Brother Date

This episode was recorded during a specific moment in this country's history and all we ask is that you respect that. Is O'Brien the right guy to bring along on a secret mission? Did Geordi's double get wet and wild on Risa? Is Janeway actually the monster from the Honeycombs commercials? Was Enterprise all just one of Riker's holoprograms? All that and more on this week's Brother Date.  

The latest in our ongoing series, "Don't Bing It, My Dude." Find out what you should not Bing or even Google-Bing. What dastardly plot has Judah loosed upon us and will we ever learn what J.U.D.A.H. really stands for? Finally, we weigh apples and oranges and discuss the concept of a failed state. 

In a very special holiday episode, Judah battles depression and detachment from the podcast. Will Matthew be able to talk him off the ledge? Also, is Two Dead Elizabeths  actually the best song in The Wallflowers' catalog? Find out by pushing play and standing a safe distance from the podcast.

We weren't even going to do this one but we got a call from Babu Frik and dude is very convincing. It turned out not to be so bad, as long as you know what a "dyad in the force" is, and I totally do. Also, did Luke really just leave our boy hanging out near Lurch Canyon like that? For how many years?

Finally a sensitive, thoughtful episode of Enterprise, free of the metaphorical "moon base with warp engines" that so often plagues The Next Generation. Also, find out who was a sex criminal on Voyager this week.

Mailbag: Deciphering the Urkel Cinematic Universe (UCU). Bracket: Is Judah too cowardly to use Matt's pomegranate connection? Power Hour: Is there a game worse than Jet Moto?

Jonathan Frakes, Armin Shimmerman, Garrett Wang, and Anthony Montgomery star in this week's crop of excellent science-fiction episodes.  They all play key roles and we learn a lot about the characters they portray. Also, capitalism!

Will the resistance have time to swing by a space Shell station and fill up their hope tank? Why DID they call that planet "Crate?" And how did Andy Serkis lose all of his money? Find out on episode 208 of Brother Date, tentatively titled "Finnedict Arnold."

Is Ray Wise the greatest American actor or do you think it's Brian Thompson? Maybe you prefer Clarence Williams or Scott MacDonald? Sam Neill is not American so you cannot choose him for this game.  Also, how DID Arturis know Janeway made a deal with the Borg? Do the Borg have a website now or something?

Ryan gets his first win during the Mailbag segment. Also, we begin Shannon's fruit bracket and... I guess neither of us expects it to be so sexual. Matt tells the story of his near-death experience in Hanson, MA and Judah talks about a time he had a tasty Coke.

What WOULD happen if Ji Suk-Jin suddenly became cool? Also, what was the fate of Scrain's dad? Finally, by the time we are scheduled to do the next episode we may be living under a cruel dictatorship so we'll see if we even decide to keep doing this dumb, dumb, dumb show.

Look, I don't know what to tell you. The movie is pretty good. But does it SCORE? Also, my old football coach always told me that when you're hurt you just have to punch out the pain. He was a ghost inside a helmet and he said a lot of weird stuff. I don't think he even understood football. Good dude, though.

Not our best work, but we're playing hurt. Just like Brett Favre on Monday Night Football that one time or Michael Jordan in the playoffs or Grumbis Doggins, primary hover-forward of the Deneba Dragons, in the '38 series. Also, the central question of the entire Star Trek canon is finally resolved this week if you're interested in that at all.

Introducing Anthony , the latest in our line of Bipedal Humanoid Entertainment Robots. Anthony will look down on you. Anthony will judge you and drop by your place of work to harass you. Anthony is an artist. So is baseball great, Pete Rose. Do not give Anthony medicine because he will drink it right away and run afoul of the law.

I am no longer a warrior! I am no longer strong! I feel... I feel confusion over almost every choice the creators of Star Trek made in this week's toilet full of episodes. Also, is the guy from Twin Peaks in one of the episodes or is it another, different guy? Those are the stakes this week!

See if you can identify the heroes in this film and also which sides they are on. Some robots are smart, some are dumb, and some are Krang (?), so I'd say George created a rich universe. 

I wrote that "Clarinetto Duetto" joke several days ago. I hope you enjoyed it. Also, some of the aliens changed color this week. Find out which ones!

And that four-song Wings bracket would include "Band on the Run," "Mrs. Vanderbilt," "Maybe I'm Amazed" (not technically a Wings song), and PLEASE GOD CAN SOMEBODY NAME ANOTHER GOOD WINGS SONG?

Hey Chako, some help here would be hot. You got... anything at all? Also this week, Riker meets a nice alien lady.

We have a theory about teenage romance this week and you're going to want to hear it. Also, who is definitely NOT our problematic fave? Find out on our latest completely unnecessary project episode.

Like Tom Paris, we're still trying to find the most efficient route from our podcast studios to your listening devices. Bear with us if the feed is acting funny this week. 

Mailbag | Billy Joel Bracket

Devil's Due | Bar Association | The Killing Game Part II | Observer Effect

The Phantom Menace

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