Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast

The ApeCast tackles Disco Season 3!  For the first time in Season 3, Geoff Clarke (The ApeCast) brings his still SOMEWHAT unbiased Ape Peepers to Trek, and (mostly) likes what he sees, and it's not just because master body-horror director and Canadian national treasure David Cronenberg is appearing in this episode for whatever reason (we're not complaining!).  He and Jack also relish any chance to...

TRILL POOLS! They're back, and so are Sam Stovold (Marvel Star Wars Explorers, Reopening the Wormhole) and Sean Davis (After the Credits) to do the deepest dive (into a Trill pool) on Trills since Reopening the Wormhole!  Recent events, and a delicious new Jaxilly drank have the guys in high spirits as they debate the relative merits of Trill adventures and disastrous dinner parties. They'll also...

It's the first big Disco party of Season 3, as Jack, Sam and Kevin of RTW, Barm, and Ferengi expert and Golden Boy Kregg collide in orbit over Earth, and tensions are running HIGH when the group finds itself dividing into factions.  (And this is even before George Lucas pops in to offer up his hot takes.)  Sure, we can all agree on key issues like Book = delightful, Georgiou = irritating, Saturn =...

It's FIRST SEANTACT as Sean Davis (who somehow hasn't been on to talk about a Discovery episode yet) joins Jack and Barm to talk about the wacky continuing adventures of Captain Saru, Jett Reno, Emperor Georgiou and other classic characters after Disco reopened the wormhole.  Along the way, we'll wax nostalgic for "boring Star Trek", see how far we can stretch Sean's "Trek is Manifest Destiny" ana...

Eat your heart out, Covid, because we've got DISCO FEVER!  Jackshow mainstay Barm (he brought his own mic!) and Kevin (Reopening the Wormhole) join Jack to talk about the wacky and kind of wonderful opener to Season 3!  We've got a LOT to discuss here, including a lengthy discussion on the history of vomit in Trek, FUN Burnham, Indian Desmond, the Temporal Cold Wars, George Miller, the DC movies a...

Jack's Silly bids adieu to Lower Decks (and one of our favorite characters) for now, with a group of All Stars!  Jack is joined by Barm, Kevin Young (Reopening the Wormhole), Geoff Clarke (The ApeCast), Ferengi expert Kregg Castillo (Golden Boy?) and Sean Davis (After the Credits) to talk SERIOUS Lower Decks, Peanut Hamper and Exo-comps, the return of Pakleds, Bae Bajoran Badasses, Riker's million...

Jack Stovold (Reopening the Wormhole, The ApeCast) directs!  In this thrilling chapter of the Jack's Silly Saga, Jack (JACK STOVOLD) and Barm (BARM) are discussing the 9th episode of STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS, when Richard (RICHARD DUNHAM) appears – and their lives are changed forever.  Together, the three of them will discover the truth behind why this episode reminds them of STAR TREK movies --- an...

The trial of the Millenium of Aftermath/The Willenium is listening to Jaxilly's coverage of VERITAS. Court is now in session, and Jack and witnesses Barm and Kevin Young (Reopening the Wormhole) swear to tell the veritas, the whole veritas, and nothing but the veritas about their feelings on… Veritas.  Whether that means spilling the eels on Jack's ice cube problem, digestion tips, memes, Bill and...

Jack, Sam and Barm reunite just to hang out and talk Trek, and it feels so good. And this seems to be the perfect episode for them to do just that!  It's really a hangout sesh, as the Boims talk about their love of Boimler, their admiration for the whole voice cast, the positive evolution of Mariner, and a buncha real nerdy shit, like reveling in the second EDOSIAN to appear in Trek, cataloguing t...

Geoff Clarke (Jack's partner in crime on the ApeCast) joins Jack and Barm to share his thoughts on Lower Decks and TERMINAL PROVOCATIONS, specifically.  But ESPECIALLY Badgey.  But we're also here to talk JG Hertzler, TNG again (a lot), Holodeck tomfoolery, that one Fletcher-type we all know, the future ascendance of Mexican food, Lethal Weapon, what the title could mean, and the whole DECAL pronu...

Parasite-induced love is in the air, as Barm and Jack are joined for the first time on this podcast by What Were We Watching·s Cam Siemer, one of the Founding Fathers of Castville, to talk about Bradward in Love. We reflect on Lower Decks (and Mariner) finding their groove, the disturbing lack of Dr. Katz, Star Trek Lore (and Data), DEEP SPACE NINE and where this bar flashback takes place, our inn...

The inimitable Sean Davis joins Jack and Barm in making juvenile innuendos about the title "Moist Vessel", and pulls off a "hi-third-oh" unknown feat on this show-- being the first guest to write an email into the show DURING his appearance, in case you're wondering what all the keyboard clacking that could only be partially edited out is.  They're also talking about Tellarites, American puritanis...

To talk about time, and crystals, (but not time crystals) Jack, Barm, and Kevin are joined by RTW email legend Jason Butze, making his JSLFNSTDSTPALDP debut!  The gang has a blast diving into such diverse topics as the mistakes Jack has made, Butze's take on Picard, Ben Franklin's coolness, work-ruining changes from corporate overlords, Sliders, Garfield and newspaper comics, the exhausting sex fa...

It's the second episode of Lower Decks, and the first appearance of a Ferengi in Star Trek in EIGHTEEN YEARS, so you know who Jack had to grab for this one!  That's right, it's Space Merchant Ferengi expert Kregg Castillo, finally getting to talk about Ferengis on Jack's Silly!  In addition to waxing rhapsodic over their profound love of Quimp, the Dynamic Duo talk about where LDS has casually lan...

Saddle up! Let's lock, load, and LOOK at the newest member of the Star Trek Crew (of shows).  To do that, Jack has brought back the P.D. Crew (himself, Barm, and Sam and Kevin from Reopening the Wormhole) to check out Second Contact, the first outing of Lower Decks.  Is it good Star Trek?  Is it funny? Does it have ENOUGH Star Trek/California references? Is it similar/different enough from The Orv...

LOWER DECKS!? Never heard of it. At this podcast, all we know is DISCO, and we got DISCO BOOK FEVER.  Jack and Barm, widely known as the two biggest Emperor Georgiou (and Section 31)  fans in the world, have joined forces to discuss the OTHER crazy thing between the first and second seasons of Discovery that was happening, with crazy starfish people, slug people, and lightning ball people during t...

The drunk speak! That's right, like our beloved Sheev, DRUNK STAR WARS has arisen from the dead, but the only difference is that this makes sense! Or as much sense as any drunk Star Wars episode could make.  Jack's bottle of whiskey may have cost 80 dollars less than Kregg's, but the end result is the same: another few fantastic hours of drunk assholes whining about Star Wars!  Jack has FINALLY fo...

Remember back when Jack, Barm, and Kregg discussed Saru's origins, and promised you a Sober Last Jedi commentary track?  Of course you do, and 18 or so months later, here it is, because Jack can't get enough of doing Last Jedi podcasts.  The Golden Boy, the guy who's on like 70% of the episodes of this show, and your Jedi host are back to talk about The Last Jedi AGAIN, and this time you get to he...

It's time to Discover Discovery all over again! This time, the robotic Jack and Kevin of last year's ELO party are joined by a couple of daft punks, in the form of Sam Stovold and Daft Punk superfan Geoff Clarke of the ApeCast, to talk about 2001's Discovery. Inevitably, as the alcohol flows freely, they're gonna talk about Interstella 5555, and branch off into a bevy of musical topics and other t...

Beloved moths, the only Discovery podcast that is distermined not to talk about Star Trek: Discovery is BACK with its 3rd annual Curb Your Enthusiasm episode!  Lauren and Jack are ready to talk about asshole and swan killer Larry David, but HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! Sam Stovold has discovered the cheat code to get on to podcasts, and that is making the host feel guilty about their past negligen...

It may be the millennium of Aftermath, but Jack and Barm aren't awarding any platinum plaques to Star Trek: Discovery's lackluster third comic series.  It's Klingons again, and not even the combined powers of Pike, Spock, and a John Colicos looking Kor are enough to save this comic from an anemic story and dodgy artwork, plus shitty binding that has the TPB literally falling apart in your hands, a...

Trust the fungus, and trust Jack's Silly to bring you the BEST random audio commentaries for movies in the podcast GAME! This ain't no edited postgame discussion, it's a commentating live as the movie plays thrill ride!  Jack's Silly must have swallowed a mushroom, because it's this show's biggest audio commentary yet! Jack is joined by Barm, Josh Lee, Sam Stovold (Marvel Star Wars Explorers) and...

Jack's Silly coverage of Picard is NOT OVER YET, not as long as Una McCormack, Jack, and frequent guest Barm have anything to say about it.  In fact, being a prequel, it might be more accurate to say Picard hasn't even BEGUN yet!  Jack and his Trek book buddy Barm unpack Una McCormack's shockingly good novel about the fifteen years leading up to ST: Picard in this fitting coda to our Picard covera...

The day the Internet has waited for is here.  You are now FREE to model your Picard opinion of off Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks and Picard Podcast's, and you can really pick whichever one you choose from this episode's astounding, and quite frankly, ridiculous amount of guests.  NINE of the thirteen guests who have graced Jack with their presence over...

Hold on to your butts!  It's gonna be a bumpy ride, because Jack's Silly is about jam this Borg Cube right into Synthville, and this gang of six roguish podcasters with painful histories and dark secrets is here to make it happen.  Captain Jack is joined by Barm, Ferengi expert Kregg Castillo (Golden Boy?), Kevin Young (Reopening the Wormhole), Sam Stovold (Marvel Star Wars Explorers), Richard Dun...