Our parent company, FarPoint Media (FPM), has a new website for fans of geekdom called “Deep Geeking.”

That’s right, we finally took that familiar FPM catch-phrase and turned it into something every true geek would be proud of, a real Website dedicated to those important topics, discussions, thoughts and whimsical intellectual ramblings we geeks love to explore ad infinitum.

If you’re a geek, and if you’re not, what the hell you doin’ here? Then stop by the all-new “Deep Geeking” Website. Just follow THIS LINK or click on the banner.

Brad and Christina take a week off from PodCulture, and dust off the Stargate Louisville podcast and join friends and fans in remembering a dear part of the sci-fi community, actor Don S. Davis.

Whether you knew him as Scully’s dad on “The X-Files,” Major Garland Briggs on “Twin Peaks” or as General George S. Hammond on “Stargate: SG-1,” fans were treated with a brilliant and heartfelt performance in everything Don did.

We had the distinct privilege of meeting Don at Dragon*Con two ago, and the genuine kindness of this man became a favorite memory of the trip. He was so happy to sit and chat with us, sign autographs and answer questions. A brilliant storyteller, consummate actor, and immeasurable footprint has been swept from us. May he be just on the other side of The Event Horizon, just waiting with smiles and jokes to share.

Please join us as we share clips from past convention panels, and some of our memories. We would also like to thank the listeners who have shared their stories with us (and you) as well. You can find the episode over at www.PodCulture.net.

Should you wish to, please make a donation to the American Heart Association in Don’s memory.

[The PodCulture.net podcast is a member of the FarPoint Media network of shows and websites]

The Charlie Jade Commentary Podcast is a new project that’s near and dear to FarPoint Media and the hosts and fans of Slice of SciFi.

Charlie Jade is a smart, thrilling scifi TV series that has a loyal international following from it’s airings around the world in 2005-2006, and finally began airing in the United States on SCI FI Channel in June 2008.

Series creator Robert Wertheimer and Head Writer Alex Epstein are providing episodic commentary for the series, enhancing the viewing experience for the show’s many fans.

FarPoint Media (FPM) is proud to announce faster uploads and downloads! The expanded bandwidth should give FPM the kind of hosting power to cover each and every program, website and other services provided from the fast growing net media company including better response from iTunes and your other favorite podcatcher.

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FarPoint Media is happy to announce a new addition to its growing list of podcasts and websites dedicated to bringing the public news, entertainment and information.

“A View From the Fence” is a new political podcast hosted by John Lambo, Sketkar and new show host Ragman.

The first show of the bi-weekly podcast is now available from “A View From the Fence.”

Segments will include a Forum discussion that will open up the show for talks and debates on the political issues of the day and also guests will join the show from time to time.

The Fanboy Smackdown podcast is changing its name, along with its address. After 61 regular episodes and a handful of special episodes, show hosts the Tony, Tony and Adam have decided that it was finally time to change the name of the podcast that has, since its inception, been focused solely on movies. The new name is suited to better describe the direction the show and website have evolved into.

Back Seat Producers will continue to bring movie review and analysis, as well as, featuring discussion about films, both old and new, along with topics in film-making. The title of the podcast also leaves the show open to dip into television and other media.

Back Seat Producers will continue to provide theatrical and DVD reviews and contests, and has recently added news features to its line-up.

In related news:

The Back Seat Producers are thrilled to welcome W. Edward Woodward III to the team as the website’s News Director.

Edward studied commercial art for two years and interned briefly with the Florida Department of Education. He is currently working in logistical support for a major coffee distributor. An accomplished artist and budding author, Edward is currently working to release his own podcast on the life of a geek parent. He brings to us a passion for movies and reporting and a desire to make The Back Seat Producers the definitive podcast for movie news and reviews.

Backseat Producers is produced by Unasked Question, LLC. and distributed by FarPoint Media.

Slice of SciFi’s sister network, the Zombie Channel, is happy to welcome Michael Hickerson as the site’s News Director in charge of the website and all things zombie.

Michael is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a degree in journalism. He’s had a wide and varied career that has included stops as a sports writer/editor, tech supporting, running a software distribution company and delivering live scores and data. He also currently works for the governor’s communications office for the state of Tennessee.

After working as a journalist for Slice of SciFi for a year, Michael was promoted to Assistant News Editor. He now takes on the duties as head writer and News Director for the Zombie Channel.

FarPoint Media is happy to announce DragonHearth Production’s first show of 2008: Part One of a series of interviews with Richard Garriott (’Lord British’ to Ultima and Tabula Rasa fans) direct from Star City, Russia. Garriott talks about his training and preparation for his upcoming spaceflight aboard Soyuz TMA-13 to the International Space Station this coming October.

DragonHearth will also be doing additional interviews just before the launch and follow ups
after his return.

The first part of our interview is now LIVE.

In addition to offering its listeners their regular story for the month of, in December, Variant Frequencies has prepared a special holiday surprise for fans of the two-time Parsec-nominated FAILED CITIES MONOLOGUES, as well as all those who’ve supported the podcast in the past year. We are proud to present THE FAILED CITIES: HATH A DARKNESS, an exclusive 10,000-word eChapbook written by Matt Wallace and produced by Variant Frequencies.

For the first time since concluding his groundbreaking podcast fiction saga, Matt Wallace returns to the warped twin worlds he created with an all-new Failed Cities story. Featuring the characters that drove the original audio epic, and told, as always, in their own voices, THE FAILED CITIES: HATH A DARKNESS brings this unique storytelling style to the page for the first
time, enhanced with original illustrations by Rick Stringer.

About THE FAILED CITIES: HATH A DARKNESS . . .

To some the number 99 represents the many names of God. But as a black snowfall blankets the Failed Cities on Christmas Eve, the arrival of 99 mysterious steel chambers is the catalyst that sets a series of far from blessed events in motion. From bullets and bata sticks to a life-and-death hostage situation to high-speed battles up switchback mountain roads, eight
people become links in a deadly chain that will either tether innocent lives to safety or strangle any hope for their future. And as each part of the story unfolds, we learn that above all things, Christmas in the Failed Cities is a feverishly struck balance between the constant threat of
violence and the briefest, most bittersweet moments of joy.

THE FAILED CITIES: HATH A DARKNESS by Matt Wallace is a freely distributed .PDF produced and illustrated by Rick Stringer, and available exclusively from Variant Frequencies. We’d like to encourage all our listeners to download, print, enjoy, and pass along this unique piece of the Failed Cities universe as a thank you for your continued support and enthusiastic
participation in our podcast.

And don’t forget to revisit THE FAILED CITIES MONOLOGUES, collected in its entirety on Podiobooks.com.

Happy Holidays from the entire crew of Variant Frequencies!

Go to this Link: http://www.variantfrequencies.com/media/FCM-HathADarkness.pdf

Written by: Jarsto van Santen (Freshly Green Managing News Director)

Some of you may be aware of “Three Edged Sword,” (TES). It is quite possibly the world’s best Babylon 5 fan audio drama. Certainly the best audio drama so far to emerge from a series of voicemails to FarPoint Media’s Babylon Podcast. While the Babylon Podcast is about to do a massive two week TES retrospective, TES itself is gearing up to end its first season in spectacular fashion.

The last few episodes of the season are going to be one massive space battle, and to show more of it we need more characters. We’ve already filled a couple of these new temporary parts, but we still have a good number left as well.

In brief, we still need 2 starship captains and 5 fighter squadron leaders. If you would like to be one of these, undoubtedly glamorous, individuals let me know. And if you’d like to know more about Three Edged Sword first, check out Voices of Babylon.

The Laura and Tracy Hickman DragonHearth podcast, a prominent member of the ever-growing FarPoint Media family of pod/vidcasts, has a new, easy-to-find and subscribe-to-location now available for all fans of the DragonHearth series.

Dragon Hearth Productions/Shipslog is where listeners can find the podcast. The feed’s actual URL hasn’t changed and remains DragonHearth Productions/Podcast.

The other nice addition is the inclusion of a Wordpress engine that will now allow listeners a place for leaving their comments!

FarPoint Media Press Release

We, at FarPoint Media (www.farpointmedia.net), a leader in creating, producing and distributing quality audio entertainment, are happy to announce that Podango (www.podango.com) has become our partner with a multi-station deal that will allow this new media broadcast platform to host all of our FarPoint Media podcasts and future vidcasts.

Podango is a new media broadcast platform that will enable FarPoint Media and our advertisers to better reach our target audience for all of our podcasts, vidcasts and their accompanying Websites.

“Podango offers us a complete and reliable hosting solution with full WordPress integration, robust ad insertion capabilities and a variety of easy-to-use management tools,” stated Michael R. Mennenga, founder and CEO of FarPoint Media. “[The Podango platform] lets us concentrate on creating and delivering the best audio content for our growing legion of online fans.”

Lee Gibbons, CEO of Podango, said, “FarPoint Media is leading the industry in creating and producing highly popular, award-winning and diverse new media content. We’re thrilled to welcome the family of FarPoint Media audio shows to Podango and look forward to collaborating in reaching even wider audiences.”

“The ease and reliability with which this format will afford us will lessen the burden faced with less than adequate service,” said Samuel K. Sloan, FarPoint Media Executive News Director. “I am looking forward to working closely with Podango and its rich platform.”

FarPoint Media is happy to be able to be working with Podango to continue bringing you all the best in entertainment, news and information the Internet can provide.

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Hey! Ever wanted to be able to boast about your favorite Zombie movie? Did you ever consider eating out the brains of all those idiots out there who would consider your infatuation with the genre as a little less than normal?

The Zombie Channel is the place for you to hang out to learn what is happening in the Zombie Verse. It carries videos, news, information, reviews and yes, even polls. The poll for this month let’s you pick from a boat-load of zombie films dating back to Frankenstein all the way up to Resi-Evil and you get to choose your favorite.

If you can’t get enough Zombie action, want to know how to protect yourself from those brain-feasting, slow-moving, grotesque-looking walking dead, then there is only one place for you to go to fill that unsated appetite — Farpoint Media’s –

One of our newest Farpoint Media websites and podcasts called “Freshly Green” aired its first show dedicated to living in such a way that preserves the rich diversity found on our beautiful planet.

Our hosts, Greg Peterson and Amy Godfrey, are there to bring you a fun approach to living green! Sit back and listen, and learn about what “living green” means to them, plus some easy tips for conserving that everyone can follow, because living green doesn’t mean living without.

In this show, Amy and Greg talk about getting carbon credits for offsetting your vehicle’s emissions, low flow shower heads, and using gray water for garden irrigation.

The news on the Freshly Green website is overseen by our news manager Jarsto van Santen. Please feel free to drop in, read the news and listen to another find informative show brought to you from the Farpoint Media family of podcasts. Be sure to subscribe to the feed for the show so you won’t miss a single piece of the kind of useful knowledge Greg and Amy have to offer.

We’ve been talking about it for quite some time on the Slice show and now all that talk has become a reality. We’d like to introduce one of the newest members of the Farpoint Media family and the next Slice of SciFi spinoff - The Zombie Channel.

If its about brain-eating zombies, those pesky folks that just can’t seem to go to ground and stay there, then we’ll have it for you on the Zombie Channel.

Our news manager for the site is Vern Hart, a lover of everything zombie and the undead-dead.

So, drop by, pay it a visit, say hi to Vern and get all your latest news and happenings in the ZombieVerse.

We’d also love to get your input on what you’d like to see and read about……your best sweetbread recipes from the Hannibal Lechter Cookbook for the zombie with discriminating taste, and anything else related to the walking dead among us.