Last Chance to See (well, hear!)

Hi all,

We have decided to remove the first two episodes from the feed. Although the content is great, the audio quality of the episodes are not, and if a new subscriber starts with these we are worried that it may put them off!

The first two episodes will be available until Friday, 6th October, at which point we will be archiving them. You can download them via the feed, or click on the following links to download them direct:
Episode #1
Episode #2

If you want to download the whole set manually, go ahead, here are the other three:
Episode #3
Episode #4
Episode #5

Happy listening!

Join us in Leeds for the Shindig!

The Leeds Shindig that we mentioned in the last show is happening on Saturday, 7th October. Attendees are meeting at the Wokmania Restaurant in Leeds City Centre (see the map above) at midday (for directions click here) The full address is Park Plaza Hotel, 1, City Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 5NS. They will then be moving on to the Firefly Bar (yes, there really is a bar called the Firefly Bar, how cool is that?) They will be there until about eight o'clock. The full address for the Firefly Bar is 21, Park Row, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 5JF. Click here for a map.

Sending a Wave will be there covering the event and hopefully talking to as many of the fans as possible. Presenters Toni Myers, Wendy Scott and new presenter Mike Greaves will be there, as well as Andrew, their "Tech Guy".

So, if you want to attend, just turn up at Wokmania for midday and at the Firefly Bar after about one. We hope to see as many people there as possible!

Episode #5 Online...

Yes, we sort of planned this, but weren't sure that it would work out, so we didn't tell you all (there's nothing worse than promising an episode and not delivering!)

In this episode, we feature a couple more interviews from the Serenity 3 convention, Wendy and Toni look back at the Con, and as well as a brief news roundup we also introduce Mike, a male voice to add into the mix! (That's him on the left, with Wendy on the right. That's Toni in the middle, courtesy of Skype!)

By and large, the episodes will now come out monthly, with the next one scheduled for early October (we will give you an exact date nearer to the time).

You can download episode #5 by clicking here. If you want to subscribe to the feed via iTunes, open iTunes then click here. Please send us feedback or voicemails at wave@futilityradio.com.

We also recommend that you take a look at the superb merchandise offered at The Big Damn Site.

Finally, for more information on Joss Whedon's favourite charity, Equality Now, click here.

We all hope you enjoy the show, see you in October!

Toni, Wendy and Mike.

Serenity 3 (Part 2) Now Available

Yes, the second and final part of our convention coverage is now available to download. Either subscribe to the feed or click here to download the episode manually.

Wendy and Toni would just like to say a great thanks to all of the people who took part in these shows, it would not have been possible without you.

The next Sending a Wave will be available at some point in early October, we will post more details as soon as we have decided on them. Hope you have enjoyed the shows, please feel free to email comments or voicemails using the email address to the right, we would all love to hear what you thought about the show.

See you in October!

Serenity 3 (Part 1) Podcast Online Now!

Hi, well thanks to Toni and Wendy's hard work at the convention, I am pleased to tell you that the first part of our two part coverage of the Serenity 3 convention at London Heathrow is now online! The girls talk to a number of fellow attendees (some of them sober!) covering the Friday and Saturday night!

You can subscribe to the show using the RSS feed to the right, or you can download the new episode directly by clicking here.

The second part, covering the Sunday, will be available tomorrow evening.

Serenity 3 update

Hi

The convention has ended! And what a convention it's been; the organisor, Sean Harry and the Starfury team have outdone themselves on this occasion.

We've had a great time talking to as many fans as would speak to us - thank you very much.

We're tired and there is still much drinking to be done.

Listen, enjoy and we hope we've been able to give a soundbite to the weekend.

Here's to Serenity 4 in Glasgow in March 2007!

CHEERS

Toni and Wendy

Serenity 3

Hi Everyone

As you have read from the other blogs, Toni and I are at Serenity 3 over the weekend. Unfortunately (as they tend to) things haven't exactly gone to the all-so-glorious plan that we had worked out beforehand. The main culprit has been alcohol - I was up until 2am after consuming a fair amount of beer and champagne (and almost managing to get chucked out of the con's "meet and greet"). Toni has been more sedate, crashing out just before midnight (how she's going to cope at DragonCon 2007 is a complete mystery to me!), but I think she could have drank more than me - she certainly was drunk before I was! We are taping fan reactions and some fan interviews, but we are respecting Starfury policy of not recording any of the guest talks.

We have had three guest surprises during the convention: Michael Fairman - yes, Niska himself, Nector Rose - Lenore in "SERENITY" and Christina Hendricks - Saffron, thankfully we didn't scare her off as Serenity 2 was her first convention. All the guests have given entertaining talks on the first full day of the con and we expect the second day (Sunday) to be no different.

Unfortunately, Morena is having to leave this evening due to work requirements and everyone is agreed that it was great that she still agreed to join us.

At this stage we are still planning on "something" live-ish during the con - stay tuned!

Wendy

Podcast Update for Serenity 3!

Wendy and Toni are at Serenity 3 right now and we were due to have our first live show covering events on Friday, however no one is being allowed to record the panel discussions and as a result we have less material than we were hoping to get.

Because of this, we feel that putting out half a show would be a lacklustre way of covering the event so we will wait until Show Two (scheduled for Sunday 17th) to bring you news from the Con.

It All Looks So Shiny! (well it will eventually)
On a seperate matter, you will probably notice that we have started to make some changes to the look of the site and jazz it up a bit, although it would appear that our blog hosts are having some issues with thier templates at the moment so if things don't look quite right, please bear with us.

And don't forget to subscribe to our podfeed for Sunday's show: http//www.futilityradio.com/sawlist.xml

Podcast Schedule for Serenity 3!

Having talked at length this evening, Toni & Wendy (who present the show) have agreed with Andrew and Mike (producers) that we will present the following shows over the course of the convention:

Friday, 15th September: Show One
This will cover the opening ceremony that takes place on Friday 15th and any other interviews we can do.

Sunday, 17th September: Show Two
This will cover the events on Saturday 16th. As yet no timetable has been published, so we won't know until Friday what will be going on.

Monday, 18th September: Show Three
This will cover Sunday 17th. As above, we don't know the timetable but it is a fair bet that this show will include the closing ceremony!

Wendy and Toni are attending the whole event, and we hope to bring the highlights of it to you. We will try to talk to as many fans as we can, and bring you as much other info as posssible. So if you are going and you run into them, make sure you say "Hi."

The timetable is all subject to change - your best bet is to subscribe to the feed:

http://www.futilityradio.com/sawlist.xml

and just see what happens!

New Trailer added to Podcast feed

The new trailer, which tells listeners about our intention to cover the Serenity 3 Convention in Heathrow, has been added to the podcast feed. You get to find out Wendy's favourite alcoholic beverage, and that she can't remember web addresses!

As well as being on our own podcast feed, the trailer has been submitted to both Firefly Talk and The Signal, as well as Michael and Evo's Wingin' It show. You can also download it by clicking here.

Both Wendy and Toni will be at Serenity 3, doing some interviews and round table discussions, so if you are there and you see two suspicious looking people with microphones, introduce yourselves. If you are not going, we will be covering the event on Sending a Wave, exact details of what we are planning will be here on the site in the next few days.

Keep listening!

Podcast feed is live!

Hi, well, the podcast feed is now live for the show, we should be putting a trailer out before the end of the weekend.

To subscribe to the feed, paste the following link into your podcatching software:

http://www.futilityradio.com/sawlist.xml

There are already some trial episodes up there, since then we have improved the sound quality of the recordings but they do give you a good idea of the spirit of the show.

The show is (kind of) available on iTunes - that is, the old feed is, before Futility Radio took over production of the show, and as soon as we start putting new episodes on (for example the Serenity 3 convention material in just over a week!) we will also publish the show on iTunes and have a one click subscription button. How cool is that?

Live from Serenity 3!

Hi folks, welcome to the website for the new Firefly/Serenity Podcast, which will be kicking off next week with some almost live shows from the Serenity 3 convention in Heathrow. We hope to bring you a show each night for the three nights of the convention, with round table discussions, and hopefully some of the guest panels! The show is presented by Wendy and Toni, who will be at the event, and will be followed up by monthly shows about your favourite topic. Details of how to subscribe to the show will be posted before the event, so watch the space!