Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! Carlos has been getting into the Christmas spirit, working hard to bring you his renditions of some classic holiday tunes! But Jack got so jealous, he decided to get in on the fun, too. It's a double album of holiday cheer! Find out what it sounds like when two guys who can't sing or compose music at all make a whole album! It's sure to find its way into your yearly rotation, and your heart.

Celebrate the holidays with one of the biggest Jaxilly BLOWOUTS ever! Hey, it's the end of the year, everyone had drinks and the day off, we have to talk about CHINGY'S blessings, the Mirror Universe, Georgiou leaving the show, the return of the Guardian of Forever (aka CARL), the biggest mailbag ever, and of course THE MANDO FINALE! So join a Chingy-approved Jack, a Luke-likin'(?) Sam (Marvel Star Wars Explorers), a tumbleweed-filled apartment owning Geoff (The ApeCast), a very passionately opinionated Sean (After the Credits), and a Guardian-hoppin' Kevin (Reopening the Wormhole) for a rip-roarin' time! You'll find there's never enough of THIS self-indulgence.

Jack, Sam, and Kevin are Reopening the Wormhole to a time podcasting with Barm and she of the glistening Klingon hams, RTW appearances, Picard Finales, and SMB commentaries, the delightful Kristina Kephart! They are here to talk about the wonders of CARL, decide the perfect trail mix, mourn the loss of salty Stamets, and above all, debate the merits of Georgiou as they once again delve into the mirror universe. Come for those alluring mirror women, but STAY for Jack live on cast experiencing possibly the most unexpected and wonderful moment of his life, courtesy of great friends, and the G.O.A.T.!

2020 lurches to an end with a sputtering cough, and within the putrid phlegm arises another installment of DRUNK STAR WARS! The Force goes back to bed as a scrumpy-fueled Jack and a still bathroom recording Kregg choke on some Disney tip-yip. Through the drunken haze, the two recognize the ways that this little Lego thing is strong in the Force, and also, the ways in that is why you fail. (Too drunk to make that sentence work proper). Wouldn't be proper!? Wouldn't have it any other way. HAPPY LIFE DAY.

Jack, Barm and Ferengi Expert and Golden Boy Kregg Castillo are BOOKING it to BOOK CENTRAL to discuss SANCTUARY. Which also means they gon' talk about Detmer and Tilly's Andorian hubby getting their trench run on with Grudge in their lap, Emperor Georgiou at peak intolerability (and Culber reacting appropriately), the Section 31 show they would actually be excited to see, ESL aliens, pronouns, Stamets jam sessions, really liking this episode, SEA LOCUSTS and fucking BOBA FETT. MANIFEST!

Barm and Jack decide to live together on their own planet away from everyone else to talk about Unification III. It's the return of Mama Burnham, the Rommies and Vulckies, Prime Concernham and Captain Saru's questionable personnel decisions! This holo-torch lit debate also features arguments from Barm that Col. Tigh and Mr. Lahey are the same person, touches on the wisdom of Spock, revisits Unification I&II, reminds us that axioms are simply ideas and not laws, reevaluates the works of Heinlein, and includes shocking reveals from your co-hosts: Barm would rather see Picard murdering Klingons than Leonard Nimoy in TNG, and Jack HATES temporal mechanics so much that he doesn't even think they're real. Oh, and GROGU. This episode wasn't achieved through politics or diplomacy, but it was achieved.

Barm is back from his whirlwind November tour of Castville, and joins Jack and Sam Stovold (Marvel Star Wars Explorers) to talk SCAVENGERS. That means you'll be digging through the garbage to find gems like the story of the vagina-faces, a discussion of what working with people from a thousand years ago would REALLY be like and a show from Admiral Vance's perspective, an attempt to deconstruct the Burn, references to The Running Man, and noted Georgiou-haters actually kind of… liking Georgiou? Also, we talk a lot about Discovery actually doing good character plotting and writing, blah blah. GRUDGE, TILLY BAJORANS, LINUS!

The ApeCast tackles Disco Season 3! For the first time in Season 3, Geoff Clarke (The ApeCast) brings his still SOMEWHAT unbiased Ape Peepers to Trek, and (mostly) likes what he sees, and it's not just because master body-horror director and Canadian national treasure David Cronenberg is appearing in this episode for whatever reason (we're not complaining!). He and Jack also relish any chance to talk Final Fantasy VIII, the Temporal Cold War, the Smoke (and Smog) Monster, Robert Picardo, Admiral Vance (Vance Admiralty), and, as we bid farewell to Nahn, BARZANS, BARZANS, BARZANS. Bear witness to the ascension of Castville's new Barzan/Canadian expert.

TRILL POOLS! They're back, and so are Sam Stovold (Marvel Star Wars Explorers, Reopening the Wormhole) and Sean Davis (After the Credits) to do the deepest dive (into a Trill pool) on Trills since Reopening the Wormhole! Recent events, and a delicious new Jaxilly drank have the guys in high spirits as they debate the relative merits of Trill adventures and disastrous dinner parties. They'll also find time for taco talk, Ocarina of Time temple-ranking, Smoke Monster HotTheories, discussing characters as conduits, and seeing how many different ways Sean can find to say Culber's name. Dive into the this cool refreshing Trill Pool with us, and let us be your symbionts.

It's the first big Disco party of Season 3, as Jack, Sam and Kevin of RTW, Barm, and Ferengi expert and Golden Boy Kregg collide in orbit over Earth, and tensions are running HIGH when the group finds itself dividing into factions. (And this is even before George Lucas pops in to offer up his hot takes.) Sure, we can all agree on key issues like Book = delightful, Georgiou = irritating, Saturn = awesome, but is this episode more overly melodramatic preponderance, or one of the best episodes of the series?? It's the most contentious issue in America today, without question, but the difference is, we have ANSWERS. Or do we? The only way to rip the bug alien helmet off and open your mind is to PRESS PLAY.