Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast

Steve is given the opportunity to test pilot the very vehicle that caused his accident. Oscar has his misgivings about the test as he has intelligence pointing to the accident as an act of sabotage. Steve is determined though to get back up on the horse that threw him even though his life may be threatened again. Joining John and Paul is TheSix1973 webmaster, Joseph Burns. Our rating: 5/5 Bionic limbs. Learn more about "The Deadly Replay" at the Bionic Wiki entry Joseph Burns was born in Washington D.C. and grew up there until his family moved to California in the late 70s. A film and TV buff, he attended the Film/Video program at UC Santa Cruz, getting his bachelor's in 1996. After film school, Joe moved to LA and worked in post production. He is the editor of Skywalker: The David Thompson Story, a one hour sports documentary which aired on NBA-TV and was distributed on DVD by Image Entertainment. In addition to video editing, Joe has developed websites, interactive CD-ROMs and DVDs. He operates the Six Mill

Oscar Goldman has been missing for several days, missing out on a meeting with Steve and the joint chiefs of staff.  Evidence is quickly mounting, suggesting Oscar may be involved with a scheme to mine millions of dollars in gold from a government mining operation.  Steve travels to Utah to find his boss and friend and to prove the man's innocence.  Joining John and Paul is The Six Million Dollar Blog webmaster, Alex Green.  Comment on the episode here or write abionicpodcast@gmail.com or call 888-866-9010 or better still use the "Send Voicemail" tab on the left of the page to leave a message via your computer.  Take a moment to rate the episode by using our star system at the bottom of this entry. Rating: Bionic Wiki entry The Six Million Dollar Blog entry   Alex Green was born in San Diego where he has lived his whole life, rarely venturing outside the safe confines of Southern California. Growing up, his parents tried to persuade him that the funny manrunning in slow motion on the television wasn't wor

Strange lights in the sky on the eve of a rocket launch prompts Steve to investigate.  When he discovers that the lights were from a UFO that crashed leaving its inhabitants stranded on Earth, it's up to Steve to make sure they find a way home while avoiding the authorities, including Oscar.  Joining John and Paul is James Sherrard — webmaster of the The Bionic Woman Files. Our rating: 4/5 Bionic Limbs. Learn more about this episode at the Bionic Fandom WIKI. More about James Sherrard: James Sherrard is a first generation fan of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman. A collector of all things Bionic as a child, his interest in the shows was reignited when the first Bionic reunion movie was produced in 1987. The following year he met stars Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson for the first time through Lindsay Wagner’s Official Fan Club. In 1998, James reworked the Bionic Woman episode guide booklet that he had produced for the club into The Bionic Woman Files website — the longest running Bionic Wom

(RIGHT CLICK IMAGE TO SAVE EPISODE TO YOUR COMPUTER.) Steve learns of the existence of a second cyborg despite Oscar and Rudy's best attempts to keep the information from him.  He is further disturbed to see that Oscar is intent on making this second bionic project work even though there are clear signs that Barney Miller (Monte Markham), the race car driver horribly injured in an accident, is not handling being bionic as well as Steve has managed to. When Barney decides that he will make sure he is a unique being even if it means killing Rudy, it's up to Steve to stop him.  Joining John and Paul is award winning science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer.  Comment on the episode here or write abionicpodcast@gmail.com or better still use the "Send Voicemail" tab on the left of the page to leave a message via your computer.  Take a moment to rate the episode by using our star system at the bottom of this entry.   Rating: Bionic Wiki entry The6milliondollarblog entry Robert J. Sawyer has won the Hugo, Nebula,

(RIGHT CLICK IMAGE TO SAVE EPISODE TO YOUR COMPUTER) Steve must escort the prime minister of a small Middle Eastern country cross-country to the OSI research facility in Tennessee.  There, she will undergo bionic heart transplant surgery.  But there are forces conspiring to see her dead so that she cannot go through with her plans for peace with the rebel faction of her country. Joining John and Paul is the6milliondollarman.com webmaster, Alex Green. Comment on the episode here or write abionicpodcast@gmail.com or call 888-866-9010 or better still use the "Send Voicemail" tab on the left of the page to leave a message via your computer.  Take a moment to rate the episode by using our star system at the bottom of this entry. Rating: Bionic Wiki entry The6milliondollarblog entry Alex Green was born in San Diego where he has lived his whole life, rarely venturing outside the safe confines of Southern California. Growing up, his parents tried to persuade him that the funny man running in slow motion on the te

(RIGHT CLICK IMAGE TO SAVE EPISODE TO YOUR COMPUTER) A plane carrying Steve, Senator Ed Hill, and the senator's son & aide is forced down in a storm as it makes its way to an investigative hearing into the senator's conduct during a recent flight.  Steve is supposed to testify about the plane the senator was flying, but someone in the group is trying to make sure Steve doesn't make it out alive.  Add to this, Oscar is urging Steve to consider the words of his testimony, as the senator was responsible for pushing the funds through that made Steve bionic.  Joining John and Paul is thesix1973.com webmaster, Joseph Burns.  Rating: Bionic Wiki entry The6milliondollarblog entry Joseph Burns was born in Washington D.C., and grew up there until his family moved to California in the late 70's. A film and TV buff, he attended the Film/Video program at UC Santa Cruz, getting his bachelor's in 1996. After Film School, Joe moved to LA and worked in Post Production. He is the editor of "Skywalker: The David Thompson

Oscar sends Steve and Rudy Wells into the woods to recover a downed spacecraft that contains two human test subjects in cryogenics.  One of the astronauts gets out before he can be treated properly and roams through the forrest like a wild beast.  Steve has to stop him before Oscar's secret experiment gets out to the world at large.  Joining John and Paul is author/podcaster Kevin Lauderdale. Comment on the episode here or write abionicpodcast@gmail.com. Rating: Bionic Wiki entry The6milliondollarblog entry Kevin Lauderdale has written essays and articles for the Los Angeles Times, The Dictionary of American Biography, Animato, mcsweeneys.net, and teevee.org; and his poetry has appeared in Andrei Codrescu's The Exquisite Corpse.  He has published fiction in several of Pocket Books' Star Trek anthologies, including Constellations, which celebrated the 40th anniversary of the original Star Trek.  His original fiction has appeared in Neo-opsismagazine and Cthulhu Unbound, the cross-genre Lovecraftian collecti

(RIGHT CLICK THE IMAGES TO SAVE THE EPISODE TO YOUR COMPUTER) The second season of The Six Million Dollar Man begins with Steve looking into the theft of equipment needed to build an atomic bomb.  A recent auction of such a device has put the OSI on "Nuclear Alert."  Soon, Steve finds himself trapped on a plane that's out of control with the device armed and must stop it before the plane is shot down. Joining John and Paul is Alex Green of The 6 Million Dollar Blog. Comment on the episode here or write abionicpodcast@gmail.com or call 888-866-9010 or better still use the "Send Voicemail" tab on the left of the page to leave a message via your computer.  Take a moment to rate the episode by using our star system at the bottom of this entry. Rating: Bionic Wiki entry The6milliondollarblog entry Alex Green was born in San Diego where he has lived his whole life, rarely venturing outside the safe confines of Southern California. Growing up, his parents tried to persuade him that the funny man running in slow mo

RIGHT CLICK IMAGE TO SAVE EPISODE TO YOUR COMPUTER John and Paul take a break from reviewing the episodes in the series to look back at the first season.  Listener email, DVD bonus reviews, and Bionic Impression Theater await you.  Plus, stay tuned for your chance to win a first season bionic gift package (get your mind out of the gutter). Check out the full show notes and comment on the episode here or write abionicpodcast@gmail.com or call 888-866-9010.  Take a moment to rate the episode by using our star system at the bottom of this entry.

Steve is suspicious after several strange accidents in a row occur.  He feels someone is trying to kill him, despite Oscar's dismissal of the notion.  Travelling to Utah for a vacation, Steve takes the time to think about his past encounters as a bionic man and comes to the conclusion that it's Dr. Jeffrey Dolenz, the robot maker, who is stalking him.  With this in mind, Steve sets himself up to be captured by Dolenz in order to find out the robot maker's ultimate plan.  John and Paul are joined by writer/publisher/critic Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg as they examine the second entry in the robot maker trilogy. Rating: Please take a moment to comment on this episode here, or by writing abionicpodcast@gmail.com, or by calling 888-866-9010. BionicWiki entry on the episode Entry from the6milliondollarblog.com Arnold T. Blumberg is an author, editor, book designer, and educator. He is the co-author of the Howe’s Transcendental Toybox series of Doctor Who merchandise guides from Telos Publishing, the designer of o

(RIGHT CLICK IMAGE TO SAVE EPISODE TO YOUR COMPUTER.) Steve travels to China's border to recover top secret documents from a plane that was downed during World War II.  This is a personal mission for Steve as the leader of the mission back then was his own father, Carl Austin, and the government's position is that Carl abandoned his crew as the plane went down.  John and Paul are joined by writer/publisher/critic Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg as they look at this first episode that establishes Steve's family. Rating: Please take a moment to comment on this episode here, or by writing abionicpodcast@gmail.com, or by calling 888-866-9010. BionicWiki entry on the episode. Entry from the6milliondollarblog.com Arnold T. Blumberg is an author, editor, book designer, and educator. He is the co-author of the Howe’s Transcendental Toybox series of Doctor Who merchandise guides from Telos Publishing, the designer of other Telos books including The Target Book, the author of “Stolen Days” in Short Trips: How the Doctor

(RIGHT CLICK TO SAVE EPISODE TO YOUR COMPUTER) Astronaut Josh Lang (William Shatner) is transformed into a higher being with superior mental powers after passing through a strange energy field in space.  Now, he's trying to cope with his new abilities that nobody believes he has, save for Steve.  John and Paul are joined by writer Dayton Ward to explore Shatner's extraordinary performance in this episode.  Rating: Please take a moment to comment on this episode here, or by writing abionicpodcast@gmail.com, or by calling 888-866-9010. BionicWiki entry on the episode. Entry from the6milliondollarblog.com Dayton Ward is the author of numerous media tie-in fiction works in such realms as Star Trek and The 4400.  He is also the author of such original works as Counterstrike, The Last World War, Book 2and The Genesis Protocol. When he's not writing or working for a software design firm, he's busy indoctrinating his two lovely daughters into the worlds that have so seriously warped his mind.  

RIGHT CLICK IMAGE TO SAVE EPISODE TO YOUR COMPUER. Steve must infiltrate a remote island complex and stop an international criminal named Quail from using a laser device on an unknown target before it causes "The Last of the Fourth of Julys" or "The Last of the Fourths of July" or "The Last of the July Fourths".  John and Paul are joined by writer Dayton Ward to determine which should be the correct phrasing of this episode's title. Rating: Please take a moment to comment on this episode here, or by writing abionicpodcast@gmail.com, or by calling 888-866-9010. BionicWiki entry on the episode. Entry from the6milliondollarblog.com Dayton Ward is the author of numerous media tie-in fiction works in such realms as Star Trek and The 4400.  He is also the author of such original works as Counterstrike, The Last World War, Book 2and The Genesis Protocol. When he's not writing or working for a software design firm, he's busy indoctrinating his two lovely daughters into the worlds that have so seriously warped

(RIGHT CLICK IMAGE TO SAVE EPISODE TO YOUR COMPUTER) Steve travels to Austria to keep an eye on Rudy Wells who is receiving an honorary degree from his alma mater.  The problem is, when Steve arrives, "Dr. Wells is Missing" and Steve must find him as Rudy has only trained someone to replace a diode in Steve's arm and nothing else.  John and Paul are joined by Time Life Video Six Million Dollar Man DVD collection chief consultant Matt Hankinson who places this episode in his top fifteen of all the bionic stories. Rating: Please take a moment to comment on this episode here, or by writing abionicpodcast@gmail.com, or by calling 888-866-9010. BionicWiki entry on the episode. Entry from the6milliondollarblog.com Matt Hankinson writes, "Besides the Time-Life DVD release of SMDM (for which I served as "chief creative consultant"), I had previously worked with Herbie J Pilato on his long-in-development  The Bionic Book , and served as consultant and wrote the episode copy for Rittenhouse Archive's 2004 Six M

(RIGHT CLICK IMAGE TO SAVE EPISODE) Steve reluctantly helps in the training of the world's first American female astronaut, Kelly Wood.  But when there is an accident aboard her vessel that injures her fellow pilot, Kelly must pilot the Athena One to Skylab.  Steve mounts a rescue mission to return the injured astronaut to earth.  The hitch - his bionics malfunction in space.  John and Paul are joined by author and podcaster (It Has Come to My Attention, Mighty Movies: Temple of Bad) Kevin Lauderdale to discuss how accurate the science and portrayal of NASA astronauts were in the episode. Rating: Please take a moment to comment on this episode here, or by writing abionicpodcast@gmail.com, or by calling 888-866-9010. BionicWiki entry on the episode. Entry from the6milliondollarblog.com Kevin Lauderdale has written essays and articles for the Los Angeles Times, The Dictionary of American Biography, Animato, mcsweeneys.net, and teevee.org; and his poetry has appeared in Andrei Codrescu's The Exquisite Cor

Steve must prove that an alleged assassin with an airtight alibi killed an assisstant DA, part of a team bringing down a known racketeer.  The problem is, Steve saw the killer in the dark with his bionic eye and he can't give evidence without revealing his secret.  John and Paul are joined by author, musician and podcaster (The Chronic Rift, Dead Kitchen Radio) Keith R.A. DeCandido to discuss how much of a police procedural is actually involved in this episode. Please take a moment to comment on this episode here, or by writing abionicpodcast@gmail.com, or by calling 888-866-9010. Rating: BionicWiki entry on the episode. Entry from the6milliondollarblog.com Keith R.A. DeCandido has been, at various times, an author, editor, critic, book packager, musician, television personality, and probably some other things, too, but he can't remember due to the lack of sleep. On the fiction-writing side, he has more than thirty novels to his credit, along with short stories, eBooks, comic books, novellas, and nonfic

(RIGHT CLICK IMAGE TO SAVE EPISODE TO YOUR COMPUTER) Steve agrees to help his cosmonaut friend, Vasily Zhukov, inspect the damage from a recent earthquake on a Russian facility.  After shocks trap Zhukov's fiance, Irena, beneath the surface and trigger a doomsday device that will destroy the complex.  The two mount a rescue mission into the heart of the complex in the hopes of saving Irina and the entire island.  John and Paul are joined by Geek Radio Daily's Billy Flynn  to discuss this episode. Please take a moment to comment on this episode here, or by writing abionicpodcast@gmail.com, or by calling 888-866-9010. NOTE: Gary Collins, as noted by the three, was not the host of PM MAGAZINE.  He hosted the daily HOUR MAGAZINE. Rating: BionicWiki entry on the episode. Entry from the6milliondollarblog.com Bill Vernon, AKA “the Wonderful Billy Flynn,” brings the funny each week on Geek Radio Daily! His daytime alter ego is mild-mannered (well, that part is a stretch) on-air talent at WRAR Radio Station in

(RIGHT CLICK THE IMAGE TO SAVE THE EPISODE TO YOUR COMPUTER) A plane is shot down over a small African country while taking pictures fo United Nations treaty violations in the area.  Steve is sent in to retrieve the film and discovers that the pilot (Greg Morris - Mission: Impossible) is alive, but injured.  He must repair the damaged plane and make it capable of carrying himself, the pilot, and two missionary nuns who cared for the pilot, out of the dangerous area.  The boys are joined once again by author Dayton Ward in discussing this episode. Please take a moment to comment on this episode here, or by writing abionicpodcast@gmail.com, or by calling 888-866-9010. Rating: BionicWiki entry on the episode. Entry from the6milliondollarblog.com Dayton Ward is the author of numerous media tie-in fiction works in such realms as Star Trek and The 4400.  He is also the author of such original works as Counterstrike, The Last World War, Book 2and The Genesis Protocol. When he's not writing or working for a

Major Fred Sloan (John Saxon) is the developer of a missile intercept device that is about to be demonstrated to the military.  He is replaced by a robot duplicate whose orders are to steal the activator for the device.  It's up to Steve to stop the robot from getting away.  The boys are joined once again by author Dayton Ward in discussing this episode. Please take a moment to comment on this episode here, or by writing abionicpodcast@gmail.com, or by calling 888-866-9010. Rating:   BionicWiki entry on the episode. The6milliondollarman entry Check out music from episode. Dayton Ward is the author of numerous media tie-in fiction works in such realms as Star Trek and The 4400.  He is also the author of such original works as Counterstrike, The Last World War, Book 2and The Genesis Protocol. When he's not writing or working for a software design firm, he's busy indoctrinating his two lovely daughters into the worlds that have so seriously warped his mind.  

The developer of a wireless laser is kidnapped and the only clue Steve has to finding him is the inventor's daughter gifted with ESP. Podcaster Clay Dugger joins the boys to discuss the episode. Please comment on this episode at the end of this listing, writing abionicpodcast@gmail.com or calling 888-866-9010.     BionicWiki entry on the episode. The6milliondollarblog.com entry Rating: Clay Dugger is the host of The Righteous Dudecast and is part of the Chronic Rift Network, joined by his wife in the monthly This and That with Him and Her.