Treks and the City

This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss DS9 season five, episode fifteen, "By Inferno's Light." Topics include everybody's favorite contrite comedian's Netflix comeback, what the hell actually happens in this episode, Skyler's dog, Bodie, hiding under the bed, difficult-to-find clips, that laugh-a-minute Italian poet Dante, just how many Cardassians there actually are, so-so makeup work, and much, much more! Listen!!!

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Dante: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri

Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/By_Inferno%27s_Light_(episode)

Produced by Skyler Hanrath

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This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss DS9 season five, episode fourteen, "In Purgatory's Shadow." Topics include Alice's upcoming trip to Spain, the sheer number of apartments some Europeans have, Skyler's recent little jaunts to the movies, when and where Bashir got kidnapped, the shame of wasting a cool name like "Enabran Tain" on character as dull as Enabran Tain, Bradley Cooper's filmography, and much, much more! Listen!!!

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Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:

The Invite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invite

Maestro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maestro_(2023_film)

"Raga," Alice's Current Big Music Interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raga

The Times's "Banksy" Piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/nyregion/banksy-identity-robin-gunningham-arrest.html

The Breakout Angine de Poitrine KEXP Performance Skyler Was Referring To: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi-9wS1so

The Mercy of the Gods: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mercy_of_Gods

Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/In_Purgatory%27s_Shadow_(episode)

Produced by Skyler Hanrath

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This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss DS9 season five, episode thirteen, "For the Uniform." Topics include getting back to the warm bath of a so-so episode, what you're allowed to bring into a Best Buy, whether or not Skyler's too cagey about the people he knows and the life he leads, Alice being wrong about which house was the Mary Tyler Moore house, Scott Pelley absolutely going off on current CBS, what, exactly, the Maquis are so mad about, and much, much more! Listen!!!

Also, sincere apologies—Skyler's track developed an annoying buzzing due to a mic connection over the course of the episode. It's listenable, but? Not ideal!! Our mistake!!

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Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:

The Scott Pelley NY Times Interview: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/magazine/scott-pelley-interview.html

The (Great) Slate Political Gabfest: https://slate.com/podcasts/political-gabfest

Vice, The Film In Which Tyler Perry Played Colin Powell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_(2018_film)

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

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This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss DS9 season five, episode twelve, "The Begotten." Topics include Skyler's trip to France, what "Philadelphia" evokes in the imagination, the sheer workload David Remnick is under on any given week, the silliness of acting when your scene partner's a jar of honey, tapping your pals who don't play music to play music at your delivery, their feelings on crap, vanity restaurant/horse operations, the august pages of Cowgirl Magazine, and much, much more! Listen!!

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Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:

The Bruce Springsteen Song Skyler Misremembered The Name Of While Remembering It Makes Him Tear Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHpJhS99Q60

Cowgirl Magazine: https://www.cowgirlmagazine.com/

The Site For Bo Ranch, A Restaurant Worth Traveling To: https://bo-ranch.com/

Melissa Strype's Excellent "Discharge" Bit: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4gtd84vFAS/?hl=en

The Invader Piece: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/18/invader-artist-profile

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

Produced by Skyler Hanrath

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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)

Produced by Skyler Hanrath

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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)

Produced by Skyler Hanrath

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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)

Produced by Skyler Hanrath

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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)

Produced by Skyler Hanrath

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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

Produced by Skyler Hanrath

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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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