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The Live Long and Podcast crew reviews the Firefly episode 'Shindig', discussing Mal's high-society challenges and a sword duel.

The Live Long and Podcast crew continue their journey into Firefly with "Shindig" (2002). Mal crashes a high‑society ball, challenges Inara's arrogant client, and ends up in a sword duel he has one night to prepare for, all while trying to secure a smuggling job. Firefly S1 E4 "Shindig" (2002) Episode Review First Aired: November 1, 2002 In-universe year: 2517 Date of Podcast: June 29, 2026 Firefly Review Series THIS WEEK'S PODCASTERS Dave Mader, Kevin Millard, Adam Woodward, Jody Simpson, Jeff Mader LIVE LONG AND PODCAST FOUNDED BY Dave Mader and Jaemeel Robinson A PROUD MEMBER OF THE UNITED FEDERATION OF PODCASTS Check us out online at https://www.ufpodcasts.com/livelongandpodcast PRODUCER Dave Mader Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/LiveLongandPodcast Streaming live on Twitch, Youtube and Facebook: Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/livelongandpodcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/livelongandpodcast Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/LiveLongAndPodcast "Robo-Western" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Audio…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave Mader, Kevin Millard, Adam Woodward, Jody Simpson, Jeff Mader

Topics covered

• Firefly
• Shindig
• sword duel
• high-society ball
• smuggling job

Keywords

• Firefly
• Shindig
• sword duel
• high-society
• smuggling

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Organizations: Live Long and Podcast, United Federation of Podcasts

Books & works: Firefly, Shindig

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