This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss DS9 season five, episode eleven, "The Darkness and the Light." Topics include the career of Bryan Fuller, the songwriting skills having cats leads to, smoky transporter skeletons, having a low-key birthday with some low-key vegan Italian food and bad service, loving the song "My Hometown" from Eurovision Song Contest, Kira's Bajoran terrorism background coming back to haunt her, and much, much more! They also confuse Rom for Nog!! Listen!!!

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Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:

A Site Where You Can Generate Your Own Episode Title Images: https://trek.epicrandomness.com/

"Jaja Ding Dong" From Eurovision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlBUH8zMZng

The "My Hometown" Performance From The Train Station Oscars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UamELF1MyN0

The "He's An Insurgent Now" Hurt Locker Beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhjRW-j139k

Manhunter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhunter_(film)

Faces of Death (2026): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faces_of_Death_(2026_film)

Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Darkness_and_the_Light_(episode)

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This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss DS9 season five, episode ten, "Rapture." Topics include Alice being in New York, what kind of rapture Sisko's actually experiencing, Dax "Mona Lisa"-ing the big Bajoran painting of the cold open, what Bane actually said, where the hell a certain signature in Alice's "get well soon" card is, filling in Jarmusch blind spots, the power of National Treasure, intimacy coordinators who defy expectations, what Kai Winn's up to, and much, much more! Listen!!

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Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:

The Drunk Deer Video: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYUxRx3DK4x/

The Geese Song Skyler Mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HG5eII55JA&list=RD1HG5eII55JA&start_radio=1

The "Art Process" Book Skyler Mentioned: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669522/the-work-of-art-by-adam-moss/

The Show Now At Caveat Where Actors And Improvisers Do Scenes Together That Only One Of Them Knows The Dialogue For: https://caveat.nyc/events/and-scene-6-15-2026

The National Treasure "Treasure Room Door Opening" Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqCfQ71W58M

A Piece On Gore Vidal That Recounts The Mailer Story: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/story/gore-vidals-final-feud

Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rapture_(episode)

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This week on the Star Trek podcast Treks and the City, Alice and Skyler are of course wrapping up the Garry Marshall Day trilogy by covering its final entry, 2016's Mother's Day. Topics include actually spotting Timothy Olpyhant, people bringing babies to bars, what's going on with the number of characters named "Trey" in the Tana French Cal Hooper novels, Margot Martindale being saddled with a bunch of racist and homophobic dialogue, what makes Skyler break out in a Jersey accent, whether Julia Roberts is styled more as an Anna Wintour or an Anton Chigurh in the film, how great Jennifer Aniston is, when The Blind Side came out, and much, much more! Listen!!

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Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:

Tana French's First Cal Hooper Novel: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/556487/the-searcher-by-tana-french/

Anton Chigurh: https://static0.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/4cnrp2ml4enr7mpn0n6b85kjlpe5ug_original.jpg?w=1600&h=1200&fit=crop

Anna Wintour: https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/b75/a89/95d89bd74dad05c2312f41653e3a9af941-99---.2x.rsquare.w536.jpg

Julia Roberts' Look In The Film: https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/mothers-day.jpg

The Brad Evans + Nick Ciarelli "The LA Comedy Scene Is Thriving" Bit: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXaGwyhj0pq/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

The List Vandell Was Added To: https://www.theworlds50best.com/stories/News/north-americas-50-best-bars-2026-51-100-list.html

Movie Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day_(2016_film)

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This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss DS9 season five, episode nine, "The Ascent." Topics include the types of pastries they're both fans of, period yurts, what day of the week it in fact is, the kinds of people who'll talk to painters painting, off-the-beaten-path workplaces, screwing up Godot, chic survival looks, whether the station is "huge" or "enormous" or a mystery third size, the best spicy Porsche to get, and much, much more! Listen!!

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Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:

A Swedish Cinnamon Bun Recipe: https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/swedish-cinnamon-buns-kanelbullar/

Society of the Snow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_the_Snow

The Way Back: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_Back_(2010_film)

A Write Up Of The Lost Highway Poster: https://www.thebeliever.net/movie-advertisement-lost-highway/

Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Ascent_(episode)

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This week, Alice and Skyler are detouring from DS9 with another Danny Solomon-led BLOCKBUSTER return to The Next Generation to rank the times other members of the crew filled in for Picard. Together, they discuss rushing into the sun, what Garret's up to, the need for space gossip, where Geordi's rizz is, ensigns forgetting their place, how King Ralph surely influenced TNG, the kinds of sports references Alice and Skyler can grasp, getting cancelled for anti-android bias, how the Klingons even get through the day given all their warring, Danny's upcoming grab-bag episode concepts, and much, much more. Listen!!

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Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:

A "Bill Brasky" Sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QIlbwXe1WY

The Atlantic's Kash Patel Piece: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/

Scottie Pippen, Who Alice And Skyler Were Extremely Familiar With: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottie_Pippen

King Ralph: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Ralph

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This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss DS9 season five, episode eight, "Things Past." Topics include enriching the art-museum-going experience with some live commentary, the way Alice was like a certain element of Mulholland Drive at the start of the record this week, getting jealous about the Artemis II astronauts, book talk, dialing back the "Odo as a solid" story decision, Bashir and Worf collaborating on being uninformative, Levar Burton absolutely going off, and much, much more! Listen!!

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Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:

Tana French's Website: https://tanafrench.com/

The "Children of Time" Series: https://adriantchaikovsky.com/children-of-time-children-of-ruin-children-of-memory.html

Walkin' About: https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/walkin-about/

Hyperfixed: https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/

The Noah Wiley Walk Through Video About The Craft Contemporary (Not The Folk Art Museum, Skyler Was Mistaken. He Was Also Mistaken About Which Wiley Founded It, It Was Founded By His Grandmother, Edyth Wyle!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxjeF_asb-o

Megan Amram's List Of The Good Place Restaurant Puns: https://www.instagram.com/p/BZpJ5bIHKsn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Things_Past_(episode)

Produced by Skyler Hanrath

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This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss DS9 season five, episode seven, "Let He Who Is Without Sin...." Topics include ruined horny getaways, proper inviting-yourself-to-carpool-on-a-trip etiquette, Worf not being able to hang with Dax, how good "White Lotus on a distant planet" sounds as an idea, annoying finger-wagging space moralizers, the erotic power of clay, just how hot a misused garbage disposal can be, the demise of Starfleet Academy, how to handle Discord.com, and much, much more! Listen!!

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Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:

Where To Submit Your Pro-Keeping Families Together Letter: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/keep-families-together-26

The Clown-opedia Entry On "Auguste" Clowning: https://clownopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Auguste

Emily Nussbaum's I Like to Watch: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/563025/i-like-to-watch-by-emily-nussbaum/

Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Let_He_Who_Is_Without_Sin..._(episode)

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This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss DS9 season five, episode six, "Trials and Tribble-ations" AND Futurama season four, episode eleven, "Where No Fan Has Gone Before." Topics include this DS9 episode absolutely rocking, checking for Gump, helping your aunt navigate contacting you, not seeing celebrities at restaurants, good fans and bad fans, sending a new crew to work in the general vicinity of an old crew, a Preston Sturges movie Skyler feels should be more widely seen, what a person might know Leonard Nimoy from, and much, much more! Listen!! Also, apologies about Skyler's dog, Bodie, barking during this episode!!!

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Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/mKEgYkoZh60

Chip n' Dale: Rescue Rangers Trailer: https://youtu.be/mKEgYkoZh60

A Fun Article About Wild Eye Stuff In Movies: https://www.aao.org/museum-blog/detail/eerie-eyes

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock, Which Is Just Completely Available On YouTube: https://youtu.be/xg48xPmyShU

One Of Chris Fairbanks' "I'm In Tom Cruise Movies" Bits: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRilgCjjwnG/

"You, Murderer" Tales from the Crypt Episode Wiki: https://tftc.fandom.com/wiki/You,_Murderer

Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Trials_and_Tribble-ations_(episode)

Futurama Episode Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_No_Fan_Has_Gone_Before

Produced by Skyler Hanrath

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This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss DS9 season five, episode five, "The Assignment." Topics include the effectiveness of book marketing on Skyler, where Garret has gone and what the hell he's doing there, Tony Gilroy's upcoming cello movie, dogs under the bed, adding muscle to your back, all the cool ads Memory Alpha's providing its visitors, Alice's dance moves, Keiko getting possessed by a space ghost, whether or not Jake Sisko is seven, being mean to Rom, the chances of consequences sticking for any DS9 character, and much, much more! Listen!!

Also, please be warned, Skyler's track had a connection issue, making for a bit of an obnoxious buzzing that comes in and out throughout the episode. THIS IS AN ANOMALY AND WE APOLOGIZE. It should not happen again, but! It must be noted.

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Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:

The Creepy Poster For The Bay: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1713476/mediaviewer/rm3537469184/?ref_=tt_ov_i

The Other The Bay: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8425404/

Line of Duty: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2303687/

The Telepathy Tapes Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-telepathy-tapes/id1766382649

Some Old News Re: Behemoth: https://deadline.com/2025/11/behemoth-casts-alexa-swinton-margarita-levieva-matthew-lillard-1236617620/

Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Assignment_(episode)

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This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss DS9 season five, episode four, "Nor the Battle to the Strong." Topics include birthday planning, the recent sort-of Trek live show, Sex and the City rocking, whether or not Jake really has any business in battle, space The Pitt, Bashir the bad interview subject, just how smart it is for the show to keep trying to recreate extremely complicated work on a 90s TV budget, and much, much more! Listen!!

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Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:

The Malibu Breakfast Burrito Place: https://lilysmalibu.com/

The John Mulaney "Car Trouble" Joke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqtIyftTiWI

The Bridge of Spies "You Know What You Did" Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD_qaU1w1BI&feature=youtu.be

The Catherine Martin From The Silence of the Lambs Wiki: https://hannibal.fandom.com/wiki/Catherine_Martin

Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Nor_the_Battle_to_the_Strong_(episode)

Produced by Skyler Hanrath

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