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The Babylon Podcast

Tim Callender, Summer Brooks, and Jeffrey Willerth

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54:52

Babylon Podcast #163: Feedbackapalooza

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2009/07/08

Who knew there was a Ducktona 500 and a Kenducky Derby? Feedbackapalooza: Tim and Summer try to burn through the buildup of voicemails, and we haven't even gotten to the ones commenting on the JMS interview yet. Source

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55:49

Babylon Podcast #162: Interview with J. Michael...

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2009/07/01

In this hour, JMS talks more with Tim and Summer about the development of Babylon 5 and the pros and cons of continuing or expanding the series, the real reason for putting his foot down on "big budget or nothing", the broader realities of the hammer lock of Warner Bros has on any future "expanded universe" properties, and more. Source

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1:00:38

Babylon Podcast #161: Interview with J. Michael...

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2009/06/24

Interview: JMS, The Great Maker, graciously allows Tim and Summer to throw a seemingly endless stream of questions about the origins and creation of Babylon 5, the production and growing pains of the show, and dealing with the vagaries of the industry of Hollywood, the bizarre perfect storm surrounding Crusade on TNT, and more. Source

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57:40

Babylon Podcast #160: Learning Curve (Season 5)

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2009/06/17

Deep Geeking: This week, Tim and Summer delve into "Learning Curve", and Tim admits that while he likes this episode, there are a few dramatic elements throughout the story where the cliches fell flat for him. Was it pacing? Timing? Something else entirely? Source

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59:05

Babylon Podcast #159: Feedbackapalooza Jr

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2009/06/10

Feedbackapalooza Jr: Because of rogue tachyons bombarding the area around Draco Vista Studios, we are experiencing a causality break that threw spatial-temporal ordering into disarray, giving us 3 Summers but no Tim, no Jeffrey and no Mike. So in order to prevent any permanent damage to the space-time continuum, we bring you a special episode: Feedbackapalooza Jr! Source

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58:31

Babylon Podcast #158: A View From the Gallery (Season 5)

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2009/06/05

Deep Geeking: This week, Tim and Summer discuss "A View From the Gallery", the story of a day in the life on the station as seen from two maintenance workers who still need to go about their usual duties in the middle of a dangerous battle situation. Do you think this episode appropriately captures a view of life on the station for the regular people? Source

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1:00:48

Babylon Podcast #157: Feedbackapalooza

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2009/05/28

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

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1:05:20

Babylon Podcast #156: Interview with Russ Johnson

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2009/05/21

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 cricket in Down Below, having to repeatedly tell TV fans that he was not the actor who played the Professor

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1:08:06

Babylon Podcast #155: The Paragon of Animals (Season 5)

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2009/05/15

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

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1:02:34

Babylon Podcast #154: The Very Long Night of Londo...

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2009/05/06

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

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1:02:35

Babylon Podcast #153: No Compromises (Season 5)

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2009/04/24

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

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49:35

Babylon Podcast #152: The Deconstruction of Falling...

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2009/04/17

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

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1:10:11

Babylon Podcast #151: Feedbackapalooza

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2009/04/09

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

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1:07:46

Babylon Podcast #150: Interview with Stephen Furst

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2009/04/02

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

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1:03:08

Babylon Podcast #149: Rising Star (Season 4)

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2009/03/21

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 Answered" scriptbooks (April 7th, not April 1st). Source

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1:02:42

Babylon Podcast #148: Babylon 5 Scripts Team

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2009/03/12

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

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1:07:41

Babylon Podcast #147: Interview with Writer Frank Garcia

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2009/03/06

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

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54:24

Babylon Podcast #146: Endgame (Season 4)

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2009/02/26

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

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1:02:04

Babylon Podcast #145: Feedbackapalooza

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2009/02/18

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

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50:24

Babylon Podcast #144: Babylon 5 Scripts Team

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2009/02/11

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

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