I shouldn't be made to suffer just because Soundcloud feel the need to put a description box on the screen when I upload a show.

Did you notice a couple of weeks ago when I put links to all the news stories in the shownotes?

This week Shawn and Rick welcome John Irons from Cosmic Potato and Albie Burdge from The Quantum Leap Podcast to talk about the 7th episode of Star Trek: Discovery.

Number 17 labelled as Alt Rock but it's lovely mixed bag of types. Spread the love and support your locals bands.

1:23 - Zaida by Pablo and The Appleheads

Pablo and The Appleheads

5:27 – Tick Tock by Tom North

Tom North

8:18 – The Love He Kept by Tercelvoice

Tercelvoice

12:42 – Bangers and Mash by The Explorers Collective

The Explorer's Collective @Facebook

15:59 – Wanted Man by Bongley Dead

Bongley Dead @YouTube

19:45 – Apneic Delight by Nabucco Dinosaur

Nabucco Dinosaur @Bandcamp

26:18 – Time by Paste

Paste @Facebook

31:50 – Among The Wires by Vermicious Kind

Vermicious Kind @Bandcamp

35:58 – All That Was Ours by Speech Machine

Speech Machine

40:36 – I Love You But I Love Me More by Mikayla

Mikayla @Reverb Nation

Do not operate heavy machinery or produce podcasts while taking this medication.

Emma and Mike pick over the recent press release announcing who will be Jodie Whittaker's co-stars for Series Eleven.

You might remember Ari from such podcasts as Do Ask Do Tell, and Super Happy Fun Time. Now you can remember them from Random Access Memories.

We've got your gaming news here. There's plenty of stuff. Want some links? Here we go...

www.gamesradar.com/halo-the-master-chief-collection-will-be-xbox-one-x-enhanced-in-2018-but-still-no-halo-6-news/

www.kotaku.co.uk/2017/10/19/uk-government-responds-to-loot-boxes-as-gambling-petition

toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=274&itemid=29955

kotaku.com/lego-dimensions-is-officially-over-1819774166

kotaku.com/neogaf-goes-dark-after-sexual-misconduct-allegation-aga-1819755151

uk.ign.com/articles/2017/10/23/first-13-original-xbox-games-announced-for-xbox-one-compatibility

kotaku.com/rockstar-explains-why-gta-v-never-got-single-player-dlc-1819781386

kotaku.com/the-nintendo-switch-now-supports-gamecube-controllers-1819795549

kotaku.com/neogaf-reopens-users-revolt-1819790736

www.allgamesdelta.net/2017/10/metal-gear-survive-launches-february-20.html

kotaku.com/kinect-is-officially-dead-1819837204

kotaku.com/battleborn-updates-are-over-so-it-can-die-in-peace-1819804029

This week Shawn and Rick were joined by Scott Matteson and Allison Downing as well as best selling Star Trek novelist Michael Jan Friedman to talk about episode 6 of Star Trek: Discovery.

Tonight you get to meet Paisley. We weren't planning on it, but that just sums him up perfectly. We weren't planning on it.

Technically, the barks aren't any louder than the rest of the show. I can show you on a waveform. However, due to the nature of the sound, it might burst your ear drums or blow out your car windows. I have taken no steps to protect you from this problem because I'm not a very responsible person.