Life got in the way for a couple of days. But, with that behind us, let's talk Babylon 5. Note that all links for information on the show and individual episodes point to their entries in the Internet Movie Database.

This episode I:

1. Start with a clip from the episode "Severed Dreams"
2. Recommend The Babylon Podcast
3. Play another "Severed Dreams" clip
4. Broadly cover B5's backstory
5. Play one last clip from "Severed Dreams"
6. Talk about moral decisions and their cost
7. Play a clip from "Endgame"
8. Frame those decisions and costs as the series portrays them
9. Play a clip from "Ceremonies of Light and Dark"
10. Talk about space combat in Babylon 5
11. Play a promo from The Babylon Podcast

For links, visit the show blog at warriorethospodcast.libsyn.com where you can post comments; you can also email me with feedback or leave a voicemail at 206-222-4763 (long distance charges may apply)

The piece "Bella" can be found at PodSafeAudio.com. You can learn more about the performer, Patrick Gorman, at his website.

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If all goes well, we'll have some actual discussions (as in between people) for upcoming shows. For today, we have a quick show about Stephen Coonts's Vietnam War thriller Flight of the Intruder which was the basis for a less than stellar 1991 motion picture.

This episode I:

1. Predict upcoming changes
2. Summarize Flight of the Intruder
3. Discuss the book's portrayal of life as a naval aviator in the Vietnam War
   

For links, visit the show blog at warriorethospodcast.libsyn.com where you can post comments; you can also email me with feedback or leave a voicemail at 206-222-4763 (long distance charges may apply)

The piece "Bella" can be found at PodSafeAudio.com. You can learn more about the performer, Patrick Gorman, at his website.

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Perhaps somewhere deep inside, I was thinking of all the reading before me in the just begun fall quarter when I chose to discuss Pandora's Star. The plot summary was so long, the discussion ran out of steam; so add to it with comments!

This episode I:

1. Play a promo from PodCulture
2. Summarize Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star
3. Talk about the costs and benefits of standing armies/navies
4. Ask for feedback
5. Correct a typo
   

For links, visit the show blog at warriorethospodcast.libsyn.com where you can post comments; you can also email me with feedback or leave a voicemail at 206-222-4763 (long distance charges may apply)

The recording of "Battle Cry of Freedom" performed by Kyle Thompson on the album "From the Fields" is used with his kind permission

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Okay, after a week of being more unproductive than usual I've rushed out a longer episode. My book discussion ended up all over the map so I think I might return to it once I finish the series. I can't stress enough how great those museums were.

This episode I:

1. Announce that episodes will now come out once every two weeks
2. Talk about magnatune.com
3. Recap my visits to the USS Midway, San Diego Aerospace Museum and San Diego Maritime Museum
4. Play Bach's Suite for Unaccompanied Cello 1 Prelude performed by Antonio Meneses (available through magnatune)
5. Broadly introduce and discuss the Aubrey/Maturin Series
6. Play a promo from magnatune
7. Respond to and ask for feedback

For links, visit the show blog at warriorethospodcast.libsyn.com where you can post comments. You can also email me with feedback or leave a voicemail at 206-222-4763 (long distance charges may apply)

This episode featured audio clips from the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

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This episode I:

1. Play a promo from The Signal
2. Recap Starship Troopers with musical accompaniment in the form of Devin Anderson's "The Mutiny"
3. Discuss the military world of Starship Troopers and compare it with Haldeman's The Forever War
4. Ask for feedback
5. Announce there will be no new episode next week

For links, visit the show blog at warriorethospodcast.libsyn.com where you can post comments. You can also email me with feedback or leave a voicemail at 206-222-4763 (long distance charges may apply)

The episode featured audio clips from the film Starship Troopers. The song "The Mutiny" by Devin Anderson can be found at podsafeaudio.com under a Creative Commons License

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Today, overenthusiastic editing and a brush with a cold leave us with a short show for a very short book about a very long war.

This episode I:

1. Call for listener opinions on The Forever War as well as the topic of my next episode Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers
2. Summarize The Forever War
3. Kick around my impressions and some of the views presented in Joe Haldeman's anti-war transplantation of Vietnam to the vastness of interstellar space
4. Ask for feedback and plug Two Girls and a Podcast again
   

For links, visit the show blog at warriorethospodcast.libsyn.com where you can post comments; you can also email me with feedback or leave a voicemail at 206-222-4763 (long distance charges may apply)

The recording of "Battle Cry of Freedom" performed by Kyle Thompson on the album "From the Fields" is used with his kind permission

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The first "real" episode of the podcast examines Orson Scott Card's acclaimed and highly popular Ender's Game.

This episode I:

1. Introduce the show format
2. Summarize Ender's Game
3. Discuss my impressions and military aspects
4. Play a promo for Two Girls and a Podcast
5. Ask for feedback
   

For links, visit the show blog at warriorethospodcast.libsyn.com where you can post comments; you can also email me with feedback or leave a voicemail at 206-222-4763 (long distance charges may apply)

The recording of "Battle Cry of Freedom" performed by Kyle Thompson on the album "From the Fields" is used with his kind permission

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This "pilot episode" is just a simple introduction of me and what I would like to accomplish with the podcast. Everything is still quite experimental so please let me know if you have any suggestions as to how I can improve.

This episode I:

1. Credit the recording of "Battle Cry of Freedom" to Kyle Thompson who kindly permitted its use
2. Introduce myself
3. Ask for input on possible show content
4. Read and discuss a quote from Army Field Manual FM22-100 from the section entitled "Character and the Warrior Ethos" courtesy of the Oregon National Guard
5. Ask for feedback

For links, visit the show blog at warriorethospodcast.libsyn.com where you can post comments; you can also email me with feedback or leave a voicemail at 206-222-4763 (long distance charges may apply)

Music used is "Battle Cry of Freedom" recorded by Kyle Thompson and from his album "From the Fields"

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Here is a quick promo for the podcast; nothing fancy but if it catches your interest stop by warriorethospodcast.libsyn.com and check it out.

Music used is "Battle Cry of Freedom" recorded by Kyle Thompson and from his album "From the Fields"

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