Tag: Gimme That Star Trek

Gimme That Star Trek Contest: The Alien Bracket

March 09, 2020

It’s coming! A near-future episode of Gimme That Star Trek will pit 64 Trek races and cultures from across all series in a bracket fight decided by five panelists. And YOU can win Fire and Water merch if you guess the most slots correctly! The minisode lays out the rules and answers some questions.

Check out the bracket sheet, logistical rules, and credits for the episode HERE!

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Gimme That Star Trek Contest: The Alien Bracket Sheet

March 09, 2020

Here is the bracket sheet you’ll need to participate:

Grab a copy of the sheet, fill it out until it names a winner and send it to Siskoid no later than March 31st to enter. One point per slot correctly entered. Ties broken by coin flip/dice throw. Identity of panelists secret until transmission. Their criteria (historical importance, look, culture, originality, personal preference, etc.) entirely their own. Winner announced in Subspace Transmissions at the end of the Bracket episode.

Listen to the Contest Announcement by clicking HERE!

Credits:
“Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the Irredeemable Shagg on vocals. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clip from: Star Trek’s “The Gamesters of Triskelion” featuring Bartell LaRue, Walker Edmiston and Robert Johnson.

And thank you for your participation!

Gimme That Star Trek Ep.38: Epidemiology in Babel

March 03, 2020

In this episode of Gimme That Star Trek, Siskoid sits down with epidemiologist Mathieu Chalifoux (AKA Chalif) to talk about the Deep Space Nine episode “Babel”. Does the crew of DS9 deal with an outbreak of aphasia virus correctly? And just what do epidemiologists DO? And sure, yeah, the current coronavirus threat is discussed. So… topical!

Listen to Episode 38 below!

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Credits:
“Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the Irredeemable Shagg on vocals. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clip from: Deep Space Nine’s “Babel”, starring Siddig El Fadil, Avery Brooks and René Auberjonois.

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Gimme That Star Trek Ep.37: Star Trek Picard Reaction

January 28, 2020

Star Trek: Picard just started, and I just had to talk about it with fellow Trekkies, to wit, Maggie and Jonathan Schaefer-Hames from Married with Comics, because they are also married with Star Trek. Our small but enthusiastic panel discusses the first episode, “Remembrance”, the world of TNG 20 years on, and Patrick Stewart’s graceful return to the franchise.

Listen to Episode 37 below!

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Credits:
“Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the Irredeemable Shagg on vocals. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clips from: Star Trek: Picard’s “Remembrance”, starring Brent Spiner and Patrick Stewart; and Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “Data’s Day”, starring Jonathan Frakes.

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Gimme That Star Trek Ep.36: Fixing Voyager

December 03, 2019

What did Star Trek: Voyager do wrong that armchair critics like Siskoid and Married with Comics’ Jonathan Schaefer-Hames don’t like it as much as the rest of Trek? And can these two podcasters “fix” the show by talking through their ass for 90 minutes? By the Great Bird of the Galaxy, they can at least try!

Listen to Episode 36 below!

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Credits:
“Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the Irredeemable Shagg on vocals. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clips from: Star Trek Voyager’s “Scientific Method”, starring Kate Mulgrew and Robert Picardo; “Message in a Bottle”, starring Robert Picardo; “Phage”, starring Cully Fredricksen; “State of Flux”, “The Cloud” and “Unity”, starring Kate Mulgrew; and random technobabble by Tim Russ, Roxann Dawson, Robert Beltran, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, Garrett Wang, and Robert Duncan McNeill (with thanks to Jogwheel on YouTube).

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Gimme That Star Trek Ep.35: TNG Full Review Part 2

October 08, 2019

Siskoid goes way overboard again and reviews half of Star Trek: The Next Generation, with guests pitching in with additional material. From Clues to Nemesis, buckle in and engage!

Listen to Episode 35 below!

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Credits:
“Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the Irredeemable Shagg on vocals. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Contributions by: Mike Gillis, Stan Peal, Paul Wildenberger, Ken Holtzhouser, Chris Franklin, Jonathan and Maggie Shaeffer-Hames, David Toney, Xum Yukinori, Andrew Leyland, and Kurt Onstad.

Bonus clips from: “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, starring John de Lancie, Patrick Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg, Bebe Neuwirth , LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Dwight Schultz, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Gates MacFadden, Michele Scarabelli, Timothy Carhart, Paul Winfield, Michelle Forbes, Ellen Geer, Ashley Judd, Leonard Nimoy, Matt Frewer, Joshua Harris, Jonathan Frakes, Robert Duncan McNeill, Brian Bonsall, Famke Janssen, Jonathan Del Arco, Jerry Hardin, Michael Aron, Colm Meaney, James Doohan, David Birkin, Ronny Cox, Jennifer Gatti, David Spielberg, Salome Jens, Barbara Williams, Amick Byram, Fionnula Flanagan, Dan Gauthier, Bruce Beatty, Wil Wheaton, and James Sloyan; “Star Trek: Generations” by David Carson, starring Brent Spiner, music by Dennis McCarthy; “Star Trek: First Contact” by Jonathan Frakes, starring Patrick Stewart, Marina Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes; “STar Trek: Insurrection” by Jonathan Frakes, starring Patrick Stewart; and “Star Trek: Nemesis” by Stuart Baird, starring Patrick Stewart.

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Gimme That Star Trek Ep.34: To Beard or Not to Beard

September 17, 2019

Siskoid can’t really grow a beard. Radio vs. the Martians’ Casey Doran most definitely can, and has. Perhaps that’s why he’s eminently qualified to discuss beards in the Star Trek universe. Who has them? What do they mean? Did Riker only become cool after the beard? What about Ben Sisko? We split hairs in this one, folks!

Listen to Episode 34 below!

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Credits:
“Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the Irredeemable Shagg on vocals. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clips from: Star Trek The Next Generation’s “The Quality of Life”, starring Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Jonathan Frakes, and Gates MacFadden; and “The Schizoid Man”, starring Brent Spiner; Star Trek Deep Space Nine’s “Explorers”, starring Cirroc Lofton and Avery Brooks.

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Gimme That Star Trek Ep.33: The Nature of the Prophets

August 27, 2019

Siskoid goes it alone on this one to defend Deep Space Nine’s portrayal of the Bajoran Prophets, showing how non-linear beings can sometimes seem to act linearly, and discussing their greatest hits under one unified theory. Put your thinking caps on, this one gets both timey AND wimey.

Listen to Episode 33 below!

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Credits:
“Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the Irredeemable Shagg on vocals. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clips from: Star Trek Deep Space Nine’s “Emissary”, starring Avery Brooks and Cirroc Lofton; “Accession”, starring Avery Brooks, Terry Farrell, and Camille Saviola; “Rapture”, starring Nana Visitor and Avery Brooks; “Far Beyond the Stars”, starring Avery Brooks and Brock Peters; “Tears of the Prophets”, starring Marc Alaimo and Casey Biggs; “Shadows and Symbols”, starring Deborah Lacey and Avery Brooks; and “What You Leave Behind”, starring Avery Brooks and Penny Johnson.

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Gimme That Star Trek Ep.32: The Klingon Glasnost

June 04, 2019

Siskoid is joined by political sciences expert Elyse Hamel (from oHOTmu or NOT) to discuss Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country through the lens of the Cold War metaphor. How do the Klingons relate to the Soviet bloc of the film’s era? Get your dose of political history right here on Gimme That Star Trek!

Listen to Episode 32 below!

Or subscribe to Gimme That Star Trek on iTunes!

This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK!

Subscribe via iTunes as part of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK.

Credits:
“Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the Irredeemable Shagg on vocals. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clips from: “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” by Nicholas Meyer, starring Leonard Nimoy, Brock Peters, Paul Rossilli, George Takei, and Grace Lee Whitney.

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Gimme That Star Trek Ep.31: The Villain Bracket

May 07, 2019

LET’S AGAIN GET READY TO RUMMMBLLLLLLLLE!!!!!! Gimme That Star Trek pits 64 Trek VILLAINS from across all series in a bracket fight decided by five panelists – Derek William Crabbe, Cory Drew, Ryan Blake, Andrew Leyland, and Siskoid! Their task: Decide each bracketed fight until the greatest Star Trek villain of all time stands alone! Who will it be? Grab your bracket sheet HERE to follow along, and may the best/worst villain win!

Listen to Episode 31 below!

Or subscribe to Gimme That Star Trek on iTunes!

This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK!

Subscribe via iTunes as part of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK.

Credits:
“Star Trek Theme” by Alexander Courage, with the Irredeemable Shagg on vocals. End theme: “Deep Space Nine Theme” by Dennis McCarthy.

Bonus clips from: Star Trek’s “The Savage Curtain”, featuring Bart La Rue; Star Trek fight music; Star Trek Discovery season one, starring Michelle Yeoh and Jason Isaacs; Star Trek The Next Generation’s “All Good Things…”, starring John De Lancie; Star Trek Deep Space Nine’s “What You Leave Behind”, starring Marc Alaimo, Avery Brooks, and Andrew Robinson; and “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” by Nicholas Meyer, starring Ricardo Montalban.

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