Newbie Star Trek

True Q! The presence of a potential Q offspring brings back the old malevolent version of the John de Lancie Q. What happens when Karen Arnold from the Wonder Years is given unlimited power?!

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0:00 - Intro

9:06 - Around the Sun

12:50 - Sponsors

19:56 - Episode recap and discussion

1:22:53 - Mailbag

1:34:49 - Outro

Schisms! Does it make sense to have an alien abduction story when you're already in space and hanging out with aliens 24/7? Does it make sense to have an episode where there's not much else to it other than the thinly veiled mystery? Does it make sense for an android to compose and recite dank-ass poetry about his cat? The answer to one of these questions is an emphatic yes. The others? Uh...

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0:00 - Intro

7:47 - Around the Sun

14:33 - Sponsors

25:10 - Episode recap and discussion

1:11:19 - Mailbag

1:17:32- Outro

A Tales of Two Cities! In 2011, a huge Star Trek mark by the name of Sam Hain really wanted to get his fan script produced. The wrinkle? The only film production access he had was in the adult film industry. What happens when a huge Star Trek fan and a bunch of adult film stars get together to put on a show? Honestly, a pretty great episode of TNG!

Watch the fan film with the explicit scenes removed here (SFW): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzDIACP8nf8

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0:00 - Intro and preliminary episode discussion

28:25 - Episode recap and discussion

1:01:00 - Outro

Relics! Some old drunk guy named Scotty comes aboard the Enterprise, and he acts really old. Our two newbies, Ricardo and Sara, have no idea who he is. How does a viewer evaluate a sentimental episode when the viewer doesn't have the sentimental backstory? Tune in and find out!

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0:00 - Intro

8:14 - Pre-emptive episode discussion

25:46 - Around the Sun

29:48 - Sponsors

35:24 - Philosophical discussion about aging

48:41 - Episode recap and discussion

1:34:52 - Mailbag

1:36:32- Outro

Man Of The People! Deanna's getting her life force sucked out to sustain the calm mind of an empath ambassador who needs to negotiate peace between two warring factions. Wow, that's a doozy of a sentence. Also, some other people are there, I guess. Also, this episode is RIDDLED with misogyny, from both the ambassador guy and the writer of the episode himself. Oh boy. 

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0:00 - Intro

10:51 - Around the Sun

15:03 - Sponsors

20:45 - Episode recap and discussion

1:33:01 - Mailbag

1:38:26 - Outro

Realm Of Fear! Barclay returns, and this time he demonstrates his legitimate fear of transporters! But then he WebMDs his symptoms and gets himself all worked up over some worms that are very much real! Can we ever escape this realm? This realm... of fear?!

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0:00 - Intro

6:32 - Around the Sun

11:30 - Sponsors

23:05 - Miscellaneous Star Trek tangent

31:37 - Episode recap and discussion

1:21:30 - Mailbag

1:30:45 - Outro

Time's Arrow, Part II! The rest of the Enterprise crew follows Data through the time hole, and it turns out they fit... quite well into 1893 San Francisco? While they hang out and try to find Data, Mark Twain keeps interfering, and Guinan seemingly falls in love with Picard. Why are these aliens stealing souls? Is the best solution just to wipe them out? Star Trek sure thinks so. Because that's what Star Trek has always been about: not trying to resolve our differences with alien species we just met. Yup, completely in character.

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0:00 - Intro

11:00 - Around the Sun

22:45 - Sponsors

29:59 - Episode recap and discussion

1:35:48 - Mailbag

1:41:22 - Outro

Time's Arrow! Data falls into a time hole created by weird aliens with mouths on their heads that are stealing souls from humans in 1893 that are suffering from cholera. Also Guinan is there? With Mark Twain?! Also everyone's really on edge for some reason? What's going on? Why is nothing answered in this episode? Help uuuuus!!!

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0:00 - Intro

13:26 - Around the Sun

19:11 - Sponsors

35:52 - Episode recap and discussion

1:58:14 - Mailbag

2:00:38 - Outro

The Inner Light! Picard lives an entire life that is not his own in what many consider to be the best episode of TNG of all time. Is that true? What did the NST crew think? Well, we ended up having some pretty deep conversations based on the themes brought up, so maybe?! Tune in and find out! 

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0:00 - Intro

8:07 - Around the Sun

19:11 - Sponsors

30:56 - Episode recap and discussion

1:55:53 - Mailbag

2:01:33 - Outro

The Next Phase! Ro and Geordi become ghosts! But not really! How will they un-ghost themselves when no one can see them and they can't interact with anyone! We're especially loopy in this episode because some of us were still sick, so apologies for that! Whee~! 

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0:00 - Intro

18:56 - Around the Sun

22:01 - Sponsors

30:09 - Episode recap and discussion

1:51:12 - Mailbag

1:55:38 - Outro

Christmas AMA 2023! We take it easy during the holidays and decide to answer a bunch of your questions! Wheeeee, Merry Holidays, y'all!

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0:00 - Intro

5:15 - Question from NewRocJacob

14:09 - Question from arfone83

19:31 - Question from norris5754

30:27 - Question from indigo.h

41:06 - Question from noratheelk3729

46:29 - Question from Patrick-hs4ge

51:18 - Question from 1MrPooney

59:12 - Question from josiahtillet9942

1:02:02 - Question from chitown111111

1:06:07 - Question from jswizzlestick

1:14:32 - Outro

I Borg! The crew of the Enterprise have already had a LOT of harrowing run-ins with the Borg. But what will they do after they save a Borg and keep him on board as a prisoner? Will Guinan and Picard overcome their Borg-phobia? Will Geordi replace one robot best friend with another? And will Beverly Crusher actually become... the HERO?! 

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0:00 - Intro

10:53 - Around the Sun

23:24 - Sponsors

33:01 - Episode recap and discussion

1:42:47 - Mailbag

1:44:44 - Outro

Imaginary Friend! Basically, a girl gets an evil imaginary friend that's a Solarbaby in disguise. Shenanigans don't ensue until the very end. This one was pretty thin on... pretty much everything, so, fair warning, there's tangents galore!

Link to Spockanalia Issue 2 from the OAKTrust digital repository at Texas A&M: https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/157233

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0:00 - Intro

9:04 - Around the Sun

14:42 - Sponsors

21:55 - Episode recap and discussion

1:18:13 - Mailbag

1:23:17 - Outro

The Perfect Mate! The true prequel to the X-Men movies, in more ways than one! An impossibly attractive woman is presented as property for the purposes of a peace negotiation, and Picard's stuck in the middle? You might be surprised by what we thought of it! 

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0:00 - Intro

13:23 - Around the Sun

15:24 - Sponsors

26:24 - Episode recap and discussion

2:05:48 - Mailbag

2:08:45 - Outro

Cost Of Living! Is it just us, or are Lwaxana episodes getting worse every season? Why would she agree to this wedding? Why is she meddling with Worf's son? Why is Deanna giving such bad parenting advice? Why is magic Disney dust turning the Enterprise into Ghostbusters 2 slime? Why anything?!

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0:00 - Intro

7:21 - Around the Sun

18:48 - Sponsors

23:00 - Episode recap and discussion

1:31:59 - Mailbag

1:37:15 - Outro

The First Duty! Our golden boy Wesley gets into some BIG trouble! Will he do the right thing and come clean? Or will he fall back onto his villainous roots and coward out? Or maybe there was an even more interesting alternative to the entire story altogether? Curious...

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0:00 - Intro

21:27 - Around the Sun

26:14 - Sponsors

36:04 - Episode recap and discussion

1:35:35 - Mailbag

1:39:29 - Outro

Cause And Effect! The Enterprise keeps exploding over and over again! But why?! Because of timey-wimey stuff, which Ricardo friggin' LOVES! You KNOW he's going to rate this a high episode, but what does everyone else think? Let's dive into Beverly Crusher's Groundhog Day and find out how they deal!

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0:00 - Intro

7:33 - Around the Sun

9:52 - Sponsors

21:29 - Episode recap and discussion

1:07:48 - Mailbag

1:13:14 - Outro

The Outcast! The examination of heavy topics continues as we deal with the extremely important topic of LGBQT+ discrimination... but from the perspective of middle-aged writers from 1992. Does it hold up? Eh, maybe, maybe not. But their heart was in the right place! Except for one guy, that guy sucks. Which guy? Tune in to find out!

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0:00 - Intro

08:32 - Around the Sun

14:02 - Sponsors

20:57 - Episode recap and discussion

1:52:36 - Mailbag

2:02:28 - Outro

CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of suicide and assisted suicide.

Ethics! Roll out the barrel! Specifically, onto Worf's spine. Yes, it's the infamous barrel episode where an act of hilarious pratfall comedy leads to a surprisingly poignant and deep discussion about...well...ethics! Lines are drawn! Which side are YOU on?!

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0:00 - Intro

18:56 - Around the Sun

22:42 - Sponsors

31:21 - Episode recap and discussion

1:37:22 - Mailbag

1:45:12 - Outro

Power Play! What happens when a bunch of energy ghosts take over Ten Forward? A great excuse for actors to play against type!

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0:00 - Intro

8:34 - Around the Sun

15:25 - Sponsors

26:05 - Episode recap and discussion

1:30:59 - Mailbag

1:35:13 - Outro

Conundrum! Hey, who's that new guy over there? He's obviously not a regular member of the Enterprise crew. We're...we're all pointing at him, right? Like, he's obviously the weird guy who made us lose our memories. Right? Hello? He wants us to commit war crimes? Uh, what the heck is going on?!

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0:00 - Intro

9:13 - Around the Sun

13:37 - Sponsors

27:10 - Episode recap and discussion

1:32:57 - Mailbag

1:43:15 - Outro

The Masterpiece Society! Welcome...to Masterpiece Society! Where eugenics reigns supreme, Deanna (once again) crosses inappropriate lines, and Picard makes weirdly waffling convictions about personal freedoms. Also, we get into some pretty intense discussions about the topic. Oh boy!

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0:00 - Intro

15:33 - Around the Sun

22:03 - Sponsors

28:51 - Episode recap and discussion

1:35:45 - Mailbag

1:40:25 - Outro

CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of sexual assault and rape.

Violations! In this very special episode... of Star Trek: The Next Generation... and Newbie Star Trek... presented by Common... an obvious villain boards the ship and wrecks up a bunch of people's minds. Boy, the discussion gets heavy!

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0:00 - Intro

20:44 - Around the Sun

22:12 - Sponsors

32:53 - Episode recap and discussion

1:28:28 - Mailbag

1:36:32 - Outro

Hero Worship! Unlike last episode, this one sort of treads old ground as we re-explore Data's desire to be human, except now through the eyes of a child who wants to be like Data! Is it worth it? Does Star Trek drop the ball on one of the most devastating cuts to commercial in the whole series so far? I dunno, maybe?!

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0:00 - Intro

17:03 - Around the Sun

26:13 - Sponsors

35:07 - Episode recap and discussion

1:06:04 - Mailbag

1:10:29 - Outro

New Ground! IT BROKE NEW GROUND! And by that we mean that Worf is finally having to be a father, for once. And we get into a bunch of discussions about our own parents, and Ricardo talks about raising his kid, and I guess they were also shooting a spaceship on a warp wave or something like that? Eh?

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0:00 - Intro

13:21 - Around the Sun

19:21 - Sponsors

29:31 - Episode recap and discussion

1:35:42 - Mailbag

1:38:41 - Outro

A Matter of Time! An episode so annoying and so bad that not even Robin Williams could've saved it, and not even the time travel plot could entice Ricardo! Wow, is it really that bad? Well, it was written by Rick Berman, so...yes. 

Captain Picard is myyy man: https://youtu.be/ocD7ISTlslE

Pole Position: https://youtu.be/xhRIneQFmHA

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0:00 - Intro

13:52 - Around the Sun

19:29 - Sponsors

23:42 - Episode recap and discussion

1:04:25 - Mailbag

1:07:29 - Outro

Unification II! Jasmin returns for the exciting conclusion to Spock's romp through TNG! Now that we got all of that setup and exposition out of the way, we can finally get to the good stuff! Also, NINE! 

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0:00 - Intro

8:04 - Around the Sun

11:06 - Sponsors

21:34 - Episode recap and discussion

1:40:42 - Mailbag

1:44:06 - Outro

Unification I! Jasmin returns to unify with the NST crew and discuss Leonard Nimoy unifying with the TNG crew to unify the TOS and TNG storylines! Although, not really, as Spock doesn't even show up until the end of the episode. But isn't the real Spock the friends we made along the way? The answer is no.  

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0:00 - Intro

8:16 - Around the Sun

11:21 - Sponsors

18:48 - Episode recap and discussion

1:40:08 - Mailbag

1:46:21 - Outro

The Game! *cue Triple H theme song* Seriously, though, there's a new game going around on the Enterprise, and it's making everybody c**! Will Wesley and special guest star Ashley Judd be able to keep everyone from the c**ming conspiracy?! Absolutely not! 

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0:00 - Intro

8:05 - Around the Sun

11:08 - Sponsors

20:44 - Episode recap and discussion

1:26:08 - Mailbag

1:30:49 - Outro

Disaster! A quantum filament rocks the Enterprise! Picard is trapped in the turbolift with his worst nightmare, three children! Geordi and Beverly are trapped in the shuttle bay with a ghost fire and explosive barrels! Worf has to deliver Keiko's baby! Riker and Data have to cut off Data's head to get into Engineering! Deanna is put in charge of the bridge with Miles trying to save everyone and Ro trying to save themselves! There's a lot going on! But screw all that, GO AND SEE THE END OF DAYS!

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0:00 - Intro

14:41 - Around the Sun

17:57 - Sponsors

29:54 - Episode recap and discussion

1:20:14 - Mailbag

1:31:33 - Outro

Silicon Avatar! Who would've guessed that the Crystalline Entity would ever come back? Well, I guess Marvin did since he already saw the episode before, but Ricardo, Sara, and Dan didn't! Are we ready for a crazier version of the Admiral Satie performance from "The Drumhead"? Too bad, it's happening already! 

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0:00 - Intro

5:10 - Around the Sun

19:40 - Sponsors

26:57 - Episode recap and discussion

1:13:59 - Mailbag

1:19:07 - Outro

Ensign Ro! Well, Wesley's gone, and we need a new spunky low-ranking character that's constantly accused of committing war crimes. Why not Ro Laren? Also, this story is DEFINITELY not about the Israel-Palestine conflict at all. Not one bit. 

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0:00 - Intro

17:15 - Around the Sun

22:02 - Sponsors

32:40 - Episode recap and discussion

1:25:34 - Mailbag

1:28:57 - Outro

Darmok! One of the most famous TNG episodes of all time! But how does it stand up to a bunch of complete newbies watching it for the first time? Sara, her arms wide? Ricardo, when the walls fell? Dan, on the ocean? Marvin, dildo accepted? Tune in and find out!

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0:00 - Intro

18:58 - Around the Sun

24:15 - Sponsors

33:47 - Episode recap and discussion

1:08:16 - Mailbag

1:17:23 - Outro

Redemption II! A lot's happened since we've been away! Picard's starting a blockade, Worf thinks Klingons aren't so cool anymore, the Duras sisters try to eat Worf's chin beard, Data gets discriminated against AGAIN in a society that supposedly has completely eliminated racism, and I guess Yesterday's Enterprise Tasha had a daughter? Will any of it have any significance whatsoever? I dunno, I guess we'll have to watch and see!

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0:00 - Intro

22:37 - Around the Sun

31:17 - Sponsors

40:35 - Episode recap and discussion

1:23:05 - Mailbag

1:29:09- Outro

Redemption! Worf finally gets on with the honor and decides to take steps to reclaim his family name! Kurn gets involved, Gowron gets involved, Picard gets involved, the Duras sisters get involved, a lot of involving going on! And then a sudden twist at the end! But what does it mean?! We're gonna try to guess and find out!

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0:00 - Intro

13:54 - Around the Sun

26:02 - Sponsors

39:53 - Episode recap and discussion

1:30:43 - Mailbag

1:33:39 - Outro

In Theory! Scott re-joins us for another Data-centric episode! This time, Data delves into the deep matters of love, courtship, romance, and relationships, and so do we! Such a deep episode tends to elicit such deep discussions. Also, there's some sort of dark matter wrecking up the place, and Picard has to drive a shuttlecraft by himself for some reason? Tune in to find out why!

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0:00 - Intro

6:27 - Around the Sun

19:52 - Sponsors

25:03 - Episode recap and discussion

1:59:04 - Mailbag

2:04:32 - Outro

A Klingon Challenge! Hey, I don't remember this episode of TNG. Why's the Enterprise empty? Why are they using non-Star Trek font? Why aren't they shooting this with film cameras? Who's this Kavok guy? Why are we looking at some sort of game board? And what is this "VHS" you speak of?

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7:19 - Sponsors

10:46 - Episode recap and discussion

1:10:01 - Outro

The Mind's Eye! Geordi's sexy trip to Risa gets interrupted when some sinister Romulans capture him and turn him into a Manchurian candidate! Will Data be able to figure out the sinister plot in time? Will the backstabbing Klingon ambassador get found out? Will Sara continue to be triggered by exposed crotches? Tune in to find out!

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0:00 - Intro

9:40 - Around the Sun

18:02 - Sponsors

28:24 - Episode recap and discussion

1:07:17 - Mailbag

1:12:38 - Outro

The Host! No, not the bonkers Bong Joon-ho scifi classic or the romantic sci-fi novel by Stephanie Meyer, but the episode of TNG! Man, "The Host" sure is a popular title! And yes, the episode that introduced the Trill, and yes, Beverly totally gets her mack on. But how'll she take it when she finds out how the Trill really operate? Will Picard be jealous? Why is Riker so eager to volunteer for everything? Will the newbies take it all in stride? Tune in to find out!

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0:00 - Intro

11:14 - Around the Sun

15:49 - Sponsors

22:13 - Episode recap and discussion

1:19:17 - Mailbag

1:22:18 - Outro

Half a Life! A deeply philosophical and somber episode straddles us with questions such as "Should we decide when elder adults become culturally obsolete?", "Should we interfere with the cultural customs of other societies, even when we find them deeply morally reprehensible?", and "Why is Lwaxana Troi still here?" All this and more, answered on this episode!

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0:00 - Intro

16:28 - Around the Sun

19:12 - Sponsors

33:35 - Episode recap and discussion

1:34:27 - Mailbag

1:39:12 - Outro

The Drumhead! What happens when the show needs a cheap episode in the can, Jonathan Frakes puts back on his directing hat and starts referencing classic courtroom drama films, a nationalist zealot boards the Enterprise, Worf gets whisked away by the fervor and excitement of a witch hunt, and Picard's past mistakes are brought back to haunt him? This episode, I guess!

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0:00 - Intro

10:39 - Around the Sun

16:59 - Sponsors

23:29 - Episode recap and discussion

1:13:58 - Mailbag

1:20:38 - Outro

Qpid! Picard's sexy sidepiece Vash returns on episode 420 of TNG, and we're releasing this episode on Valentine's Day! So get romantic and blaze it as we settle into our...Robin Hood adventure? Wait, what, Q is back? And he's starting a love triangle of some sort?! Oh boy, this is gonna get complicated!

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Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang 

"What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang 

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0:00 - Intro

4:52 - Around the Sun

10:56 - Sponsors

18:34 - Episode recap and discussion

1:03:05 - Mailbag

1:11:02 - Outro

The Nth Degree! Barclay's back, and so's Scott! And together they trigger some pretty deep dives back into holodeck ethics, only this time even deeper! Wowee! *punch*

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Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang 

"What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang 

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0:00 - Intro

6:35 - Around the Sun

10:22 - Sponsors

21:16 - Episode recap and discussion

1:39:23 - Mailbag

2:10:46 - Outro

Identity Crisis! We head into another kinda spooky but not really episode as we try to figure out why Geordi and his former crewmates are transforming into the intro from Belly! Also, what is Belly? Well, it seems like only Ricardo knew! Tune in to find out what Belly is!

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Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang 

"What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang 

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0:00 - Intro

9:19 - Around the Sun

21:33 - Sponsors

28:12 - Episode recap and discussion

1:15:38 - Mailbag

1:24:52 - Outro

Night Terrors! It's basically Nightmare on Elm Street, but without Freddy Krueger! Does that make it the worst episode of season 4? We wouldn't say so, but then we say lots of things, like that OnlyFans is willing to violate the Geneva Convention, Jesus just needed to sleep off the crucifixion, that it's hard to get to Hawaii, and that Dan has quite a large body count. What are we talking about? Tune in to find out!  

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Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang 

"What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang 

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0:00 - Intro

10:34 - Around the Sun

18:29 - Sponsors

25:07 - Episode recap and discussion

1:04:25 - Mailbag

1:10:44 - Outro

Galaxy's Child! Geordi's old fake holodeck flame comes back to haunt him in this extra creepy episode of TNG! Nate Tang, the composer of our theme song, joins us this week as we dive into the extreme ooginess of Geordi insisting that he's done nothing wrong and the writers writing Leah Brahms to agree somehow! Wow, these were definitely different times! 

Link to the Star Trek TNG casting memo mentioned in this week's mailbag: https://fugitiveframes.com/star-trek-tng-casting-memo

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Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang 

"What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang 

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0:00 - Intro

5:29 - Around the Sun

11:08 - Nate discusses how he wrote the theme song

17:56 - Sponsors

26:37 - Episode recap and discussion

1:33:36 - Mailbag

1:39:31 - Outro

Christmas Mailbag 2022! We take it a bit easy this holiday season as we catch up on listener and viewer emails! This time, you can't blame us for going off topic, there's no topic at all! Wheeeee~!!! Merry Holidays y'all!

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Intro theme song: Jinglebell (Hot!) by Nate Tang  

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0:00 - Intro

16:39 - Sponsors

26:11 - Mailbag Letter #1

40:40 - Mailbag Letter #2

50:58 - Mailbag Letter #3

58:08 - Mailbag Letter #4

1:06:01 - Mailbag Letter #5

1:14:49 - Mailbag Letter #6

1:21:45 - Mailbag Letter #7

First Contact! Wow, that got philosophical real fast! The episode itself is pretty great, a first contact episode from the perspective of other aliens meeting the Federation. But what started as a usual episode recap turned into discussions about political power, proof of aliens, religion, the Cold War, even random mathematical concepts like fast Fourier transforms! What led us down that rabbit hole? Tune in to find out!

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Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang 

"What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang 

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0:00 - Intro

12:24 - Around the Sun

18:18 - Sponsors

24:05 - Episode recap and discussion

1:45:43 - Mailbag

1:53:52 - Outro

Clues! John Velez, the designer and animator behind our wonderful YouTube video versions of the podcast, joins us this week to discuss a whodunnit! Why is Data acting like a huge jerk? Why is Guinan only in one scene? Why do we talk so much about oil? Tune in to find out!

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Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang 

"What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang 

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0:00 - Intro

1:22 - John discusses how he designed and animated the video podcasts

9:58 - Around the Sun

16:35 - Sponsors

19:46 - Episode recap and discussion

1:48:29 - Mailbag

1:58:41 - Outro

Devil's Due! The Devil skips Georgia and heads straight to Star Trek, where she decides to take over a whole planet and (unsuccessfully) seduce Picard. But is she nothing but a flim-flam artist? The answer is yes. Scott joins us once again as we take another deep dive into a religiously charged episode!

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Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang 

"What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang 

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0:00 - Intro

4:08 - Around the Sun

14:22 - Sponsors

23:49 - Episode recap and discussion

1:40:36 - Mailbag

1:45:15 - Outro