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Every weekday, your Sci-Fi 5 brings you five minutes of science fiction history. Our panel of hosts present the background stories and details about the creators and context around the stories you love. Brought to you by Roddenberry, the first name in science fiction.

Nov 30, 2022

You almost certainly know Kevin Conroy as the voice of animated Batman, but the twists and turns of his career are worthy of their own epic story on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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Written by Ryan Myers

Hosted by Earl Green

Music by Devin Curry


Nov 29, 2022

She penned one of the most influential American science fiction novels of the 20th century, a favorite of teachers' and librarians' reading lists for decades.  On today's Sci-Fi 5, find out why Madeleine L'Engle almost gave up writing.

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Written by Shane...


Nov 28, 2022

It turns out that visions of a high-tech utopian future were on the minds of many Hollywood scriptwriters in the early 1970s.  On today's Sci-Fi 5, explore space station Earth II's sole on-screen adventure, and meet the crew.

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Written by Brian Clayton

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Nov 25, 2022

Kenneth Mitchell has played a real-life astronaut, a multitude of characters in the Star Trek universe, and stopped in the Marvel universe along the way. On his birthday, we celebrate Ken's activism for ALS and anti-bullying charities on today's Sci-Fi 5!

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Nov 24, 2022

As a decade known for inoffensive sitcoms drew to a close, CBS took a chance on a daring script by writer Rod Serling.  On today's Sci-Fi 5, the uphill battle Serling faced to tell the story of The Time Element to America's TV audience.

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Written by Matthew...