Lower Dorks: A Star Trek Lower Decks Fan Podcast

Lower Dorks: A Star Trek Lower Decks Fan Podcast

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  • Put a Ring On It (S4E3) | Lower Dorks Podcast

    Dealing with promotions is the name of the game in this week's episode of Lower Decks, and the Lower Dorks hosts are in the weeds, discussing Boimler's performance, the out of hand hazing ritual and the intrinsic coolness of ringworlds.

    0:00 Intro and drink announcement

    1:51 Episode synopsis
    3:40 The ringworld and Captain Freeman
    12:24 Boimler's mission
    27:03 Anomaly room and Mariner/Tendi/Rutherford's haze
    43:52 Final thoughts
    45:52 Outro

    47 min
  • Tuvix, Reverted (S4E1+2) | Lower Dorks Podcast

    Season 4 is here! The Lower Dorks hosts cover everything from the first two episodes, including T'Lyn reactions, the fate of the macroviruses and the usual hero worship for Ransom and Rutherford.

    0:00 Intro and drink announcement

    2:25 Episode synopses

    Twovix

    4:59 New opening credits
    7:26 Boimler holodeck sequence
    9:49 T'Lyn
    12:08 Voyager secret mission and station
    14:33 Voyager appearance and detail
    17:34 Macrovirus plot
    26:16 Twovix plot
    33:59 Promotions and Ransom, plus trailer edits
    36:34 Mysterious threat epilogue

    I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee

    44:49 Romulan cold open and title discussion, plus bloodwine
    46:36 Shaxs and T'ana's relationship, plus the stretchy scene
    48:25 Boimler apartment shopping plot
    55:39 Rutherford Promotion (and Tendi) plot
    1:00:58 Menagerie (with Mariner and Ransom) plot
    1:13:00 Last minute observations
    1:15:39 Outro

    1 hr 17 min
  • The Best Cold Opens, Seasons 1-3 | Lower Dorks Podcast

    In the last episode  before Season 4, the Lower Dorks hosts take a look at all all the cold opens from seasons 1-3 and talk about which ones are the best per season and which one is the best overall!

    0:00 Intro

    1:52 Season 1 drink
    2:59 Season 1 cold opens, ranked
    11:17 Season 2 drink
    12:41 Season 2 cold opens, ranked
    26:12 Season 3 drink
    27:29 Season 3 cold opens, ranked
    34:00 Top overall cold open from Seasons 1-3
    39:31 Top overall drink flavor
    40:40 Outro

    43 min
  • Season 4 Trailer Breakdown | Lower Dorks Podcast

    Season 4 is coming soon, and the trailer is out with Comic-Con! Lower Dorks host take a shot-by-shot look at the trailer and dissect it for the smallest details.

    0:00 Intro and drink announcement

    2:16 In-depth look at Season 4 trailer
    49:22 Outro

    Season 4 trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCQwncbQx04

    51 min
  • Strange New Decks (SNW S2E7) | Lower Dorks Podcast

    The crossover episode is here! The Lower Dorks hosts cover everything about this one, from the intro sequence to apology limericks... and we even try the internet's attempt at an Orion Hurricane!

    0:00 Intro and drink announcement

    3:33 Episode synopsis
    4:12 OK, but was it good?
    5:16 Frakes's direction
    8:28 Animated vs live action and Mariner/Boimler appearances
    18:30 Animated opening sequence
    23:17 Breaking the fourth wall
    28:30 Enterprise homages and the drinks
    33:56 Boimler screams in live action, in-universe hero worship
    37:58 Pike can't stand Boimler
    45:22 One-liners
    46:51 Ensign in charge of time portal missions, horonium fuel
    49:00 Holocamera from Voyager
    50:42 Number one calling herself Number One
    51:45 Setlik system, Boimler's possible guilt, Cardassian knowledge
    57:05 Commbadge log entries return
    58:37 The Riker
    58:59 Tritriticale reference
    59:31 Nausicaan portrayal
    1:01:17 Conversation with Pelia
    1:04:19 Enterprise shuttlebay look
    1:06:39 Apology limerick and NX-class piece
    1:08:38 Pin-up poster and ad astra per aspera continuation
    1:12:13 Tech-y-ons
    1:13:00 Outro

    Orion Hurricane recipe: https://twitter.com/TheScorch1701/status/1683146996826210309

    1 hr 15 min
  • ... But It’s a TTRPG! Star Trek Adventures Lower Decks content (ft. Jim Johnson and Al Spader) | Lower Dorks Podcast

    It's a little known fact that the Lower Dorks hosts are TTRPG afficionados... and with a Lower Decks themed expansion to Star Trek Adventures coming out this summer, it's a perfect time to talk about it! Don't know what a TTRPG is, or why you should care? We talk with Modiphius experts on the project (Project manager Jim Johnson and writer Al Spader) to fill in the blanks! (We also do play a fill in the blanks game in this episode too).

    0:00 Intro and guest introductions

    8:54 What is Star Trek Adventures?
    12:30 New to the Lower Decks TTRPG experience, range of content in STA
    19:00 Lower Decks Campaign Guide details, celebs, narrative focus
    29:36 Collaboration with Paramount, getting the Lower Decks flavor
    41:28 Al's favorite contributions
    44:08 Random elements in the Campaign Guide
    48:08 Other Lower Decks STA content: crew packs, Lurkers standalone adventure, mission briefs
    58:10 Sandbox elements, courtroom dramas
    1:07:18 Game: We build our own Lower Decks mission brief!
    1:17:00 Outro

    Modiphius site: https://www.modiphius.net/

    Lower Decks Campaign Guide: https://www.modiphius.net/en-us/products/star-trek-adventures-star-trek-lower-decks-campaign-guide

    1 hr 18 min
  • Ships of Season 3 ft. Thomas Marrone (Part 2) | Lower Dorks Podcast

    The Lower Dorks hosts resume our in depth chat with Star Trek ship expert Thomas Marrone, discussing the ships of season 3. We only get sidetracked into ship history a couple of times, and ultimately lament the lack of a purchasable California class model. 

    0:00 Intro, re-introduction of Thomas Marrone, drink announcement

    2:06 Deep Space Nine, "Hear All, Trust Nothing"
    9:47 Karemma ship, "Hear All, Trust Nothing"
    13:08 Drookmani shuttle, "Mathmatically Perfect Redemption"
    16:13 Areore ships, "Mathmatically Perfect Redemption"
    23:02 Valdore variant, "Crisis Point II"
    29:38 Sovereign-class, "Crisis Point II" and "The Stars at Night"
    31:58 Temporal Research Lab, "Crisis Point II"
    36:40 Batriss freighter, "Crisis Point II"
    43:43 Section 31's Defiant-class, "Crisis Point II"
    49:14 Type 15 Shuttlepod, "Trusted Sources"
    53:35 Breen Interceptor, "Trusted Sources"
    55:54 Texas class, "Trusted Sources"
    1:05:44 The Free Spirit, "Trusted Sources" and "The Stars at Night"
    1:19:51 All California Class ships, "The Stars at Night," "Mining the Mind's Mines"
    1:19:34 Closing thoughts
    1:21:39 Outro

    1 hr 24 min
  • Ships of Season 3 ft. Thomas Marrone (Part 1) | Lower Dorks Podcast

    The Lower Dorks hosts love ships, and Season 3 had a lot of them! We're joined once again by Star Trek ship guru Thomas Marrone to discuss all the ships that made an appearance! There are so many ships that we had to split our talk into two episodes, woah!

    0:00 Intro and Thomas Marrone's (re-)introduction

    10:56 Drink announcement
    13:32 Freeman's fake ship, "Grounded"
    15:06 Vulcan playground ship, "Grounded"
    18:13 Phoenix, "Grounded"
    26:06 Drydock, "Grounded"
    28:58 Gary's Space Station, "Grounded"
    31:53 Starfleet security ships, "Grounded"
    37:37 Akira-class and alien ship, "Grounded"
    44:54 Olympic-class, "Grounded"
    50:37 Dulaine's orbital lifts, "Least Dangerous Game"
    53:22 USS Hood, "Mining the Mind's Mines"
    56:47 Dove and other ships, "Room for Growth"
    1:05:33 Sampaguita and Delta Flyer, "Reflections"
    1:11:59 D'deridex, "Reflections"
    1:14:58 Outro

    Federation Attack fighter model, Hangar B productions: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/federation-attack-fighter-e8a4ee7b6a7d43218bfad55b64030ff0

    1 hr 16 min
  • Season 3 Retrospective | Lower Dorks Podcast

    While other Trek shows are in full swing, we're here talking about Lower Decks season 3! We get into a discussion/argument about Warp Core Four's character development, talk cameos and even discuss the seasonal outlier starring Peanut Hamper! Also, one of us continues to get upset at the Boimler hair dye reveal.

    0:00 Intro and drink announcement

    2:12 Warp Core Four character development
    20:05 Arc vs standalone episodes
    23:43 Lots of ships
    27:07 The outlier episode: A Mathmatically Perfect Redemption
    30:10 Cameos: a whole lot
    38:15 Favorite character update?
    40:51 Favorite gags
    45:44 Favorite episode
    49:53 Aaron's random feedback: Episodes out of order, Mime-ing the Mime's Mimes details, breakable screens
    54:38 Boimler's hair color reveal
    55:54 Season 5 announced
    56:53 Outro

    59 min
  • ... But It’s a Comic! The 2022 IDW Miniseries (ft. Chris Fenoglio) | Lower Dorks Podcast

    Lower Decks has a comic! Hosts Stavros and Aaron are joined by Star Trek Lower Decks comic series artist Chris Fenoglio to discuss everything about 2022's Lower Decks comic miniseries, and Stavros has a few too many inane opinions about capes and castles.

     

    0:00 Intro and drink announcements

    3:29 Details on the comics, Chris's introduction
    5:45 Our comic book experience, Chris educates us
    15:04 Art style
    21:07 Catullans and Stavros's torpedoed theory
    25:10 Cover art tease on issue #2
    30:12 The skant's triumphant return
    34:39 Plot discussion
    40:47 The cape and Boimler's association
    45:31 Would the Qvanti ruse work?
    48:38 Yentoa castle is a castle
    50:46 The Barclay chair and other details
    56:16 Dracula's Cape and castle
    1:01:12 Mariner and the MSD spread
    1:05:34 Rutherford and the not-exocomp
    1:08:10 Ransom and his office
    1:13:50 Freeman and her commbadge log entries
    1:14:32 Dr. T'ana and Shaxs
    1:19:16 Qvanti and other alien designs
    1:20:00 Reworking aliens, new CGI and Star Wars?
    1:25:36 Stavros's wrong opinions about collars
    1:26:00 Holodeck sets (Enterprise bridges and ships!), Dixon Hill office
    1:34:43 Sequels in the works?
    1:35:34 Looking like the show
    1:40:21 Outro

    1 hr 42 min

About Lower Dorks: A Star Trek Lower Decks Fan Podcast

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A new podcast for Star Trek: Lower Decks. Hang out with Stavros and Aaron as they discuss the latest Lower Decks episodes, favorite characters, cameos and behind-the-scenes gossip.