The Babylon Podcast

Voicemail: That's right folks, it's time for another Feedbackapalooza! And really, if you hear any messages when you play any of the podcasts backwards, be sure to tell us... it means we didn't hide them well enough. Source

Interview: We have found the First Vorlon! Russ Johnson, who wore the glide suit during Season 1, before Jeffrey took over the electraglide harness, joins us to reminisce about the early days on set at Babylon 5, and trying to one up each other for... something smelly? Russ tells us all about the fun he had as part of Optic Nerve, escapades in both the encounter suit and as the drug-dealing cricke...

Deep Geeking: This week, the Deep Geeking covers "The Paragon of Animals". Examination of B5's new telepath colony, and the start of Lyta's journey of independence, begins here. We also see the development of the Declaration of Principles, and how much it means to have the Alliance start off on the higher path that Sheridan and Delenn hopes they can all take. Source

Deep Geeking: This week, the Deep Geeking covers "The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari". The introspective journey that Londo takes, and the one that Lennier is about to take, all start here. Discussion: Welcome to the Dead Tech segment of The Babylon Podcast! Source

Deep Geeking: This week, we take the first step into the final arc in the overall 5-year journey, embarking on Deep Geeking for Season 5. "No Compromises" falls under the bright light of examination, and Jeffrey recounts an impressive Tracy Scoggins audition story. Source

Deep Geeking: There is much discussion (and much lack of Vorlon recall) when the gang Deep Geeks on "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars". Tim and Summer mildly disagree on the 500 years after and the 1000 years after sequences. Source

Feedbackapalooza: After much rearranging of messages, we had voicemail, and there was much rejoicing!! Source

Interview: Stephen Furst joins us to reminisce about directing "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars"... at least, that was the initial plan. And as we all know, the most entertaining shows always veer off their intended courses... "Babylon 5: The Musical"... 'nuff said! Stay tuned next week for a super-sized Feedbackapalooza! Source

Deep Geeking: The team gets involved in geeking on "Rising Star", and musing on when the cast knew whether there'd be a 5th season, and on if that notice came before or after the initial airing of this episode. Discussion: Summer and Tim succumb to the temptation and try out their best Irish brogues. Tim reads an email from Captain Jaclyn, correcting the info on the release date of the "Asked and...

Interview: Captain Jaclyn, Jason Davis and Amy Guskin from the Babylon 5 Scripts Team join us to discuss the new scriptbooks project that's been kept secret and tightly under wraps until now. Asked and Answered: JMS answers Thousands of Fan Questions about Babylon 5 is the title of the new series, and it's an exhaustive compendium of questions ever asked about B5. Source

Interview: We talk with journalist Frank Garcia about his history as a freelance writer for many scifi magazines over the years, and the research that he and Mark Phillips undertook to compile the books Science Fiction Television Series, 1959-1989 and Science Fiction Television Series, 1990-2004 . We talk with Frank about his experience with Babylon 5 and Crusade over the years the show was in pro...

Tim reads some news from JMS on his screenplays in progress, including World War Z, Lensman, and Ninja Assassin, and some teaser news that he's been offered some directing gigs. Discussion: Tim and Summer discuss "Endgame", the climax of the struggles gone through during the battle phases of the Earth Civil War. We compare more speeches again, too. Source

Discussion: Tim and Summer revisit the discussion about Ivanova's "I am Death Incarnate" declaration before leading the White Star fleet up against the advanced EA Destroyer fleet. We compare it to President Laura Roslin's speech from the recent BSG Season 4 episode "Blood on the Scales", and Summer amends her previous assessment of Ivanova's speech. She doesn't hate it, like Tim and Mike do, but...

Interview: Jan Schroeder and Jason Davis of the Babylon 5 Scripts Team join us to talk about the TV Movie Scripts book, and to tease us about a series of mystery books that will be coming our way starting in March. Jason tells us how he came to the project, and his history of doing JMS interviews; both Jan and Jason talk about the finished movies vs the original scripts and extra materials that pa...

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss "Between The Darkness and The Light", the episode which marks a significant turning point in the war to take back Earth from Clark's forces. The morale hit taken by Sheridan's capture is turned around by them breaking him out and rescuing him, and by the White Star fleet's destruction of Earth's advanced, Shadow-tech cruisers. Is this the first glimpse we see o...

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and special guest Jarsto delve into "Intersections in Real Time", definitely one of the most difficult episodes to watch the first time around. The psychological abuse we see Sheridan being subjected to is also felt by the viewer because of the structure of the episode... there is no cut away to a B story, no time jumps in scene, and the relentless manipulation in pursuit...

Interview: It's the interview almost everyone has been waiting for. Ed Wasser joins us this week, and he tells us how he thinks that the attraction to Morden comes from the undeniable allure of the mystery and the appeal of the bad guy. We also talk about how he came to Babylon 5 , and how his asking for a more dangerous part led to him getting the role of Morden, his fan club and convention visit...

Here's a 2008 Year in Review special... yeah, after the year end. What's life without a few funny mixups? This is an EPIC episode... you can thank Tim for such glorious attention to detail. Source

The fourth and final gift: The Curlers of Delenn (Live Feed edition) by the great Luke Ski Source

It was the dawn of third post of holiday gifts, 140 episodes after the Babylon Podcast started........ The third of four gifts: No Sleep Till Babylon by the great Luke Ski Source

Hungry for some more good stuff after that first gift? The second of four gifts: Just Mister Londo by the great Luke Ski Source

What can the discriminating Babylon 5 fan do to get more out of the holiday season? The first of the four gifts: Five Years by Tom Smith Source

Deep Geeking: This week, Brad and Mike join Tim, Jeffrey and Summer to discuss “The Face of the Enemy”. Summer comments on the Clark's propaganda against The Army of Light. Tim talks about how the tension level is very high due to the compressing of the story arc for season four. The gang go on to talk about cult of personality and how Clark assumes Sheridan is the center of the organization, even...

Deep Geeking: This week, Tim and Summer discuss "The Exercise of Vital Powers", and Tim continues to exercise his right to vital puns. Summer's appreciation of this episode comes from the complete break from what had been the traditional storytelling style in the series, and diving into old school hard-boiled pulp detective thriller territory. From Garibaldi's opening monologue, through his workin...

Feedback: This week, Tim and Summer run the gamut of the rest of the voicemail and email feedback left over from last week, all alone in the night. Summer is really jonesing for access to the Titan Magazines stash of Babylon 5 pics that they used in creating the now-defunct Babylon 5 Magazine . Yeah, those would be nice to have. Source