How many times have you sat around with friends and just talked about random things? Like gone over all the trivia of a favorite TV show or movie, reviewed a new movie, or talked about current news events in either a funny or serious way. But what do you do when you don’t have many friends to hang around with like that?
In those cases, there are podcasts, shows where people discuss whatever they want to focus on. There are podcasts on almost any topic you can think of. Ones I listen to are on TV shows, atheism, current events, entertainment, sexuality, and relationships.
In this post I’ll mention the podcasts I listen to that discuss TV Shows.
The Babylon Project Podcast
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On this podcast, Raul Ybarra and Jim Arrowood are doing a re-watch of one of my favorite TV shows of all time, Babylon 5. Episode by episode, they discuss the episode, all the actors, the story, how the plot fits into the overall story of the series. I’ve enjoyed listening to their analyses, especially when they get on a military expert friend. I understand they plan to move on to the movies and Crusade after. I’ve paused my re-watch of this series until the podcast episodes catch up. This one started as basically a takeover of another podcast, the “Sci-Fi Cafe” I think it was. Then Raul and Jim started their own show. One of the funnier things is when they start going down various rabbit holes, then get back on track with “This isn’t the x podcast.”
Highlander Rewatched
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In this one, the podcasters are going through the Highlander series. The people on the show call themselves “Rewatchers”, a great pun on the Watcher organization from the show. They are also talking about going on to the movies (at least 4 and 5) and I expect they will go to Raven, too. I’ve been meaning to do a rewatch of the series, especially since it is one I’ve never really finished it. As soon as I get caught up in the episodes, I’ll do my rewatch at the same pace.
Synthaholics
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This podcast is hosted by David Duncan, Aaron O’Brien, Fayth Hertzberg, and often Guy Davis. They discuss anything that has to do with Star Trek, from favorite or worst episodes, dream crews, sexuality, the new movies and the new series, web series, and the Axanar controversy. I like how the show isn’t an echo chamber of everything Star Trek is automatically good. They have diverse opinions on all things Trek and geek in general. I recently sent an email suggesting they do an episode on the Star Trek TNG/Doctor Who crossover comic mini-series. They said they’d look into it. Yay!
The West Wing Weekly
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This podcast is hosted by Joshua Malina (one of the show’s later stars) and Hrishikesh Hirway. They are also performing a re-watch of the series, The West Wing, another on my list of most favorite TV shows ever. They discuss each episode, and have often had other stars or past administration members on the show. I’m pausing my rewatch of this series until the podcast catches up. I’m looking forward to their discussions on many episodes later in the show’s run.