The Babylon Podject Presents: PodSpace9

In which Jude refuses to admit that Season 4 Franklin is an OK character. "No Surrender, No Retreat" features some epic bedhead from Vir, G'Kar surfing Reddit while Londo attempts to admit that he's made some bad choices, and speculation on whether they had to use a maintbot with a tattoo gun to put the station logo on the White Stars. In "Exercise of Vital Powers", Garibaldi goes full QAnon and m...

This week, Delenn and John are dealing with their own respective brewing civil wars in their own special ways: self sacrifice and dubious hijinks! In "Rumors, Lies, and Bargains" we discover that John has lost ALL ability to function like a civilized adult without Delenn around, and turns into a chaos goblin to get the League to do what he wants. Meanwhile his better half travels to Minbar to sort...

CAAAAT Connect with the show at @babylonpodject Help us keep the lights on via our Patreon! Justen can be found at @justenwrites Ana can be found at @The_Mianaai , and also made our show art. Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography , a Discworld re-read podcast. Jude Vais can be found at @eremiticjude . His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at G...

In which we discuss missing blood and identify Zathrii. In "Lines of Communication," we talk about playing with your expanding fighting pike, the numbering conventions of the White Stars, and how it took a week for the Minbari to lose every cultural norm. We also love Number One's hair? In "Conflicts of Interest", Jude makes a summary shorter than the episode, Garibaldi does not observe appropriat...

This week, Jude doesn't want to ask how Justen is doing, we debate whether a propensity to fuck aliens is a feature of human souls, and if alien fucking is the path to ascension. And also show tunes. In "Atonement", Delenn contends with Minbari traditionalism and wraps up a number of Minbari plot lines, and we get the start of a storyline that's going to turn Justen into a goblin in "Racing Mars"...

In which B5 throws a victory party, but no one is really having a great time, as we discuss "Epiphanies". Then Jude pitches a fit about having to watch another journalism episode in "The Illusion of Truth". Topics (relevant and otherwise) in this episode include: G'kar body cavities, Garibaldi's lack of fashion sense, Sailor Moon Villains, Franklin Sucks, Franklin Sucks Again, and the uncomfortabl...

In which Justen valiantly attempts to get through summarizing the end of the Shadow War in "Into The Fire" with a minimum of interruptions from Jude about Sheridan's love of war crimes, theories about Morden's origins, and how John and Delenn christen the White Stars. We also complain about depictions of telepathy and compliment B5's prop department. Connect with the show at @babylonpodject Help u...

Content Warning: discussion of suicide and parental death In which Ana gets momentarily too real for Jude and Justen as we cover "The Long Night". This episode includes: the impending apocalyptic battle, a baby Bryan Cranston, and of course, regicide. Also, the continuation of the Jesus metaphor and discussion of active camouflage in murder weapons. Connect with the show at @babylonpodject Help us...

In which we cover "The Summoning," where we discuss Ivanova's Duolinguo courses, Jude and Justen argue about Top Gun, and JMS makes two Jesus stories in the same episode. In "Falling Towards Apotheosis," we discuss the architectural need for a murder hall, talk about the most awkward marriage proposal, and Londo makes an offhand comment that leads to disastrous consequences. Also, do Zoomers know...

In which we begin season 4 with “The Hour of the Wolf". Everything is falling apart except Ivanova’s late night fashion sense and Ana’s Lytvanova ship. In “Whatever happened to Mr. Garibaldi” we talk human political philosophy, Narn haberdashery, and discuss what's less erotic, an 8 foot portrait of Daffy Duck-- or Michael Garibaldi. Connect with the show at @babylonpodject Help us keep the lights...

It's the Babbies! The group takes a break to abuse poor Zathras and force them to award "prizes" in various categories as we look back on three seasons of Babylon 5. Connect with the show at @babylonpodject Help us keep the lights on via our Patreon! Justen can be found at @justenwrites Ana can be found at @The_Mianaai , and also made our show art. Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Comp...

In which the question “how long can one of Jude’s summaries go?” is asked and answered as we discuss “Z’ha’dum”, featuring a lengthy debate about Sheridan’s love of warcrimes. We meet both his and his actor’s wife, and dive into the extremely shallow waters of the Shadows’ moral and political philosophy. Jude rants about the origin of telepaths, Justen expounds about 90s neoliberalism, and the gan...

In which the crew have varied opinions regarding the merits of blue Centauri jello cubes. “The Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place” features historical context for hiding things in hollowed-out bibles (although not for unlabeled data crystals), Vir’s continuing bad luck in elevators, and some headcanons regarding the Narn language. In “Shadow Dancing,” we get some great Ivanova/Marcus content, the cre...

In which Garibaldi fights a Gorn. “Walkabout” introduces a new Vorlon who may just be Mr. Sinister, gives the disheartening information that the American medical system persists to 2260, posits that Swedish Meatballs are the carcinization of food, and prompts an in-depth discussion about Foundationalism’s relationship to the concept of “walkabout” and Australian aboriginal people. In “Grey 17 is M...

Ana finally succumbed to peer pressure and binge watched... then binge rewatched... Ted Lasso and sent up the Babpod Signal to talk about it. Scott Paladin joins the regular crew to discuss our favorite parts of the show, the ways in which it manipulates tropes and viewer expectations, and our predictions for the rest of Season 2. For listeners who haven't watched the show, this episode is officia...

In an ISN/IPM exclusive, friend of the show and multiple award-winning SFF author Cat Valente returns! In her previous appearance we briefly discussed how the video game epic Mass Effect liberally borrows from Babylon 5, and so when the Legendary Edition of Mass Effect dropped we knew we had to have her back to dive deeper into the canon that she has actually significantly contributed to. We discu...

So...uh... some monkey paw somewhere is curling up like a Centauri appendage in Antarctica. JMS's comments from RIGHT BEFORE WE STARTED RECORDING jeez. Connect with the show at @babylonpodject Help us keep the lights on via our Patreon! Justen can be found at @justenwrites Ana can be found at @The_Mianaai , and also made our show art. Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discograp...

In which the rate of Justen Headphones Moments is drastically reduced. This is it. The big one. This is PODCAST WITHOUT END. In the first half of War Without End, we discuss the principle of Occam’s Razor as applied to “time travel or deepfake”, question what Sinclair sees in Garibaldi, and threaten to call pest control for an infestation of Zathrii. In the back half, we give an important PSA abou...

In which we learn that Franklin might not have time to sleep but absolutely has time to wax his chest. “Interludes and Examinations” features Ivanova dooming the station via opening monologue, Kosh force choking Sheridan after being called on his cryptic bullshit, Londo having enough big tentacle energy to call out Morden, and the audience finally seeing that the Shadows are actually menacing and...

In which the cast are joined by Scott Paladin for even more discussion of Centauri dicks, and also Starfuries. “Ship of Tears” features Fox News, err, ISN, returning to the air, G’Kar’s personal Gethsemane moment, and the cast noticing the parallels between Bester and Magneto. In the back half of the episode, Justen and Scott throw hands over the merits of the Mark 2 (“Thunderbolt”) Starfury, Scot...

In which the cast are joined by Josie for some extensive discussion of Centauri dicks. This episode is dedicated to the post office. “Sic Transit Vir” features Sheridan showing off his extremely dubious cooking skills, the introduction of new cuisine to the station staff breakfast table, and Londo facing off against his two worst enemies: customer service hell and an insect. In “A Late Delivery fr...

In which we learn that both Jude and Ana hate truffle oil (Zathras would like to note that truffle oil is GARBAGE ). “Severed Dreams” features Karen Mollari being flagged for extra customs screening and wanting to talk to a manager, G’Kar carrying a Minbari like he carries the whole goddamned show, and our many feelings about Sheridan’s emotional range. In “Ceremonies of Light and Dark”, Marcus wo...

In which Justen nearly ruins our hatred of Franklin. “Messages from Earth” is the start of this season’s quadriptych (yes, we had to look that up), and is definitely not a Star Trek: Voyager plotline. In the episode, Marcus proves that he is as adept with a glue stick as he is with a fighting stick, we learn that Minbari do not sleep as we humans do, and we all wonder what happens when you put a c...

In which we wonder why Bester doesn’t sense “a great sense of personal danger” everywhere he goes. “Dust to Dust” features the return of Bester (all Cop and no Psi this time) for a working date with Garibaldi, while G’Kar’s busy day includes showing off his new coat, learning that Londo was the first domino, and having a vision while Kosh watches like Ceiling Cat. In “Exogenesis” Corwin is promote...

CW for discussion of serial killers, capital punishment, graphic violence, body horror. In which we all cry over “Passing Through Gethsemane.” This episode brings us the return of the pixel art squid ship, discussion of the Telepath Haircut and its relationship to the Wolverine Haircut, plus Lennier, Delenn, and Brother Edward pulling an all-nighter. Most of the discussion is devoted to the heavie...