Playing with Minor Site Updates

We’ve had a bunch of people mention that it would be nice to have a little more information in the titles about the content of the episodes. I’m also making mental notes about improvements to the site layout. First, what are your thoughts on having episode titles here be more like the ones we use over at Slice of SciFi? For example, we’d have: Babylon Podcast #162: Interview with... [Read more]

Talking with Susie on How To Grow Your Geek

In all the excitement of our interview with JMS, I realized I hadn’t posted this: Susie the Southern Geek invited me to appear on her wonderful podcast, How To Grow Your Geek. Longtime listeners of the Babcast will recall that Susie lent her voice to the All-Girls’ Geekfest last year. We talked about a range of topics, from the Babcast to Doctor Who to Mythbusters to the form and content... [Read more]

No Live Feed this week

Since the interview with JMS last week has given us a little over 2 hours of podcast entertainment, we won’t be recording a show tonight. Besides, Mike Mennenga deserves a Wednesday off every now and again!  Read More →

Added treats for Babylon Podcast subscribers

I have to toss a shout-out to Gary from Jacksonville for this one. He’d noticed that more podcasts were adding bells and whistles that enhance the listener experience, such as cute little displays for folks who use the iPhone and iPod Touch. So, starting with Show #160, people can choose to view the show notes while listening to an episode. I wonder what other kinds of easter eggs we can come... [Read more]

Orbiter – your last, best time sink

In the wake of our conversation about the last mission to repair Hubble, John Bucsek sent us a link to Orbiter, a spaceflight simulator. A quick glance at the website reveals an app which realistically models the behavior of spacecraft, from liftoff to rendezvous to return. You can fly the Space Shuttle or the Deltaglider, which resembles the X-20 DynaSoar vehicle, proposed by the USAF as the next... [Read more]