The Signal - Season 4
Parsec Award Winner 2007 Parsec Award Nominee 2006
Serenity
We Hold
Podcast Award Winner 2006 Movies/Films Podcast Award Winner 2006 BestProduced

On this website you will find features, news, reviews, interview, chat, and anything else we can think of relating to the universe of Firefly  and Serenity . If you don't know anything about podcasting, don't worry, you can just download the individual MP3 files and then figure out all the podcasting stuff later. If you don't know anything about Firefly, listen to our Firefly Primer. Go ahead and listen to - THE SIGNAL.

The Signal is an award winning podcast, winner of the 2007 Parsec Award in the category "Best Fan Podcast", and the 2006 People's Choice Podcast Award in the categories "Movies and Films" and "Best Produced". In addition, the Signal was also a finalist for the 2006 Parsec Awards in the category "Best Fan Podcast".

































Tuesday 29th July 2008
THE SIGNAL14
Features include: Sci-Fi Review, Editorial (How is Firefly?), They've All Got Stories (Can't Take the Sky From Me); Serenity Speculation (Tea in the 'Verse) Special Feature (Read the Script), The Tale of the 'Verse (Weather and Water), Bold Moves: Interview (Jamie Chambers of MWP), Music Section (Monahanns Mudder's Milk, by Marc Gunn)
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Tuesday 22nd July 2008
THE SIGNAL13.5
Features Include: Interview with Jason Palmer, The Browncoat Wishlist, Music Section: Greg Edmonson's Drake's Elegy
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Tuesday 15th July 2008
THE SIGNAL13
SoCal BrownCoats/ComiCon Interview Part; Moonbrained Mike: Going out of Business; Sci-Fi Review: The Tripods; Fighting In Firefly Part 2 - Stage Combat
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Tuesday 1st July 2008
THE SIGNAL12
Features Include: Review of Ben Mund's QMX Serenity Valley Lithograph, Interview with Andy Gore from QMX about the Firefly Shipworks, What's Your Serenity IV, They've All Got Stories 2: Jayne's Morality
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Tuesday 17th June 2008
THE SIGNAL11
Features Include: Sci-Fi Review (Angel), Big Damn Test Kitchen (Chicken Korma), Music Section (The Volvo Song live by Marian Call), Serenity Speculation ('Verse Entertainment), They've All Got Stories (River's Reading Habits), Bold Moves (Browncoat Captains), Badger's World (Convention)
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Tuesday 3rd June 2008
THE SIGNAL10.5
Features include: Crew Chat (Better Days); Serenity Speculation (The Aries Commonwealth)
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Tuesday 27th May 2008
THE SIGNAL10
Features Include: Badger's World: Lights Out, Interview with Beth Nelson, Global Co-ordinator of the 2008 CSTS Screeenings, Sci-Fi Review (Father Ted), Serenity Speculation (Training The Browncoats part 2), Big Damn Test Kitchen (Fresh Bao III)
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Tuesday 13th May 2008
THE SIGNAL9
Features Include: Firefly: The Happy Dystopia, CSTS: The Phantom Screenings, Serenity Speculation (Training the Browncoats), The Tale of the 'Verse: Bringing the Worlds to Life, Fighting in Firefly, Part One, Serenity Speculation (Advertising in the 'Verse)
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Tuesday 29th April 2008
THE SIGNAL8
Features Include: Editorial: Why Firefly, Sci-Fi Review: Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Feature: Vera: Jayne's Very Favorite Gun, by Les Winner, Music Section: Vera Flew The Coop by Marian Call, Serenity Complete 2008 Con Report
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Tuesday 15th April 2008
THE SIGNAL7
Features Include: What's Your Serenity III, Serenity Speculation (Creating the Browncoats), Bold Moves (Free-Form Roleplaying), Badger's World (Coffeeee!), Sci-Fi Review (Blood Ties), Editorial (Where the Writers Go)
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Tuesday 1st April 2008
THE SIGNAL6
Features include: The Firefly Dialect by Merry King, Interview with Dark Horse Comics editor Scott Allie, Music Section (Uncharted Theme by Greg Edmonson)
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Tuesday 18th March 2008
THE SIGNAL5
Features Include: Editorial (Shindiggery), The Tale of the 'Verse: Making Planets, Sci-Fi Review (Roswell), Serenity Speculation (The Tams' Society), Music Section (Evil Laugh by Seanan McGuire), Badger's World (Ink), Bold Moves (Fleshing out the factions - Hidel Audding)
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Tuesday 4th March 2008
THE SIGNAL4
Features Include: What's Your Serenity II, Sci-Fi Review (Numb3rs), Serenity Speculation (Family Values), The Case for Comics, Big Damn Test Kitchen (Cargo Bay Rice and Beans), Music Section: (Book2B by Perry Younker)
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Tuesday 19th February 2008
THE SIGNAL3
Features include: Editorial (Conversion Season); Serenity Speculation (Red Sun); Music Section (Stan Peal - Praise to Joss Whedon); Sci-Fi Review (Stargate: Atlantis); Badger's World (Downtime); Bold Moves (Politics in the 'verse and Your Game); Guns of the Verse, guest article written by Les Winner; Big Damn Test Kitchen (Ma Cobb's Garlic-Chicken Soup); Music Section (Stan Peal - Jayne's Hat)
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Tuesday 5th February 2008
THE SIGNAL2
Features Include: Sci Fi Review (Jeremiah), Science versus Ideology in Joss Whedon's Firefly, What's your Serenity, Big Damn Test Kitchen (Non Alcoholic Drinks), Badger's World (Sick)
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Tuesday 22nd January 2008
THE SIGNAL1
Features include: Big Damn Test Kitchen (Alcoholic Beverages); Bold Moves (Jamie Chambers Interview); Music Section (It Was Good for You Too by Marian Call); Badger's World (After the Fall); Revisiting the Verse; Sci-Fi Review (Survivors)
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March ... December 2007
BADGER'S WORLD
It's a tough life being a henchman for Badger. Or at least, that's what Burt and Harry will tell you while sitting down to a quiet pint at Chen's Throat Emporium at the end of a long day's henching.
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July ... December 2007
MOONSHINE
Moonshine is a series of eight-minute audio dramas set in the universe of Joss Whedon's Firefly, which tells the tale of private eye Evelyn Driscoll, and her encounters with Blue Sun, Simon Tam, the Academy, and the Hands of Blue. It's a film noir detective series set in the Firefly universe.
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January ... December 2007
THE SIGNAL SEASON3
Regular features include: News from the 'Verse, Listener Emails, Expanding the 'Verse Music Section, Badger's World Borderline, Moonshine, Bold Moves, Sci-Fi Review, Big Damn Test Kitchen and the Speculation Segment This season also includes many special features, and interviews with Multiverse, Julie Rampke (Julesong, Big Damn Chefs), Sharon Hilchie and Jack Ward (Firefly Old Wounds), The Bellflower crew, JC Hutchins (Seventh Son), The Into the Black crew, Wayne Hutchinson (Dragon*Con), Andy Gore (QMx), Martin Firrell (the Hero project), Brian Wiser (Done the Impossible), Tabitha Smith (Strangely Literal), PJ Haarsma (Kids Need to Read), Jane Espenson (Serenity Found) and The Persephone Pickers.
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July ... August 2007
BORDERLINE
Firefly Talk was nominated for the 2007 People's Choice Podcast Awards over at podcastawards.com, in the categories "Best Produced", and "Movies and Films". Together with Firefly Talk, we produced this series of short podcasts to mark that nomination, beg for votes, and entertain you. Hope you enjoy it.
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April 2506 ... July 2511
BORDERLINE
Borderline is a series of five-minute audio drama documentaries set in the universe of Joss Whedon's Firefly, documenting life on some of the Border and Rim worlds through the years of the Unification War ... from an Alliance point of view. Borderline is brought to you by Yoshida-Kendall Captures. Apparently.
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Wednesday 20th December 2006
SONGS FROM THE BLACK
The Signal - the Musical. Features include: Music Sections from previous episodes featuring Tree Leyburn, Jack Ward, the Firefly Music Project, Springbok, Sharon Bee, Mary Bowerman, Nathan Town, the great Luke Ski, Lich King and Michelle Dockrey. Play it again - Once more with Signal.
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February ... December 2006
THE SIGNAL SEASON2
Regular features include: News from the 'Verse, Listener Emails, Operation Sequel Music Section, Captain Reynolds' Way, Dear BDH, Borderline, Gaming in the 'Verse and the Speculation Segment This season also includes many special features, and interviews with Sheena Harden (Springbok), David Newman (the composer of Serenity) the One True B!x (Can't Stop the Serenity), the Firefly Music Project, Andy Gore and Steve Dinso (QMx), Tracy and Laura Hickman (Out in the Black), Jack Ward and Andrew Dorfman (Old Wounds), Mike Russell and Bill Mudren (Serenity Tales), Jeremy Neish, Brian Wiser, Tony Hadlock and Jared Nelson (Done the Impossible).
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July ... August 2006
THOUGHTS OF FIREFLY
The Signal was nominated for the 2006 People's Choice Podcast Awards over at podcastawards.com, in the categories "Best Produced", and "Movies and Films". We produced this series of short talks to mark that nomination, beg for votes, and get lots of really cool people to talk about Firefly. Hope you enjoy it.
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9th ... 20th December 2005
FANTASY FIREFLY
Originally aired as a weekly segment on Dragon Page Wingin' It, this is an alternative and less than serious take on the Firefly 'verse. Here we bring you episodes and stories from around the 'verse, that never happened! We interview the man who canceled Firefly, teach you how to speak Russian, bring you culinary delights for Reavers, and reveal the truth about Book's past.
Disclaimer: None of the above statements are necessarily true.
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June ... December 2005
THE SIGNAL SEASON1
Regular features include: News from the 'Verse, How to Speak Chinese, listener emails, the Blue Sun segment, and the regular music section. Mini-series include the Guerrilla Marketing section, How to Host a Shindig, and Done the Impossible. This season also includes many special features, and interviews with Michelle Dockrey, Adam Baldwin, Gina Torres, Ron Glass, Greg Edmonson, Morena Baccarin, Nathan Town, Keith DeCandido, Tracy Hickman, and Chris Buchanan.
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FAQ feed
Here's our list of
Frequently Asked Questions.

Forum
If you'd like to ask us stuff, comment on or discuss the podcast, the place to do it is our forum over at SerenityMovie.net

Email
If you'd like to send us an email to read out on the show, our email address is:


Please note that this email address is solely for stuff to be read out on the show, and not for correspondence. If you actually would like a reply, please use our forum (see above).

Voicemail
You can also send us voicemail to play on the show, either by sending us an MP3 file to the above email address, or by using a plain old telephone to leave us a message at any of the following numbers:

UK +44 (0) 7092-876-280
US +1 (1) 617-859-9037
Germany +49 (0) 18 05 23 36 33 00 41 2

RSS feed
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Mailing List
Alternatively, we have an email mailing list which we use to send out announcements of new episodes, for those who prefer to download episodes by hand. To join this list, just send a blank email to:
thesignal-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Crew Page
You all know Les and Kari, and maybe a couple of other voices you hear occasionally. But behind the scenes there's a whole load of other people who are just as interesting and every bit as important to the running of The Signal. Find out about us all here:
crew.serenityfirefly.com

What's a Podcast?
To learn more about what podcasts are, how they work, and how to get them click here

Links
You want links to other sites connected with Firefly? You can find them all here:
News of the 'Verse links
The Browncoats' Wiki

Badger Books
Badger Books is our very own collection of Firefly-related audio books and audio dramas. Badger Books uses a technology similar to that of Podiobooks to deliver all episodes in the right order, and at a schedule of your own choosing.

Timeline
The Firefly Timeline, as reckoned by Jill Arroway. This is intended as a resource for Browncoats, especially useful for writers of fanfic, etc.

Chinese
Chinese words and phrases you might find useful, links to Chinese resources on the web, and so on, can all be found here.

Feed Offer
If you're a podcaster with a Firefly podcast of your own, or you're thinking of making your own Firefly podcast, we offer to put one of your episodes onto our feed. See here for details.

Special Shows
We've made a few shows which aren't on our feed, including a special Firefly Primer for newbies. You can find them all here.