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Kara Helgren has been a Browncoat since 2005 when she happened to see the review of the movie Serenity in a local newspaper. Since then she has worked on Can't Stop the Serenity every single year because, as she puts it, "It's fun". As part of the PDX Browncoats you may have seen/heard her in such varied things as 'I'm your CSTS MC 2006 and 2009' as well as here on the Signal as part of the Browncoat News Network (BNN - bringing you the latest in barely news news from all corners of the 'verse, or at least that one corner way over there. No, not that corner. The other one). In her spare time she enjoys having a job, riding her bike to said job, and going home from said job when it's quittin' time. She lives in the Portland of Oregon with a husband and a dog.
Emails read by Kara Helgren
| Title | First aired | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Feedback | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 9 | shownotes |
Emails edited by Kara Helgren
| Title | First aired | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Feedback | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 4 | shownotes |
| Feedback | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 8 | shownotes |
| Feedback | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 9 | shownotes |
Segments written by Kara Helgren
| Title | First aired | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Big Damn Actors: Adam Baldwin in My Bodyguard | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 17 | shownotes |
| Broadwaves: Bones | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 4 | shownotes |
| Broadwaves: Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files series | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 1 | shownotes |
| Browncoat: The Next Generation | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 2 | shownotes |
| Editorial: A 'verse Full of Content | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 11 | shownotes |
| Editorial: Celebrate | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 2 | shownotes |
| Firefly and Me: On the Move | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 14 | shownotes |
| Firefly in Five Lines: Kara's Choice | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 6 | shownotes |
| It's in the Details | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 18 | shownotes |
| Life in the 'Verse Special: Remembering Serenity Valley | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 21: Holiday Special | shownotes |
| Partners in Crime | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 15 | shownotes |
| Reavers and Frankenstein | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 10 | shownotes |
| Rivers and Ophelia | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 1 | shownotes |
| Serenity Speculation: Reavers | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 14 | shownotes |
| Serenity Speculation: Sounds Like Science Fiction | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 20: Holiday Special | shownotes |
| They've All Got Stories: Serenity | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 9 | shownotes |
| Was a Mighty Fine Shindig | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 14 | shownotes |
| What's in a Signal?: The Journey Home | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 5 | shownotes |
Segments read by Kara Helgren
| Title | First aired | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Big Damn Actors: Adam Baldwin in My Bodyguard | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 17 | shownotes |
| Broadwaves: Bones | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 4 | shownotes |
| Broadwaves: Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files series | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 1 | shownotes |
| Browncoat: The Next Generation | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 2 | shownotes |
| Cortex 2.0 | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 20: Holiday Special | shownotes |
| Editorial: A 'verse Full of Content | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 11 | shownotes |
| Editorial: Browncoats are Amazing | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 12 | shownotes |
| Editorial: Celebrate | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 2 | shownotes |
| Firefly and Me: On the Move | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 14 | shownotes |
| Firefly and Me: Better Late than Even Later | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 1 | shownotes |
| Firefly in Five Lines: Kara's Choice | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 6 | shownotes |
| It's in the Details | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 18 | shownotes |
| Life on the Raggedy Edge | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 9 | shownotes |
| Listener Article: How do you Lose 30 Million People? | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 14.3 | shownotes |
| Of Love and Money | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 11 | shownotes |
| Partners in Crime | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 15 | shownotes |
| Rivers and Ophelia | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 1 | shownotes |
| Serenity Speculation: Sounds Like Science Fiction | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 20: Holiday Special | shownotes |
| Serenity Speculation: Reaver Expansion | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 13 | shownotes |
| Serenity Speculation: It's About Time | The Signal: Season 8, Episode 5 | shownotes |
| Tangled Yarn: Kaylee and Inara | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 16 | shownotes |
| What Sounds Like Firefly? Pt. 2 | The Signal: Season 8, Episode 4 | shownotes |
| What Sounds Like Firefly? Pt. I | The Signal: Season 8, Episode 3 | shownotes |
| What's in a Signal?: The Journey Home | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 5 | shownotes |
Segments starring Kara Helgren
| Title | First aired | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Life in the 'Verse Special: Remembering Serenity Valley | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 21: Holiday Special | shownotes |
| Vote: Vote: Election Day | The Signal: Season 8, Episode 2 | shownotes |
Segments featuring Kara Helgren
| Title | First aired | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Around the 'Verse in 80 Days: Anson's World | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 9 | shownotes |
| Around the 'Verse in 80 Days: Bernadette | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 9 | shownotes |
| Banter | The Signal: Season 3, Episode 23 | shownotes |
| Earthburn: Articles of Alliance | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 20: Holiday Special | shownotes |
| Earthburn: Conventional Wisdom | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 16 | shownotes |
| Earthburn: The Summer of '69 | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 19 | shownotes |
| Vote: Vote Badger | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 6 | shownotes |
Segments hosted by Kara Helgren
| Title | First aired | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Banter | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 14.2: Dark Places | shownotes |
| Banter | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 18.1 | shownotes |
| Banter | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 17 | shownotes |
| Feedback | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 17 | shownotes |
Segments edited by Kara Helgren
| Title | First aired | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Banter | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 20: Holiday Special | shownotes |
| Banter | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 13 | shownotes |
| Big Damn Actors: Adam Baldwin in My Bodyguard | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 17 | shownotes |
| Broadwaves: Bones | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 4 | shownotes |
| Broadwaves: Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files series | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 1 | shownotes |
| Browncoat: The Next Generation | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 2 | shownotes |
| Can't Stop the Serenity: Five Years On and Still Going Strong | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 10 | shownotes |
| Diary of a Companion: Part 10 | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 6 | shownotes |
| Diary of a Companion: Part 16 | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 18 | shownotes |
| Diary of a Companion: Part 22 | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 9 | shownotes |
| Editorial: A 'verse Full of Content | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 11 | shownotes |
| Editorial: Celebrate | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 2 | shownotes |
| Editorial: So Long and Thanks for All the Fish | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 17 | shownotes |
| Feedback | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 17 | shownotes |
| Feedback | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 13 | shownotes |
| Feedback | The Signal: Season 8, Episode 2 | shownotes |
| Firefly and Me: Life on the Rim | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 7 | shownotes |
| Firefly and Me: On the Move | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 14 | shownotes |
| Firefly and Me: Better Late than Even Later | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 1 | shownotes |
| Interview: Wayne Hutchinson | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 12 | shownotes |
| It's in the Details | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 18 | shownotes |
| Life on the Raggedy Edge | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 9 | shownotes |
| Listener Article: Serial Storytelling | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 14.3 | shownotes |
| News from the 'Verse | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 6 | shownotes |
| News from the 'Verse | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 19 | shownotes |
| News from the 'Verse | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 4 | shownotes |
| News from the 'Verse | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 7 | shownotes |
| News from the 'Verse | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 9 | shownotes |
| News from the 'Verse | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 15 | shownotes |
| Of Love and Money | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 11 | shownotes |
| Partners in Crime | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 15 | shownotes |
| Psychic Definitions - What is a Reader? | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 12 | shownotes |
| Reavers and Frankenstein | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 10 | shownotes |
| Serenity Speculation: Fish, Flesh and Fowl ... Animals in the 'Verse | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 8 | shownotes |
| Serenity Speculation: What Does Shepherd Book Really Believe? | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 9 | shownotes |
| Serenity Speculation: Sounds Like Science Fiction | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 20: Holiday Special | shownotes |
| The Industrial Characters of the 'Verse | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 7 | shownotes |
| The Shipworks: Minimal Expressionist Postmodern Neo-symbolist | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 1 | shownotes |
| The Shipworks: Superpolynomial Subexponential Runtimes | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 4 | shownotes |
The Shipworks: Glitch Hunt (part three of Beer) |
The Signal: Season 7, Episode 11 | shownotes |
| The Shipworks: Life, the 'Verse and Everything Else | The Signal: Season 8, Episode 5 | shownotes |
| The Vasty Nothingness | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 14 | shownotes |
| Vote: Vote Niska | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 5 | shownotes |
| Vote: Interview: Badger headquarters | The Signal: Season 7, Episode 15 | shownotes |
| Was a Mighty Fine Shindig | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 14 | shownotes |
| What's in a Signal?: The Journey Home | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 5 | shownotes |
| What's in a Signal?: Diary of a Companion | The Signal: Season 6, Episode 15 | shownotes |
Shows produced by Kara Helgren
| Title | Actions |
|---|---|
| The Signal: Season 8, Episode 3 | shownotes |
| The Signal: Season 8, Episode 6 | shownotes |