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LAST BEST HOPE: Navigating Our Uncertain Age Through Babylon 5

LAST BEST HOPE: Navigating Our Uncertain Age Through Babylon 5

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 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.Copyright 2026 Art Political Science Politics & Government Science Fiction
Episodes
  • #12 – The Quiet Turning of Considered Conscience (SEVERED DREAMS)

    #12 – The Quiet Turning of Considered Conscience (SEVERED DREAMS)
    Mar 2 2026

    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. That's right folks, we're finally doing it. Of course I'm talking about the Hugo Award-winning, status quo-smashing episode, season 3's "SEVERED DREAMS."

    In some ways, our entire podcast has been leading up to this. But have we really reached our IRL Severed Dreams moment...?

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    Please write to us! Any and all comments are welcome, but we're particularly interested in how you came across the show and what platform you listen on. You know, for science.

    lastbesthopeb5@gmail.com

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • #11 – Good, Kind, and Decent (THE DECONSTRUCTION OF FALLING STARS)

    #11 – Good, Kind, and Decent (THE DECONSTRUCTION OF FALLING STARS)
    Dec 29 2025

    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."

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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • #10 – Drunk, With the Rest of the Aliens (INFECTION)

    #10 – Drunk, With the Rest of the Aliens (INFECTION)
    Nov 19 2025

    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 hope?

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    1 hr and 7 mins
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