Season 1

Court Martial (Trek: TOS) vs. The Revenge of Kybo Ren (Wars: Droids) Aspen ponders the most important question: Can we get Elijah Wood on the podcast? We talk about which is more important to pop culture – Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. Aspen talks...

Tomorrow is Yesterday (Trek: TOS) vs. The Curse of the Jindas (Wars: Ewoks) Aspen talks about Even Stevens and how much she loves time travel. Kenny talks about the amazing D.C. Fontana and her relationship to Star Trek. We also talk about how the...

Arena (Trek: TOS) vs. The Pirates of Tarnoonga (Wars: Droids) We shout out our first bird listener! We also reveal a real, actual conspiracy theory about The Force Awakens lifting liberally from...Droids? Kenny also makes the argument that Star...

The Squire of Gothos (Trek: TOS) vs. The Tree of Light (Wars: Ewoks) We start off with bread talk (specifically, The Force Awakens). Aspen fights her nap brain and debates on if the word "foppish" is offensive. We also ponder on if Star Wars is more...

The Galileo Seven (Trek: TOS) vs. The New King (Wars: Droids) Our first guest(!), Heidi Rogers, looooves Star Wars and Star Trek. Heidi and Aspen talk about their loooove of the prequels. We also talk about the disconnect between animation and live...

Shore Leave (Trek: TOS) vs. The Traveling Jindas (Wars: Ewoks) This week's theme – HAVIN' FUN! We discuss the problems of narratives in Western society, of course. But we also talk about shenanigans. We compare the work/play dynamics in both Star...

Balance of Terror (Trek: TOS) vs. The Lost Prince (Wars: Droids) This week! We talk about what the template is for a Star Trek episode. Kenny talks about essentialism in art and filmmaking. Aspen talks about tropes and how to use them. We also marvel...

The Conscience of the King (Trek: TOS) vs. To Save Deej (Wars: Ewoks) We talk about Space Daddies™! We also talk how both episodes involve fungus that kills people. Kenny talks about fathers in Star Trek. Aspen talks about her time as an aggressive...

This week! We're talking Star Wars: The Bad Batch S2E1 + S2E2 Aspen explains what The Bad Batch is to Kenny (who hasn't finished a single episode). Kenny wonders why there are so many "good clones" with malfunctioning chips in their heads. We also...

This week! The Menagerie Part II (Star Trek: The Original Series) versus A Race to the Finish (Star Wars: Droids) We start our ep with answering some listener questions. We also spoil the endings of these episodes very quickly. Aspen is taken with...

This week! The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series) versus Rampage of the Phlogs (Star Wars: Ewoks) Aspen feels genuine horror at the giant baby Phlog. But it's okay because we balance it with CAPTAIN PIKE. Kenny talks about the differences...

This week! The Corbomite Maneuver (Star Trek: The Original Series) versus The Trigon Unleashed (Star Wars: Droids) We're still amazed that Droids is serialized as the Trigon is unleashed. We also talk about some Andor up at the top. Kenny loves...

This week! It's Dagger of the Mind (Star Trek: The Original Series) versus The Haunted Village (Star Wars: Ewoks) Of course, we start off with a discussion about Bo Burnham's Inside. Aspen talks about the prison industrial complex in Dagger of the...

We talk about the possible thematic reasons of why Miri would be set in a parallel Earth circa 1960s, considering it plays almost no role in the episode. Aspen talks about how Jord looks like Dan Aykroyd. Kenny talks about the wonders of Michael J....

We celebrate Kenny's birthday the best way possible: by watching Star Trek and Star Wars! We begin our journey into Ewoks. We also talk about how we engage with artificial intelligence (considering this week's episode of Star Trek does just that)....

Our final free feed Patreon episode! This week, we wrap up conversation on Andor S1. We talk about co-opting aesthetics to boost your prestige. We touch upon Episodes 13 and 14 of Star Trek: Prodigy, comparisons to Star Wars, and more. We also...

It's the one you've been waiting for: we start talking DROIDS! We go hard by talking about economic systems within both Star Trek and Star Wars. Aspen talks about the queer coding of Mudd while also absolutely loathing the politics of Mudd's Women....

Aspen finished DS9 for the first time, so we have a big honkin' dissection of her experience!

This week, we take a ride on the Caravan! Of Courage! We talk around the drama of our format. We praise Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure for being self-contained. Kenny raises a prickly question to Aspen about Star Trek. Aspen successfully turns...

PATREON BONUS! Aspen's caught up on Star Trek Prodigy (through episode 10)! She talks about Prodigy and its aspects of found family. She also puts a perfect point on why Janeway is the perfect mentor figure of this show. Aspen also takes a hot stance...

This week! We touch upon found family and emotions in both properties. Kenny makes Aspen talk about the famous golden Leia bikini. Aspen masterfully talks about what makes Return of the Jedi special. We talk about which Trek characters we would drag....

This week, our two episodes fit up unusually well. Aspen talks about the difference of agency that women have in Star Wars vs. Star Trek. Kenny talks about how much of a dork Kirk is in this episode. And we both wrestle with the fundamental emotions...

PATREON BONUS! This week, we're talking about just how potent Andor is. We talk about the complicated nature of consuming this beautiful piece of anti-fascist art that is coming from a company that applies...kind of fascist methods. We also talk...

It's a real nail-biter this week. Aspen watches the Star Wars Holiday Special for the first time. Kenny attempts to contextualize the Holiday Special in the time it was made and explains just how bonkers this thing is. Aspen and Kenny also talk about...