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 hunting, colonization, genital mutilation, and genocide. Also spoilers for S4 Ep1 of SNW.

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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
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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):
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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. 

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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 managed to also cram in a whole bushel of misogyny alongside all that plot.

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Babylon 5 has a new first officer, and we are all completely smitten with Susan. It's also election day for the humans, and naturally, there's a massive interstellar diplomatic incident for our crew to sort out. Join Zylla, Ren, & Sara to discuss it all.

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Boys flirting! Bi panic! There's also some ethics of resistance stuff, and a Kira and Sisko figuring out how to trust each other. But let's face it most of us remember this episode for the disaster bisexual boys meet-cute.

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Ren (they/she/he)
Creator: Ren the Barbarian
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The year is 2257, and the space station Babylon 5 has just opened as a diplomatic and commercial space for humans and aliens to coexist peacefully. And somebody is already trying to mess with that peace. Zylla Ren and Sara are here for all the pitfalls and potential of this pilot movie.

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You know that thing where you show up for a new job and find out you're a messianic figure of prophecy. Okay, maybe that's just a Sisko thing. Ren, Zylla, & Sara are ready to dig into Deep Space Nine, starting with one of Trek's best opening episodes. 

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Zylla Black (she/they)

Creator: Zyllas Athenaeum

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Music by Samantha Duke (she /her) aka Skalfxk

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Introducing 9to5 a sci-fi podcast where Sara, Ren, & Zylla will be watching and discussing every episode of both Deep Space Nine and Babylon 5. The goal is not to see which is better, but what we can learn when we put these two stories with similar ingredients in conversation with each other, and with the current culture. 

In this introductory episode, you'll learn a little about who we are and what we each bring to this conversation.  Join us again in two weeks for a discussion of DS9 Season 1 Episode 1: The Emissary

Music by Samantha Duke (she /her) aka Skalfxk
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Ren (they/she/he)
Creator: Ren the Barbarian
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Zylla Black (she/they)
Creator: Zyllas Athenaeum
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