Treks and the City

This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss wet hikes, taking a trip to Palm Springs, running into Paul Dano while out cruising the Sunset Strip, a new title for the off- Star-Trek -episodes, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode twenty three, "To the Death." Topics include Jem'Hadar lore, whether or not Griffith Park can convincingly play as an alien...

This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss the worst time to Google Shohei, how Alice's stand-up show (that Skyler MISSED) went, viewing the team you're playing against as your enemy, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode twenty two, "For the Cause." Topics include the wrestling terms Skyler's heard of, getting into geometry, the word of the episode,...

This week, it's a spooky Treks bonus episode sliding in under the Halloween wire, free for all to enjoy!! Alice and Skyler are joined by Alice's incredible Resident Alien co-stars Kaylayla Raine AND Sara Tomko to cover what might be Star Trek 's scariest episode, The Next Generation 's season seven, episode six, "Phantasms." Together, they discuss whether or not the sci-fi parasites should've been...

This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss Skyler's trip to Greece and Turkey, Skyler's long, storied history as a cruise child, asking Veronica to join the record, finding the famously astonishing Hagia Sophia astonishing, delighting in Turkish delight, Alice's plans to take a trip without her parents, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode twenty one...

This week, Alice and Skyler are joined once again by Alice's incredible Resident Alien co-star Sara Tomko for a special episode covering 1992's The Bodyguard , starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston and a bunch of not-great assassins. Together, they discuss the red flag of katana ownership, Whitney Houston's incredible voice and her undeniable screen presence, Kevin Costner as a hunk, whether...

This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss disliking Elon Musk, Alice checking out (and loving) Barbarian , the power of a head nod from a hunk, Bill Skarsgård's wild eyes, Alice's trip to undisclosed New York, sheep advertising, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode twenty, "Shattered Mirror." Topics include what does and does not matter in the DS9 m...

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss the best way to break it to your partner that a celebrity's died, Alice having a chic Euro-cold, penning up all the comics only to unleash them, the wonderful sounds of the city, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode nineteen, "Hard Time." Topics include O'Brien going to the jail of the mind, everybody on the station bei...

This week, Alice and Skyler are joined once again by the great Paul Scheer ( How Did This Get Made? , Star Treks: Lower Decks ) to discuss listening to things at 4x speed, the attention economy, Marlboro swag, doing improv on behalf of the Ford Motor Company, the kind of ASMR they're all onboard with, the great drink SoBe, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, epi...

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss being handsome, spelling the names of universities backwards, giving up on gatekeeping Star Trek discussions from listeners of the Star Trek podcast Treks and the City , absolutely embarrassing Skyler, Skyler's history of being low-res, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode seventeen, "Accession." Topics include the rule...

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss who gets what, skipping the trash, the joy of doing dishes, what people really remember The Full Monty for, considering getting into Star Trek , who does and doesn’t know about Alice’s podcasts, bringing the listeners into every last business decision on the show, understanding the clever, clever wordplay of the episode’s title, and more. Behind the paywall, the...

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss Skyler's indifference to Alice's mental and physical well-being, giving your dog $100, getting so hyped to music that you hurt yourself, and a truly harrowing story about Alice's knee (be warned, if you are gnarly-knee-story-phobic, for the ~three minute zone). Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode fifteen, "Sons of Mogh," a completely fanta...

This week, Alice and Skyler are joined once again by the great Paul F. Tompkins ( Varietopia ). Together, they discuss what that was, not being angry, everybody training themselves out of their original accents, hanging out even when not recording, not being good at gummies, hitting the DMV after having a few drinks, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode f...

This week, Alice and Skyler are joined once again by the great Sara Tomko, Alice's dear friend and Resident Alien  co-star. Together, they discuss Big Window, Skyler's work stress, Sara's childhood bowl cuts, the Resident Alien hair department going rogue, what Jimmy Buffet did and did not do, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode thirteen, "Crossfire," an...

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss now-old breaking news, what's going on with the Epstein list, Alice giving the whole situation some thought, the wisdom of taking notes at your meeting of criminals, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode twelve, "Paradise Lost." Together, they cover podcast hosts fearing being feminists, Earth being all one country in th...

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss how to sync audio, which one of them is which, benign pranks, the ugly resonances between this week's Treks episode and the current reality we're all living in, Joe Biden dealing with the Ferengi, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode eleven, "Homefront." Together, they talk over the missed opportunity of an all-info epi...

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss what's going on, when to call the wambulance, which Comic Con's the current hot Comic Con, the proper pronunciation of "Ba'tleth," how to live in a storage unit, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode ten, "Our Man Bashir," which neither of them particularly loved. Together, they discuss the risks of doing a James Bond ho...

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss how well life's going now that Alice has figured out her audio setup, what God's really up to, invoking the right to not hear about Malcolm in the Middle , free-styling dentists, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode nine, "The Sword of Kahless." Together, they go deep on Klingon stabbing culture, objects causing space m...

This week, Alice and Skyler get into Alice's days in New York, Garret revoking Alice's backstage pass privileges due to his sleep deprivation, the deep ties shared by members of Gen X, the hell of buying vintage, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode eight, "Little Green Men" AND Futurama season three, episode nineteen, "Roswell That Ends Well," because Sk...

This week, Alice and Skyler are joined once again by the great Ben Rodgers ( Star Trek: Lower Decks , the Actionboyz podcast) to discuss what everyone can hear, just how big a car Ben drives, giving up on English, the joys of recognizing that somebody looks like somebody else regardless of whether or not the resemblance may be rude to share with them, which member of Boygenius Skyler saw perform r...

This week, Alice, Skyler, and Vero(!!!!) discuss the medical origins of Biscuit, Alice's cat's crying, where Vero's been, why Skyler's so nervous, the rote tasks of Alice's newest streaming game, the joys of parallel Stardew Valley play, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode six, "Rejoined." Topics include vomit (be warned, if you are vomit-phobic, for the...

This week, Alice and Skyler (perfectly, recognizably) sing in the style of Blink 182 before discussing the joy of reaching for things that are high up, whether Being John Malkovich or The Lord of the Rings is the more famous "low ceilings" movie, Skyler's passion for plastic surgery, how wild it is that The Swan never got even more public scrutiny, realistic mantras, and much, much more. Behind th...

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss Skyler living in Kafka's "The Metamorphosis," looking up the story's famous first line which, luckily, can be found online thanks to the University of Pennsylvania, Alice's upcoming protest plans, the great vibes that prestige TV's creating right now, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode four, "Hippocratic Oath," which....

This week, Alice and Skyler are detouring from DS9 with a BLOCKBUSTER of an episode, free for all to enjoy. That's right, they're taking a trip to the Barlcay Center—the REGINALD Barclay Center, The Next Generation 's punching-bag engineer character, and they're joined once again by the great Danny Solomon to do so. Together, they discuss the TNG crew's weird disdain for a guy who's just trying to...

This week, Alice and Skyler shout out their first "Fashion Intruder"-level Patreon subscriber WITH reverb before diving into Redditors' posting histories, not cutting something in post, getting hair done, interesting hair developments across the DS9 cast this season thus far, the size of red, molecule-wise, what the hell's going on with Skyler's apartment hunt since last week (which was recorded o...

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss being boring, Alice's parents enjoying Canadian sushi, Zac Efron's Comtek etiquette, Skyler's slow-going moving process, and more. Behind the paywall, they pick up where they left off last week and discuss the actual meat of the two-part DS9 season four premiere, "The Way of the Warrior," again with Alice's Resident Alien co-star, the great Sara Tomko. Together,...