The Babylon Podcast

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss "And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder", including production questions that Jeffrey can lend insight to. I bet you didn't know that it took a technician to create that perfect "bed head" look, didja? Source

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Jeffrey discuss many of the consquences and the subtexts in "Darkness Ascending". We argue for quite a bit about the nature of Garibaldi's dream, how much was dream and how much was or wasn't influenced by Lyta's telepathic curiosity (and whether or not that itself was real or dream), and talk a bit more about Lennier and his mission, and of the telepath DNA deal betw...

Feedbackapalooza: It's mondo feedback time again, with voicemails and emails a-plenty... complete with sake bombs and cartoon pajama pants. But seriously, if anyone does know if any Book of G'Quan or Book of G'Kar prop replicas were made for the true die-hard collectors out there, or if anyone who has the original copies would be willing to take pictures for us, definitely let us know! Source

Interview: Tim, Summer and Jeffrey chat with Brad Dourif, his role as Brother Edward in "Passing Through Gethsemane", and scifi and horror in general. Brad reminisces about his time on the show, and tells us how much of a fan he was of the show back then, and much more. Source

Interview: Tim and Summer chat with Troy Rutter, the original Babylon 5 website wrangler, and more! Troy tells us about the history of the Official B5 website, and his involvement from "The Gathering" on forward, including some rare early promotional items and online goodies, and the birth of "A Very Drazi Christmas". Source

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Jeffrey contemplate "Meditations on the Abyss". Examinations range from speculations on why G'Kar may have initially wanted his book to only be published after his death and the possible nature of the responsibility for the spirituality and spiritual explorations of his potential students/followers; to the nature of rationalization when deciding between doing the "rig...

Feedbackapalooza: Tim, Summer and Jeffrey respond to lots of voicemail! We really are going to have to have a special follow-up Geeking on "Day of the Dead", aren't we? I never knew this episode was so polarizing amongst the fans, apparently moreso than Purple-Green! Source

Deep Geeking: This week, we discuss "The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father", and the special place that the Psi Corps holds in Edmund's heart. We chat a little about seeing a different side of the inner workings of Psi Corps in general and Bester's methods of grooming potential proteges. Source

Dragon*Con Report: Gary goes into detail on the handful of B5 panels, and some of the scheduling challenges introduced by the powerhouse event featuring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy; and makes all fans jealous with anecdotes of his interactions with the series attendees Bruce Boxleitner, Tracy Scoggins, Claudia Christian, Peter Jurasik, Stephen Furst, and Julie Caitlin Brown. Source

Deep Geeking: This week, we discuss "The Ragged Edge", a pivotal episode in the growth of both the Interstellar Alliance and G'Kar; and in the fall of both Centauri Prime and Michael Garibaldi. And remember... When seeking instant enlightenment, You must put your face in the book. Source

Interview: Gary Hasson of Lightspeed Fine Art joins us to chat about how his involvement with scifi television and Babylon 5 . He's done art for Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, Xena, Hercules, Farscape, BSG, and many more as well. Source

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss "Phoenix Rising", and the beginning of the fallout from Byron's death and the resulting uprising of rogue telepaths against the Psi Corps. The emotional impact of Byron's death on the free telepaths, and the emotional impact of the manner of the rogues' death on Bester are apparent, so Summer likes the payoff much better than some elements of the story leading...

Feedbackapalooza: Voicemail highlights this episode: Arkle theorizes on the real reason for some of the fans' deep dislike of Byron; the three unproduced Crusade scripts are summarized in the Crusade supplement of the Babylon 5 Role Playing Game book... who knew? Source

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer talk about "A Tragedy of Telepaths", discussing the inevitable turn of events around the telepath situation towards the tragic ending that most around Sheridan feared would come to pass, especially once Bester released the hounds. Source

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss on "In the Kingdom of the Blind", and Summer has a few nits to pick about some of the rash, early actions to force the Alliance member worlds to give telepaths a home of their own. Source

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer disagree on "Day of the Dead", and boy, do we chat about THAT difference of opinion! Written by Neil Gaiman, it's the first produced episode not written by JMS since Season 2 (since "Knives"?). Tim thinks it's a weak effort, and Summer thinks it's one of the better episodes of Season 5 (and everyone knows how Summer feels about most of Season 5). Source

Deep Geeking: Tim and Gary talk about the developments and character shifts from "Secrets of the Soul". The first secret revolves around Byron discovering the extent of the Vorlon's involvement in the creation of telepaths, and the guys chat about Byron's dramatic shift from peaceful resistance to enraged outcast because of that new knowledge. Source

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Jeffrey discuss "Strange Relations", and how previously unrevealed interpersonal relationships begin to lead to shifting allegiances and alliances. Source

Summer also regales the audience with select readings from her copy of the Fan Club provided "Crusade Writers Bible", hopefully addressing some of the questions about Gideon's Apocalypse Box, and Dureena's proposed destiny. Feedbackapalooza: Continuing the feedback from the previous show! Because of how much feedback we've been getting, we're going to start including a few voicemails in each show,...

Who knew there was a Ducktona 500 and a Kenducky Derby? Feedbackapalooza: Tim and Summer try to burn through the buildup of voicemails, and we haven't even gotten to the ones commenting on the JMS interview yet. Source

In this hour, JMS talks more with Tim and Summer about the development of Babylon 5 and the pros and cons of continuing or expanding the series, the real reason for putting his foot down on "big budget or nothing", the broader realities of the hammer lock of Warner Bros has on any future "expanded universe" properties, and more. Source

Interview: JMS, The Great Maker, graciously allows Tim and Summer to throw a seemingly endless stream of questions about the origins and creation of Babylon 5, the production and growing pains of the show, and dealing with the vagaries of the industry of Hollywood, the bizarre perfect storm surrounding Crusade on TNT, and more. Source

Deep Geeking: This week, Tim and Summer delve into "Learning Curve", and Tim admits that while he likes this episode, there are a few dramatic elements throughout the story where the cliches fell flat for him. Was it pacing? Timing? Something else entirely? Source

Feedbackapalooza Jr: Because of rogue tachyons bombarding the area around Draco Vista Studios, we are experiencing a causality break that threw spatial-temporal ordering into disarray, giving us 3 Summers but no Tim, no Jeffrey and no Mike. So in order to prevent any permanent damage to the space-time continuum, we bring you a special episode: Feedbackapalooza Jr! Source

Deep Geeking: This week, Tim and Summer discuss "A View From the Gallery", the story of a day in the life on the station as seen from two maintenance workers who still need to go about their usual duties in the middle of a dangerous battle situation. Do you think this episode appropriately captures a view of life on the station for the regular people? Source