Back in the halcyon 1990s, a syndicated sci-fi TV series warned us that it, indeed, can happen here. In this podcast we use BABYLON 5 to talk through our current political moment in an attempt to process, understand, and, perhaps, find hope.
Latest episode
#16 – Folks Have Been Conned (AND THE ROCK CRIED OUT, NO HIDING PLACE)
Where Babylon 5 finds religion
Earlier episodes
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#15 – The Bitch of It Is You Probably Did the Right Thing (ENDGAME, RISING STAR)
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#14 – Talking Heads (AND NOW FOR A WORD, THE ILLUSION OF TRUTH)
In which we attempt to get our arms around how B5 depicts mass media
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#13 – Some Deep Space Franchise (HOMEFRONT/PARADISE LOST)
In which we follow General Hague to another universe
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#12 – The Quiet Turning of Considered Conscience (SEVERED DREAMS)
What Minnesota has in common with Mars...and what it doesn't.
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#11 – Good, Kind, and Decent (THE DECONSTRUCTION OF FALLING STARS)
Selah.
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#10 – Drunk, With the Rest of the Aliens (INFECTION)
Please ignore the man in the rubber suit.
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#9 – Rules of Engagement (NO SURRENDER, NO RETREAT)
Trump and Hegseth stomp their feet; Bob wants a promotion.
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#8 – One Battle After Another (BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY)
In which Limbaugh, Musk, and Asimov enter the docking bay
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#7 – What Did We Do Wrong? (POINT OF NO RETURN)
In which we really grind our gears.
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#6 – A Stormy Present (MESSAGES FROM EARTH)
Heavenly father, art thou in Jupiter...?
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#5 – Stupid Enough to Take It (DUST TO DUST, EXOGENESIS)
In which we continue hurtling toward authoritarianism.
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#4 – Where Everyone Has Gone Before (VOICES OF AUTHORITY)
Anything's possible when you rewrite the dictionary.
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#3 – Who Are You? (COMES THE INQUISITOR)
Are we doomed to ask over and over?
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#2 – Another Word for Surrender (THE FALL OF NIGHT)
Peace...in whose time?
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#1 – Nothing's the Same Anymore (CHRYSALIS)
And so it begins.
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