Beltalowda - A Podcast for The Expanse

Listener beware, there be spoilers ahead. On this episode A.Ron is joined by the one and only Pete Peppers as they discuss all things Expanse. A.Ron's been itching for a fellow human to discuss the books with, any other hardcore fans out there? As avid readers and watchers of the books and TV series, A.Ron and Pete have plenty of in depth opinions for fans of The Expanse to digest. They highly recommend the book, by the way.  Looking to obsess over more shows? Check out Pete Peppers on YouTube if you want to hear more on The Expanse and Severance, Pete's got you covered. Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us for one last episode of the Beltalowda podcast to celebrate the end of the perhaps the best sci-fi show to date. It's a super-sized, feedback-packed episode where we quibble a little over the necessity of certain events and wonder what could have been but come out the other side appreciating what we did get. You can find JoeWrote's "Critical Space Theory" post here. Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The series finale delivers on nearly all fronts with some great action, some precious final moments between the characters we've come to love, and a promising conclusion for Inyalowda / Beltalowda relations. Join us for the podcast to hear our full thoughts on perhaps the best sci-fi series ever made. (We go into that) Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the second-to-last feedback episode of the series we talk about the excellent sci-fi writing that The Expanse has brought us and consider what comes next for fans of the TV series after it ends. Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The questioning of decisions has turned inward this episode, removing Holden from the crosshairs, but putting Amos, Avasarala, Filip, and even Drummer squarely in the sights. It's a great episode full of moving scenes and setting up the action for next week's finale. Join us for the podcast to hear our thoughts. Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're checking back in with fans of The Expanse to get their feedback on episodes 3 & 4 of the final season. As you might expect, they're mostly talking about Holden's big decision. Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The consequences of previous choices start to come into full relief this week as Holden has to figure out what to tell Naomi about his decisions and Avasarala has to figure out how to make good on her implicit promise to the people of Ceres. Join us for the podcast for our full review. Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're halfway through the final season and Marco is smartly making his problems Earth's problems, even if it's not popular with everyone. Holden is also making some less-than-popular decisions and we're excited to see how that plays out. Join us for the podcast for our full review. Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everyone has seen the first 2 episodes of this season so it's time to consider your feedback. First though, we talk about the 2 X-Ray-exclusive webisodes and the announcement of the TellTale game that seems to center around Camina Drummer. Join us for the podcast to get your fix of The Expanse until the show returns later this week. Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a familiar face aboard the Rocinante that has us very excited for the final season. We talk more about the weird Laconia intros, the anti-gravity effects, as well as the episode in general. Join us for the podcast to hear what we thought. Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the past few years, The Expanse has been a big part of our Christmas season. It's been like the giant present sitting under our tree each and every December, waiting for us to unwrap it, brightening our winters. When we were planning our coverage of this final season, we kept wondering, what would Christmas be like in the universe that Dan and Ty have created? We kept turning the idea over in our minds, and this audio-drama A Very Belter Christmas is the result! Tis the season to be sharing and giving! If you appreciated this little piece of spacey Christmas cheer, please head to belter.baldmove.com and donate to Child's Play. All proceeds gathered at belter.baldmove.com will be donated in the name of the Bald Move and #ScreamingFirehawks communities. Credits:Written by: Jim Jones & A. Ron Hubbard Directed by: Patrick Yurick & Bald Move Executive Producers: Bald Move, Patrick Yurick & Chris O'Keeffe Associate Producers: Luke Piedad & Robert Guerra. Narration by: Chris O'Keeffe Cast (in order of appearance): Zachary Macpherson voiced by Luke Piedad Kala voiced by Beth Gallagher Krayo voiced by Garan Fitzgerald Denny voiced by Mike Sears Malaki voiced by Jordan Cobb Holly voiced by Jordan Stillman Mileena voiced by Tamara Kissane A Very Belter Christmas is a joint production of Bald Move and Podcation. Learn more about Podcation at www.podcation.com. Music:Christmas Bells by Simone Cilio Copyright 2012 CC 3.0 By-SHARE ALIKE Joy To The World - Christmas Carol piano solo We Wish You a Merry Christmas Piano Version The Sun is Coming by Oursvince Copyright 2007 CC 3.0 By-SHARE ALIKE Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Expanse is back for it's final season and so is Beltalowda. Join us for the podcast to hear how we felt about rejoining the crew of the Rocinante six months later. Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The final season of The Expanse is less than a week away so we're jumping from one epic sci-fi show, Foundation, directly into another with our season 6 preview of The Expanse. Check out the podcast to get hype with us! Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back for one final episode in this season to consider some questions that A.Ron has as well as thoughts and questions from the audience. Don't forget to join us for our Sci-Fi Sunday watch parties at https://twitch.tv/baldmove/ every Sunday night at 8pm EST and we'll see you next season! Check out https://club.baldmove.com or https://patreon.com/baldmove to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season five comes to a close with an episode that should satisfy everyone. It's got the hot Roci action you want, as well as an emotional kick that will have everyone except maybe Holden shedding a few tears. Then they top it off with a little bit of mystery around what's to come next season. Join us as we talk about the episode and come back next week for our season wrapup. Check out https://club.baldmove.com or https://patreon.com/baldmove to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Amos and Claire make their play to get off the planet before things take another turn for the worse, Naomi's message has been received but how much does that actually help her, and Avasarala has to make multiple choices about the future of her career. Check out https://club.baldmove.com or https://patreon.com/baldmove to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts

In this episode we finally get to see the full extent of Naomi's predicament and how she's going to survive it, or at least let the outside world know about it. It's painful, difficult, and maybe doesn't even work, but she's doing what she can. We also get a glimpse of what Pastor's new adminstration is going to look like, Claire's positive influence on team Amos, and Karal's corrosive influence on Drummer's family. Check out club.baldmove.com or patreon.com/baldmove to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts

There's no Amos this week, but there's still something for everyone, including great emotional turmoil as Naomi tries to figure out who her son is and how, or if, she could have made a difference in his life as well as some hot Roci action as they continue their attempt to hunt down the Zmeya. Join us for the podcast to hear our thoughts on another excellent episode of The Expanse. Check out club.baldmove.com or patreon.com/baldmove to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts

It's a slower episode this week as we set up for what's sure to be a big finish. Amos and Claire figure out their next move while grappling with the monstrous implications of those actions, Bobbie and Alex try to survive on the float, and a tough choice is put to Drummer during her meeting with Marco. Check out club.baldmove.com or patreon.com/baldmove to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts

It's only the middle of the season and things are already looking pretty bleak. More people barely escape with their lives, while the fate of others is completely up in the air. Join us for a whole lot of Amos love, speculation about the fate of the Roci's pilot, and a Naomi / Miller easter egg. Check out club.baldmove.com or patreon.com/baldmove to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts

This episode is absolutely packed full of disasters. Seriously, there are at least four devastating crises! Bad things are happening on a system-wide scale and all of our characters are caught up in it. Join us as we discuss what the huge developments of this week's episode might mean for the rest of the season. Check out club.baldmove.com or patreon.com/baldmove to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts

Season 5 is finally here! Join us for our half-assed discussion of the first three episodes as the crew of the Rocinante is cast to the winds and the powers that be try to figure out what Marco Inaros' grand plan is. Check out club.baldmove.com or patreon.com/baldmove to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts

Season five is just a few days away, so A.Ron and I are back to cover what we know about the new season, where we left the story last season, and all the news about the show that we missed during the hiatus. If you want to hear more about the shape our coverage will take this season, this is the episode for you. Join us for the run-up to season five of TV's best sci-fi series! Check out club.baldmove.com or patreon.com/baldmove to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts

Jim and A.Ron will be hosting a Twitch Watch Party of The Expanse, Season 1 every Friday night at 9pm ET! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts

Jim and A.Ron have finished the rest of Amazon Prime's The Expanse, Season 4. They discuss their favorite moments from the latest season, the things they didn't like, a few of the book differences, as well as everything they are looking forward to for Season 5.

Jim and A.Ron have seen the first 3 episodes of "The Expanse" on Amazon Prime and they are ready to share their spoiler-free thoughts.

A.Ron returns to give his thoughts on the finale episode "Abbadon's Gate", before Jim joins in to talk about our thoughts on the season as a whole. We discuss our hopes and fears for season four, the transition to Amazon, and consider a ton of feedback before signing off for the year. It's going to be a long wait, ya'll.

Here to close out the season with the discussion of yet another excellent episode are Jim and.... Levi.  They may not be the hosts the podcast deserves, but they're the hosts the podcast needs right now.  Seriously though, we have a great conversation and a lot of fun on this guest-hosted season finale.  Thank you to Levi for filling in this week.  Tune in next week for your regularly scheduled season wrapup.

The penultimate episode finds our subsection of humanity trapped within the ring station making some very hasty, and perhaps rash, decisions. Firing super powerful lasers, setting off nukes, just in general Fourth of Julying it up in there. Aside from the end of all human life as we know it, there's also some really good bits with Amos and Anna, Naomi and ROBODRUMMER, and we continue to be impressed with Ashford's leadership and diplomacy. Aside from, you know, the whole Fourth of July thing.

Another spectacular episode of The Expanse this week in "Fallen World". The episode is remarkably well paced, makes zero g environments feel truly alien and threatening, and offers solid character developments, particularly in the relationship between Ashford and Drummer. Anna even gets a moment to be awesome. Anna! Can't wait for next week's episode, we'll see you then!

SyFy's The Expanse goes full on 2001: A Space Oddity on us, and we couldn't love it more. "Dandelion Sky" covers a lot of territory even as it's physically constrained to the inside of The Ring. "Miller's" nature, the origins of the protomolecule, Holden embracing his role as reluctant hero, Amos having no fear, the struggle for the command of Behemoth. We discuss all this and much more. See you next week!

On this week's episode of SyFy's The Expanse, Naomi's loyalties are divided as the Belter's go all in on the Ring, Amos spaces the reporters (but it's not as quite as bad as it sounds), Drummer gives the best motivational speech of her life, Melba reveals her pathos, and Holden makes a leap of faith. Looks like we won't be getting screeners for The Expanse going forward, so look for us early Friday afternoons from here on out! See you next week!

This week takes a turn for the surreal in the tense episode "It Reaches Out" that will have you desperate for the next one. The episode practically drips with mystery and meaning that we'll eventually understand (What does the protomolecule want with Holden and the Rocinante, and why is it reaching out 113 times per second? Who stands to benefit from framing the OPA for the Seung Un atrocity? Are Melba and Cohen working together, and to what end?) but for now... you got to watch your doors and corners,

SyFy’s The Expanse experiences some time dilation as we leap ahead and then try to catch up with what’s happened in the appropriately named “Delta-V”. We discuss the leadership crisis looming aboard the Behemoth, the documentary crew’s agenda with the Roci, try to sleuth out the loyalties of a deadly new saboteur, and look for clues about the nature of Bobby and Alex’s long distance relationship. All this, some #SaveTheExpanse talk, and feedback from your fellow fans!

In the latest episode of SyFy's The Expanse, "Immolation", James and Naomi heal their rift, Bobby and Cotyar find a measure of redemption and peace with two very different outcomes, Fred Johnson takes another step forward as a major power broker in the system, and Prax finds out he's not that guy... but that's okay because Amos totally is.  We also talk about a part of the show where SyFy wants to cancel the show despite it being the best sci-fi show in the 21st century!  #SaveTheExpanse!

This week's episode of SyFy's The Expanse, "Triple Point", finds our crew preparing to storm Io and rescue Prax's daughter by force. Meanwhile, Jules-Pierre Mao and Dr. Strickland make a break through, Alex gets another missive from home, Amos is really worried about what he and his fellow crew members' hi-jinks are doing to poor Prax, Avasarala lies, and James and Naomi find common ground. Next week promises to be amazing, see you then!

The Rocinante gets creative in order to literally reload itself, while our favorite characters spend the episode positioning themselves for their next act, metaphorically reloading the show. Meanwhile, we ask the important questions; what is Red Kibble made of? Why did Amos show up late to the bullet party? All this plus lots of feedback including Reddit delivering on the promise of Martian blue grass!

The latest episode of SyFy's The Expanse, "Assured Destruction" could be subtitled: "When Amos Meets Bobby", because that happened, and it's pretty awesome. After that, we have to content ourselves will small potato stuff like interplanetary nuclear brinksmanship, child experimentation, evil admirals, and the deaths of millions.  Snooze! Then things pick back up when Alex makes Naomi some love lasagna.

A.Ron and Jim can feel the g-forces as the latest episode of SyFy's The Expanse continues to accelerate in "IFF".  More awesome, clever space action sequences, some great character development with Prax, Bobby, and Chrisjen, and a deft introduction to a new character, Anna, combine to entertain and intrigue. Is Errinwright about to be at the end of his rope? Is Mao more of a softy than he initially let on? Will the combined crews of the Rocinante and Razorback be able to turn the tide of war?

Jim and A.Ron are very impressed with the premiere of the third season of SyFy's The Expanse, "Fight or Flight".  Great special effects and even better writing, much depends on the complex balance of politics across the solar system, and between the crew of the Rocinante Pinus Contorta.  Anytime you can mix great drama with spectacular action sequences you've got a hit in our books, and we're thrilled to have The Expanse back in our lives!

Jim and A.Ron talk about the upcoming season three of SyFy's The Expanse.  We talk about our experience with the show (and Jim's recent experience reading the first three books in the series by James S. A. Corey) and our thoughts about where we left off last season and where we think we're headed.  Other topics include our spoiler policy, our favorite characters, the Rocinante's power level, and much more.