Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast

  Don't be frugal! Play your bugle! Exalt in the epic tale of Rugal! As a Cardassian child raised by Bajorans comes to the station, a vast conspiracy by Dukat is uncovered. And as Sam, Jack, and Kevin uncover the mysteries of this episode, they'll also uncover hidden feelings about McDonald's, O'Brien's racism, and the reason this episode falls short of its potential. Plus, this episode is straigh...

CROSSFIRE! The gang is joined by listener turned guest and the 100th person to like the podcast on Facebook, Travis Osborn, to revel in the pain of an awkwardly lovesick and naïve Odo as Kira and Shakaar fall in love and Quark has to hold everything together.  Along the way, they'll discover three new types of Odos (with accompanying musical themes), talk about old board games (you know the one),...

This week, the gang pores over the uneven, but ultimately strong outing that is The Ship! They'll be delving into Sisko's pain, O'Brien the mountain man's pain and, most of all, poor Enrique Muniz's pain. Not only that, but we're talking about other Star Trek-related content like Please Stand By and Black Mirror that we SHOULD be talking about, but haven't actually seen yet, learning a variety of...

Is a machine that can create holograms who can breed and create new holographic babies a new form of life, or are the holograms each an individual new form of life? This is just one of many ponderous questions that may be asked in this episode. Also on the table: how long can Sam, Jack, and Kevin go without making an obscure reference? Is this episode responsible for our negative feelings about th...

The gang is back and in high spirits rediscovering that The Search, Part II is one of the biggest, best, and most important episodes in all of Deep Space Nine!  And what better way to recognize its greatness than by waxing rhapsodic on the Rainforest Café, the E.T. novelization, Clint Eastwood and his deep connection to DS9, Mother (the movie, not the video game or parent), Larry David on the Ente...

  The Deep Space Nine crew may be looking in all the wrong places, but faithful listeners are looking in the right place if they're in the mood for rousing discussions about Worf and his little crush, Jadzia and HER little crush and, of course, Kira and O'Brien and their weird crush... thing... that they have going on. And, joining the RTW crew on this adventure (that really doesn't involve Fereng...

Hey... remember that time Jake Sisko got high and wrote a story? What about that time that Odo & Lwaxanna got married? And what about that time that Rappin' Jake Sisko wrote the most epic Star Trek-based rap EVER? Well, if you've forgotten, you'll want to pick this episode up as a refresher. And as an added bonus, lots of other goofiness, conjecture, and nonsequiturs (all the hallmarks of RTW). Th...

Buckle up for some dialogue heavy espionage and investigation shenanigans as we uncover the conspiracy by talking about Improbable Cause!  Join us on this pleasure cruise with Garak, Odo, Enabran Tain and a bunch of Romulans as we pontificate on The Fifth Element, a very sassy Flaxian, the limits of the DS9 crew's patience with Garak, our favorite rappers, those dumb Romulan uniforms, and so much...

This week, Odo wrestles with the realities of parenthood as he tries to both raise a changeling baby and reunites with his own estranged father figure, Dr. Mora! Meanwhile, the RTW crew is also dealing with parenthood, as they birth a new podcast episode into the world and do their best to make sure it grows into a fine young DS9 discussion. That means they're digging into Bajoran birthing rituals...

Come celebrate the new year with the RTW crew! In honor of the 50th anniversary of one of their favorite Star Trek episodes, The Trouble with Tribbles, original series fan Jessica Cooper joins them to talk about its nostalgic and loving DS9 tribute, Trials and Tribble-ations. They geek out as much about this delightful love letter to Trek as Dax does about being on the original enterprise. Also in...

Happy New Year, Faithful Listeners!  To head into 2018 with a clean slate, we are reading EVERY SINGLE EMAIL we haven't read on the 'cast yet, some dating all the way back to September!  If you sent in an email and we didn't read it, you either left it in your draft folder, sent it after we recorded this, or we've made a horrible mistake that you need to tell us about!  But before we do that, Jack...

  Welcome to EARTH! This week, we're joined by Sam's Marvel Star Wars Explorers co-host, Brian Rudloff (or are WE joining HIM?), to tackle the second part of a two-parter and watch Sisko unravel a conspiracy surrounding a shady government takeover on good old Earth itself. But along the way, the gang can't help but get distracted by exciting things like sexy mantis shrimps, Rogue One quote-offs, J...

Merry Christmas, Reopeners! As a special gift to you, Sam, Jack, and Kevin gathered together to watch the holiday classic Star Trek: Generations, along with their friend and Generations superfan Lauren Petronaci! The discussion goes deep, revealing thoughts on the hosts' own personal Nexuses (Nexi?), opinions on Kirk & Picard's first and only meeting, and a whole lot of love for lifeforms. It's th...

Welcome to another wild and wacky episode of everyone's favorite DS9 Podcast!  We're delving deep into this serious and heartfelt episode about Nog dealing with the horrors of war by escaping into a world of fantasy, specifically Vic Fontaine's 1960s Las Vegas nightclub, but we're ALSO blowing the lid open on the legend of Jimmy Dar Dar, the greatest podracer of all time and TRUE winner of the Boo...

Open up your light ship's solar sails and join us as we explore a truly unique Deep Space Nine episode, season 3's Explorers! We're diving deep to discuss two of our favorite relationships in the whole show; Julian and Bashir's friendship and Jake and Ben Sisko's loving familial relationship! We're also bashing Voyager, trying to figure out who the most annoying Star Trek crew members are, chattin...

It's that time of year again... that's right, it's Torture O'Brien time! What kind of wacky shenanigans has ol' Milesy gotten himself into this time? Why, he's been accused of a crime he didn't commit and sentenced to death! Isn't that zany?! During their journey through this episode, the RTWers note similarities to Orwell's 1984, revel in similarities between this week's Trek Check episodes, and...

Black Alert!  The boys fire up the spore drive and take another trip into the exciting and wacky world of Star Trek: Discovery, this time to take stock of the first nine episodes of the show and spin their craaaazy theories about what's in store for us come January.  You'll find out what they think works and doesn't work about the show, how it fits in to the Star Trek paradigm, who their favorite...

  Bashir Central! We're getting into heavy moral quandaries regarding the Jem'Hadar, medical ethics and responsibilities and, of course, Ketracel-white this week as we tackle the season four classic, Hippocratic Oath! And joining us is none other than returning guest, Barm (AKA Tyler Neufeld), to help us also dive deep into garbage inspectors, Predator, Scandinavian nations, Ray Bradbury and moooo...

LISTENERS! The Dal'Rok approaches! And it is a furious and terrible sight to behold! But lo, with the power of our unity, we can defeat it! Like Varis was able to vanquish her problem with the help of Jake & Nog, so can we defeat the Dal'Rok with our Spelling Bees, Game of Thrones references, and Bib Fortuna tangents. Let the unity between Reopening the Wormhole & the Faithful Listeners lend us th...

Are you ready to hear the gang once again plumb the depths of Dukat's twisted psyche?  Well, too bad, because that's what we've got for you this week!  They'll also be discussing whether or not Kira and Sisko would be interchangeable in this episode, this episode compared to Alien: Covenant, the psychology of cults, what kind of Patreon bonus episodes might be in store for you (hint: incredibly st...

... BOO! Did we scare you? Well not as much as this spooktacular Halloween episode of Reopening the Wormhole, where the guys are talking about the eeeeeeriest of subjects, like Kira & Damar leading a resistance, and Worf challenging Gowron's place on the high council. Along the way, more ghoulish topics will be covered, such as Lemony Snicket, and the hypothetical Deep Space Nine show it inspired,...

The big moment is here! RTW is turning 100 today! And what better way to celebrate our 100th birthday than by watching the very first episode of Deep Space Nine? The talented and delightful singer/songwriter Eliza Rickman joins us for a beginner's perspective on the epic Trek origin story, and we have LOTS to say about Sisko meeting the prophets, the quality of characterization in the first episod...

Did you know there's another Star Trek show besides Deep Space Nine!?  A BRAND NEW ONE!  That's right, the RTW crew is taking time out of their busy schedule of not making their 100th episode to give you the scoop on the exciting world of Star Trek: Discovery!  Not only that, but they've got a bunch to say about The Orville as well.  Join them as they talk about the Klingon Kontroversy, Michael Bu...

Join us for the "Episode Before the 100th Episode" Special (Special Edition), in which we're rejoined by returning champions Daniel Carrigan and Geoff Clarke to discuss melons, eyeballs, Picard's Konquest and occasionally Deep Space Nine! We'll be getting into our feelings on whether it makes sense for Dukat and Kira to team up, what a grounding presence Bashir is, which of the three Ziyals is the...

The gang decides to spend their 98th episode talking about Batman Forever, and also the DS9 episode Heart of Stone!  Seriously though, there's a little something for everyone here, in that we're having yet ANOTHER discussion about what changelings can and can't do, everyone's love of crystals, Hearthstone, founder poop, Benjamin Linus and his problem, or the actual two big important DS9 things tha...