Episodes
A Spoopy Trek Wars Episode
Catspaw (Star Trek: TOS) vs. The Raich (Star Wars: Ewoks) Two Halloween episodes. Don't know how it happened, but both episodes are Halloween episodes. And we recorded this in October. __________________________ Get early, extended episodes on our...
Boy Dinner is a White Whale
The Doomsday Machine (Star Trek: TOS) vs. Home is Where the Shrieks Are/Princess Latara (Star Wars: Ewoks) Three episodes about being consumed by ego! Aspen goes on the record about child brides. We talk about muddled themes in Doomsday Machine....
Sexy Supple Natives
The Apple (Star Trek: TOS) vs. The Crystal Cloak/The Wish Plant (Star Wars: Droids) Ewoks re-pilots itself for S2! And Star Trek reheats a whole bunch of old episodes into a casserole of an episode. Aspen gets grossed out at …
Mirror, Mirror vs. The Great Heep
Mirror, Mirror (Star Trek: TOS) vs. The Great Heep (Star Wars: Droids) We've finished Droids! Aspen thinks The Great Heep (the episode and the character) is deeply terrifying. We dive deep into the unusually gendered KT-10 astromech droid. We also...
The Changeling That Is Dumbo
The Changeling (Star Trek: TOS) vs. Asha (Star Wars: Ewoks) Aspen loves The Changeling more than 2001. Also, Aspen and Kenny think that Asha is a GREAT episode of TV. Kenny marvels at the design of Nomad. Aspen points out …
BONUS - More Ahsoka Talk
Aspen LOVES Dave Filoni's Ahsoka show. Kenny thinks it is so bad, it's offensive. Together, they both have an existential crisis. Listen to them break apart in this follow-up to our Holdo Maneuver appearance. __________________________ Get early,...
Cross-Post: AHSOKA (Series Premiere - Parts 1 & 2)
This week Mike and Marc are joined by returning guests from Trek Wars, Aspen Webster, and Kenny Madison to recap the first two episodes for the series premiere of the Disney+ Original Series AHSOKA! Part 1: "Master and Apprentice" Part …
Cross-Post: WHO IS AHSOKA TANO | From Jedi to Rebel to Hero (Recap)
The wonderful (dad joke telling)https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFC2U46hEs2TFtXXGyARZeQ boys asked Aspen to guest for their Ahsoka recap episode this week! In preparation for the new Ahsoka series, they explore who Ahsoka was, who she became, what...
Barbie vs. Oppenheimer
PALETTE CLEANSER! Aspen & Kenny talk about a film with a protagonist reckoning with its legacy, having to see their own flaws and recognize that they accidentally enabled a fascistic entity that could lead to the end of everything. But …
Nerd-yelling and Gods-splaining
Who Mourns for Adonais? (Star Trek: TOS) vs. The Frozen Citadel (Star Wars: Droids) Kenny reveals how old Auren Yomm is. Aspen reacts appropriately. Aspen god-splains to us by pointing out all the inconsistencies of this week's Star Trek. Kenny …
Amok Time vs. Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Amok Time (Star Trek: TOS) vs. Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (Star Wars) We start S2 of Star Trek TOS in style - with our friend Marc Vibbert and Michael Sawran from https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFC2U46hEs2TFtXXGyARZeQ. This epic episode digs deep...
This is a Show for Babies
Operation: Annihilate! (Star Trek: TOS) vs. Blue Harvest (Star Wars: Ewoks) Aspen and Kenny go off on toxic heteronormativity. Also, there are flying space raviolis. ———— Theme by https://linktr.ee/tosinplays Get early, extended episodes on our...
Hope is a Thing You Practice
The City on the Edge of Forever (Star Trek: TOS) vs. Across the Roon Sea (Star Wars: Droids) Aspen and Kenny talk about the difficulty of writing Edith Keeler. Aspen expands on the lovely trope of found family in both …
But What of Lazarus?
The Alternative Factor (Star Trek: TOS) vs. The Three Lessons (Star Wars: Ewoks) Kenny goes deep into the making of The Alternative Factor. Aspen points out basic themes to Kenny about The Three Lessons. And we somehow manage to talk …
Sports is Battle
Errand of Mercy (Star Trek: TOS) vs. The Roon Games (Star Wars: Droids) This week, we have two episodes about PROXY WARS. Aspen attempts to come for Kenny's job as a researcher. Kenny talks about the...hem...INTERESTING politics of the Klingons …
Spock Crying Is My Sexuality
The Devil in the Dark (Star Trek: TOS) vs. Wicket's Wagon (Star Wars: Ewoks) This week, we may have gone too far. Kenny draws out the parallels of industrialization wrecking both the Horta and Endor. Aspen talks how both eps …
Capitalism, Existentialism, & Trade Routes
This Side of Paradise (Star Trek: TOS) vs. Tail of the Roon Comets (Star Wars: Droids) Aspen struggles with the notion of struggling in This Side of Paradise. Kenny talks about what makes something FEEL like Star Wars. And both …
The Power of the Crone
A Taste of Armageddon (Star Trek: TOS) vs. Sunstar vs. Shadowstone (Star Wars: Ewoks) Aspen and I talk about MORALISM IN ART! Also, Logray the Shaman is a stone cold BAMF, which makes Kenny drag out one of his soapboxes. …
BONUS — AHSOKA Trailer Reaction
The folks at Holdo Maneuver had Aspen and guest Kevin Coll on to talk Star Wars Celebration. And, more importantly...AHSOKA! Go support our friends at Holdo Maneuver by subscribing: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holdopod/ ———— Support us...
Space Seed vs. Coby and the Starhunters
Khaaaaaaan! We're back on format. Aspen walks us through her journey with the Mission: Impossible franchise so far. Kenny breaks down the etymology of the Tessellated Arboreal Binjinphant. We talk about Khan at GREAT length and how Space Seed holds...
A Beginner's Guide to Star Wars and Star Trek
For the beginner in all of us! Aspen and Kenny give suggestions on where to start that's quick and easy. And, if you like that, we give you intermediate and expert suggestions also. Aspen also talks about the first Mission: …
Star Wars Celebration vs. First Contact Day
A LOT of Star Wars news happened and a little Star Trek news happened. So Aspen walks Kenny through all of the things he should be excited about. Aspen provides a palette setter for the Ahsoka TV show, walks him …
APRIL FOOLS - Stargate (1994) vs. Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Battlestar Galactica Miniseries (2003) vs. Stargate (1994) Content Warning: Gun Violence, Violence and Children Joel T. Partner ushers in the next phase of the podcast. We discuss how Rahm Emanuel plays a shell game with his pacing. Aspen teases out...
The Phantom Menace vs. The Motion Picture
We break format and we compare these two seismic, but disappointing films. Kenny compares Roddenberry and Lucas, talking about the odd parallel development of these films. Meanwhile, Aspen looooves podracing and struggles to get through V'Ger. Who...