At last!

Our first new format show is out and it’s a monster size issue 🙂

This time we do the regular main show/book/audio/topic recommendation, which this time is the 1981 BBC Radio 4 adaptation of JRR Tolkein’s The Lord of the Rings. And yes the movies get mentioned too 🙂

There’s some topical comment about the Buffy “reboot”, a huge comics recommendation for SAGA by Brian K Vaughn and Fiona Staples  – that’s sort of the Show A part and then we hear right on into the Show B part with a  terrific crew chat about the topic of our very first show, the amazing Sense8. Since we did that, there’s been season 2 and the grand finale, so there’s a whole bunch of Sense8 goodness that we didn’t get to cover last time.

And that’s how we’ll continue. A show A part where we make a new recommendation and then the show B chat based segment based on the show A part of the previous show, so you can always just leave the spoilerific half until you have seen/heard/read the subject of the chat part if that’s how you want to do it.

So here it is – the RSS feed link is top left of this page as usual or you can go to

http://broadwaves.org/rss/episodes/bw20181106-lotr-sense8.html

The direct audio link is here:

http://broadwaves.org/audio/episodes/bw20181106-lotr-sense8.mp3

and this is what is in the show.

Enjoy!

• 0:01 Broadwaves opening theme
• 0:33 Discussion
• 8:46 Feedback contact information
• 10:10 Discussion
• 10:21 Feature: Lord of the Rings, part 1
• 28:01 Discussion
• 28:28 Feature: Buffy’s Back
• 38:36 Discussion
• 41:48 Feature: Lord of the Rings, part 2
• 53:53 Lord of the Rings Theme
• 56:02 Discussion
• 58:06 Comic Smörgåsbord: Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
• 1:08:15 Discussion
• 1:10:20 Broadwaves Crew Chat: Sense8
• 1:51:48 Discussion
• 1:53:29 Broadwaves closing theme

Oh and give us feedback! We have the next 2 shows already in planning, so hopefully not such a long break before the next show.

Nick

Quick update – we’re still flying but making a few adjustments to the show format during this hiatus. We hope to get going again fairly soon with a show about the BBC Audio Adaptation of The Lord of the Rings from 1980. (Plus a  follow up on something we covered earlier)

So stay tuned as they say….

Nick

So, the other weekend, we had a 3rd Signal/Broadwaves meetup when Kevin and Jutta came to London to meet up with me (Nick) and Jill. Now Andy had been going to join us until work intervened, but that didn’t stop him meeting up with former Signal crew James and Carolyn Parkinson in Michigan!

The Euston meet unsurprisngly ended up in the pub (The Exmouth Arms – excellent beer and terrific burgers). The meet earlier with Les and Tabitha, Andy, Jill and my wife Joy (several varied Signal voice artist gigs) had been somewhat more up market (*very* posh nosh at Dinner by Heston at the Mandarin Park Hotel) but was just as much fun.

3 met ups is almost as many months? Just wow and I’m so glad to get to work and hang out with such a diverse and likeable bunch of folks.

Here’s the proof:

Not bad for a bunch of Browncoats 🙂

Nick

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Hi All!

our second show about the Anime, Orange with spoilery crew chat and comment is now out and looks rather like this. Let us know what you think – all sorts of Feedback options explained in the show as usual.

Enjoy

Orange (B)

In this episode, we discuss Orange, available on Funimation (dubbed) and CrunchyRoll (subtitled).

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Audio

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Released

2017-10-09

Duration

1:09:39.384

Explicit

yes

Orange is an anime, a manga, and a live action movie, about a 16-year old girl, Naho, who begins to receive letters from her 26-year old future self. The letters instruct her to change the future, to prevent the death of someone important to her, a boy name Kukiru.

But it’s not as easy as it sounds. Future-Naho only knows what went wrong, not how to do it right, and the more present-Naho changes things, the less useful the letters become. She’s going to have to rely on her wits, and her friends, and her love, and most importantly, she’s going to have to need courage.

In this episode of Broadwaves, we dive deeper, and discuss what our crew thought of this show. There will be spoilers! Join in the discussion.

Where to find Orange:

• Crunchyroll (dubbed)
• Funimation (subtitled)

Music used in this episode:

• Broadwaves theme tune
  • “Tishiana Girls” by Great Big Sea

Contents

• 0:01 Broadwaves opening theme
• 0:33 Discussion
• 6:02 Broadwaves Crew Chat
• 31:19 Discussion
• 34:02 Comic Smörgåsbord: Preacher by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
• 40:16 Discussion
• 40:57 Broadwaves Crew Chat
• 1:04:27 Discussion
• 1:09:19 Broadwaves closing theme

Well now, you may have noticed that we’ve recently listed a bunch of Broadwaves episodes in addition to the current Orange (A) show.

I’d love to say that there’s a funny story attached to the reasons for this, but that would be exaggerating somewhat 🙂

Basically, we forgot 🙂

Oh we published the shows of course and if you’ve subscribed or look at the RSS feed, you’ll have already had or can see all the episodes we have done in the correct order. The full listing is here:

http://broadwaves.org/rss/episodes/all.html

and looks like this:

Broadwaves

List of Episodes

Broadwaves is a podcast dedicated to finding great stuff to watch on TV and elsewhere – from the people who brought you “The Signal”.

We aim to produce one 60-minute episode each month, in which we talk about, recommend, and analyse shows that you might not otherwise have heard of, are fun, and are available to watch (and our definition of “show” is quite broad – we include TV, movies, radio, books, etc.)

Home

broadwaves.org

Subscribe (RSS)

broadwaves.org/rss

Subscribe (iTunes)

itunes.apple.com/…

Orange (A)

In this episode, we introduce you to Orange, available on Funimation (dubbed) and CrunchyRoll (subtitled).

Batman: Knightfall (B)

In this episode, we discuss the BBC audio drama, Batman: Knightfall.

Batman: Knightfall (A)

In this episode, we discuss the BBC audio drama, Batman: Knightfall.

Farscape

In this episode, we discuss the 1999-2003 sci-fi show, Farscape.

This is Wonderland (season 1) (B)

In this episode, we discuss the Canadian TV show, This is Wonderland.

This is Wonderland (season 1) (A)

In this episode, we introduce you to the Canadian TV show, This is Wonderland.

Sense8 (season 1) (B)

In this episode, we discuss the Netflix original show, Sense8.

Ron Glass

Our tribute to Ron Glass

Sense8 (season 1) (A)

In this episode, we introduce you to the Netflix original show, Sense8.

Broadwaves

This is Wonderland (season 1) (B)

In this episode, we discuss the Canadian TV show, This is Wonderland.

Home

http://broadwaves.org/

All episodes

all.html

Audio

http://broadwaves.org/audio/episodes/bw20170131-thisiswonderland-s1p2.mp3

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Released

2017-01-31

Duration

57:40.389

Explicit

yes

This is Wonderland is a Canadian TV series which aired on CBC. It is a legal drama, sort of. It’s a show about Alice De Raey, a young criminal lawyer fresh out of law school, who is thrown in at the deep end, in the midst of a totally chaotic justice system. It is about the characters within that system, lawyers, judges and public alike, who range from the desperate to the bizarre.

This show is about the warmth, humanity and diversity of the characters. It is about the tenaciousness of the human spirit, about compassion and kindness, and sometimes just plain idiocy. Sometimes, it’s so painful it’s funny.

In this episode of Broadwaves, we dive deeper, and discuss what our crew thought of this show. There will be spoilers! Join in the discussion.

Music used in this episode:

• Broadwaves theme tune
  • Tishiana Girls by Great Big Sea
• Crew Chat theme tune
  • Evansessence by Anne Farnsworth
• Call for Feedback
  • Music from Serenity by David Newman

Contents

• 0:01 Broadwaves opening theme
• 0:33 Discussion
• 2:27 Feature: This is Worth It
• 6:54 Discussion
• 8:46 Broadwaves Crew Chat
• 50:14 Discussion
• 54:31 Call for Feedback
• 55:55 Discussion
• 57:20 Broadwaves closing theme

Broadwaves

This is Wonderland (season 1) (A)

In this episode, we introduce you to the Canadian TV show, This is Wonderland.

Home

http://broadwaves.org/

All episodes

all.html

Audio

http://broadwaves.org/audio/episodes/bw20161220-thisiswonderland-s1p1.mp3

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Released

2016-12-20

Duration

37:29.64

Explicit

yes

This is Wonderland is a Canadian TV series which aired on CBC. It is a legal drama, sort of. It’s a show about Alice De Raey, a young criminal lawyer fresh out of law school, who is thrown in at the deep end, in the midst of a totally chaotic justice system. It is about the characters within that system, lawyers, judges and public alike, who range from the desperate to the bizarre.

This show is about the warmth, humanity and diversity of the characters. It is about the tenaciousness of the human spirit, about compassion and kindness, and sometimes just plain idiocy. Sometimes, it’s so painful it’s funny.

In this episode of Broadwaves, we introduce you to This is Wonderland, and we do it without giving away any major spoilers – because if you haven’t seen it yet, we want you to watch it.

Music used in this episode:

• Broadwaves theme tune
  • Tishiana Girls by Great Big Sea

Contents

• 0:01 Broadwaves opening theme
• 0:33 Discussion
• 3:22 Feature: We March with Pride
• 9:18 Discussion
• 10:22 Feedback
• 11:46 Discussion
• 16:14 This is Wonderland theme tune
• 16:55 Discussion
• 17:10 Feature: Law and Order, Without the Order
• 32:49 Discussion
• 37:04 Broadwaves closing theme

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In this episode, we introduce you to Orange, available on Funimation (dubbed) and CrunchyRoll (subtitled).

Home

http://broadwaves.org/

All episodes

all.html

Audio

http://broadwaves.org/audio/episodes/bw20170828-orange-p1.mp3

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Released

2017-08-28

Duration

56:26.829

Explicit

yes

Orange is an anime, a manga, and a live action movie, about a 16-year old girl, Naho, who begins to receive letters from her 26-year old future self. The letters instruct her to change the future, to prevent the death of someone important to her, a boy name Kukiru.

But it’s not as easy as it sounds. Future-Naho only knows what went wrong, not how to do it right, and the more present-Naho changes things, the less useful the letters become. She’s going to have to rely on her wits, and her friends, and her love, and most importantly, she’s going to have to need courage.

In this episode of Broadwaves, we introduce you to Orange, and we do it without giving away any major spoilers – because if you haven’t seen it yet, we want you to watch it.

Where to find Orange:

• Crunchyroll (dubbed)
• Funimation (subtitled)

Music used in this episode:

• Broadwaves theme tune
  • “Tishiana Girls” by Great Big Sea
• Orange theme tunes
  • “Hikari no Haben” by Yu Takahashi
  • “Mirai” by Kobukuru

Contents

• 0:01 Broadwaves opening theme
• 0:33 Discussion
• 5:10 The Truth of the Signal
• 14:31 Discussion
• 15:37 Orange opening theme
• 19:45 Discussion
• 21:22 Feature: Manga vs Comics vs Webtoons
• 26:48 Discussion
• 31:00 Feedback
• 34:07 Discussion
• 34:19 Feature: If I had known then what I know now
• 47:22 Discussion
• 48:04 Orange closing theme
• 53:13 Discussion
• 56:06 Broadwaves closing theme

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In this episode, we discuss the BBC audio drama, Batman: Knightfall.

Home

http://broadwaves.org/

All episodes

all.html

Audio

http://broadwaves.org/audio/episodes/bw20170528-batman-knightfall-p2.mp3

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Released

2017-05-28

Duration

50:40.002

Explicit

yes

Batman: Knightfall is a three-hour audio drama made by the BBC, based on the Batman comics.

In this episode of Broadwaves, we dive deeper, and discuss what our crew thought of this show. There will be spoilers! Join in the discussion.

Music used in this episode:

• Broadwaves theme tune
  • Tishiana Girls by Great Big Sea
• Call for Feedback
  • Music from Serenity by David Newman

Contents

• 0:01 Broadwaves opening theme
• 0:32 Discussion
• 2:05 Call for Feedback
• 3:30 Discussion
• 5:32 Feature: Biff Pow Splatt Thwack
• 14:22 Discussion
• 15:37 Broadwaves Crew Chat
• 40:26 Discussion
• 40:52 Briefwaves: Death of Superman
• 46:48 Discussion
• 49:52 Broadwaves closing theme

Met up with Jill, Les, Andy along with Joy (provider of voices for The Signal since 2007) and Tabitha at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal at London’s Mandarin Park Hotel.

What. A. Day.

So nice to see everyone and the food – oh my, the foooood!!!!

Pics here: