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The Babylon Podcast

Tim Callender, Summer Brooks, and Jeffrey Willerthwww.babylonpodcast.com
Our Last, Best Hope for Babylon 5 discussions
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Babylon Podcast #293: B5 on The CW in 2023 #B5onCWin23

Discussion: JMS called. We answered. The hashtag that surpassed The Queen's Funeral on Twitter for a few hours on Sep 20. Of course we had to talk about it. So we answered the call, and hopped in a conference call to discuss things. Source

Sep 22, 20222 hr 22 min

Babylon Podcast #292: A Show and its Writers Room

Speculation: Time changes us all, in many ways. So given how busy JMS is writing many things other than new stories for the new Babylon 5, it isn't likely he'll want to or be able to do all the writing himself. So naturally, Tim posits the questions about writers and writers rooms, and we run amok from there. Source

Jun 15, 202246 min

Babylon Podcast #291: The Once and Future Space Opera

Discussion: Tim and Summer just can't help themselves. We indulge in some wildly unfounded speculation on the announcements about the new Babylon 5 series , plus ask a few questions out loud about what we could be watching on The CW someday. Source

Oct 23, 20211 hr 29 min

Babylon Podcast #290: Feedbackapalooza Farewell

Thank you, everyone, for allowing our love of Babylon 5 to help fuel your own love for the show, and we are grateful that our efforts to explore a show we love also provided entertainment and enjoyment for you. Your voices and support over the years have meant a lot to us, and that you still want to hear us keep talking about everything B5, and not just Day of the Dead, warms our hearts. Source

Dec 13, 20192 hr 17 min

Babylon Podcast #288: Interview with Tracy Scoggins

Interview: Tim and Summer welcome Tracy Scoggins, whose command of the station in Season 5 and Crusade was a welcome addition to the field of leading lady military roles in science fiction television. Source

Nov 20, 20191 hr 20 min

Babylon Podcast #285: Interview with Marie Marshall

Interview: Marie Marshall ("Dodger") stops by to talk about her brief but passionate and impactful appearances on Babylon 5 , about how one short stint turned into such a long-term fan favorite, acting in New York, and so much more. Source

Oct 31, 201946 min

Babylon Podcast #284: The Babylon 5 Preservation Project

Interview: The Jason Davis stops by to talk his current project, "The Babylon 5 Preservation Project", to preserve the history of BABYLON 5 using archival paperwork and interviews with cast and crew to create a definitive making-of book. Source

Oct 23, 20191 hr 27 min

Babylon Podcast #283: Interview with Marshall R. Teague

Interview: Marshall R. Teague ("Ta'Lon") stops by to talk about the philosophy and wisdom of the warrior-sage Ta'Lon, the talks he had with JMS about expanding that character beyond the unnamed Narn who, along with Sheridan, survived being kidnapped by the Streib (S2E11 "All Alone in the Night"), how the creation of Ta'Lon's sword played a role in that development, the fun of being a cowboy, and so much more. Source...

Oct 16, 20191 hr 11 min

Babylon Podcast #282: Interview with Josh Coxx

Interview: Josh Coxx ("Lt. David Corwin") stops by to talk about his time on C&C, the character growth over all 5 seasons and the movies, and so much more. He even chats about his time as a Frost Giant in Thor . Source

Oct 09, 201953 min

Babylon Podcast #281: Visiting from The Rim

7 years ago, in December 2012, Tim and Summer closed the book on that particular journey, having spent nearly 300 episodes and quite likely well over 500 hours of discussion and more with the many cast, crew, creators and fans on all sorts of topics about and around Babylon 5 . Today, we're back from beyond the rim, for just a little while. Source

Oct 03, 201915 min

Babylon Podcast #280: Farewell, Old Friend

It's not goodbye, it's farewell... we'll meet again, and if we don't, we will see each other again in the place where no shadows fall. We've always been here, and so have you all. Jeffrey returns from his explorations along the Rim to join Tim, Summer and Jeremy for the final official episode of The Babylon Podcast. Source

Dec 01, 20121 hr 1 min

Babylon Podcast #279: Feedbackapalooza Finale

Feedbackapalooza: Gary from Jacksonville, quite likely the most prolific feedback producer the Babylon Podcast has ever had, joins us to go through the messages for the last official feedbackapalooza. He may have to replace Babylon Podcast with Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas on his voicemail speed dial... Source

Nov 23, 201259 min

Babylon Podcast #278: Penultimate Palooza

Tim relates an article from io9's Charlie Jane Anders article, Please explain Babylon 5 to us! , and the offer is still out to Charlie if she wants to join us some day for a roundtable Q&A, where we'd do our best to answer her questions, and to keep those responses to under 5 minutes each. And then, the Feedbackapalooza! Source...

Nov 09, 20121 hr 12 min

Babylon Podcast SE #9: Absent Friends, In Memory Still Bright

In quick succession, the Babylon 5 universe lost two of its stars at the end of September, Michael O'Hare and Turhan Bey. We take a moment to remember them, and their all too brief moments here with us and on Babylon 5 . Source

Oct 19, 201229 min

Babylon Podcast #277: Babylon 5 Collectibles

Discussion: Oh, the humanity! Even with Warner Bros being inconsistent with licensing terms, pulling licenses before items were completed or in some cases, had even gotten off the drawing boards, there's still a LOT of stuff out there for a dedicated Babylon 5 fan to search for and immerse themselves in. Source

Oct 12, 20121 hr 47 min

Babylon Podcast #276: The Babylon 5 Short Stories

Deep Geeking: This episode, Neil and Edmund join Tim, Summer and Jeremy to talk about the 3 short stories from the Amazing Stories magazines: "Shadow of His Thoughts", "Genius Loci", and "Space, Time and the Incurable Romantic", all three of which were written by J. Michael Straczynski. Source

Sep 28, 20121 hr 28 min

Babylon Podcast #275: The Psi Corps Trilogy

Deep Geeking: This week, Tim, Jeremy and Agent 6 go in-depth discussing The Psi Corps trilogy, written by J. Gregory Keyes. The books in the series are "Dark Genesis: The Birth of the Psi Corps", "Deadly Relations: Bester Ascendant" and "Final Reckoning: The Fate of Bester". Source

Sep 21, 20121 hr 4 min

Babylon Podcast #274: The Technomage Trilogy

Deep Geeking: The Technomage trilogy, written by Jeanne Cavelos, is subtitled The Passing of the Technomages . The books in the series are "Casting Shadows", "Summoning Light" and "Invoking Darkness". Source

Sep 14, 20121 hr 17 min

Babylon Podcast #273: The Centauri Prime Trilogy

Deep Geeking: Legions of Fire , The Centauri Prime trilogy written by Peter David, is the topic for this episode, and the crew on hand really digs in. The books in order are "The Long Night of Centauri Prime", "Armies of Light and Dark", and "Out of the Darkness" (the third book is out of print, but not quite as hard to find as it had been in previous years). This was the second of the Babylon 5 trilogies that are considered canon. Source...

Sep 08, 20121 hr 12 min

Babylon Podcast #272: Red Hypergiant Palooza

We lament the passing of science fiction master Harry Harrison, recounting some of the classics that he'd written over the years. Feedbackapalooza: Tim, Summer and Jeremy dive into the messages that you've sent us, and we appreciate your messages to us and for us! We have a lot to go through, so settle in, kids... Source

Aug 25, 20121 hr 15 min

Babylon Podcast #271: The Shadow Within

Deep Geeking: The Shadow Within is Book #7 in the original series of novels, and the other of the two from that series that have been acknowledged as canon. Talk about this book delves deeply into Anna's story, and into the character and motivations of Morden, of the Psi Corps mission to eliminate a threat to the telepaths, and how these events mesh into the main Babylon 5 storyline as a whole. Source...

Aug 17, 201259 min

Babylon Podcast #270: To Dream in the City of Sorrows

Deep Geeking: To Dream in the City of Sorrows is Book #9 in the original series of novels, and one of the two from that series that have been acknowledged as canon. Talk about the book ranges from the cover art, the story arcs for Sinclair, Marcus, Catherine and Neroon, the accuracy of the character "voices", the nagging feeling that this book's pacing was too fast, and very likely could have been a much better book if it had been allowed to be longer, and more. Source...

Aug 10, 20121 hr 12 min
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