"I ate some for, um, research purposes." Today we have our first Short Trek "The Trouble with Edward" which covers a scenario we've wondered about, i.e. why don't people just eat tribbles? Emmanuel keeps getting distracted by butts and Laura keeps trying to correct Emmanuel but she's wrong every time. We discuss Edward Larkin's characterization, including the use of upspeak by the incomparable H. Jon Benjamin, and briefly ponder how bestiality may or may not be taboo in a post-human world. Emmanuel ends the episode shooketh by a life-shattering epiphany

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It’s our last horror episode

“Tell them about the Vahir.” After talk of lasers, doppelgangers, and another existential crisis for Laura, we get into “Juggernaut” from Voyager, which isn’t often considered a horror episode. This B’Elanna centric story has hardcore Aliens vibes, but the themes are closer to the classic B-movie The Toxic Avenger. In addition to more Star Trek Sexism™, we talk about the horrors of industrialization and cilantro. We also give heartfelt thanks to people doing their part to cleanup the world.

"I'm not a soldier anymore, I'm an engineer." Once again, DS9 out here with the best episode, survival horror from season 5 "Empok Nor." The only episode to genuinely startle us features "Crazy Eyes" Garak doing his best impression of a slasher. We try to figure out the dynamics of the O'Brien-Bashir-Garak love triangle, pay our respects to fallen Trek heroes, and decide what's the best way to eat spaghetti.pt 

“Don’t trust anyone.” Folks, we’ve got a real TNG Season 1 treasure here with possibly the campiest horror episode of all Trek, “Conspiracy.” While there’s some real Invasion of the Body Snatchers vibes, it sort of ends up going nowhere in the end. Emmanuel and Laura are well past the point of broccoli™ for most the podcast, and the tangents get kind of wild: news of male birth control via penis shots; trying to make ‘hoo ha’ the new tagline; freaky cyborg horses; Laura does a British accent.

“A lot can happen in three minutes.” We’ve got a new series looking at horror in the Star Trek universe. Starting with TOS’s “The Devil in the Dark”, we discuss the B-movie horror genre, creature features, and the evils of colonization. While the episode takes a sharp turn away from horror tropes in the middle, it still has some great creepy moments. Tangents include: a theory about the Bee movie and iCarly; the return of Cabeza de Vaca; ideas for an art house film called “Stakes and Blood.”

Our first animated series episode, "More Tribbles, More Troubles", is also Emmanuel's introduction to that show. We discuss the animation styles, some of which we like (the bold lines!), some of which we don't (lip syncing). While not as fun as the original, we have a tough time rating it too low. We also want tribbles! For Christmas! For Halloween! Send us your tribbles!

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In this episode we're taking a little breakie poo from our regularly scheduled programming so Emmanuel can step back from editing. We give our big ol' thanks to listeners, and decide we'll be be covering the new Picard show. Stick around for a bonus tangent!

There's nothing but tribbles everywhere!

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We're wrapping up our utopia/dystopia series with a somewhat rambly conversation about our major takeaways from this topic, especially the impact of Past Tense in our current moment. We also discuss several episodes we considered for this series from Voyager and Enterprise which didn't quite fit the theme. Our conclusion: the move to character driven storytelling makes it harder to explore a concept like utopia. Stayed tuned for our next series!

"What did they do to deserve this?" In the not too distant year of 2024, the criminalization of poverty leads to an all too relatable dystopia in DS9's "Past Tense." We talk a lot about the social issues from the show, discussing real life parallels to the sanctuary districts in the episode, especially the housing crisis and rise in homelessness in our home state. DS9 gives us all a call to action in this episode and reminds us that we have the capacity to change our societies for the better.