Podcasts by Drive Back the Night

Episode 81 - Lost In A Space That Isn’t There from 2022-07-08T19:08:20

 For months now, Beka Valentine hasn't seemed quite herself. Now, as Andromeda is hounded by the Collector's bounty hunters, an explanation for Beka's erratic behavior is going to be brought to ...

Episode 80 - Fear Burns Down To Ashes from 2022-06-24T20:07:17

 Rev Bem returns! Though it becomes clear pretty quick that he isn't quite himself (and we are not just talking about the lack of fur either). Can Dylan save our beloved Rev from a bad trip? Can...

Episode 79 - The Others from 2022-06-03T19:51:30

For 5000 years the Trillan's lived apart. After several millennia of war, a deadly phage now sweeps through part of the population. Will Dylan and crew resolve their issues in time to save a peo...

Episode 78 - The Warmth of an Invisible Light from 2022-04-09T06:34:02

Dylan Hunt is zapped into an alternate universe where the old Commonwealth survived...only to be corrupted by an evil Harper. The powers of light and darkness are pitted against one another agai...

Episode 77 - The Spider’s Stratagem from 2022-03-19T06:43:48

The itsy bitsy spider crawled up into the tower.

She started spinning thread, which creeped us all out.

Up came Dylan Hunt and cut off all the thread,

So the itsy bitsy spid...

Episode 76 - The Torment, The Release from 2022-02-26T06:48:10

Dearest Wife,

 I know not how this letter will find you. I do hope that it is on the fairest of days and that it brings you some comfort that your husband is alive and well and t...

Episode 75 - Exalted Reason, Resplendent Daughter from 2022-02-18T22:05:51

Life as a royal is hard. Managing 300 planets is a thankless job. So when your preening princess of a daughter starts to steal some of your thunder and becomes a favorite of the masses, its time...

Episode 74 - Machinery of The Mind from 2022-02-05T12:38:33

A conference of the galaxies greatest minds is convened to brainstorm about the Magog Worldship and what could be done to prevent disaster. Who better to put in charge of this meeting of the min...

Episode 73 - Conduit to Destiny from 2022-01-22T07:46:02

Welcome back to Drive Back the Night, in this episode: Dylan fulfills a 300 year old prophecy. Beka and Rhade get stumped by these faux walls. A young woman is reunited with her Spencer Gift's t...

Episode 72 - Soon The Nearing Vortex/The World Turns All Around Her from 2021-08-07T09:45:38

It's a massive two part discussion event as we consider the return of Tyr Anasazi, the imminent arrival of the Magog World Ship, a new crew member and the nature of Trance Gemini. But mainly we ...

Episode 71 - Harper/Delete from 2021-02-14T16:42:47

Dylan and crew are on the hunt to recover "File D" a devastating bit of technology that has fallen into Nietzschean hands. Dylan has to play video games, bluff, rebuff unwanted advancements and ...

Episode 70 - Double Or Nothingness from 2020-10-17T08:18:53

Any combat situation is a gamble, sometimes you lose and the house collects. For the High Guard cruiser Lancer's Hope, their luck ran out. Dylan responds by rushing headlong into the unknown to ...

Episode 69 - Waking the Tyrant's Device from 2020-05-08T21:17:51

 She's baaaack! Molly drops in for a visit with Dylan...actually, it's the other way around. Then there's the fact that not much visiting is happening because a mad, 500 year old android named K...

Episode 68 - Pieces of Eight from 2020-02-21T22:52:59

 Futures told, get yer futures told here. Dylan and crew get their futures read. But will the cloud get it right, or is something more sinister at play here? Find out as we delve into the episod...

Episode 67 - Answers Given To Questions Never Asked from 2020-01-24T21:09:22

 Last time on Andromeda, things pretty much went to heck in a hand basket. Tyr is gone, the Commonwealth fleet is wrecked, all seems lost. In this moment of crisis, Dylan and crew pause for a mo...

Season 3 Wrap from 2019-12-06T20:22:07

 We pause from the regular episodic discussions in order to reflect on the third season of Andromeda. Listener emails and tweets considered as well. We wrap the discussion with our Top 3/Bottom ...

Episode 66 - Shadows Cast By A Final Salute from 2019-11-29T08:14:52

 Tyr Anasazi has been plotting his revenge on the Drago-Kasov pride for years. Now, with all his pieces in position, it is time for him to make his final move against them. How will this affect ...

Episode 65 - Day of Judgment, Day of Wrath from 2019-11-22T20:51:01

 A new ship, Resolution of Hector, is getting ready to join the line and some old familiar faces are on board it as well. Harper and Rommie get into some trouble getting it ready to fly and Dyla...

Episode 64 - Twilight of the Idols from 2019-11-02T10:40:31

 A man claiming to be a descendant of Dylan Hunt's mentor from 300 years ago, saves his life and claims to need Dylan's help for an important mission. But Dylan finds The Patriarch to be in star...

Episode 63 - Illusion of Majesty from 2019-10-25T06:14:49

Meet Dylan: He's a worry free bachelor just looking for a way through the Prolon system. 

Meet Loreena: She's asleep but somehow fleeing from trouble.

Neither of them are looking f...

Episode 62 - Deep Midnight's Voice from 2019-10-11T19:03:12

Before the fall, Nietzschean scientists launched an incredible project to map slipspace. If the legend proves to be true and the resurgent Drago-Kasov are able to locate it, it could spell disas...

Episode 61 - Vault of the Heavens from 2019-10-04T20:55:42

 Harper races Andromeda and Dylan is hearing voices in his head. Oddly, both of these actions lead Dylan and company to the moon Ymir. The lives of the population of the planet hang in the balan...

Episode 60 - Point of the Spear from 2019-07-18T19:59:52

 All hands on deck as the Pyrians return and they are itching to start a fight. Dylan and crew, and crew, and even more crew, are ready to make a stand for the Commonwealth and the colonists of ...

Episode 59 - What Happens To A Rev Deferred from 2019-05-12T13:11:17

 Hello Magog, hello Spirit of the Abyss, hello Rev Bem! It is the return of everyone's favorite peace loving Magog, Reverend Bohemial Far Traveller. We relive Rev's greatest moments with our cre...

Episode 58 - The Right Horse from 2019-03-29T21:30:14

 Beka journey's to Veras to be a character witness for an old friend. But it ends up being her character that we question in this episode of Andromeda. Dylan's away on a business trip, so let's ...

Episode 57 - The Risk All Point from 2019-03-17T14:27:47

 Dylan is ready to let his hair down and dust off the dress uniform. It's time for a good ole fashioned ship christening! After 300 years, the New Systems Commonwealth is rolling new state-of-th...

Episode 56 - The Dark Backward from 2019-03-03T07:59:28

 WANTED - Unknown villain seeks henchman to do evil bidding. Candidate must be at least 2.5 meters tall, of stout build and capable of pulling magnetically welded panels from walls. Technical ex...

Episode 55 - Delenda Est from 2019-02-17T12:50:29

 Dylan and crew are visited by some old friends with a score to settle. It's a return of the Pocket Universe creatures and they are ready to finish what was started a few months ago. Will Dylan ...

Episode 54 - The Unconquerable Man from 2018-06-20T11:38:42

 What if Dylan Hunt wasn't the man to bring civilization to the Universe, to lead the galaxies back to the harmony of the New Systems Commonwealth? What if Gheris Rhade had bested Dylan and take...

Episode 53 - And Your Heart Will Fly Away from 2018-04-18T04:48:37

  Andromeda plays host to The Bold and The Beautiful, although Tyr has to go to Another World to locate one of them. For Tyr and Bartolome there's the Bright Promise of Loving Desiree. But one i...

Episode 52 - For Whom The Bell Tolls from 2018-03-07T22:35:32

 Twas the night after Haloween and all's quiet on the ship,

 No slug juice was present, not even a drip.

 For Dylan and crew things were about to change,

 Something would be...

Episode 51 - The Leper's Kiss from 2018-02-21T22:08:32

 Remember that time Dylan and Marshall got drunk in a cantina between adventures trying to establish the New Systems Commonwealth. Yeah, we don't either. But Dylan's new bestie is in trouble and...

Episode 50 - Slipfighter The Dogs of War from 2017-12-27T20:58:57

 Dylan and company learn that nothing brings your day down faster than having to deal with exploited masses and weapons of mass destruction. But it won't stop them from trying to be the good guy...

Episode 49 - The Lone and Level Sands from 2017-12-05T23:54:11

  What happens when a massive, centuries old starship rescues Dylan and the Eureka Maru from certain death? We find out in this weeks episode of Andromeda. Mystery, intrique, love and mutiny are...

Episode 48 - Cui Bono from 2017-11-21T22:33:03

 High Guard Command has a cushy passenger run for Dylan and crew to take on. But what looks to be a simple milk run gets complicated when the passenger turns out to be Beka's murderous uncle, Si...

Episode 47 - Mad To Be Saved from 2017-05-17T21:02:09

Tell me why the crazy people act the way they do

Tell me who can stop my heart by hitting anti-proton rods of blue

Tell me all your secrets and I'll tell you most of mine

Th...

Episode 46 - The Shards of Rimni from 2017-05-03T06:02:25

 When adventure calls, Dylan Hunt is always there to answer. But who will he ask to assist him on this week's adventure? Tyr? That would be a good call. Becka? She's a great pilot and good with ...

Episode 45 - If The Wheel Is Fixed from 2017-04-20T06:00

 The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round...and then fly off completely. Tyr and Becka are missing, so are the Commonwealth delegates. The Maru is a wreck...I guess that's not r...

Episode 44.5 - Season 2 Review from 2016-08-24T20:47:02

 We pause between seasons again to savor what we've enjoyed, and poke some fun at what we've seen in the second season of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. We round out our talk with our picks for best...

Episode 44 - Tunnel At the End Of the Light from 2016-08-03T20:54:36

 Two long years have passed since Dylan Hunt emerged from the long night into the light of a universe that had passed him by. Re-establishing the New Systems Commonwealth has been an immense task a...

Episode 43 - Immaculate Perception from 2016-07-14T06:01:11

Around and around and around Tyr goes. Where he'll stop, nobody knows. He berates the crew and tells them "get busy!" No one is for certain why he is all in a tizzy. Harper takes the Maru and flys ...

Episode 42 - The Knight Death and the Devil from 2016-06-23T10:01:05

 There comes a time in every ships life when it feels the need to settle down, put down roots, make a home with good friends and something worthwhile to do. The Clarion's Call and its avatar "Ryan"...

Episode 41-Belly of the Beast from 2016-06-13T18:23:17

Like any primitive culture, the Savions, have legendary, mythological stories of giant beasts that roam the stars eating planets. Fortunately, the Andromeda was able to catch their HAM radio signal...

Episode 40-The Fair Unknown from 2016-04-14T06:00

What's blue, has four legs and can make planets disappear? I'll show you. That thing right there... oh, now it's over there... did you see it?  Well, it's gone now. Anyway, it was a Vedran. No, rea...

Episode 39-The Things We Cannot Change from 2016-03-31T06:00

This week we discuss, "The Things We Cannot Change."  It's a clip show. I could have put more effort into it this week, but they didn't.  It's a clip show. And now, "The Things We Cannot Chang...

Episode 38-In Heaven Now Are Three from 2016-03-16T22:39:52

This week we get off the ship for an exciting adventure.  But Tyr doesn't go because if he does he'll die, while Harper and Rommie stay behind for some other reasons that aren't important. Dylan,...

Episode 37-Dance of the Mayflies from 2016-02-18T06:00

One thing the Than hate is dead people walking around and they will stop at nothing to exterminate the un-dead even if it means destroying their friends on the Andromeda.  At least we think that's ...

Episode 36-Be All My Sins Remembered from 2016-02-04T06:00

So it turns out Beka once dated RoboCop. But that was a long time ago, and he's dead now. ... Or is he??? No, he's not dead.  And he's not really RoboCop either.  Beka  tells us a great story ab...

Episode 35-Lava and Rockets from 2016-01-28T06:00

Meet Dylan; He's a worry free bachelor just looking for a way off this drift. Meet Molly; She's finally fulfilling her lifelong dream of being a cruise ship pilot. Neither of them are looking for ...

Episode 34 1/2 - Ouroboros Part 2, The Coda from 2015-11-19T06:00

It's our discussion of the Conclusion of the Andromeda series. At least, one possible conclusion according to Trance... and Robert Hewitt Wolfe.  If you thought there wasn't enough going on in t...

Episode 34-Ouroboros, Part 1 from 2015-11-12T06:00

Goodbye, Robert Hewitt Wolfe. Goodbye, Rev Bem. Goodbye, Purple Trance. Goodbye, Hohne. Goodbye, Magog Larvae. Goodbye, any chance at using science and logic to try to explain what actually happen...

Episode 33-Bunker Hill from 2015-11-05T02:06:26

You say you want a Revolution? Well, you know, We'd all love to have the Andromeda fight the Neitzscheans for us. But somewhere Across the Universe they've got their own problems with Her Majesty, ...

Episode 32-The Prince from 2015-10-08T23:07:29

Hear ye, hear ye! The hour hath come at last for this week's Andromeda Series Podcast. The stage is set. Come feast thy ears Whilst we speaketh philosophy, namely Dylan's and Tyr's. To raise the b...

Episode 31-Into the Labyrinth from 2015-10-03T10:09:09

It's party time on the Andromeda. Well, more like a state dinner. Sounds stuffy, but it gets interesting when the  party crashers arrive. First it's the Sabra-Jaguar Pride, followed by the Terrific...

Drive Back the Night Special With Brent Stait from 2015-09-10T06:41:32

 Welcome to another Drive Back the Night Special. This time we get to chat with actor Brent Stait about his early days in acting and about his role as Rev Bem on the Andromeda Series. Many thanks t...

Episode 30-Home Fires from 2015-08-31T22:26:18

Hey remember Geharis Rhade?  So does Dylan. This week we get to watch Dylan remember him again and again and again.  This week the Andromeda crew meets a whole planet full of Commonwealth leftovers...

Episode 29-Una Salus Victus from 2015-08-24T00:10:44

This week the Andromeda gang set out on a relief mission to cure a deadly planet wide plague.  The only thing standing in their way is a bunch of Drago-Kazov Neitzscheans. They learn some things ab...

Drive Back the Night Special With Ethlie Ann Vare from 2015-08-13T20:35:17

 In this special edition of Drive Back the Night, Ryan and Ethan get to chat with writer (and listener of the podcast) Ethlie Ann Vare. She discusses her start in writing for television, shares man...

Episode 28-All Too Human from 2015-08-06T06:00

Never trust an Artificial Intelligence unless you should; be responsible with your medications and always use them only as directed; hypothermia counteracts drowning; don't be a bully; and if given...

Episode 27-Last Call at the Broken Hammer from 2015-07-23T06:00

Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. Unless that name is Isabella Ortiz, in which case she changes her name and her face. This week the Andromeda crew (well, half of them at l...

Episode 26-Pitiless as the Sun from 2015-07-18T11:54:08

Sometimes being pragmatic can be problematic. This week the Andromeda crew unwittingly joins the wrong side of a drug war. We meet a 2 new alien species; one is really cool and the other is totally...

Episode 25-A Heart for Falsehood Framed from 2015-07-10T18:14:12

First the crew of Andromeda stole our hearts. This week they steal the Hegemon's Heart. It may be a bit more tricky. Beka falls in love, Tyr gets in a fight and Dylan tries to save a crime boss fro...

Episode 24-Exit Strategies from 2015-07-02T06:00

Three week old Magog corpse does not make a good air freshener. Just ask the crew of the Andromeda. Meanwhile, Tyr's extracurricular activities catch up with him and get everyone on the Maru in a t...

Episode 23-The Widening Gyre from 2015-06-18T06:00

Everyone is busy in this episode of Andromeda. Rev Bem goes on a killing spree after a summer make-over. Harper and Tyr just hang around and wait for Dylan and Rommie to come to the rescue. Beka ti...

Episode 22.5- The Season 1 Wrap-Up Show from 2015-05-21T06:00

If the previous episode was the season finale, this episode is the after party!  We're just hangin' out and reflecting on the first season of Andromeda as well as the first season of Drive Back the...

Episode 22-It's Hour Come 'Round At Last from 2015-05-14T06:00

The last time Rommie created a System Restore point was just before downloading a swarm of Magog. That was over 300 years ago. It didn't turn out so well that time, but let's try again. It's the S...

Episode 21-It Makes A Lovely Light from 2015-05-08T21:53:29

 In this week's episode Dylan gets a bit homesick. But Beka has just the gift to cheer him up, a way home! She also picks up a little something for herself along the way, a nice flash addiction. Wi...

Episode 20-Star Crossed from 2015-04-30T23:53:42

This week Andromeda has her first crush. Well... besides the one she had on Dylan. But this time she is crushing hard. But then her crush tries to crush her and all of her friends. Life just isn't ...

Episode 19-The Honey Offering from 2015-04-23T06:00

This episode is just full of Pride: Sabra pride, Jaguar pride, Drago-Kazov pride and even a little Kodiak pride. See who's pride gets hurt the most. Also, Dylan finds a new jogging partner in, "Th...

Drive Back the Night Special With Lisa Ryder from 2015-04-16T07:00

 In this special edition of Drive Back the Night, Ryan and Ethan talk with actress Lisa Ryder. Among other roles, she played Beka Valentine on the Andromeda television series. Listen as she discuss...

Episode 18-The Devil Take the Hindmost from 2015-04-09T06:00

As the old saying goes, "Kill a slaver for a Hajira and save him for a day. Teach him how to kill slavers and his descendants will know how to save themselves forever,".... Or something like that.....

Episode 17-Fear and Loathing in the Milky Way from 2015-03-26T06:00

Gerentex is back! Harper shows off Trance in Vegas and Beka talks some Perseids out of leaving the Commonwealth. Rommie cleans up the ship, Tyr has a few negative comments and Rev Bem is no where t...

Episode 16-The Sum of It's Parts from 2015-03-19T06:00

This week the Andromeda visits the landfill.  Well, actually it visits them and then becomes a living thing with a desire to live and love.  Next time you go to the junk yard take a look at everyth...

Episode 15-Forced Perspective from 2015-03-12T02:01:41

What if Frank Lloyd Wright and Adolf Hitler became joined together in some kind of very unlikely transporter accident?  You might end up with Venetri.  And just to make sure you see it his way, it...

Episode 14-Harper 2.0 from 2015-03-04T06:00

No one likes a Know-it-all. As if Harper isn't already too freaky smart, this week he gets an upgrade. But, like any other upgrade, this one isn't without it's bugs and glitches. Also, Rev Bem get'...

Episode 13-Music of a Distant Drum from 2015-02-25T06:00

This week on Andromeda: Tyr changes his name to Nemo while Dylan and Beka have to go find him. There's also amnesia, a mummy and dragons. There's a little bit of everything in this one, folks... ex...

Episode12-The Mathematics of Tears from 2015-02-11T06:00

Rommie goes to visit her big sister, Maggie, a High Guard ship lost for 300 years. Good news: the crew is on board.  Bad news: they're all android replacements of the real people and the ships AI h...

Episode 11-The Pearls That Were His Eyes from 2015-02-04T06:00

This week Beka visits her Uncle Sid... I think I've seen him before somewhere... What happens when her uncle, who's not really her uncle, turns out to be rich, evil and is trying to kill her? Man,...

Episode 10-All Great Neptune's Ocean from 2015-01-28T06:00

This week on the Andromeda, Captain Hunt hosts a fish fry.  Okay not really, but they do enjoy a nice dinner party with water breathers. Tyr makes a big scene and then kills the Castalian President...

Episode 9-A Rose in the Ashes from 2015-01-21T06:00

We've all inherited undesirable or strange genetic traits: Your uncle's prominent overbite, your grandma's thunder-thighs, that weird second toe that's longer than your big toe, and of course your ...

Episode 8-The Banks of the Lethe from 2015-01-14T06:00

Someday in the distant future I will decide to not send a piece of fruit back to this exact moment in time proving once and for all that time travel is real and it actually works. See?  No fruit. W...

Episode 7-The Ties that Blind from 2015-01-07T06:00

It's always fun when family drops in for an unexpected visit. Especially when your con-artist brother finds religion, but is actually a terrorist, but is actually a double agent, but is actually ju...

Episode 6-Angel Dark, Demon Bright from 2014-12-31T06:00

If you could go back in time, would you do it the same all over again?  It turns out you may not have a choice. When Trance misses a left turn at Albuquerque she lands the Andromeda crew 300 years ...

Episode 5-Double Helix from 2014-12-24T15:15:04

What's more important to a Neitzschean than family? Can anyone trust Tyr? What do space pirates look like in the far distant future?  When one helix just won't do, we give you "Double Helix."

Drive Back the Night Special with Robert Hewitt Wolfe from 2014-12-17T06:00

In this special edition of Drive Back the Night, Ryan and Ethan talk with Robert Hewitt Wolfe, the developer and writer of Andromeda. Listen as he talks about how he developed the show from Gene Ro...

Episode 4- D Minus Zero from 2014-12-10T06:00

Change is hard. Everyone in the new Andromeda crew is experiencing this displeasure. They're also under a surprise attack by an unidentified ship. Will the friction between them cause the destructi...

Episode 3-Too Loose the Fateful Lightning from 2014-12-03T04:37:17

Do you love children?  Neither do we.  Well, at least, not in our Sci-fi. But maybe there's more to this story than just the annoyance of the kids. (spoiler: there is.) What happens when the Androm...

Episode 2-An Affirming Flame from 2014-11-26T10:43:57

Captain Dylan Hunt has put it upon himself to reestablish the System's Commonwealth. But first things first... He has to get his ship back. And It wouldn't hurt to recruit a new crew. After two epi...

Episode 1-Under the Night from 2014-11-26T10:25:34

"The long night has come."  In this premier episode of Drive Back the Night we review the premier episode of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. What is the System's Commonwealth? How did it fall? Who's ...