary will be returning from his Covid break the week after that!</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S7 Ep 89ORB 89: The Bellicose Proxy
E<html><p>A Level 1 villain has to start somewhere, and that's where the Big Villains program comes in. The Monarch steps up to take Augustus St. Cloud under his wing for his first arching, which is less an act of altruism and more another attempt to get under Rusty's skin. The result is a fun episode that's mostly jokes and doesn't really move anything forward, but we need those from time to time.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S7 Ep 88ORB 88: The Inamorata Consequence
E<html><p>Gwen joins us to talk about the Inamorata Consequence, an episode that follows the plotline that no one asked for: the secret romance between Agent McManus and S-464. But we do get some nice Dean moments, which has been rare lately, and learn what happened with Dermot ever since the Ventures pulled up roots.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S7 Ep 87ORB 87: The High Cost of Loathing
E<html><p>Just like every sitcom has the "learning the dangers of credit cards" episode, every cartoon must have the "rich person realizes they're broke" episode. Maybe that's just this and the Simpsons. Regardless, the Monarch learns that he's broke after completely renovating his parents' condemned mansion, and now he has to work the steps to get back on his feet. This involves finding his way back into Dean's life, even though the boy just escaped his father's clutches to live in the dorms at Stuyvesant University.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S7 Ep 86ORB 86: Arrears in Science
E<html><p>The Morphic Trilogy draws to a close as all of our players converge on the lobby of VenTech Tower. This episode is mostly flashbacks and dream sequences, illuminating some of the most important secrets in the backstory of the Venture Bros. universe.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S7 Ep 85ORB 85: The Rorqual Affair
E<html><p>While the Ventures are trying to solve the curse of the haunted PROBLEM, the Monarch gets in way over his head with Wide Wale. Attempting to cinch the arching rights for Rusty gets the Monarch kidnapped, and it's up to 21 and Dr. Mrs. the Monarch to try and extract him from a delicate situation. Meanwhile, Enrico Matassa is back on the scene...</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S7 Ep 84ORB 84: The Venture Bros. and the Curse of the Haunted Problem
E<html><p>The seventh season of the Venture Bros. is a weird one in that it begins with what is, effectively, a Venture Bros. movie known as the Morphic Trilogy. The first part, this episode, deals with an apparent haunting at VenTech Tower, the efforts of Rusty's friends to stop it, and the revelation of a horrible secret that goes back to the very beginnings of the show.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S6 Ep 83ORB 83: Season 6 Wrap-Up
E<html><p>This week we read your thoughts on season six of the Venture Bros., talk about the extra features on the DVD, and offer up our final summation on the show's attempt to reboot itself in New York.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S6 Ep 82ORB 82: Red Means Stop
E<html><p>Season 6 comes to a screeching and awkward stop with a finale that wasn't supposed to be a finale. The Blue Morpho has one villain left to take down: the fearsome Red Death. Too bad Red Death has been recruited into a joint operation between the Guild and the OSI to capture and kill the Blue Morpho. An operation that requires some delightful decoy Ventures.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S6 Ep 81ORB 81: A Party for Tarzan
E<html><p>This episode isn't a finale, but it has strong finale energy, with its Scorsese parody style and its misdirect at the beginning... We think we will witness the death of Dr. Venture, but instead we see the Monarch executing his plan to get rid of anyone's suspicion that he might be the Blue Morpho. Meanwhile, Rusty tries to throw a party for Christopher Lambert to get in with high society.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S6 Ep 80ORB 80: It Happening One Night
E<html><p>It's time to witness the weirdest arching ever as Rusty goes up against the postmodern stylings of Wes Warhammer's Doom Factory. Styled after Andy Warhol's crew, they know exactly how to undo someone as vain as Dr. Venture. Meanwhile, Hank goes on his very sweet first date with Sirena, thanks to the help of his brother and Conjectural Technologies.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S6 Ep 79ORB 79: Tanks for Nuthin'
E<html><p>The morning after can hurt, if you're running a villainy operation and one of your heavies gets popped. This episode concerns itself with the fallout from the death of Harrangutan, as Dr. Mrs. the Monarch tries to comfort his widow, Battleaxe. Meanwhile, Rusty is dealing with the next villain in line to arch him: the intelligent-yet-lonely Think Tank, who also happens to be Dean's philosophy professor.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S6 Ep 78ORB 78: Rapacity in Blue
E<html><p>It's time for the world to meet the Blue Morpho.... again! The Monarch takes on his alter ego in this banger of an episode, starting his quest to kill the food chain above him so he can finally arch Rusty Venture. Meanwhile, the VenTech R&amp;D team creates an ill-advised substance called "God Gas" and it goes about as well as you'd expect.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S6 Ep 77ORB 77: Faking Miracles
E<html><p>The Monarch is denied a chance to play with his new toys, as a subtle plot to mess with him begins. Meanwhile, Pete and Billy settle in as the R&amp;D department at VenTech, and inadvertently torture Dean with some robot water. And Hank ends up starting his season-long love interest sideplot with Sirena, even though she is the daughter of his father's arch enemy.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>
S6 Ep 76ORB 76: Maybe No Go
E<html><p>Pete and Billy follow the bouncing ball all the way to New York in this focus episode that relies on some of the most obscure 80s pop music lore to date. Augustus St. Cloud has stolen Billy's prized possession: a red rubber ball from a Duran Duran video, and it's up to him and Pete to get it back. Meanwhile, Wide Wale attempts his first arching of Rusty, and the Monarch makes an important discovery at his parents' mansion.</p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://jjarrett.work" target="_blank">Joshua Jarett</a> for our cover art, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deepwhale" target="_blank">Gwen May</a> for our theme song, and <a href="https://twitter.com/braytonjc" target="_blank">Brayton Cameron</a> for being our announcer.</p></html>