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This week we share our memories of actor and writer Walter Koenig. We’ll be taking a look back at his whole career as a writer for shows like Star Trek: The Animated Series and Land of the Lost, to his iconic roles as Pavel Chekov on Star Trek: The Original Series and Alfred Bester on […] The post Remembering Walter Koenig – Earth Station Trek – Episode 288 appeared first o...

This week, we’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 12 “Chosen Realm,” now that Bill and Maria have watched this episode which is actually a thinly veiled metaphor about fundamentalist Islamic terrorism which irresponsibly promotes myths about Islam at a time when islamaphobia in the US was at its […] The post Second Contact: Goodness Gracious Gre...

This week we’re MONKEEING AROUND with the episode “Find the Monkees” (aka “The Audition”)! Our ‘You May Also Like’ recommendation this week is The Hubbell Benson All-Stars! by Michael Lynch! Check it out on Bandcamp! Monkeeing Around is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #monkees #findthemonkees #HubbellBensonAllStars #michaellynch The p...

Cigar Nerds Podcast: True Believer. This week we’re heading to Africa with James Reece, talking about season 2 of The Terminal List. Its been a long wait but man it was worth it. In science we talking about flying cop cars, nuclear spaceships, and rule breaking is contagious. In Nerd News we talk about Lords […] The post Cigar Nerds Podcast: True Believer appeared first on The ESO Netw...

Author Todd Berliner joins The Tales From Hollywoodland Podcast to discuss his book, Hollywood Renegade: Elaine May, Mikey and Nicky, and the Making of a Masterpiece. Discover the story behind Elaine May’s unconventional filmmaking and the enduring appeal of Mikey and Nicky, starring Peter Falk and John Cassavetes. Berliner’s book examines the film’s troubled production […] The post Todd Ber...

Flopcast episode 757! While poking around a comic book shop a few months ago, we found an odd 1986 schoolbook called Superstars of Country. The idea was to teach reading skills to the children using profiles of country music artists. Did it work? Probably not, but in ’86 we were all too busy with Hands […] The post Flopcast 757: Coward of the Country Superstars appeared first on The ES...

Jim looks at a classic cult film from 1986 – “Critters,” written and directed by Stephen Herek and starring Dee Wallace, M Emmett Walsh, Billy Bush, Scott Grimes, Nadie van der Velde, Don Keith Opper, Lin Shaye, Billy Zane, Ethan Phillips, and Terrence Mann. Alien prisoners that resemble Tribbles with teeth escape incarceration on an […] The post Critters | Episode 541 appe...

What if you took H.P. Lovecraft’s cosmic horror mythology and gave it to the people his racism would have excluded from his stories? That is Lovecraft Country – Misha Green’s extraordinary 2020 HBO series that follows Atticus Freeman and his family across 1950s Jim Crow America where the sundown towns and white supremacist secret societies […] The post You just try to cheri...

The Star Trek franchise was graced by one of the greatest actors in modern times — Sir Patrick Stewart, who passed away on October 28. We will be remembering him in this week’s EST: his enormous impact on Star Trek, his other film and television roles, his stage work, his humanitarianism, and more. Have a […] The post Remembering Patrick Stewart – Earth Station Trek –...

The Cosmic Pizza Podcast brings you Episode 113: Walter Koenig & Sir Patrick Stewart. With the recent news of the deaths of Walter Koenig and Sir Patrick Stewart the Cosmic Pizza Podcast pays tribute to these two amazing people and the memories we have of them. What are your thoughts on this episode? Let us […] The post Cosmic Pizza Podcast Ep113 – Walter Koenig & Sir Patrick S...

This week we’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 12 “Chosen Realm,” but only Jamie has actually watched this episode where the Enterprise is taken hostage by religious extremists from the Church of Space Spheretology and there is a lady who wants an abortion, though she never gets one since the writers seemed to […] The post EnterpriseSplaining 108: Goodness Gracious Great Ba...

This week we’re MONKEEING AROUND all the way back at the beginning as we discuss How The Monkees Started! Our ‘You May Also Like’ recommendation this week is the rarities album “Bits and Pieces’ by Allo Darlin’! Monkeeing Around is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #monkees #howthemonkeesstarted #mickydolenz #davyjones […] The post How The Monkees...

The 42cast is proud to welcome Rachel Pizzolato aka Beauty and Brains with a Twist on the show. Rachel gives us a candid look into her life as we discuss her professional pursuits in modeling, acting, and engineering/science. Rachel also takes into her past and discusses the role of her parents in helping her to […] The post The 42cast Episode 298: The Rachel Pizzolato Interview appeared fir...

Flopcast episode 756! It’s just a big weird mixed bag this week, as we cover all the non-Dragon Con, non-Fairuzapalooza stuff we’ve been up to lately. Including: A new play starring the doctor from Northern Exposure! Doing the Jellyfish with RiffTrax and Mystery Science Theater 3000! The Logan Awards for Excellence in Comedy Music! A […] The post Flopcast 756: Do the Jellyfish ap...

Mark Maddux joins Jim for a rousing discussion of Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of a classic Stephen King horror novel -“The Shining,” starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone, Joe Turkel, Anne Jackson, and Tony Burt. The story centers around a former school teacher who accepts a job as […] The post The Shining (...

This week on The Legends of the DCU Podcast! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs continue their review of Lanterns as all is laid bare! Commissioner Maggie Sawyer uncover corruption within Blüdhaven’s police department while Nightwing battles supernatural threats connected to Captain Hallow, Olivia Pearce, and the sinister Zanni. When children begin disappearing, Nightwing teams up […] The post Le...

The Music of 1996 This week we hop in our DeLorean and head back 30 years to 1996 to relive some of the great albums, songs and movements of that year! Our discussion begins with one of the biggest revolutions that happened that year — the advent of The Spice Girls! From there we move […] The post Modern Musicology #179 – The Music of 1996 appeared first on The ESO Network .

As you know, we’ve had a couple of devastating losses this week — Walter Koenig a few days ago and Sir Patrick Stewart today. We will begin our show by briefly talking about these two gentlemen and their contributions to Star Trek, and we will be devoting our next two episodes to discussing their lives […] The post The Devil in Space – Earth Station Trek – Episode 286...

One hundred episodes. One hundred years. One film per decade. Spilled Tea and Karen the Writer are joined by a very special guest for Earth Station Boo’s 100th episode, our Friend and Executive Producer Mike Faber.  A journey through a century of horror from the twisted expressionist nightmare in 1920 all the way to the […] The post 100 Episodes, 100 Years of Horror | Earth Statio...

Goodbye, Captain Picard… Plus Halloween & Three Very Different Movie Reviews It’s been a week of unexpected losses, spooky-season conversations, and some very different opinions about movies! We start this episode remembering three familiar faces from the entertainment world. Tom Skerritt, Walter Koenig and, most heartbreakingly, Sir Patrick Stewart. For Shawn, the loss of Captain [&#823...

The first 30 minutes of the show are a last-minute addition I recorded with Carrie Dahlby. She wanted to talk about “Breaking Bad” actor RJ Mitte who recently passed away. Then, the news broke about the passing of friend and colleague, legendary Emmy-Winning animation voice actor Eric Bauza. Despite the very-long length of the already […] The post Luke Ski’s Animation &...

We’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 11 “Carpenter Street,” now that Jamie, Maria, and Bill have watched it. Our guest explainer, A Sigler comes back to get our reactions ...

This week we’re MONKEEING AROUND with Mark Nelson of The Mahoning Drive-in Theater for our Halloween spooktacular! Join us as we chat about “I Was a Teenage Monster” and “The Monstrous Monkee Mash”! Monkeeing Around is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #monkees #monsters #IWasaTeenageMonster #TheMonstrousMonkeeMash #MarkNelson  #Ma...

The uncle left you a mansion, a fortune hidden somewhere inside it, a terrifying housekeeper, and twelve ghosts. All you need to see them is a pair of special glasses – and the courage to look through the red filter. Tea, Karen and their friend Bella dive into William Castle’s 1960 supernatural gem 13 Ghosts […] The post You inherit them, too. They go with the house. | Earth Stat...

Joe and Toni are joined by Dr. Ashley Raburn and R. Alan Siler to discuss the Lampshade of Rassilon in the Doctor Who episode Turn Left. If you’re interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here. Download • YouTube • RSS • Patreon • iTunes • Google Play • ESO Network The post The Watch-A-Thon of Rassilon: Episode 202: Turn...