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The home of numerous geeky podcasts, currently hosting the Jumpgate Podcast. Previous projects include What the Frell Podcast, Classic Doctor Who Reviews, See You Space Cowboy Podcast, Go Home Hollywood You're Drunk, and 90s Comics Retrial.

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Frak this Podcast! #2 - Battlestar Galactica Miniseries Part 2

Mar 03 2025 113 mins

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Miniseries Part 2 - The fleeing civilians reach the Galactica as the starship restocks its munitions to get back into the fight. Can President Roslin and Commander Adama agree on a course of action? Can the Galactica stand and fight against a Cylon fleet, and if

Frak this Podcast! #1 - Battlestar Galactica Miniseries Part 1

Feb 24 2025 125 mins

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Miniseries Part 1 - Before it was a full show, the Battlestar Galactica reboot was a miniseries. And while rebroadcasts aired it as one complete piece, it originally aired as two. So let's take a look at the first half and get a sense for what we're in for as th

Jumpgate #133 - Final Thoughts

Feb 17 2025 79 mins

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. We've finished all there is to see and now it's time to give our thoughts on the show as a whole before we move onto a new one.

Jumpgate #132 – The Road Home

Feb 10 2025 101 mins

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. We've arrived at the (currently) final piece of Babylon 5 visual media, an animated time-hopping adventure that can't seem to decide if it's meant to be accessible to newcomers or just a greatest hits mix tape for the fans.

Jumpgate #131 – The Lost Tales

Feb 03 2025 95 mins

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. When given the opportunity to make a Babylon 5 film for DVD, creator J. Michael Strazinski opted instead for a collection of two shorter stories. Fans appear not to have taken to them. Are these some overlooked gems? Let’s find out.

Jumpgate #130 – The Legend of the Rangers

Jan 27 2025 113 mins

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Even with Crusade behind us, we have the pilot movie for another pitched spin-off. This one wasn’t picked up but we can still see what the set up was and get a sense of what the show might have been, for better or worse.

Jumpgate #129 – Crusade planned episodes & series overview

Jan 20 2025 69 mins

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade is over, and now it’s time to take a look at the plans that never came to be and arrive at an overall assessment of this short-lived spin-off.

Jumpgate #128 – Crusade: The Rules of the Game

Jan 13 2025 72 mins

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: The Rules of the Game – Gideon tries to get Lochley’s help in getting permission to land on a planet with a potential cure lead, and the two flirt up a storm in the process. Meanwhile Max bumps into his ex and makes a bad situation worse, despi

Jumpgate #127 – Crusade: The Well of Forever

Jan 06 2025 84 mins

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: The Well of Forever – The Excalibur is diverted from its species saving mission, because it’s a day that ends in “y,” but this time it’s because of their resident technomage. What a change of pace.

2024 Wrap Up: The best shows, games, and movies

Dec 30 2024 119 mins

Jessie and Vera are putting the journey through the universe of Babylon 5 on hold to talk about how the year has gone. Mostly in terms of entertainment, and a little about personal lives. Not so much about the state of the world… we don’t… we don’t need to go there.