New episode every Monday! Trek By The Numbers guides you through episodes of Trek - from any and all the series - focused on a theme. But basically, we're the friends you wish you had to geek out, goof around, and talk about Star Trek. Bob is a history buff, and Josh is a scientist. And we're both life-long Trek fans.
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TBTN 70: Stocks, Bonds, and I-ROC Zs
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We genuinely can't figure out what Gul Dukat would drive. He's too complex to distill down to a single car.Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 69: The book is called "The Wealth of Nations"
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Josh can't remember the title of the most notorious book in (neo)liberal economics, which really sets the tone for this discussion of property rights.Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 68.9: Seeking joy in a ceaseless void
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Things got off the rails but it seemed appropriate, given the attempted coup and all. It's a scary world, find some comfort with us.Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 68: The Hauer Power Hour with Billy Farts
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Discovery Season 3 is Actually Good. That's it. There is no joke. If you (understandably) got turned off by season 1 & 2, check out season 3. And hey kid, grab yourself some cubed meats.Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 67: How much latinum for ear pics?
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Andorians, those fun blue folks with antennae? They're not supposed to have ears, but sometimes they do. And when they do... We're also drinking deep of wisdom of Jeffrey Combs this episode.Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 66: Into the Clancyverse
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Oh, I'm sorry - you thought this was going to be about the Klingon High Council? No no no, it's all about Tom Clancy and Chris Isaak.Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN: A Very Special Insurrection
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With friend of the show, Jesse Balzer! In honor of Thanksgiving, we're covering the TNG movie Insurrection, because it's about the forced relocation of peoples at the hands of a hegemonic power. Above all else, remember: Mr. Baaku, may I?Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 64: Wesley Crusher & Big Shrimp
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We tried talking about mundane things on the ship, but all we got was Makeout Point, cigarette burns in the battle bridge, and Big Shrimp.Kirjoittanut Trek By the Numbers
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TBTN 63: Behind The Neck with Gul Skrain Dukat
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TBTN 62: A Brighter Tomorrow Where Counting Votes Isn't Controversial
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Election Special live from Skrain, AL! We talk about how the Federation, as a government, functions.Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 61: Dr. Crusher's Pretty Good Weed
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Who is Doctor Crusher, really? Turns out she's a good doctor, an ok-to-middling mother, and an expert botanist. Too bad Picard stabbed her husband with a Nausicaan. Follow us: @TrekByNumbersKirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 60: Riker's Holo-Daddies
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Riker is a tragic character:daddy issues, low self-esteem, and a prisoner of his own libido. He can't make real connections or friends, even though he's surrounded by colleagues that respect him. It's a sad tale, told by idiots; full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.Kirjoittanut Trek By the Numbers
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TBTN 59: Barclay's Musketeer Kissing Program
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Barclay. What's that guy's deal? He seems nice, at least. Does he get a happy ending? We turn to the "beta canon" novels to find out.Kirjoittanut Trek by The Numbers
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TBTN 58: Miles Does a Violence
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TBTN 57: Honor Among Nick Tate
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TBTN 56: How long until Picard becomes elderly abuse?
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TBTN 55: Miles Yeets Molly Down A Well
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TBTN 53: The Wrath of Khan, pt2
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It's more Khan, bay-BEE!Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 52: The Wrath of Khan pt1
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Part 1 of the Thanksgiving Special is here for you with return of friend-of-the-show Joe. It's The Wrath of Khan, the one legitimately good Star Trek movie. And it's such a treat. Enjoy and thank YOU for listening.Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 51: Klingons! "Broken Bow" (ENT)
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"Bow" like "bow," not "bow." Anyway, this is the first episode of our new arc: KLINGON HISTORY! And for sake of fun, we're following in-universe chronology with this arc, so it's Enterprise first. Trip and Archer get VERY passive aggressive with T'Pol, and we try to figure out how Enterprise spends its horny buxxx.…
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TBTN 50: LOVE! "Threshold" (VOY)
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Happy 50th episode, everyone. We've got something slimy and uncomfortable for you: the one where Tom Paris & Captain Janeway turn into lizards from going too fast and they *do it.* Also, look out for PEPPERONI, and Tuvok goes fly fishing.Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 49: LOVE! "The Empath" (TOS)
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Coming to you live from the Des Moines Community Players playhouse, it's The Empath. Kirk, Spock, and Bones find a mute woman lying on a chez lounge in a void and, after some brutal torture, teach a pair of aliens about love and compassion. We pitch a new Riker show, and we discuss Geordi's gait.Kirjoittanut Trek by The Numbers
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TBTN 48: LOVE! The Dauphin (TNG)
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Welcome to our new arc: Love in the 24th Century. Poor Wesley Crusher. It's the classic "boy meets girl, girl is a shapeshifting ball of light" story. He tries to get help from the adults around him, but they just keep screwing with him. Also: Riker pitches a new video game, and Worf finds a new holodeck program to enjoy.…
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TBTN 47.5: Moonraker 2: The Cucumber Sandwich Files
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Can I tempt you with a cucumber sandwich? No? In this episode, we wrap up on out Moonraker discussion, which is the best-worst Bond film with also the thriftiest expository dialogue. But... can I tempt you with a cucumber sandwich?Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 47: SPECIAL Moonraker (1979) pt1
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For this, our 47th episode, we offer you Moonraker in all its glory. Because why not? If you haven't seen it recently, you're really missing out...Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 46: Time Travel! "Time's Arrow Part 2" TNG
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Data's head done popped off. Mark Twain pulls a gun on Captain Picard after spending some time alone with a young Jack London. Snake sock puppets. And maybe a weird reference to a cult? Anyway, here's the conclusion of Time Travel! Catch us next week for our episode 47 special: Moonraker.Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 45: Time Travel! "Time's Arrow Part 1" TNG
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Oh boy oh boy are we going to wrap up our Time Travel arc. TNG. Data. The past. Guinan. Mark Twain. "BIG MONEY" MARC ALAIMO. What more could you ask for? I mean, honestly! It's so good to be back after being away.Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 44: Time Travel! "Far Beyond the Stars" DS9
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Top tier Star Trek in this episode. Truly. Is he Captain Benjamin Sisko, or Benny Russell, a struggling black science fiction writer living on Earth in the 1950s? Heavy, thoughtful stuff that brings an insightful conversation to broadcast TV. Next week we'll be back to the goof-a-minute stuff with "Time's Arrow" from TNG. You know, the one with Mar…
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TBTN Talks: Picard and DISC Season 2
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In this episode we alienate our two biggest fanbases: fans of the Canadian pop punk band Sum 41 and the Wahlberg brothers. You know, the hamburger guys? And we sorta talk about the Picard trailer, what it's for and what we can learn from a single trailer. And we talk about Bob's favorite TNG episode "A Few Good Things."…
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TBTN 43: Time Travel! "Storm Front" (p2) ENT
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Have you ever been bitten by your pet targ while out on the hunt? Then be sure to get some of Gowron's famous beef juice bandages! We finish up Storm Front, which is Enterprise finishing up the whole temporal cold war thing by literally shrugging and saying "chicken and egg?" It's ... great?Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 42: Time Travel! "Storm Front" (p1) ENT
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Thrill as Manny Coto (of "24" fame) desperately tries to save the ailing series by utterly jettisoning the Temporal Cold War non-story. And he does it by riffing on TOS' "Patterns of Force" (aka the Nazi episode), which is a wild choice but ok. There's not-quite-Reman bat people that are trying to do... something vague that involves helping the Ger…
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TBTN 41: Time Travel! "Tomorrow is Yesterday" TOS
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Welcome to our new arc: TIME TRAVEL! I mean, you get it, right? I don't have to explain it. Ok? Good. Anyway, the Enterprise is thrown back in time by a black hole or something and then they abduct a guy and it's all very silly, but then they send him home. Or actually they probably scatter his atoms on the sun but it doesn't matter because it will…
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TBTN 7/4 Special with Jesse Balzer: Nemesis (2002)
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Happy 4th of July week, people. To celebrate independence and freedom, we watched... Nemesis for some reason? It's Tom Hardy's first big role! Jesse's back and it's a great time talking about Nemesis and analyzing it. What an awful, awful movie! (CW: the movie depicts rape in a scene, and we briefly discuss it & how the movie depicts it)…
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TBTN 39.5: SPACE LAW! p5 "The Drumhead" TNG
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And now the conclusion of SPACE LAW!. We've seen incredible growth in these past 3 months, so THANK YOU! And please - tell your friends! Catch us next week with our 4th of July special. Friend-of-the-show Jesse will be back to enjoy (?) Star Trek Nemesis with us.Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 39: SPACE LAW! p5 "The Drumhead" TNG
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This is a big one. We've got everyone here to send us off for the end of SPACE LAW!. The Drumhead is so damned good that just couldn't stop talking about it. So we're splitting it into two episodes to avoid killing your data plan.Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 38: "Spock's Brain" w/ special guest Jesse Balzer
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This week we're taking a break from SPACE LAW! to bring you an episode with special guest Jesse Balzer of Ruining Trailers (https://bit.ly/2FaeXuU). We dive head first into the infamous "Spock's Brain" and in the end we learn that maybe we were Morg all along. Next week we'll wrap up SPACE LAW! with TNG's "Drumhead."…
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TBTN 37: SPACE LAW! p4 - "Author, Author" VOY
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SPACE LAW! continues with a weird one. Need some tips for proper ponytail care? The Doctor wrote a holonovel, but the publisher claims he has to rights since The Doctor is a hologram. Bob drops knowledge on all sorts of law, and Josh admits he's not much of a pugilist. And hey, you may not like it but Robert Picardo has the ideal body for dilithium…
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TBTN 36: SPACE LAW! p3 "Rules of Engagement" DS9
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More SPACE LAW! Bob plugs a bartending school and Josh calls upon his knowledge of cheesy hair metal, and they both explore Ferengi multi-level marketing. Gowron and Worf having a major falling out over a boy. (Klingon courtship practices are complicated!) Bur at the heart of it all, this is a hearing about extradition. Worf did a bad, or DID HE? C…
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TBTN 35: SPACE LAW! p2 - "The First Duty" (TNG)
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More SPACE LAW! Wesley does a bad, maybe even so bad that someone dies: a cable knit avocado green sweater. Almost Tom Paris! Boothby! And air shows! And Egyptian cotton! Catch us next week for DS9's "Rules of Engagement" (S4e18).Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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TBTN 34: SPACE LAW! p1 - "Devil's Due" TNG
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Get a sick pull off your vape for this one, dads. We're diving into SPACE LAW for our next arc and boy oh boy is it a good one with "Devil's Due." Bob makes a case for the Devil and Josh points out that the aliens are probably slavers. But really, Ardra was undone by her own hubris. Also, where's Riker in all of this? Join us next week for another …
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TBTN 33: Prime Directive p5 "Captive Pursuit" (DS9)
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The stirring conclusion of the Prime Directive arc! We dig into this real sleeper hit of a DS9 episode. The compassion, thoughtfulness, optimism are all here. And there's some decent action and some goofy costumes to boot. What's not to love? Next week we'll be starting our next arc: SPACE LAW! with TNG's "Devil's Due."…
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TBTN 31: Prime Directive p4 "Prototype" (VOY)
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We continue our exploration of the Prime Directive, but take a little detour to Little Italy on Qo'noS along the way. And we take a peak at some Voyager actors' Twitter feeds. Good stuff abound. Anyway, B'elanna makes a robot friend who turns out to be not much of a friend. Oops, robot war! Catch us next week for the conclusion of our arc for the P…
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TBTN 31: Prime Directive p3 "Dear Doctor" (ENT)
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This week we continue our exploration of the Prime Directive by visiting a time and place without a Prime Directive. How noodly is your Phlox? Hey, remember how good Data's Day was? Well has the team responsible for Enterprise got something for *you!* Also, would you please boss Scott Bakula around? He likes it. Catch us next week with "Prototype" …
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TBTN 30: Prime Directive p2 "Pen Pals" (TNG)
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Hey you. Yes, you! YOU are the reason we do this show, and we are grateful for you. A teensy little favor, though. Share us with your friends? Tweet about/at us? Post on Facebook? Thanks! Anyway, we're onto part 2 of our Prime Directive arc with "Pen Pals." It's a great TNG episode with some deep, heavy topics. And horses. And a ham-faced alien. Ne…
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TBTN 29: Prime Directive pt1 "Patterns of Force" (TOS)
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WELCOME to our first arc: 5 Crucial Prime Directive episodes, starting with TOS "Patterns of Force" aka "Wow, the aliens are just Nazis, huh?" or "Why does Kirk keep saying 'Natzi?" The Prime Directive is seemingly simple - don't interfere with other cultures unless asked - but the application is pretty messy. We're going to check out 5 different e…
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TBTN 28: Stardate 2.4.11 "Data's Day" (TNG)
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Is this secretly a Crusher episode? How much summer sausage can you replicate? What about manflesh? Data's Day is a great episode of Trek, which is a kind respite for Bob & Josh. So good that we ended up going long. Catch us next week with the beginning of our new format, starting with 5 Crucial Prime Directive Episodes. We'll start with TOS "Patte…
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TBTN 27: Stardate 2.1.9 "Once Upon a Planet" (TAS)
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McCoy yearns for a simpler time when white people could live in houses built and maintained by slaves, then bemoans "females." The crew tells a computer how it should fight for its freedom. But hey, Josh wedged a "I am Kirok!" reference in here, so it can't be all bad. Join us next week for TNG S4e11: Data's Day.…
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TBTN 26: Stardate 6.2.17 "Canamar" (ENT)
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What's in Johnny Frakes' snackle box? This episode of ENT really is an exemplar of a filler episode but at least we jazz it up with some "Panama" references for 45 minutes. We also enter into some high-level negotiations with CBS over more new Star Trek show, like a Golden Girls type show set during the First Cardassian War. So, ask yourself: what …
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TBTN 25: Stardate 2.2.1 - The Pirates of Orion (TAS)
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Pop open a can of Diet Trek with us, and cozy on up to the TV to watch some NCIS. This is the episode where we finally lose that lucrative NERF money. What's there to talk about when the episode says so little? Our answer may surprise you! Check us next week with Stardate 6.2.17: Canamar (ENT)Kirjoittanut Trek By The Numbers
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