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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!

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

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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!

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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’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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It’s coming! May’s episode of Gimme That Star Trek will pit 64 Trek villains 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, plus Star Trek news and your feedback from the previous episode.

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 May 1st 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, personality, originality, personal preference, etc.) entirely their own. Winner announced in Subspace Transmissions in May’s episode.

Listen to the minisode 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: Star Trek’s “The Gamesters of Triskelion” featuring Bartell LaRue, Walker Edmiston and Robert Johnson.

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Shakespeare’s works have been intertwined with Star Trek since the very beginning. How? Why? Siskoid and Fanholes’ Derek William Crabbe talk up the Bard and his connection to Trek. To be or not to be listening, is the question. We suggest: To be!

Listen to Episode 30 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 “Ménage à Troi”, starring Patrick Stewart and Majel Barrett; Star Trek Deep Space Nine’s “The Die Is Cast”, starring Andrew Robinson; Star Trek Discovery’s “Context Is for Kings”, featuring Julianne Grossman; and “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country”, starring Christopher Plummer.

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As 2019 gets under way, Siskoid and his guest David Jeffress look to the future, examining CBS’ plans for Star Trek in the coming years, and pitching a few projects of their own, just for fun. Join them, won’t you?

Listen to Episode 29 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: Patrick Stewart at Star Trek Las Vegas 2018.

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Siskoid has only ever run one of the tabletop Star Trek RPGs, so he calls in Ryan Blake, who’s played the rest, for a good honest talk about each one’s positives and negatives, and about the Trek role-playing experience. It’s not your garden variety space opera, you know! And the game must reflect that.

Listen to Episode 28 below! And check out the picture gallery HERE.

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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 Big Goodbye”, starring Patrick Stewart; “Star Trek: Generations” by David Carson, starring William Shatner.

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Here are the relevant images from this episode of Gimme That Star Trek!

Gimme That Star Trek presents a sample of each game’s look, starting with the FASA game:

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Siskoid welcomes Kill All Monsters’ Michael May to the show to discuss Star Trek’s campiest and goofiest, with an eye towards their role in the show’s popularity and longevity. In other words, do we NEED “Spock’s Brain”? Listen and judge for yourselves.

Listen to Episode 27 below!

Or subscribe to Gimme That Star Trek on iTunes!

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

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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’s “Spock’s Brain”, starring Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan and DeForest Kelley; and “The Way to Eden”, starring Jack Napier and Deborah Downey.

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From plain, simple tailors to scuzzy Guls, the Cardassians are one of Star Trek’s most intriguing and well-developed races. Now Siskoid welcomes Radio vs. the Martians’ Mike Gillis into the fold to draw a full portrait of this complex culture. Who are they? What do they mean in the broader Star Trek context? And how did they evolve over time?

Listen to Episode 26 below!

Or subscribe to Gimme That Star Trek on iTunes!

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

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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’s Deep Space Nine (“What You Leave Behind”, “Tacking Into the Wind”, “The Way of the Warrior”, and “Sacrifice of Angels”), starring Andrew Robinson, Siddig el Fadil, Nina Visitor, Armin Shimerman, and Marc Alaimo.

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Siskoid goes way overboard again and reviews half of Star Trek: The Next Generation, with guests pitching in with additional material. From Encounter at Farpoint to Devil’s Due, buckle in and engage!

Listen to Episode 25 below!

Or subscribe to Gimme That Star Trek on iTunes!

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

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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: Ryan Daly, Mark Baker-Wright, Shagg Matthews, Gene Hendricks, Andy Kapellusch, Carlos Mucha, Derek William Crabbe, Rob Kelly, Adam Ackerman, Fred Melanson, Ryan Blake, Xum Yukinori, Nathaniel Wayne, Kurt Onstad, Allen W. Wright. Mike Peacock, and David Ace Guttierez.

Bonus clips from: “Gene Roddenberry Star Trek: The Next Generation Pre Air Interview”; “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, starring Patrick Stewart, DeForest Kelley, Denise Crosby, Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis, Stanley Kamel, Douglas Warhit, Majel Barrett, Gary Armagnac, Karen Montgomery, Carolyn McCormick, Clayton Rohner, Gates MacFadden, Wil Weaton, Robert Schenkkan, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Diana Muldaur, William Campbell, William Morgan Sheppard, Whoopi Goldberg, Noble Willingham, Christopher Collins, Barrie Ingham, Rosalyn Landor, Susan Gibney, John de Lancie, Craig Richard Nelson, Jennifer Hetrick, Dwight Schultz, LeVar Burton, Jeremy Kemp, Chad Allen, Suzie Plakson, and Colm Meany; Siri; and Doctor Who’s “The Five Doctors”, starring Paul Jerricho.

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