Surprise! Starting in season 2, you’re going to see EnterpriseSplaining in your feed weekly! Instead of reviewing the previous episode and going into the next one all in one episode, we are undertaking new Second Contact missions! Every other week, we’ll look at the episode we watched the week before,
Cigar Nerds Podcast: RIP Val Kilmer. This week I sit down with the Ginger Avenger and discuss our favorite Val Kilmer movies, from Real Genius to Tombstone. You can be my wingman anytime. In Science we talk about robot horses, hydrogen trucks, Dire Wolves, and athletic poop. In Nerd News
Jim discusses a classic Sci-Fi film produced by George Pal and directed by Byron Haskin – “Conquest Of Space,” starring Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Ross Martin, Phil Foster, Mickey Shaughnessy, William Redfield, Benson Fong, William Hopper, Vito Scotti, Michael Fox, and Rosemary Clooney. In the near future, a planned mission
We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 2 “Carbon Creek,” but only Maria has actually watched the episode. T’Pol tells Trip and Archer that they might not have their historical facts straight. This episode is widely considered one of the best Enterprise episodes, and we think we might agree.
The Music of 1975 This week we set the controls of our Wayback Machine to the funky days of 1975 and celebrate the 50th anniversary of some iconic albums! It’s a year of highs for a lot of bands we now think of as classic rock, and a key year for funk
Jim discusses one of his favorite Sci-Fi films growing up – “This Island Earth,” Starrinf Rex Reason, Faith Domergue. Jeff Morrow, Lance Fuller, Russell Johnson, Douglas Spencer and directed by Joseph M. Newman and Jack Arnold. Aliens from the planet Metaluna grab a group of Earth scientists to help them
A brief history of cats! This week we take a break from movie reviews to discuss something a little closer to home. Many people consider their cats to be a significant part of their family. We are no different. Because we love our cats so much, we decided to talk
Kids and Families at Dragon Con Dragon Con with Kids: Making the Most of Family Programming Dragon Con is an amazing experience for fans of all ages, but attending with kids brings its own set of challenges and rewards. That’s why, in Episode 3 of our 2025 season, we’re diving
2 TONE RECORDS This week we’re joined by author Daniel Rachel, whose book Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation, which transports us to the late 70s and the explosion of 2 Tone Records, the home of such recording artists as The Specials, The Selecter, Madness, The
We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 1 “Shockwave Part II,” but only Jamie has actually watched the episode. The Suliban have taken over the Enterprise, Captain Archer is stuck in the future, and Star Fleet is considering canceling the entire deep space program. The only way to save
Porky’s is a 1981 sex comedy directed by Bob Clark. In 1954, each boy in a group of Florida Angel Beach High School students plans to lose his virginity. They go to Porky’s, a strip club in the Everglades, believing that they can hire a prostitute to satisfy their sexual
Bands and their Fans There are artists and bands who are very well known for their very loyal and ultra-supportive fanbase. Some of those include Elvis, the Beatles, the Grateful Dead, and Taylor Swift. But what about when that devotion maybe gets taken too far? Anthony leads us in a discussion about the extreme side
