By Roddenberry Entertainment
3.5
22 ratings
The podcast currently has 492 episodes available.
From unlikely beginnings - a character created to introduce music videos to UK audiences - sprang a trailblazing, underappreciated #cyberpunk chapter in American genre TV. Sci-Fi 5 reloads Max Headroom into your memory.
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Written by Shane Vaughn
Hosted by Ryan Myers
Music by Devin Curry
It started as an indie comic with a cult audience, but on this day in 1995 a movie version tried to introduce a whole new audience to #TankGirl. Sci-Fi 5 fills you in on the character's origins and some spicy could-have-been casting.
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Written by Ashley Thomas
Hosted by Earl Green
Music by Devin Curry
You may know him best from the music of Blade Runner or Cosmos, but as Sci-Fi 5 celebrates composer and musician Vangelis on his birthday, there's so much more to his career than that.
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Written by Brian Clayton
Hosted by Kim Horcher
Music by Devin Curry
Sometimes, showrunners trying to broaden a show's palette of characters and storylines...don't quite stick the landing. Sci-Fi 5 examines the curious case of two survivors who didn't fascinate the otherwise obsessive fans of Lost.
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Written by Earl Green
Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi
Music by Devin Curry
You may know him from non-genre hits such as The Rookie and Castle, but chances are good that you still know Nathan Fillion best as Captain Mal Reynolds from Firefly. Sci-Fi 5 aims to misbehave and wish him a happy birthday.
Learn more about Nathan's charity: Kids Need To Read
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Written by Shane Vaughn
Hosted by Roberto Lewis
Music by Devin Curry
The king of the ape world made his big-screen debut today in 1933, and Sci-Fi 5 scales the whole tall tower of trivia behind what made King Kong such a groundbreaking cinematic spectacle.
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Written by Matthew Comegys
Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi
Music by Devin Curry
Even if you haven't sought out the films he wrote and directed, you have seen movies - many of them in the sci-fi category - heavily influenced by legendary director Akira Kurosawa. Sci-Fi 5 charts his influence on cinematic history.
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Written by Ryan Myers
Hosted by Kim Horcher
Music by Devin Curry
It was the last episode of the series, but it wasn't the last episode viewers saw. It was meant to lead into a second season, but the show was cancelled. Sci-Fi 5 tries to unravel tha tangle of trivia surrounding the original V finale.
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Written by Earl Green
Hosted by Roberto Lewis
Music by Devin Curry
Early American TV sci-fi was wild. Magical TVs, puppets, a teleporting comic relief robot - anything goes! Today's Sci-Fi 5 infuses you with super jelly bean power and tells you all about Johnny Jupiter.
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Written by Mike Richards
Hosted by Earl Green
Music by Devin Curry
With four years of storylines and mysteries to wrap up, was the Battlestar Galactica series finale going to satisfy everyone? Sci-Fi 5 runs down the pros and cons of one of sci-fi's most controversial endings.
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Written by Ashley Thomas
Hosted by Ryan Myers
Music by Devin Curry
The podcast currently has 492 episodes available.