The Expanse Podcast - Tales From The Rocinante

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Welcome to The Expanse Podcast Double Take. This is where I give you my first impressions right after seeing the 4th episode of season 1 titled “CQB” for the first time. I’m creating these short posts to encourage listener feedback by asking questions about the episode.

This week’s question are…

1) Who is the fake Bizi Betiko and how does he play into the story?

2) Why did Fred Johnson want a full report on the Donnager?

3) Who didn’t Naomi get to say buy to?

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Welcome everyone. I am so happy that you’ve joined me to discuss The Expanse.

This was a good character building episode of The Expanse. We learned a lot of background on the Canterbury’s survivors.

In this week’s podcast after sharing some news from The Expanse I divide my episode into three discussion areas. Ceres Station, Earth and The MCRN Flagship the Donnager.

At Ceres Station, I discuss the effects of the James Holden video and how everyone reacts to the reported act of war by Mars on the Canterbury. During all the unrest Miller just can’t let the Julie Mao case go, even when told to drop it by his captain. Miller questions Anderson Dawes, the OPA leader about Julie and is told by Dawes that he’ll look into it.

On Earth, Avasarala, believing Mars is about to start a war, turns to an old family friend Franklin Degraff, the U.N. Ambassador to Mars. She lets it spill that the U.N. captured an OPA agent with Mars stealth components and how this proves that Mars and the OPA are working together. Degraff insists that Mars wouldn’t do that but he contacts his counterpart on Mars just the same causing some panic as Mars’ High Command sends urgent communications to it’s 9 MCRN facilities, 3 more than Earth were aware of, checking their inventory for missing components. This proves to Avasarala that Mars knows nothing about the attack on the Canterbury.

On the MCRN Donnager, Holden and crew are questioned about the attack on the Canterbury as well as Phoebe station, a restricted base that they all state they’ve never been to. During the interrogations the seed is planted that Naomi is an OPA agent leading them all to question just how much they know each other. Holden is given an ultimatum, Recant his broadcast story and tell everyone that Naomi Nagata is responsible or face the consequences.

I finish off with some great feedback contributions from listeners.

Turning a Sci-Fi series into a TV Epic

Authors Talk Space’s Epic Size and Crazy Sci-Fi Tech

Forbes: The Expanse and the Physics of Stealth in Space

Forbes: The Expanse gets General Relativity Right

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Welcome to The Expanse Podcast Double Take. This is where I give you my first impressions right after seeing the 3rd episode of season 1 titled “Remember The Cant” for the first time. I’m creating these short posts to encourage listener feedback by asking questions about the episode.

This week’s question are…

1) How do you think the situation on Ceres station will develop?

2) Do you think there’s any merit to Mars’ claim that Naomi is an OPA agent?

3) Was Holden wrong to send out the video accusing Mars of destroying the Canterbury?

I’d like to thank everyone who has subscribed to this podcast and encourage you to join the discussion by sending in your feedback by calling +1-805-910-7656 or by e-mailing me at [email protected] or visiting the website at solotalkmedia.com. If you are enjoying this podcast please consider leaving me a review in iTunes.

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Welcome everyone. I am so happy that you’ve joined me to discuss The Expanse.

This was a strong second episode of the series. I continued the plight of the various characters nicely and kept us wanting more.

After sharing some news from The Expanse I divide my episode into three discussion areas. Ceres Station, Earth and The shuttle Knight.

At Ceres Station, I discuss Miller’s continued pursuit of Julie Mao and how it’s almost becoming an obsession for him. We get to know more of his character as he deals with people in authority as well as low life street criminals. We also see how Havelock, being new to the station is naive to the way things work.

On Earth, I talk about how Avasarala and the U.N. Undersecretary-General Cadaver Errinwright argue about the Belter prisoner she’s interrogating. He orders her to go easy on him. And when she gets nowhere with the prisoner she transfers him to Luna. I then talk about how he kills himself on the way to Luna, to the dismay of Avasarala.

On the Shuttle Knight, I talk about Holden’s hot headiness and his desire to go after the ship that destroyed the Canterbury. I discuss Naomi’s strong character and how she is a take charge kind of woman. I go over the various trials the crew are faced with and their rescue at the hands of the Mars military.

I finish off with some great feedback contributors from listeners.

The Big Empty was written by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby and Directed by Terry McDonough.

Executive Producer Mark Fergus on episode 2: Crew dynamics and more.

Syfy has all the best of The Expanse from San Diego and New York Comic Con panels.

If you would like to read The Expanse book series you can purchase them via Amazon. USA or Canada.

Or listen to the audio book version through Audible

In this week’s episode I talk about the mysterious woman at the beginning of the episode. I then go over the Christen Avasarala, the U.N. Deputy Undersecretary’s brief story before moving on to Miller and Holden.

In my discussion on Miller I talk about his personality and how he doesn’t really seem like a nice guy. We see how he’s not above taking a bribe to look the other way but he also has his limits. To me he seems like a lost dejected soul. The simple “Kidnap job” given to him looks to be taking hold.

I love the look of Ceres station and it’s variety of social classes. Including our first look at the Belters.

We didn’t get a whole lot of Miller but we can already tell that he will be a very deep character.

In my discussion on Holden and the crew of the Canterbury I talk about life in space. The dangers of their job and the condition of their ship. You see the toll that it takes on them, especially when we see the breakdown of the executive officer. It becomes further apparent when the Captain of the Canterbury orders the distress call they received deleted from the data base and tells the crew to get ready to head home.

I talk about how Holden, who can’t let it go, logs the distress call forcing the Canterbury to investigate. Forcing himself, along with Naomi, Amos, Alex and Shed investigate the Scopuli. Onboard the shuttle, Holden confesses to Naomi that it was he who logged the distress call. Something I think will haunt him.

I talk about how they find a planted distress beacon hidden on the Scopuli’s bridge and how they realize it’s a trap. But before they can do anything a mysterious ship appears and fires on them.

I share the grief of the shuttle crew as they see the Canterbury blown up in the nuclear blast, leaving them all alone, millions of kilometres from anywhere.

I received three feedback submissions this week from J.P., Cain and Chad. I would love to hear from you in future episodes. Please don’t hesitate to send my your thoughts, theories and questions.

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You have until Thursday December 17 at 12 noon EST to submit your feedback.

Welcome to The Expanse Podcast Double Take. This is where I give you my first impressions right after seeing the season 1 episode titled “The Big Empty” for the first time. I’m creating these short posts to encourage listener feedback by asking questions about the episode.

This week’s question are…

1) What will happen to the 5 Canterbury survivors now that Mars has them?

2) Will there be any ramifications because the Belter killed himself on the way to Luna?

3) Miller knows Julie Mao is no longer on Ceres station, so why is he still pursuing her?

I’d like to thank everyone who has subscribed to this podcast and encourage you to join the discussion by sending in your feedback by calling +1-805-910-7656 or by e-mailing me at [email protected] or visiting the website at solotalkmedia.com. If you are enjoying this podcast please consider leaving me a review in iTunes.

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