Podcast 36: We saw 4 lights!

After 16 weeks of awesome commentary, we finally called Jim and brought him into the podcast via telephone, and he responded with an outstanding guest performance. While we were worried about sound quality, everything sounds pretty good. We also had Aaron join for the second week in a row. This podcast covers episodes 9-12 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 6.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Learning Machines
    Joey wears black stockings
    The change of command
    Just get it done!
    Listener Jim hates the new Star Trek movie
    Batman visited the Klingon homeworld
    Gross food from the Philippines
    How far can your will take you?
    Why are girls attracted to the bad boy?
    Are holodeck characters just a slave race?
    I Fight Dragons
    JC Hutchins 7th Son Novel

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show:
Quality of Life: 43min 53sec
Peter: SciFi - 7 Television - 3
Joey: SciFi - 7 Television - 2
Aaron: SciFi - 7.5 Television - 3
Jim: SciFi - 4 Television - 4

Chain of Command 1 & 2: 1hr 17min 43sec
Peter: SciFi - 4 Television - 5
Joey: SciFi - 7 Television - 5
Aaron: SciFi - 7 Television - 6
Jim: SciFi - 9 Television - 7

Ship in a Bottle: 45min 11sec
Peter: SciFi - 7 Television - 4
Joey: SciFi - 8 Television - 3
Aaron: SciFi - 7 Television - 4
Jim: SciFi - 7 Television - 4

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Podcast 35: Poetry in Podcasting (redo)

Editors note 9-22-09: we are hoping that reposting this will make itunes pick this up.
Well technically we don't actually discuss the poetry in this podcast, but in a separate special release that will be posted later. But we did have quite a lot of fun Friday night. We had long time contributor Aaron come back and join us. While we wouldn't quite describe him as having an air of authenticity about a television podcast, he can be quite funny (either as joke teller or the butt of). And his ratings are different enough from Joey and I to provide some good comparison. Basically if you agree with Aaron, there is something wrong with you. We look forward to having him come back on. This podcast covers episodes 5-8 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 6.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Poetry
    Ode to Spot
    Group Therapy
    Hot chick Olivia d'Abo
    Specialization vs. General Knowledge
    New food source: Soylent Puppy
    The most awkward Star Trek the Next Generation scene ever!
    Good techno-babble: The JOS
    Joey doesn't know how to play My Little Pony with his daughter
    I Fight Dragons
    JC Hutchins 7th Son Novel

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show:
Scisims: 43min 56sec
Peter: SciFi - 8 Television - 5
Joey: SciFi - 9 Television - 2
Aaron: SciFi - 6 Television - 4

True Q: 34min 50sec
Peter: SciFi - 7 Television - 5
Joey: SciFi - 7 Television - 3
Aaron: SciFi - 3 Television - 2

Rascals: 33min 56sec
Peter: SciFi - 4 Television - 3
Joey: SciFi - 6 Television - 4
Aaron: SciFi - 8 Television - 5

Fistful of Data's: 23min 20sec
Peter: SciFi - 2 Television - 2
Joey: SciFi - 4 Television - 3
Aaron: SciFi - 4 Television - 2.5

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Looks like we forgot to set the permissions correctly on our latest upload (podcast 35). But we have remedied the problem and you should now be able to download podcast 35. Sorry for the trouble.

Edited 2009-09-22: Due to the aggressive caching which makes providing all this free podcast infrastructure feasible, your iTunes probably didn't see the fix until early Tuesday morning. Again, terribly sorry, everyone!

Podcast 34: The Sweet Spot of Podcasting

I was so pumped for this Sunday to get here because of the return of the NFL. And due to that, it took Joey and I a while to edit the podcast. So there is a good chance we might have even missed a couple of things. But at least it was also a good start to our latest season of podcasting about Star Trek The Next Generation. My Friend Jon Madsen was able to join us for the last TNG/Original Series crossover episode. This time it was about Captain Montgomery Scott: Scotty. Beam us up to that great warp core in the sky James Doohan, we miss you. This podcast covers episodes 1-4 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 6.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    I Fight Dragons
    JC Hutchins 7th Son Novel
    Tesla
    Would you tell people the aliens have come?
    weird Classified ads
    Mark Twain was a pervert
    Pete needs a relaxation technique
    New theme park idea: Transporterland
    Coolest tech ever: Dyson Sphere
    The plight of the aged
    Zero-G orgies for the elderly

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show:
Time's Arrow part 2: 59min 46sec
Peter: SciFi - 7 Television - 4
Joey: SciFi - 7 Television - 3
Jon: SciFi - 4 Television - 4

Realm of Fear: 35min 06sec
Peter: SciFi - 8 Television - 3
Joey: SciFi - 6 Television - 5
Jon: SciFi - 3 Television - 4

Man of the People: 41min 07sec
Peter: SciFi - 4 Television - 3
Joey: SciFi - 3 Television - 4
Jon: SciFi - 2 Television - 4

Relics: 1hr 3min 00sec
Peter: SciFi - 7 Television - 5
Joey: SciFi - 8 Television - 3
Jon: SciFi - 5.5 Television - 6

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Podcast 33: High Five

Well we bring to a close the best season of TNG so far. It is going to be pretty difficult to beat this one. We gush on and on about the episode The Inner Light, but over all this was a fun podcast for Joey and I to record. We also started a new tradition for the beginning of the podcast: high five. Let's see how long it sticks around for. Due to our secret location we had no guests. This podcast covers episodes 25-26 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 5.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    I Fight Dragons
    JC Hutchins 7th Son Novel
    What helps you think?
    Should you announce impending doom
    New vocabulary word: Voorwerp
    Is Research & Development really gone?
    What is reality?
    Do you believe in fate?
    The first rule of time travel: Blend in
    Peter shames Joey on the subject of tipping

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show as well as Season 5 lists/recaps:
The Inner Light: 1hr 11min 50sec
Peter: SciFi - 10 Television - 10
Joey: SciFi - 10 Television - 10

Time's Arrow part 1: 48min 37sec
Peter: SciFi - 9 Television - 3
Joey: SciFi - 9 Television - 6

Season 5 wrap up: 33min 20sec

Season 5 recaps and lists
Favorite Extra/Bit Part
Peter: Spock from the episode Unification
Joey: Captain Dathon from the episode Darmock

Most Hated Character
Peter: Ensign Ro from the episode Ensign Ro
Joey: Etana Jol from the episode The Game

Hot Chick
Peter: Ensign Leffler (as played by Ashley Judd) from the episode The Game
Joey: Kamala (as played by Famke Janssen) from the episode First Contact

Favorite Villain
Peter: The Romulans
Joey: Jev the Mind-rapist

Favorite New Concept
Joey: The "soliton wave" propulsion system (from the episode New Ground)
Peter: Passing on an entire lifetime in 20 min (from the episode The Inner Light - much faster than any TW5 podcast)

Top 5 Hated Episodes
Peter

1. The Game
2. Ensign Ro
3. Cost of Living
4. Power Play
5. Violations

Joey

1. The First Duty
2. The Game
3. Power Play
4. Conundrum
5. Cost of Living

Top 5 Favorite Episodes
Peter:

1. Darmock
2. The Inner Light
3. Unification
4. Time's Arrow
5. Cause & Effect

Joey:

1. Darmock
2. The Inner Light
3. Ethics
4. Time's Arrow
5. Hero Worship

Favorite Overall Moment
Peter: The Inner Light: Jean Luc Picard (Kamin) at the end of the episode realizing that this is not his real life.

Joey: Darmock: Captain Picard breaking through the language barrier


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