Jettison Pod

This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn is joined by past guests Charles Kelso and Ilan Muskat for a very special episode discussing Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 7, "Those Old Scientists." This is, of course, the instant classic crossover with Star Trek: Lower Decks. Enjoy!   Show Notes: Mrs. Davis on Peacock is making Ilan laugh this week. Good Omens Season 2 on Amazon Prim...

This week, Vandy Beth Glenn and Dawn Ennis discuss "Trusted Sources," the ninth episode of Season 3 of Star Trek: Lower Decks. Show Notes What's making Dawn laugh this week: The  Trump-less GOP debate on Fox. Trump on Carlson Trump's arrest What's making Vandy Beth laugh this week: Good Omens Season 2 . Plugs: Dawn's Substack . And she's @lifeafterdawn on Threads, Bluesky, Post, Twitter, Facebook,...

This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn welcomes guest Eric Akawie for a discussion about  The Middleman , a fun, little-seen science fiction comedy that aired on the ABC Family basic cable network for just twelve episodes in 2008. Have you seen  The Middleman ? Let us know!   Show Notes: The Middleman website: Comic-Con 2009 table read of unproduced 13th Episode 2013 second table read Make So...

This week, Veronica Dashiell and Vandy Beth Glenn talk about Season 1, Episode 8 of She-Hulk, "Ribbit and Rip It," guest-starring Charlie Cox as Daredevil!   Show Notes What's making Veronica laugh this week: Black Mirror Season 6 on Netflix   What's making Vandy Beth laugh this week: Season 9 of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia Plugs: The podcasts Earth Station Trek (weekly) and Monkeeing Around...

This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Alan Siler talk about Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3, Episode 8: Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus.   Show Notes: What's making Alan laugh this week: Space Force on Netflix What's making Vandy Beth laugh this week: The podcast Fly On The Wall , an ongoing oral history of Saturday Night Live. Speaking of speaking about TV series, Alan also recommends the pod...

This week's a solo essay about two intriguing episodes of the Star Trek franchise.   Show Notes: What's making me laugh this week: Ted Lasso Season 3 Plug: The EFF Track at Dragon Con 2023 , where Vandy Beth Glenn will be on a panel discussing Title IX and the wave of anti-trans laws sweeping the nation.

Happy Independence Day! This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Stephanie Chan discuss "The Retreat," the seventh episode of Season 1 of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law. Show Notes: Run BTS is making Stephanie laugh again this week. Vandy Beth is laughing at movie Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves .   Stephanie's plug is for sztvstudio.com , which she and her sister run together (at the...

In this week's Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Ilan Muskat (back for the third time!) discuss Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3 Episode 7: A Mathematically Perfect Redemption, about the second appearance in Lower Decks of the rascally (but perhaps not megalomaniacal) AI, Peanut Hamper. Show Notes: Two things are making Ilan laugh this week:    What's making Ilan laugh this week: The third seasons...

This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn talks with John Hudgens, director of the documentary, "American Scary," which is all about TV horror hosts from the 1950s through today (including Neil Gaiman—whoa, curveball!).   Show Notes: American Scary is highly recommended—a fun documentary! What's making John laugh this week are the BBC radio sitcom, "Old Harry's Game," which can be found at  the...

This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Bridget LaMonica discuss the sixth episode of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law's first and so far only season, "Just Jen."   Show Notes: Bridget: Rick and Morty Season 6: Full Meta Jackrick Vandy Beth: Season 1 of the new Hulu seasons of Animaniacs   Plugs: Bridget: Bitch Beer , soon to be a television show! Vandy Beth: The Jettison Pod Twitter feed And Pat...

This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Charles Kelso discuss the sixth episode of Season 3 of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Hear All, Trust Nothing." This is the land mark episode in which the Cerritos visits Deep Space Nine. Nana Visitor and Armin Shimerman reprise their iconic roles as Colonel Kira and Quark, respectively.   Show Notes: What's making Charles laugh this week? The fifth, final...

Co-hosting with Vandy Beth Glenn this time out is "Niceguy" Eddie, host of the currently inactive "In My Humble Opinion" podcast on Rainbow Radio. Eddie and Vandy Beth interview Sean Reiley of the website seanbaby.com , about his page that stockpiles all the one-page narrative ads for Hostess Twinkies, fruit pies, and cupcakes that appeared in Marvel and DC comics in the 1970s and 1980s. A lively...

This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Alan Siler discuss She-Hulk Attorney At Law Episode 5: Mean, Green, and Straight Poured Into These Jeans. Show Notes: The closing music to this week's episode is the lovely " Say My Name " by Swedish singer Tove Styrke What's Making Us Laugh This Week Alan is laughing at both the American and the original British versions of the TV sitcom, The Office...

This week Vandy Beth Glenn and Celestia Ward talk about Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3, Episode 5: "Reflections."   Show notes: Teenager who butt-dialed 911 and told dispatch he "killed two people" Stevie Martin, a British comedian who cohosts "Nobody Panic," a lifehacking podcast, and is also very funny on Twitter and YouTube. Nobody Panic Stevie Martin on Twitter YouTube https://www.youtube.com...

This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Foam Armory co-founder Stephanie Chan discuss the humor that can be found in cosplay! Show Notes: The original " Lex Luthor took 40 cakes " image. The  cosplay tribute to Lex Luthor's pastry crime. Dr. Stranger Things Dragon Con's "BBQ Becky" photo shoot with Black cosplayers Stephanie as the IKEA monkey: Star Trek end credits cosplay Stephanie as th...

This week Vandy Beth Glenn and her guest Ilan Muskat talk about Episode 4 of Season 1 of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, "Is This Not Real Magic?" Show notes: Carl Ballantine's Bad Magic Poker Face Saturday Night Live this season Shelved, a sitcom about the Canadian library system Come see Vandy Beth Glenn perform standup comedy at the Decatur Arts Festival on May 6th!

Joining Vandy Beth Glenn this week to discuss "Room For Growth," the fourth episode of Season 3 of Star Trek: Lower Decks, is the author of The First Adventure on Earth with Adam & Steve, stand-up comedian, and host of the "Computer Resume Podcast," Greenville, South Carolina's own Mr. Todd A. Davis! Show Notes: Amazon Prime series Legend of Vox Machina The treasure trove of old Marvel and DC Comi...

This week on Jettison Pod, Veronica Dashiell of the Earth Station Trek podcast joins Vandy Beth Glenn to step through the puddle and name the Five Funniest Stargate episodes. Join us, won't you? Show Notes: All four regular panelists from the Earth Station Trek podcast have now been guests on Jettison Pod. Suck it, Terry Gross! The Season 3 premiere of Star Trek: Lower Decks (we recorded this epis...

This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn is joined by award-winning journalist, college professor and single mom Dawn Ennis as they discuss the third episode of Season 1 of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, "The People Vs. Emil Blonsky."   Show Notes: Family Guy S07E11: " Not All Dogs Go To Heaven " Arrested Development Season 5 Update: Not leaving Netflix after all: https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/n...

This week on Jettison Pod, the podcast about comedy in science fiction, Vandy Beth Glenn is joined by Keith Johnson of the Earth Station Trek podcast. Together they examine the third episode of the third season of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Mining The Mind's Mines." Show Notes: Tyler Perry's Bruh and Tyler Perry's House of Payne , both on BET Dead To Me on Netflix  

This week on Jettison Pod, the podcast about comedy in science fiction, host Vandy Beth Glenn is joined Canadian civil servant and intermittent podcast host, Ilan Muskat! Together Vandy Beth and Ilan share their lists of the Five Funniest Episodes of Futurama . Give it a listen! Show Notes: The Other Two Cunk On Earth Squideye and the Bitter Guy Bonus AI-Generated Short Story: Dystopian Elephants...

This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Celestia Ward of the Squaring The Strange podcast discuss the second episode of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, "Supernatural Law." Show Notes: I couldn't find the photo of my courtroom sketch, sorry. Squaring The Strange podcast Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl , Carrie Brownstein's memoir Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

Travis Johnson joins me this week to talk about the second episode of the third season of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "The Least Dangerous Game." Travis runs the Nexus of Nerd Facebook group and related groups on Facebook and on Mastodon. He's also a member of the panel on the "Black Alert" Star Trek podcast.   Show Notes: Star Trek: Lower Decks comic books from IDW Beat The Devil, 1953 comedy directe...

This week on Jettison Pod, I'm joined by my friend Robert Lloyd for a conversation about the life and work of great, gone-too-soon British author, Douglas Adams! Please give us a listen, like and subscribe! Show notes: The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Earth Edition Bob's Burgers Late Night With Seth Meyers Ghosts on BBC Ghosts on CBS 

This week on Jettison Pod, I discuss the pilot episode of the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series, "She-Hulk: Attorney At Law" with Charles Kelso of the Earth Station Trek podcast. Show Notes: American Masters: Groucho & Cavett feltnerdy.com Monkeeing Around podcast