Thanks to everyone who’s been sending Tim links to all sorts of new B5 tidbits all over the web. Here are just a few, some of which you may have seen at ISN News and other places:

• Mira Furlan has been confirmed as a guest at Dutch Star Con this year
• Comic Book Resources: Day 1 Spotlight on JMS
• IGN article on NYCC announcment by JMS that he’s adapting a novel to write a zombie movie (more Zombie Channel fodder!)
• JMS article at Newsarama
• Mira Furlan interview at the Supanova podcast (from the Supanova Pop Culture Expo 2006)

We also have an Info World article that specifically mentions “data crystals from Babylon 5″ as being technologically closer than we’d imagined.

Welcome to Show #56!

Sparse show notes this time around folks, sorry about that.

Brad from Podculture is busy adopting B5 novels that he’s finding in used book stores in his area, and we’ll have those available. Not sure how yet, but we’ll figure something out.

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer delve into discussion about “All Alone in the Night”, which by Tim’s definition is the second season’s equivalent of “Infection”.

A previously unmentioned alien race, The Streibs, kidnap Sheridan while he’s out searching for the cause of several reported ship disappearances in the sector. He’s tortured and forced to battle other captives for his survival.

Delenn is summoned to Minbar to face the Grey Council and answer for her actions in going forward with her transformation without express permission or approval from them. Tensions escalate when she discovers that a member of the Warrior Caste has taken her place on the council, upsetting the balance on the Council makeup.

General Hague brings the Agammemnon to bear in the rescue effort to retrieve Sheridan from his captors, thanks to information provided by a returning Delenn.

We ponder the significance of Sheridan’s dream… was it a dream or was it a telepathic barrage of messages sent by Kosh? And exactly when was Sheridan approached by Hague to evaluate the station staff and where their loyalties lie? Has he always been aligned with those in the military who’ve been suspicious of Clark ever since Santiago’s assassination?

“All Alone in the Night” is available for download from iTunes.

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Listener Feedback: Commentary abounds, even without Jeffrey, so we’ve got to put a few on hold so Jeff can respond as well.

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Shameless related begging: Summer’s also really hoping to convince the publisher to eventually do a collection on Babylon 5. If you’d be interested in buying one if they did do a B5 collection, let Summer know, either here in comments, or over in the Babylon Podcast forums.

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Welcome to Show #55!

Jeffrey’s back in LA, and is confused about his holidays. We are really running thin with the Kosh puns, aren’t we? Tim and Jeffrey wax poetic about NASCAR track experiences and memories, and who knew that Jeff raced?

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer delve into discussion about “GROPOS”, an episode that at first blush seems to be a filler episode, but instead is one that sets up a few threads of unresolved emotional connections to be dealt with later.

The station is subjected to an unexpected influx of 25,000 troops, ground-pounders — GROPOS — who are told they are on their way to a standard rotation to Io, but are in fact on their way to a potentially questionable battle at the request of an alien government. Their commanding officer, General Franklin, is Dr Franklin’s estranged father, and their emotional strain is present the entire time.

While Sheridan thinks that Earthforce’s choice to respond to the Akdorian request is a bad idea, because he believes the rebel fortress is nearly impregnable, not without a lot of losses on the side of the attacking force. He’s committed to helping the General plan an attack, but he makes certain that his opinion is noted.

Garibaldi and Keffer connect in positive ways with some of the troopers during their short stay on the station, but despite hopes and promises, the new friends they’ve made meet with disaster during the battle. The relief and joy for those who survived are a marked contrast with the grief and loss felt by those whose friends were killed in action.

“GROPOS” is available for download from iTunes.

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Listener Feedback: Jarsto comments on Show #53, especially the contrast in behaviors between G’Kar and Londo and Refa; Gary from Jacksonville wants input on where Talia might have progressed had she stayed on the show; Alan from the UK thanks us for getting him hooked on Babylon 5, despite his misgivings about the CGI; Edmund from Greenville comments on the “Coming of Shadows” discussion is Show #53. Tim reads emails from Joshua, who gives an unlikely theory behind the appearance of a Morden doppleganger in “The Gathering”; Katrina comments on Matt Stoner’s possible involvement in the assassination attempt on Londo in “Soul Mates”; Roz sends a response to Jarsto to us… um, wait… when did we become Jarsto’s message service?! Warlord gives us canonical proof from “The Shadow Within” that it was not Morden stationed on B5 in “The Gathering”.

Your feedback does matter, and is welcome! You can call us at 206-338-2259, or email us and tell us what you think… and likely hear it played or read on the show. Please try to keep the voicemail comments as brief as possible.

Vote for us! Let’s get this show’s rank into The Pickle’s Top 100!

Shameless related begging: Summer’s also really hoping to convince the publisher to eventually do a collection on Babylon 5. If you’d be interested in buying one if they did do a B5 collection, let Summer know, either here in comments, or over in the Babylon Podcast forums.

Link: Smart Pop Books
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A quick update for all of the live feed listeners:

We won’t be recording a show tonight, so all of you can get a good night’s sleep

We’ll be back next week with a new show, and a slew of fresh new ways to entertain you on the live feed.

Welcome to Show #54!

Jeffrey’s back from Houston, where he met with listeners John and Satyajit, who have their own show called AstroCast, a podcast dedicated to the Houston Astros. They treated Jeff to a round of Buttery Nipples. He also throws out the welcome mat to other fans of the show who would like to treat him to a drink when he’s traveling around.

Interview: Maggie Egan (”Jane”, ISN Anchor)

Tim, Summer and Jeffrey engage in a delightful chat with Maggie Egan, who was the familiar and comforting face of ISN before and after the Clark Administration ran riot over Earth Gov.

She gives us an update on her latest projects: a creative ad spot for CBS’s “Without A Trace”, and a guest spot on FOX’s “Standoff”. The episode she’s in is slated to air in March, so if you watch it and you like the show, let FOX know that you’d like to see more of her! We learn about the differences between auditioning for commercials and auditioning for TV and film, the differences in stresses and relationships and expectations. And the money…

She then regales us with tales of auditioning for B5, and the fun of returning to the set time and again, with being surprised to come back to the series after she thought she’d been blown up, and her surprise at discovering at a convention that her character actually had a name! Tim and Summer both relate how much her performance resonated with how anchors should make people feel, and in making the series feel a little more real.

Maggie also tells us about the disapperance of her domain, and how she’s been lacking a website for several years now, which leads to all sorts of calls for tech help and offers for assistance. In the end, Summer ended up registering MaggieEgan.net for her, and will be putting together a new site for Maggie (right in the middle of doing websites for a whole slew of new FarPoint Media shows).

Listener Feedback: Gary from Jacksonville muses on whether Timov was modeled after Angela Lansbury in “Murder, She Wrote”; Gary again, commenting on how maybe we should have picked up Talia’s secret much earlier; Jenn from Dreamwatch mentions the JMS mailing list, which is an email digest of the posts available at JMS News, and Summer really does want to add more B5 related links to the site here; Jarsto comments on “Soul Mates” and the relationship progression between Susan and Talia; Gary from Jacksonville thinks that “The Long Dark” was merely a Dr Franklin romantic filler episode; Gary wants details on the podcast’s Season 2 pickup; Edmund geeks over hearing his own voicemail. Tim reads emails from Roz, who’s disappointed in a lack of B5 content in a show (but we don’t know which one) and the appearance of too many insider remarks; Craig loves the show and caught up on missed episodes in a flash.

Your feedback does matter, and is welcome! You can call us at 206-338-2259, or email us and tell us what you think… and likely hear it played or read on the show. Please try to keep the voicemail comments as brief as possible.

Vote for us! Let’s get this show’s rank into The Pickle’s Top 100!

Shameless related begging: Summer’s also really hoping to convince the publisher to eventually do a collection on Babylon 5. If you’d be interested in buying one if they did do a B5 collection, let Summer know, either here in comments, or over in the Babylon Podcast forums.

Link: Smart Pop Books
Link: Maggie Egan: The New Website!
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Welcome to Show #53!

So, how do you like that shiny new Season 2 inspired intro?

Jeffrey’s impressed by the new intro, and can’t help himself when it comes to the Vorlon jokes, and Summer pimps a product: The OhMibod, a whole new way to plug’n'play. Use the coupon code “winginit” when you order by Feb 14, and you’ll get $10 off.

Tim and Summer try to elicit a reverent response from Jeffrey about his impact on “The Coming of Shadows”, with no luck, although he waxes poetic about Turhan Bey.

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer move ahead with episode analysis of “The Coming of Shadows”, winner of the 1996 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, beating out Apollo 13 and Twelve Monkeys

G’Kar makes a fateful decision when he learns that the Centauri Emperor is coming to Babylon 5 to make an announcement, and intends to exact retribution on behalf of Narn for 100 years of Centauri oppression, but fate intervenes.

After receiving the dying Emperor’s message via Dr. Franklin, G’Kar beings to have hope that there may someday be an accord between Narn and Centauri, completely unaware that Londo and Refa have decided to take advantage of the Emperor’s collapse to increase their own standing at the royal court, and initiate the first strike in a new Narn-Centauri war.

The dying Emperor receives one of his wishes, to finally see a Vorlon, but the response to his question of Kosh seems to foretell a coming doom, and the news he receives from Londo and Refa only confirms his failure to being to heal the wounds plaguing his society.

Garibaldi confronts a mysterious stranger who’s being secretive about his intentions in wanting to talk to him. It’s not until later after the message is delivered that more pieces of the larger puzzle come into play, but even then more questions are raised than answered.

“The Coming of Shadows” is available for download from iTunes.

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Listener Feedback: Mike from We Are Not Cool on Jarsto’s crossover appeal; Jarsto comments on previous episode geeking; Edmund doesn’t want to delve into a FarPoint Media show of his own, but he does want to comment on Mike’s B5 timekeeping duties and how it all ties back to Harlan Ellison; Jarsto submits a new B5 Haiku.

Your feedback does matter, and is welcome! You can call us at 206-338-2259, or email us and tell us what you think… and likely hear it played or read on the show. Please try to keep the voicemail comments as brief as possible.

Vote for us! Let’s get this show’s rank into The Pickle’s Top 100!

Shameless related begging: Summer’s also really hoping to convince the publisher to eventually do a collection on Babylon 5. If you’d be interested in buying one if they did do a B5 collection, let Summer know, either here in comments, or over in the Babylon Podcast forums.

Link: Smart Pop Books
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