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Tuvok Unhinged.  

Vulcans are generally known for being calm, cool, rational, and collected. But every once in a while even a Vulcan can come unglued at the seams. And our favorite Vulcan member of the Voyager crew, the one and only Mr. Tuvok, is no exception. Over Voyager's seven-year journey, we see Tuvok mind melding, Pon Farring, cake baking, wax flower making, flashbacking, emotion repressing, brain igniting, and even strolling onto the bridge sans uniform! (Okay, that last one was just a bad dream, but still....) In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Suzanne Williamson, Kay Shaw, and Zachary Fruhling compare their favorite "Tuvok Unhinged" moments in Star Trek: Voyager.  

Chapters 
Intro (00:00:00) 
"Meld" - Strangling Neelix (00:03:36) 
Generally Vulcan, Uniquely Tuvok (00:09:27) 
Logic Therapy (00:13:02) 
"Riddles" - Cake Baker and Flower Maker (00:14:53) 
"Endgame" - Permanently Unhinged (00:24:26) 
"Workforce" - Like a Swan (00:27:40) 
Donald Duck in Vulcan Mental Land (00:29:16) 
The Progression of "Repression" (00:31:14) 
Collaborative Botany (00:34:34) 
Rubber Ducky (00:36:13) 
Vulcan Night Clubs - Transactional Immodesty (00:39:46) 
Which Tuvok Are You? (00:43:13) 
"Flashback" - Lecturing Captain Sulu (00:43:59) 
Vulcan Counseling Sessions (00:46:12) 
"Learning Curve" - Rigid and Inflexible Tuvok (00:52:11) 
Fundamentals are the Building Blocks of Fun (00:54:01) 
Closing (00:55:27)  

Hosts 
Suzanne Williamson, Kay Shaw, and Zachary Fruhling  

Production 
Kay Shaw (Editor) Suzanne Williamson (Producer) Zachary Fruhling (Producer) C. Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Kenneth Tripp (Executive Producer) Bruce Lish (Associate Producer) Joo Kim (Associate Producer) Norman Lao (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

Logan.

The X-Men franchise helped usher in a new era of superhero films yet throughout it's run the individual movies have been up and down in terms of their quality, especially in the the films focusing on the Wolverine.

In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Megan Calcote to talk about Hugh Jackman's last X-Men film Logan. We discuss the state of the mutant, looking in the mirror, God's mistake or human arrogance?, mutation, the characters, true grit and our ratings.

Chapters
Spoiler Warning (00:06:39)
The State of the Mutant (00:07:34)
Looking in the Mirror (00:19:37)
God's Mistake or Human Arrogance? (00:23:03)
Mutation (00:32:46)
The Characters (00:42:53)
True Grit (00:58:08)
Ratings (01:03:23)

Host
Matthew Rushing

Guest
Megan Calcote

Production
Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Davis Grayson (Associate Producer)

DS9 Season 6 - Essential Trek Philosophy with Duncan Barrett, Part 1.   In this first part of a two-part episode of Meta Treks, hosts Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling are joined by author Duncan Barrett to discuss their picks for Essential Trek Philosophy from season 6 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Much of Season 6 of Deep Space Nine can be framed in terms of Thomas Hobbes's conception of a State of Nature outside of civilized society, in which actions in war are not bound by ethical consideration. Duncan Barrett, however, explains Season 6 of Deep Space Nine and the Cardassian occupation of Bajor by comparison with the German occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II.   Chapters  Welcome to Episode 60 (00:01:09)  Introducing Duncan Barrett and Initial Thoughts (00:02:56)  Rocks and Shoals (00:14:49)  In the Pale Moonlight (00:40:33)  Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night (00:50:34)  Statistical Probabilities (01:05:00)   Hosts Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling   Guest  Duncan Barrett   Production Mike Morrison (Editor) Zachary Fruhling (Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Patrick Devlin (Associate Producer) Kay Shaw (Associate Producer) Norman Lao (Associate Producer) Kit Loffstadt (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)   Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm  Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm  Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm  Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact  Visit the Trek.fm website at http://www.trek.fm/  Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm   Support the Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

DS9 Season 6 - Essential Trek Philosophy with Duncan Barrett, Part 1.  

In this first part of a two-part episode of Meta Treks, hosts Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling are joined by author Duncan Barrett to discuss their picks for Essential Trek Philosophy from season 6 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Much of Season 6 of Deep Space Nine can be framed in terms of Thomas Hobbes's conception of a State of Nature outside of civilized society, in which actions in war are not bound by ethical consideration. Duncan Barrett, however, explains Season 6 of Deep Space Nine and the Cardassian occupation of Bajor by comparison with the German occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II.  

Chapters 
Welcome to Episode 60 (00:01:09) 
Introducing Duncan Barrett and Initial Thoughts (00:02:56) 
Rocks and Shoals (00:14:49) 
In the Pale Moonlight (00:40:33) 
Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night (00:50:34) 
Statistical Probabilities (01:05:00)  

Hosts 
Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling  

Guest 
Duncan Barrett  

Production 
Mike Morrison (Editor) Zachary Fruhling (Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Patrick Devlin (Associate Producer) Kay Shaw (Associate Producer) Norman Lao (Associate Producer) Kit Loffstadt (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)  

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Standard Orbit 163: Viewer Astern

Looking Back to Keep Moving Forward

30 Episodes have been published with the newest Standard Orbit team. Zach and Ken take a look at how the format is resonating and which shows took off and others that are still on the launch pad. They review the ratings, the hits, and the misses over the last 7 months of podcasting. 
  
Like any other form of media there is a lot of data that is used to quantify what an audience is looking for in its subject matter. Zach and Ken share the downloads and responses from some of the key episodes as well as explore the ones that were really successful, those they thought would be successful and did not reach expectations, and their deep appreciate for the feedback and responses from Standard Orbit listeners.
 
Hosts 
Ken Tripp and Zach Moore 
 
Feature 
Welcome to Standard Orbit! (00:01:08) 
It is a Crazy World (00:09:05)
BBC reaction (00:27:00)
TNG to TOS (00:29:57)
Where did the time go? (00:38:08)
Sportscasters (00:42:46)
PTOFM (00:44:11)
Thanks for Listening (00:48:54)

Production 
Zach Moore (Producer)  Ken Tripp (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Renee Roberts (Associate Producer) Nicolas Anastassiou (Associate Producer)  Aaron Harvey (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) 
    
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Star Trek: Countdown.

When the new J.J. Abrams Star Trek film hit theaters in 2009, audiences were left with a lot of questions: who is this Nero guy? Why does he have a super-powerful mining ship? And what exactly happened before he and Spock travelled to the 23rd century via black hole? Thankfully, those questions and more were answered if you were fortunate enough to read some well-timed IDW Star Trek comics!

In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Bruce Gibson and Dan Gunther talk about the four-issue comic miniseries Countdown. We discuss each of the issues, the character of Nero, a resurrected Data, Ambassador Picard, General Worf of the Klingon Empire, Spock and Nero's ultimate fate, and conclude with our ratings.

In the news segment, we talk about upcoming comics for May, a special preview of issue number one of Mirror Broken, and an exciting sale on Star Trek comics at Comixology!

News
Comics Coming in May (00:03:39)
Comixology Sale (00:15:10)

Feature: Countdown
In 2009 (00:20:59)
Issue 1 (00:24:23)
Differences From the Book (00:32:51)
Issue 2 (00:38:13)
Issue 3 (00:46:02)
Issue 4 (00:59:39)
Ratings (01:06:52)
Final Thoughts (01:09:50)

Hosts
Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson

Production
Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Bruce Gibson (Associate Producer)

Retrospective: Season Three Part One.

Season three of Star Trek: Enterprise was an brave experiment of storytelling with the franchise's first season long story arc. As a response to the events of September 11, 2001, the creators of the show wanted to take Star Trek in a new, darker direction.

In this episode of Warp Five, hosts Floyd Dorsey and Brandon-Shea Mutala are joined by Patrick Devlin for the first part in our season three retrospective. We discuss the episodes "The Xindi," "Anomaly," "Extinction," and "Rajiin." We also discuss converting temperatures from Celsius to Fahrenheit, distances from kilometers to miles, and Fraggle Rock.


Chapters
Intro (00:00:00) 
Welcome, Boomers! (00:01:22) 
Season Two Recap (00:05:50) 
Thoughts on Season Three (00:08:51) 
"The Xindi" (00:12:38) 
"Anomaly" (00:31:03) 
"Extinction" (00:45:15) 
"Rajiin" (00:53:02) 
Final Thoughts (01:13:51) 

Hosts
Floyd Dorsey and Brandon-Shea Mutala

Guest
Patrick Devlin

Production
Floyd Dorsey (Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Floyd Dorsey (Associate Producer) Mike Morrison (Associate Producer) Tim Cooper (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)