9to5scifipod
Join Sara, Ren, & Zylla every other week to discuss Babylon 5 and Deep Space Nine. Two shows with similar ingredients, but different creative approaches. We're not looking at who did it better, but what we can discover when we put them in conversation with each other and with our present cultural climate.
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9to5scifipod
Latest Episodes
DS9 Episode 1.6 Captive Pursuit
Deep Space Nine gets its first visitor from the Gamma Quadrant, but Miles suspects there is more to Tosk than he's willing to share.Ren, Zylla, & Sara discuss the episode and several related ethical issues. CW: We touch on fox huntin...
B5 Episode 1.3 Born to the Purple
Londo is in love with a beautiful dancer, but she may not be all she seems. Ren, Zylla, and Sara discuss the many layers of masks and meaning in this fascinating episode. Join us for Much Ado About Nothing on Sept 6 at 3pm Pacific<...
DS9 Episode 1.5 Babel
O'Brian has a bad day and winds up being Patient Zero for an aphasia epidemic. Ren, Zylla, & Sara are here to talk about the tough questions like where is the Starfleet PPE. "Prisencolinensinainciusol" (nonsense song):https...
B5 Episode 1.2 Soul Hunter
So it seems souls are real in the B5 world, and there's a whole culture of weird immortals who collect them. But the one visiting Babylon 5 has gone rogue. This one got us all existential. Podcast socialshttps://bsky.app/profil...
DS9 Episode 1.4 A Man Alone
Can Odo solve the locked holosuit murder mystery, or is he the culprit? What qualifications does one need to open a school on a space station? And did Dr. Bashir just accidentally create life?It's a lot for one episode and yet they mana...