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Barton McGuire returns to sing two new songs of paranormal mystery for Andi and Jesse, and discuss the historical events that inspired the music.

Listen to Barton’s performance of 5 additional songs for the premium SciFi Project Podcast on Bandcamp: https://jessemercury.bandcamp.com/track/episode-26-heliotropic-in-concert

Find Heliotropic online: https://heliotropic.bandcamp.com/

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Jesse and Collin discuss the newest film from French auteur Luc Besson (writer/director of The Fifth Element and Lucy), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. They discuss the questionable misogynistic undertones and infamous Rihanna cameo, as well as a detour through French erotic cinema. Jesse also reviews Spiderman: Homecoming and The Dark Tower.

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Matty Burdick shares his personal connection to the topics discussed in SciFi #85.

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https://twitter.com/MattySoftmitts

Check out Dead Drift, the SciFi comedy webseries starring Matty as Captain Banks:

http://deaddriftshow.com/

Listen to SciFi #85: Fiction Plus:

http://jessemercury.com/scifi-85-fiction-plus

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Zac and Jesse dive deep into Star Trek philosophy. They examine the beauty of the Prime Directive (Star Trek’s policy of non-interference) and how it can be applied to our fractured society.

Check out Zac’s podcast Losing Our Religion, in which he discusses his past as a megachurch pastor and subsequent loss of faith.

LOSING OUR RELIGION: http://www.losingourreligion.org/

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Jesse’s guest is Zac Gandara, creator of the Losing Our Religion podcast. Zac shares his story of transition from megachurch pastor to heathen podcaster, triggered by a near-fatal congenital kidney issue. Jesse and Zac discuss their mutual desire to see Star Trek philosophy applied to real life, and fall down the existential rabbit hole.

LOSING OUR RELIGION: http://www.losingourreligion.org/

Watch Jesse stream Mario Maker as discussed in this episode on his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/jessemercuryscifi

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Ashley Timm shares her first Star Wars memories. Gillian Durkee reminds Andi Alhadeff of the first time she saw Star Wars on a bus during a field trip. This is a supplemental for SciFi #84: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. http://jessemercury.com/scifi-84-star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope

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Jesse’s good friend Jayne Smith stops by for her first podcast chat. They discuss her formative SciFi and fantasy worlds, especially her love of Joss Whedon shows. Jesse shares his thoughts on the conclusion of Doctor Who season 10 (as spoiler free as possible), and plays a little guitar.

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Andi reacts to her first viewing of Star Wars. Jesse shares stories of how the film has interwoven with his life, shaping his view of the world.

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Kevin Hope shares his thoughts on season 1 of Babylon 5.

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Listen to Kevin and Jesse discuss LGBT representation in Star Trek: http://jessemercury.com/scifi-48-to-boldly-gay

 

In the first of a new segment dedicated to giving SciFi fans a place to share their thoughts, Cammie and Evan Carter discuss Babylon 5. Email submissions to [email protected].

Evan is the last librarian, @FromTheWastes on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/FromTheWastes

Check out photos of Cammie and Evan’s B5 colection!