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NST: TNG - Aquiel - Season 6, Episode 13

Aquiel! The episode that pretty much the entire cast and crew thought was the worst of TNG season 6! Man, Geordi really needs to stop falling in love with women in computers.
 
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0:00 - Intro
10:40 - Sponsors
15:54 - Episode recap and discussion
1:03:49 - Mailbag
1:05:32 - Outro

NST: DS9 - Captive Pursuit - Season 1, Episode 6

Captive Pursuit! Miles O'Brien makes (adopts?) a new friend! But is the friend what he appears to be? Of course not! Prime Directive? Uh, sure, I guess. 
 
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0:00 - Intro
13:31 - Around the Sun
18:16 - Sponsors
29:13 - Episode recap and discussion
1:12:12 - Mailbag
1:15:08 - Outro

NST: TNG - Ship in a Bottle - Season 6, Episode 12

Ship in a Bottle! Moriarty finally returns! Not because Picard finally brought him back after forgetting about his for four years, but because the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle estate finally allowed him out of the bag! Does the title of the episode give away the twist? I guess for one of us it did!
 
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0:00 - Ekster sponsorship
1:26 - Intro (R.I.P. Mr. Succulent Chinese Meal)
9:37 - Sponsors
15:59 - Episode recap and discussion
1:05:51 - Mailbag
1:16:47 - Outro

NST: DS9 - Babel - Season 1, Episode 5

Babel! It seems like Star Trek loves viral pandemic episodes in their first seasons, and DS9 is no exception! A lot of this seems oddly... familiar, doesn't it?
 
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0:00 - Intro
15:23 - Around the Sun
20:34 - Sponsors
30:10 - Episode recap and discussion
1:30:13 - Mailbag
1:39:33 - Outro

NST: DS9 - A Man Alone - Season 1, Episode 4

A Man Alone! A classic murder mystery plot! Except, maybe, it's not so classic... Odo is immediately implicated, but things don't play out as they seem. Also, Bashir remains super into Jadzia. And I guess Keiko is opening a school. But look over there, it's Quark being really cool! What a show!
 
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0:00 - Intro
11:58 - Around the Sun
14:25 - Sponsors
22:45 - Episode recap and discussion
1:26:43 - Mailbag
1:34:40 - Outro

NST: DS9 - Past Prologue - Season 1, Episode 3

Past Prologue! Kira's past returns to haunt her in a nasty way when a reckless former terrorist comrade seeks asylum on DS9. Are there schemes afoot? Of course there are, especially when the Duras sisters also return! But also there's a Cardassian tailor! And he's really interested in Bashir? Also Odo is really cool! Sisko's working hard. Dax and Miles are also there! What a treat!
 
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0:00 - Intro
11:43 - Around the Sun
16:38 - Sponsors
25:07 - Episode recap and discussion
1:22:11 - Mailbag
1:27:50 - Outro

NST: DS9 - Emissary - Season 1, Episodes 1-2 (Series Premiere)

Emissary! The Newbie crew finally comes across Deep Space 9, and it does NOT start off lightly! We're immediately thrust into the battle of Wolf 359 and one Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Sisko's perspective on Locutus' assault that kills his wife and nearly kills his son. Where does he go from here? Working alongside a bunch of misfits on a former Cardassian space station? Getting wrapped up in Bajoran religious prophecies? Explaining baseball to noncorporeal God-like alien entities? What could go wrong?
 
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0:00 - Intro (the new theme song!)
10:58 - Around the Sun
16:00 - Sponsors
21:16 - Episode recap and discussion
1:32:07 - Mailbag
1:42:42 - Outro

NST: TNG - Chain of Command, Part II - Season 6, Episode 11

Chain of Command, Part II! The famous one about four lights. It's widely considered one of the best Star Trek episodes of all time, but surprisingly (or unsurprisingly?) the NST crew has some dissenting opinions. Interesting... how many lights did they truly see?
 
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0:00 - Intro
4:47 - Around the Sun
8:14 - Sponsors
21:21 - Episode recap and discussion
1:10:52 - Mailbag
1:17:10 - Outro

NST: TNG - Chain of Command, Part I - Season 6, Episode 10

Chain of Command, Part I! The Enterprise suddenly has an EXTREME shake-up. Picard out?! Jellico in?! Worf and Beverly join secret mission?! Riker and Geordi feeling bad? Data feeling good?! Deanna in a UNIFORM?! THE LIONFISH IS GONE?! WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?! 
 
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0:00 - Intro (I Go Meow)
12:45 - Around the Sun
16:39 - Sponsors
30:11 - Episode recap and discussion
1:21:33 - Mailbag
1:27:14 - Outro

NST: TNG - The Quality of Life - Season 6, Episode 9

The Quality of Life! After a long hiatus, we're back! And this one's a doozy, what seems to be a remake of The Measure of a Man but this time with cute little robots with Kirby feet that are being made to perform slave labor. Will the robots be saved this episode? What about Picard and Geordi? What about Riker, Worf, and Geordi's beards? What about Beverly's hair? Oh the humanity! 
 
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0:00 - Intro (Con Air discussion)
7:06 - Actual Intro
13:37 - Around the Sun
16:00 - Sponsors
34:47 - Episode recap and discussion
1:29:19 - Mailbag
1:37:50 - Outro

NST: TNG - A Fistful of Datas - Season 6, Episode 8

A Fistful of Datas! Like the producers were quick to point out, it's been three seasons since we've had a good ol' Holodeck mishap episode! So this time, why not delve into the Wild West?! Or as Worf might say, the Ancient West. In conclusion, Data is a land of contrast. Thank you.
 
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0:00 - Intro
8:07 - Around the Sun
13:56 - Sponsors
20:30 - Episode recap and discussion
1:17:41 - Mailbag
1:22:58 - Outro

NST: TNG - Rascals - Season 6, Episode 7

Rascals! Why are Picard, Guinan, Ensign Ro, and Keiko all hanging out on a shuttlecraft together? And why did they get shrunken into children? And why are Ferengi suddenly so competent?! And then incompetent?! Who wrote this?! Wha happa?!
 
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0:00 - Intro
12:08 - Around the Sun
18:05 - Sponsors
26:23 - Discussion about American legislation
30:59 - Episode recap and discussion
1:14:15 - Mailbag
1:18:38 - Outro

NST: TNG - True Q - Season 6, Episode 6

True Q! The presence of a potential Q offspring brings back the old malevolent version of the John de Lancie Q. What happens when Karen Arnold from the Wonder Years is given unlimited power?!
 
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0:00 - Intro
9:06 - Around the Sun
12:50 - Sponsors
19:56 - Episode recap and discussion
1:22:53 - Mailbag
1:34:49 - Outro

NST: TNG - Schisms - Season 6, Episode 5

Schisms! Does it make sense to have an alien abduction story when you're already in space and hanging out with aliens 24/7? Does it make sense to have an episode where there's not much else to it other than the thinly veiled mystery? Does it make sense for an android to compose and recite dank-ass poetry about his cat? The answer to one of these questions is an emphatic yes. The others? Uh...
 
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0:00 - Intro
7:47 - Around the Sun
14:33 - Sponsors
25:10 - Episode recap and discussion
1:11:19 - Mailbag
1:17:32- Outro

NST: TNG - A Tale of Two Cities (A XXX Parody)

A Tales of Two Cities! In 2011, a huge Star Trek mark by the name of Sam Hain really wanted to get his fan script produced. The wrinkle? The only film production access he had was in the adult film industry. What happens when a huge Star Trek fan and a bunch of adult film stars get together to put on a show? Honestly, a pretty great episode of TNG!
 
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0:00 - Intro and preliminary episode discussion
28:25 - Episode recap and discussion
1:01:00 - Outro

NST: TNG - Relics - Season 6, Episode 4

Relics! Some old drunk guy named Scotty comes aboard the Enterprise, and he acts really old. Our two newbies, Ricardo and Sara, have no idea who he is. How does a viewer evaluate a sentimental episode when the viewer doesn't have the sentimental backstory? Tune in and find out!
 
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0:00 - Intro
8:14 - Pre-emptive episode discussion
25:46 - Around the Sun
29:48 - Sponsors
35:24 - Philosophical discussion about aging
48:41 - Episode recap and discussion
1:34:52 - Mailbag
1:36:32- Outro

NST: TNG - Man Of The People - Season 6, Episode 3

Man Of The People! Deanna's getting her life force sucked out to sustain the calm mind of an empath ambassador who needs to negotiate peace between two warring factions. Wow, that's a doozy of a sentence. Also, some other people are there, I guess. Also, this episode is RIDDLED with misogyny, from both the ambassador guy and the writer of the episode himself. Oh boy. 
 
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0:00 - Intro
10:51 - Around the Sun
15:03 - Sponsors
20:45 - Episode recap and discussion
1:33:01 - Mailbag
1:38:26 - Outro

NST: TNG - Realm Of Fear - Season 6, Episode 2

Realm Of Fear! Barclay returns, and this time he demonstrates his legitimate fear of transporters! But then he WebMDs his symptoms and gets himself all worked up over some worms that are very much real! Can we ever escape this realm? This realm... of fear?!
 
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0:00 - Intro
6:32 - Around the Sun
11:30 - Sponsors
23:05 - Miscellaneous Star Trek tangent
31:37 - Episode recap and discussion
1:21:30 - Mailbag
1:30:45 - Outro

NST: TNG - Time's Arrow, Part II (Season Premiere) - Season 6, Episode 1

Time's Arrow, Part II! The rest of the Enterprise crew follows Data through the time hole, and it turns out they fit... quite well into 1893 San Francisco? While they hang out and try to find Data, Mark Twain keeps interfering, and Guinan seemingly falls in love with Picard. Why are these aliens stealing souls? Is the best solution just to wipe them out? Star Trek sure thinks so. Because that's what Star Trek has always been about: not trying to resolve our differences with alien species we just met. Yup, completely in character.
 
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0:00 - Intro
11:00 - Around the Sun
22:45 - Sponsors
29:59 - Episode recap and discussion
1:35:48 - Mailbag
1:41:22 - Outro

NST: TNG - Time's Arrow (Season Finale) - Season 5, Episode 26

Time's Arrow! Data falls into a time hole created by weird aliens with mouths on their heads that are stealing souls from humans in 1893 that are suffering from cholera. Also Guinan is there? With Mark Twain?! Also everyone's really on edge for some reason? What's going on? Why is nothing answered in this episode? Help uuuuus!!!
 
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0:00 - Intro
13:26 - Around the Sun
19:11 - Sponsors
35:52 - Episode recap and discussion
1:58:14 - Mailbag
2:00:38 - Outro

NST: TNG - The Inner Light - Season 5, Episode 25

The Inner Light! Picard lives an entire life that is not his own in what many consider to be the best episode of TNG of all time. Is that true? What did the NST crew think? Well, we ended up having some pretty deep conversations based on the themes brought up, so maybe?! Tune in and find out! 
 
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0:00 - Intro
8:07 - Around the Sun
19:11 - Sponsors
30:56 - Episode recap and discussion
1:55:53 - Mailbag
2:01:33 - Outro

NST: TNG - The Next Phase - Season 5, Episode 24

The Next Phase! Ro and Geordi become ghosts! But not really! How will they un-ghost themselves when no one can see them and they can't interact with anyone! We're especially loopy in this episode because some of us were still sick, so apologies for that! Whee~! 
 
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0:00 - Intro
18:56 - Around the Sun
22:01 - Sponsors
30:09 - Episode recap and discussion
1:51:12 - Mailbag
1:55:38 - Outro

NST: Christmas AMA 2023

Christmas AMA 2023! We take it easy during the holidays and decide to answer a bunch of your questions! Wheeeee, Merry Holidays, y'all!
 
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0:00 - Intro
5:15 - Question from NewRocJacob
14:09 - Question from arfone83
19:31 - Question from norris5754
30:27 - Question from indigo.h
41:06 - Question from noratheelk3729
46:29 - Question from Patrick-hs4ge
51:18 - Question from 1MrPooney
59:12 - Question from josiahtillet9942
1:02:02 - Question from chitown111111
1:06:07 - Question from jswizzlestick
1:14:32 - Outro

NST: TNG - I Borg - Season 5, Episode 23

I Borg! The crew of the Enterprise have already had a LOT of harrowing run-ins with the Borg. But what will they do after they save a Borg and keep him on board as a prisoner? Will Guinan and Picard overcome their Borg-phobia? Will Geordi replace one robot best friend with another? And will Beverly Crusher actually become... the HERO?! 
 
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0:00 - Intro
10:53 - Around the Sun
23:24 - Sponsors
33:01 - Episode recap and discussion
1:42:47 - Mailbag
1:44:44 - Outro

NST: TNG - Imaginary Friend - Season 5, Episode 22

Imaginary Friend! Basically, a girl gets an evil imaginary friend that's a Solarbaby in disguise. Shenanigans don't ensue until the very end. This one was pretty thin on... pretty much everything, so, fair warning, there's tangents galore!
 
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0:00 - Intro
9:04 - Around the Sun
14:42 - Sponsors
21:55 - Episode recap and discussion
1:18:13 - Mailbag
1:23:17 - Outro

NST: TNG - The Perfect Mate - Season 5, Episode 21

The Perfect Mate! The true prequel to the X-Men movies, in more ways than one! An impossibly attractive woman is presented as property for the purposes of a peace negotiation, and Picard's stuck in the middle? You might be surprised by what we thought of it! 
 
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0:00 - Intro
13:23 - Around the Sun
15:24 - Sponsors
26:24 - Episode recap and discussion
2:05:48 - Mailbag
2:08:45 - Outro

NST: TNG - Cost Of Living - Season 5, Episode 20

Cost Of Living! Is it just us, or are Lwaxana episodes getting worse every season? Why would she agree to this wedding? Why is she meddling with Worf's son? Why is Deanna giving such bad parenting advice? Why is magic Disney dust turning the Enterprise into Ghostbusters 2 slime? Why anything?!
 
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0:00 - Intro
7:21 - Around the Sun
18:48 - Sponsors
23:00 - Episode recap and discussion
1:31:59 - Mailbag
1:37:15 - Outro

NST: TNG - The First Duty - Season 5, Episode 19

The First Duty! Our golden boy Wesley gets into some BIG trouble! Will he do the right thing and come clean? Or will he fall back onto his villainous roots and coward out? Or maybe there was an even more interesting alternative to the entire story altogether? Curious...
 
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0:00 - Intro
21:27 - Around the Sun
26:14 - Sponsors
36:04 - Episode recap and discussion
1:35:35 - Mailbag
1:39:29 - Outro

NST: TNG - Cause And Effect - Season 5, Episode 18

Cause And Effect! The Enterprise keeps exploding over and over again! But why?! Because of timey-wimey stuff, which Ricardo friggin' LOVES! You KNOW he's going to rate this a high episode, but what does everyone else think? Let's dive into Beverly Crusher's Groundhog Day and find out how they deal!
 
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0:00 - Intro
7:33 - Around the Sun
9:52 - Sponsors
21:29 - Episode recap and discussion
1:07:48 - Mailbag
1:13:14 - Outro

NST: TNG - The Outcast - Season 5, Episode 17

The Outcast! The examination of heavy topics continues as we deal with the extremely important topic of LGBQT+ discrimination... but from the perspective of middle-aged writers from 1992. Does it hold up? Eh, maybe, maybe not. But their heart was in the right place! Except for one guy, that guy sucks. Which guy? Tune in to find out!
 
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0:00 - Intro
08:32 - Around the Sun
14:02 - Sponsors
20:57 - Episode recap and discussion
1:52:36 - Mailbag
2:02:28 - Outro