Childhood's End: An Event Podcast Golden Spiral Media

Like humanity, our final moments have arrived for the Childhood's End Event Podcast with Night 3: The Children. This time around we try to figure out how Karellen really feels about Stormgren and why he meets his fate in the manner in which he does. That Ellie sure is a saint, and we also were impressed by Jennifer in this episode! Read more...

The event podcast continues with Childhood's End Night 2: The Deceivers in which the Greggson's notice something odd about their son. The world is deep into its blissful ignorance as Utopia robs humanity of its initiative, both scientific and artistic. We can't help but wonder why the Overlords are taking Earth's animals back to their home planet - can it really just be for a menagerie? Read more...

Our miniseries discussion begins with Childhood's End Night 1: The Overlords in which Earth is visited by a supposedly benevolent alien fleet come to establish a Utopia - no war, no hunger, no disease. Ricky Stormgren acts as the Overlords' spokesperson, but there are those in the Freedom League who resist being told what to do, even if it brings paradise. Read more...

We were invited to join other reporters in a press call with Childhood's End executive producer, Matthew Graham, and actors, Mike Vogel and Yael Stone. They shared some of their impressions of working on this project and what they're excited about sharing when the miniseries airs next week.



Mike, Dave, and Wayne go through some of the questions that were asked followed by brief excerpts from the answers given by the Childhood's End cast and crew members. We hope you'll find their insights enlightening and that they'll serve as a nice teaser to get your excited about the three-night event starting December 14th. Read more...

As we anxiously await the arrival of the Childhood's End miniseries, we decided to go straight to the source for information about this Arthur C. Clarke adaptation. Writer and executive producer, Matthew Graham, sat down with Mike for a breakdown of how this story was developed for the small screen.



It was a daunting task, and Graham was able to outline the challenges quite nicely. Here's how he described his thought process in dividing the story into three acts, one for each night of the miniseries: Read more...

This is an introduction to Childhood's End in more ways than one. Not only will Mike, Dave, and Wayne tell you a little bit about their own history with the Arthur C. Clarke novel on which the Syfy series is based; they'll also introduce this "event" podcast as a self-contained discussion of the upcoming miniseries.



Join us as we discuss the huge influence Childhood's End has had on science fiction since its publication in 1953 as well as the many alien invasion movies that have taken their inspiration from the novel. And we'll introduce you to some of the actors that will appear in the miniseries and what characters they'll be playing. Read more...