Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast

This week, we're traveling eight years into the future to celebrate Kevin's birthday in 2024! That's right, listeners, we're talking about Past Tense Part 1! Join us as we discuss the grim future of America, a spot-on depiction of government bureaucracy, the 1% and tons of other equally exciting topics! Plus, Sam willingly outs himself as being an ignorant white asshole, we dig into nonsensical te...

This week, the gang sits down to talk about one of the most famous episodes of Deep Space Nine, Rejoined! It's yet another good time as we talk about Terry Farrell at her best, the similarities between Quark and Hurley, penis-based agendas, a god-awful cocktail from Sam's past and the meaning behind kisses on the cheek. All that, plus Sam unleashes a terrible new Dabo wheel theme on an unsuspectin...

Spoiler alert! It's America's birthday today and we're celebrating by discussing a truly bizarre episode of the original series, The Omega Glory! Throw some dogs on the grill and join us as we revel in the greatness of Captain Kirk, discuss the lameness of this show's remastered special effects, ponder America's role in the Star Trek universe and wonder at the baffling decision-making process of e...

We're a little late for Father's Day, but that's not gonna stop Sam and Jack's dad Bryan from dropping by Reopening the Wormhole to chat with the three of us about Odo's weird Bajoran father figure! We try our best to unravel this strange episode of DS9 that seems to make less and less sense the more threads we pull. On top of that, we're joined briefly by a special surprise guest, we finally get...

In anticipation of Star Trek: Beyond, RTW is heading back to 2009 for a special bonus episode to revisit J.J. Abrams' big old reboot of the Star Trek franchise, and boy oh boy, do we have a lot to say on this subject! We'll be diving into all the things we love and all the many things that drive us nuts about this film, as Trek fans. Plus, we're weighing in on modern blockbuster movie tropes, awfu...

With Deep Space Wine behind us, we're clearing our heads and returning to the usual RTW format for a discussion of yet another season 7 episode, Chimera! And maybe it's just the lack of wine talking or possibly just the nature of the ep we watched, but we·re getting into some serious shit this time. We're talking about, among other things, relationship dynamics, the difficulty of coming out to you...

Are you excited to hear your favorite podcast hosts talking about the cheese on Domino's pizzas? Japanese architecture? How about exotic meats? If your answer to any of these questions is a resounding yes (and how could it not be?), then this is the episode for you! That's right folks, Deep Space Wine continues, and the boys are drunkenly making their way through a serious episode that raises comp...

Deep Space Wine continues! The gang continues celebrating the joy of podcasting in the same room and the wine continues to flow like water. In our second episode, the effects of the alcohol begin to make themselves known as Jack lets fly his frustration with Enterprise, Sam grapples with whether or not it's possible to still feel any joy in life and Kevin dives into his hatred of Vic Fontaine. Tha...

10 bottles of wine. 3 thirsty podcasters. 1 fantastic location. That's right, faithful listeners! For the first time ever, Sam, Jack and Kevin are all podcasting from the same place at once and, in order to celebrate, they're kicking off the latest and greatest Reopening the Wormhole event, Deep Space Wine! We'll be drinking wine and talking about as many episodes in one day as we can, and first o...

What's the deal with the Hur'q? Did Brent Spiner ever get to play a Klingon? How early do the romantic sparks start flying between Worf and Jadzia? What's the easiest way to remember how old Jesus Christ is? Just how stupid WAS this Vulcan survey team? What's the difference between a sword and a bat'leth? And most importantly, was this year's X-Files revival any good? The Reopening the Wormhole te...

Well, this is embarassing... We goofed! During the previous episode, Jack let us know that we'd been talking about the wrong episodes of Voyager during our Trek Check segment just about since the beginning of the entire podcast! Our mistakes are your good fortune though, as the result is this here bonus episode, in which we go back through each Trek Check and make everything right again. Hardcore...

This week, we're joined by Ravi Smith, representing the face of America, who gives us his thoughts on the miniature slasher flick that is Empok Nor! We're stoked to talk about some of the ways that this episode (for better or for worse) expertly mimics the horror genre, plus we're happy to talk about Garak and, because we're clearly just obsessed, Dukat. We also voice our opinions on the recent an...

Rejoining us this week is our original first guest ever, the always amazing Olive Murauskas! We spend time catching up with her on her journey watching Deep Space Nine for the first time ever, then dive headfirst into an excellent episode, Rocks and Shoals. We're talking about the Jem'Hadar, we're talking about Google's domination of the world, we're talking about the different types of smarminess...

BONUS TIME! In our first ever bonus episode, we're talking about Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the latest film in that OTHER popular franchise starting with the word "star". We start off by listening to two conversations that we recorded within a week of its release, then circle back around to discuss our feelings now, nearly a half a year later. Along the way, you'll hear an incredibly nerdy conv...

School's in session this week on Reopening the Wormhole, and lesson one involves us struggling to determine whether or not this is the second or third episode of the series! We're also excited to spend some time with bizarre season one Odo, a poor man's Ray Wise, a Ferengi pit boss, Gary Lockwood and M.C. Gainey's penis. Also, we'll dig into the absolute best method for cooking Azna, especially fo...

You've heard us get political and you've heard us get religious, but this week the Reopening the Wormhole team is getting PHILOSOPHICAL. Listen to us muddle our way through Freudian ideology, as we tackle a real exciting hour of television. We also dive into the wonder of Morn, try to determine what truly constitutes a "fierce jambalaya," and try to imagine what physical sex between two changeling...

Jack surprises us by having our old buddy Kregg Castillo join us out of the blue for our second installment of Ferengi Talk! We’ve got a lot to unpackage today, from Tulaberries to Grand Nagus Zek’s ear hair to to the shadowy Dominion to the complicated female politics of Ferenginar. Along the way, we think about more actors that would be cool Jokers, we try to draw connections between this episod...

It’s back to basics this week on RTW. Which means, in this case, that our show is becoming a bible podcast (with an emphasis on Jake Sisko)! We’re also talking about a particularly harrowing hour of television, in which our boy Jake learns about the horrors of war and, just maybe, becomes a MAN. Along the way, we dive deep into Bolian archetypes, talk about foot-based humor, Quarktajino, the actin...

As anyone familiar with the finale of The Next Generation knows, all goods things must come to an end, and the Cavalcade of Guests is no exception. Fortunately, our guest for the finale is no slouch, and we’ve got a fantastic episode to cap off a wonderful Reopening the Wormhole event! We’re joined by another of Jack’s friends in Japan, the magnificent Amos Dunn! Amos talks to us about watching De...

As the Cavalcade of Guests nears its conclusion, the gang is joined by Kristina Kephart, and they are just pleased as punch to dive back into the wonderful world that started the whole Reopening the Wormhole experience, way back in The Siege! While we spend plenty of time talking about the episode itself, Sam also reminisces about Klingon hams, Jack tells us who he thinks is not the most non-annoy...

It’s part five of the Cavalcade of Guests this week, and we are joined by one of our oldest friends, Tyler Neufeld (more commonly known by us as Barm) to dive back into late season seven madness! He comes to give us his thoughts on Deep Space Nine and, very notably, the consistent characterizations throughout its run. We also talk about our feelings on Jake Sisko, Kai Winn and General Martok and d...

The Cavalcade of Guests goes on! This week, we’re joined by a bona fide, genuine Trek expert and blogger, Byron Diffenderffer! He joins us to talk about his favorite episode, By Inferno’s Light. We figure out which Earth dictator Dukat most closely resembles, we try to determine just how honorable the Jem’Hadar are (or aren’t), we examine Garak’s claustrophobia and finally start to tackle the bomb...

The guest that we had lined up this week had to cancel at the last minute, but the Cavalcade of Guests goes on! The gang heads to Quark’s for an emergency spin of the Dabo wheel and then are joined by their good friend, Kregg Castillo. We dive right into some deep Ferengi Talk as we examine the moral implications of Quark involving himself in the business of selling weapons and get Kregg’s opinion...

The Cavalcade of Guests continues! This week we’re joined by Jason Majeski and we’re talking about his favorite Cardassian, Garak. Along the way, we also talk about Cardassian literature, we determine what the worst song ever is, we debate whether or not Odo is a fascist, we discuss the horrors of drug addiction and we touch upon Trailer Park Boys and The Great White North in general. All that, pl...

How long has the Earth existed? Would Kira or Sisko win in a fight? How do replicators REALLY work? Are there any Mortal Kombat games that don’t feature Scorpion? Is Giles in the season six premiere of Buffy? Kevin’s brother, Paul Young, takes time off from reopening dilapidated wormholes to help us ask, if not necessarily answer, these questions and more and to kick off the latest exciting Reopen...