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You Gotta Check This Out!

You Gotta Check This Out!

By: Mike Slater and Dre Alvarez
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This is “You Gotta Check This Out” With Mike Slater and Dre Alvarez. Each season, we take a deep dive into one of our nerdy obsessions - giving each show, book, band, game, sport, hobby… whatever as much time as we see fit to get each other and you up to speed with something we love. For our first topic, we’re exploring the epic 90’s Sci-Fi series, Babylon 5. We’ll guide you through all five seasons of the show - featuring key episodes and using them as discussion points across the series. If you're curious about getting into Babylon 5, this is a good place to start. To follow along with us, you can watch these episodes of Babylon 5, available now for free on Roku Streaming. https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/79f30173b4a356ac8e25c90c91a3864a Season One • Episode 4: "Infection" • Episode 9: "Deathwalker" • Episode 13: "Signs & Portents" • Episode 22: "Chrysalis" Season Two • Episode 3: "The Geometry of Shadows" • Episode 13: "Hunter, Prey" • Episode 16: "In the Shadow of Za' Ha' Dum" • Episode 22: "The Fall of Night" Season Three • Episode 3 "Dust to Dust" • Episode 10: "Severed Dreams" • Episode 16 & 17: "War Without End" • Episode 19: "Grey 17 is Missing" • Episode 22: "Za'Ha'Dum" Season Four • Episode 1 & 2 "The Hour of the Wolf" & "Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?" • Episode 5: "The Long Night" • Episode 6: "Into the Fire" • Episode 14: "Moments of Transitions" • Episode 17: "The Face of the Enemy" • Episode 20 & 21: "Endgame & Rising Star" Movie: Babylon 5: In the Beginning Season Five Episode 18: "The Fall of Centauri Prime" Episode 19: "The Wheel of Fire" Episode 22: "Sleeping In Light" New episodes release every other Sunday, with a minisode on the off-weeks. Articles on each episode available at https://mikeslater.com/ Mike & Dre Socials https://bsky.app/profile/slatron.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/nerdnumbers.com https://www.instagram.com/slatron11/ https://www.instagram.com/nerdnumbers/ All music written and performed by Mike Slater Show Website: www.mikeslater.com© 2025 Art Science Fiction
Episodes
  • Minisode - Blitzcast Memories

    Minisode - Blitzcast Memories
    May 24 2026

    The Babylon 5 Season Five Blitzcast Outtakes


    In this blitzcast… Megan explains One Piece, Mike practices Podcasting by telling Carin about B5, David is a Monkey, David hates Superman, Monkeys all the way down, Singing in a “Row”, composing a “No Genocide” theme with Logan, Treating Dre like a kitten, Macho Man voice is all in the Chest, Dre opens a Guitar Center, Dan’s Babylon 5 ASMR, Video Speedsters, remaking Babylon 5 the right way, and Dan weighs in on Superman but Mike makes it about Marvel.


    The only place to stream Babylon 5 is with an Amazon account - but we strongly suggest looking for the DVDs at your library over giving Amazon more money. Or if you live near Dre or Mike, we'll likely loan you our copies.


    For the next full episode, we cover Babylon 5: Season 5 Episode 18 "The Fall of Centauri Prime" with Bill Johnston.


    Read the show notes here


    Mike On Instagram

    Dre On Instagram

    Dre On Bluesky


    All music by Mike Slater
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    32 mins
  • Babylon 5 - Season 5 Blitzcast Part III

    Babylon 5 - Season 5 Blitzcast Part III
    May 17 2026

    The Babylon 5 Season Five Blitzcast Part III


    In this blitzcast… Logan reports from the Gotham Currency front, Colin strings Mike along six times, Adam is Chicago John and Dan harmonizes with Mike.


    The only place to stream Babylon 5 is with an Amazon account - but we strongly suggest looking for the DVDs at your library over giving Amazon more money. Or if you live near Dre or Mike, we'll likely loan you our copies.


    For the next full episode, we cover Babylon 5: Season 5 Episode 18 "The Fall of Centauri Prime" with Bill Johnston. Coming to you Sunday, May 31st.


    Read the show notes here


    Mike On Instagram

    Dre On Instagram

    Dre On Bluesky


    All music by Mike Slater
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Babylon 5 - Season 5 Blitzcast Part II

    Babylon 5 - Season 5 Blitzcast Part II
    May 10 2026

    The Babylon 5 Season Five Blitzcast Part II


    In this blitzcast… David asks Supernatural to tone it down a bit, the telepaths get nasty, Evynne offers a counter-punch-up, Karl befriends several English gentlemen, Dre thinks Naj reads Resident Evil novelizations, and Nate sees an episode featuring really bad Russian accents and Walter Koenig but not Walter Koenig doing a bad Russian accent.


    The only place to stream Babylon 5 is with an Amazon account - but we strongly suggest looking for the DVDs at your library over giving Amazon more money. Or if you live near Dre or Mike, we'll likely loan you our copies.


    On the next episode, The Season 5 Blitzcast concludes in Part III, coming to you Sunday, May 17h.


    Read the show notes here


    Mike On Instagram

    Dre On Instagram

    Dre On Bluesky


    All music by Mike Slater
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    54 mins
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