A Star to Steer Her By

24/11/2025

Well, look, not everyone ALWAYS agrees that the solution is SATISFYING, but it exists (see: "In the Pale Moonlight", "Tuvix")

24/11/2025

We might be the only people on the internet who aren't under
David Cronenberg's spell. Kovich just isn't that interesting. And we're not even in season 5 yet!
https://soundcloud.com/sshbpodcast/episode-418-really-too-short-a-season

21/11/2025

"The Examples" bigs up Tarka as an as***le for most of the episode, but then by the time you meet him, he's no worse than Stamets on one of his lesser sarcastic days.
https://soundcloud.com/sshbpodcast/episode-418-really-too-short-a-season

20/11/2025

Eureka! Join us in the laboratory to review the test results on our favorite scientist characters across various sci-fi media. Some are mad scientists. Some are blissfully competent. Some are astoundingly both!

by Ames Good news, everyone! Welcome to our laboratory, and I do hope you’re pronouncing it with a plethora of syllables. This week, we’re looking through our safety goggles at the characters who...

20/11/2025

The lack of time to tell stories is painfully evident in "The Examples". A plot about prisoner rights and society that would feel right at home in about any "Trek" series has to be squeezed down until it loses all nuance all so it can share space with a new science person who is like all the awfulness of early Stamets with none of the later Stamets charm. Because no better time to run an experiment that there's really no big rush on than during a crisis!
Also this week: potatoes, Frozen, and scientists!
[Examples: 02:13; Give my blog liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife!: 54:06]
[We did plenty of human testing, this blog is 89% guaranteed to be safe: https://sshbpodcast.tumblr.com/post/800663062931750913/she-blinded-me-with-scientists ]

https://soundcloud.com/sshbpodcast/episode-418-really-too-short-a-season

The lack of time to tell stories is painfully evident in "The Examples". A plot about prisoner rights and society that would feel right at home in about any "Trek" series has to be squeezed down until

19/11/2025

When we talked robots last week we brushed up briefly against the Transformers and their shockingly deep lore. Here is just a small look at part of it

Think of the things they could teach us if they weren't so busy punching each other.

18/11/2025

President Rillak does always seem to be coming up with complicated schemes, a trait obviously passed down on her Cardassian side.
https://soundcloud.com/sshbpodcast/episode-417-hands-and-hand-stuff-in-the-middle

17/11/2025

As if there aren't enough running gags about Linus on , now we're making up our own.
https://soundcloud.com/sshbpodcast/episode-417-hands-and-hand-stuff-in-the-middle

16/11/2025

While we're on the subject of great artificial lifeforms of sci-fi, here's a shout out to the gonk of droids Jake and Ames met at Disney's Hollywood Studios last month!

15/11/2025

Rillak: The Federation would never force any world to remain a member. Ni'Var is proof of that.
Me: Okay, then what's the big deal? I don't understand any of this.

https://soundcloud.com/sshbpodcast/episode-417-hands-and-hand-stuff-in-the-middle

13/11/2025

Bite our shiny, metal asses! This week, we're upgrading all our favorite artificial lifeform characters, so prepare for the singularity as we share some excellent robots, androids, holograms, and sentient computer programs. Beep boop!

by Ames Beep boop, fellow robots! A while back, we highlighted some of our favorite artificial lifeforms from various shows within Star Trek—featuring some of the show’s best characters—and the most...

13/11/2025

"All Is Possible" as long as you have a team! Like a clutch of cadets who unfortunately remind us of one of the worst episodes of "Voyager". Like that hot Vulcan politician you would violate ANY Prime Directive for. Like that physician/psychiatrist who has his own stuff to deal with but is going to ignore it for now!
Also this week: torch passing, military dictatorship, and artificial life forms!
[All Is Possible: 00:52; Do the Bender!: 51:42]
[Johnny 5...IS ALIVE! https://sshbpodcast.tumblr.com/post/800041514517577728/im-sorry-dave-im-afraid-these-artificial ]
https://soundcloud.com/sshbpodcast/episode-417-hands-and-hand-stuff-in-the-middle

"All Is Possible" as long as you have a team! Like a clutch of cadets who unfortunately remind us of one of the worst episodes of "Voyager". Like that hot Vulcan politician you would violate ANY Prime