The Babylon Podcast

Feedback: This week, Tim, Summer and Brad handle the Feedbackapalooza! There's so much feedback, we may were not able to contain it all in one show. Source

Interview: This week, Tim and Summer talk with Jaclyn and Jan from the Babylon 5 Scripts Project, and by a twist of fate, the date of this interview, October 29th, was the 3rd anniversary of the release of the first scriptbook! Jaclyn and Jan give us as many details as they can about how this project came about, and the scope of putting something on this scale together, possible future volumes, an...

Deep Geeking: This week, Tim and Summer delve into discussion about "No Surrender, No Retreat". We talk about the decision to ask the League to stay on the sidelines until the fighting's done; the timing of some of the events in the course of the episode; the difference between Sheridan choosing a philosophical solution to end the Shadow War versus resorting to a shooting fight to free the colonie...

Deep Geeking: This week, Tim, Summer and special guest Gary discuss "Moments of Transition". There's some disagreement on the perceived speed of Neroon's change of heart, some great appreciation of Ivanova's performance in the final scene, and more. Source

Interview: B5 fans have always been creative. This week, we are happy to introduce you to the "League of Non-Aligned Knitters"... B5 Fans Who Knit. Tim, Summer, and Jeffrey chat with Catherine, Heather, Laura, Amanda, and Elizabeth about the convergence of Babylon 5 viewing and knitting (and other scifi shows). There are practical applications for scifi fans to know how to knit... you're going to...

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer chat about "Rumors, Bargains and Lies". Everyone on B5's playing an angle, but who's really running the game and who's being played? Source

Zombielon 5? Feedbackapalooza: Or would this week better be called Garypalooza? Either way, the Vorlon is easily amused when listening to phone spam with audio effects applied to the clip. Source

Deep Geeking: This week, Tim and Summer chat about "Conflicts of Interest". Tim points out how much more CGI was in this episode than usual, and appreciates how the heightened tensions were played out between characters. We discuss how much of Garibaldi's alienation of his friends is likely the result of the programming "enhancing" some of his natural tendencies, and of the machinations that both...

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Brad chat about "Lines of Communication". The funny thing is, Tim has no recollection of seeing this episode ever before. There must be a rogue PsiCop around doing mind wipes, because it's very very hard to forget the dancing Drakh scene. Source

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer talk about "Racing Mars", delving into the abundant humor playing around the relationship between Franklin and Marcus and their cover story for going to Mars, in Ivanova relieving Sheridan of duty and in trying to make deals with smugglers in the hopes of opening up new supply lines for the station. Source

Deep Geeking: This week, Tim and Summer talk about "Atonement", and we pick nits about the pacing and some aspects of the execution in this episode... notably on why Delenn's clan waited so long before taking issue with her relationship with John Sheridan, and what exactly is the purpose of the assistant in The Dreaming, anyway? Was Lennier's guidance colored by his feelings for her, and his subco...

Deep Geeking: This week, Tim and Summer talk about "The Illusion of Truth", and the impact of propaganda, and how Sheridan's hopes for getting their side of the story out to the people of Earth and the Earth Alliance by manipulating the ISN crew that comes on board backfire, creating the exact opposite impression that they wanted to make. Discussion: Mike plays a B5/Gnome mashup that appeared in t...

Deep Geeking: This week, Tim and Summer talk about "Epiphanies", a pivotal episode where alliances, plans and perspectives shift for a number of people. Garibaldi leaves his post as security chief, pushing Zack into an unexpected new role; Bester comes to B5 looking for Sheridan's help in exploring what the Shadows might have left behind on Z'ha'dum; Lyta begins to test the extent of her Vorlon-en...

Kosh. Rastaman. I got nothin'. Feedbackapalooza Part Deux!! Chris Lester and C.A. Sizemore are still in on the Feedback Fun. Source

When the ground shakes, save the big screen TV. Feedbackapalooza!! Chris Lester and C.A. Sizemore join the voicemail fun fest. Source

We talked more about JMS' announcement, and fielded some more commentary about it. Beware when the Shadows approach with chicken scissors. Source

Discussion: We've already reposted JMS' comments on moving forward with more Babylon 5 , and the fan reactions are still flying all over the Internet. So Summer, Jeffrey, Gary, Michael and Brad discuss, in great detail and depth, with occassional comment from the chat room. Source

Deep Geeking : Tim and Summer delve into Deep Geeking on "Into the Fire" the pivotal episode in the confrontation between the younger races and the Shadows and Vorlons. Tim thinks it's a flawed episode, and so the discussion begins... Source

Interview: Amy Guskin joins us to talk about her efforts to organize a group of B5 fans to acquire an original G'Kar mask and donate it to the Museum of the Moving Image in New York. And you thought the Browncoats were good at organizing rescue efforts... Source

Interview: We are pleased this week to talk with The great Luke Ski, creator of the new FuMP hit, "No Sleep 'til Babylon" . Luke tells us about his being a B5 fan, of creating this song and many many others. Luke also tells us about the fundraising drive to help out Tom Smith . Source

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer jump into Deep Geeking on "The Long Night". Tim does not like the title of this episode because for him, it doesn't reflect or evoke anything significant from the episode for him. What do you think? Source

We have extra feedback to get through, so you know what that means? Feedbackapalooza, part 2!! Source

Tim, Summer, Jeffrey and Michael are joined by Anna, live in studio (she's in town for a conference), and she's just in time to experience Feedbackapalooza! But first, Summer gets to ask Jeffrey about the production side of detonating Kosh's helmet in "Falling Towards Apotheosis", and we learn about the dangers of using too much primacord on a television set. Source

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer, with James, discuss the pivotal events in Falling Towards Apotheosis . Taking on the Vorlons is a bold move, even for someone who's returned from the dead. Source

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss "The Summoning". There are many levels summoning going on in this episode, so the title is more apropos than initially apparent. Source