Stay ConnectedEddie Mungai, a life long Star Trek fan, watches episodes of Deep Space Nine with his best friend, Sergeant Redacted, who has never seen Star Trek before in her life.
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It's "Shadowplay", the episode where we learn about Sarge's love for fake worlds, and her dislike of too close in camera smooches. Plus, there's a Deep Space Nine episode in there.
It's our wildcard episode, TNG's "The Wounded", in which we ask, Is plankton loaf a food? Does Data affect his androidness? Is Picard a 24th century Hank Hill Join us to find out!
Unfortunately, Sarge couldn't be here this week, so my friend Evan is filling in to comment on the space amish episode "Paradise". Let me know what you think of this one, and whether we should go back later and redo it with Sarge!
Where doing "Whispers", a big mind screw of an episode! Can the replicator make hamsters? Is Ted Cruz a person? Will THEY hurt you? We don't answer any of these questions, but we do ask them!
You're in for a big surprise, an episode where Sarge likes Julian! Tangents include Irish food, military spouses, and how much human memory blows.
It's finally here, the "Tuvix" episode! Listen as Sarge and Eddie debate abstract philosophy, and Sarge freaks out over Kes' age!
Dr. Mora is an abusive dad! Dr. Bashir is creepier than usual! "The Alternate" is a bad episode for doctors! Fair warning, this one gets intense.
It's "Rivals", probably the lowest stakes episode we've done so far. Is probability alteration really science fiction? Does anyone care about racketball? Have we finally found someone worse than Quark? Listen and find out!
It's "Sanctuary", DS9's refugee allegory. Should the Bajorans have taken in the Skreeans? Would Haneek be a better leader than someone we know? Is the world run by lizard people? Find out in this episode, assuming the lizard people don't shut us down.
It's August's Wild Card episode, "The Measure Of A Man" from TNG! Is Data a person? Are Ferengi people? Are Boston Robotics robots people? Get all the answers in this episode!
Does Quark think Sisko is his friend? Are all terraformers insufferable? Can Eddie travel through time? Find out by listening to our "Second Sight" episode!
It's "Necessary Evil" where we get our first flashback to the Occupation! Has Quark always been a creep? Is Odo a collaborator? Will Sarge predict every plot twist? Listen and find out!
A number of you have asked me if and when Sarge and I will go over the movies. Well, we’d love to, but frankly, our current podcasting duties are a lot of work so far, and we’re going to need an increase in income before we can add in reviewing the movies. So, we’ve added the movies as a fundraising goal! Once we reach our goal, Sarge and I will add an extra bonus episode to the feed once a month where we’ll review one of the movies, moving through them chronologically from Star Trek : The Motion Picture to Star Trek Beyond. So if you wanna see Sarge’s reaction to the crew meeting God at the center of the galaxy or hear me do a bad impression of Chekov saying “Nuclear Wessels”, then contribute money to our frivolous endeavor at patreon.com/deepspacenoob! We’re already about a fourth of the way there!
Is the Federation post sexism? Is homosexuality the marijuana of Ferenganar? Is real food better than replicated food? We answer all these questions as we dive into "Rules Of Acquisition"!
It's July's wild card, the original series episode, "Mirror, Mirror"! We discuss how phasers would lead to run away murder, whether or not the mirror universe branched off fro our own, and if parallel universes matter.
This week, it's "Melora"! Topics include Julian's medical ethics, the Klingon language, and pretentious guys who take you to sushi restaurants! It's a bad episode of DS9, but a good episode of this pod!
It's "Cardassians"! In this one, we discuss space racism, war orphans, and international adoption. It's a dark episode, so strap in!
Join us for "Invasive Procedures" where we dive DEEP into Trill society and ask our audience for Trill historical fiction!
It's our wildcard episode! We're doing "Q-Who?", giving Sarge her first taste of The Borg, and a Q episode that isn't garbage. Topics include include whether Wesley is a child soldier, Picard's wrecklessness, and Starfleet PTSD. Join us!
Part Three of the season two three parter! We went super off the rails with the tangents this time. Topics include How Trill can always find their keys, religious corruption, and black Vulcans. Enjoy!
It's "The Circle", part two of the season two opener. We talk about our mutual crush on Kira, discuss the criminal justice system, and complain about corrupt clergy. Also, there's some Star Trek in there, too!
Welcome to Season 2! We start of with "The Homecoming", where Sarge and I discuss future birth control, and Miles O'Brien pretends to be Kira's pimp. Join us!
Our first Voyager wildcard! Unfortunately, Sarge couldn't be here for this episode, so the wonderful Stephanie Murphy is filling in for her. You can find here here...
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Email : stephanie.murphy09@gmail.com
Twitter : @smurphyactor
Instagram : smurphyactor
At the end of this month, April 2018, Deep Space Noob will no longer have a presence on Facebook. We know that this is going to be inconvenient to a number of our fans who follow us there, but after discussing it with Sarge, we decided that we could no longer have a relationship with that company.
The Cambridge Analytica scandal confirmed something we’ve felt for a long while, that Facebook isn't a positive force in our lives. They claim to make the word more connected, but what they actually end up doing is primarily connecting you to advertisers, data miners, trolls, and others that seek to manipulate you and do you harm. To paraphrase one of my favorite movies, "Facebook is the most awesome goddamned propaganda force in the whole godless world, and woe is us if it ever falls into the wrong hands, and that's why woe is us that they sell ad space to anyone."
We know a lot of people primarily follow us on Facebook, and that's why our Facebook page will remain up until the end of April, to give you time to transition to following us elsewhere. You can follow us on the website, deepspacenoob.com, which has an RSS feed, and on our Twitter, @DeepSpaceNoob. Every update and post we make will go to both of those destinations, so you won't miss anything.
In addition, if you feel as we do about Facebook and are looking for an alternative, we suggest Vero. They're a new social network that's looking to run on a paid subscription model rather than an advertising based model, but right now, they're giving free lifetime memberships to anyone who signs up. If you get a Vero account, and convince a number of your friends to do the same, you might play a small part in getting Facebook to change. And no, this isn't a paid advertisement, we're just fans.
Anyway, that's all for now! We've got a new podcast coming out tomorrow, so be sure to come back for that, then we’ll be able off for two weeks, then back with Season 2. See you then, and May The Prophets Be With You!
Yahoo! We made it through the first season!
We're looking at "In The Hands Of The Prophets". Sarge had a TON to say about this one, and it's all pretty great. Come listen to us debate fundamentalism!
We're finally here, the Nazi allegory episode. Strap in, it gets heavy.
CONTENT WARNING : This episode discusses the Holocaust and genocide.
Dax is useless! Kira tries to seduce everyone! Sisko makes a clock! It's the "We've all been possessed" episode every sci-fi show has to do eventually!
It's our first Lwaxana episode! How will Sarge respond to Lwaxana? Can Odo be hurt if he doesn't make it to his bucket? Does anyone care about the probe in this episode? Listen and find the answers to these and other questions!
It's here! The famed Tribbles episode! What will Sarge think of Tribbles? What will she think of TOS Klingons? Where's all the Tribble poop? Listen for answers to these questions and more!
First season sure loved the wacky episodes, didn't it? We're doing "If Wishes Were Horses", an episode where the crew's imagination comes to life. Tangents include sports movies and sexual fantasies. Come listen!
We’re doing “Progress” this episode! It’s a fairly heavy episode about the price of progress, but for some reason, we go off on a long tangent about sexuality in the future. It’s a very non-sequitor episode, but it’s good stuff!
What a weird, wacky episode! We're doing "The Storyteller", an episode where everything is confusing and nothing makes sense. Makes for good pod, though!
We're doing the Next Generation episode "Who Watches The Watchers?" as our wild card episode this month! We had a lot to talk about, so we went pretty long. We also get pretty philosophical into God and media and other stuff. It'll be an interesting listen, come check it out!
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Kai Opaka goes to the Gamma Quadrant! Mike from Breaking Bad shows up! This is a pretty fun episode, where Sarge and I get into some war stuff. Fair warning, it gets a little heavy at points.
A gamma quadrant criminal claims to have knowledge of Odo’s origins. Is he telling the truth? If you’re a fan of the show, you probably already know, but listen to us podcast about it anyway!
Hey everyone! We really enjoy Sarge’s thoughts on the Ferengi, so we decided to redo The Nagus with her. Hope you enjoy this second take!
We’re back, baby! We return with a Christmas special that isn’t remotely Christmas-y! Remember how we referenced an episode of The Original Series with a Christmas party? We’re doing that as a wild card episode! It’s super creepy! Enjoy!
Hey there! We’re taking December off for the holidays, but there will be more Deep Space Noob in January!
Hey everyone! Sarge couldn’t be with us this week, she’s a little under the weather. My co-host for this episode is Elizabeth Williams Bushey, The artist for my web comic Artificial Flowers who you can find on Twitter as @inklesstales. We break down Federation bigotry, and how Ferengi society doesn’t seem functional. I’m so sad Sarge is missing our first deep dive into Ferengi society, but I promise, it’s still a fun episode!
NO RECOMMENDED VIEWING
Here it is! The legendarily bad episode, “Move Along Home”. In this episode, we premiere the OCAP award for Outstanding Commitment to an Absurd Premise. Hopefully, Sarge didn’t lose as much respect for me as I thought she would.
NO RECOMMENDED VIEWING
The Passenger! It’s... yeah... forgettable. We didn’t have a whole lot to say about this episode, but MAN were we annoyed at all the technobabble. Come hear Sarge and Eddie’s reaction to really mediocre Trek!
NO RECOMMENDED VIEWING
Happy Halloween! We’re taking a break from DS9 this week and watching Trek’s only official Halloween episode, the original series episode, “Catspaw”! It’s wonderful nonsense, watch it with us!
NO RECOMMENDED VIEWING
Legal episode! Dax is on trial, but not really on trial; it’s just a hearing, but basically, yeah, totally on trial! Sarge and I question if the Bajorans are the real space Jews, and get DEEP into a philosophical debate with no real world application.
NO RECOMMENDED VIEWING
A truly terrible episode! Eddie tries to explain Trekonomics, and Sarge almost pukes over oomax. Also, I reference the book Trekonomics by Manu Saadia, which you should check out here!
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RECOMMENDED VIEWING
Encounter At Farpoint (TNG Season 1, Episodes 1 & 2)
Hide And Q (TNG Season 1, Episode 10)
Q Who? (TNG Season 2, Episode 16)
Deja Q (TNG Season 3, Episode 13)
Captain’s Holiday (TNG Season 3, Episode 19)
Qpid (TNG Season 4, Episode 20)
True Q (TNG Season 6, Episode 6)
Tapestry (TNG Season 6, Episode 15)
All Good Things... (TNG Season 7, Episodes 25 & 26)
In which we discuss genetic engineering, the ethics of hunting, and I play the Canadian national anthem in its entirety. You’ll have to listen to the episode to find out why!
NO RECOMMENDED VIEWING
The station personnel lose the ability to talk, and Quark does a really great leprechaun impression. This one is short, but it's a lot of fun.
RECOMMENDED VIEWING
The Naked Time (TOS Season 1, Episode 6)
The Naked Now (TNG Season 1, Episode 3)
Keiko builds a school! Bashir grows a guy! Odo is wanted for murder!
meh
We're both kind of lukewarm on this one. What'd you folks think?
No Recommended Viewing
Lursa and B'Tor show up! Also Garak! Also terrorism.
RECOMMENDED VIEWING
Redemption, Part 1 & 2, (TNG Season 4, Episode 26, and Season 5, Episode 1)
Firstborn (TNG Season 7, Episode 21)
First episode! It's a bit longer than usual, as there's A LOT to cover in this one.
RECOMMENDED VIEWING
The Best Of Both Worlds, Parts 1 & 2 (TNG Season 3, Episode 26 and Season 4, Episode 1)
The Wounded (TNG Season 4, Episode 12)
The Host (TNG Season 4, Episode 23)
Ensign Ro (TNG Season 5, Episode 3)
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