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LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age
Back in the halcyon 1990s, a syndicated sci-fi TV series warned us that it, indeed, *can* happen here. In this podcast we use BABYLON 5 to talk through our current political moment in an attempt to process, understand, and, perhaps, find hope.
Episodes
LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age#17 – Hello Old Friend (THE COMING OF SHADOWS)
The Centauri emperor comes to Babylon 5 hoping to make amends for a century of brutality. Instead, a fleeting opportunity for peace becomes the beginning of a…
LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age#15 – The Bitch of It Is You Probably Did the Right Thing (ENDGAME, RISING STAR)
Read transcript The Earth Civil War is over, but the harder question is what comes next. Josh and John revisit season 4's "Endgame" and "Rising Star" to talk…
LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age#14 – Talking Heads (AND NOW FOR A WORD, THE ILLUSION OF TRUTH)
Read transcript It's our long-discussed episode on the media in Babylon 5 in which we take on two of the show's most important episodes about journalism…
LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age#13 – Some Deep Space Franchise (HOMEFRONT/PARADISE LOST)
For April Fool's Day, we show you what we'd be like as a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine podcast... lastbesthopeb5@gmail.com Read transcript
LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age#12 – The Quiet Turning of Considered Conscience (SEVERED DREAMS)
What a year it's already been. And we're bringing you our first offering of 2026 with what, according to IMDb, is the highest rated episode of the Babylon 5…
LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age#11 – Good, Kind, and Decent (THE DECONSTRUCTION OF FALLING STARS)
As we say goodbye to 2025 and welcome 2026, Josh and John pause. Consider. Selah. It's season 4/5's "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars." <*>…
LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age#10 – Drunk, With the Rest of the Aliens (INFECTION)
We revisit one of B5's most reviled episodes and discover what it looks like through a 2025 lens. Also: will New York become our own universe's last, best…
LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age#9 – Rules of Engagement (NO SURRENDER, NO RETREAT)
Trump and Hegseth stomp their feet in front of the grown-ups; Bob wants a promotion. <*> lastbesthopeb5@gmail.com
LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age#8 – One Battle After Another (BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY)
We're still here! Join us for this discussion on the season 1 episode "By Any Means Necessary," which, despite being recorded in July, is still resonant today…
LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age#7 – What Did We Do Wrong? (POINT OF NO RETURN)
We're back after an unplanned hiatus—with the last episode we recorded before said hiatus. It's season 3's POINT OF NO RETURN. email: lastbesthopeb5@gmail.com
LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age#6 – A Stormy Present (MESSAGES FROM EARTH)
00:27 Messages from Earth: Overview 00:53 Dramatic Arrival and Ominous Message 01:36 Earth Government's Dark Alliance 03:38 Clark's Ambitions and Modern…
LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age#5 – Stupid Enough to Take It (DUST TO DUST, EXOGENESIS)
Josh and John continue hurtling toward authoritarianism in the first half of BABYLON 5, Season 3...
LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age#4 – Where Everyone Has Gone Before (VOICES OF AUTHORITY)
John and Josh discuss how sex and humor are both weapons in the fight against authoritarianism in their discussion of Babylon 5 Season 3, Episode 5: Voices of…
LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age#3 – Who Are You? (COMES THE INQUISITOR)
Josh and John jump back an episode to season 2's penultimate "Comes the Inquisitor," and ask if someone can be a good leader if they do the right thing--for…
LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age#2 – Another Word for Surrender (THE FALL OF NIGHT)
John and Josh discuss the parallels between Earth/Centauri/Narn and U.S./Russia/Ukraine. Let us know what you think: lastbesthopeb5@gmail.com
LAST BEST HOPE: A Babylon 5 Podcast for Our Uncertain Age#1 – Nothing's the Same Anymore (CHRYSALIS)
Josh and John discuss the season finale of Babylon 5's first season, after which everything changed.