Thu, 27 November 2008 An article from our most recent contest, called "Why I wouldn't dream of going to work in the jungle without Firefly", by Sharmini Kumar, and the first part of a convention clip with Ron Glass. Happy Thanksgiving, US browncoats! |
Wed, 27 August 2008 The final results of our third article-writing contest, featuring excerpts from all of the finalists, and the entire winning article. Congratulations to everyone who made it to the final round! And big thanks to the Prop Store of London, which donated props from Serenity for the contest. |
Sun, 17 August 2008 A fun Q&A session with Tim Minear from a recent CSTS event, Part 2 of our interview with Joy Davidson (author of 'The Psychology of Joss Whedon'), and the article titles of all entries that have made it into the final round of our latest article-writing contest (final contest results next week). Good luck, browncoats! |
Sat, 31 May 2008 Part 1 of an interview with Dr. Joy Davidson (editor of "The Psychology of Joss Whedon", advice columnist, sex therapist, and frequent guest on primetime TV), more from last year's Browncoat Cruise, more on our new article-writing contest (including prop prizes that were used in Serenity), and an article about the fighting styles in Firefly and Serenity, entitled "The Brute, the Brawler, and the Ballerina", by Jason Couch (misattributed in the show, sorry!) |
Mon, 7 April 2008 The third Firefly Talk article contest is now under way. Deadlines are the last days of April, May, June, and July. Good luck, browncoats! |
Mon, 31 March 2008 Late-breaking news about a new Special Edition of the Firefly TV series box set, a first look at the new Serenity comic 'Better Days' #1, an interview with QMx about upcoming Serenity goodies, more with guests from the Browncoat Cruise, and an article entitled "Subtext Aboard Serenity", by Rich Katz. We're back in business, browncoats! |
Sat, 22 December 2007 For your holiday pleasure we have the first part of a Q&A session from the Browncoat Cruise, some discussion of the new revelations about Shepherd Book, the writers' strike, and an article entitled "Healing and Healthcare", by Sharmini Kumar. Happy Winter Solstice, Browncoats! |
Wed, 24 October 2007 Our 2-year Anniversary Show! Features an interview with Jane Espenson (writer of "Shindig", co-executive producer of Buffy and now the new Battlestar Galactica), the details about a new write-in campaign, and an article entitled "Why Zoe Washburn is My Han Solo", by Jennifer Le Roux. |
Sun, 30 September 2007 Part 2 of Ron Glass speaking at DragonCon 2007, breaking news from QMx about the Mal's Pistol Replica, and some shiny news from the Podcasting Expo in Ontario. Happy Serenity Day! |
Sun, 23 September 2007 |
Thu, 30 August 2007 Last-minute news and information about where you can meet our crew members this year at DragonCon. |
Sat, 25 August 2007 A QMx interview with Geoff Mandel (the graphic designer on Serenity) and Andy Gore about the new Serenity Blueprints Reference Pack, a bonus QMx interview with Ben Mund about the new Serenity Ship Papers (available today at 6pm!), and an article called "The Crossing", by Rachel Steele. |
Thu, 16 August 2007 Contains a recent interview with Joss about the new Serenity Collector's Edition DVD (get yours next week!), and an article from our recent contest, entitled "In the Spaces: Reading Between the Lines", by Ben Weiss. |
Sat, 11 August 2007 Our final Summer of Serenity mini-podcast includes a musical selection from the Persephone Pickers. Try it, you'll like it! |
Fri, 10 August 2007 Listen to River Tam Gray and our own Barbara Jungbauer walk the browncoat line at the latest Can't Stop The Serenity screening, in search of the elusive Firefly virgins. |
Thu, 9 August 2007 A short visit from our friends over at the Sending A Wave podcast. |
Wed, 8 August 2007 An article entitled "The Idiots Guide To Conversions", by Writerserenyty. |
Tue, 7 August 2007 Includes a pre-screening of the teaser of the upcoming Firefly audio drama, Dark Places, by Jill Arroway. |
Mon, 6 August 2007 An article from our recent contest, entitled "The Case For An Extended Version Of Serenity�, by Michael B. McGuirk. |
Sun, 5 August 2007 This edition of "Cortex Talk" includes a special tribute to Romana Ling, former host of Borderline, courtesy of The Signal podcast. |
Sat, 4 August 2007 Includes BREAKING NEWS: Joss confirms that strong sales of the new Collector's Edition DVD could bring a Serenity sequel, and also an article entitled "Out of Gas: A Love Story", by Rich Katz. |
Fri, 3 August 2007 Contains a short fanfic about Wash, courtesy of the Strangely Literal podcast. |
Thu, 2 August 2007 An article entitled "Reavers: A Deliberate Product of the Alliance or a Happy Accident?", by Darlene Fisher. |
Wed, 1 August 2007 Today's treat is a visit to the Big Damn Test Kitchen, courtesy of The Signal podcast. |
Tue, 31 July 2007 A short Comic-Con report about Richard Hatch recently becoming a Browncoat, and an article entitled "Reading between the lines in Book", by Ben Thorp. |
Mon, 30 July 2007 Includes "Tangled Up In Brown", a fan-created Firefly song (aka
'firefilk'), courtesy of The Signal podcast. Lyrics by Jeff Costello,
performed by Roland Reynolds. |
Sun, 29 July 2007 An article entitled "Reflections of Myself in Malcolm Reynolds", by Sean Kleefeld. |
Sat, 28 July 2007 Includes a correction about the new Serenity DVD release date (August 21, 2007), and "Bold Moves", a Serenity role-playing segment from The Signal podcast. |
Fri, 27 July 2007 An article entitled "Extraordinary Whores: A comparison of Nandi and the Heart of Gold and
Gail and her Old Town Girls in Sin City", by Ashley Leckwold. |
Thu, 26 July 2007 This second treat in our mini-podcast series includes "Badger's World", a fun, regular segment on The Signal podcast. |
Wed, 25 July 2007 The first "Summer of Serenity" mini-podcast, including an interview with Matt Black, the organizer of the 2007 Browncoat Ball in Philadelphia. Voting begins at podcastawards.com on Saturday, July 28th, where we've been nominated in the "Best Produced" and "Movies/Film" categories. |
Sun, 22 July 2007 Part 2 of our interview with Michael Hitchcock (Dr. Mathias in Serenity), the 5th place article from our recent contest, entitled "Scoring the Serenity: An Analysis of Music in the 'Verse", and your chance to ask a question of the Feldman brothers, who played Fanti and Mingo. |
Wed, 4 July 2007 The first part of an interview with Michael Hitchcock (Doctor "Operative- sword-in-his-gut" Mathias in Serenity), some special news about an upcoming series of mini-podcasts later this month, and an article entitled "Prisoners of War: Mal and Zoe after the Battle of Serenity Valley". Happy Independence (Innapennets?) Day, U.S. Browncoats! |
Sat, 9 June 2007 Part 3 of our Orson Scott Card interview, an interview with the coordinator of the upcoming Can't Stop The Serenity charity screenings, coverage of the NASA launch of Firefly DVDs to the ISS, and most of our usual shiny goodness (except fan-ficton and forum recaps, they return next time). |
Sun, 20 May 2007 Part 2 of our Orson Scott Card interview, and the second place article in our latest Serenity prop giveaway contest, entitled "River and Me", good enough for the Artists' Proof of Mal's pistol from QMx! |
Tue, 1 May 2007 The second half of super-sized #50, with excerpts from all the contest winners, the entire winning article, and part 3 of 3 of our interview with Geoff Mandel and Tim Earls about the new QMx Serenity blueprints (and the making of Firefly/Serenity). Many thanks to Quantum Mechanix and the Prop Store of London for helping make our contest happen! |
Mon, 30 April 2007 The first half of super-sized episode #50, including part 1 of an interview with Orson Scott Card. The second half of #50, including the final results of our Serenity prop giveaway contest and the last part of our QMx interview, will be out tomorrow. |
Mon, 16 April 2007 The second part of our interview with artists Geoff Mandel and Tim Earls about the Serenity blueprints from QMx (and working on the Big Damn Movie and Series), an article from our first contest entitled "Finding Sci-Fi", by Brandon Piddington, and more answers from our listeners about when they knew they were first hooked on Firefly. And some initial thoughts on the premiere of Drive, starring Nathan Fillion and produced by Tim Minear. |
Sun, 25 March 2007 A super-sized edition with TWO interviews: Greg Edmonson (Part 3 of his Firefly and Backup Bash experiences), and the first part of an interview with Geoff Mandel and Tim Earls, Firefly/Serenity artists and designers, about the new QMx Serenity blueprints (revealing never-before-known Serenity tidbits), plus more news about the upcoming Serenity Special Edition DVD. |
Sun, 11 March 2007 The second part of an interview with Greg Edmonson about the Backup Bash (among other things), an article entitled "Religion And The 'Verse", plus news about the upcoming Serenity special edition DVD being released this summer. |
Mon, 19 February 2007 Part 1 of 3 of an interview with Greg Edmonson about his experiences at the Browncoat Backup Bash, and an article from our last contest, entitled "Finding Love In The 'Verse". Happy Chinese New Year everyone, we hope yours is dah bien-hwa! |
Sat, 3 February 2007 Part 1 of 2 of a convention panel from last weekend with Adam Baldwin, Ron Glass, and Christina Hendricks at the FX Extravaganza in Orlando, and an article entitled "The Definition of a Hero: How Serenity Challenges the Taming of the West Myth". |
Sat, 23 December 2006 A special holiday episode featuring Firefly-themed Christmas music, along with the usual goodies, including part 3 of 3 of Summer Glau at a convention in New Zealand, and an article from our previous prop giveaway contest about Fox's ill-advised cancellation of the series. Happy holidays, everyone! See you in 2007! |
Wed, 13 December 2006 Part 2 of 3 of a Q&A with Summer in New Zealand, an article about the development of Simon Tam through the series and movie, some discussion about the convention formerly known as Flan 2, and news about the upcoming Firefly MMORPG. |
Fri, 1 December 2006 Breaking news about Flanvention II (it's a go, with additional guests: Greg Edmonson and the Feldman twins), a recent interview with Joss from Fanboy Radio, and this month's article contest winners. We'll be back next weekend with our regular segments, and more Summer in New Zealand. |
Thu, 23 November 2006 Part 1 of 3 of a Q&A with Summer at a recent convention in New Zealand, "You Mean To Say, As, Sex?": an article (and lots more) about our favorite cheerful mechanic, a forum discussion about Reavers during the war, and lots more. Happy Thanksgiving, US turkey-eaters! |
Tue, 31 October 2006 More great news about QMX replica donations (including something you can only get through our contest!), more Morena Baccarin from SFX, and a whole lot of talk about Heart of Gold. Happy Halloween and El Dia de los Muertos! |
Sat, 14 October 2006 News about some amazingly generous QMX Serenity replica donations for our prop giveaway contest, more Q&A with Morena at SFX in Toronto, a palaver about Badger, and some delightful squashing of those nasty rumors about the sky being taken from Joss. |
Sat, 23 September 2006 A super-sized episode (since y'all have been so patient!) including an article about prop collecting, news from NASA about Firefly DVDs heading to orbit, a revelation from Morena about just what that syringe was for (don't tell Joss), plus lots more! |
Fri, 18 August 2006 An article entitled 'Why Zoe Will Beat An Innocent Man To Death With Her Bare Hands In Serenity 2', and more Joss from Australia. Plus some shiny news about two Serenity prop prizes for our new contest. |
Thu, 3 August 2006 "Making Us Laugh: Humor in Serenity", an article from our Serenity prop giveaway contest, plus more Joss, and a special announcement! |
Tue, 25 July 2006 A mini-podcast with some important information about Firefly Talk and the upcoming Podcast Awards, and a short speech Joss recently gave for Equality Now. |
Fri, 14 July 2006 "So You Want To Write Fanfic", an article about writing Firefly fan-fiction, and part 1 of a Joss recording from Australia. |
Wed, 28 June 2006 "For the Love of Firefly", an article about the many aspects of love displayed by the crew of Serenity, and much speculation about Shepherd Book's continuing presence on the ship. |
Tue, 13 June 2006 Featuring the return of the crew chats, this time about our favorite Firefly episodes, and an article about Jayne's story arc. Jayne fans, nearly all of the podcast is about the hero of Canton! |
Sun, 28 May 2006 The last half of a recording from the Serenity panel at ComicCon 2004, with Joss and all the BDH's in attendance, and an article about creating and running Firefly/Serenity panels at conventions. |
Sun, 21 May 2006 Part 1 of a recording from the Serenity panel at ComicCon 2004, with Joss and all the BDH's in attendance, and an article entitled "Shades of Purple and Brown: Ethical Situations in Firefly and Serenity". |
Sat, 13 May 2006 Part 2 of 2 of a recording from Collectormania, the convention in Milton Keynes (UK) two weeks ago, with Alan and Ron in attendence, and an article about the Civil War-era influences on Firefly. |
Sat, 6 May 2006 The first half of a recording from last week's convention in Milton Keynes (UK), with Alan and Ron in attendence, and an article entitled, "A Question of Faith". Happy Ariel Ambulance Day! |
Sat, 29 April 2006 An excerpt from a DragonCon 2004 Serenity panel with Nathan, Adam, and Jewel, and an article entitled, "Our Future", along with the usual shiny goodness. |
Sat, 22 April 2006 The last part of a Q&A session with Joss from the Edinburgh Serenity premiere, and an article entitled, "Wacky Low Budget Fun: How the smaller budget, first time director, and unknown actors made Serenity work". |
Sat, 15 April 2006 Part 3 of 4 of an interview and Q&A session with Joss from the Edinburgh Serenity premiere, and an article about Shepherd Book, entitled "Two Guys, a Girl, and a Shepherd". |
Sat, 8 April 2006 Part 2 of an interview with Joss from the Edinburgh Serenity premiere, and an article entitled "You Don't Fix Faith: A Brief Analysis of Jaynestown". |
Sat, 1 April 2006 The first part of an interview with Joss from the Edinburgh Serenity premiere, and an article about chivalry in Firefly. |
Fri, 24 March 2006 A Q&A panel from the Edinburgh Serenity premiere with Joss, Chris, Chiewetel, and seven BDH's, and an article about the Wild West elements of Firefly, entitled "The Magnifacent Nine: The Wild West Of Firefly", along with the usual forum recap, Firefly news, and fan-fiction review. |
Thu, 16 March 2006 Part 3 of 3 of the last 2005 DragonCon panel, with three of our BDH's (Ron, Morena, and Jewel), a discussion about costumes in Firefly, and an article entitled "The Firefly Religion: Are You In?" |
Fri, 10 March 2006 Part 2 of 3 of another 2005 DragonCon panel with three of our BDH's (Ron, Morena, and Jewel), and an article about converting Firefly non-believers. |
Thu, 2 March 2006 Part 1 of 3 of another DragonCon 2005 panel with three of our BDH's (Ron, Morena, and Jewel), and lots of other shiny goodness. |
Thu, 23 February 2006 Part 3 of 3 of a 2005 DragonCon panel with four of our BDH's (Ron, Adam, Morena, and Jewel), and a discussion about Mal and Inara's relationship. |
Fri, 17 February 2006 The final results of the Serenity Prop Give-away contest, and part 2 of 3 of a 2005 DragonCon panel with four of our BDH's (Ron, Adam, Morena, and Jewel). |
Mon, 13 February 2006 A special 30-minute report on the status of our Serenity prop give-away contest, including excerpts from the 12 articles that have made it to the final round of judging. Happy Valentines Day! |
Wed, 8 February 2006 Part 1 of 3 of a 2005 DragonCon panel with four BDH's (Ron, Adam, Morena, and Jewel), and a discussion about the future of the Reavers. Plus last-minute details of our Serenity Prop Give-Away, which now includes two props! |
Thu, 2 February 2006 Part 3 of 3 of the Q&A session with Joss at the Serenity screening in Melbourne, Australia, and the other usual shiny goodness. It's the last full week before we give away Kaylee's wrench, time to start writing! |
Fri, 27 January 2006 More excerpts from a Q&A session with Joss in Australia, and more details of our article writing contest, in which you can win Kaylee's wrench from Serenity, and lots of other shiny goodness. |
Thu, 19 January 2006 Excerpts from a Q&A session with Joss in Australia, and complete details of our upcoming Serenity prop giveaway and the many prizes involved. |
Wed, 11 January 2006 An article about 'Objects in Space' and more information about our upcoming Serenity prop giveaway, along with the usual news, forum, and fan-fiction reviews. |
Thu, 5 January 2006 An article on the Shakesperean influences in Firefly, a tribute to the Browncoats board, and first mention of our upcoming Serenity prop giveaway. |
Wed, 28 December 2005 Part 2 of an interview with Greg Edmonson, the Firefly composer, and a review of the Big Damned Flanvention (part 3 of 3). Have a safe and happy New Year! |
Fri, 23 December 2005 A 15-minute mini-podcast with a Firefly version of a famous Christmas poem and some last-minute gift giving ideas, including a discussion of the Serenity props now on sale, just in time for the holidays. |
Wed, 21 December 2005 Part 1 of an interview with Greg Edmonson, the Firefly composer, and our continuing review of the Big Damned Flanvention (part 2 of 3). |
Wed, 14 December 2005 A review of the Serenity DVD (region 1), and part 1 of a review of the Big Damned Flanvention. |
Wed, 7 December 2005 An interview with Shawna Trpcic, the costume designer for Firefly, and a review of the episode "Ariel". |
Wed, 30 November 2005 Part 2 of an interview with Keith R.A. DeCandido (author of the Serenity novelization), and "Lost In Translation", an article about the hazards of translating Firefly, along with the usual news, forum recaps, and fan-fiction reviews. |
Wed, 23 November 2005 Part 1 of an interview with Keith R.A. DeCandido (author of the Serenity novelization), and "Corporations in the Firefly 'Verse", an article about Blue Sun. Happy Thanksgiving, U.S. listeners! |
Wed, 16 November 2005 Articles this week include "Elusive Inara", and "I Aim To Disobey: Malcolm Reynolds and Civil Disobedience". |
Wed, 9 November 2005 Articles include "Before And After Session 416", and "Aliens? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Aliens!" |
Wed, 2 November 2005 Articles include "Civilization Bites: Humans as Property in the Firefly 'Verse", and "Why Wash?", our first listener-submitted article. |
Wed, 26 October 2005 Articles include "Dark And Menacing, Or Naked And Articulate?", about Yo-Saf-Brig, and "Word Choice And The Wall", about Simon and Kaylee's relationship. Along with the usual news, forum recaps, and fan-fiction reviews. |
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