Treks and the City

This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss disliking Elon Musk, Alice checking out (and loving) Barbarian, the power of a head nod from a hunk, Bill Skarsgård's wild eyes, Alice's trip to undisclosed New York, sheep advertising, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode twenty, "Shattered Mirror." Topics include what does and does not matter in the DS9 mirror universe, how Bodie, Skyler's Springer Spaniel, sort of became a co-host on this episode by tearing his way through Cord City, which Meyers-family-member's movie featured Ben Sinclair, Jake's considerable amount of free time, trying to impress Kira through murder, tall women v. tall men, where and when Odo exploded, and much, much more!Listen to full episodes over on the Treks and the City Patreon, here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/treksandthecity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:The Barbarian Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr89pmKrqkIHome Again Trailer: https://youtu.be/lfHZ-B374iA?si=UYpfnq2T9BzzKQf-Goodrich Trailer: https://youtu.be/XACXRxdpdUg?si=Vt6ZoJek9kGMOpQ5Homer's Rough "Sweet Can" Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8uM0zOBuSwKanopy, The Great Library-Supported Streaming Service: https://www.kanopy.com/enEpisode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Shattered_Mirror_(episode)Produced by Skyler HanrathSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss the best way to break it to your partner that a celebrity's died, Alice having a chic Euro-cold, penning up all the comics only to unleash them, the wonderful sounds of the city, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode nineteen, "Hard Time." Topics include O'Brien going to the jail of the mind, everybody on the station being kind of blasé about him being sent to the jail of the mind, the steady work of being in corrections, whether or not this episode's a little rude to the Irish, Skyler's time in Edinburgh, covering The Summer I Turned Pretty someday, and much, much more!Listen to full episodes over on the Treks and the City Patreon, here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/treksandthecity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:A Fun Little Walking Tour Of The Summer I Turned Pretty's Paris Shooting Locations (Skyler Mistakenly Identified Them Shooting In Belleville, That Is Because A Location Of The (Great) Cafe Ten Belles Is Right By The Canal): https://youtube.com/shorts/YVS2GfW-gfM?si=IwP5wt2hScb_jwUgThe The Hurt Locker Scene Skyler Was Thinking Of Re: O'Brien Wrestling With Having Gotten Out Of Mind Jail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbLZgmoNnEkEpisode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Hard_Time_(episode)Produced by Skyler HanrathSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Alice and Skyler are joined once again by the great Paul Scheer (How Did This Get Made?, Star Treks: Lower Decks) to discuss listening to things at 4x speed, the attention economy, Marlboro swag, doing improv on behalf of the Ford Motor Company, the kind of ASMR they're all onboard with, the great drink SoBe, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode eighteen, "Rules of Engagement." Topics include Comic Con life, going to Vegas with Star Trek actors, getting so, so much Worf lore, Sisko the lawyer, O'Brien throwing Worf right under the bus, the idea of a Morn sitcom, and much, much more!Listen to full episodes over on the Treks and the City Patreon, here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/treksandthecity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:The Darth Vader Talk Show: https://youtu.be/AYUTLPUef9c?si=KAX4rmgrT613EONfEpisode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Engagement_(episode)Produced by Skyler HanrathSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss being handsome, spelling the names of universities backwards, giving up on gatekeeping Star Trek discussions from listeners of the Star Trek podcast Treks and the City, absolutely embarrassing Skyler, Skyler's history of being low-res, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode seventeen, "Accession." Topics include the rules of The Emissary, the prophets being a bunch of very funny people, Dane Cook the hand artist, Messi, the dog from Anatomy of a Fall, absolutely crushing his Oscars bit, innovations in Zoom joking, Coraline (though it wasn't that clear that Alice knew that that's what Skyler was referencing), and much, much more!Listen to full episodes over on the Treks and the City Patreon, here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/treksandthecity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:Messi The Dog's Oscar Clapping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwzp5UYm0AcMessi's Instagram (You Should Follow): https://www.instagram.com/lauraandmessi/?hl=enThe The Naked Gun Poster: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3402138/mediaviewer/rm1134147586/?ref_=tt_ov_iThe The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lonely-island-and-seth-meyers-podcast/id1738121304Dane Cook's Famous Hand Gesture Thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_Cook:_Vicious_CircleThe Telling You Trailer From Richard Libertini's IMDb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YABkLQKlkI"The Mirror" Digital Short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnOuEFeAJM8Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Accession_(episode)Produced by Skyler HanrathSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss who gets what, skipping the trash, the joy of doing dishes, what people really remember The Full Monty for, considering getting into Star Trek, who does and doesn’t know about Alice’s podcasts, bringing the listeners into every last business decision on the show, understanding the clever, clever wordplay of the episode’s title, and more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode sixteen, "Bar Association.” Together, they discuss Steve Jobs’ legendary watch scene, exciting new voices in the podcasting world, Rom the labor leader, bit alarms, gifts, the work of Paul Schrader (again), and? Other things!!Listen to the full episode on the Treks in the City Patreon, here: tatc.fansLinks to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:The Steve Jobs Watch Scene: ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/hFD3tZSB7l4?si=UoYIMITpBw9z1F5K&t=182⁠The Departed’s “How To Spot A Cop” Scene: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66BgYZnrjQ8⁠Risky Business’ Sliding Scene: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2UVsyVLLcE⁠Episode Memory Alpha: ⁠⁠https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bar_Association_(episode)⁠See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss Skyler's indifference to Alice's mental and physical well-being, giving your dog $100, getting so hyped to music that you hurt yourself, and a truly harrowing story about Alice's knee (be warned, if you are gnarly-knee-story-phobic, for the ~three minute zone). Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode fifteen, "Sons of Mogh," a completely fantastic piece of work. Together, they discuss the bummer of DS9 never getting a proper film, having a brother who's really going through it, the episode's clever use of memory loss, Sisko's tolerance ending at murder, finding a guy who'll be the father to an adult son, Dax's budding feelings for Worf, this episode being so much better than the last episode, and much, much more. ALSO, be warned, Alice got yanked away around twelve minutes in to deal with something at her door, which is why... there's a little sound effect cutaway there.Listen to full episodes over on the Treks and the City Patreon, here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/treksandthecity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:Love Lies Bleeding: ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Lies_Bleeding_(2024_film)⁠Dennis Johnson's Jesus' Son: ⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/jesus-son-denis-johnson/8447035⁠Arrested Development's "Forget-Me-Nows": ⁠https://youtu.be/laiVDfLwzKE?si=MBshXnL1Po6cDE3s&t=121⁠Episode Memory Alpha: ⁠https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Sons_of_Mogh_(episode)⁠Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Alice and Skyler are joined once again by the great Paul F. Tompkins (Varietopia). Together, they discuss what that was, not being angry, everybody training themselves out of their original accents, hanging out even when not recording, not being good at gummies, hitting the DMV after having a few drinks, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode fourteen, "Return to Grace," an episode that none. of. them. liked. Together, they talk all the movies Paul's watched lately, going full blind, Alice shaping Resident Alien's AA material, Gul Dukat as an upstart terrorist, Vero's big news, and much, much more. Listen to full episodes over on the Treks and the City Patreon, here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/treksandthecity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tatc.fans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode: Mark Ruffalo's Singular Collateral Look: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369339/mediaviewer/rm1277136640/ Episode Memory Alpha: ⁠https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Return_to_Grace_(episode) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Alice and Skyler are joined once again by the great Sara Tomko, Alice's dear friend and Resident Alien co-star. Together, they discuss Big Window, Skyler's work stress, Sara's childhood bowl cuts, the Resident Alien hair department going rogue, what Jimmy Buffet did and did not do, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode thirteen, "Crossfire," an episode they all... were pretty into. Topics include Odo and Quark working their damn differences out, upcoming plans to watch The Bodyguard, Skyler's Kevin Costner wedding story, the logistics of elevators on the station, whether or not Shakaar's hot, and much, much more. Listen to full episodes over on the Treks and the City Patreon, here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/treksandthecity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tatc.fans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode: The Hydraulic Press YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcMDMoNu66_1Hwi5-MeiQgw Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Crossfire_(episode) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss now-old breaking news, what's going on with the Epstein list, Alice giving the whole situation some thought, the wisdom of taking notes at your meeting of criminals, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode twelve, "Paradise Lost." Together, they cover podcast hosts fearing being feminists, Earth being all one country in the future, what exactly Changelings know about what they change into, smarmy cadets, kinky darts, whether or not Admiral Leyton's good at coups, cooking your way out of a ticket, and much, much more. Listen to full episodes over on the Treks and the City Patreon, here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/treksandthecity⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠tatc.fans⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode: The Wire's Robert's Rules Of Order Scene: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGo5bxWy21g Background On The Bell Riots: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bell_Riots Episode Memory Alpha: ⁠https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Paradise_Lost_(episode) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss how to sync audio, which one of them is which, benign pranks, the ugly resonances between this week's Treks episode and the current reality we're all living in, Joe Biden dealing with the Ferengi, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode eleven, "Homefront." Together, they talk over the missed opportunity of an all-info episode to celebrate reaching episode 411, Dax as a prankster, the curse of needing to cook gumbo, Sisko wanting to throttle Nog, dog speech, Sisko as a big police state guy, sloppy sandwiches, and much, much more. Listen to full episodes over on the Treks and the City Patreon, here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/treksandthecity⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠tatc.fans⁠⁠⁠ Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode: The Shopping Cart Bread Prankster: https://www.tiktok.com/@radicalwoods/video/7485091367560088878 No Man's Sky, Alice's Current Game: https://www.nomanssky.com/ Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Homefront_(episode) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss what's going on, when to call the wambulance, which Comic Con's the current hot Comic Con, the proper pronunciation of "Ba'tleth," how to live in a storage unit, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode ten, "Our Man Bashir," which neither of them particularly loved. Together, they discuss the risks of doing a James Bond homage on a TV budget, the sexism of Bashir's creepy little Holosuite fantasy, horny sax tunes, whether or not Vero would find this episode strange, how embarrassing acting can be, the DS9 crew taking a trip to the Weekend Update set, getting absolutely rocked by Austin Powers, and much, much more. Listen to full episodes over on the Treks and the City Patreon, here: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/treksandthecity⁠⁠ ⁠⁠tatc.fans⁠⁠ Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode: Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me's Ivana Humpalot Introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uZBCCXzznk The Hollywood Reporter Piece On MGM's Stern Letter About The Episode: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/how-james-bond-inspired-this-underrated-star-trek-episode-4108416/ Episode Memory Alpha: ⁠https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Our_Man_Bashir_(episode) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss how well life's going now that Alice has figured out her audio setup, what God's really up to, invoking the right to not hear about Malcolm in the Middle, free-styling dentists, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode nine, "The Sword of Kahless." Together, they go deep on Klingon stabbing culture, objects causing space madness, doing Indiana Jones on a TV budget, whether or not this episode succeeds in finally finding something for Worf to do, hitting the blood wine vineyards, and, truly, more. Listen!! Listen to full episodes over on the Treks and the City Patreon, here: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/treksandthecity⁠ ⁠tatc.fans⁠ Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode (Alice, don't look at the first one): The Malcolm in the Middle Clip Alice DIDN'T Want You To See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W4NFcamRhM The Wikipedia for Gaslight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslight_(1944_film) Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Sword_of_Kahless_(episode) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Alice and Skyler get into Alice's days in New York, Garret revoking Alice's backstage pass privileges due to his sleep deprivation, the deep ties shared by members of Gen X, the hell of buying vintage, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode eight, "Little Green Men" AND Futurama season three, episode nineteen, "Roswell That Ends Well," because Skyler thought covering both, given that they're essentially beat-for-beat versions of each other, sounded fun. Topics include Baby Boomer throwbacks, the dulcet sounds of Ferengi language, Fry becoming his own grandfather, whether or not the film industry should take Skyler's big idea of just re-using already-used scripts, Zero Dark Thirty-ing Quark, Zoidberg's eating habits, Alice's Treks-first history vs. Skyler's Futurama-first history, and so. damn. much. more. Also, Alice was LIVE from a NEW YORK HOTEL ROOM so please forgive any wonky sound, you know how that damn big city is. Listen!! For full episodes, check out the Treks and the City Patreon, here: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/treksandthecity⁠⁠ ⁠⁠tatc.fans⁠⁠ Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode: Garret's Fallon Performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=854OleSjpm4 Paul Giamatti Talking Sci-Fi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Hya8UA4JY Paul Giamatti On WTF: https://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1500-paul-giamatti Funky Spunk: https://youtu.be/n2u57bgUjSM Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Little_Green_Men_(episode) Futurama Episode Wiki: https://futurama.fandom.com/wiki/Roswell_that_Ends_Well Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Alice and Skyler are joined once again by the great Ben Rodgers (Star Trek: Lower Decks, the Actionboyz podcast) to discuss what everyone can hear, just how big a car Ben drives, giving up on English, the joys of recognizing that somebody looks like somebody else regardless of whether or not the resemblance may be rude to share with them, which member of Boygenius Skyler saw perform recently, what Boygenius is, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode seven, "Starship Down." Topics include R. Crumb, the best scary tech to build a horror movie around, the iHome, whether or not Deep Space Nine will ever figure out what to do with Worf now that he's a part of the crew, who's really responsible for the death of the inventor of the Segway, Bashir being gross, Kira being weird about Sisko yet again, being a Crom-head, and more. Listen!! For full episodes of Treks and the City, listen on Patreon, here: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/treksandthecity⁠ ⁠tatc.fans⁠ Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode: Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crumb/Dan-Nadel/9781982144005 The Diary of a Teenage Girl Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2M9kqb5wVw Drawn Together: https://bookshop.org/p/books/drawn-together-the-collected-works-of-r-and-a-crumb-r-crumb/12772964 Life's Work: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/572687/lifes-work-by-david-milch/ Cartooning: The Head and Figure: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/351890/cartooning-the-head-and-figure-by-jack-hamm/ Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Starship_Down_(episode) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Alice, Skyler, and Vero(!!!!) discuss the medical origins of Biscuit, Alice's cat's crying, where Vero's been, why Skyler's so nervous, the rote tasks of Alice's newest streaming game, the joys of parallel Stardew Valley play, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode six, "Rejoined." Topics include vomit (be warned, if you are vomit-phobic, for the ~thirteen minute zone), how Vero's shows have been going, how much free time Vero has now that she's pregnant, moving apartments, and doing so many shows, what the hell goes on with the Trill/new-host dating taboo, Symbiant logistics, getting some tough talk from Sisko, being included in gossip about you, the chemistry between Dax and her ex wife, Bashir being a bad (and hammy) friend, Spaceballs, and more. Listen!! Listen to full episodes over on the Treks and the City Patreon, here: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/treksandthecity⁠ ⁠tatc.fans⁠ Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode: Vero's Upcoming Shows in LA: https://www.elysiantheater.com/shows/cherrybaby2 https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/10525?tab=tickets The Spaceballs clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6zdJY_ChsA The Austin Powers in Goldmember Worf clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr4sk6rZd7o&t=1s Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rejoined_(episode) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.