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Podcast 19: The Return of Jared

We're glad to welcome both Aaron and Jared back to the Podcast to help us kick off Season 04. We played another game of "Stump Jared", and had some great discussion about the impact of technology on the quality of life.

This podcast covers episodes 1-4 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    New listener Lydia
    TW5 - The Most Educational Podcast on the Internet
    Stump Jared
    Are things getting too convenient?
    Joey hates Jon Madsen's rating scale
    Children on Enterprise - reprise
    Parents turning a blind eye
    Brent Spiner rocks the house as an actor
    Violence is just like XML
    Reclaiming a "Lost" child. Joey mentions the book The Deep End of the Ocean.

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show:
Best of Both Worlds II: 29min 43sec
Joey: SciFi - 6 Television - 5
Peter: SciFi - 5 Television - 6
Aaron: SciFi - 6 Television - 4

Family: 56min 45sec
Joey: SciFi - 3 Television - 7.5
Peter: SciFi - 4 Television - 7
Aaron: SciFi - 2 Television - 8
Jared: SciFi - 2 Television - 7

Brothers: 36min 57sec
Joey: SciFi - 8 Television - 5
Peter: SciFi - 7 Television - 5
Aaron: SciFi - 7.5 Television - 4.5

Suddenly Human: 24min 21sec
Joey: SciFi - 3 Television - 6
Peter: SciFi - 2 Television - 4
Aaron: SciFi - 2 Television - 2

If you have something to say then we welcome your comments below, or feel free to email us at trekwest5@thehomestarmy.com.

Episodes for Upcoming Podcasts

In case any of you wanted to participate more in the podcast, but were having trouble keeping track of when you needed to get you comments in, or get the episodes watched by, I've put together a list of the upcoming episodes and the corresponding podcast recording dates. If you want to come on the podcast but are having trouble locating a copy of the episodes, we can probably help you there as well.

Also, you might notice there's a recording gap on June 19th - this is the tenth anniversary of the day Joey managed to con someone into marrying him, and he thinks it's probably best if he doesn't plan on staying out late with Pete that night.

Podcast 20 (2009-May-22):
Remember Me
Legacy
Reunion
Future Imperfect

Podcast 21 (2009-May-29):
Final Mission
The Loss
Data's Day
The Wounded

Podcast 22 (2009-Jun-05):
Devil's Due
Clues
First Contact
Galaxy's Child

Podcast 23 (2009-Jun-12):
Night Terrors
Identity Crisis
The Nth Degree
Qpid

Podcast 24 (2009-Jun-26):
The Drumhead
Half a Life
The Host
The Mind's Eye

Podcast 18: TW5 - Finally of legal age

Well we finally turned 18 and have had our curfew removed. And what a better time to have it happen than the end of Season 3. We have a lot of new things happening in this podcast. Including: our first simul-podcast with Jon and JR (we basically called them up right after they watched the new Star Trek Movie); and sound clips of our favorite moments from Season 3.

This podcast covers episodes 25-26 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Etymology of John Doe
    Memory Loss
    Awakening by Richard M. Eyre
    Phone Call with Jon and JR from 'JR Watches Star Trek for the First Time' about the new Star trek movie
    Enjoying what you do vs. Ambition
    Joey sympathizes with the Borg
    NY Maria could not join us on this podcast. Maybe next time she is in town.
    Season 3 wrap up with sound clips from our favorite moments!

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show as well as Season 2 lists/recaps:
Transfigurations: 44min 07sec
Peter: SciFi - 7 Television - 5
Joey: SciFi - 7 Television - 6

Best of Both Worlds I: 42min 02sec
Joey: SciFi - 8.5 Television - 3
Peter: SciFi - 9 Television - 6

Season 3 wrap up: 27min 13sec

Season 3 recaps and lists
Favorite Extra/Bit Part
Peter: Jerok from the episode The Defector
Joey: Lal from the episode The Offspring
Honorable Mention: Tomalak, Esoqq, and Kern

Most Hated Character
Joey: Commander Shelby
Peter: Devinani Ral

Favorite Villain
Peter: Borg
Joey: Kivas Fajo

Top 5 Hated Episodes
Peter

1. Menage a Troi
2. High Ground
3. Booby Trap
4. The Price
5. Vengeance Factor

Joey (in no particular order)

• The Price
• Matter of Perspective
• High Ground
• Sins of the Father

Top 5 Favorite Episodes
Peter:

1. Sarek
2. Yesterday's Enterprise
3. The Defector
4. Best of Both Worlds
5. Deja Q

Joey:

1. Offspring
2. Best of Both Worlds
3. Deja Q
4. Who Watches the Watchers
5. The Defector
6. Yesterday's Enterprise

Favorite Overall Moment
Joey: Offspring: Lal's final words: "Flirting... laughter... painting family... female... human."


Peter: The Survivors: Kevin's admission of guilt for Xenocide on the Hoosnock


Honorable Mention: Best of Both Worlds: "We have engaged the Borg" and Locutus of Borg


If you have something to say then we welcome your comments below, or feel free to email us at trekwest5@thehomestarmy.com.

Podcast 17: It's A Twofer

[ Another summary by Joey, due to network outages afflicting Peter.] After two consecutive weeks of just Peter and myself, we decided to take the fate of the podcast in our own four hands and attempt something no podcast has ever done before - two guests AT THE SAME TIME! OK, so maybe someone else has actually done it before, but we were both very excited to welcome back the self-proclaimed 'Father' of Trek West 5, Peter's Friend Jon Madsen of J.R. watches Star Trek for the first time, as well as our favorite Deviant Artist, Anne's sister Katie. Of course, with two guests, we found twice as much to talk about, so the final tally for this episode is about 10 minutes shy of 3 hours.

This podcast covers episodes 21-24 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    More Things Joey Hates: Gene Roddenberry
    Star Trek:TNG and Flux Capacitors
    Holo-Addiction
    Jon proclaims himself the Father of TW5
    More Things Joey Hates: The Mona Lisa
    Collections
    Joey and Jon Argue
    Vulcans, Vulcans, Vulcans
    Jon teaches us about the Ferengi and Vulcan written languages - follow the links to see examples
    Pursuing Women
    Peter reveals why he's still single

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show:

Hollow Pursuits: 41min 45sec
Peter: SciFi - 4 Television - 6
Katie: SciFi - 3 Television - 6
Peter's Friend, Jon Madsen: SciFi - 3.5 Television - 7.5
Joey: SciFi - 5 Television - 6

The Most Toys: 35min 32sec
Katie: SciFi - 3 Television - 7.5
Peter's Friend, Jon Madsen: SciFi - 3.5 Television - 4
Joey: SciFi - 4 Television - 3
Peter: SciFi - 5 Television - 6

Sarek: 43min 50sec
Peter's Friend, Jon Madsen: SciFi - 5.5 Television - 7
Joey: SciFi - 4 Television - 7
Peter: SciFi - 7 Television - 6
Katie: SciFi - 6 Television - 4

Ménage à Troi: 47min 50sec
Joey: SciFi - 6 Television - 3
Peter: SciFi - 3 Television - 5
Katie: SciFi - 4 Television - 5
Peter's Friend, Jon Madsen: SciFi - 2 Television - 2

If you have something to say then we welcome your comments below, or feel free to email us at trekwest5@thehomestarmy.com.

Podcast 16: Maybe we should kidnap a listener?

We're running a little bit behind because Pete can't tell the difference between a video file and the MP3s of our podcast, so tonight the summary is brought to you by Joey!

This is the second consecutive podcast where it was just Pete and I - we had really hoped to have Jared back on for this podcast, but time did not allow - and, as a result, you'll hear at least 2 pleas from us that you either come on the show, or send us comments, or even just send us an email telling everyone how bad you hate Pete! I think we'd read just about anything "on the air" at this point.

This podcast covers episodes 17-20 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3. Pete's Friend Jon Madsen repeated his previous 'verbal gymnastics', sending some notes over IM that we recorded - see, I told you we'd read just about anything!

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Klingons have no honor
    Animal experimentation: wrong or right?
    Anarchy: what's the hype?
    When is kidnapping mistreatment? Sometimes God Has a Kid's Face
    Horga'hn (pronounced whore-gone) doesn't do what you might expect!
    Pete is fascinated with the portrayal of men's nipples on television
    Joey wouldn't trust future-Pete
    Another plea to listeners to provide new points of view
    Joey ignores his voices for the good of humanity
    Would you want to read minds?
    Co-dependent enablers

Sins of the Father: 26min 03sec
Joey: SciFi - 6 Television - 3
Peter: SciFi - 6 Television - 5

Allegiance: 37min 55sec
Joey: SciFi - 5 Television - 4
Peter: SciFi - 5 Television - 4

Captain's Holiday: 18min 14sec
Joey: SciFi - 6 Television - 5
Peter: SciFi - 6 Television - 5

Tin Man: 37min 37sec
Joey: SciFi - 7 Television - 6
Peter: SciFi - 7 Television - 4

If you have something to say then we welcome your comments below, or feel free to email us at trekwest5@thehomestarmy.com.