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Turn down your lights (where applicable) because DS9 is going noir for "Necessary Evil"!Existence is Futile hosts heelmary and Gooey Fame join the show this week for a look at an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that takes us back to the Cardassian Occupation, where talk is cheap and lives are even cheaper. Odo has been called to Terok Nor by the Prefect of Bajor, Gul Dukat, to investigate the death of a Bajoran shopkeeper under suspicious circumstances. Meanwhile on DS9, a vicious attack on Quark leads Odo to reopen his old case, and to look deeper into the involvement of a young freedom fighter named Kira Nerys!Having "Space Cop" Odo on the show is a great excuse for a hard-boiled detective yarn, and this episode hits every trope in the noir canon, from the femme fatale, to the private eye inner monologue, to the seedy bartender, and a Macguffin everyone's chasing. During our discussion, we talk about the ambitious dual-timeline structure of the episode, DS9's similarity to post-WWII Europe, Odo as the

We can hardly believe it but it's our LAST EPISODE of The Podpadopoulos Cast and our last episode of Webster! For 6 years and 150 episodes, we've followed the adventures of Webster Long and his loving foster parents, George and Katherine Papadopoulos, but all good things must come to an end and we've reached the series finale, "Webtrek!"But the Four Tops aren't singing just yet, and we've got a bit of business to take care of before we say goodbye to George, Ma'am, and Web. We've got our Top 5 Webster episode pics, we've got one last trivia prize to hand out, and we spend a little time speculating on a seventh season of Webster before we take a look without leaping into the LAST EVER episode of this fantastic show!It's bittersweet but we've come this far! Like Uncle Phil would say, "That's entertainment!"Please consider supporting the Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation!https://www.dcfund.ca/Get your Webster DVDs on Amazon!https://amzn.to/2HQRHoIFollow us on Twitter!http://www.twitter.com/podpadopoulosThanks a

We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “Perpetual Infinity” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ guest @soundofcosplay

Pull on your skant and replicate a pile of Demerol as we look at the enduring vision and appeal of TNG! Writer and "Behind the Bastards" host Robert Evans joins the show to talk about Star Trek: The Next Generation and how it still hits the spot, over 30 years past its debut. We talk about Robert's sci-fi past, the optimism at the heart of TNG and Trek, leaning into your permissive utopia vis-a-vis more sex and drugs, the themes future Treks should be covering, the state of journalism in the 24th century, Herzog's cry for "adequate images", and how Trek can get us out of the predicament we're in.Plus, we discuss the dearth of sci-fi comedy, why mankind built cities to throw bigger parties, whether utopian art is any good, the state of the sex toy market in the 24th century, "Rolling with Troi", the perils of a new boss, silent orphans in dark rooms, Aaron wonders if TNG is an alternate universe, and Robert remembers mowing lawns for the Emprah!Picard better be dropkickin' some dudes in his new show!Catch up w

We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “The Red Angel” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ guest @mikanhana of @JustEnoughTrope

Farpoint is CANCELLED because we're being tested by "All Good Things..."!New York Times and USA Today best-selling author David R. George III is back on the show this week for a look at the finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation, a tour de force, feature-length episode that celebrates the genius and success of the series it concludes. Captain Picard is mysteriously travelling through the past, present, and future, taking him from the Enterprise-D's very first mission to the seeming last days of his life. But when Q appears to deliver the Continuum's final, damning verdict for humanity, the Enterprises of three eras must cooperate to save the galaxy and the future of humanity among the stars!Any show that experienced the kind of extended creative and critical success that Next Generation did could be forgiven for limping across the finish line or seeing its inspiration run dry. However, the Hugo Award-winning "All Good Things..." stands as one of the series's finest entries, putting the capstone on a show th

We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “Project Daedalus” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ guest @bleisner

Get ready to jump beyond the red line as we look at the fabric of the Trek universe! Warp drive expert and "Tattooed Gravity Queen" Dr. Erin Macdonald joins the show to talk about the astrophysics of Star Trek, the power needed for warp drive (all of it), the importance of female representation in sci-fi, the "Scully effect", the resilience of relativity, the mystery of dark matter and dark energy, and Dr. Macdonald weighs in on the science behind some classic Trek episodes!Plus, we discuss why your high school physics teacher lied to you, staying away from squishy science, non-delicious spaghetti, wormholes and where to find them, the multidisciplinary genius(?) of Zefram Cochrane, ripping space like a shirt, the Novikov Self-Consistency Principle, how DS9 aims time travel right at your heart, and we get lost trying to remember the plot of Interstellar!Kugelblitz!Follow Dr. Erin on Twitter!http://www.twitter.com/drerinmacCheck out Dr. Erin's website for her appearances and catch her on YouTube!https://www.er

We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “If Memory Serves” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ guest @tyranicus of @deltaflyerpod

Sharpen up your Zefram Cochrane statue as we take a stab at "Twilight"!Peter Aidan Byrne of Trek vs. Trek joins the show this week for our first episode about Star Trek: Enterprise, a series with a shaky reputation but a solid entry in "Twilight". Archer wakes up with a bad haircut and a Groundhog Day dilemma . . . or is that 50 First Dates? I can't remember. Meanwhile, Earth is cinders, humanity is nearly extinct, Porthos has hip dysplasia, and only one thing can put things right where they once went wrong. Either these time parasites go or we do!Enterprise tends to be seen as something of a failure, as if the Trek franchise was scraping the bottom of the barrel like a ravenous alien played by Mick Fleetwood. But it's episodes like this, which showcase the bravery of our heroes, the storytelling skills of sci-fi veterans, and the plain weirdo cool of Trek at its best that make a case for Enterprise as a flawed but bright jewel in the crown of the franchise. During our discussion, we talk about the history an

We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “Light and Shadows” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ guest @mikanhana of @justenoughtrope!

Get ready to "U" your "topia" as we look at the evolved world of the Trek universe! Lyta Gold of Current Affairs joins the show to talk about the world of Trek, the brutality of Discovery, the self-conscious "wokeness" of the Federation, and where the "light" of Discovery is!Plus, we discuss the connection of God and Shakespeare, a spa day for Burnham, the S (ocialism) word in Trek, Section 31, the cinematic theory behind zombies and vampires, Worf's bad time on Sex Planet, just how many showers and hot meals we are from anarchy, soft dystopia, Kal capes for the Culture, and Lyta wants to know what that Discovery scene is all about?So, all the lawyers are dead, right?Follow Lyta on Twitter!http://www.twitter.com/fluttersnipeRead Lyta's article on the first season of Star Trek: Discovery!https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/05/the-dismal-frontierRead Brianna's treatise on space dystopias!https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/06/the-regrettable-decline-of-space-utopiasSuit up with our Trek T-shirts!https://www.tee

We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “The Sound of Thunder” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ guest @SoundOfCosplay!

Hold on to your hats this week as we play ball with "Justice"!Stuart Hollis and Thad Hait of the Delta Flyer Podcast and the Stargate Weekly Podcast join the show to talk about an early episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that pushes the Theiss Titillation Theory to the point of (wardrobe) malfunction! The Enterprise pulls into Rubicun III, a planet of sexually-liberated, Scandinavian jogging enthusiasts. But when Wesley stops to maul the roses, the crew learns that this Edenic paradise is deadly serious about the "broken window" theory and they've got "God" in their corner!Our heroes get primed by their own Directive in this episode, as the Federation's twin pillars of integrity and non-interference are put on trial. During our talk, we discuss Justice's amazing pedigree and mediocre execution, protecting a society even if you don't like that society, interpreting legislative intent, marinating in the feel of season 1 TNG, the "smell test" of a Prime Directive violation, and why a planet with no crime

Put that phaser away because we're looking at life . . . just not as we know it! Dr. Mohamed Noor of Duke University joins the show this week to talk about the biology and genetics of Star Trek! During the program, we discuss everything from Augments to Xindi, and Dr. Noor shares his insights and research into the real world examples of biological phenomena seen in various Trek series, like, horizontal gene transfer, designer diseases and babies, chimeras and polyploids, why our first aliens will probably be microorganisms, the important questions about home genetic testing kits, and why we're more closely related to grass than to Klingons.Plus, we rate the science of Star Trek: Discovery, ponder the implications of a mushroom universe, flip through Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials, discuss unethical medical journals, take a look back at Threshold, and we definitely DO NOT know who BioTrekkie is! It's hortas all the way down!Get Dr. Noor's book, Live Long and Evolve, on Amazon!https://amzn.to/2DXm9sUFollo

This week, Mikanhana of the Just Enough Trope podcast adds her pop-culture distinctiveness to our own for an in-depth, JET-style look at the Trek news of today! We talk in detail about each new Trek series in development, what we know about the ongoing CBC/Viacom merger talks, the future of Trek films, and a special honor for LeVar Burton!We also discuss "doing a Rashomon", "Lady and the Cat-Man", Doko Demo Doa, the "Szechuan sauce" of Trek, what Picard's future might look like, whether we'll ever see Eric Bana again, what a goob Geordie can be, keeping the faith during a Section 31 show, the missing in action Starfleet Academy and Khan shows, and just where exactly all the trash goes on the Enterprise!Word up!For more pop-culture skulduggery, check out the Just Enough Trope podcast!http://www.justenoughtrope.comhttp://www.twitter.com/justenoughtropehttp://www.facebook.com/justenoughtropeSuit up with our Trek T-shirts!https://www.teepublic.com/user/justenoughtropeJoin our crew on Patreon and get access to our

We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “Saints of Imperfection” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ @SMichaelPearson of @generationsgeek

We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “An Obol for Charon” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ @gondorgold of @generationsgeek

Set your tricorders to scan for silicon as we look for "The Devil in the Dark"!Artist and creator of the Star Trek 365 project Lee Sargent helps kick off our 4th season with a look at an episode of The Original Series that represents quintessential Star Trek. When pergium miners start dying mysteriously, Kirk and crew are tasked with killing the creature responsible. But, when the "monster" turns out to be a frightened mother, Kirk and Spock must race to save its life and the future of its species . . . if the miners don't get it first!This Gene Coon-penned episode was a high point of Trek's early years, and its themes of acceptance and tolerance would come to define the franchise in all its iterations. In our discussion, we talk about the talents of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, the variety of alien designs found in Trek, the sometimes troubled legacy of Trek actors, the unsung efforts of Kellam de Forest, why '60s Trek wouldn't work today, and being clever with your "man is the real monster" reveal.We

We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “Point of Light” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation!