Podcast 161: That Doesn't Justify This

Several brutal scenes this week. We manage to hit some really good television in spite of Ensign Ro showing up. She actually did a really good job acting as Admiral Cain. Plus loads of other good stuff too. This tv podcast covers episodes 9 and 10 of Battlestar Galactica Season 2.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Adventures in Republican: discussion on the Utah Compact
    Joey's Culture Corner: That Funny Feeling (1965)
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Bob - Netflix signs up Sense8
    Top 5 Favorite works of art
    Joey feels no remorse for #6
    Rape is bad.
    Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

Here is the rating that we gave for the episodes in Podcast 161: 2hr 14min 56sec:
Flight of the Phoenix
Peter: SciFi - 8 Television - 7
Joey: SciFi - 9 Television - 8

Pegasus
Peter: SciFi - 9 Television - 10
Joey: SciFi - 8 Television - 6

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Podcast 160: This One Can Help Us

We learn an important piece of information from this weeks episodes:"Earth is the place where you can look up in the sky and see the constellations of the 12 colonies." It's so much fun to learn about mythology. This tv podcast covers episodes 7 and 8 of Battlestar Galactica Season 2.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey's Culture Corner: Oz, The Great And Powerful
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Fishhead - Items in Heaven's Welcome Basket
    Top 5 Inept Villains
    Joey has a new favorite episode
    Is it a chip or is he crazy?
    Single guy Pete gets petulant about the guy who "gets the girl"
    Joey doesn't know who Lucy Lawless is
    Is it ok to lie when it's being patriotic?
    Music Intro - Listener Brainy Smurf's Original Composition for TrekWest5: "This is Wrong Tool"

Here is the rating that we gave for the episodes in Podcast 160: 1hr 56min 56sec:
Home part 2
Peter: SciFi - 10 Television - 8
Joey: SciFi - 10 Television - 9

Final Cut
Peter: SciFi - 8 Television - 9
Joey: SciFi - 8 Television - 7

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Podcast 159: You Will Be Spared Their Fate

Long week, short podcast. I don't know, some stuff happened, and we talked about it. It sounded like we were having fun. You probably will too when you listen to it. This tv podcast covers episodes 5 and 6 of Battlestar Galactica Season 2.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey loves the environment so much that he rides his bike and takes public transit
    Joey doesn't know Queen songs and Pete struggles to remember the names of any of their songs
    Joey's Culture Corner: Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Fishhead - Five Sci-Fi Children's Books
    Never try crushing walnuts with your bare hands.
    Humans are terrible people
    Music Intro: I Fight Dragons

Here is the rating that we gave for the episodes in Podcast 159: 1hr 28min 21sec:
The Farm
Peter: SciFi - 9 Television - 7
Joey: SciFi - 9 Television - 6

Home part 1
Peter: SciFi - 8 Television - 8
Joey: SciFi - 7 Television - 7

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Podcast 158: Nothing Awaits Them

We recorded this weeks podcast with a different soundboard that we have on loan from the distributor. Who knew they allowed something like that? But it was pretty fun for us to be able to play around with some new equipment to make us sound better. Mind you that it is just our sound quality that improved, not what Joey and I were saying. This tv podcast covers episodes 3 and 4 of Battlestar Galactica Season 2.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    New Soundboard trial run
    Missed emails from Listener M
    Joey's Culture Corner: Assassin's Creed 3
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Fishhead - Sherlock’s “A Scandal in Belgravia” as a Disney-Style Storybook!
    Top 5 Favorite Musicals
    Joey introduces a new character: Satanic Head 6
    Music by Shayna Zaid

Here is the rating that we gave for the episodes in Podcast 158: 1hr 42min 45sec:
Fragged
Peter: SciFi - 7 Television - 7
Joey: SciFi - 8 Television - 7

Resistance
Peter: SciFi - 6 Television - 7
Joey: SciFi - 5 Television - 9

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Podcast 157: You're Going To Make A Wonderful Father

We begin our foray in to the second season of Battlestar Gallactica. Once again Joey's wild theories of all things Cylons abound. And an awesome write up by Ambassador Brainy Smurf on the book American Gods. Thanks Brainy. This tv podcast covers episodes 1 and 2 of Battlestar Galactica Season 2.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Update: no one is updating the podcast calendar
    Joey tells us about LTUE and being on a poetry panel
    Smiths don't like people touching them
    Joey's Culture Corner: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Fishhead - Pulp magazine style of TW5
    New theory about who is a Cylon
    Alternate theories about what "heart massage" means
    Peter has an infatuation with Dualla's eyes
    Music Intro: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton

Here is the rating that we gave for the episodes in Podcast 157: 2hr 00min 04sec:
Scattered
Peter: SciFi - 7 Television - 8
Joey: SciFi - 7 Television - 6

Valley of Darkness
Peter: SciFi - 7 Television - 8
Joey: SciFi - 5 Television - 5

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Podcast JCC: Life The Universe and Everything Conference 2013

We didn't record this week because Joey was at a writing symposium; however, he was able to interview a few folks, and he stitched those together into this podcast-long installment of "Joey's Culture Corner". Joey wrote this opening paragraph, and I have no idea why he decided to use third-person.

The interviewed guests for this podcast are:
    Deren Hansen, author of the Dunlith Hill Writer's Guides (http://dunlithhill.com/)
    Larry Correia, New York Times bestselling author of the Monster Hunter International series, the Grimnoir Chronicles, and the thriller Dead Six (http://larrycorreia.wordpress.com/)
    Robert J. Defendi, author of many modules for RPG systems across the board, including the Critical Matters and the Echoes of Heaven modules (http://playtesting.net/)
    Dan Willis, author of young adult and other fantasy novels in the Dragonlance series created by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. (http://dansrealm.com/Home/Home.html)
    James A. Owen, known for his creator-owned comic book series Starchild and as the author of The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica novel series, that began with Here, There Be Dragons (http://www.heretherebedragons.net/)
    Music by Shayna Zaid

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Podcast 156: It's Time To Make Your Choice

Despite what Joey says there is no Adventure in Republican in this weeks podcast. He lied to us all. Good wrap up of the first season though. Joey was floored by the events of the final minute of the last episode. But he is actually enjoying the series now so it has all been worth it. This tv podcast covers episode 13 of Battlestar Galactica Season 1.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey's Culture Corner: The Hobbit 2012
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Fishhead & Carbonite Man - Calvin & Hobbes wallpapers & Lego Death Star
    Top 5 Favorite animated characters
    More theories from Joey
    Joey gets so angry about Adama, he threw his remote at his tv
    Music Intro: Hear Me by Imagine Dragons

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Here is the rating that we gave for the episode in Podcast 156: 1hr 58min 45sec:
Kobol's Last Gleaming pt2
Peter: Television - 9 SciFi - 10
Joey: Television - 9 SciFi - 8

Series recaps and lists
Favorite Extra/Bit Part
Peter: Doc Cottle
Joey: Kallie

Most Hated Character
Peter: Starbuck
Joey: Boomer

Hot Chick
Peter & Joey: Tricia Helfer as #6

Favorite Villain
Peter: Gaius Baltar
Joey: Leoban

Funniest Moment
Peter: Gaius: "You can all see her!"
Joey: Gaius: "How you doing over there?"

Top Hated Episodes
Peter

1. You Can't Go Home Again
2. Litmus
3. Colonial Day

Joey

1. Tigh Me Up Tigh Me Down
2. Litmus
3. Hand of God
4. Mini-Series pt1

Top Favorite Episodes
Peter:

1. Kobol's Last Gleaming pt2
2. 33
3. Tigh Me Up Tigh Me Down
4. Hand of God
5. Flesh & Bone

Joey:

1. 33
2. Kobol's Last Gleaming pt2
3. Six Degrees of Separation
4. Act of Contrition
5. Flesh & Bone

Favorite Overall Moment
Peter: The realities of having to feed a fleet of star ships


Joey: Adama getting shot


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