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The Babylon Podcast

Tim Callender, Summer Brooks, and Jeffrey Willerth

Our Last, Best Hope for Babylon 5 discussions

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  • Mar 6, 2009 · 1 hr 7 min

    Babylon Podcast #147: Interview with Writer Frank Garcia

    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 production, and the information pulled together for the second volume. Source

  • Feb 26, 2009 · 54 min

    Babylon Podcast #146: Endgame (Season 4)

    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

  • Feb 18, 2009 · 1 hr 2 min

    Babylon Podcast #145: Feedbackapalooza

    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 it definitely doesn't rank as high in her estimation as before. Source

  • Feb 11, 2009 · 50 min

    Babylon Podcast #144: Babylon 5 Scripts Team

    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 paint a different about of the movies, especially "Legend of the Rangers". Source

  • Feb 5, 2009 · 52 min

    Babylon Podcast #143: Between The Darkness and The Light (Season 4)

    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 of Lyta's steps towards her dark, angry side? Source

  • Jan 31, 2009 · 44 min

    Babylon Podcast #142: Intersections in Real Time (Season 4)

    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 of a truth they want to use for their own purposes. It's also another wonderful example of the use of a stage play composition, both in set design and writing/acting, to intensify the the emotional impact of the interactions and the reasons for them. Source

  • Jan 21, 2009 · 57 min

    Babylon Podcast #141: Interview with Ed Wasser

    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 visits, and more. The depth and reach of Morden's plans definitely affects the entire series, even though he was only on screen for 13 episodes. It's a testament to the writing and the performances that major characters that only appear from time to time can have such a large impact on the overall series story arc. Source

  • Jan 8, 2009 · 1 hr 45 min

    Babylon Podcast: 2008 Year End Special

    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

  • Dec 27, 2008 · 4 min

    Babylon Podcast: 2008 Holiday Gift # 3

    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

  • Dec 27, 2008 · 3 min

    Babylon Podcast: 2008 Holiday Gift #1

    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

  • Dec 20, 2008 · 1 hr 16 min

    Babylon Podcast #140: The Face of the Enemy (Season 4)

    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 though he has always made it about the goal, not the man. Jeffrey reminisces on the Harlan Ellison / Walter Koneig scene. Source

  • Dec 3, 2008 · 51 min

    Babylon Podcast #139: The Exercise of Vital Powers (Season 4)

    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 working for the power player who's suspiciouly far beyond his usual clientele, to his having to resist the damsel in distress who almost always lures the private eye to his doom... this episode is all pulp, all the time. Source

  • Nov 19, 2008 · 37 min

    Babylon Podcast #138: Feedbackapalooza

    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

  • Nov 12, 2008 · 47 min

    Babylon Podcast #137: Feedbackapalooza

    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

  • Nov 5, 2008 · 56 min

    Babylon Podcast #136: Babylon 5 Scripts Team

    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, and much much more! Source

  • Oct 30, 2008 · 1 hr 2 min

    Babylon Podcast #135: No Surrender, No Retreat (Season 4)

    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 colonies that were under siege; and more. Source

  • Oct 23, 2008 · 53 min

    Babylon Podcast #134: Moments of Transition (Season 4)

    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

  • Oct 16, 2008 · 55 min

    Babylon Podcast #133: The League of Non-Aligned Knitters

    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 have to make your own clothing after the zombie apocalyse, ya know. Source