It’s our three-year Podiversary! To celebrate, we took a look back over the last 80 episodes (plus 13 supplemental episodes), and chose some of our favorite parts to share again today. Download Now (right-click and save) Hosts: Andi, Grace, Jarrah,…
It’s been 10 months since IDW comics launched us into a rollercoaster ride of a miniseries about the TNG Mirror Universe crew. Now, with the Mirror Broken miniseries wrapped (the trade paperback collection was released last week), we’re getting excited…
“The Drumhead” is an iconic episode of TNG because it powerfully addresses issues that lie among the basest instincts in human nature. Although “The Drumhead” is an allegory for McCarthyism in the 1950s and witch hunts in general, I watched…
During the fall semester of 2017, I taught the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Darmok” to my Developmental English class. Students’ skill levels vary in my class, but to generalize, they tend to have trouble with certain elements of…
Our crew discusses the TNG novel Rogue Saucer by John Vornholt, including how vital good code names are, the ethics of kneecapping, and the importance of hot beverages after trauma. Download Now (right-click and save) Hosts: Andi, Sue, Jarrah Editor: Andi…
From the moment she arrives on the Enterprise in the first season of TNG, laden with luggage, dressed in clashing colours and intent on flirting outrageously with Captain Picard, Lwaxana Troi makes an indelible impression. Deanna describes her as “eccentric,”…
“I don’t understand Doctor Who. Never seen it. All I hear is people asking, ‘Who’s your Doctor?’ Well, you know who my doctor is? Beverly Crusher.“ -Me, World Con 2011 (before watching any Doctor Who) Beverly Cheryl Howard Crusher has been…
Thirty years ago today (September 28, 1987), the world was introduced to “The Next Generation” of Star Trek in “Encounter at Farpoint.” To celebrate this anniversary, watch along as we do a live commentary of the pilot episode. Download Now…