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Send us a textWhat happens when red carpets and recording studios aren't enough? In this episode of Jams 'N' Cocktails, host Brad Brock launches into a hilarious and surprisingly heartfelt discussion about celebrities going to space. From Katy Perry's emotional Blue Origin flight to William Shatner's reflective journey as Captain Kirk made real, we unpack who's flown, who's booked, and who backed out—plus all the drama and debate that follows.Also hanging in the JNC Lounge is the ever-enchanting Jordyn Taylor as we break down the praise, the pushback, and whether sending pop stars into orbit is a bold leap for mankind or just a billionaire-powered photo op. We sip our Major Tom Collins (yes, a space-themed cocktail!) and dive into the weird, wild world of celebrity space tourism, public reaction, and the future of space travel. Spoiler alert: Jordyn has thoughts. Oh, and yes—we play “Name That Tune: Out of This World Edition” too. Buckle up!LinksJNC Officialhttps://www.jncpodcast.comSupport us on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/jncpodcast

What happens when red carpets and recording studios aren't enough? In this episode of Jams 'N' Cocktails, host Brad Brock launches into a hilarious and surprisingly heartfelt discussion about celebrities going to space. From Katy Perry's emotional Blue Origin flight to William Shatner's reflective journey as Captain Kirk made real, we unpack who's flown, who's booked, and who backed out—plus all the drama and debate that follows.Also hanging in the JNC Lounge is the ever-enchanting Jordyn Taylor as we break down the praise, the pushback, and whether sending pop stars into orbit is a bold leap for mankind or just a billionaire-powered photo op. We sip our Major Tom Collins (yes, a space-themed cocktail!) and dive into the weird, wild world of celebrity space tourism, public reaction, and the future of space travel. Spoiler alert: Jordyn has thoughts. Oh, and yes—we play “Name That Tune: Out of This World Edition” too. Buckle up!LinksJNC Officialhttps://www.jncpodcast.comSupport us on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/jncpodcast

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Join Dave and Cody as they dive into the emotional premiere of The Last of Us Season 2! They discuss the moral gray areas, with all the characters wrestling with difficult decisions and their consequences, the complex relationship between Ellie and Joel, and the evolving world of Jackson. Plus, get a peek into Ellie's Playlist with Nirvana's "Love Buzz" and laugh along with their hilarious "RIP" segment honoring Smokey the Bear.The guys also hand out their Captain Kirk and Wile E. Coyote awards for the winners and losers of the episode. Where do you think they are heading this season? What did you think of Joel's softened character? Tune in for a fun, thoughtful, and irreverent recap of the season opener!

In this week's episode, Dennis Jernigan shares the story behind his song, "Jidgel! Jidgel!", from the album "The Chronicles of Bren: Captured – Songs for the Journey". That mp3 is available at https://www.thechroniclesofbren.com/store/captured-songs-for-the-journey-album/ The lyrics can be found below. You can join Dennis and the people of All In All Church for live-stream worship on the first Wednesday evening of each month. Just go to https://www.facebook.com/therealdennisjernigan at 7 PM CST. Mark it in your calendar. Worship with All in All Church - First Wednesday of each month. Daily Devotions for Kingdom Seekers, Vol. 3 is available at https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Devotions-Kingdom-Seekers-Vol-ebook/dp/B081K8TZLX Check out my Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/DennisJernigan and read through the various tiers of support and discover the myriad of benefits you will receive based on the level of support you choose. If you're willing, go ahead and sign up! You will find the show notes and lyrics below:    Welcome to The Dennis Jernigan Podcast. The purpose of this podcast is to help you find healing for your wounds; find hope in your despair; find intimacy in your loneliness; find refuge from the storms of life; Basically, to help you find a deeper walk with Jesus. There is one thing I know after having lived all these years: God wastes nothing. Not our sorrows. Not our wounds. Not even our failures.  Hi. I am your host, Dennis Jernigan, and I am so excited about the next few weeks of the Dennis Jernigan podcast because I absolutely love the subject matter that we're covering.   For the past few weeks I have been sharing the stories behind songs inspired by  fantasy book series I wrote for my children and grandchildren. You are used to hearing me share the stories behind songs of worship and praise; songs of ministry; songs of comfort; songs from Father God's heart to ours…but the song I am sharing today was inspired by a 3-book series of fantasy novels I wrote for my children and grandchildren way back in 2015. The first book in this three-book series is called Captured (Book 1 in The Chronicles of Bren Trilogy). You may be asking yourself, “Why would a worship leader and song receiver write  series of books and songs about a fantasy world?”  I won't share everything that has led me to the writing of fantasy novels. You can simply listen to the podcasts from “Riding the Wind' to today's episode in order to catch up. That being said, I will share a brief story that may give you insight into the reason I would create a fantasy world.  For many years, from my early childhood and even well into my early adult years, I felt rejected by most people and had a deep desire to know my father's love for me. I had already believed the lie of the enemy, deeming myself unlovable. Each night as I went to bed, I would dream of being a little boy on the starship enterprise and my dad was Captain James Tiberius Kirk. My mother was Doris Day and she was always singing Que sera sera, whatever will be will be. Each night in those dreams, I found myself captured by aliens, placed in captivity, and being readied for execution. Just as I was about to be destroyed, my dad, Captain Kirk, would materialize with his weapon, his phaser, set not on stun but on destroy. Every night I was rescued in those dreams and I woke up right at the moment of rescue. As I have looked back now, I can see how creatively God engineered those dreams to paint a picture of what he had already done for me by the work of the cross. He used fantasy through my dreams to paint a picture of his great love for me. I truly believe that with all my heart. And that is the reason I am sharing these songs from my fantasy books.  The song I am sharing on this week's episode is called “Jidgel! Jidgel!”, a song I wrote for the book “Captured (Book 1 in the The Chronicles of Bren Trilogy). “Captured” is my life story written in allegory as a legacy to my children and grandchildren. As I wrote the books, I envisioned what it might sound like if Disney ever made a movie based on these books. I completed the songs for the first two books but never got around to writing songs for book three. That book is about my vision for my 9 children…and their real-life stories are still being written. They will need to write their own songs.  This week's song, “Jidgel! Jidjel!”, was received sometime in 2015 0r 2016 and was intended to infuse a bit of humor in the story as well as to paint a picture of taking ownership of our own feelings and attitudes and points of view, that regardless of our circumstances, we can choose joy. In the land of Bren, there is a place known as The Forbidden Swamp. It is massive and almost impassable, yet due to circumstances, our protagonist, Leonolis, needs to find a way through The Forbidden Swamp. He is led to a feisty old man, named Jidgel to seek a way through.   The name for this character was invented by one of my sons when he was just a boy. My son is one of the most creative people I know. One of  his funniest ideas was the way he spoke about what he would call his one-day children. He told me that when he had a son he would call him Jidgel! I never forgot that and decided that this character's name had to be Jidgel. Jidgel represents self-reliance and personal responsibility…and also a beacon of wisdom. Jidgel lives alone and fends for himself in the swamp, daring to live where others fear to tread. As a result, he sees through the trappings of government and superficiality of mankind and evokes a sense of accepting people just because of who they are and not for what they can do for him. Leonolis trusts him quickly once he discerns the wisdom coming from this feisty little man.  Jidgel was one of my favorite characters to write.  He is very curmudgeonly and bluntly honest and has no fear of what others may think or say of him. Leonolis asks Jidjel to show him the way through the swamp and the keeper of the swamp, as Jidgel is known, challenges him to walk in wisdom. His purpose is to challenge young men and women, to not hold others responsible for their feelings or their attitudes or for their lots in life. He challenges them to hold themselves responsible and to walk as one who is responsible. He believes it is weakness to  blame others for your misfortunes. He challenges Lronolis to learn to make something beautiful even out of his misfortunes just as Jidgel saw beauty in a place most others in the Kingdom avoided. I absolutely love this song. Sorry you're about to get a song stuck in your head for a few hours, but it's just fun to say and sing the name Jidgel… SONG Jidgel showed reverence to the boy, Leonolis, but was very honest with him. Though Jidgel was not a constant character throughout the three book series, he is one of my favorites simply because he loved Leonolis enough to be honest with him. His character could have written these words from Pro 3:11-26 NIV 11 My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, 12 because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in. 13 Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding, 14 for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. 16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. 17 Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed. 19 By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place; 20 by his knowledge the watery depths were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew. 21 My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight, preserve sound judgment and discretion; 22 they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck. 23 Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble. 24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. 25 Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, 26 for the LORD will be at your side and will keep your foot from being snared.  I hope you find joy and encouragement as you read the books and listen to the songs. They really are refreshing ways to help you find Jesus even through the most difficult times of life. And besides, laughter does good like a medicine. Just try saying the name Jidgel without at least smiling a bit!    Thanks for tuning in to The Dennis Jernigan Podcast. For more about me, my story, or my music, visit dennisjernigan.com. You can also catch me on Facebook and Instagram, and find my music on most major streaming services. And hey, if you really want to be a part of my team, you can even become a Patron over at Patreon.com/dennisjernigan. I'd love to have you on board!   The book “Captured” is available at Amazon in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats. I encourage you to read the book “Captured” and then listen to or download the songs inspired by each of the main characters for FREE. Just go to https://www.thechroniclesofbren.com/store/captured-songs-for-the-journey-album/ and download the entire collection for FREE.  Thanks again for being part of today's podcast. Remember, God loves you, and so do I. Now, I challenge you to rise up and be the warrior for the kingdom God has called to to be today. And I urge you to put off the lies of the enemy and put on the truth of who the Lord says you are and then go and BE who your Heavenly Father says you are… Jidgel! Jidjel! Verse  Man of the swamp Man of the fen Man of the water and reed Man of his word Man among men Meeter of shelter and need Chorus Jidgel! Jidjel! Curmudgeon short and stout Jidgel! Jidjel! What is life about? Lack-it-y loo! Didgeridoo! Tell me what life is about to you Lolly-go-lie! Lolly-go-loo! Show me the way to get through Verse  Eater of fish Drinker of wine Shorter than average men Taller in heart Taller in mind Defender of Truth, you're his friend Chorus Jidgel! Jidjel! Curmudgeon short and stout Jidgel! Jidjel! What is life about? Lack-it-y loo! Didgeridoo! Tell me what life is about to you Lolly-go-lie! Lolly-go-loo! Show me the way to get through Bridge I can go around  But I'd rather go through I think that's what you would do Tell me what I know  That I know to be true Show me the way to get through Chorus Jidgel! Jidjel! Curmudgeon short and stout Jidgel! Jidjel! What is life about? Lack-it-y loo! Didgeridoo! Tell me what life is about to you Lolly-go-lie! Lolly-go-loo! Show me the way to get through Show me the way to get through Show me the way to get through 

Khan Returns! We're Breaking Down Star Trek II: The Wrath of KhanThis week on Trekcast, we're diving into one of the most iconic Star Trek films of all time: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Captain Kirk's old "friend" Khan Noonien Singh is back—but let's just say their relationship status is... complicated. We're reviewing the 1982 sci-fi classic and sharing our favorite moments, biggest surprises, and why this film still hits hard decades later.Also on deck:Is Strange New Worlds teasing a major character death?Wil Wheaton is rallying fans to support Star Trek: ProdigyLower Decks is getting some serious award buzzAll that and more on Trekcast—the Star Trek podcast where no discussion goes as expected.News:Strange New Character Death?https://screenrant.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-3-batel-missing-dies-op-ed/Wil Wheaton is trying to flip the script on Prodigyhttps://gamerant.com/wil-wheaton-change-perception-animated-spinoff-star-trek-prodigy/And Lower Decks is up for some major awardshttps://www.cbr.com/paramounts-star-trek-lower-decks-nominated-for-2-hugo-awards/Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Nicholas Meyer and based on the television series Star Trek. It is the second film in the Star Trek film series following Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), and is a sequel to the television episode "Space Seed" (1967). The plot features Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise facing off against the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán). When Khan escapes from a 15-year exile to exact revenge on Kirk, the crew of the Enterprise must stop him from acquiring a powerful terraforming device named Genesis. The film is the beginning of a three-film story arc that continues with the film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) and concludes with the film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).Trekcast: The Galaxy's Most Unpredictable Star Trek Podcast!Welcome to Trekcast, the galaxy's most unpredictable Star Trek podcast! We're a fan-made show that dives into everything Star Trek, plus all things sci-fi, nerdy, and geeky—covering Star Wars, Marvel, DC Comics, Stargate, and more.But Trekcast isn't just about warp drives and superheroes. If you love dad jokes, rescuing dogs, and even saving bears, you'll fit right in! Expect fun, laughs, and passionate discussions as we explore the ever-expanding universe of fandom.Join us for a wild ride through the stars—subscribe to Trekcast today! Connect with us: trekcasttng@gmail.comLeave us a voicemail - (570) 661-0001‬Check out our merch store at Trekcast.comHelp support the show - ko-fi.com/trekcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/star-trek-podcast-trekcast--5651491/support.

WEB KIRK.O. Captain Kirk is dead! No wait -- he's a ghost! No... it's interspace! But, what's this? the crew of the Enterprise is slowly going mad? And now the ship is being surrounded by a web? Is this third season adventure a TREK, MARRY, or KILL? The grades begin at (13:22).

On this week's episode of our show, Captain Ingle and I set a course for the world of Star Trek animation. Today we are pleased to bring you three episodes: first, Captain Kirk and crew must reckon with a planet-destroying entity; second, Mariner and Ransom must survive an adorable yet vicious creature; and third, the crew of the Protostar must compete in a race to be allowed to continue their mission. Join us as we go boldly!

When talking about these games that we love, sometimes we may give the impression that we know more about the history behind the scenes than we let on. It's when we have the opportunity to interview an actually knowledgeable person that the extent of how much we don't know becomes obvious. So it goes today, as we talk with Pete Woodworth about the creation and development of Changeling: the Lost back in its earliest days. As one of the stewards of Changeling: the Dreaming who helped carry over some of the ideas in the new World of Darkness, Pete had anecdotes to share and perspectives to illuminate about how one game informed the other. (And secrets, too, that fall somewhere between curious and earthshaking, but we'll let you decide towards which end of that spectrum these tidbits fall closest.) We hope you'll find these stories as intriguing as we did for this rich and complicated game. Pete's website, Positively Woodworthian, can be found at https://peterwoodworth.com/, from which you can check out his various works around the TTRPG sphere. As for various links on our end, you might try any of the following: Discord: https://discord.me/ctp Email: podcast@changelingthepodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082973960699 Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@ChangelingPod Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/changelingthepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChangelingThePodcast your hosts Pooka G (any pronoun/they) feels the lack of mixed goblin fruit salad mechanics was a significant oversight by the writing team. Amelia Fetch (she/her) wants to know who is responsible for Vainglory and what in the world they were thinking. If change is inevitable, predictable, beneficial, doesn't logic demand that you be a part of it? —Captain Kirk in Star Trek, "Mirror, Mirror"

On this week's episode of WeeklyTrek, TrekCore's news podcast, host Alex Perry is joined by Jenn Tifft to discuss all the latest Star Trek news. This week, Alex and his guest discuss the following stories from around the web: TrekCore: Watch the New Teaser Trailer for STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Season 3! (11:08) TrekCore: PREVIEW — Universal Fan Fest Nights' Special STAR TREK Menu (22:33) TrekCore: IDW Announces Three New STAR TREK Mini-Series Comics (29:45) TrekCore: Nacelle Announces Second Wave of STAR TREK Action Figures, Including GENERATIONS Kirk, T'Pol, Carol Marcus, and More (37:23) In addition, stick around to hear Jenn's opinion that James T. Kirk is not being overused in Strange New Worlds (he's only in two episodes as Prime Kirk), and Alex's opinion that it's crazy we have to wait two years between television seasons for a lot of series these days - including SNW! *** Do you have a wish or theory you'd like to share on the show? Tweet to Alex at @WeeklyTrek, or email us with your thoughts about wishes, theories, or anything else about the latest in Star Trek news!

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38 years to go until the big day and Kneel Before Pod continues the annual coverage of Star Trek to celebrate. This year we return to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and pair it with Khan's introduction in the classic The Original Series episode "Space Seed". The conversation covers con/Khantext, how this would be approached in the modern day and Pete "Maverick" Mitchell sharing DNA with James T. Kirk. Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Show Notes TV Reviews Craig's reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Movie Reviews Craig's review of Star Trek: Beyond Craig's review of Captain America: Brave New World Craig's review of Top Gun: Maverick Craig's review of T2: Trainspotting Craig's review of Jurassic World Craig's review of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice Podcasts Star Trek (2009) Star Trek Into Darkness Star Trek Beyond Star Trek: The Motion Picture Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Star Trek: Generations Star Trek: First Contact Star Trek: Insurrection Star Trek: Nemesis Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice Music Captain_Meatshield's cover of the “First Contact” and “Star Trek: The Next Generation“ theme and his YouTube channel If you enjoyed what you heard here, please subscribe to Kneel Before Pod. If you have any feedback then we'd love to hear it. You can find us on Facebook ,Twitter and BlueSky. You can also make yourself known in the comments section below or you can join us on Discord.

Can a kamikaze-style sacrifice ever be morally justified? We explore the ethics of self-sacrifice in sci-fi scenarios and real life, along with deep (and wild) questions about vampires, psychiatric visions, Jesus’ second coming, and even the Rick Astley paradox. Join The CA Live Club Newsletter: Click Here Questions Covered: 02:23 – If someone were to kill everyone on earth to force Jesus’s second coming, would Jesus come? If the person did it to save everyone so they can all go to heaven, would this make them a good or bad person?  05:00 – Are heaven and hell customized for you and how you lived?  06:55 – If you sacrifice your life for God, do you go to hell for committing suicide?  14:45 – Could a killer whale get a taste for human flesh?  17:55 – I worked as a firefighter/EMT for a while and people prided themselves about having a stiff upper lip and a tough cynical personality. I got to thinking, some people are more docile, and some seem to pride themselves in having a rough edge. When we are perfected in heaven, will we all have the same disposition/temperament and just different talents and interests, or will our different dispositions remain?  22:01 – How will a body not be destroyed when living on earth forever? For example—If you fall off a cliff or get crushed?  28:57 – Can you please comment on the moral implications of the following? In Return of the Jedi, an A wing pilot gets shot down and plows his ship into the bridge of the Executor. Can a space pilot do this if death is a near certainty become a kamikaze? Or, in 2009's Star Trek movie, Captain Kirk's father stays behind and navigates the Kelvin on a collision course with the Romulan vessel to protect escaping shuttles. He sacrifices himself and the ship to save his son. Can the captain of a ship stay behind to again be a kamikaze to inflict heavy damage on somebody else and/or save other people if it means certain death?  32:59 – My Mom and sister are both nurses in a psych ward. They have had hundreds of patients who claim to see Angel’s and Demons. Some patients who claim they have seen them also knew personal information they shouldn’t have about Mom and Sister. Do you think these people are actually connected to the spiritual realm in a way we aren’t or is it just a mental illness?  38:08 – If a priest were to become a vampire, would he have to retire?  41:30 – If Santa Claus (not St Nicholas) were to die would he go to heaven?  44:01 – Will we see Wooly Mammoths in our lifetime? Will they really be Wooly Mammoths or something else that looks like them?  48:46 – How does the Rick Astley paradox work? Here's how it goes: If you ask Rick Astley for a copy of the movie Up he can't give it to you because he can't give you Up but if he doesn't give you Up he lets you down. This has been my hardest question since I heard it. What do you think?  50:54 – Sorry this is kind of a gross one. A few years back, there was a news story about a man who had his leg amputated and then had his friends over for a party where they ate tacos made from his amputated leg. While this is definitely strange, is it necessarily immoral? 

Send us a textCouple of heavy topics the last few weeks, huh? Well, as promised, Saint and Jim keep things a little bit lighter this week by playing one of the internet's favorite games. And it's a two-parter: 1.) Keep one human actor, and recast the rest of the movie with Muppets, or...2.) Replace one human actor with a muppet, and keep the rest of the cast. One of the reasons the Muppets are so beloved is because there's one for every role. And not just in the Muppet-verse, but EVERY role. So if you've ever thought Kermit would make a great Superman, or Miss Piggy would make a fantastic Ellen Ripley, you're not alone. So join the boys as they fall down the rabbit hole of speculating on which Muppets (or entire casts of them) could reliably step in for John Wick, Captain Kirk, The Wizard of Oz, and countless others. Waka-waka-waka!

Star Trek: The Original Series used its futuristic, science fiction setting to reflect on big questions about the present, like where did Captain Kirk get that cute wrap top? Why does everyone on the Enterprise have such pointy sideburns? And what was Nichelle Nichols' quad workout? We watched:S1E28 - The City on the Edge of Forever S2E15 - The Trouble with Tribbles

Rev up for warp speed and rock out to the Beastie Boys—it's time for Star Trek Beyond!  We're closing out our journey through the Kelvin timeline with a deep dive into the 2016 film. Does it deserve a sequel? Let's discuss!Meanwhile, Marvel just dropped a huge Avengers announcement, and guess what? Some of Starfleet's finest are joining the fray! Paul Giamatti teases his villainous turn in Star Trek, and the upcoming Starfleet Academy series gets an unexpected comparison. All this and more on Trekcast—your ultimate Star Trek podcast! News:It's Doomsday for some Star Trek actorshttps://trekmovie.com/2025/03/26/star-treks-patrick-stewart-and-rebecca-romijn-to-appear-in-avengers-doomsday/The Best Rhino is ready to be a Villainhttps://collider.com/star-trek-starfleet-academy-paul-giamatti-character-villain-details/Starfleet Academy is like Buffy?https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/tv/star-trek-starfleet-academy-compared-buffy-vampire-slayer-2050088Star Trek Beyond is a 2016 American science fiction action film directed by Justin Lin, written by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung. It is the 13th film in the Star Trek franchise and the third installment in the reboot series, following Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto reprise their respective roles as Captain James T. Kirk and Commander Spock, with Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldaña, John Cho, and Anton Yelchin reprising their roles from the previous films. Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella, Joe Taslim, and Lydia Wilson also appear.Principal photography began in Vancouver on June 25, 2015. Two weeks after its Sydney premiere, it was released in the United States on July 22, 2016, by Paramount Pictures.[3] The film is dedicated to the memory of Anton Yelchin, as well as to actor Leonard Nimoy, who died during pre-production.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/star-trek-podcast-trekcast--5651491/support.

This is Trekcast of the USS Enterprise. A shuttle of highly trained officers is on its way to your location. If you do not surrender to them immediately, I will unleash the entire payload of advanced long-range torpedoes currently locked onto your location. You have two minutes to confirm your compliance. Refusal to do so will result in your obliteration. And If you test me, you will fail.Khan you believe it? We're back with another Kelvin Timeline movie review! This time, we're diving into 2013's Star Trek Into Darkness—how does it hold up against modern Trek?Plus, Jonathan Frakes (a.k.a. Riker) says Starfleet Academy is for the hardcore fans—what does that mean for the future of Trek?March Madness isn't just for basketball! Paramount+ has an incredible deal for students—don't miss out.And in a real-world twist, a judge actually cited Star Trek's Data in an artificial intelligence case—what does this mean for AI ethics?Tune in for all this and more on the latest episode of Trekcast!All that and more on Trekcast, your ultimate Star Trek podcast!News:Riker says Starfleet Academy is for the Hardcore Fanshttps://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/tv/jonathan-frakes-says-new-star-trek-series-hardcore-fans-2047185Judge Brings up Data in AI casehttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/judge-disses-star-trek-icon-datas-poetry-while-ruling-ai-cant-author-works/Students Get Paramount Plus half offhttps://www.polygon.com/good-deals/544720/paramount-plus-subscription-deal-studentsSTAR TREK INTO DARKNESSAfter the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.Star Trek Into Darkness is a 2013 American science fiction action film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof.[4] It is the 12th installment in the Star Trek franchise and the sequel to the 2009 film Star Trek, as the second in a rebooted film series. It features Chris Pine reprising his role as Captain James T. Kirk, with Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldaña, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Greenwood, and Leonard Nimoy reprising their roles from the previous film. Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve, and Peter Weller are also in the film's principal cast. It was Nimoy's last film appearance before his death in 2015. Set in the 23rd century, the film follows Kirk and the crew of Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/star-trek-podcast-trekcast--5651491/support.

What happens when you put Captain Kirk, a NASA astronaut, and Neil deGrasse Tyson on a ship to Antarctica? Recorded on board with William Shatner and Scott Kelly, this episode explores the thrill of discovery — from rough seas to deep space — and what it means to boldly go.This episode of StarTalk, recorded live from Drake Passage during the Space2Sea Voyage of Legends to Antarctica, is presented in collaboration with FUTURE of SPACE.https://futureofspace.io/space2sea-antarctica/Follow or Subscribe to FUTURE of SPACEhttps://futureofspace.ioAbout FUTURE of SPACE:FoS is a media company that produces innovative content, programs, and experiential events that embrace new frontiers, celebrate the human experience, and elevate the conversation, engaging audiences in meaningful and transformative ways.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/risk-is-our-business-with-william-shatner-scott-kelly/Thanks to our Patrons John Shipe, Kenneth Kapptie, Dan Lee, Mark Randolph, Steven Green, David Pearson, Marius P, Sean Kershaw, Marc Bode, Jon Pulli, Sean Wins, Bessie Comer, alextravaganza, Matt in L.A., brian oakes, Tyler Carpenter, Stephan Spelde, Seymour buttz, Jeff Burton, Micheal Chinnici, stuart kim, Kathleen Ziegelgruber, Karl ryan, Fabio Later, Lorna Leigh, Abi Cats, Anthony Charlier, Zane White, Jonathan Plumb, Matthew Hinterlong, Danny K. , Muhammad Laiq Khan Rind, Khadeer Ahmed, Kathy Ziegelgruber, Bryan Smith, Shawn Nirdlinger, empty0vessel, Ruben Suarez, Jeffrey Roche, James Williams, Jules Victor, livingston ex, and Kora Celine for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

Send us a textBuckle up for our most anticipated episode of the year—the 2025 Roadside Attractions March Madness Championship! With special guest Courtney from The Brewery Adventure podcast completing our judging panel, we're setting out to crown America's ultimate roadside attraction from a bracket of 23 quirky, fascinating, and sometimes bizarre destinations.The competition features everything from architectural oddities to pop culture landmarks. Marvel at the Paper House in Massachusetts, where everything from walls to furniture is constructed entirely from layered newspapers. Discover the Beer Can House in Houston, a shimmering masterpiece adorned with 50,000 beer cans that create wind chimes with the slightest breeze. Venture to Moab's Hole in the Rock, a 5,000 square foot home carved directly into sandstone, surrounded by punny sculptures like the "jailhouse rock" (literally, a rock in jail).As we narrow down our contenders, cultural landmarks take center stage. Wisconsin's House on the Rock dazzles with its infinity room extending 218 feet over a valley and the world's largest indoor carousel featuring 269 animals. The Seattle Gum Wall, described as "one of the germiest yet most beloved roadside attractions," competes against classic Americana like the Blue Whale of Catoosa on historic Route 66.The final showdown pits two Iowa attractions against each other—the Field of Dreams baseball diamond from the iconic movie and Captain Kirk's future birthplace in Riverside (a town that boldly claimed itself as the Star Trek character's birthplace despite it never being specified in the original series). Which will claim the championship? The baseball field where ghosts emerge from cornfields or the town that reimagined itself through science fiction?Join us for this laughter-filled road trip across America's most unusual destinations, and discover which attraction truly deserves the title of roadside champion. Whether you're planning your next cross-country adventure or simply enjoy celebrating the quirky creativity that dots America's highways, this episode will inspire your wanderlust and appreciation for the unexpected treasures waiting just off the beaten path.SHOWNOTESThe Brewery AdventureSupport the showFacebookInstagramXYoutube

Your father was a Starship captain for 12 minutes. Can you do better? This week on Trekcast, we're kicking off a brand-new review series! Over the next three episodes, we'll dive into the Kelvin Timeline—J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot.First up: the 2009 Star Trek film. Does it still hold up? How does it compare to modern Trek? We've got the breakdown.In the news: Skydance vs. Paramount – The studio battle is heating up, and Skydance might need a lawyer as good as Daredevil.Anson Mount made Kevin Feige cry – What happened behind the scenes? Get ready for six inches of Captain Archer – Trek collectibles just got interesting.All that and more on Trekcast, your ultimate Star Trek podcast!News:Skydance Going to Court over Paramount Dealhttps://news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/paramount-deal-case-off-fast-track-over-project-rise-allegationsAnson Mount made Kevin Feige Cryhttps://www.slashfilm.com/1809293/marvel-kevin-feige-crying-star-trek-gift/Nacelle Star Trek Figures are up for pre salehttps://www.startrek.com/news/nacelle-star-trek-action-figures-wave-oneStar Trek 2009Star Trek is a 2009 American science fiction action film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It is the 11th film in the Star Trek franchise, and is also a reboot that features the main characters of the original Star Trek television series portrayed by a new cast, as the first in the rebooted film series. The film follows James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) aboard the USS Enterprise as they combat Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan from their future who threatens the United Federation of Planets. The story takes place in an alternate reality that features both an alternate birth location for James T. Kirk and further alterations in history stemming from the time travel of both Nero and the original series Spock (Leonard Nimoy).[4][5] The alternate reality was created in an attempt to free the film and the franchise from established continuity constraints while simultaneously preserving original story elements.Trekcast: The Galaxy's Most Unpredictable Star Trek Podcast! Welcome to Trekcast, the galaxy's most unpredictable Star Trek podcast! We're a fan-made show that dive into everything Star Trek, plus all things sci-fi, nerdy, and geeky—covering Star Wars, Marvel, DCBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/star-trek-podcast-trekcast--5651491/support.

Hey there all you Trekkies! My good buddy Mike (Comics in the Golden Age podcast) is back and he picked one of my favorite episodes of the series to talk about! This alternate universe adventure is one of the most fan favorite episodes and for good reason. Evil Spock really excels as does Uhura and of course, Captain James T. Kirk! So join Mike and I as we talk about this fun episode. As usual, if you'd like to leave any feedback for the show, you can do so through email at Magazinesandmonsters@gmail.com or to me on Twitter @Billyd_licious or on the show's FB page. You can find Mike on Instagram or BlueSky by searching Comics in the GA and definitely check out his podcast as well (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/comics-in-the-golden-age-podcast/id960424022)! Thanks for listening!

Text me your thoughts! “Scotty, beam us up!” Captain Kirk and the heroes of Star Trek called on the wizardry of 23rd century Transporting to move from one place to another. I recently experienced a mental/spiritual transport through the practice of Lectio Divina. The Latin phrase means, “divine reading.” Monks began the practice 1400 years ago to open their minds to God in a deeper way. Taking time to listen with the heart, rather than analyze with the mind, is central to the practice. In this episode, I share a personal experience and some guidelines to practice this method of spiritual experience that may unlock new paths of well-being.Segments include:"Transported" by the practice of Sacred ReadingA personal journey to the Sea of GalileeFour-fold practice of the Reading Newsletter subscription Support the showSubscribe to this podcast for two bonus episodes each month!Subscribe to the TRACKS EXPRESS newsletter and find more resources for well-being at https://www.tracksforthejourney.comEnjoy the Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/@tracksforthejourney77

On this dearly departed episode of Earthling Entertainment, Joe & Ryan take another trip down to the “Spooky Stuff Vault” to dig up four terrifying tales of ghostly intrigue. Then, learn the 1978 story of a military police officer who allegedly shot and killed an Grey Alien with an ordinary handgun. The 97th Academy Awards are over, and we're talking about the Oscar winners! Is William Shatner returning as Captain Kirk? Which “Stranger Things” actor has just joined “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Season 3? All this and a whole lot more on this week's Earthling Entertainment!

Captain's Log, Stardate 1709.2 After a long hiatus, the Trek-Cast is back with the season one classic, Balance of Terror. I am excited for the submarine inspired action sequences, but can't help but feel uneasy… I suspect that one of my crew is a Romulan spy - I can't prove it, but what I can prove is that someone is stealing my hair plugs and selling them on the black market at outrageous prices. I'm hoping to smoke this individual out on the episode and find out where their allegiances lie, by how they rate the dorky looking fashion of the Romulan crew… I'm your host and captain, Dave, and joining me again as we brace for impact from the giant red ball of death are fellow Trekkies Lt. Mike and First Officer Jackie. Topics of discussion in this episode include Trek at its best, aka: submarine style space combat; we'll also call the fashion police on the Romulan crew's attire; and finally, William Shatner shows his acting chops and proves that James T. Kirk is more than the Zap Brannigan parody he is known for. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. You can also Follow Us on Twitter, Like Us on Facebook, or shoot us an email at apocalypsevideopod@gmail.com What are your favorite episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series? Let us know, but please, only logical answers will be accepted. The Apocalypse Video Trek Cast will return with Journey to Babel.

Meanwhile... China has the cutest puppy-shaped rock outcrop in the world, a man was busted trying to smuggle coke in his hair piece, Waldo the bull is on the loose and outsmarting authorities in Connecticut, a chubby beaver became internet-famous, Captain Kirk himself is returning to the "Star Trek" franchise, a fresco in Pompeii depicts a wild all-female party scene, and David Beckham's mother-in-law was shocked by his latest underwear ad. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Harry Potter is going to Chicago and Captain Kirk could be back! We'll get into it in the #MikeJonesMinuteCon.

Topics discussed on today's show: National Quiet Day, Roberta Flack, Wu Tang, Lester's Weiner, Wrongful Conviction, Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Birthdays, History Quiz, Egg Smugglers, Asteroid Not To Hit, Baby Saved, Captain Kirk, Carrot Top, Stranger Things, Egg Surcharge, Walking Brain, Baby Saved, Show Casket, Bought All Of It, What did they come with?, Apologies.

KIRK'S UNPLANNED VACATION. An alien obelisk gives Captain Kirk amnesia and strands him among indigenous people transported from Earth to an alien planet in the direct path of a world-ending asteroid. Our Inner Light Month concludes with this look at Kirk basically getting a chance at a normal life but still becoming the captain of a tribe. Is it a TREK, MARRY, or KILL?The grades begin at (15:49).

On the latest episode of our show, Captain Ingle and I set a course for the 23rd century and the intrepid voyages of Captain Kirk and company. On this particular adventure, the Enterprise arrives at the outlying planet Capella IV to convince the natives to allow the Federation mining rights on that world. Unfortunately the Klingons are also desirous to obtain the same rights. Join us as we go boldly!

On November 22, 2024, Henry Wolfond, embarked on a historic mission to space aboard Jeff Bezos' New Shepard rocket, reaching an impressive altitude of 107 kilometers above Earth. The mission, which he described as a journey of peace, marked a personal milestone for Wolfond, who had long dreamed of becoming an astronaut. As the chairman and CEO of Bayshore Capital in Toronto, and the chair of the Confronting Antisemitism Committee of the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, Wolfond's accomplishments extend far beyond space. Upon returning to Earth, he was visibly moved, expressing his awe with the words, “We're all one people, we're all on this very fragile small planet. It's amazing.” His passion for space exploration began in his youth, where he was captivated by every Gemini and Apollo mission, as well as the 1969 moon landing. As a child, he was also enthralled by the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, which he watched repeatedly, imagining a future where he would journey to the moon aboard a Pan Am rocket. Though he never became a fighter pilot due to vision limitations, Wolfond's childhood love for space continued through his admiration for Star Trek and its iconic Captain Kirk and becoming a pilot at 17 years old. During his 12 minutes in space, Henry carried with him pictures of family members who had suffered in the Holocaust. Similarly, he carried pictures of his children and grandchildren.

On November 22, 2024, Henry Wolfond, embarked on a historic mission to space aboard Jeff Bezos' New Shepard rocket, reaching an impressive altitude of 107 kilometers above Earth. The mission, which he described as a journey of peace, marked a personal milestone for Wolfond, who had long dreamed of becoming an astronaut. As the chairman and CEO of Bayshore Capital in Toronto, and the chair of the Confronting Antisemitism Committee of the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, Wolfond's accomplishments extend far beyond space. Upon returning to Earth, he was visibly moved, expressing his awe with the words, “We're all one people, we're all on this very fragile small planet. It's amazing.” His passion for space exploration began in his youth, where he was captivated by every Gemini and Apollo mission, as well as the 1969 moon landing. As a child, he was also enthralled by the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, which he watched repeatedly, imagining a future where he would journey to the moon aboard a Pan Am rocket. Though he never became a fighter pilot due to vision limitations, Wolfond's childhood love for space continued through his admiration for Star Trek and its iconic Captain Kirk and becoming a pilot at 17 years old. During his 12 minutes in space, Henry carried with him pictures of family members who had suffered in the Holocaust. Similarly, he carried pictures of his children and grandchildren.

It's part two of SNP's favorite episode series, and this week, we head back to the 1960s, with Girafe's pick, "The Enterprise Incident!"Acting apparently restless and irrational, Captain Kirk inexplicably orders the Enterprise into Romulan space where the ship is quickly captured by the enemy and Kirk held captive aboard their flagship.Plus your thoughts on the episode in the mailbag section and so much more on episode 224 of Strange New Pod.Send us a textSupport the show

Star Trek. The final frontier. These are the podcasts of three enthusiastic nerds. No more blah blah blah... unless it's about Miri, of course! Join the coolest grups in town Talitha, Jim and A.Ron as they unlock the secret behind Trek-based nepotism, take Captain Kirk's sexist machinations to task, and herald the creation of Beverly's Panacea.  Beam your feedback to startrek@baldmove.com. You can check out Talitha's YouTube Channel here! Follow along on Talitha's insta as she posts about upcoming projects Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts! Join the Club! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Marshal and Keith as they trek with Captain Pike, Spock, Una Chin-Riley, La'an Noonien-Singh, and the rest of the crew of the starship Enterprise NC-1701 as they explore space ten years before Captain Kirk.  They have rocky first contacts, communicate with comets, uncover internal secrets, and face off with new deadly enemies.To download, right-click here and then click SaveJoin the Journey Into Patreon to get extra episodes and personal addresses, plus other extras and rewards.Timecode................Episode Title00:20:33...................Strange New Worlds00:28:31...................Children of the Comet00:35:55...................Ghosts of Illyria00:41:12...................Memento Mori00:47:59..................Spock Amok

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On the latest episode of our show, Captain Ingle and I set a course for the 23rd century and the continuing voyages of the USS Enterprise under the command of Captain Pike. On this particular adventure, La'an finds herself transported to another universe, one where the Federation was never formed. It's up to her and none other than James T. Kirk to travel back in time and determine what event changed the course of history. Join us as we go boldly!

In this week's episode, I take a look at the movies and streaming shows I watched in winter 2024/2025, and share my opinions on them. I also take a look at my ebook advertising results from January 2025. This week's coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Half-Orc Paladin, Book #3 in the Half-Elven Thief series, (as excellently narrated by Leanne Woodward) at my Payhip store: PALADIN50 The coupon code is valid through February 28, 2025. So if you need a new audiobook for the bad February weather, we've got you covered! 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates   Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 238 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is February 7, 2025 and today we are discussing the movies and streaming shows I watched in Winter 2024 and 2025. Before that, we will do Coupon of the Week, an update on my current writing projects, Question of the Week, and my ad results from January 2025.   First, let's start with Coupon of the Week. This week's coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Half-Orc Paladin, Book Three in the Half-Elven Thief Series (as excellently narrated by Leanne Woodward) at my Payhip store. That coupon code is PALADIN50. This coupon code will be valid through February the 28th, 2025, so if you need a new audiobook to get you through the bad February weather, we have got you covered.   Now for an update on my current writing and audiobook projects. As I mentioned last week, Shield of Deception is now out and you can get it at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google Play, Apple Books, Smashwords and my Payhip store. It is doing quite well. Thank you all for that. I hope you enjoy the book and I've been hearing good things about it from people who read it.   Now that Shield of Deception is done, my main project is now Ghost in the Assembly and I am 36,000 words into it as of this recording, which puts me almost on Chapter 8 of 21. So I'm about one third of the way through the rough draft, give or take. If all goes well. I'm hoping that book will be out in March. My secondary project is Shield of Battle, which is the sequel to Shield of Deception and I am about 2,000 words into that. I'm also 50,000 words into what will be the third and final Stealth and Spells book, Stealth and Spells Online: Final Quest. It was originally named Reactant, but I decided to change the name to Final Quest because that sounds better and if all goes well, that will probably be out in the middle of the year, give or take.   In audiobook news, Cloak of Masks (as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy) is now out at all audio stores, including Audible, so you can listen to that there. Work is almost done on Cloak of Dragonfire. It's being proof-listened to as I record this and hopefully that should be out before too much longer. So that is where I'm at with my current writing and audiobook projects.   00:02:19 Question of the Week   Next up is Question of the Week, which is intended to inspire interesting discussions of enjoyable topics. This week's topic, which ties into our main topic: what was the favorite movie you saw in 2024? No wrong answers, obviously (including “I hate everything I saw in 2024”). We have a few responses for this.   JD says: It was either Transformers One or Deadpool and Wolverine.   Mary says: I didn't see any movies in 2024.   Doug says: Dune was one of the books I read in the ‘70s. Like your books, I never got enough back then. I was buying Hardcovers. I still have six of them. I have seen the two versions of the books. Can't wait to see this version of the books. I have seen the first movies. Hope to see more.   David says: Godzilla versus Kong was pretty much the only one from last year I saw. I just bought Gladiator 2 but haven't watched it yet.   Davette says: I enjoyed both Dune 2 and The Fall Guy and Inside Out 2 and Deadpool and Wolverine. My favorite was Wicked, mainly because I've been waiting on that movie for years.   Bonnie says: I haven't seen any movies or watched TV in years.   For myself, I think it would be a tie for my favorite movie of 2024 for between Dune 2 and The Fall Guy. The two Dune movies, for all the stuff they changed from the book, are probably the most faithful adaptation it was possible to make with that very dense and very weird book. I thought The Fall Guy was just hilarious and I had no idea it was based on TV series from the ‘80s until I read up about it on the Internet after I saw the movie. It was interesting that we didn't have very many responses to this question the week and of those responses, one third of them was “I didn't see any movies in 2024.” So if the movie industry is wondering why it's in so much trouble, I think we might have just found the answer here in that nobody wants to go to see movies in the theater anymore.   00:04:09 Ad Results for January 2025 Now onto our next topic, how my ads performed in January 2025. Now as usual for my books in January, I used Facebook ads, Amazon ads, and BookBub ads, so let's break them down by category- first, by Facebook ads. As usual, I advertised The Ghosts and Cloak Games/Cloak Mage.   GHOSTS: $4.08 for every dollar, with 22% of the profit coming from the audiobooks.   CLOAK GAMES/MAGE: $3.38 for every dollar, with 6% of the profit coming from the audiobooks. So that went pretty well. I'm hoping that percentage will go up once Cloak of Dragonfire is done and we can put together Cloak Mage Omnibus Three.   I also did some Amazon ads – specifically for HALF-ELVEN THIEF, STEALTH & SPELLS ONLINE: CREATION, and THE LINUX COMMAND LINE BEGINNERS GUIDE.   Remember, for an Amazon ad to be effective, it usually needs to be generating at least one sale for every eight clicks on the ads.   HALF-ELVEN THIEF: $4.65 for every dollar spent, 1.85 sales for every click. It's just an amazing ratio-thank you for that.   STEALTH & SPELLS ONLINE: CREATION: Lost $0.15 for every dollar spent, 1 sale for every 4.76 clicks.   THE LINUX COMMAND LINE BEGINNER'S GUIDE: $3.16 for every dollar spent, 33% of the profit from audio, 1.34 sales for every click.   The standout was HALF-ELVEN THIEF, which actually had more sales than clicks on the ads. That hardly ever happens!   You can see there's a reason I'm going to conclude STEALTH & SPELLS with the third book, because it just doesn't sell well. All of the advertising experiments I have tried to make it sell well have not responded to date. That said, we did improve from December, where I only got a sale for every 14 clicks.   Additionally, Amazon ads work really well with nonfiction books, since they respond a lot better to keyword ads.   Finally, I used Bookbub ads for THE GHOSTS on Apple. That went pretty well.   THE GHOSTS: $4 for every $1 spent.   So, all in all, a pretty good month for ads, though STEALTH & SPELLS remains the weak point. As always everyone, thank you for buying the books and listening to the audiobooks.   00:06:50 Main Topic: Movie/TV Show Reviews of Winter 2024/Early Winter 2025 Now onto our main topic, the movies and streaming shows I watched in Winter 2024 and early winter 2025. As always, my ratings are totally subjective and based on nothing more concrete than my own opinions.   Our first one is Red One, which came out in 2024. This was a strange mashup of genres, a holiday movie, urban fantasy, a thriller, and just a little bit of existential horror. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson plays Callum Drift, who is the head of Santa Claus's security. Meanwhile, Chris Evans plays an unscrupulous hacker and thief named Jack O'Malley. Jack unwittingly helps unknown malefactors kidnap Santa Claus and so Callum and Jack have to team up to rescue Santa from his kidnappers. This sounds like a lighthearted holiday movie, but it really isn't. The movie is rather dour and takes itself very seriously. Callum acts like he's in a Jason Bourne movie and deals with various supernatural creatures like a special forces operator assessing targets. Additionally, there are some urban fantasy elements with the vast government agency dedicated to hiding the supernatural world from normal people. I don't think the dissonance really worked at all. It had pieces of a light holiday movie and pieces of a thriller and they really didn't mesh. It's not hard to see why this one didn't do well in the theaters, on top of its enormous budget. Overall Grade: D (In the spirit of Christmas generosity)   Next up is Argylle, which came out in 2024. This was a dumb movie, but I enjoyed it, kind of like Murder Mystery with Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston on Netflix. I mean that wasn't exactly Shakespeare or Milton, but I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy myself while watching it. Same thing applies to Argylle. The plot is that the protagonist Ellie Conway is a bestselling spy novelist. Ellie is a bit of an eccentric personality and travels everywhere with her cat in a backpack that has a window in it so the cat can see what's going on. However, it turns out that Ellie's novels are accurately predicting events in real life espionage, so several sinister spy agencies are hunting her down to learn her secret. A spy named Aidan saves Ellie, claiming that he's the only one she can trust. Of course, this is the kind of movie that has a shocking betrayal and plot twist every eight minutes or so, and the revelation of the central twist made me face palm a bit. There is a fight scene at the end involving colored smoke that's absolutely bonkers. It was on Apple Plus or Apple TV or whatever it's called, but that means all the characters did all their computing on shiny new Apple devices, which is always amusing. Overall Grade: D+ (but barely)   Next up is Venom: The Last Dance, which came out in 2024. It wasn't as good as the first two since so many of the characters did not return, but it brought the Venom Trilogy to a mostly satisfying conclusion. Eddie Brock and Venom are on the run after the events of Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Unbeknownst to either of them, the US government has a secret facility holding captured symbiant aliens and the agency that runs the facility is hunting for them. Unbeknownst to the US government, the creator of the symbiotes, an evil entity named Knull is preparing to escape his prison and to do that, he needs Eddie/Venom delivered to him alive, so he dispatches his creatures to Earth hunt down Eddie and Venom, with disastrous results. The best part of the movie was the comedic duo of Eddie and Venom since the movie takes the absurdity of their situation and leans into it. Overall Grade: B- Next up is the Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, which came out in 2024. I read an interview with Brandon Sanderson where he said that a big part of the problem with movie adaptations of books is that the filmmakers often want to tell their own story, not the books'. So they basically used the book as a framework for telling their own story, which inevitably annoys the readers of the book. I suspect that was what happened with The War of the Rohirrim. This movie was a mixture of strong points and weaknesses. Apparently it only exists because New Line needed to put out something or they'd lose film rights to Tolkien's stuff, and so The War of the Rohirrim was fast-tracked.   The strong points: the animation looked pretty, the battle scenes were fun to watch, the voice performances were good, and the music was also good.   The weak points: it felt too long and slow-paced. I think a good half-hour could have been cut of the characters looking pensive and thoughtful (and saved the animators a lot of work in the process). Additionally, I don't think the changes to the plot quite worked. It's based out of the Appendices of The Lord of the Rings, specifically the history of Rohan. In the book, the plot is touched off when the corrupt Lord Freca demands that King Helm's daughter Hera marry Freca's son Wulf. Helm takes exception to this and ends up killing Freca. His son Wulf swears vengeance, gathers an army from Rohan's enemies, and sets out to seize the crown for himself. In the book, Helm's sons are killed, and Helm himself dies in the defense of the Hornburg (which later becomes known as Helm's Deep), but his nephew Frealof gathers an army, kills Wulf, and becomes the new king of Rohan.   That would have been perfectly good for the plot, but as we mentioned above, I think the screenwriters decided they wanted to write about a Strong Female Character, so they massively expanded Hera's part and made her the protagonist. The problem with this as an adaptation is that Hera is only mentioned once in the book, so the script has to make up a lot of extra stuff to justify Hera's presence, which always weakens an adaptation of a book. This version of Hera would have been in danger of becoming a stereotypical #girlboss character, but she acts more like a Japanese anime protagonist, which does work better in this sort of movie than an Americanized Strong Female Character.   So, in the end, not a bad movie, but I think it would have worked better if they had stuck closer to the original plot in the book. Overall Grade: B-   Next up is Golden Era, which came out in 2022. This is a documentary about the making of the classic Nintendo 64 game Goldeneye and the company behind it. Until I watched this, I never knew that Rare, the company that made Goldeneye, was based in the UK.   I admit I really didn't play Goldeneye back in the ‘90s and early ‘00s. I did a few times at various social events, but I never really got into it since I didn't own a game console from 1998 to 2019. Nonetheless, Goldeneye was a very influential game that left its mark on all first-person shooter games since. The documentary interviews most of the people who were involved in the making of Goldeneye, and it was fascinating to see how they more or less accidentally created a genre-defining game.   If you enjoyed Goldeneye or are interested in video game history at all, the documentary is worth watching. After many years of official unavailability, Goldeneye is now available on Nintendo Switch and Xbox, so I may have to give it a try. Overall grade: B     Next up is Wonka, which came out in 2023. I didn't really intend to watch this, but it was on in the background while I was playing Starfield…and Starfield has a lot of loading screens. This movie wasn't made for me, not even remotely, but I thought it was a competently executed example of a movie musical.   Anyway, the plot revolves around a young Willy Wonka coming to a city that seems like a weird hybrid between Paris and New York. Wonka sets out to start selling his innovative chocolates, but soon runs into stiff opposition from the corrupt local candy industry, the corrupt local police chief, and his equally corrupt landlady, who has somehow transitioned from hospitality to luring people into debt slavery. Wonka makes allies from his fellow indentured workers, and soon he is conducting local chocolate manufacturing like a heist.   Like I said, this really wasn't made for me, and I'm sure people who actually like musicals would have many more detailed opinions. But this had some genuinely funny bits. Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa was hilarious, and so was Rowan Atkinson as a corrupt bishop. The best line: “Judgment has come…in a most unexpected form!” Overall grade: B     Next up is Man on the Inside, which came out in 2024, and this is a Netflix comedy series from Mike Schur, who created Parks and Recreation, The Good Place and Brooklyn 99. To describe this show, think of a meditation about accepting the inevitability of aging and death through Schur's comedic style, and you'll be there.   Anyway, Ted Danson stars as a recently widowed retired professor of engineering named Charles. His daughter is worried that he's not handling things well and becoming too isolated, so suggests that he find a hobby. Charles answers a classified ad for an “older man who can use technology” and finds himself recruited by a private investigator named Julie. Julie's company has been hired to find a thief within a retirement home, and Julie is about 35 years too young to convincingly infiltrate a retirement home. Hence, Charles pretends to be a new resident, and finds himself befriending the residents he is supposed to investigate. All the while, he tries to deal with the remaining grief from his wife's death, which he never got around to processing in the moment.   In my opinion, The Good Place and Brooklyn 99 both kind of fell apart in their final seasons, but Man on the Inside avoids that in its final episodes, providing good resolution to both the conflict and the emotional stakes. I thought it was both bittersweet and quite funny, and I approve that there's going to be a 2nd season. Overall grade: B   Next up is Minted, which came out in 2023, and this was an interesting documentary about the rise in the fall of the NFT, which in the early 2020s we were assured was going to be the next big thing, but it just turned out to be yet another scam.   The documentary follows an interesting course, first explaining what an NFT is, and then interviewing artists who made life-changing money from minting their early NFTS. But then the speculators arrived, and followed swiftly by the scammers. As of 2025, of course, NFTs are quite worthless, like so many much-vaunted Web 3.0 style technologies.   I think the documentary's biggest weakness was assuming that NFT technology was around to stay and would find a use that would help artists. I agree that it's around to stay, but I don't think it adds value to anything at all. Nevertheless, an interesting look into the NFT fad and the impact it had on artists. Overall grade: B     Next up is Gladiator 2, which came out in 2024. This is basically the same movie as the original Gladiator, just reshuffled a bit and with twenty years of improved technology. The main character Hanno is a soldier in an African city that rebels against Rome. After the rebellion is inevitably crushed, he is taken as a slave and ends up as a gladiator in Rome, determined to take his vengeance on the Roman general who ordered the death of his wife. However, the general was only carrying out the orders of the insane twin emperors Geta and Caracalla. For that matter, Hanno's owner, the charming and affable Macrinus, has his own agenda. As Hanno seeks revenge, he finds himself drawn into the deadly game of imperial politics and must confront the secrets of his own past.   The movie is only very vaguely accurate in terms of history, but it does a good job of capturing the corruption and decadence of the Roman Empire at that time. The empire was in very bad shape, and in fact was only a few years from what historians call the Crisis of the Third Century, a fifty year period of continual civil war, assassination, usurpation, and economic meltdown that resulted in the empire breaking into three separate states for about fifteen years. Everyone knows that the Roman Empire fell in 476 AD, but it very nearly didn't make it even to 300 AD. So the ending of Gladiator 2 is a total fantasy, like one of those alt-history books where the Roman Empire ends up conquering the Americas or expanding into outer space.   That said, I enjoyed the movie. Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, and Connie Nielsen in particular gave very good performances, with Denzel Washington's Macrinus as the standout. Overall grade: B Next up is High Sierra, which came out in 1941, and this is 1940s true crime grimdark. A common misconception is that black and white films are generally more sanitized and saccharine than modern fare. This definitely isn't true – there wasn't any gratuitous violence and nudity in ‘40s movies, but some of them were very cynical and dark. High Sierra definitely falls into that category. Humphrey Bogart plays Roy Earle, a bank robber currently in Indiana state prison. His former boss Big Mac arranges a pardon for him, and brings him out to California for one last big job.   Unfortunately, the other people on Earle's crew are idiots, and he has a growing sense of impending disaster. Additionally, Earle gets emotionally entangled with two women – Velma, a sick woman from his hometown, and Marie, a woman inured to the lifestyle of criminals. As Earle prepares for the job and attempts to deal with the two women, things get more and more complicated. Definitely on the darker side as I mentioned, but well worth watching, both as a historical artifact and a crime story in its own right. Overall grade: B+   Next is Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5, which came out in 2024. Lower Decks is an example of a parody of a thing that is so good that it sort of loops around the horseshoe and becomes a good example of the thing it is parodying. Season 5 is the undeserved end to the very funny Lower Decks series. Paramount really, really wants to get purchased by Skydance, and that's probably going to happen in 2025, so there's a lot of clearing the decks at Paramount, and I expect Lower Decks was one of the casualties.   Then again, our protagonists are no longer lower deckers but junior officers, so perhaps it was a natural place to end the show. So Lower Decks went out pretty strong with a collection of funny and good episodes. All the characters experienced plot arcs and development. The lower deckers matured from the callow ensigns they were in Season 1, and the senior officers likewise experienced character growth and development. (I liked Commander Ransom's triumphant battle cry of “high intensity interval training!”)   I'd say the only weakness is that the show ended with multiverse stuff, and I don't like multiverse stuff in general. Still, the show made a compelling argument for the multiverse as a concept, and the multiverse plot did give an excuse to bring back various Trek actors for speaking parts. And, to be fair, Star Trek has been doing multiverse stuff long, long before the Marvel movies ran the concept into the ground – Captain Kirk was dealing with alternate universe stuff back in the 1960s.   The last episode was a satisfactory conclusion to the series. Lower Decks might be over, but once the Skydance acquisition settles down, maybe the character will return in a new show called Junior Officers? One can hope! Overall grade: B+   Next up is the Frasier reboot Season 2, which also came out in 2024. I liked this about as much as I liked Season 1, which is to say I enjoyed it and found it funny. Frasier's and his son Frederick's relationship seems to have reached equilibrium, so the season spent more time on more 1940s style screwball comedy, which is not a bad thing. Some of the best comedy remains the conflicts between Frasier and Frederick, which is of course an echo of Frasier's own conflicts with his father back in the original show in the 1990s.   I think the best episode was the return of Frasier's scheming, Machiavellian agent Bebe and her daughter Phoebe, who did not exactly fall far from the maternal apple tree. The 10-episode format for the season does seem rather cramped compared to the 20-ish episodes per season of the original show, but that was a different era.   Frasier remains, as one of the characters said in the previous season, the same well-meaning buffoon who goes “that extra, ill-advised mile.” I hope we get a Season 3, but with the shakeups we mentioned at Paramount, that seems unlikely. Overall grade: A-     Finally, let's close with the three best things I saw in Winter 2024/2025.   The first of my favorite three is Saturday Night, which came out in 2024. This is a biopic about the chaotic first night of Saturday Night Live back in the 1970s. Quite hilarious in a vicious sort of way, and (from what I understand) it accurately captures the sheer chaos of live TV. Of course, the chaos surrounding SNL is probably a bit higher than usual for standard live television.   After I watched it, I looked it up, and it seems the movie compresses about three months' worth of events into the hour and a half before the launch of the very first episode. What's amusing is that the more outlandish an event in the movie was, the more likely it was to have actually happened in the leadup to the show's launch. It was the mundane stuff that was made up, not the crazy stuff.   JK Simmons was hilarious as Milton Berle. Nowadays, SNL is an Institution, so it was amusing to see it back when everyone thought it was a bad idea that would fail catastrophically. The movie convincingly captured the “look” of the 1970s – all the characters looked like they were made of nicotine, cholesterol, and cocaine, and in some instances, a lot of cocaine. That stuff is bad for you, as several SNL stars later found out to their sorrow.   It really shows the randomness of history – watching the creation of SNL, you wouldn't expect it to have lasting cultural impact, but it did. Overall grade: A The second of my three favorite things I saw was The Thin Man, which came out in 1934. This is based on a novel by Dashiel Hammett (most famous for writing The Maltese Falcon), and was made pre-Hays Code, so the female lead tended to wear outfits that show off a bit more skin than you would otherwise expect in a 1930s movie. Interestingly, The Thin Man is a fusion of a noir detective movie and a screwball comedy, not two genres that are usually connected, and somehow it all works.   Anyway, the movie centers around detective Nick and his wife Nora, who have returned to New York after a four-year sojourn to California. Nick used to be a private detective, but then he married the wealthy Nora, and wanted to retire to a life of ease and parties with a lot of alcohol. Except everyone in New York assumes that Nick isn't retired and is back on the case, and so he gets dragged into the disappearance of an eccentric factory owner and a string of murders that pop up around it. Of course, Nick isn't as reluctant to come out of retirement as he pretends.   As is often the case in many movies made in the 1930s, many of the rich characters are shown as malicious buffoons, especially the factory owner's ex-wife. Nick and Nora, as the protagonists, are of course exempt from this.   This is considered a classic, and deservedly so – the characters are sharply drawn, the dialogue is good, the performances are excellent, the movie manages to portray a fairly complex plot in 90 minutes. You'll want to watch it with the captions on, of course, because while human nature may not have changed in the ninety years since this movie came out, audio technology has sure improved.   Fun fact: Nick and Nora's dog is named Asta, which is apparently a frequent answer in crossword puzzles due to the double vowels. Overall grade: A   Now, for the third of my three favorite things I saw in Winter 2024/2025, that would be Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, which came out in 2024. This is Star Wars meets The Goonies meets Pirates of the Caribbean, and despite that very odd combination of influences, the show was really quite good. The show opens on the idyllic planet of At Attin, which looks like an idealized version of 1980s suburbia filtered through Star Wars. Everyone on the planet has the same job – contributing to the Great Work (whatever that is). Since our four protagonists are kids, they don't pay much attention to that or the concerns of the adults. When one of the children discovers a derelict spaceship in the woods, they accidentally activate it and fly off-planet.   This is a problem because At Attin is protected by a Barrier that doesn't allow travel, and the galaxy is a dangerous place with a lot of pirate gangs roaming around looking for prey. However, the children fall in with Jod, who claims to be a Jedi who will help the kids get back to their home. Everyone they meet warns them that Jod is a con artist and not to be trusted, but he demonstrates Force powers again and again (which would seem to support his claim that he's a Jedi). And the kids' home of At Attin has a mysterious secret, one that Jod desperately wants to claim for himself.   This is very entertaining all the way through. Star Wars really works best as a kids' adventure show (in my opinion), though I'm still looking forward to the second season of Andor, which is Star Wars crossed with a John le Carre spy thriller. Overall grade: A     So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave your review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

Khan!!! Before he was screaming in The Wrath of Khan, Ricardo Montalbán's genetically enhanced supervillain made his first appearance in Star Trek: The Original Series episode Space Seed. This week on Federation Friday, John, Marty, and Debi dive into this legendary episode, where Captain Kirk and the Enterprise crew awaken a 20th-century tyrant with a superiority complex and a killer physique.We break down Khan's charm, Kirk's tactical blunders, and whether or not McCoy was secretly the toughest guy in the room. Plus, we discuss how this episode laid the groundwork for one of the greatest sequels in sci-fi history.Listen in as we explore Space Seed—where the only thing more dangerous than Khan's intellect is his ability to steal the show.Follow & Support Us:Donate: StreamlabsMerch: StoreRumble: The Geek and I PodcastBuy Me A Coffee: Support HereWatch more at The Geek and I Podcast YouTube Channel.

Pay the wheel's price and then we play nice. This week on Authorized, Mark Stay returns to cover a book he actually chose- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. It's full of so much character development for Scotty's nephew and Saavik that James T. Kirk and his crew are like supporting characters. But it's good, we promise! Check out Mark's books!: https://markstaywrites.com/ Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorizedpod  Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpod  Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/authorizedpod.bsky.social  Instagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod  Follow us on letterboxd:  letterboxd.com/AOverbye/   letterboxd.com/hsblechman/   Next on Authorized: Sarah Welch-Larson goes curling

John gets his Captain Kirk on this week in Sanctuary. It is an episode that makes us ask, “Why?” and wonder if John is just kind of dumb. Could it be down to a new (and one-time) writer perhaps not having a great grasp of the characters?   But, back to break it all down with us is Evelyn! You asked and we listened. She has returned.   Why aren't ZPMs rechargeable? They should be. Thank Athar for Teyla this episode. She truly is the voice of reason. Everyone else is so out of character that the choices they make and the things they do are just wrong and weird.   INSTAGRAM: SG_Rewatch THREADS: SG_Rewatch DISCORD: https://discord.gg/65kMPzBuaN MERCH: https://showclub.redbubble.com/ EMAIL: woosgrewatch@gmail.com

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In this episode of Parkinson's and Me, titled "Forgotten Who We Are," Daniel, the host, shares a deeply personal and introspective journey, reflecting on his life with Parkinson's and the ongoing challenge of balancing gratitude with the difficulties of his condition. As the disease progresses and his symptoms become more aggressive, Daniel opens up about how he strives to maintain perspective and stay connected to the blessings in his life, even amid hardship. A major theme of the episode is Daniel's exploration of rediscovering his childlike sense of wonder and imagination. Drawing inspiration from the movie Hook, he compares his journey to Peter Pan's transformation—finding a way to reconnect with his past self to navigate present challenges. Daniel recalls memories from his childhood, such as pretending to be Captain Kirk or Michael Knight, and how these moments of creativity and joy shaped him. He uses these memories to illustrate the importance of embracing the childlike parts of himself that he once set aside in order to protect himself from hurt and disappointment. Throughout the episode, Daniel reflects on how life's challenges led him to construct a metaphorical “armor” over the years, shielding him from pain and disconnecting him from his authentic self. Now, faced with the realities of Parkinson's, he recognizes the need to strip away that armor and integrate all versions of himself—past and present—into a whole and healthy individual. Add your experience and suggestions to the conversation in this Parkinson's podcast. If you would like to leave Daniel a voice message and you live in the U.S. call 1-706-873-1656. Email us at parkinsonsandmepodcast@gmail.com

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Share shawarma with the award-winning Eric Choi as we discuss what William Shatner's Captain Kirk might sound like dubbed into Cantonese, the wonders of fan-run science fiction conventions, how the Asimov competition gave him the courage to make his first submission, what it was like co-editing an anthology with the great Ben Bova, the accident that gave birth to his first short story collection, why his claim never to have experienced writer's block comes with a footnote, his moving memories of the Columbia accident as experienced at the Kennedy Space Center, the Richard Feynman quote he shared throughout the pandemic, why the first Harry Turtledove story he read wasn't written by Harry Turtledove, his unfortunate introduction to The Lord of the Rings, and much more.

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